Eritrea
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:47:05 GMTEncouraging Effort to Empower Women
[Shabait] Asmara, 03 March 2021- Encouraging effort is being exerted with a view to strengthening the economic and educational capacity of women. The comment was made by Ms. Senait Mehari in an interview she conducted with Erina in connection with 8 ...
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:47:02 GMTAnnouncement From the Ministry of Health
[Shabait] Eight patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in the Southern, Gash Barka, and Central Regions.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:03:45 GMTAlebu General Metal Workshop
[Shabait] The development of water resources for agriculture has been one of the major achievements that have started to impact agro-industrial development in Eritrea. This has been made possible through the development of efficient irrigation system...
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:03:42 GMTEritrea's Effort to Enhance Mother-Tongue Based Education
[Shabait] Multilingual and multicultural societies exist through their languages which transmit and preserve traditional knowledge and cultures in a sustainable way. Yet linguistic diversity is increasingly threatened as more and more languages disap...
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:03:37 GMTWith Every Crisis Comes an Opportunity
[Shabait] Three weeks ago I was a guest at a very close friend's wedding. As far as I can remember there were almost few close relatives invited to the ceremony. The ceremony was colorful and beautiful. The groom and the bride, who was shining out br...
Tue, 02 Mar 2021 05:42:16 GMTU.S. Urges Withdrawal of Eritrean, Ethiopian Forces From Tigray
[Nation] The US government has urged Eritrea and Ethiopia to immediately withdraw their deployed forces from the war-torn Tigray region.
Tue, 02 Mar 2021 05:21:53 GMT'This War Has Been Conducted Behind a Steel Wall'
[DW] Ethiopia has claimed that an Amnesty report painting a dark picture of the Tigray crisis supports misinformation. Yet the country has tried to keep international journalists far from witnesses and out of the region.
Tue, 02 Mar 2021 07:49:36 GMTAnnouncement From the Ministry of Health
[Shabait] Nineteen patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Gash Barka, Southern Red Sea, Central and Southern Regions.
Tue, 02 Mar 2021 07:49:34 GMTPresident Isaias Met Saudi Delegation
[Shabait] Asmara, 01 March 2021- President Isaias Afwerki yesterday, 28 February met and held talks at Adi-Halo with Saudi delegation which is on a three day visit to Eritrea.
Tue, 02 Mar 2021 17:25:49 GMTEritrea At the UN - Rebuilding Towards a Fresh Narrative
[Africa Renewal] Ambassador Sophia Tesfamariam from Eritrea is one of only a handful of African female Permanent Representatives of their countries to the UN in New York. In Africa Renewal's series profiling the African women representing their count...
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:17:39 GMTAfrican Union Shouldn't Endorse Eritrea for UN Rights Body
[HRW] Dire Rights Record at Home, Abroad
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:05:15 GMT'Dream Big & Go for It'
[Shabait] Ruth Tsehaye, a 21 year old Eritrean Artist, is a painter, photographer, and cinematographer and working her way to be a director. Introduced to colors, she started water coloring when she was just a little girl. As her imaginations grew bi...
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:05:11 GMTCoping Capacity of Eritrea
[Shabait] Self-reliance in all fields - political, economic and cultural - is a basic guiding principle of the government of Eritrea. According to the national charter of Eritrea, "Self-reliance does not mean to isolate oneself from the international...
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 07:54:01 GMTResponse of the Eritrean Delegation to the Oral Report of the High Commissioner of the OHCHR
[Shabait] 46 Regular HRC Session - ITEM 2
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:13:12 GMTWhy Eritrean Refugees Choose the Risky Migration to Europe
[The Conversation Africa] In November 2020, fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia destroyed a secondary school which opened in 2018 in the Hitsats refugee camp. The school was attended by both refugees and Ethiopians.
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 01:52:56 GMTAtrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region - Secretary Blinken Statement
[State Department] Washington, DC -- The United States is gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. We strongly condemn the killings, forced removals and displacements, sexual...
Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:49:16 GMTGovt Human Rights Body Blames Eritrea for Axum Massacre
[Ethiopian Human Rights Commission] Addis Abeba -- Responding to Amnesty International report on allegations of killings of civilians in Axum, Ethiopian Human Rights Commission Chief Commissioner Daniel Bekele said, "Amnesty findings should be taken ...
Sat, 27 Feb 2021 14:21:00 GMTEritrea's Isaias Blames Conflict on 'Ethnic Polarisation' - Interview
[Shabait] Question 1: The TPLF's massive attack on the Northern Command of the Ethiopian Defence Forces in early November of 2020 has resulted in the removal of the TPLF from power. What will be the ramifications of this event on Ethiopia, the wider ...
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 05:32:19 GMTEritrean Troops Massacred Hundreds of Tigray Civilians - Amnesty
[AI London] Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray state systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the northern city of Axum on 28-29 November last year, opening fire in the streets and conducting house-to-house raids in a massacr...
Sat, 27 Feb 2021 14:55:12 GMTU.S. Says Reports of Eritrean Human Rights Abuses in Tigray Are 'Credible'
[State Department] Statement of the United States of America as delivered by Daniel Kronenfeld to United Nations Human Rights Council 46th Session:
Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:01:54 GMTEuropean Union Condemns Crimes Against Civilians
[EU External Action] Amnesty International issued a report today on atrocities that took place in Axum, Ethiopia, in November 2020. The report concludes that indiscriminate shelling and mass execution may amount to war crimes and crimes against human...
Sat, 27 Feb 2021 14:49:50 GMTEritrean Refugee Camps In Tigray Were Allegedly Destroyed - UN Rapporteur
[OHCHR] Update on Eritrea to 46th Session of the Human Rights Council:
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:32:57 GMTEritrea's Tigray 'Massacre' Might Be Crime Against Humanity
[DW] After conducting research with residents and witnesses from the town of Axum, which lies in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, Amnesty is in little doubt that mass killings were carried out by Eritrean forces.
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 06:58:39 GMTWhy the UN Must Urgently Intervene in Tigray Conflict
[Nation] In a recent interview, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame argued that US President Joe Biden's new administration and the United Nations Security Council should take the lead in addressing the violence and deprivation in Ethiopia's Tigray region...
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 07:00:26 GMTUN Human Rights Council 46 - Interactive Dialogue With the Special Rapporteur On Eritrea
[PR Newswire] London -- The UK's International Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French, delivered this statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea
Thu, 25 Feb 2021 08:06:07 GMTEritrea's Delegation in Sudan
[Shabait] Asmara, 24 February 2021 - Eritrea's delegation composed of Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser Yemane Ghebreab met today in Khartoum President of Sudan's Sovereign Council, General Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, and delivered a ...
Thu, 25 Feb 2021 08:06:05 GMTAnnouncement From the Ministry of Health
[Shabait] Sixteen patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in the Central, Gash Barka and Southern Regions.
Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:05:24 GMTRestoring and Reinforcing the Goodness of Humanity
[Shabait] Several days ago, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (MLSW) branch in Laelay Gash sub-zone reported that financial and material support had been extended to disadvantaged citizens in the sub-zone. In particular, eight families in Awda...
Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:05:21 GMTMinistry of Agriculture Assessment Meeting
[Shabait] The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) held a meeting recently at its headquarters in Asmara for an annual assessment of its activities. The meeting, which was held by following the national COVID 19 safety measures and guidelines, heard reports...
Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:05:18 GMTMan On Fire With a Lot of Dreams
[Shabait] Engineer Michael Adam thinks having one job or specializing in just one field of study is not enough. He is a firm believer in constant change and proved it. He started off as a mechanical engineer, then worked as a freelance writer for a H...