African 2018 World Cup qualifiers announced
The top 20 ranked African national football teams will avoid each other in the first and second qualifying rounds for the 2018 World Cup, FIFA confirmed Thursday. A spokesman in Zurich for the world football governing body said the draws would be made on July 25 in Russian city Saint Petersburg, subject to approval at […]
Increased Infrastructural Facilities in Hamelmalo Sub-Zone
Public service facilities and utilities in Hamelmalo sub-zone, Anseba Region, have increased substantially in the past years as a result of purposeful government investment. Three health institutions and twenty seven schools – ranging from Kindergarten to Secondary School level – have been opened in the past decade. Potable water supply facilities have also been installed […]
Eritrea Celebrates Independence At Milan International Expo 2015
Asmara — Eritrea celebrated the Independence anniversary at Milan International Expo 2015 yesterday. Senior Eritrean government envoys headed by Mr. Woldenkiel Abraha, Minister of Local Government, and the Minister of Tourism, Ms. Askalu Menkerios and Ms. Tekeste Baire, Secretary General of the National Confederation of Eritrean Workers, as well as the Eritrean Ambassador to Italy, […]
World Leaders Send Messages of Congratulations to Eritrea
Asmara — The Heads of State of Saudi Arabia, People’s Republic of China, India, Mexico, Israel, Liberia and the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, as well as the Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization have sent messages of congratulation to President Isaias Afwerki on the occasion of the 24th anniversary […]
Eritrea Exiles Form Union
ERITREAN exiles in East Africa have formed an association to cater for the interests of all those who have escaped political repression in their homeland.The Eritrean Diaspora in East Africa was unveiled on Saturday evening during a function at Laico Regency Hotel, which brought together Eritrean exiles in East Africa and Europe. Speaking during the […]
Thousands flee Eritrea risking the Mediterranean, seeking asylum, why?
We have become accustomed to headlines about migrants in the Mediterranean. Most recently it was reported that the Italian authorities rescued nearly 7,000 migrants off the coast of Libya over one weekend. Often, tragically, we read instead of thousands drowning. Last year more than 170,000 migrants arrived by boat in Italy last year. Many, as […]
Egyptian Foreign Minister to visit Eritrea
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is expected to visit Eritrea on Wednesday in the first such visit by an Egyptian foreign minister in two decades.In a Tuesday statement, the Foreign Ministry said the planned visit reflected the “brotherly relations between Egypt and Eritrea.” An Eritrean source, meanwhile, said Shoukry would meet with Eritrean officials to […]
Search For A Safe Haven Took A Wrong Turn: From Israel To ISIS
What happened to Tesfai Kidane? The Eritrean migrant came to a tragic end in Libya at the hands of the Islamic State, but his family isn’t sure what path he took to get there or exactly where he was headed. At a time when unstable states are creating floods of refugees in the Middle East […]
ARD follows German physicians to Eritrea
German TV channel ARD and its camera crew followed a team of German physicians, heart surgeons, to Eritrea to make a report on Eritrea’s Health Care System. The German physicians travel twice a year to Asmara to operate on children with heart defects. Among the physicians is 73-year-old retired heart surgeon Annemarie Brecher who wants […]
