Eritrea is another country where estimates suggest a near-even divide between Christians and Muslims. One unique case is Mauritius, the only African country where Hinduism is the most common religion.

(RNS) Eritrea, a country in the Horn of Africa known for having the second-largest number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, after Syria, is committing serious religious freedom abuses ...

Respect for religious freedom in Eritrea has deteriorated over the past year, according to a United States Government report. Members of unsanctioned religious groups have been harassed, detained and ...

Eritrea: Government must end religious persecution "You will receive no visitors and you will rot here until you sign this paper." The reported words of an Eritrean military commander to Helen ...

Furthermore, Eritrea (a nation of 4 million) can not afford to scrub the National Military Service because of the tension with Ethiopia over the border. Daniel Abraham, London, UK. I agree with ...

In Isaias Afewerki's Eritrea, in power since 1993, ... “Eritrea is a secular nation – the government of Asmara wrote in a note – and religious freedom has statutory protections.

Asmara — As various studies indicate, religions like Islam, Christianity and others to which people have been strongly devoted for many centuries, have since the beginning of the last century ...

Amnesty International today launches a report documenting 44 incidents of religious persecution since 2003. The report, Eritrea: Religious Persecution, shows how there have been increasing ...

Eritrea, a country in the Horn of Africa known for having the second-largest number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, after Syria, is committing serious religious freedom abuses, according ...