Several days ago, local media outlets reported on how members of the Chinese medical team, working side by side with Eritrean doctors, have been performing complex spinal surgeries on local patients at the Halibet Hospital in Asmara. The extremely technical operations, which are the first-ever procedures of their kind performed within Eritrea, are an exciting […]
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In nearly all countries of the world, bees and their products are common and provide sustainable livelihoods to many small-scale and commercial bee-keepers and business people. Beekeeping (apiculture) is the practice of managing honey-bee colonies to collect honey for own consumption and marketing, to pollinate crops, and to collect other products produced in the hives, […]
Nairobi — Kenya and Eritrea have agreed to abolish visa requirements for their respective citizens. The two countries believe the move will bolster bilateral relations, improve people-to-people ties besides entrenching regional integration. In a meeting between President William Ruto and his Eritrean counterpart Isaias Afwerki, the two leaders also decided to cooperate in the African […]
The absence of clarity on the withdrawal of Eritrean forces from northern Ethiopia is sending confusing signals locally and among foreign powers. It is undermining Ethiopia’s efforts to regain the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) and secure finance for the reconstruction war-ravaged regions. The Ethiopian government, which has been denying the role of Eritrean forces […]
Cervical Cancer vaccination program will be carried out from 21 to 25 November nationwide, the ministry of health announced. According to Mr. Tedros Yihdego, head of the National Vaccination Programs at the Ministry of Health, the Cervical Cancer Vaccination program will be carried out at 1 thousand 382 schools, 301 health stations, 250 temporary stations, […]
Cape Town — The northern Ethiopian region has been the centre of a battle for control between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – which led the country’s previous government – and the current administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed since November 2020. The conflict has become what World Health Organisation Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus […]
Shaheen Nilofer has just concluded her tenure as the UNICEF representative in Eritrea that started in June 2019. Upon the conclusion of her mission to Eritrea, Eritrea Profile had the chance to conduct an interview. Excerpts follow… Please tell us your reflections about the country. I have many reflections to share primarily about Eritrea’s story. […]
Asmara, 12 November 2022- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Federal Republic of Somalia and his delegation, including Foreign Minister Mr. Abshir Omar Huruse, accompanied by President Isaias Afwerki today, 12 November, conducted visit to the Northern Red Sea Region. During his visit, President Hassan visited and talked with members of the Somali Naval and […]
Asmara, 12 November 2022- The three-day Eritrean community in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, concludes on 11 November with patriotic zeal. The annual festival that was attended by a number of nationals featured seminar on the objective situation in the homeland and regional developments, exhibition, entertainment programs, sports competitions as well as cultural programs and children’s programs. […]
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Federal Republic of Somalia accompanied by President Isaias Afwerki, visited members of the Somali Defense Forces that are being provided training at the Aviation College of Eritrea. Speaking to the trainees, President Hassan Sheik Mohamud indicated that the training opportunity they were provided shoulders them heavy responsibility, and […]
Positive news: Eritrea is taking an important step towards protecting girls in the country from cervical cancer. Specifically, later this month, the Ministry of Health (MoH), in cooperation with local and international development partners, is planning to administer human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to nearly 60,000 girls aged 9 to 15 years living within the Central […]
Tigray rebels and the Ethiopian government have announced their arrival in South Africa for peace talks. It is the most serious effort to date to find a solution to the devastating conflict. Tigray rebels and Ethiopian government negotiators are to hold African Union-supported peace talks in South Africa Monday aimed at solving the catastrophic two […]
The country on the horn of Africa has apparently deployed a massive contingent of its own troops to Ethiopia’s Tigray. This could torpedo further peace negotiations. International criticism is mounting. Germany has joined the ranks of nations taking a stand on the latest developments in Ethiopia. Together with the United States, Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands […]
The first time I understood the significance of postage stamps was when I was in Sawa doing my national service. In Sawa, we longed for Sundays, the day’s someone chosen from amongst us brought us stamps from the post office in the camp. You had to get on well with the person elected to fetch […]
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Ethiopia: Peace Talks for Tigray Delayed
An absence of political will may prove a far harder problem than complicated logistics Nearly two years after war broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the fighting is intensifying, and the interstate dimension to the conflict is as undeniable as ever. Reports indicate that some one hundred thousand Eritrean troops are assaulting Tigray, apparently in […]
Editor’s Note: The first part of this article by Dr. Theodore Papenfuss was published in the June 4, 2022 issue of Eritrea Profile, under the topic ‘What do you know about snakes in Eritrea?’ After dark, I walked out of the Barentu Tree Nursery at the edge of the town. Our vehicle was parked next […]
Asmara, 07 October 2022- Eritrea is participating at the Summer Para-Olympics 2022 that is underway in Sochi, Russian Federation, from 2 to 9 October under the theme “We Are One in Sport”. At the Para-Olympics in which 20 countries are taking part, Eritrea is participating by three disabled athletes including one female in table tennis. […]
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Eritrea: World Cerebral Palsy Day
World Cerebral Palsy was observed at national level in Asmara on 6 October under the theme “Let’s Support People with Cerebral Palsy”. Mr. Yakob Haile, Chairman of the National Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disability of Eritrea, said that the objective of the observance of the day is to develop the understanding of the public […]