Reuters By Arwa Gaballa and Ahmed Tolba | TANTA,EGYPT/CAIRO At least 44 people were killed in bomb attacks on the symbolic cathedral seat of the Coptic Pope and another church on Palm Sunday, prompting anger and fear among Christians and troop deployments across Egypt. Islamic State claimed responsibility

NICK JEFFRIES The application and potential benefits of circular economy thinking have been widely described in the European context. What has been less commonly explored is the application in lower income countries such as those in sub-Saharan Africa. During 1998 – 2003, a remarkable project took

Most of the bottom 10 - including Eritrea, the deadliest driving destination, according to the World Health Organization's figures (with 48.4 deaths per 100,000 residents), Libya (40.5) and Iraq (31.5) - are unlikely to feature on the travel itineraries of most Britons. But a couple

Reuters Libyan authorities released on Wednesday 28 Eritreans and seven Nigerians who were captured and enslaved by Islamic State in Sirte and had been held in detention since the jihadist group lost the city in December. The group, all but two of whom are women and children,

By Eritrea Focus On 15 October 2015, in line of its objective to fight against the root cause of poverty and human rights violation and as part of the worldwide movement for global justice  War On Want (WOW) agreed to collaborate with Eritrea Focus in the

By Martin Plaut Washington imposed sanctions on the Eritrean navy after Asmara was found to have purchased military equipment from the North Korean regime – and not for the first time. Eritrea’s dealings were revealed in a UN Security Council Sanctions Committee report dated 17 February 2017. Read

Monday 27 March, 2017 5:30 pm Committee Room 16 A briefing by Sheila B Keetharuth, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea. Prior to the commencement of the briefing, the APPG on Eritrea held its Annual General Meeting, ensuring its work can

The Wad Sherifey elementary school for Eritrean refugee children ended its 32nd academic school year on 21 March 2017 in the presence of invited honour guests, parents and residents of the refugee township near the Eritrea-Sudan border. [gview file="http://assenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Wad-Sherifey-School-Ends-32nd-Academic-Year-E.pdf"]  

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hails UNESCO’s decision, announced today, to award its Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize to Dawit Isaak, a journalist with Swedish and Eritrean dual nationality who has been imprisoned in Eritrea for 15 years without every talking to a lawyer or

Ethiopia's parliament has extended the country's state of emergency by four months, two weeks after it had initially relaxed some parts of the measure. The state of emergency was originally declared in October and set to last for six months in response to months of anti-government

The Eritrean government fully appreciates the most retched existence of its troops since independence 25 years ago. In recent years young fighters have been exiting its borders in droves dodging flying bullets or walking around mines; then treking on for months through deadly African deserts

Chris­tine N. Umu­toni UN Resident/ Humanitarian Coor­di­na­tor & UNDP Res­i­dent Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Asmara, Eritrea Dear Ms. Umu­toni, This is to reg­is­ter my deep­est regret at repeated state­ments you’ve made in sup­port of the Eritrean regime, the most bru­tal sys­tem of gov­ern­ment our peo­ple have had to endure for more than