eritrea Tag

Eritrea’s Human Rights Crisis Requires Ongoing Scrutiny

June 25, 2019

Photo by United Nations Photo (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Article by Laetitia Bader via Human Rights Watch At the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council starting today, states will discuss whether to keep Eritrea in the spotlight. A new report from the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights...

Ethiopia and Eritrea Sign New Peace Agreement

September 15, 2018

Article by Alexander Cornwell, via Reuters Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed a peace agreement in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the second peace deal reached since July between the once warring African countries. The Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders signed a “joint declaration of...