From his home in the far north of Ethiopia, Hagos can see Eritrean soldiers positioned on the other side of his town, Alitena ...

We've talked about some incredibly poor countries on this channel before, but perhaps nothing as bad as the small East ...

Habteab Yemane became a lawyer because he believed in a constitutional state, but his journey led him somewhere else entirely ...

It’s been a year since my appointment as South Africa’s ambassador to Eritrea, which seems an appropriate point to reflect on my experience and the tentative conclusions I have reached concerning the ...

The former rebel, now a top official in the information ministry, was angry because I refused to name two ex-freedom fighters I had quoted expressing disillusionment at life in Eritrea today. "You ...

the right to live in peace without any threat and defend its sovereignty”. Eritrean troops fought in support of Ethiopia’s army during its two-year war against regional Tigrayan forces.

while Eritrea and Ethiopia were at war, in total, for 30 years. Life in Eritrea was dangerous and unpredictable. Being an Eritrean and helping the military, my dad was wanted by the Ethiopian ...

The extent of Eritrea’s prison system is well known. But the testimony of former detainees provides new details, never before reported, about prison conditions and the desperation of life on the ...

"I've seen the scars on people's legs, I've seen their tears and it's very real and they live under a lot of fear." I was asked to leave Eritrea before I could get a government response to my research ...

It said it deeply regretted an attack on "the national service program which is the backbone of Eritrea’s national defence capabilities ascertaining the right of self-defence, the right to live ...