Ethiopia has launched a national campaign to plant 700 million trees in one day. The ambitious goal, announced Thursday, is ...

In May 1998, armed forces of Eritrea entered the disputed region of Badme, then under the control of Ethiopia. Surprised ...

Eritrea, often called "Africa’s North Korea," is one of the most brutal and isolated dictatorships in the world. With no ...

Tensions in the Horn of Africa have risen sharply this month, with top leaders in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the Tigray region ...

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has issued a warning to neighbouring Ethiopia, cautioning against the possibility of renewed conflict as tensions ...

Eritrea’s government has accused Israel’s Mossad spy agency of fomenting unrest among expat communities, days after clashes between Eritrean regime supporters and opponents and Israeli police ...

Eritrea has punished the family members of thousands of alleged draft evaders during a conscription drive intended to bolster its military campaign in neighboring Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said ...

Eritrea has a sovereign debt load that is nearly double the size of its GDP according to the World Bank and the IMF. The country has an archaic system of governance and is for that reason a ...

But Tekle’s luck ran out in September when Eritrea’s dictator, Issaias Afwerki, called up reservists aged 40-65 to fight against Tigray, a rebel region of next-door Ethiopia. Probably tens of ...

Eritrea is mobilising armed forces due to the re-eruption of the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the Canadian government said on Saturday, raising fears that the fighting may intensify in a war ...

In the corner of a quiet bar in Asmara, Eritrea’s capital, Mulugeta (not his real name) hatches a plan to escape. He has made contact with the people-smugglers who say they will arrange the ...

Eritrea’s Isaias has never been ideologically anti-West, but his anti-West rhetoric is a mere tactic.