An Eritrean man who survived the sinking of a migrant boat near Lampedusa said on Saturday that the boat's captain lit the fire that led to the vessel capsizing.

So far, 111 bodies have been recovered but...

CLEAN : Crimes against humanity since 1991 in Eritrea: UN

The United Nations says more than 350,000 people there are facing famine.

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Ethiopians have gone to the polls in the second general elections since
1991.
Voting has been marred by violence in the south of the country where security...

1. Set up shot of Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian Prime Minister

2. SOUNDBITE (English): Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian Prime Mini
ster
"Those who were actually involved in the riots were largely young and largely...

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The drought in Africa is taking its toll on the people of Kenya, as well as Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea and S
udan.
The Turkana, a nomadic tribe, who depend on their...

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The guns were quiet in the Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict on Friday, but tension continued as the escalating clashes threaten to spiral into
war.
U-S and Rwandan diplomats were...

CLEAN: Exterior shots of crowds of Eritrean protesters outside a United Nations building in Ramat Gan holding placards in protest at their treatment by Israeli authorities and the threat to them from ISIS if they were to leave, with some...

​The Nobel Committee awarded Abiy the Prize "in particular ​for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea."

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Eritrean forces attacked Ethiopia's biggest border post during a dawn raid on Wednes
day.
Fighting in the northwest Tigray province involved intense
shelling.
And as...

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The U-S Agency for International Development (U-S-A-I-D) has announced eleven-point-four (m) million U-S dollars in extra aid for drought-sticken nations in the Horn of...

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Ethiopians have gone to the polls in the first general elections since
1991.
Voting has been marred by violence in the south of the country where security forces...

CLEAN : Eritrean leaders guilty of crimes against humanity: UN probe 2

CLEAN : Amnesty International welcomes UN probe into rights in Eritrea

CLEAN : Eritrean asylum seekers find refuge in famous Swiss monastery

The Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen announces that the Nobel Peace Prize 2019 goes to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation and "his decisive...

President Trump said Wednesday that additional countries will be added to the "very powerful ban" but didn't offer any details.

Eritrean painter Noah Mulubrhan, who crossed into Ethiopia last year recently concluded his first solo show of 35 acrylic paintings some of them street scenes others abstract meditations on concepts like hope (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...

Millions of civilians in hard-to-reach Tigray areas, in northern Ethiopia, are at risk of malnutrition and illness.

Thousands of African migrants rallied in central Tel Aviv on Tuesday to demand asylum and work rights from the Israeli government.

The migrants, many of whom are menial labourers in Israel,...

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Margaret Beckett, British Foreign Secretary

"As you know it is 13 days since five staff and family members from the British embassy in Addis Ababa were abducted in northern Ethiopia. I am delighted to...

For 16 years, guerrilla fighters and Ethiopian troops

have fought each other in Eritrea, Ethiopia's nor
thern
coastal province. The guerrillas - the Eritrean L
iberation
Front (ELF) and the...

In mid-June, Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a peace accord as part of moves towards ending the latest border fighting, but given their history, the chances of it being a permanent end are not high. The signing came amid a growing...

CLEAN : EU foreign policy chief tackles migrant crisis with AU