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Libyan authorities say they have freed more than 200 migrants from an underground prison in Kufra held by a human trafficker in inhumane conditions. The freed migrants were mostly Sub-Saharan Africans, mainly from Somalia and Eritrea. 2026-01-18
German Federal Police carry out raids in six states targeting 17 people suspected to be members of Brigade N'Hamedu, a group advocating against the government of Eritrea by causing violence and disruptions at Eritrean cultural events in Germany. 2025-03-26
African leaders agree on a continent-wide free trade zone, which encompasses all African nations except for Eritrea and Somaliland. The various European territories located in Africa are also excluded. It will be the largest free trade zone since the creation of the World Trade Organization. 2019-07-8
The Eritrean–Ethiopian border reopens for the first time since 1998. 2018-09-11
Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernández Díaz says the first of more than 1,400 refugees from Syria and Eritrea are being welcomed for resettlement in new homes across the country. 2015-11-8
The United Nations accuses Eritrea of attempting to bomb an African Union summit in Ethiopia. 2011-07-28
Airspace restrictions are in place in East Africa after the Nabro Volcano erupts in Eritrea. 2011-06-14
Egyptian border guards shoot and injure an Eritrean woman as she attempts to cross into Israel. 2011-05-21
Catholic priest Father Mussie Zerai alleges that as many as 400 people, mainly Eritreans, are being held for ransom by human traffickers in the Sinai Desert, and that at least one has been killed after experiencing electric shock torture. 2011-05-13
6 Eritrean migrants attempting to enter Israel are shot dead by smugglers and Egyptian border guards, while several others are injured. 2010-08-14