by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 3, 2017) Reports by media outlets including Al Jazeera, Associated Press and the BBC that there were 28 deaths in protest staged by students of an Islamic school in Asmara were scoffed at by senior Eritrean officials and other Eritrean groups. Al Jazeera, Associated Press and the BBC on Wednesday reported quoting a Facebook ...

ESAT News (September 28, 2017) Eritrea warned that Ethiopia’s continued occupation and encroachment on its territory is a threat to peace and security in the Horn of Africa. “Another impediment in front of Eritrea, indeed in front of the whole Horn of Africa region is the 15-year-old occupation of sovereign Eritrean territory by Ethiopia,” Eritrean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Osman ...

ESAT News (September 27, 2017) Ethiopian and Eritrean followers of the Orthodox Church today colorfully celebrated Meskel, the discovery of the True Cross. The celebration began on the eve Tuesday with the burning of bonfires, known as Demera, as the choir sang religious hymns praising the day, the cross and the creator. In Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa and Eritrea’s Asmara ...