The Eritrean government's human rights record remained poor last year and the authorities continued to commit numerous serious abuses, a report by...

On 14 December 2007, 368 persons were repatriated from Eritrea to Ethiopia under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross...

IRIN interviewed President Isaias Afewerki in Asmara, on 1 October. Eritrea and the Horn of Africa in general remain chronically vulnerable in...

Several thousand families who were forced to abandon their homes during the 1998-2000 war between Eritrea and Ethiopia have returned to their home...

The Yemeni government is concerned that new swarms of locusts in the south of the country, and the billions of offspring they are likely to have,...

The Eritrean government has banned female genital mutilation (FGM), saying the practice was painful and put women at risk of life-threatening health...

The Eritrean government and civil society have expressed optimism that efforts to combat female genital mutilation (FGM) were bearing fruit, saying...

Mr Malcolm Duthie, the new representative of the United Nations World Food Programme to The Gambia, on Monday presented his letter of credence to the...

Women in Eritrea have joined a nationwide campaign to try to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) by lobbying for a law to ban the practice and...