We've talked about some incredibly poor countries on this channel before, but perhaps nothing as bad as the small East African country of Eritrea. This country is a complete military dictatorship, and ...

Meskel, the Finding of the True Cross, was colorfully celebrated across the country today. A prayer service, presided over by His Holiness Abune Basilos I, 6th Patriarch of the Orthodox Tewahdo Church ...

The Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak and three Eritrean journalists — Temesgen Ghebreyesus, Seyoum Tsehaye and Amanuel Asrat —are entering their 24th year of detention without trial. Reporters ...

Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea have flared up again after Ethiopian authorities said they would focus on regaining access to the sea it lost with Eritrea’s independence. In this context, posts ...

Keren — Reserved land in the Anseba Region is significantly contributing to the preservation of natural resources in general, while also enhancing forestry and domestic tourism, according to a report ...

Boosaaso (Commentary) — Where is Asmaron Legesse when Ethiopia needs him most to lecture Abiy Ahmed about the Gadaa system? Professor Legesse wrote a path-breaking study on the Gadaa, an Oromo ...

In the nearly 21 years since two Orthodox priests were arbitrarily imprisoned in Eritrea, their wives have died. Neither the Rev. Gebremedhin Gebregiorgis nor Dr. Futsum Gebrenegus have been charged ...

Across Eritrea’s sun-baked interior, a quiet revolution is unfolding. Where parched riverbeds once marked the struggle for survival, hand-built masonry dams now hold back precious rainwater, feeding ...

Today the UN Human Rights Council firmly rejected Eritrea’s attempt to end scrutiny of its human rights situation. Council members decisively voted down the Eritrean government’s resolution to end the ...