Samuel Ghebhrehiwet admired the glamorous image of the Eritrean freedom fighters Eritrea is officially marking 30 years of independence from Ethiopia. Former BBC Tigrinya editor Samuel ...

Both his mother, Aster Fissehatsion, and his father, Mahmoud Ahmed Sherifo, were then prominent politicians and members of Eritrea's now defunct parliament. "Terrified, I ran like the wind to ...

members of parliament and independent journalists, arrested in a government purge. Over the years, the Eritrean government ...

Eritrean residents in Ethiopia's capital have ... Human Rights Commission - an independent body set up by the country's parliament - said it would launch an investigation. Eritrea and Ethiopia ...

Eritrean authorities interned thousands of ... 50 percent of the constituencies in the contest for the lower house of parliament, eight of the nine regional councils, and the governments of ...