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A Swiss court has ruled that the nation’s policy toward Eritrean refugees needs tightening. The Federal Administrative Court’s decision handed down on Thursday says Switzerland will no longer recognize Eritreans as refugees solely on grounds of having fled their country illegally. The policy automatically granted refugee status to some Eritreans. …

The Eritrean president has lashed out at Europe for what he says is its role in economically sabotaging his country and depleting its human capital. Isaias Afwerki was making a rare address on national television late last week as part of his traditional New Year message. Focusing on the infrastructure …

The United Arab Emirates has deployed a combat air group to Eritrea’s Assab airport to support its military operation in southern Yemen, Airbus Defence and Space satellite imagery shows. There were nine Dassault Mirage 2000 multirole jet fighters at the airport on 20 October, as well as two Sikorsky UH-60 …

Cholera Outbreak,Photo:Asmarino Despite a deliberate media blackout by the authorities in Eritrea, news about the outbreak of a cholera epidemic has started coming out in bits and pieces. Confirmed reports from Bedda, in the Dankalia region indicate that five citizens have died and forty-five others in the same village have …

Dozens more workers alleging forced labour and intimidation at Bisha mine set to join civil action against mining company Nevsun Resources   Dozens of Eritreans are to join a groundbreaking civil action in Canada as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Nevsun Resources, which majority-owns the Bisha mine in north-west Eritrea, …

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 …

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 …

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, …