The United Nations on Tuesday called on Israel to scrap a new programme forcing thousands of African migrants out of the country, condemning it as incoherent and unsafe.
The programme is targeting an estimated 38,000 people, mainly from Eritrea and Sudan.
Israel has offered them $3,500 (2,900 euros) and a plane ticket if they leave by March, warning they mayRead more
Qatar said on Wednesday it had pulled all of its troops from the border of Djibouti and Eritrea, East African nations that have a long-running territorial dispute which Doha had helped mediate.
Qatar offered no explanation for the move, though it comes amid a diplomatic dispute with other Arab nations that have cut diplomatic ties and now are trying toRead more
On December 23 the United Nations Security Council imposed an arms embargo and other sanctions on Eritrea for endangering the stability in the Horn of Africa. Resolution 1907 was adopted to punish Eritrea for supplying arms to Al Qaida-linked Al Shabab rebels in Somalia and occupying disputed territory on its border with Djibouti
The sanctions, which include an armsRead more
Eritrea insists that there is no truth in the allegations by Western countries that the country is a launchpad for Iranian military adventures.
Gulf News was given exclusive access to the military facilities and this correspondent toured the war-torn country and did not find any evidence of training for foreign fighters.
The strategic importance of this Horn of Africa nation andRead more
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had a lunch with refugees at Lisbon's Cozinha Popular da Mouraria on Wednesday, in a symbolic gesture to welcome refugees.
At a time when "obstacles and walls are being created" and there are "limits of entry and exit of people", Portugal's stance is to open its arms to refugees, he told reporters before theRead more
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has blamed Eritrea for the recent border skirmish, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
In a speech to the parliament in Addis Ababa, he said Eritrea carried out the "provocation" in a bid to divert attention away from the report of the UN-appointed commission of inquiry on the human rights situation in the country, which accusedRead more
Eritrea claimed Thursday to have killed “more than 200” Ethiopians in a battle last week, the fiercest border clashes since a 1998-2000 war, while giving no mention of its own casualties.
Each side blames the other for starting the two-day battle which broke out on Sunday, saying also that their rival suffered the most losses.
There was no immediate responseRead more
Selam hoped that escaping from Eritrea into Sudan would be the first step towards a better life for her unborn child, away from military service and dire economic prospects.
But after traffickers seized her in Sudan, the dream quickly became a nightmare. Selam -- not her real name -- was beaten, raped and shot in captivity.
Despite her ordeal, twoRead more
Paris authorities on Wednesday evacuated 985 migrants from a large camp that mushroomed this month in the east of the French capital.
The mayor's office said in a statement that the migrants -- mostly from Sudan, Eritrea and Afghanistan -- would be housed in emergency shelters for a month, allowing them to begin the asylum process.
"I don't know whereRead more