Eritrea

A UN delegation headed by Mr. Dereje Wordofa, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNFPA Deputy Executive Director conducted a two-day official visit in Eritrea. The delegation included the UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa Region, Dr. Julitta Onabanjo and Mr. Ramiz Alkbarov, UNFPA...

A Canadian court ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit against Nevsun Resources Ltd by Eritreans who say they were forced to work at the company's Bisha mine can proceed in British Columbia, but not as a single case, according to a copy of the...

By Aaron Maasho | ADDIS ABABA The African Union urged Djibouti and Eritrea to remain calm and exercise restraint on Saturday after Djibouti accused its neighbor of occupying disputed territory along their border following the withdrawal of Qatari peacekeepers. On Friday, Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali...

Scramble in the Horn:-A region at the crossroads of Africa and the Middle East, the Horn of Africa is generally taken to refer to the easternmost extension of land in eastern Africa, home to the countries of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia, whose cultures...

By Enes Kanli African nation says it has strong ties ‘with brother Doha’ ASMARA, Eritrea-Eritrea on Friday declined a rewquest by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar. The African nation’s foreign ministry said in a written statement it "rejected" the...

By:Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban Eritrea’s diplomatic relations with embattled Gulf State of Qatar remains intact according to Doha-based channel Al Jazeera. The channel in its continued updates on the ongoing Gulf crisis said Asmara had denied severing ties with Qatar as had been widely reported....

The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Eritrea. The Government of Eritrea restricts the travel of all foreign nationals in the country, including U.S. diplomats. These restrictions make it difficult for the U.S. Embassy to provide emergency...

The African Union is sending its security commissioner to Eritrea to help resolve its border dispute with Djibouti following the withdrawal of Qatari peacekeepers from the area, AU Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat said yesterday. “I’ve sent a mission to Djibouti and now have made...

  The U.N. Security Council has renewed an arms embargo on Somalia and Eritrea citing a continuing threat from al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants. The 15-member council on Thursday approved the renewal of sanctions with 10 nations voting in favor and five abstaining. "The sanctions are preventing al-Shabab from...

This additional assistance brings EU humanitarian aid to the Horn of Africa region (including Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti) to nearly €260m since the beginning of the year. “The situation in Horn of Africa has drastically deteriorated in 2017 and it keeps getting worse. Millions...