News Eritrea Government: Eritrea closes the last Christian-run health centre
After seizing nearly two dozen Catholic-run clinics in the last month, the authorities in Eritrea have now moved to shut down all of the health centres being operated by the Catholic Church in the country.
News Eritrea Government: Eritrea Orthodox Church ex-leader expelled for 'heresy'
His followers accuse the government of interfering in church affairs. But analysts believe he was deposed so the Eritrean government could have full control of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, reports ...
News Eritrea Government: For Eritrea’s Christians, government not the solution but the problem
Eritrea under President Isaias Afwerki is an old-style secular police state that tolerates religion when it’s perceived to be socially useful, but that represses it if it ever becomes a threat. ...
News Eritrea Government: Eritrea says US terror blacklisting was 'erroneous', welcomes removal
Eritrea says the May 29 lifting of security related blacklisting by the United States government was welcome despite being an erroneous move in the first place. The BBC quoted Information Minister ...
News Eritrea Government: Open letter to Eritrea’s president: Let us visit detained activists and journalists
We respectfully call upon Your Excellency to allow a delegation of the signatories hereunder to visit Eritrea, and to afford us the opportunity to meet with you and your government as well as with ...
News Eritrea Government: US removing Eritrea from counterterror non-cooperation list
JOHANNESBURG — Eritrea is being removed from the United States government’s list of countries deemed not to be cooperating fully with U.S. counterterror efforts. The reclusive East African nation is ...
News Eritrea Government: Pentecostal Christians Arrested While Praying in Eritrea
On paper, the Eritrean government recognizes religious freedom. In reality, the authorities recognize only four religions: Orthodox Christianity, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Evangelical ...
News Eritrea Government: US Draws Eritrea Closer With Removal From Terror List
Until Wednesday, Eritrea was the only African country on the list, and it found itself alongside such pariah nations as Syria, North Korea and Iran. But government officials have long denied ...
News Eritrea Government: Eritrea tells 'weak' African Union to 'wake up' over Sudan crisis
The Eritrean government has officially reacted to ongoings in Sudan but did so via Addis Ababa – seat of the continental political bloc, the African Union, AU. Eritrea’s Information Ministry in a June ...
