In recent weeks, there have been violent clashes among the Eritrean diaspora in North America, the Middle East, and Europe. There have been hundreds of arrests as a result of clashes between the Eritrean government’s supporters and opponents.
The Italian school of Asmara has closed its doors. Born in 1903, it survived the period of colonialism, the British protectorate, the period of the Negus, that of the communist dictatorship and civil war
In Eritrea, many journalists have been held for more than a decade and denied access to lawyers or family members. Despite positive changes in the region in 2018 as Ethiopia and Eritrea declared an end to a 20-year war, the country continues to hold the unenviable title of the worst country in Africa for jailed journalists