Eritrea’s use of secondary school to channel students into indefinite government service and its conscription of teachers subjects students and teachers to forced labor and physical abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Friday.
The UN’s main refugee agency on Wednesday launched a formal appeal to the government of Eritrea not to close the Umkulu refugee camp after local authorities reportedly asked refugees there to leave.
The peace agreement with Ethiopia and lifting of international sanctions provide a welcome opportunity for Eritrea to build an impetus for economic development, the IMF said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, and Eritrean President, Isaias Afeworki, have arrived in Juba on Monday ahead of crunch talks with South Sudanese leader, Salva Kiir.
