WEBVTT TODAY IS A PROUD DAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL. LAWMAKERS RECOGNIZING THE COUNTRY OF ERITREA AS THEY CELEBRATE ITS INDEPENDENCE DAY. EDIE: ERITREA IS A 27-YEAR-OLD COUNTRY. IT’S LOCATED IN SUB ...

The histories of Eritrea and Ethiopia have long been closely intertwined. Once part of Ethiopia, Eritrea launched an armed struggle for independence in 1961 that resulted in its secession in 1993 ...

May 23, 2007 –As of May of 1991, when Eritrea emerged as a politically independent and self-governing sovereign nation, May 24 is Independence Day in Eritrea. This year Eritrea and Eritreans celebrate ...

The end of Eritrea’s antagonisms with its neighbours means its existential threats are now internal. For Isaias Afwerki, who has been in power since 1993, this could mean the beginning of the end.

Aid shunned Eritrea’s fervent pursuit of self-reliance is rooted in its 30-year struggle for independence from Ethiopia, first against U.S.-backed Emperor Haile Selassie and then Soviet-backed ...

Dressed in a pistachio-colored chiffon dress, flanked by her husband and daughters as festive music jangled, Abeba Mebrahtu casually mentioned something her daughter Faven, 14, had never known. It was ...

President Kibaki has congratulated Eritrean President Isaias Afeworki as the country prepares to mark 18 years of independence from Ethiopia. And Mr Afeworki has rejected Western criticism of his ...

An Ethiopian asylum seeker displays his tattoo with the words “God Help Me” at the Um Rakuba refugee camp in Sudan Dec.3, 2020, which houses Ethiopians fleeing the fighting in the Tigray region of the ...