ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 5 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has begun the resettlement in the United States of some 700 ethnic Kunama refugees from Eritrea, flying out a first group of 29 from Addis ...

As Eritrea undergoes Universal Periodic Review with UN Security Council, the government is being asked to proof of life of the journalists who have been detained over the years. It is only in the last ...

“Named for the year the Eritrean press was dissolved, 2001 was produced by Vanessa Tsehaye’s organization, One Day Seyoum, which advocates for the release of those imprisoned by the government. The ...

Kidane Zekarias escaped from court premises in Addis Ababa after nearly a year of trial on eight counts of human trafficking ADDIS ABABA, June 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An Eritrean trafficker ...

As the 30th edition of the Cascade Festival of African Films winds down, the annual celebration of art from the world’s second-most populous continent is spending its final days showcasing female ...

For ten years, Swiss director Anne-Frédérique Widmann followed Shewit, a 15-year-old girl she met who, after a long journey, arrived in Geneva in pursuit of her freedom. The director and the young ...

Abiba Haimanot at the the traditional coffee making area in her restaurant along Ngong Road. She serves Ethiopian and Eritrean delicacies. [Photo: David Gichuru/Standard] As sweet aromas of anjera, ...