Eritrea

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Eritrea, has reiterated a call on the U.N. not to turn its back on Eritrean nationals who continue to flee the repressive regime back home. Sheila Keetharuth told the U.N. General Assembly that citizens of the Horn of Africa...

Djibouti has accused Eritrea of occupying disputed territory along their border after Qatar withdrew a peacekeeping force earlier this week. Djiboutian officials say Eritrean troops took control of Dumeira Mountain and Dumeira Island on Wednesday, a day after Qatar removed 450 soldiers who had controlled...

Horndiplomat-The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has lifted the sanctions that were imposed on Eritrea the past years after countries in the Horn of Africa have opened a historic new chapter of normalizing their relations. Ethiopia , under the leadership of Prime Minister Dr....

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban   Eritrea has responded to the United States’ recent re-designation of the country to a list of 10 “countries of particular concern” under the International Religious Freedom Act. The U.S. accused the 10 countries of having engaged in or tolerated egregious violations of...

The 4th round of Ethio-Eritrea ministerial consultation took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia on Thursday (February 21) in Addis Ababa. The consultation was led by Foreign Minister  Dr. Workneh Gebeyeu and Foreign Minister  Osman Saleh of Eritrea. The two sides deliberated...

By:Jama Farah ,Horndiplomat Contributor Eritrea has confirmed its first coronavirus case, in a traveler arriving from Norway, its information minister said on Saturday. "The Ministry of Health announced this evening the first confirmed case of a coronavirus patient who arrived at Asmara International Airport from Norway...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Thursday's meeting in Djibouti with the foreign ministers of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia with the Djiboutian head of diplomacy. The meeting, held on 6 September in Djibouti, resulted in the signing of a cooperation agreement between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. Through...

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban The United States has officially issued new visa restrictions on two African countries – Eritrea and Guinea. The respective embassies in Asmara and Conakry confirmed the order. They added that the directive took effect on Wednesday September 13. The move is...

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban with FCO  The United Kingdom (U.K.) on Monday (September 4) renewed its travel advisory for Eritrea cautioning its citizens against all travel to borders of the country. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said nationals should avoid all travel within 25km of...

A former United States diplomat has averred that Ethiopia had to use its influence as head of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to champion the lifting of sanctions on neighbouring Eritrea. Ethiopia for the month of September 2017 is serving as head of the...