but perhaps nothing as bad as the small East African country of Eritrea. This country is a complete military dictatorship, and has been called the North Korea of Africa. There are no free markets.

The event also featured a seminar focusing on the geopolitical situation in the Horn of Africa. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Information, Eritrea. Disclaimer: The contents of this ...

travel on from there to the rest of Africa, Europe and North America. Several travellers in Eritrea told the BBC that they were surprised by the sudden suspension and were worried about the ...

A statement from the Eritrean Foreign Ministry said the two leaders underlined the importance of Somalia's stability for the entire Horn of Africa region. "Securing and [guaranteeing] Somalia's ...

Charge d'Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy in Ethiopia and Eritrea's Permanent Representative at the African Union and Economic Commission of Africa, participated in the Extraordinary Summit of ...

The seminar was attended by over 1,500 nationals from across Switzerland. Mr. Habtom Zeray, Chargé d’Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy and Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the UN and other ...

May 23, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) — The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AUPSC) called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to sanction Eritrea for supporting Somali Islamist ...

BBC World Service Africa editor Mary Harper says the politically repressive state had long been a global pariah, and was likened by some commentators to North Korea. Eritrea agreed a peace deal ...