Eritrea

The Red Sea, Assab, and the possibility of a reimagined Horn of Africa - opinion

Ethiopia’s push for Red Sea access reflects economic necessity, not a call for war.

Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed at inauguration ceremony of reopening Eritrean embassy in Addis Ababa, 2018
The Horn of Africa is seen on a map (illustrative)

Middle East’s future may be decided in the Horn of Africa - opinion

An illustrative image of a Somaliland flag being held.

My Word: Recognition vs rejection of Somaliland - opinion

The Eritrean regime-supporter being deported from Israel. November 3, 2025.

Israel deports first Eritrean regime supporter after 14 years in the country


Israel's African asylum seekers are living in limbo

Israel's government tends to take a long time processing each individual’s claim for refugee status, and rarely grants it, leaving them stuck in a country with minimal rights and an uncertain future.

African asylum seekers wait to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel

Court acquits 2 men who lynched, mistook Eritrean refugee for a terrorist

Video images of the attack show Zarhum incapacitated and lying in a pool of his own blood being kicked by bystanders who thought he was an assailant.

Blood at the scene where terrorist was shot at the Beersheba central bus station on October 18, 2015

The Eritrean cooking course teaching Israelis about asylum seekers

Kitchen Talks is a social project that aims to connect different groups in Israeli society.

Chef Asmait Merhatsion runs the ‘Kitchen Talks’ program

Exhibit showcases Israeli artists alongside artists from Eritrea and Sudan

In her exhibition ‘Other Name,’ curator Yael Fibak Ilan presents works by known Israeli artists alongside unknown artists from Eritrea and Sudan

Works by asylum-seekers Afwerki Tahma and Tsegay Berhe are currently on display at the Zadik Gallery in Tel Aviv

47-year-old man allegedly raped a 4-year-old girl in Tel Aviv

The girl, who is the child of foreign citizens from Eritrea, complained that she was raped by a family friend at her father's place.

Police chat near a patrol car

A call to release Eritrean religious prisoners

Hopes ran high when Eritrea won its independence from Ethiopia in 1993. Instead, it has become not only one of the poorest countries on Earth

A man walks in front of a church in Eritrea