Violence broke out during an Eritrean cultural festival in the German city of Stuttgart on the 16th of September. Over 200 Eritrean opposition supporters were detained after they tried to disrupt the festival. Organized by several groups considered close to the government of Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. At least 26 German police officers suffered injuries in the riot. Eritrea, which broke away from Ethiopia in May 1991 and formally declared independence in May 1993, has been ruled with an iron-fist by Isaias Afwerki since then. A one-party state with a highly militarized society, Eritrea has been ranked even lower than North Korea in press freedom by 'Reporters without Borders'. Mohammed Saleh will get you more details.

Germany rocked by rioting as Eritrean politics spills onto its streets

More than 100 people have been injured after violent clashes broke out between the Eritrean government supporters celebrating an Eritrea Day event and opponents of President Isaias Afwerki in Israel’s financial capital city of Tel Aviv, on Saturday (September 2), said a report by Reuters.

More than 100 injured after Eritrean protesters clash with Israeli police in Tel Aviv

City officials in Toronto were forced to cancel a weekend of Eritrean cultural celebrations after outbreaks of violence and demonstrations by opponents of the Eritrean government.

Toronto cancels Eritrean festival amid violence breaks out between diaspora groups

African rivalries played out in Europe as at least 50 people were injured and more than 100 detained in the Swedish capital Stockholm after a clash broke out between supporters and opponents of the Eritrean government.

Sweden: 100 detained, over 50 injured as riot breaks out over Eritrean festival

The governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea on Tuesday angrily rejected US claims their forces had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the devastating two-year war in Tigray.

Ethiopia and Eritrea reject US war crimes charges

Eritrean soldiers were on Friday (December 30) pulling out of two major towns in Ethiopia's Tigray region, reported Reuters citing witnesses. In Ethiopian civil war, Eritrean troops have fought in support of Ethiopia's federal government.

Eritrean soldiers depart major towns in north Ethiopia: Report

The Ethiopian and Eritrean military forces successfully captured the strategically important Tigrayan city of Shire on Tuesday. In an official statement, the Tigrayan rebels confirmed that the armies were in control of the region and added that they were attacking the civilians with “heavy weaponry”.

Ethiopian military gains control of strategic city in Tigray amid ongoing conflict

Ethiopia's Tigray province has accused the eastern African nation of Eritrea of launching a full-scale offensive. On Tuesday, the areas along the border witnessed some heavy fighting between the Tigrayan and the Eritrean forces.

Tigray accuses Eritrea of using its entire army & reservists

Sweden's prime minister on Thursday called on Eritrea to free a Swedish-Eritrean journalist held without charge for two decades, as an NGO petitioned Swedish authorities to investigate human rights abuses in the case.

Sweden urges Eritrea to release journalist held for 20 years

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Monday that the government can easily recruit one million new fighter but wanted a period of "silence" in the country's war-hit Tigray region.

Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed boasts of military might

Several Western countries voiced alarm at UN over human rights violations in Eritrea focussing on alleged abuses by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's Tigray region. The new UN special rapporteur on the rights situation in Eritrea, Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, painted a bleak picture in his first report to the council, and his concerns were echoed by a long line of national representatives.

Eritrea condemned at UN over Tigray abuses

Ethiopia has assured that Eritrean troops fighting in its conflict-hit Tigray region "started to evacuate" one day after the G7 group of leading nations called for their rapid withdrawal.

G7 effect: Ethiopia says Eritrean troops have 'started to evacuate' Tigray

Fourteen-year-old Mibrak Esayus recalls the day last November when she says Eritrean soldiers burst into her home in Ethiopia`s Tigray region and killed her mother and father.

'Don't shoot,' Ethiopian father begged Eritrean soldiers, daughter says

Fires that appear to have been deliberately set destroyed more than 500 structures this week in and around Ethiopia's Gijet town, an analysis of satellite imagery shared with Reuters has found, adding credence to reports of continued conflict in parts of the northern region of Tigray.

Hundreds of buildings burned around Tigray town, research group says 

Amnesty International said on Friday that that Eritrean soldiers fighting across border in Ethiopia's Tigray region killed hundreds of people in a massacre last year.

Eritrean soldiers killed 'hundreds' in Ethiopia massacre, says Amnesty

Ethiopia's government said on Friday it was returning Eritrean refugees to camps they had fled in the northern region of Tigray, a move that alarmed the United Nations refugee agency after a month-long conflict that is believed to have killed thousands of people.

Ethiopia returning Eritrean refugees to Tigray camps; UN shows concern

Ethiopia's Federal government is inching closer to victory in Tigray. Has Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed enlisted the help of a former foe to win the war?

Gravitas: Have Eritrean troops joined the Ethiopia conflict?

A United Nations team visiting refugees in Ethiopia`s war-hit Tigray region had failed to stop at two checkpoints when it was shot at over the weekend, the government said on Tuesday, proclaiming it did not need a "baby-sitter".

Ethiopia says UN team shot at in Tigray after defying checkpoints

Ethiopia's federal government is inching closer to victory in Tigray, where violence between the government and regional militia has triggered a refugee crisis in the region, and has caused a media blackout.

Ethiopia and Eritrea - former foes now united against local militias in Tigray

A U.S. government source confirmed Washington’s growing consensus, which has not previously been reported but matches accounts by some residents, refugees and TPLF leaders

Has Eritrea entered the Ethiopian war?

Six explosions were reported in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, on Saturday night, the US State Department said. It is being assumed that the blasts are related to the conflict in the neighbouring Tigray region of Ethiopia.

Eritrean capital Asmara rocked by six explosions

Eritrea's capital came under fire from Ethiopia's breakaway Tigray region Friday, raising fears that Ethiopia's internal conflict could spread as leader Abiy Ahmed resisted calls for dialogue.

Rockets target Eritrea as Ethiopia leader resists calls for dialogue

The leader of the Tigray region has now claimed responsibility for the rocket strikes on Eritrea's capital, Hundred people were killed in this strike, rights commissions are investigating the killings

Ethiopia: The leader of Tigray region has claimed responsibility of airstrike on Eritrea

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed`s government said on Monday it had captured another town in the northern Tigray region after nearly two weeks of fighting in a conflict already spilling into Eritrea and destabilising the wider Horn of Africa.

Ethiopia says Tigray town seized, war embroils Eritrea

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