Paul Leech | Georgetown U. Law Center, US December 16, 2025 07:41:27 am The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a press release on Monday calling for the release of thousands of people arbitrarily detained in Eritrea. The release states there are believed to be over 10,000 people arbitrarily detained in…
The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration has announced the start of formal procedures to revoke citizenship and permanent residence permits from a number of Eritrean refugees, after authorities discovered that they continued to provide direct support to the Eritrean government despite having received protection in Norway on the grounds of fleeing its practices. The directorate said…
Monday, 3 November 2025 NL-TIMES The substantive trial in one of the largest human smuggling cases in Dutch history is underway in the court in Zwolle, De Stentor reported. The first of nine planned sessions began Monday against Eritrean suspect Walid D., who is accused of running a vast criminal network that smuggled thousands of migrants from…
13 Oct 2025 Ethiopian Foreign Minister alleges Eritrea is working with a TPLF faction and Amhara rebels A dangerous rift between Eritrea and Ethiopia is growing ever wider. In a 2 October letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres, Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos accuses Eritrea of waging a proxy war via a faction of the Tigray People’s…
ALJAZEERA 25 Aug 2025 Fears of instability rise again as the TPLF and the federal government appear to be gearing up for a showdown. An eerily familiar set of headlines is making the rounds in Ethiopia, troubling many in the fragile, northern Tigray region. Successive delegations of civil society and religious leaders have, in recent…
August 25, 2025 Toronto – This Year’s “Global Peace Index” report is released and Ethiopia fared poorer than Eritrea in the Index. The study uses about 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators in its study of how peaceful (or not peaceful) a country is. Of the 163 countries that the study looked at this year, Ethiopia ranked…
BBC 20 June 2025 Once hailed as part of a new generation of reformist African leaders, Eritrea’s president, who recently marked 32 years in power, has long defied expectations. Isaias Afwerki now spends much of his time at his rural residence on a dusty hillside some 20km (12 miles) from the capital, Asmara. With the…
Only America Can Prevent a New War in the Horn of Africa Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe and Alex de Waa FOREIGN AFFAIRS Over the past 20 months, as multiple wars have swept across the Middle East, the southern end of the Red Sea has become a source of international concern. In the early months of 2025 alone, the…
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AFTONBLADET LÖRDAG 26 JULI 2025 Sverige sviker genom att tillåta den eritreanska kulturfestivalens propaganda Den årliga eritreanska kulturfestivalen på Järvafältet har dragit igång. Intäkterna går till den eritreanska staten och 2023 väckte festivalen medial uppmärksamhet när regimkritiker i protest stormade festivalen. Sex personer dömdes i år till fängelse för upplopp. Det var våldsamt och svenska politiker…
