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UN starts withdrawing peacekeepers from Eritrea

The United Nations on Thursday began pulling North American and European peacekeepers out of Eritrea, 24 hours ahead of a deadline for their expulsion as ties between Asmara and…

Eritreans flee as war fears mount

Eritreans are fleeing their country in growing numbers amid fears of a new war with Ethiopia and economic hardships blamed on authoritarian government policies, according to…

UN vacates nearly half of monitoring posts in Eritrea

The United Nations operation monitoring the increasingly tense border between Ethiopia and Eritrea said on Monday that Asmara’s ban on helicopter overflights would force it to…

Linguist battles to save ‘lost’ Eritrean language

Nearly a decade after accidentally discovering a previously unknown language on an Indian Ocean archipelago off the Eritrean coast, a French linguist is fighting to save the…

War of words intensifies between Eritrea, Sudan

Relations between fractious neighbours Asmara and Khartoum reached a new low this week after Eritrea claimed to have uncovered a Sudanese-backed plot to assassinate President…

Eritreans celebrate highlight of orthodox calendar

Draped in white shawls, thousands of Asmarinos thronged September Square, the largest in the Eritrean capital, to mark the Meskel, the highlight of the orthodox religious…