Category: Eritrea

  • Eritrea: Extending the Conversation on Development Projects

    Eritrea: Extending the Conversation on Development Projects

    The last edition of Eritrea Profile (published on Saturday 12 December) featured a very interesting article entitled, “Transforming Arid Zones into Wetlands”. Written by Kesete Ghebrehiwet and part of a larger series that explores major development undertakings in Eritrea’s Western Development Zone, the article is full of details and it sheds important light on a…

  • Eritrea: The Easiest Way To Help Save The Planet

    Eritrea: The Easiest Way To Help Save The Planet

    A traffic-policeman tried to find fault with how a priest rode his bicycle in town. He wanted to catch the priest breaking a traffic rule and watched him day-in, day-out, as the priest went about his daily chores in town. But the policeman could not fine him for the priest was an unusual one and…

  • Eritrea: Saudi Arabia’s Delegation Led by Foreign Minister

    Eritrea: Saudi Arabia’s Delegation Led by Foreign Minister

    By Yemane G. Meskel. President Isaias Afwerki met this evening at State House Saudi Arabia’s delegation led by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. The delegation delivered messages from King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as well as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to President Isaias  The two sides held extensive talks on…

  • Eritrea: Transforming Arid Zones into Wetlands

    Eritrea: Transforming Arid Zones into Wetlands

    It is quite breathtaking to see human made lakes in areas that were once arid and dramatic change in the ecosystem and the lifestyle of people who live in such areas. The development endeavors have triggered a chain of transformations in infrastructure, which are obvious in the Gash-Barka region. The Gash-Barka region is known for…

  • Eritrea: 20 Year Anniversary of the Boundary Commission Verdict

    Eritrea: 20 Year Anniversary of the Boundary Commission Verdict

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) December 12.2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion. This week represents 20 years since the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) made its ruling to solve the border conflict between the neighbouring countries. However, its decisions, presented on 13 April 2002, remain unimplemented, constituting a flagrant…

  • U.S. State Department Wants Eritrean Troops Out of Ethiopian Territory

    U.S. State Department Wants Eritrean Troops Out of Ethiopian Territory

    The U.S. called for the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean troops from neighboring Ethiopia’s Tigray region, following “credible” reports of their involvement in a civil conflict. The reports relate to an assault that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered on the northern regional state Nov. 4, after blaming it for an attack on a military base…

  • Ethiopia: Zenawi Was Indeed a Ruthless Killer and Patron of Terror

    Ethiopia: Zenawi Was Indeed a Ruthless Killer and Patron of Terror

    ASMARA (HAN) December 12.2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues.  The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has shaped Ethiopia’s terror history for decades and Geeska Afrika Online  has a good news and bad news for its readers this month, December 2020. 1- The bad news is it’s the 2020 holiday season and…

  • Eritrea rejects U.N. arms report on Somalia

    Eritrea rejects U.N. arms report on Somalia

    ASMARA (HAN) JULY 27, 2007. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. (Archive) – Eritrea denied on Friday a report by a U.N. monitoring group that said it was sending huge quantities of weapons to Islamic insurgents in Somalia. The report to the Security Council said Somalia was awash with more weapons…

  • Eritrean troops not fighting in Ethiopia: UN chief

    Eritrean troops not fighting in Ethiopia: UN chief

    UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 9 – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that there is no proof of Eritrean troops inside Ethiopia, where government forces are fighting rebels in the northernmost region of Tigray. “We have no proof of the presence of Eritrean troops inside Ethiopia. I confronted the (Ethiopian) prime minister with that question, and…

  • Eritrea Frees Religious Prisoners Jailed for a Quarter Century

    Eritrea Frees Religious Prisoners Jailed for a Quarter Century

    Eritrea released 28 Jehovah’s Witnesses who spent between five and 26 years in prison without trial, the religious group said. The detainees were freed on Dec. 4, while 24 others still remain in prison, according to a statement on its website. Seven of the group’s followers have died in Eritrea, either in prison or shortly after being…

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