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US puts seven African nations on blacklist
MENAFN
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June 15, 2025
(MENAFN) President Donald Trump has implemented a travel ban affecting nationals from seven African countries — Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan — citing terrorism risks and high visa overstay...
Eritrea: The African Development Bank Board approves US$49.92 million to Build a 30 MW Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant in Dekemhare
African Development Bank
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April 6, 2023
Financing Approval date 1 March 2023 Project name: Dekemhare 30-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant project in Eritrea. Amount: US$ 49.92 million grant comprising US$ 19.5 million from the African Development Fund (ADF-15) and US$ 30.42...
U.S. Travel Restriction on Sierra Leone – Separating Facts from Fictions
EIN Presswire
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June 7, 2025
Travel Restrictions on Sierra Leone: What Facts are Saying FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, June 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In keeping with his July 2024 campaign promise to restore the travel ban and refugee admission into the United States upon...
Trump enacts entry ban on third world countries
MENAFN
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN) In a move citing national security threats, former U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation barring citizens from a dozen nations from entering the United States. The measure, announced on a Wednesday, also introduced limited...
International Conference Warns of Totalitarian Attacks on Religious Freedom and Human Rights
Benzinga
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December 19, 2022
Washington, DC, Dec. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE International Conference Warns of Totalitarian Attacks on Religious Freedom and Human Rights "Victory over Communism is Possible" The clashes between authoritarian regimes and...
Trump prohibits residents of dozen nations from US
MENAFN
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June 11, 2025
(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a new proclamation barring citizens from 12 countries, including Iran, Afghanistan, and Yemen, from entering the United States. The full travel ban, which will take effect on June 9, cites national...
For International Day of Peace, youth advocates gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to walk for human rights and peace
EIN Presswire
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September 21, 2023
Despite it being the 75th Anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the majority of people don’t know their rights under this document WASHINGTON, DC, USA, September 21, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In honor of the International Day of...
USCIRF Releases Annual Findings on International Religious Freedom
International Christian Concern
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May 1, 2023
ICC Supports Adding India and Nigeria to Dept. Of State’s CPC List 05/01/2023 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its annual report on Monday...
How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine tested the international legal order
The Brookings Institution
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April 3, 2023
Cast your minds back to just over a year ago. On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the largest ground war in Europe since the end of World War II. At the time, the situation looked bleak. Many believed that Ukraine had...
War, peace, and the international system after Ukraine
The Brookings Institution
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March 28, 2023
Today, when we talk about global order, we often lament the divisions inside the United Nations Security Council. This year marks the 50th anniversary of important unity: when the U.N. Security Council unanimously recommended German membership in...
IOM and East and Horn of Africa Governments Renew Commitment on Labour Migration Governance
IOM - UN Migration
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March 20, 2023
Addis Ababa – Labour Ministers representing governments from 11 countries in East and Horn of Africa have today committed to strengthen regional and national collaboration, coordination and advisory structures on labour mobility, gender-sensitive...
Eritrea - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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November 15, 2021
Sydney, Nov. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Just released, this edition of BuddeComm report outlines the latest developments and key trends in the telecoms markets. -...
Media reports more African nations face US visa prohibition
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...
Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed
U.S. Department of State
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January 21, 2023
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed regarding the significant progress to date on implementation of the November 2 Cessation of Hostilities...
Eritrea: Release Journalists and Politicians Arrested 20 Years Ago
African Press Organization
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September 18, 2021
Download logo The Eritrean authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 21 journalists and politicians who were arrested in a sweeping crackdown on dissent 20 years ago, said Amnesty International as it launched a new campaign...
Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed
U.S. Department of State
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December 14, 2022
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today to welcome progress made on the implementation of the November 2 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, which...
Eritrea- Green Light Committee Monitoring Mission 2021
African Press Organization
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September 14, 2021
The Green Light Committee (GLC) Initiative, together with the Working Group on MDR-TB, promotes implementation of the component two of the Stop TB Strategy that calls for the control and prevention of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)...
Eritrea deplores US unlawful Acts
African Press Organization
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August 23, 2021
Download logo The US Administration has leveled unacceptable accusations against Eritrea announcing associated measures that it will take against the Chief of Staff of Eritrea’s Defense Forces under what it terms the “Global Magnitsky Act”. The...
Eritrea: UN experts demand release of human rights defender held 20 years without charge
African Press Organization
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August 19, 2021
Download logo UN experts today demanded the release of journalist and human rights defender Dawit Isaak, imprisoned without trial in Eritrea since 2001, amid uncertainty about whether he is even still alive. "To this day, Dawit Isaak has never...
Eritrean Minister of Foreign Affairs Meets Qatari Acting Charge d'Affaires
African Press Organization
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August 20, 2021
Download logo HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea Osman Saleh Mohammed met with Acting Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Eritrea Khalifa bin Thani Al Zarraa. During the meeting, relations of bilateral cooperation...