ARTICLES RELATING TO ERITREA

Mixed feelings for Eritreans 20 years on

2013-05-22 09:10

While 20 years ago Eritreans danced and celebrated their newly gained independence, on May 24 this year few have much to smile about other than fond memories of happiness.

Eritrean diplomat denies coup reports

2013-01-26 22:09

Senior diplomat denies there was attempted coup in Eritrea, describes such reports as wishful

Eritrean tanks surround mutineers

2013-01-21 18:53

Eritrean army tanks are surrounding the information ministry in central Asmara after some 200 mutineers seized the building to call for political reform.

Ethiopian PM wants talks with Eritrea

2012-12-05 21:25

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn says he is willing to hold talks with arch-foe and neighbour Eritrea.

Four Eritrean journalists die in prison

2012-08-30 22:35

Four journalists have died in prison in Eritrea after spending years behind bars, the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders says.

SA, Eritrea relations getting warmer

2012-08-19 19:33

South Africa is to enhance its political and economic relations with Eritrea, the international relations department says.

Gunfire at Eritrea border camp in Sudan

2012-05-21 20:42

Gunfire has broken out at a refugee camp on the Sudanese border with Eritrea during a clash between refugees and police.

Eritrean leader 'at peak of his health'

2012-04-23 16:49

Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki is at the "peak of his health", the secretive Red Sea state says in a statement aimed at quashing rumours the authoritarian leader is sick.

Eritrea: Ethiopian attack won't entrap us

2012-03-16 19:07

Eritrea says an attack by Ethiopian forces inside its territory is provocative but would not "entrap" it, signalling reluctance to be sucked back into armed conflict with its bitter foe.

Eritrea slams foreign meddling in Somalia

2012-02-21 09:23

Eritrea, often accused of supporting Islamist rebels in Somalia, has criticised foreign interference in the war-torn country, ahead of an upcoming peace conference in Britain.

Ethiopia says Eritrea manipulating rebels

2012-01-24 20:26

Eritrea is using an Ethiopian rebel group as a "surrogate" to deny responsibility for an incident during which five Europeans were killed and two captured last week.

Eritrea rejects blame for attack on tourists

2012-01-20 07:43

A deadly attack on European tourists along the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea has renewed a war of words between the two rivals, with Asmara rejecting accusations by Addis Ababa that it was behind the violence.

Ethiopia: Slain tourists are Europeans, Australian

2012-01-18 09:50

Ethiopia says four of the five tourists killed in the northeast of the country were Europeans and the fifth an Australian, and blamed arch-foe Eritrea for backing their attackers.

Eritrea rejects new UN sanctions

2011-12-06 22:34

Eritrea has rejected increased UN Security Council sanctions on charges that it supports insurgents in war-torn Somalia, saying the decision will worsen tensions in the Horn of Africa region.

Eritrea wants UN action on Kenya

2011-11-21 19:47

Eritrea has complained to the UN Security Council about Kenyan allegations that it sent weapons to Islamist rebels in Somalia, calling for an independent investigation to judge the dispute.

Kenya summons Eritrean envoy over arms

2011-11-05 09:29

Kenya has summoned the ambassador of Eritrea and threatened to take unspecified action because of reports that Eritrea had armed Somalia's al-Shabaab rebels.

Swedish reporter still held in Eritrea

2011-09-22 11:18

As the 10th anniversary of Dawit Isaak's arrest in Asmara approaches, the Swedish-Eritrean journalist remains jailed without charge or trial, despite countless efforts to secure his release.

Moral obligation to aid Horn of Africa

2011-08-24 17:07

EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton has urged world governments to meet a moral obligation to pump new emergency aid into the drought-hit Horn of Africa.

Eritrean leader in Uganda for talks

2011-08-16 14:51

Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki has arrived in Uganda for a three-day state visit focusing on regional security, which his secretive country has been accused of destabilising.

Calls for tougher Eritrea sanctions

2011-08-10 09:01

Ethiopia and Djibouti are leading East African nations pressing the UN Security to step up sanctions on Eritrea over terror accusations, diplomats say.

Eritrea behind AU attack plot - claim

2011-07-28 21:18

Eritrea is behind a plot to attack an African Union summit in Ethiopia in January and is bankrolling al-Qaeda through its embassy in Kenya according to a UN report.

Leaders call for sanctions on Eritrea

2011-07-05 09:56

East African leaders say the African Union and the United Nations should impose sanctions on Eritrea’s mining sector.

Eritrea volcano losing strength

2011-06-14 20:10

The eruption of an Eritrean volcano has lost intensity and the risks posed to aviation by its ash cloud diminished, the French state weather agency says.

Volcano erupts in Eritrea after quakes

2011-06-13 18:44

A long-dormant volcano has erupted in Eritrea after a series of earthquakes and sent a 13.5km plume of ash into the air.

