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Eritrea

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:22:13 GMT
Announcement From the Ministry of Health
[Shabait] Two hundred nine patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers and OPD Services in the Central, Gash Barka, and Southern Regions.

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:32:03 GMT
Sudan Delegation Visits Eritrea to Discuss Regional Security
[Radio Dabanga] Asmara -- A high-level Sudanese delegation returned from a one-day visit to Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, yesterday evening.

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:43:09 GMT
Eritrea - 2020 - Year in Review (Part III & Final)
[Shabait] *Editor's note: Around the world, 2020 was turbulent, challenging, and a year truly unlike any other. This article, reviewing the period from September to December, is the third in a three-part series that looks back at some of the importan...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:51:15 GMT
Book Review and Conversation With Amanuel Biedemariam
[Shabait] Recently I read the book, The History of the USA in Eritrea: From Franklin D. Roosevelt To Barack Obama and How Donald Trump Changed The Course Of History, written by Amanuel Biedemariam, an Eritrean-American author. Published in August 202...

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 08:53:25 GMT
Eritrea in the Tigray War - What We Know and Why It Might Backfire
[African Arguments] The war against the TPLF will not be quick or easy, and it already looks to be going badly for Eritrea's president.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:04:34 GMT
Mekelle Interim Mayor Says Remark On Eritrea Forces Only a Repeat of Military Official - Interim CEO Says Mayor Not Mandated to Speak On the Issue, Corrective Measure Taken
[Addis Standard] Commenting on his remarks regarding the presence and involvement of Eritrean forces in Tigray's armed conflict, Atakilti Hailesilasie, interim mayor of Mekelle City told Addis Standard by phone that his remarks were "only a repeat of...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:06:21 GMT
Mekelle City Interim Mayor Admits Presence and Participation of Eritrean Forces in Tigray Conflict
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ataklti Haileselassie, Interim Mayor of Mekelle city who was appointed by the Tigray regional state interim administration, admitted the presence and participation Eritrean forces in the armed conflict in Tigray.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:05:05 GMT
Sports Festival of Nationals in Khartoum
[Shabait] Sports festival of Eritrean community in Khartoum that was organized in cooperation with the Eritrean Embassy in Sudan commences on 30 December with patriotic zeal.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:27:06 GMT
Continued Threat Posed By Covid-19 Means It Is Too Early to Relax
[Shabait] *Editor's note: while Eritrea has had considerable success in controlling COVID-19, the country must remain vigilant.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:25:12 GMT
Eritrea - 2020 - Year in Review (Part I)
[Shabait] *Editor's note: Around the world, 2020 has been turbulent, challenging, and a year truly unlike any other. This article, reviewing the period from January to April, is the first in a three-part series that looks back at some of the importan...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:08:01 GMT
Dimtsi Hafash - Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea
[Shabait] Radio Dimtsi Hafash celebrated its 42nd birthday yesterday. It was established as a clandestine broadcaster at a critical time on January 1, 1979, following the strategic withdrawal of Eritrea's freedom fighters in 1978.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:07:22 GMT
Eritrea - 2020 - Year in Review (Part II)
[Shabait] *Editor's note: Around the world, 2020 has been turbulent, challenging, and a year truly unlike any other. This article, reviewing the period from May to August, is the second in a three-part series that looks back at some of the important ...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:06:53 GMT
Activity Assessment Meeting By Nationals in Melbourne
[Shabait] Eritrean nationals residing in Melbourne, Australia, conducted 2020 activity assessment meeting on 27 December and charted out programs for 2021.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:28:17 GMT
Financial Support to Disadvantaged Families
[Shabait] Asmara -- Financial support was extended to disadvantaged families in Godaif administrative area, Central region.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 21:16:59 GMT
President Isaias Afwerki's Message On New Year
[Shabait] Dear compatriots at home and abroad,

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:29:40 GMT
Commendable Effort to Control Desert Locust Invasion
[Shabait] Commendable pre preparation and integrated effort has been conducted to control the desert locust invasion that was observed in the Central region's sub-zones of Berik, Gala-Nefhi, Serejeka and Akria. The report was made at an assessment me...

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:25:49 GMT
United Nations Agencies Deliver Lifeline Food Assistance to 25,000 Eritrean Refugees in Tigray
[WFP] Eritrean refugees in two camps in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia received a month's worth of food supplies through a joint distribution by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and Ethiopia's Ag...

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:29:07 GMT
Announcement From the Ministry of Health
[Shabait] One hundred eighty one patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in the Southern and Gash Barka Regions as well as at OPD Services in Asmara, Central Region.

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 08:51:46 GMT
Marriage Is Not a Private Affair
[Shabait] The famous Nigerian novelist, Chinua Achebe, has a short story titled, "Marriage is a Private Affair", which describes the conflict that arises out of the antagonistic conceptions a son and his father ascribe to marriage and how it should b...

Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:17:41 GMT
Annus Horribilis - Why 2020 Was the Horn of Africa's Worst Year
[Nation] An air of optimism greeted the year 2020, but it has turned out to be the Horn of Africa's -- and indeed the World's -- worst Year-- an annus horribilis. Many are happy that this "horrible year" has come to an end.

Sat, 26 Dec 2020 11:30:34 GMT
Eritrea Earthquake Felt in Eastern Sudan's Kassala
[Radio Dabanga] Kassala -- Residents of Kassala in eastern Sudan witnessed a light earthquake on Friday.

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 09:36:41 GMT
Who Will Call Out Eritrea's War Crimes in Tigray?
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African contin...

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 08:02:32 GMT
Announcement From the Ministry of Health
[Shabait] Forty five patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers (9) and out-patient services (36) in hospitals in Asmara, Central Region.

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 10:37:30 GMT
Eritrea - Insight Into Tuberculosis (TB)
[Shabait] Last week, Sister Hiwet Neguse, Head of the National Tuberculosis (TB) Controlling Program at Eritrea's Ministry of Health, revealed that Eritrea has made considerable progress in combating TB over the past several decades. This news is ext...

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 10:37:28 GMT
Graduation of Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences
[Shabait] Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, a merger of Orotta School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Asmara College of Health Science, held a virtual graduation ceremony on December 19 at Asmara University in compliance with all the saf...

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 10:37:26 GMT
"Freedom, That's What Art Is" Painter Robel Solomon
[Shabait] Meet Robel Solomon, a painter who grew up playing around the studio of his uncles, two famous Eritrean painters, Michael Adonai and Berhane Adonai. Inspired by his uncles, Robel learned how to paint and enjoyed experimenting with different ...

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 08:20:27 GMT
Announcement From the Ministry of Health
[Shabait] Twenty five patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Enda- Ghiorghis (12), Mai Mine (1), Decamere (1), in the Southern Region; and, eleven at OPD Services in Asmara, Central Regi...

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 08:16:48 GMT
Contribution to Bolster National Fund
[Shabait] Eritrean nationals in Canada contributed over one million Canada Dollars to bolster the National Fund to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 09:26:39 GMT
Guidelines From the High Level Task Force On Covid - 19
[Shabait] The Government of Eritrea has been issuing and implementing timely guidelines and regulations in the past months keenly aware, as it is, of the grave danger that the COVID-19 pandemic poses, But in spite of these measures, there are prelimi...

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 09:26:31 GMT
Announcement From the Ministry of Health
[Shabait] Fifty three patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Senafe (27), Adi-Quala (3), in the Southern Region; Tessenei (2), Gash Barka Region; as well as at Q/Centers and OPD Services...



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