2020 in Eritrea

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See also:	Other events of 2020 Timeline of Eritrean history

Events in the year 2020 in Eritrea.

See also: 2020 in East Africa

Incumbents

• President: Isaias Afewerki

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Eritrea

• March 21 –The first case of COVID-19 in the country was confirmed in Asmara; the index case was an Eritrean national arriving from Norway.[1][2][3]
• November 15 – Diplomats say that rockets fired from Tigray Region, Ethiopia, landed near the airport in Asmara.[4]
• December 4 – Twenty-eight Jehovah's Witnesses are released after being imprisoned for five 26 years. Twenty-four other members of the sect remain in prison.[5]

Deaths

• May 13 – Afwerki Abraha, chemist, freedom fighter, diplomat; died of COVID-19 in the UK (b. 1949)[6]

References

1. Obulutsa, George (21 March 2020). "Angola, Eritrea, Uganda confirm first cases as coronavirus spreads in Africa". National Post. Reuters. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. "Eritrea Confirms First Coronavirus Case, in Arrival From Norway". The New York Times. 21 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
3. Mafotsing, Line (2020-05-14). "Covid-19 and Eritrea's Response". Kujenga Amani. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
4. "Diplomats: Rockets fired at Eritrea amid Ethiopian conflict". msn.com. AP. November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
5. "Eritrea frees 28 Jehovah's Witnesses prisoners, group says". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. Reuters. December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
6. "Africa's top virus deaths: Cameroon women's football medic dies". Africanews. 13 July 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2021.