Eritrea Rejects ‘Unjust’ Sanctions Imposed by United Nations

Eritrea’s government rejected expanded sanctions adopted by the United Nations, saying the measures will heighten tensions in the Horn of Africa region and bring economic hardship to the Eritrean people.

“The sanctions were the result of undisguised U.S. hostility toward Eritrea,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on the government’s website today. “It was an attempt by the U.S. administration to scapegoat Eritrea for its faulty and failed policies in the Horn of Africa.”