President Isaias Afwerki is aging. According to publicly available information, he was born on February 2, 1946, which means he will turn 80 in February 2026.

It's not easy for most investors to get excited about potash, a fertilizer -- and less so about Eritrea, a north African country which spent years on a United Nations sanctions list. But times do ...

Deborah Haile is a native of Eritrea, who grew up in Minnesota and now lives in Miami. A busy working mom, she enjoys traveling the world with her nine-year-old son, Jonah Seyum. Together, Deborah and ...

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This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of Eritrea’s independence. There was optimism when Eritrea won independence. After years of fighting culminated in the defeat of Ethiopia’s Marxist ...

Imagine a country where keeping reporters imprisoned is a common policy. Welcome to Eritrea, where press freedom is not just limited—it’s been almost completely erased. CPJ’s latest data shows Eritrea ...

Editor’s Note: Vanessa Berhe is a Swedish-Eritrean human rights activist and founder of One Day Seyoum, a youth-led organization that campaigns for the release of political prisoners in Eritrea, ...

What did Eritreans tell you about their everyday lives? The border war with Ethiopia remains heavily on the conscience of the country. Since then, Eritrea has become isolated internationally, no ...

Eritrea stands at a unique moment in its cultural evolution, with the opportunity to launch a genuine culinary renaissance - ...