Eritrea expels three more foreign charities

Eritrea expels three more foreign charities

March 23 2006

By Ed HarrisAsmara - Eritrea has ordered out three international charities, potentially affecting tens of thousands of people and adding to a long list of recent foreign expulsions from the Horn of Africa nation, diplomats said on Thursday.One of the poorest nations in the world, Eritrea has in the past year ejected the US government's international aid agency USAID, at least eight other international charities, scores of Western UN peacekeepers, and an Italian diplomat.Diplomats say three charities - Mercy Corps, Concern, and ACORD - received a letter this week ordering them to stop work."The Ministry kindly officially informs you that the registration certificate is recalled and requests the termination of your activities as of 28/02/2006," said a letter to one of the charities seen by Reuters.