Eritrean News
Egyptian police shoot Eritrean migrant at border
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 09:27ISMAILIA, Egypt, July 29 (Reuters) - Egyptian police shot dead an Eritrean migrant as he tried to cross the Egyptian-Israeli border, medical and security sources said on Thursday.
African nations divided over Bashir genocide charge
Sun, 07/25/2010 - 11:30Libya denies mistreatment of Eritrean migrants
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 10:59TRIPOLI, July 8 (Reuters) - Libya denied allegations from human rights groups on Thursday that it was mistreating a group of Eritrean migrants who had been turned back at sea by Italian patrols and handed over to Libya.
Italy accused of letting Libya mistreat refugees
Tue, 07/06/2010 - 11:54BG Egypt to invest $2 bln on offshore pipeline, wells
Tue, 07/06/2010 - 06:44CAIRO, July 6 (Reuters) - BG Group's Egyptian subsidiary said it would invest $2 billion to install a pipeline and drill new wells off Egypt's Mediterranean coast to help meet the country's growing demand for gas.
Q&A-Has Eritrea softened its foreign policy?
Wed, 06/30/2010 - 04:38NAIROBI, June 30 (Reuters) - Eritrea and Djibouti struck a deal earlier this month to end their two-year border dispute. It was a move that caught most analysts by surprise.
Egypt reaches out to Bedouins after Sinai clashes
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 12:59ISMAILIA, Egypt, June 29 (Reuters) - Egypt's interior minister met Bedouin elders on Tuesday in a bid to smooth tensions after a surge in clashes between security forces and tribesmen, but some Bedouin leaders said the meeting failed.
Egypt police kill Eritrean woman at Israeli border
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 07:16EL-ARISH, EGYPT, June 29 (Reuters) - Egyptian police shot and killed an Eritrean woman trying to cross Egypt's border into Israel, security sources said, bringing the number of migrants killed along the border so far this year to at least 19.
DIARY - East Africa
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 06:14This diary is updated weekly, and new or updated items are marked with an asterisk.
UPDATE 1-UN urges Eritrea to comply with its resolutions
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 12:25NAIROBI, June 28 (Reuters) - Eritrea is taking steps in the right direction but should do more to prove it is complying with U.N. resolutions on security issues affecting its neighbours, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
Ethiopia doubts Eritrea's intentions in border deal
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 04:27NAIROBI, June 28 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said a border agreement by Eritrea and Djibouti to end their two-year stand-off should be taken with scepticism because arch-foe Eritrea was out to destabilise the region.
U.N. refugee body says hopes resume work in Libya
Wed, 06/09/2010 - 10:00GENEVA, June 9 (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday it wants to talk with Libya about resuming work in the country after the authorities last week told the agency it must cease operations.
UPDATE 1-U.N. refugee agency says Libya orders it out
Tue, 06/08/2010 - 13:24UPDATE 1-African Union welcomes Eritrea, Djibouti mediation deal
Tue, 06/08/2010 - 12:52* Djibouti says Eritrean troops withdraw from occupied areas
African Union welcomes Eritrea, Djibouti mediation deal
Tue, 06/08/2010 - 08:06ADDIS ABABA, June 8 (Reuters) - The African Union on Tuesday lent support to a mediation agreement between Eritrea and Djibouti, whose bitter border standoff is seen as potentially destabilising for the Horn of Africa region.
DIARY - East Africa
Tue, 06/08/2010 - 05:24This diary is updated weekly, and new or updated items are marked with an asterisk.
U.N. refugee agency says Libya orders it out
Tue, 06/08/2010 - 03:36GENEVA, June 8 (Reuters) - Libya has ordered the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR to close its operations there, putting the future of more than 12,000 refugees and asylum seekers at risk, a UNHCR spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The expulsion has taken on added gravity because of the Italian policy of pushing back refugees who are fleeing North Africa and the Middle East out of Italian waters into Libya, UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said.