I almost forget that it's not just a symbol we are fighting for, but a human being... READ MORE›

WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?

The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE›

GUARDIAN AFRICA SERIES: INSIDE ERITREA

But 24 years later Eritrea has become known as Africa's North Korea and its citizens are fleeing in their thousands to escape a repressive government... READ MORE›

EGYPTAIR DATA SHOWS SMOKE DETECTED IN BATHROOM BEFORE CRASH

Sixty-six people were aboard the Airbus A320 flying from Paris to Cairo before it vanished early Thursday morning... READ MORE›

WHY DO SO MANY ERITREANS LEAVE?

The UN commission report also delves into the grim human rights situation in Eritrea in exhaustive detail... READ MORE›

ALLEGATIONS OF CONSCRIPTED LABOUR IN CANADIAN MINE

The lawsuit contains untested allegations of beatings, torture and cruel and inhuman treatment of workers at the hands of the Eritrean government... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS HAVE FLED THIS COUNTRY THIS GHASTLY MASSACRE IS A REMINDER WHY

Last year, WorldViews reported on a U.N.-led inquiry of human rights violations in Eritrea... READ MORE›

ERITREA'S SOCCER TEAM DEFECTS ... AGAIN

The Eritrean government won independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year civil war... READ MORE›

CALAIS MIGRANTS STORIES SPEAK TO A WIDER TRUTH

Many of the women coming through Save the Children's centres in Europe have been subjected to horrific sexual abuse and violence somewhere on their journey... READ MORE›

ERITREA BLAMES MIGRANT EXODUS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING

One of the most tightly controlled countries in Africa, Eritrea has been ruled by President Isaias Afewerki since winning independence from Ethiopia in 1993... READ MORE›

DIASPORA ERITREANS PROTEST REGIME HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

Thousands of diaspora Eritreans march in support of UN report that accuses government of crime against humanity... READ MORE›

VETERAN ERITREAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS LAUNCH UNDERGROUND OPPOSITION

In the spring of 1976, two young Eritrean men walked into the glass-fronted United Nations building in downtown Geneva to make a desperate plea... READ MORE›

ANDY TSEGE CASE: ETHIOPIA REFUSES TO ALLOW ACCESS TO IMPRISONED BRITISH CITIZEN

A delegation led by Jeremy Corbyn, Mr Tsege's constituency MP, was to visit Ethiopia in a bid to secure his release... READ MORE›

OUTSIDE ERITREA LOOKING IN: A DIASPORA THAT STANDS DIVIDED

Noel Joseph, a UK-based Eritrean human rights activist previously described the tax as a means to hold the diaspora to ransom... READ MORE›

CALAIS MIGRANT CAMP PRIEST PULLS OUT OF BBC'S SONGS OF PRAISE

Mr Kesete's congregation is mainly composed of migrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia... READ MORE›

BORDER CLASHES BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA HEIGHTEN FEARS OF WAR

NAIROBI, Kenya -- The Eritrean Embassy in Kenya sent a text message alert Monday morning The Ethiopians had attacked... READ MORE›

SHOULD EUROPE PAY TO STOP REFUGEES FLEEING OPPRESSIVE ERITREA?

Daniel Mekonnen, a prominent Eritrean human rights lawyer living in Geneva, warns that a time of increased urgency, the aid deal could severely discredit the EU... READ MORE›

'MONEY FOR THE DICTATOR': ERITREA'S SUBTLE 'TAX' ON EXPATS IN CANADA

Eritrea collecting 'money for the dictator' from expats in Canada... READ MORE›

It proposes that Mr. Kiir would remain president while Mr. Machar would become vice president, the sources said... READ MORE›

AS MANY AS 400,000 ENSLAVED IN ERITREA, UN ESTIMATES

Eritrea is believed to have a shoot-to-kill policy to stop people from fleeing the country, according to the head of a UN inquiry... READ MORE›

FRANCE 'TO SEND EXTRA POLICE TO PORT'

Calais migrants france to send extra police to port... READ MORE›

EGYPTAIR CRASH RAISES FEARS OF 'WORST-CASE SCENARIO'

On Oct. 31, 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from Los Angeles to Cairo crashed into the ocean off the Massachusetts coast. All 217 on board died... READ MORE›

EU'S MIGRANT CRISIS: IN AGEING GERMANY, REFUGEES SEEN AS TOMORROW'S SKILLED WORKERS

Eu's migrant crisis in ageing germany refugees seen as tomorrow's skilled workers... READ MORE›

'RELEASE MY BROTHER'

Please, investigators, release my brother, she was quoted as saying from Sudan's capital Khartoum by Italy's Rai News... READ MORE›

MERKEL HAS ALL THE ATTRIBUTES TO STEER THE EUROZONE THROUGH REFUGEE CRISIS

Political and church leaders here should acknowledge that Ireland must accept more refugees in line with the burden-sharing plans of the European Union... READ MORE›

WATCH DAY 3 OF 'ONE YOUNG WORLD'

Join 'One Young World' for the third day of the conference and watch the event LIVE above... READ MORE›