SANA'A, Yemen, June 1 (UNHCR) - Military service is mandatory in many countries around the world, but in Eritrea it is often indefinite in duration and conducted under harsh conditions, prompting ...

Lila Yohannes was born in Asmara, Eritrea, where she had a wonderful early childhood. With her father having a ministerial position with the government and her mother working in banking, she enjoyed a ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 6 (UNHCR) - For many Africans, a one-way ticket to a beautiful, peaceful and prosperous country like New Zealand would be a dream come true. Even though that's the ...

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Weini Kelati brought one picture to the United States with her. It's a photo taken when the long-distance runner was just a child — the only snapshot she had of her family ...

Abiba Haimanot at the the traditional coffee making area in her restaurant along Ngong Road. She serves Ethiopian and Eritrean delicacies. [Photo: David Gichuru/Standard] As sweet aromas of anjera, ...

ADIKESHI CAMP, Eritrea -- Almaz Tela wants to return to her old ways, farming millet, sorghum and corn and tending to cows, goats, sheep and chickens. But her farmland lies in the temporary security ...

This is the little bit we can do to express our thanks to someone who risked their life to save an Israeli officer,” former Interior Minister Moshe Arbel said. “Recognition ...

HELSINKI (AP) — A Swedish court has sentenced an Eritrean asylum-seeker to life in prison for stabbing a 55-year-old woman and her adult son to death. The Svea Court of Appeal says the 36-year-old man ...

ASMARA, Eritrea—On a cool March evening soon after his 16th birthday, Binyam Abraham waited until his mother and young siblings were sleeping and slipped away to begin the long trek toward Eritrea’s ...