The Eritrean Government representative to the African Union, Ghirma Asmerom, was reportedly pleaded with some African Ambassadors to Ethiopia to mediate between his government and Ethiopia. … more
Two boats that reportedly set out from Libya on 22 and 25 March, one carrying 335 Eritreans and the other 68 Eritreans and Ethiopians, have disappeared. Click on the Link to Read the Story in Full: Guardian UK Related Report: Libyans shooting Sub-Saharan African refugees seeking to escape war-torn country: … more
By Diaa Hadid (CP) JAFFA, Israel — An Israeli rights group said Wednesday that Bedouin smugglers in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula have raped dozens of African women who they promised to smuggle into Israel over the past year. … more
Eritrea has reopened its mission to the African Union, ending years of self-imposed exile from the continental organization. … more
Bedouin smuggling gangs are holding over a hundred African migrants for ransom in the Sinai desert. BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has had rare access to smugglers close to the Israeli border. … more
By Gavin Rabinowitz (AFP) EILAT, Israel — Vika Duvinsky and her family are among the last Israelis living in a grim slum that locals call ‘Sing Sing’ after the notorious American prison. The rest are African migrants or asylum-seekers. … more
Kigali, Rwanda- Daniel Teklehaimanot of Eritrea proved why Swiss cycling team Cervélo Test Team took him as a trainee after he won his third individual and team gold medal in the 144km African Cycling Championships road race staged here today. … more
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is trying to find ways of repatriating or relocating African migrant workers whose illegal influx via Egypt is alarming authorities, a senior government official said on Thursday. … more
ONCE again Africa’s worthiest and perhaps happiest countries, according to Mo Ibrahim’s latest measure of all-round governance, scrutinising data gathered for last year, are offshore. Mauritius is the runaway winner, followed by the Seychelles in second place and Cape Verde fourth (see table). … more
Sep 29, 2010 (This Day/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) — Eritrean mountain runners have thrown down the gauntlet for the rest of the world and African nations who will be coming for the 6th Obudu International Mountain Race and the African Mountain Running Championships holding at the Obudu Ranch … more
LUSAKA, Sept 4 (Reuters) – An African Nations Cup soccer qualifier in Zambia on Saturday had to be postponed for 24 hours when the referees failed to arrive. … more
Sources say, around 10 African refugees, including Eritreans, have been killed in an inhuman way by human smugglers in Sinai, Egypt, after they had been held for more than two months in secret underground locations. … more
Sources say, around 10 African refugees, including Eritreans, have been killed in an inhuman way by human smugglers in Sinai, Egypt, after they had been held for more than two months in secret underground locations. … more
By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, June 8 (Reuters) – The African Union on Tuesday lent support to a mediation agreement between Eritrea and Djibouti, whose bitter border standoff is seen as potentially destabilising for the Horn of Africa region. … more
By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, June 8 (Reuters) – The African Union on Tuesday lent support to a mediation agreement between Eritrea and Djibouti, whose bitter border standoff is seen as potentially destabilising for the Horn of Africa region. … more
According to assenna.com sources, Mr Simon Mehari from Office of the President of Eritrea, who accompanied President Isaias Afewerki to the 25th Franco-African Summit, which was held from May 31 to June 1 in the city of Nice, in France, sought political asylum in Europe. … more
According to assenna.com sources, Mr Simon Mehari from Office of the President of Eritrea, who accompanied President Isaias Afewerki to the 25th Franco-African Summit, which was held from May 31 to June 1 in the city of Nice, in France, sought political asylum in Europe. … more
Four countries yesterday signed a treaty that would pave way for equitable use of the River Nile waters. However, Egypt and Sudan refused to put pen to paper on the treaty that would end their near-absolute rights on the use of the Nile. … more
Four countries yesterday signed a treaty that would pave way for equitable use of the River Nile waters. However, Egypt and Sudan refused to put pen to paper on the treaty that would end their near-absolute rights on the use of the Nile. … more
Four countries yesterday signed a treaty that would pave way for equitable use of the River Nile waters. However, Egypt and Sudan refused to put pen to paper on the treaty that would end their near-absolute rights on the use of the Nile. … more