Eritrea accuses Britons of terrorism

2011-06-10 12:52

Eritrea has accused four British nationals it detained late last year of espionage, terrorism and using one of its islands as a depot for arms.

 

Eritrea jailed 'at least 10 000'

2013-05-09 22:20

Eritrea's hardline regime has jailed at least 10 000 political prisoners, many in "unimaginably atrocious conditions", rights group Amnesty International says.

Eritrea 'calm' after mutiny

2013-01-22 12:08

Eritrea's government says all is calm in the capital Asmara a day after armed mutineers seized the information ministry, with opposition sites saying the stand-off was settled.

Eritrea forced workers to build mine

2013-01-15 23:14

A rights group says Eritrea used forced labour to build a gold mine co-owned by a Canadian firm.

Ethiopia releases 75 Eritrean POWs

2012-10-09 13:49

Ethiopia has released 75 Eritrean prisoners of war captured during a cross border attack on a military base, officials say.

3 journalists die in Eritrean jail

2012-08-30 17:18

Three journalists jailed for over a decade have died in prison in Eritrea, the world's worst country for press freedom, rights group Reporters Without Borders said Thursday.

US blacklists Eritrea officials

2012-07-06 12:13

The Obama administration is blacklisting six people, including two senior Eritrean military officers, for their roles in allegedly supporting the radical al-Shabaab group in Somalia.

Eritrea 'leads world in press censorship'

2012-05-02 14:05

Eritrea has surpassed North Korea as the world’s top press censor, with Syria and Iran placing third and fourth in a new list published by the Committee to protect Journalists.

Ethiopia PM accuses Eritrea of kidnapping

2012-04-17 17:39

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has accused Eritrea of abducting dozens of Ethiopian miners from the country's northwest, in a potential escalation of tension.

Ethiopia carries out attack against Eritrea

2012-03-15 18:22

Ethiopian forces have entered archrival Eritrea and carried out what a government spokesperson describes as "a successful attack" against military posts.

Eritrea opposition figure feared kidnapped

2012-02-16 19:51

An Eritrean opposition party official has been missing for two days in eastern Sudan and there are fears he may have been kidnapped by Asmara's security agents.

Ethiopia rebels say holding 2 Germans

2012-01-23 12:13

An Ethiopian rebel group says it has kidnapped two German tourists and two Ethiopians, adding that they are safe, in good health and could be released unharmed.

Ethiopia searches for tourist killers

2012-01-19 11:22

Ethiopian security forces are searching for gunmen who killed five European tourists and kidnapped at least two others and two guides in an attack it blamed on arch-rival Eritrea.

Eritrea did not fly arms to al-Shabaab

2012-01-16 22:34

Eritrea did not airlift arms to Islamist militants in the Somali town of Baidoa late last year, a preliminary UN report has found.

Neighbours gang up on Eritrea

2011-12-05 22:25

Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya and Uganda have urged the UN to tighten sanctions on Eritrea.

Eritrea: Impossible that weapons supplied

2011-11-11 21:53

Eritrea's ambassador to Kenya says that there is no proof to back allegations that Eritrea supplied three planeloads of weapons to al-Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia.

Eritrea denies arming Somali rebels

2011-11-02 22:28

Eritrea has denied media reports that said it had delivered weapons in the past few days to al-Shabaab rebels who are fighting Kenyan troops in the south of Somalia.

Eritrea says Amnesty plotting unrest

2011-09-09 17:00

Eritrea, the Red Sea state often criticised for alleged human rights abuses, has accused Amnesty International of plotting to incite popular unrest, similar to uprisings seen in the Middle East.

E Africa conference focuses on future

2011-08-19 08:01

The agriculture minister of drought-hit Kenya has appealed for seeds, irrigation plans and infrastructure to avoid a repetition of famine and food crises in the Horn of Africa “every two tears”.

Uganda invites Eritrea leader for visit

2011-08-12 19:01

Uganda has invited Eritrea's leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week.

Eritrea seeks to end regional isolation

2011-08-03 12:42

Eritrea is seeking to end its regional isolation and has applied for re-admission to an East African peace block four years after it pulled out, a statement says.

Sudan slammed for deporting refugees

2011-07-26 22:21

The UN refugee agency has condemned Sudan's deportation of asylum-seekers to Eritrea, which left one person dead and another one unconscious.

Poland: 16 African refugees granted asylum

2011-06-17 11:53

Poland has granted asylum to 16 Christian refugees who accompanied Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski on a flight back from Tunisia.

East African volcano affects air traffic

2011-06-14 11:02

The ash cloud emanating from a volcano that erupted in Eritrea has caused some disruption to air traffic in East Africa.

4 Britons held in Eritrea are freed

2011-06-13 08:44

Four British men detained in Eritrea and held without consular access for six months have been released and are on their way back to Britain, the Foreign Office says.

UK restricts Eritrean diplomats

2011-05-26 21:13

Britain says it has restricted the movement of Eritrean diplomats in protest at being denied access to four Britons held in Eritrea.

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