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Eritrea: World Breastfeeding Week Observed At National Level
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) World Breastfeeding Week is being observed from 1 to 7 August with various activities under the theme“Prioritize Breastfeeding – Create Sustainable Support System.” At a national-level ceremony organized today in Asmara, Sister...
Eritrea: Preparation For National Festival 2025 Finalized
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Ambassador Zemede Tekle, Commissioner of Culture and Sports, indicated that preparations for the National Festival 2025 have been finalized. The festival is scheduled to take place from 9 to 17 August at the Expo Grounds in...
Contracts vs Chronicles: The Eritrea–Ethiopia Divide
Eritrea Digest
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August 9, 2025
1. Since Eritreans gained political consciousness in the 1940s and agitated for independence, their argument for sovereignty has always been centered on contracts: Ethiopia entered into a treaty with authorities (Italians) that created the polity...
Autocracy in the Horn: Eritrea’s Strongman and His Dangerous Narratives
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 9, 2025
On July 19, 2025, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki delivered yet another one of his long, ideologically freighted television interviews, part geopolitical treatise, part regional blame game, and all too familiar in its evasiveness. In a...
Eritrea’s Unanswered Question: 34 Years of Isaias Afwerki’s Rule
Awate
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August 3, 2025
Eritrea’s Unanswered Question: What 34 Years of Isaias Afwerki’s Rule Reveal About Sovereignty and Survival In the beginning was the question—etched into the soul of the nation itself: Can Eritrea survive—and thrive—as a truly sovereign,...
Eritrea: Members Of 38Th Round Of National Service Depart To Sawa
MENAFN
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August 3, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, August 3, 2025/APO Group/ -- The second group of members of the 38th round of national service from the Central Region departed today for Sawa to continue their 12th-grade education. The...
“We are learning from Africa”: Vatican Official Lauds Church in Africa’s Conservation, Human Dignity Initiatives
ACI Africa
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August 18, 2025
The 50-year-old Italian member of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) also known as Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco acknowledged the Holy Father’s support for the project, saying, “Imagine Pope Leo XIV endorsing the project and even...
How Eritrea’s dams are revitalizing the land
Business Ghana
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In villages across Eritrea’s dry interior, change is quietly flowing. Where seasonal rivers once surged and vanished without trace, hand-built dams now hold back precious water. Irrigation canals feed crops even in dry months. Eritrea, one of the...
Eritrea: President Donald Trump Sends Message To President Isaias Afwerki
MENAFN
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August 1, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) President Donald Trump has sent a letter to President Isaias Afwerki, on 30 July this week, underlining that he is“reversing the negative, harmful damage of the Biden Administration around the globe”. In his message that also...
Eritrea: Training For Heads Of Ministry Of Education Branch In Anseba Region
MENAFN
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August 1, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, August 1, 2025/APO Group/ -- The Ministry of Education branch in the Anseba Region, in collaboration with partners, has provided training to heads of education regional office and supervisors,...
Eritrea: Contribution Towards Augmenting Martyrs Trust Fund
MENAFN
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August 1, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare reported that nationals inside the country and abroad have extended financial support to augment the National Martyrs Trust Fund. Accordingly, nationals in...
Transforming dust: How Eritrea’s dams are revitalizing the land
Business Ghana
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The United Nations in Ghana has expressed deep sorrow following the tragic crash of a military Z-9 helicopter, which claimed the lives of several high-profile government officials. In a statement issued on Wednesday, August 6, the UN in Ghana...
Tensions Rise as Ethiopia, Eritrea Threaten War
Africa Defense Forum
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August 5, 2025
Old adversaries Ethiopia and Eritrea appear to be marching toward war, as saber-rattling has escalated into threats, and troops are massing at the shared border. Shifting alliances, geopolitical aspirations, ethnic divisions and contested access...
Eritrea: World Hepatitis Day Observed At National Level
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, July 29, 2025/APO Group/ -- World Hepatitis Day was observed at the national level in Asmara yesterday under the theme“Hepatitis: Let's Break It Down.” Dr. Araya Berhane, Director of...
Eritrea: President Isaias Afwerki Meets With High-Level Italian Delegation
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo President Isaias Afwerki met, at Denden Guest House in mid-afternoon hours today, the Italian delegation led Mr. Francesco Lollobrigida, Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests; and...
Transforming Dust: How Eritrea's Dams Are Revitalizing The Land
MENAFN
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August 4, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) In villages across Eritrea's dry interior, change is quietly flowing. Where seasonal rivers once surged and vanished without trace, hand-built dams now hold back precious water. Irrigation canals feed crops even in dry months....
[Eritrea Releases 53 Yemeni Fishermen After Diplomatic Mediation
Yemen Online
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July 28, 2025
Hodeidah — Eritrean authorities have released 53 Yemeni fishermen who had been detained for several days while fishing near the Red Sea, according to local officials in Yemen’s western province of Hodeidah. The release followed diplomatic...
Egyptian, Chinese and Russian dissidents tracked and threatened in Switzerland
Swissinfo
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August 19, 2025
The Place des Nations square opposite the UN headquarters in Geneva often hosts political demos. In this photo, Russians protest against the war in Ukraine, March 2025. Keystone / Martial Trezzini Repression by autocratic states abroad is also...
National Festival 2025 Colorfully Concludes
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, August 18, 2025/APO Group/ -- The National Eritrean Festival 2025, which was officially opened by President Isaias Afwerki on 9 August at the Expo Compound, colorfully concluded yesterday with...
Permanent Desert Locust Invasion Monitoring Center In Gadm-Halib
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, August 18, 2025/APO Group/ -- A permanent desert locust invasion monitoring center has been established in Gadm-Halib administrative area through the coordination of the Ministry of...