May 23

• Eritrea: Eritrea's 20th Anniversary - Haunted By Perceptions or Reality?

  Eritrea celebrates its 20th anniversary of independence on Friday with state-run media describing festivities across the country. But Amnesty International has decried the alleged... Read more »

April 07

• Eritrea: Fleeing Eritrea's Bombs to Fight Racism in Australia

  About 2,000 Eritreans live in Australia, many of them granted asylum after being tortured by President Isaias Afewerki's regime. Despite the emotional and sometimes physical scars... Read more »

April 04

• Eritrea: Eritrean Journalist Relaunches Paper in Canada

  People flee Eritrea for many reasons - personal, economic or political??. Aaron Berhane did everything he could not to leave. But a clampdown on the media forced him to flee to... Read more »

April 03

• Eritrea: Eritreans Debate Integration in Chilly Oslo

  Fleeing a long and bloody war thousands of Eritreans have taken refuge abroad - some of them in Norway, the coldest and northernmost corner of Europe. Today two generations of... Read more »

April 02

• Eritrea: Activist Fights to Free Family From Sentence Without Trial

  In Eritrea, President Isaias Afewerki's regime allows no political opposition. Read more »

April 01

• Eritrea: 'Fear and Limbo' Drives Woman to Set Up Support Centre in Israel

  Israel is home to one of the largest Eritrean communities in the world. However, they face discrimination and live in constant fear. One Eritrean woman has founded a centre to give... Read more »

January 21

• Eritrea: Tanks Roll Against Apparent Coup

  Eritrean army tanks besieged the information ministry in central Asmara on Monday after some 200 mutineers seized the building to call for political reform, diplomatic and... Read more »

• Eritrea: Rumours of Military Coup in Eritrea

  According to reports, a group of soldiers have launched what may have been a coup attempt in Asmara, forcing state TV off the air. Read more »

December 06, 2012

• Uganda/Eritrea: Eritrea's Football Team Seek Asylum in Uganda, Citing Persecution

  18 members of the Eritrean national football team are to apply for political asylum in Uganda, after turning up at a ministry in Kampala, two days after they went missing. Read more »

December 03, 2012

• Eritrea/Uganda: National Football Team Defects to Uganda

  Eritrea's entire national football team has defected while on a visit to Uganda, according to one of the players. Read more »

June 06, 2012

• Africa: Eritreans Firebombed in Israel

  Violence against African immigrants in Israel spiked once more as an apartment housing 10 Eritrean asylum-seekers was firebombed on Monday. Read more »

June 05, 2012

• Africa: Israeli Government Deports 25,000 After Racist Protests

  Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the "swift deportation" of 25,000 so-called illegal immigrants after demonstrations targeting immigrants in Tel Aviv. Read more »