by Winta Woldeyesus | The vigorous efforts made for unity with ELF’s central committee leadership was registering satisfactory outcome. Both fronts conducted extensive discussions on the objective situation in the field. They further agreed on that the Jeddah Agreement is initiated by external forces for their own benefit and both fronts opposed the agreement. They reach to an understanding point on working together. Read more
Massawa, Massawa White and Blue
I never get tired whenever I write of you
Oscar Rampone 1972
by Tekeste Asghedom | Some decades back when I was flipping onto the pages of an old magazine I was impressed by the writer’s poetic skills in portraying Massawa. Ever since, the verses remained indelibly stamped in my mind and I keep on reciting them. Read more
by Yishak Yared | Sawa as a military, vocational and academic training center has embraced twenty fife rounds of members of national service and high school students. When Sawa was first established in 1994 and accept the first round national service participants it was only a make shift camp. Eighteen years on Sawa has been transformed into a semi-urban center accommodating thousands of grade 12 students from all over the country and many more vocational students. Read more
by Winta Woldeyesus | The Southern Red Sea region covering 23 thousand cubic meters of land is known for his hot climate and long coastline along the Red Sea, this region is also the first civilization place to ancient people of the region. Read more
by Winta Woldeyesus | Despite the fact that the Derg regime was heavily defeated in the five invasions it launched, it still took a substantial amount of time to prepare itself with armaments and human resources for another big offensive, the sixth offensive, “Keyih Kokob”. Read more
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Assab, 21 October 2011 – Patriot Mohammed Omar Hakito passed away today at the age of 92 due to illness. He was born in Assab in 1919, and was among those Eritrean patriots who fought and led the struggle for self-determination in the 1940s. Read more
Military developments registered between the strategic withdrawal and the second congress is categorized in three stages.
The First Stage
The first stage includes the period the first to the fourth offensives. As previously mentioned, the strategic withdrawal of EPLF forces was in July 1978, and the first offensive continued until the end of August. In this offensive, EPLF forces withdraw from their fronts South of Asmara and North of Embaderho village. The Second offensive started in December 20 of 1978 and continued till the end of the month, during this time the Front withdrew from its East and South Keren fronts. Read more
Asmara, 16 February 2012- President Isaias Afwerki today received the credentials of 11 Ambassadors in a ceremony conducted at the National Palace. Read more
Asmara, 15 February 2012 – President Isaias Afwerki today received the credentials of 10 Ambassadors in a ceremony conducted at the National Palace. Read more
ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ተቐማጦ ኡምዮን ከባቢኣን ብዕለት 18.02.2012 ነቲ ዘይፍትሓውን ዘይሕጋውን፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝተበየነ እገዳ ቁጽሪ 2023/2011 ንምኹናን፡ ሽማግለ መኸተ ኡምዮን ከባቢኣን ብዝጸውዖ መሰረት ሰፊሕ ኣኼባ ኣካይድና።
እገዳ ቁጽሪ 2023/2011 ልክዕ ከም እገዳ ቁጽሪ 1907/2009 ኣብ ሓሶትን ፍጹም ምህዞን ስርዓት ወያነን ምምሕዳር ኣሜርካን ተመርኩሱ፡ ብመገዲ እቲ ብጸላእቲ ኤርትራ ዝተመዘዘ ”ናይ ኤርትራን ሶማልያን ሞኒተሪንግ ግሩፕ ” ኣቢሉ ብዝተፈብረኸ ድራማ ምኳኑ ክንከታተሎ ዝጸናሕና ጉዳይ እዩ። Read more
Asmara, 17 February 2012 – Vigorous efforts are under way to reduce the illiteracy rate in the country, Mr. Gebrezgi Demam, Director General of Adult Education and Media in the Education Ministry disclosed.
Comparing with previous human resources, he explained that there was no enough education material for illiteracy eradication in the past and indicted that currently enough material is available, and that there is expectation for commendable outcome. Read more
February 16, BEIRUT – Preliminary investigations into the jamming of Arabsat satellite transmission shows that it is originating from Ethiopia, Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui said Wednesday, calling on Arabsat’s operator to secure new frequencies for its transmission in Lebanon.
“Arabsat told us that the source of the jamming is Ethiopia and it handed us a copy of their complaint they have passed to Ethiopian authorities on this matter,” said Sehnaoui. Read more
The decision in October 2011 to deploy thousands of troops in Somalia’s Juba Valley to wage war on Al-Shabaab is the biggest security gamble Kenya has taken since independence, a radical departure for a country that has never sent its soldiers abroad to fight. PDF
by Julie Lévesque | A new study by the Mediterranean Council for Intelligence Studies’ (MCIS) 2012 Intelligence Studies Yearbook points to the use of social media as “the new cutting edge in open-source tactical intelligence collection”. IntelNews.org’s Joseph Fitsanakis, who co-authored the study, reports:
“We explain that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and a host of other social networking platforms are increasingly viewed by intelligence agencies as invaluable channels of information acquisition. We base our findings on three recent case studies, which we believe highlight the intelligence function of social networking. “(Joseph Fitsanakis, Research: Spies increasingly using Facebook, Twitter to gather data, intelNews.org, February 13, 2012) Read more
Asmara, February 2012- Eritrean citizens living in Zurich, Switzerland, conducted rebuff meeting on February 12.Mr. Sleshi Idris, head of public and community affairs in Switzerland, gave extensive briefing on the objective situation in the Homeland and the region, as well as development activities in the Homeland.
Indicating that the conspiracies against the people and Government of Eritrea are designed to undermine the unity of the people and the nation, they noted that such conspiracies would as ever be foiled through united rebuff.
The participants condemned the baseless illegal Security Council sanctions resolution against Eritrea at the behest of the US, and reaffirmed resolve to mount staunch rebuff and work for the success of national development programs.
ፕረዚደንት ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ። ብ15 ለካቲት ኣብ ቤተ-መንግስቲ ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ስነ-ስርዓት። ወረቐት ስራሕ 10 ኣምባሳደራት ተቐቢሉ፣ Read more
