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
The Eritrean Ministry of Health has six confirmed cases of COVID-19. Eritrean authorities have taken several steps to limit the spread of the disease within…
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 Laun
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…
2019 Trafficking in Persons Report
2019 Trafficking in Persons Report: Eritrea JUNE 20, 2019 ERITREA: Tier 3 The Government of Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the…
1st visit by U.S. Treasury Officials
U.S. Treasury Department officials made their first visit to Asmara this week to discuss economic and finance issues with Eritrean officials, bankers and local experts.
Chair Bass Statement on Travel to Eritrea
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, and Representatives Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)…
