U.K. issues Eritrea security alert, cautions against travel to all borders
The United Kingdom (U.K.) on Monday (September 4) renewed its travel advisory for Eritrea cautioning its citizens against all travel to borders of the country. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said nationals should avoid all
The United Kingdom (U.K.) on Monday (September 4) renewed its travel advisory for Eritrea cautioning its citizens against all travel to borders of the country.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said nationals should avoid all travel within 25km of Eritrea’s border with Ethiopia and Djibouti – in the case of Ethiopia, due to border tensions dating back to 2008.
The same advice was issued with respect to Sudan with specific mention of Eritrean towns like Tesseney and Barentu all located in the country’s south-west.
Constraints on travel within Eritrea means the British embassy in Asmara is unable to offer consular assistance to British nationals outside Asmara.
A summary of the latest update read as follows: “constraints on travel within Eritrea means the British embassy in Asmara is unable to offer consular assistance to British nationals outside Asmara.
“Entry requirements section (Visas & Foreign currency) – visa applications can take a significant amount of time to process, so you should plan well ahead; you should be aware that you won’t be permitted to take more than 500 nafka (ERN) out of Eritrea.”
The British Embassy, the advisory added, was constrained in assistance that it could offer citizens who were outside of the capital, Asmara. “Six British nationals were provided with consular assistance in Eritrea in 2016,” the statement added.
Source: AfricaNews
Danilo September 6, 2017
Asmerom, first of all look the source of this news bellow, second, your big mouth is talking about peace and conciliation but not. Third, you are excluding Muslims from co-existence, finally, be aware from south to north,and east to west. Otherwise you will end up on enslaved tigray.
sami September 6, 2017
Danilo bello, we thought you were a mafioso Catholic and not a diablos evil moslem taliban!!
Seriously though, unless you are one of the evil “kurkur” paid mercenary, what’s your ploblem??
And when are going to come back to our peaceful earth from your south to north, east to west evil moslem planet? You must also still be bitter for being deported/kicked from your Tigray!!!!
Aba thimmer September 6, 2017
It is up to U.K embassy to issue security warning if there is imminent war.if so,should be also the same warning issues from the side of Ethiopia too. including from Sudan and Djibouti. Otherwise, the motivation need explanation.
Bazen September 6, 2017
The political and security situation in Eritrea is deteriorating from month to month — according to many Eritreans who just came back from recent visits to Asmara and Mendefera town. Last week, about 47 priests, deacons and elders of the Tewahdo Church around Senafe town crossed in mass to Ethiopia. The daily defections from the Eritrean forced and conscripted army to Ethiopia has enormously increased.
The eminent collapse of Eritrea is likely but the most unknown is how the Arab mercenary army based in port Assab, Massawa and Asmara versus the Ethiopian forces will react in shaping the future of Eritrea.
The regime in Eritrea can not supply basic tap water to 75% of Asmara for more than one year, no electric power, food and fuel is ration ….
Beraki T. September 7, 2017
While poor Eritrea and Eritreans keep barking {rather very weakly and quietly – as they are starving to death},
Very advanced Ethiopia and Ethiopians keep marching to fast development, better life, stability and prosperity.
The all mighty God must be on the side of the good polite people of Ethiopia.
Eritrea is cursed with stinky ghedli as gjhedli was designed to weaken the highland people right from its inception.
Nahon September 7, 2017
They think their hate of Islam and Eritrean Muslims will not affect Ethiopia and its Muslim population.
How stupid they are …
Assenna please stop these intruders. Publish their IP and you will not see them again here.
k.tewolde September 7, 2017
sami,kokhob,Beraki.T and your likes…assuming you are Eritreans and are stakeholders of the nation and assuming you are young and living in the west and aspiring to build a democratic,just and vibrant nation,if your comments in this medium reflects the real you,my advise with all due respect, you have a lot of work to do on yourself.Don’t take this as an insult,just a tip from a big brother who is tolerant of opposing views of all kinds and absorbs them patiently as long as the other side is reciprocating.You are ill equipped and still vulnerable for some opportunist like the tyrant did to your predecessors.You need to retool,learn from history and position yourself to deliver what the poor,downtrodden Eritrean people are yearning.Otherwise,you looking at another quarter of a century of destitution.By then,God knows what would be left of the poor nation.
k.tewolde September 7, 2017
In other words,listen to the prudent voices of Eritrean religious spokesmen,civic leaders,activists,concerned scholars and loving father and mother figures.because you wont have the luxury of having them around.
Danilo September 7, 2017
K. tewolde, forget this mad dogs. because they are robots who speak with out audience. They seem to comment but not unless insulting tolerate society bath Muslims and Christians. therfore, their database will delete as soon as Higdef and weyaniye collapse for good.
Yitbarekh September 7, 2017
Opportunist and confused people often tend to either deliberately ignore or deny the fact the fake colonial Eritrean identity can not be sustained without hating the very people they tent to exploit for their “Singapore dream” ……… Ethiopians. However, the intelligent and brave Ethiopians have stopped the Eritrean opportunist fantasy ‘the Singapore day dream’ for once and for all after the badme border war in which weak Eritrea lost disastrously.
AHMED SALEH !!! September 8, 2017
That is fine Neighbor . Pls next time do not pretend to sound like an Eritrean .
Dawit September 8, 2017
Truly HUMUM FITAH KELBI ARAB.
Aren’t you the one fucking delusional muslim pretending to be Eritrean?????????????
You are a foreigner neighbour from evil muslim Arab HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Get lost fast and keep plaing with your kind HUMUMATIN FUTUHATIN AKALIB AREB.
Dani amiche September 7, 2017
There was enough zeal that lasted thirty yrs to make little Europe in Midre Bahri (however clumsy it was conceived).
I am wondering, why isn’t there equal zeal to correct it once they ‘the so-called hero Eritrean/Midre Bahrian’ “liberators” found out what works and what doesn’t? Perhaps the zeal may not have been for little Europe “Eritrea”!!
Little Europe Eritrea I imagine will chug along like any other poor, backward African state post-Isayas/PFDJ. But it would help ordinary highland Eritreans (the real/genuine and only dekebat) if they came to terms with the fact that they are very poor backward Africans and not the shitty bastard Muslim Arabs or the white Europeans.
AHMED SALEH !!! September 7, 2017
Who cares about deniers who are frustrated to see Eritrean nation independent .
And we refuse to speak negative about Ethiopia
and its people in response to these Tigrigna
speaking intruders obsessed with hatred and with
ill-wish to our national affairs .
By now everybody should know their dubious intention in this forum . Their language proved us
all . Therefore no need to panic by reading any kind
anti-Eritrean comment by intruders in disguise of justice seekers .
We kindly asked them to leave ASSENNA FORUM
alone and participate to where they belong . Get
rid from TUKHAN – KUNCHI before they infest our
HOUSE .
Bazen September 7, 2017
“who cares about deniers ….” who hated their own languages, identity and history in order to Arabize Eritrea. As I write the Kuwaiti leader, one of “our” Arab masters and financers that includes Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Emirates …is talking in the White House to expand his English language based educational system, as UAE and all the Gulf did, without burning his own native language. However, in Eritrea the enslaved and Abeedized, anti-Eritrean deniers burned and hated our own native languages of Tigre Tigrinya to make Eritrea look like the Wahabi Arabs and the opportunist Arab Egyptians.
The idiot deniers, firstly, need to look at themselves in the mirror.