Written by AFPWhile Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was praised for efforts to end years of bitter tension with Eritrea in his Nobel Peace Prize award last week, his Eritrean partner in the peace-making has conspicuously failed to offer his congratulations. Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki was acknowledged for accepting Abiy’s peace offer in the Norwegian…
Written by AllAfricaThe long-dormant border crossings re-opened with such fanfare between Eritrea and Ethiopia last year as a symbol of warming relations are all now closed – but that isn’t stopping a steady flow of Eritrean refugees from fleeing across the heavily militarised frontier. According to the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, around 300 people continue…
Written by AllAfricaThe German Foreign Ministry has defended the importance of press freedom after Berlin’s ambassador to Eritrea was summoned over DW’s media coverage of the country. Eritrea says it is being misrepresented. The Eritrean foreign ministry summoned Germany’s ambassador to its offices earlier this week over DW’s reporting on the country. Eritrean Information Minister…
written by HRWEritrea remains a one-man dictatorship under President Isaias Afewerki, now in his 26th year in power. It has no legislature, no independent civil society organizations or media outlets, and no independent judiciary. The government restricts religious freedoms, banning all but four groups. Every Eritrean must serve an indeterminate period of “national…
Written by VallAfricaBy Anne-Marie Bissada The Foundation Human Rights for Eritreans, a Netherlands-based organization of exiled Eritreans, is suing the European Union.The NGO claims that the EU is financing a project in which forced labour eing used The 20 million euros project is to finance a road in Eritrea as part of its programme to…
Written by africanewsEritrea has blocked entry for Ethiopians at one of the border crossings that opened this year after the neighbours ended a long military standoff and restored relations, an Ethiopian official and people who live near the crossing said on Friday. Liya Kassa, spokeswoman for the regional administration in the Tigray region which borders…
ፓትርያርክ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤት ክርስትያን ኤርትራ ኣቡነ ኣንጠንዮስ ካብ ሐላፍነቶም ተኣልዮም፡ ኣብ ናይ ገዛ ማሕዩር ካብ ዝኣትዉ ከባቢ 13 ዓመት ኮይኑ’ሎ። ብዛዕምኽንያት መእሰሪኦምን ኩነታት ኣተሓሕዝኦምን ብዝተፈላለዩ ወገናት ዝተፈላለየ ዘረባታት ክስማዕ ዝጸንሐ ኮይኑ፡ ሎሚ ግን ድሕሪ 13 ዓመት እዞም ኣቦ ድምጾም ኣስሚዖም ኣለዉ። ኣብቲ ካብ መንበሪኦም ካብ ኣስመራ ከም ዝተቐረጸ ዝግለጽ ቪድዮ፡ ኣቡነ ኣንጠንዮስ መጀመሪ ናይቲ…
ኣብ ዓለም ከምቲ ”ነባሪ ረብሓ ድኣ እምበር ነባሪ ዓርኪ የልቦን” ዝብሃል ሃገራት መርገጻተን ንሃገራዊ ረብሕአን ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው ከምዝኸውን ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ እዋናት እንዕዘቦ ፍጻመታት እዩ። ንኣብነት ካልኣይ ውግእ ዓለም ብስዕረት ስርዓት ናዚን ተሓባበርቱን (ጀርመን፣ ጥልያን፣ ጃፓንን ቱርክን) ምስ ተዛዘመ ብፍላይ ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ መንግስቲ ጥልያን ካብቲ ብመግዛእቲ ሒዝወን ዝጸንሐ ሃገራት ክለቅቕ ተገደደ። እተን ብጥልያን ዝምሓደራ ዝነበራ…
Written by ReutersLONDON, May 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Child labour is an “extreme risk” in one in 10 countries globally, found an index on Thursday, urging businesses to be more vigilant about abuses in their global supply chains. Little progress was recorded in key manufacturing hubs India and China, which ranked 47th and 98th…
Written by ReutersGENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) – Eritrea must investigate allegations of extrajudicial killings by its security forces and resolve the fate of dozens of missing detainees, including a former finance minister, a United Nations human rights watchdog said on Thursday. Military conscripts should not be to subjected to forced labour in mining or construction…