Eritrea

News coverage about Eritrea accounts for 0.025% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is up 78.8% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -0.36 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.025%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+78.8%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.36
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Eritrea coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.03% on 2026-08-200.000.050.10May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Eritrea coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.36 on 2026-08-20+100-10May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Eritrea: 9 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-120.001.02.0Jun 5Jun 25Jun 29Aug 6Aug 12

Diplomacy (2/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Eritrea: 83 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100May 26Jun 9Jun 24Jul 8Jul 22Aug 8Aug 20

Coercion & force (2/day latest)

Coercive events located in Eritrea: 47 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-190.0010.020.0May 31Jun 13Jun 24Jul 6Jul 24Aug 11Aug 19

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Eritrea, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 2% of the coverage about Eritrea came from outlets based in Eritrea — the rest was written from abroad (515 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Eritrea from domestic outlets (%): 46 days, latest 1.54 on 2026-08-190.0010.020.0Jul 3Jul 11Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 14Aug 19

Share of articles about Eritrea produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Asmara (4)
  • Halibmentel (2)
  • Anseba (2)
  • Elaberet (2)
  • Mendefera (2)
  • Assab (1)

Places named in coverage about Eritrea on 2026-08-19 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Eritrea

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$2.1B
World Bank, 2011
Population
3.6M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
47.4%
World Bank, 2011
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
20.9%
World Bank, 2003

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
554,891
originating from Eritrea
Refugees hosted
119
from other countries
Asylum seekers
0
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Monitored relationships

Each link opens the bilateral co-coverage dashboard for the pair.

Coverage share measures articles published by Eritrea-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).