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Resumption of U.S. Citizen Services by Appointment Only Starting Monday, November 2, the U.S. Embassy will resume providing services to U.S. Citizens and Legal Permanent…
Health Alert – August 20, 2020
Restrictions are in place throughout the country to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Government offices have suspended many routine services. Some non-essential businesses are closed;…
Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Asmara, Eritrea
Health Alert, June 17, 2020 The Eritrean Ministry of Health has confirmed 121 cases of COVID-19, of which 39 have recovered and 70 continue to…
Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Asmara, Eritrea
Location: Eritrea Event: The Eritrean High Level Task Force on COVID-19 has confirmed eighteen cases of COVID-19. On April 1, the Eritrean High Level Task Force on COVID-19 released new guidelines regarding fighting COVID-19 in Eritrea. The language of this…
Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Asmara (March 30, 2020)
Location: Eritrea Event: The Eritrean Ministry of Health has confirmed fifteen cases of COVID-19. On March 30, the Eritrean Ministry of Health released a new Public…
Health Alert
Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Asmara, March 27, 2020 Location: Eritrea Event: The Eritrean Ministry of Health has six confirmed cases of COVID-19. On March 26,…
Health Alert
Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Asmara, Eritrea, March 25, 2020 Location: Asmara Event: The Eritrean Ministry of Health has confirmed one case of COVID-19 at the airport.…
Suspension of Routine Visa Services
In response to significant worldwide challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of State is temporarily suspending routine visa services at all U.S. Embassies…
Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Asmara, Eritrea
Location: Asmara Event: There is an ongoing outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) first identified in Wuhan, China. The global public health threat posed by COVID-19 is…
Routine Message – U.S. Embassy Asmara
Location: Eritrea Event: Limited Consular Service Due to an unexpected short-term staffing gap, the U.S. Embassy in Asmara will have limited ability to provide routine…
COVID-19 Information
Last updated: 09-09-2020 Country-Specific Information: Number of Covid Cases On September 3, the Ministry of Health announced the total number of confirmed cases in the…
2018 Report on International Religious Freedom: Eritrea
Executive Summary The law and unimplemented constitution prohibit religiously motivated discrimination and provide for freedom of thought, conscience, and belief as well as the freedom…
Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Asmara
Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Asmara (January 8, 2020) Location: Eritrea Event: Heightened Middle East Tensions There is heightened tension in the Middle East that…
Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Peace and Security in the Horn of Africa
“We commend Eritrea’s efforts to develop and implement a peace agreement with Ethiopia, and we hope the momentum of peacebuilding in the region leads to…
Diversity Visa 2021 Program – Applications Open
The online registration period for the DV-2021 Program will last from noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Wednesday, October 2, 2019, until noon, Eastern Standard Time…
A Delegation from the U.S. Visits Eritrea
Chief of Mission Natalie E. Brown and the U.S. Embassy in Asmara welcomed September 26-28 a delegation from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and…
United States Welcomes Eritrea’s Observer Status in the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering...
Important Step Builds on Eritrea’s Growing Body of Work in Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) The United States is encouraged to learn…
Town Hall Meeting
The U.S. Embassy in Asmara is pleased to invite all American citizens who are over the age of 18 to a Town Hall…
