CHARLOTTE, N.C. - As a daughter of freedom fighters from East Africa, Meron Fessehaye understands the importance of independence, she said. Her father, an Eritrean native, volunteered as a medical ...

With sleek Afro hairstyles and tight-fitting camouflage uniforms, Eritrean women were once icons of female power, featured in posters like the one in government offices picturing a woman with a baby ...

ASMARA, Eritrea -- Lounging in his easy chair as coffee roasted over a charcoal heater and knots of underwear soaked in a bucket, Yemane Abreah watched his wife pour him a glass of homemade alcoholic ...