Eritrea seeks to end mandate of UN expert investigating abuses: document

Eritrea is trying to cancel the mandate of a UN expert investigating alleged abuses, a document sent to the UN Human Rights Council showed, in a rare move that Western diplomats fear may set a precedent for states looking to escape scrutiny. The special …

Eritrea: Cataract Surgery For Over 700 Citizens

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, June 26, 2025/APO Group/ -- Cataract surgery is being conducted for 700 citizens from across the country at Berhan Aini National Referral Hospital from 23 to 26 June. Nurse Gebrezgiabhier Haile, …

Eritrea: Nationals Abroad Commemorate Martyrs Day

(MENAFN- APO Group) Eritrean nationals in Italy, France, the Netherlands, South Africa, Belgium, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and the US commemorated Martyrs Day by renewing their pledges and contributing towards augmenting the Martyrs Trust Fund and …

Russian cabinet approves creation of Russia-Eritrea cooperation commission

MOSCOW, June 25. /TASS/. The Russian government has approved the creation of a Russian-Eritrean commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation. A respective decree has been published on the website of legal information. The …

Eritrea: Human Rights Council must vote to extend Special Rapporteur’s mandate

Ahead of the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) which is scheduled to decide on numerous draft resolutions between 4th and 7th July, among them a resolution to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea and another to end the …

Ethiopia–Eritrea Border Reopens After Five Years

Eritrea: Training Of Trainers To Control Hepatitis B Virus Infection

(MENAFN- APO Group) The Ministry of Health has organized a training of trainers program to introduce a vaccination initiative aimed at controlling Hepatitis B, a virus that causes liver inflammation and is transmitted vertically from mother to child. …

Eritrea: Dekemhare Technical School Graduates 139 Students

(MENAFN- APO Group) Dekemhare Technical School today graduated 139 students, including 63 females, who completed two years of theoretical and practical training in auto mechanics, electricity, metal and woodwork, and construction. Mr. Wuhab Mohammed-Ali, …

Ethiopia–Eritrea Border Reopens After Five Years

Joy and tears flowed at Ethiopia’s Zalambessa border town as Eritreans and Ethiopians reunited for the first time in five years. Families, separated by war and political tensions, reconciled in an emotional ceremony organized by local leaders, marking a …

World Reuters Eritrea seeks to end mandate of UN expert investigating abuses, document shows

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Eritrea is trying to cancel the mandate of a U.N. expert investigating alleged abuses, a document sent to the U.N. Human Rights Council showed, in a rare move that Western diplomats fear may set a precedent for states …