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November 21
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Eritrea: UN Humanitarian Official Calls On International Community to Support Eritrea's Progress
The international community must support Eritrea as it strives to end hunger and increase its resilience to severe climatic conditions, a United Nations humanitarian official said... Read more »
July 26
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East Africa: UN Monitors for Somalia, Eritrea Get Another Year
The Security Council today extended for another year the mandate of the United Nations panel of experts monitoring compliance with the embargoes on the delivery of weapons and... Read more »
March 18
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Ethiopia: Secretary-General Urges Restraint After Attack On Eritrean Bases
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Ethiopia and Eritrea to avoid any action that could escalate tensions between the Horn of Africa neighbours, following Ethiopia's attack... Read more »
January 16
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Sudan: UN Agency Seeks Solution for Long-Term Refugees in Eastern Region
The head of the United Nations refugee agency has praised efforts to find a lasting solution for tens of thousands of long-term refugees in eastern Sudan, most of them Eritreans,... Read more »
December 6, 2011
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Eritrea: UN Imposes More Sanctions on Govt
The Security Council today placed additional sanctions on Eritrea for continuing to provide support to armed groups seeking to destabilize Somalia and other parts of the Horn of... Read more »
October 18, 2011
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Eritrea: Sudan Deports Refugees, Asylum-Seekers
The United Nations refugee agency today condemned the deportation of more than 300 Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers by Sudan after weeks of detention and in spite of a previous... Read more »
July 30, 2011
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Eritrea: UN Tightens Enforcement of Sanctions
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations panel of experts monitoring compliance with sanctions related to the conflict in Somalia for another year as... Read more »
July 29, 2011
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Eritrea: Nation Planned Massive Attack Against AU Summit, Says UN Report
The Eritrean Government planned a massive attack on an African Union meeting held earlier this year, according to a new United Nations report that states that this was just one of... Read more »
July 26, 2011
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Sudan: Deportation of Eritrean Refugees - UN
The United Nations refugee agency today condemned Sudan's deportation of Eritrean asylum-seekers on Monday, saying it was concerned with the increased frequency of such incidents... Read more »
December 7, 2010
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Egypt: UN Refugee Agency Appeals to Govt to Help Secure Release of Abducted Eritreans
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced its concern about a group of some 250 Eritreans who have been held hostage for about a month by traffickers in the Sinai, and called... Read more »
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