Eritrea ranked worst country for press freedom in Africa

 An index released this week marking World Press Freedom day warned that media freedom is under threat in more countries than ever before.Reporters Without Borders - who compiled the index - say the environment for journalism is 'bad' in seven out of ten countries. In Africa the situation is classified as 'bad' in nearly 40 percent of countries and the Sahel region in particular is said to be in the process of becoming a 'no-news zone'.

UN 'alarmed' over plight of Eritreans caught up in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict | DW News

The United Nations says it's increasingly alarmed about the plight of Eritrean civilians caught up in the conflict in Ethiopia. The UN refugee agency says it has received disturbing reports of displaced people being killed or kidnapped and forcibly returned to Eritrea, which borders Ethiopia's battle-scarred Tigray region.
 

Fear of regional war grows after Eritrea is hit by Ethiopian TPLF forces

 

Ethiopia's federal government announces it's taken a key town in Tigray as it continues its advance on the rebel region's capital. Meanwhile over 25,000 have reached Sudan after fleeing the violence. The conflict spilling over the border, into Eritrea.

Ethiopia conflict: Tigray missiles target Eritrean capital Asmara

 

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says gunmen have attacked a passenger bus in the country's west, killing more than 30 civilians. The latest violence comes as the leader of Ethiopia's Tigray region admitted launching rockets into neighboring Eritrea.

Why are Eritreans fleeing their country?

Eritrea has accused the UN's refugee agency of forcibly relocating some of its citizens stranded in Libya to Niger.

n the past decade, thousands of Eritreans looking to improve their lives in Europehave become stranded in Libya. 

Detained during their illegal transit or rescued from drowning in the Mediterranean, refugees are sent to detention centres.

But the battle for control of the capital Tripoli has left them exposed to the dangers of war with some going days without food.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has intervened and relocated migrants to safer areas, while sending some to other countries.

The Fox approach to bad news: Deflect, divert, distract

We examine Fox News' role as President Donald Trump's media mouthpiece. Plus, media strangled in Eritrea.

Fox News and its Donald Trump coverage

The special investigation into the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with Russia has delivered its first indictments.

This week, three of his former advisers were charged with federal crimes, including tax evasion, conspiracy against the US, and lying to the FBI about contacts with alleged middlemen for Russia.

We look at the polarised coverage and conservative media's attempts to sidestep the story.

Sound of Torture

Since Europe closed its borders in 2006, thousands of Eritreans have tried to flee to Israel by crossing the Sinai desert. But in the Sinai, many are kidnapped by Bedouins and taken to one of the hidden camps where their families are then extorted for ransom.

Swedish-based Eritrean radio host and human rights activist Meron Estefanos publishes the stories of these camps while recording hostages' live pleas for help.

Estefanos produces her radio programme "Voices of Eritreans" from Stockholm. The weekly broadcast is devoted entirely to the hundreds of Eritrean refugees held hostage in wretched conditions in the Sinai desert.