Eritrea CSPA Country Profile

CSPA Implementation Tracker

Monitoring U.S. government efforts to leverage arms sales and military assistance to prevent the recruitment and use of child soldiers

Years Listed

Each shaded box corresponds to a year the country appeared on the CSPA list and what types of waivers it received, if any.

Eritrea first appeared on the CSPA list in 2023 and was removed from the list in 2024. The U.S. president did not waive CSPA prohibitions against the provision of U.S. arms sales and military assistance to Eritrea in 2023, but the country was not slated to receive arms sales or military assistance subject to the CSPA during FY2024. As a result, Eritrea was not denied any U.S. arms sales or military assistance due to the CSPA.

According to the U.S. State Department, the Eritrean Defense Force reportedly forcibly recruited and used children in military combat in Ethiopia between April 2022 and March 2023. During this period, Eritrean officials may also have forced into military training or conscripted children who attempted to leave Eritrea or who failed or refused to attend school.¹

For more information, see the U.S. State Department’s 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report and 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.