By Aaron Maasho NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two little known Eritrean rebel groups said on Friday they had killed 12 government soldiers in an early morning attack. The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation (RSADO) and the Eritrean National Salvation Front said they carried out the raid on Thursday

(Reuters) - Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of wounds suffered on Thursday as fighters battling to complete an eight-month-old uprising against his rule overran his hometown Sirte, Libya's interim rulers said. His killing, which came swiftly after his capture near Sirte, is the most dramatic

Soaked in blood and looking empty eyed into the camera lens - is this the image of Colonel Gaddafi the world will remember? It is the first photo to emerge which claims to show the fallen dictator moments after he was apparently shot in the legs

CAIRO: A leading international human rights organization has said 34 Eritrean men and five women are being held by Egyptian authorities and could face being returned to their country, where they “would face a real risk of torture and arbitrary detention.” According to London-based Amnesty International,

By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Mining companies would be banned from investing in Eritrea's potentially booming minerals sector under a draft U.N. resolution that Security Council members are due to start negotiating on Tuesday. The council is weighing the investment ban, as well as an

UNHCR Briefing Notes, 18 October 2011 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 18 October 2011, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR condemns the deportation

Every Eritrean-registered prisoner in Egypt, particularly, in Hurghada, Aswan and Bene'ab  Prisons have had their phones removed and are being transported to Cairo today for deportation to Eritrea. Please, take whatever action you can; contact anyone and everyone to get this deportation stopped!! A young Eritrean lady

By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, October 14, updated -- For days as the Eritrean Permanent Representative Araya Desta has been checking and re-checking the Security Council, Gabon's Permanent Representative Nelson Messone has been speaking to other member's ambassadors one by one. When Inner City Press

A man claiming to be from al-Qaeda has distributed aid in Somalia, highlighting the group's links with al-Shabab militants. The man identified as US citizen Abu Abdulla Almuhajir and speaking with an American accent handed out food, hijabs and Korans to people at a refugee camp

Recently we have learned about three Eritreans who were living in Tel Aviv who were kidnapped by some Israeli Arabs whilst they were in search of work.  The criminals took all their money and other belongings, and then forced them to cross into Egypt.   Once