Mr. President, Eritrea is taking the floor in explanation of position after the adoption of draft resolution A/ES-11/L2 (Humanitarian consequences of the aggression against Ukraine) The draft resolution just adopted regrettably makes reference to the resolution adopted on 2nd March which my delegation voted against. Eritrea is disappointed that the humanitarian issue is politicized. Eritrea […]
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Thank you for your time Ambassador Sophia, What is the general overview of Eritrea’s Mission in the United Nations? First of all thank you for having me here. Eritrea’s mission to the UN is Eritrea’s entry to the world. It is a platform where we get to engage with 193 countries and many other UN […]
Nairobi — Aid groups say Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are facing increased attacks and growing hunger as humanitarian access to the displaced persons camps remains limited. The aid groups are calling on Ethiopian authorities to protect refugees and allow much-needed assistance into besieged areas of the country. Eritrean refugees living in Ethiopia continue to face […]
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Africans and the Russia-Ukraine War
On February 2, the United Nations General Assembly convened in an emergency session, the first in a quarter of a century, to consider the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the end of the debate, the states in the General Assembly voted to adopt a resolution condemning Russia’s conduct as an unlawful act of aggression “in […]
The infamous 2018 peace accord between Ethiopia and Eritrea was hailed by the international community for shattering the 20-year-old stalemate between the two countries. The rapprochement was presented as an embodiment of African solutions, an “anti-liberal’” peace concocted by outward looking heads of state who internally settled the limitations of international mediation and peacebuilding. I […]
The Eritrean military has been involved in the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since the conflict broke out in November 2020. Eritrea shares a 1,000 km border with Ethiopia, including with Tigray. It sent thousands of soldiers in support of the Ethiopian federal forces in their operations against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. These actions […]
Geneva — The United Nations Refugee Agency says thousands of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s embattled northern Tigray province are living under life-threatening conditions because they have no access to humanitarian aid. U.N. refugee staff members say they were shocked by what they saw when they visited the Mai Aini and Adi Harush camps for Eritrean […]
Eritrea celebrates a host of holidays in January. First comes New Year, followed by the Orthodox Christmas, and twelve days later comes another holiday to celebrate: Timket or the Epiphany, as it is called. I am somewhat certain we all gain quite a bit of weight over these twenty days of nonstop feasting and celebrations. […]
China voiced its opposition to US sanctions on Eritrea during a visit by Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the Horn of Africa nation – the first leg of his inaugural overseas tour of the year. The United States imposed sanctions on Eritrea last year over the brutal conflict in neighbouring Ethiopia, a move Asmara branded […]
The mist that covered the city a few days ago was quite some scenery. This was not Florence, Paris, New York, Barcelona and nor was it London, Rome or Venice. This is Asmara. The city covered with fog early in the morning looks something out of a Hollywood movie set. Clean boulevards, pantile roofs, palm […]
The government of Eritrea has been making efforts to rehabilitate the infrastructure of the National Animal and Plant Health Laboratory (NAPHL) and equip it with high technology and equipment. NAPHL, which is run by the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), provides various animal and plant disease diagnosis services to all departments of the MoA, including the […]
Ten patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Testing Stations in Asmara, Central Region. On the other hand, twelve patients who have been receiving medical treatment in hospitals in the Central Region have recovered fully and have been discharged from these facilities. Sadly, 52 years old patient from the […]
The recently published opinion on the New York Times exposes that the U.S. is demonizing Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his successful effort in thawing Ethio-Eritrea relations that has been in deadlock for two decades, experts on the course told Sputnik International. According to Sputnik’s report, the U.S. has ‘long sought to isolate Eritrea […]
Urgent action is needed to avoid a repeat of tragedies like this week’s drowning of at least 27 people in the English Channel, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday. The incident amounted to the largest single loss of life in the English Channel since the UN migration agency, IOM, started recording data […]
The US Administration has declared seemingly new, unwarranted, “sanctions” on Eritrea as a continuation of its misguided and hostile policy. This unilateral sanction, that shifts blame to and scapegoats Eritrea on the basis of spurious allegations, is in contravention of international law, and constitutes a flagrant breach of the sovereignty, independence and liberation of peoples […]
Washington has blacklisted the Eritrean military as it ups pressure on parties fighting in northern Ethiopia. The US cited “numerous reports” of the killing of civilians by Eritrean forces. The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the Eritrean military and other Eritrea-based individuals and entities over their “continued role” in the yearlong conflict in […]
Washington, DC — Remarks by Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, U.S. Special Envoy for The Horn of Africa, to the U.S. Institute for Peace on November 1, 2021 Had someone previewed for me in 2015 — in the middle of my six-year tenure as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs — that I would someday serve as […]
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), and, the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHCR), have issued today what they have termed as a “Joint Investigation Report into Alleged Violations of International Human Rights, Humanitarian an Refugee Law Committed by all Parties to the Conflict in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia”. The Report […]