Eritrea discouragements

The Eritrean government continues to require all foreign nationals to apply 10 days in advance for permission to travel outside Asmara’s city limits. Permission is rarely granted.

Several Eritrean-US dual citizens have been arrested without apparent cause. Detainees may be held for extended periods, and conditions are harsh.

Due to military tensions, avoid travel near the Eritrean-Ethiopian border and the southern Red Sea region. In August 2011, three separate incidents of piracy were reported off the Eritrean coast near the port of Assab.