Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers report that during compulsory national service they experienced torture, inhumane or degrading treatment, sexual and gender-based violence, forced labor and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a fantasy” allegations that his country’s ...

An agricultural technical school in Eritrea is the latest to fall under government control, in a string of forced seizures of Catholic schools and hospitals. Church sources said Hagaz Agricultural and ...

Tensions are again mounting between longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea over Addis Ababa’s quest for maritime access, causing fears of yet another conflict in the Horn of Africa barely seven years ...

Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea have flared up again after Ethiopian authorities said they would focus on regaining access to the sea it lost with Eritrea’s independence. In this context, posts ...

Eritrean Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity is seen in this undated photo. The 52-year-old bishop had spent Christmas 2022 in prison, but was released shortly after. (CNS photo/courtesy ...

ASMARA, Eritrea, June 25 (UNHCR) - The number of Eritrean refugees returning home from Sudan crossed the 50,000 mark last weekend. More are set to follow as a recent tripartite meeting between UNHCR ...

KHARTOUM, Sudan, October 8 (UNHCR) - Thousands of Eritrean refugees in Sudan are in limbo as recent tensions between the two countries have put their repatriation on hold just months before their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Witnesses in some towns across Ethiopia’s Tigray region say troops from neighboring Eritrea have started ...

We thank the Special Rapporteur for his emphasis on critical rights concerns in Eritrea, including the ongoing abusive indefinite forced conscription system and the abuses Eritrean forces are ...

New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday extended wishes to the government and people of Eritrea on the country’s Independence Day.“Greetings to FM Osman Saleh ...

Authorities also released Father Mihreteab Stefanos, a priest from the eparchy who had been detained with the bishop in the Adi Abeto prison, according to reports. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of ...