European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, flew to Eritrea on Friday 8 February to launch a €20 million programme to rebuild road links between the Ethiopian border and Eritrean ports.
Funded by the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), this programme is the first phase of broader support to be given to Eritrea later this year.
The Commissioner expects that the reconstruction of roads...