2020 in Eritrea
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Events in the year 2020 in Eritrea.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Eritrea
- March 21 –The first case of COVID-19 in the country was confirmed in Asmara; the index case was an Eritrean national arriving from Norway.[1][2][3]
- November 15 – Diplomats say that rockets fired from Tigray Region, Ethiopia, landed near the airport in Asmara.[4]
- December 4 – Twenty-eight Jehovah's Witnesses are released after being imprisoned for five 26 years. Twenty-four other members of the sect remain in prison.[5]
Deaths
[edit]- May 13 – Afwerki Abraha, chemist, freedom fighter, diplomat; died of COVID-19 in the UK (b. 1949)[6]
References
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- ^ Obulutsa, George (21 March 2020). "Angola, Eritrea, Uganda confirm first cases as coronavirus spreads in Africa". National Post. Reuters. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Eritrea Confirms First Coronavirus Case, in Arrival From Norway". The New York Times. 21 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Mafotsing, Line (2020-05-14). "Covid-19 and Eritrea's Response". Kujenga Amani. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ^ "Diplomats: Rockets fired at Eritrea amid Ethiopian conflict". msn.com. AP. November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ "Eritrea frees 28 Jehovah's Witnesses prisoners, group says". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. Reuters. December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ "Africa's top virus deaths: Cameroon women's football medic dies". Africanews. 13 July 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
