We, The undersigned, United Eritreans in the state of Washington, are writing this petition  in order to  stop the  upcoming Eritrean government’s glamorous Festival, scheduled for August 11-13, 2017, in Seattle, Washington, This Festival is organized by the Eritrean Embassy in Washington D.C, and according to

BY CONOR GAFFEY ON 7/15/17 AT 4:21 AM Newsweek Great Barrier Reef Left Off UNESCO ‘In Danger’ List Despite Concern Over Coral Bleaching And Water Quality WORLDERITREAUNESCOTOURISMAFRICA It’s Africa’s most secretive state and the source of tens of thousands of migrants who have fled towards Europe. But Eritrea is also now home

International and domestic airlines operating in Nigeria are gradually losing passenger traffic to Ethiopian Airlines over the East African carrier’s relatively cheaper fares, easy connectivity and most recently, concerted efforts by the country at becoming a one-stop-shop for tourists in Africa. BusinessDay’s investigations show that an

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia –  China would consider sending peacekeeping troops to a disputed Djibouti-Eritrea border region after Qatar pulled out its troops last month, China's top diplomat to the African Union said Friday, as the Asian giant's military role overseas grows. China also would consider stepping

Originally published on africa-express.info - Electronic translation from Italian  On 5 July in Rome at the exit from a restaurant the ambassador of the State of Eritrea, Petros Fessazion, was attacked by some people, almost certainly his countrymen are tired of a repressive regime that denies the fundamental

Eritrean authorities have stage-managed the first public appearance in 10 years of Patriarch Abune Antonios, rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide has told RFI. The former head of the country’s Orthodox Church had been under house arrest for opposing the government's attempts to control one of

A country’s respect for human dignity is judged by how it treats its prisoners.  Like they say, two wrongs don’t make a right, so also wrong-doing to a law-breaker doesn’t make any right.  Even if the prisoners were animals, it doesn’t give the captor any

Lessons from the Ethiopian famine 32 years ago. By Michael Abraha Estimated thousands of of people began starving to death everyday by 1983 in the hidden famine in Ethiopia under Mengistu's rule mainly caused by war and drought. The Communist regime was then busy preparing to celebrate

Assenna.Com Commentary Government print media is filled with ‘graduation’ stories these days.  The ‘Institute of Technology graduates 1463 students’, ‘College of Health Science graduated 566 students’, ‘Halhal School of Business and Accounting graduates 315 students’, ‘College of Arts and Social Science graduates 281 students’ and so

The European Parliament, –  having regard to its previous resolutions on Eritrea, in particular that of 15 September 2011 on Eritrea: the case of Dawit Isaak(1) , and of 10 March 2016 on the situation in Eritrea(2) , –  having regard to the report of 23 June 2017 of the UN