KHARTOUM, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — Sudan on Saturday officially announced closure of its eastern border with Eritrea following deployment of thousands of Sudanese troops in Kassala State on the border with Eritrea, official SUNA news agency reported. Kassala State Governor Adam Jamma issued the decision of closing all border crossings …

Salem Solomon Tewelde Tesfagabir WASHINGTON — Eritrea has temporarily shut down nearly 450 private businesses, the latest in a series of moves that has sent shockwaves through the economy of the Red Sea nation. The closures were a response to companies hoarding cash and “failing to do business through checks and …

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:  Rupert Colville 21 November 2017 – Geneva We are concerned by continuing efforts by certain States to undermine and denigrate important mechanisms established by the 47 Member States of the Human Rights Council. Most recently, in New York, during the interactive dialogue …

Salem Solomon – After years of inquiry, the U.N. Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea has found no conclusive evidence of Eritrean support for al-Shabab militants in Somalia, an allegation that led to sanctions in 2009. In its latest report, the group identified violations of those sanctions and recommended that …

By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter  The Eritrean government is escalating its crackdown on religion, persecution watchdog groups have said, as both a Catholic and a major Islamic school were recently targeted by officials, prompting violent clashes with security personnel.Khataza Gondwe, Christian Solidarity Worldwide’s team leader for Africa and the Middle East, …

New York (HAN) November 12th, 2017 – Public Diplomacy & Regional Security – A United Nations monitoring Group reported that  Eritrean Leader President Isias Afwerki continued support for some rebel militias and armed Groups based in Eritrea and  continue to heighten security in the Horn of Africa states of Ethiopia and …

The Eritrean Dictatorial Regime Targets “Al Diaa Islamic School” Background: The school was established in 1969 with donations from the local Muslim community in Asmara to serve the educational needs of their children with special emphasis on Arabic and Islamic Studies in addition to the standard curriculum taught in other …

A packed international conference took place in Brussels by Connection e.V., PRO ASYL, EMDHR, WRI, Eritrean Law Society and EEPA (23.10.2017) There are “reasonable grounds to believe crimes against humanity are taking place”, stated  Sheila Keetharuth, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, at a major high-ranking …

Netanyahu on African ‘infiltrators’: We will return south Tel Aviv to Israelis Israel seeking to get around court ruling and go on coercing refugees into deportation African asylum seekers can be deported to countries like Rwanda and Uganda, Israel’s top court rules Interior Minister Arye Dery said Sunday that he …

:  Martin Plaut Three hours of shelling are reported to have taken place across the Eritrea-Ethiopian border today (Wednesday). The clash was apparently sparked off when Eritrean troops opened fire on about 40 refugees attempting to flee from Eritrea to Ethiopia. The Ethiopian military retaliated, sparking off the fighting in …