Limitations on freedom of movement are just the tip of the iceberg in Eritrea – one the harshest dictatorships in the world. Yishai Halper One week later Israel grants entry to 3 African migrants trapped on border; other 18 sent to Egypt Gag order lifted Uganda will take in thousands …

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 21, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Eritrean opposition group, Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) on Wednesday said that Yemen’s Houthi group have attacked the international Airport of Assab, a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. A Houthi Shiite rebel carries his …

Why Berhanu Nega traded a tenured position for the chance to lead a revolutionary force against an oppressive regime. BY JOSHUA HAMMERAUG Berhanu Nega was once one of Bucknell University’s most popular professors. An Ethiopian exile with a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, he taught …

Warning: this story contains disturbing imagery London: There is an “invisible catastrophe” in the Mediterranean: families who have lost their loved one beneath the waves and do not know where they are buried – or even if they are dead. A new report says many of the thousands of refugees …

Mohammed Hiyabu Mahmud Jaber Debrom, who is an Eritrean visual artist, has won the Arab Forum Fine Arts Award for his painting “ Nostalgia Home”, in London, UK on August 19, 2016. His wonderful painting occupied the third place among many contestants from all the Arab countries, as the best …

by Martin Plaut So the truth is finally in the public domain. Eritrea is, indeed, facing a drought and needs international aid. The UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien has made the announcementas part of funding for what are described as “severely underfunded aid operations in six neglected emergencies.” “An …

Amnesty International speaks out against Eritrea’s Dutch offensive by Martin Plaut The Dutch Amnesty International website recently published an article on intimidation and the use of legal action being taken by supporters of the Eritrean regime towards critics in the Netherlands. The critics that are targeted state that this has not …

Police in Switzerland have detained about 60 migrants found aboard a train heading in from Milan, Italy. The discovery of the migrants in southern Switzerland on Tuesday is reportedly the largest ever bust that Swiss border authorities have made on a train. The migrants, many of whom are Eritrean men, …

ADDIS ABABA (HAN) July 13.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News.Four countries are most at risk from a Zika outbreak as a result of travel related to the Rio Olympics and Paralympic Games, a U.S. health agency said on Wednesday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified Chad, …

Martin Plaut This is the official report by the U.S. State Department – and it is damning. It registers the complicity of the Eritrean government in trafficking and its failure to prosecute those involved in these human rights abuses. Martin 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report – Eritrea Publisher United States …