Eritrean Accused of Trafficking Migrants Is Captured in Sudan, Italy Says Gaia Pianigiani and Sewell Chan, The New York Times 9 June 2016 Image: European Union delegates paid tribute before rows of coffins at an airport hangar in Lampedusa, Italy, in 2013. The coffins held the bodies of the victims of the shipwreck that killed more than 300 migrants off the Sicilian island. CreditRoberto Salomone/European Commission, via European Pressphoto Agency

U.N. Accuses Eritrea’s Leaders of Crimes Against Humanity Nick Cumming-Bruce and Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times 9 June 2016 Image: Yemane Gebreab, an adviser to the president of Eritrea, arrived at a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday to respond to the report by the United Nations commission. GENEVA — The leaders of Eritrea are responsible for crimes against humanity, a United Nations commission of inquiry said Wednesday, calling for

Eritrea and North Korea Are World's Most Censored Countries, Advocacy Group Says Rick Gladstone, New York Times 21 April 2015 The impoverished African nation of Eritrea has the lowest rate of cellphone ownership in the world, less than 1 percent of its people can go online, and its journalists are so terrified of offending the president that even reporters for the state-run news media live in perpetual fear of arrest. In North Korea, the government

Genocide Watch July 31, 2012 In 1941 the British took control of Eritrea, which had been an Italian colony. In 1952, the British federated Eritrea with Ethiopia, without any vote of Eritreans. The country remained under the reign of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, until it gained independence in 1993 after a 32 year war of independence. Eritrea and Ethiopia, have maintained a tremulous relationship as their border dispute continues, despite a judgment

[caption id="attachment_4801" align="alignleft" width="150"] President Isaias Afwerki, Reuters[/caption] Coup Attempt by Rebel Soldiers Is Said to Fail in Eritrea By Jeffrey Gettleman 21 January 2013 GARSEN, Kenya — Eritrea, a sliver of a nation in the Horn of Africa that is one of the most secretive and repressive countries in the world, was cast into confusion on Monday after mutinous soldiers stormed the Ministry of Information and took over

14 November 2012 "Eritrean refugees Raped, Beaten, and Burned Inside Sinai’s hostage Camps" By IndepthAfrica 19 July 2012 "Rising tensions amid new opportunities of engagement" By Chatham House 17 July 2012 "UN investigator-too early to lift Eritrean sanctions" By Voice of America 17 July 2012 "Eritreas brutal trade in weapons and people is too lucrative to stamp out" By The Guardian 16 July 2012 "Eritrea reduces support for Al Shabaab" By Reuters