Starting in the 1910s, Italian architects merged vernacular Eritrean elements into the architecture of the city—both in Italian and indigenous areas—and constructed a mosque, ...

Exploring Eritrea’s Italian Past. 3 minute read. The Hotel Torino, in the old section of the city of Massawa. Clara Vannucci. By Olivier Laurent. June 27, 2016 4:00 AM EDT.

A statue of famed Italian journalist Indro Montanelli in Milan has been painted red and sprayed with the words “racist” and “rapist,” while a petition has called for its removal.

A statue of famed Italian journalist Indro Montanelli in Milan has been painted red and sprayed with the words “racist” and “rapist,” while a petition has called for its removal.

The documentary film, created by Fruzzetti and her husband Ákos Östör, follows Fruzzetti’s mother’s story as an 18-year-old widow in Eritrea, raising the two children she had with the Italian colonial ...

1869 onwards - Eritrea comes under Italian control as part of the so-called "Scramble for Africa" among European powers. 1882 - Becomes Italian colony. 1936 - Incorporated into Italian East Africa ...

A court in Italy has ruled that Eritrean Medhanie Tesfamariam Behre was a victim of mistaken identity after he was accused of being Medhanie Yehdego Mered, 35, known as 'The General'.

ROME (AP) — A court in Palermo, Sicily, ruled Friday that the wrong Eritrean man was arrested and tried as a migrant smuggling kingpin and ordered him released from jail, a ruling cheered by ...

A judge in Palermo, Sicily, ruled Tuesday that a man extradited to Italy from Sudan last week and suspected of people smuggling must stay in jail, the man’s lawyer said.

In Italy, I have a problem because I’m half Italian. In Eritrea, I’m half Italian. When I’m in India, people don’t question who I am because I look like them. In the (United States), I feel ...