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Flaming cars, violent clashes, dozens of people detained. As one of the world’s most repressive countries marks 30 years of independence, festivals held by Eritrea's diaspora in Europe and North ...
Eritrean authorities have suspended all flights by Ethiopian Airlines to the East African nation effective Sept. 30, the airline said on Wednesday. Flights from Ethiopia to Eritrea had resumed in ...
More than 100 people were injured in violent clashes in Tel Aviv between Eritrean government supporters celebrating an Eritrea Day event and opponents of President Isaias Afwerki. Israeli police ...
25 July – The Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority orders the banning of Ethiopian Airlines from operating over Eritrean airspace effective 30 September, citing multiple violations. [ 2 ] 19 August – Former finance minister Berhane Abrehe dies after six years in solitary confinement in Carshelli prison in Asmara after being arrested for ...
January 21 – Tigrayan peace process: Eritrean forces withdraw from Shire and other major towns in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. [2]May 7 – Eritrea is accused of forced deportation and repatriating of 3,500 Eritreans from Sudan to Teseney and other towns near the Sudanese–Eritrean border.
The media in Eritrea played a role in its war against Ethiopia. Independent Eritrea has one of the harshest media regimes, with private and foreign ownership being banned since the early 2000s. As of 2018, the government controlled four newspapers, one television channel and two radio stations.
Dawit Isaak has been held without trial in an Eritrean prison for 23 years.
During conflicts, such as the series of Eritrean-Ethiopian clashes since Eritrea's invasion of Ethiopia in 1998, a significant number of migrants from Eritrea sought refuge in Sudan for safety. As a result, Sudan has accumulated a population of around 126,000 Eritrean migrants and Sudanese-Eritreans, with over 75,000 in the Sudanese capital ...