The United Nations Security Council lifted sanctions on Eritrea last week, ending a nine-year period of isolation of the country and rewarding the country's improved relations with neighboring Ethiopia and other countries. The Security Council unanimously voted to end an
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UN Adopts Resolution to Extend Restrictive Measures on Somalia and Eritrea
On 14 November, the UN Security Council announced the adoption of Resolution 2385 (2017) to extend the modified arms embargo on Somalia and the authorisation for maritime interdiction of illicit arms imports and charcoal exports until 15 November 2018. The…
Trump Administration Issues New Visa Sanctions on Four Countries
Immigration Impact reports that President Trump earlier this week invoked a rarely-used law to impose visa restrictions on Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, declaring each country “recalcitrant” for refusing to accept the return of immigrants…
African Dictatorship Fuels Migrant Crisis: Thousands flee isolated Eritrea to escape life of conscription and poverty
The Wall Street Journal reports from Eritrea and Eritrean refugee camps in Northern Ethiopia presenting the story behind the Eritrean refugee and migrant exodus and how it fits into the context of the European refugee crisis. The report also offers…
Human Rights in Eritrea
The Government of Eritrea must cooperate with an international mandate to provide “an objective, fair and impartial picture” of the human rights situation in the Horn of Africa country, a United Nations independent expert urged yesterday. “I hope that the Eritrean…
UN Security Council Places More Sanctions on Eritrea
The United Nations Security Council today placed additional sanctions on Eritrea for continuing to provide support to armed groups seeking to destabilize Somalia and other parts of the Horn of Africa, building on the arms and travel embargoes it imposed…
Ethopia Accuses Eritrea
Ethiopia today accused Eritrea of continuing to undermine efforts to restore peace and stability in Somalia by arming insurgents battling the transitional Government in Mogadishu and urged the Security Council to strictly enforce existing sanctions against Eritrea. “Despite the sanctions,…
Eritrea and Djibouti Agree to Negotiate Border Dispute
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the agreement signed by Eritrea and Djibouti to resolve their two-year border dispute through a negotiated settlement. Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh signed the agreement on Sunday in a deal reached…