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.

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 ...

Chicago's high-spirited Tribune, having announced that it will no longer maintain a correspondent in Rome to "take government handouts" (TIME, June 24), last week obtained from ...

The former Italian colony of Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia in 1962. Rebel forces led by Isaias Afwerki waged a three-decade armed struggle that secured Eritrea's independence in 1993.

The former Italian colony of Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia in 1962. Rebel forces led by Isaias Afwerki waged a three-decade armed struggle that secured Eritrea's independence in 1993.