Saudi Arabian naval blockade on the Yemeni coast is aiming to halt Eritrean weapon smuggling from reaching rebels.

On Sunday an opposition leader in Eritrea told AFP that "Iran is using Eritrea as a base to provide weapons to Shi'ite insurgents in Yemen.

ASMARA, Eritrea -- In this lonely corner of the world, the first sign of distress is the luggage. When one of the few international flights that are still operating here touched down one recent afternoon, the returning passengers emerged from baggage claim as if from a big shopping trip. Old metal trolleys squealed under the weight of mundane items: tires, a laptop computer, tubs of detergent and duffel bags crammed so tightly with food that tin cans bulged through the fabric.

BRUSSELS - The European Commission has issued one per cent of the 122 million euro development money to the needy, but controversial African country Eritrea. Roger Moore top official in EU Commissioner Karel De Gucht (D) has said that on Monday at a conference EEPA development organization in Brussels. The last three years found no projects in Eritrea for the money to spend. It says that the current view or if the next three years will continue.

An Eritrean Manhattan
an African passport with the U.S. wins marathon

En eritreanska Manhattan
en afrikansk pass med USA vinner maraton

The premises were filled to the brim when the Oslo Center released its report on the human rights situation in Eritrea. “The overwhelming human rights abuses, as this report documents, must be an eye-opener for the international community.

A new report commissioned by the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights describes how the Eritrean people is held hostage by their own leaders. “The human rights violations are extensive and systematic, and the oppression by the authorities is total. This issue must be raised higher on the international agenda.

Eritrea is ranked at the bottom of the World Press Freedom Index released on Tuesday. The country has remained at the bottom for the third time in a row in the index's eighth year.