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News: Eritrea

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Eritrean life in pictures

Sunday, March 15th 2015, 1:59

And other images of life from normally inaccessible Eritrea
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Inside the secretive state of Eritrea

Friday, March 13th 2015, 15:58

Why so many Eritreans risk their lives to flee their country
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VIDEO: Rare access inside secretive Eritrea

Thursday, March 12th 2015, 17:49

Despite being one of the poorest countries in the world, Eritrea is on track to achieve three UN targets aimed at eradicating poverty, as Yalda Hakim reports.
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VIDEO: Monastery home for asylum seekers

Thursday, December 25th 2014, 0:06
related countries: Switzerland Switzerland

Swiss Monastery Einsiedeln Abbey has taken in around 30 asylum seekers from Eritrea.
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Eritreans 'flee conscription drive'

Thursday, November 20th 2014, 11:36
related countries: Ethiopia Ethiopia

A renewed conscription drive in Eritrea has led to a sharp increase in the number of youths fleeing to Ethiopia, the UN refugee agency tells the BBC.
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Israel 'coercing Africans to leave'

Tuesday, September 9th 2014, 13:25
related countries: Israel Israel, Sudan Sudan

Israel is unlawfully coercing almost 7,000 Eritrean and Sudanese nationals into leaving the country at great personal risk, Human Rights Watch says.
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Rise in Ukrainians seeking EU asylum

Monday, July 7th 2014, 15:46
related countries: Syria Syria, Ukraine Ukraine

The EU reports a sudden rise in Ukrainian asylum seekers, though many more claims come from Syrian and Eritrean refugees.
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Eritrea faces UN human rights probe

Friday, June 27th 2014, 15:32

The UN's Human Rights Council sets up a commission of inquiry into Eritrea, seen as one of the world's most repressive states.
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Bishops bemoan 'desolate' Eritrea

Monday, June 9th 2014, 13:51

Four Eritrean bishops publish a letter criticising the country - a rare move in one of the world's most tightly controlled states.
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Why men flee Eritrea for Europe

Saturday, October 5th 2013, 14:23

Eritreans explain why they risk all to reach Europe
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Canada expels envoy over expat fees

Wednesday, May 29th 2013, 17:13
related countries: Canada Canada
related places: Toronto

Canada orders Eritrea's envoy in Toronto to leave the country following claims he demanded contributions from expatriates to pay for Eritrea's military.
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Eritrean tells of Sinai torture for ransom

Sunday, May 19th 2013, 23:09

Refugee's story of seven months held in the Sinai desert
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Eritrea denounced over detentions

Thursday, May 9th 2013, 17:07

Eritrea holds 10,000 political prisoners in "unimaginably atrocious conditions", a rights group says - and not one has been charged with any crime.
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