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  by David H. Shinn The UN Security Council has released its 116 page Monitoring Group report on Eritrea dated 13 October 2014. The Monitoring Group found no evidence of Eritrean support to al-Shabaab during the reporting period. It did not, however, rule out the possibility that Eritrea may have …

© UNHCR/A.D’Amato GENEVA, November 14 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday said the number of asylum-seekers in Europe from Eritrea over the first 10 months of this year has risen threefold compared to the same period in 2013. In Ethiopia and Sudan, neighbouring Eritrea, the number of Eritrean …

(JTA) — Israel will release 138 Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers who the nation’s Supreme Court ruled were being held illegally. Thursday’s ruling was in response to a petition filed by the nonprofit organization The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants. Following the decision, the Population and Immigration Authority said that …

More than 200 risk their lives every day, UN says, crossing a heavily-fortified border between arch enemy states.   Over 200 Eritrean refugees are crossing the heavily fortified and dangerous border into neighbouring Ethiopia daily, the United Nations said in a report noting a “spike” in those fleeing. Tens of …

Two opposition members tell the Guardian how Eritreans are becoming increasingly disillusioned with the repressive regime Eritrea’s president, Isaias Afewerki, runs a one-party state and brooks no opposition. Photograph: James Akena/Reuters Eritrea is the most closed and repressive country in Africa, routinely denying access to the international media. No foreign …

Between the desert and the fire "] Eritreans, fleeing their own country for decades, are now using refugee camps in Sudan as a first step into Europe. Refugees have been crossing the border between Eritrea and Sudan for more than 40 years. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, estimates that northern …

© UNHCR photo GENEVA, October 17, (UNHCR) The UN refugee agency reported there has been a sharp increase this year in the number of migrants and asylum-seekers losing their lives in attempts to get to Yemen, mainly from the Horn of Africa, with more deaths at sea in 2014 than …

BY KIERAN GUILBERT LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sixteen countries have alarming levels of hunger, with Burundi the worst affected, according to an annual index released on Monday which also reveals that 2 billion people worldwide suffer from “hidden hunger”. Hidden hunger, which is a lack of vitamins and minerals, …

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Mejlis Ibrahim Mukhtar  The Eritrean Covenant TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE JUSTICE AND PEACE Reviving the Eritrean covenant: We, the authors of this statement, are a diverse group of civic-minded Eritreans who come from all walks of life, from inside Eritrea and the Diaspora and from different ethnic, regional, and political background and …