January 25, 2012

Charity is not going to save Africa...

Asmara, 25 January 2012 – President Isaias Afwerki underlined that charity is not going to save Africa from poverty and transform it into a trade center, but a real investment without condition. He made the salient remarks during an interview he conducted with the Chinese newspaper, Shanghai Daily.

In the interview that focused on Eritrea’s economic progress, investment opportunities and the role of natural resources in development, President Isaias noted that relations based on partnership is imperative for investment in Africa and underlined that Eritrea is rigorously working on it. Read more

January 20, 2012

INVESTMENT IN ERITREA

by Berhane Woldu | Eritrea’s Strategic Location along the Red Sea provides ideal exposure to one of the world’s busiest shipping lines and established linkages to other areas of the region and beyond.

The port of Massawa is a transit point for goods to the Middle East, European and Asian Markets. The development of the port is poised to bring about potential gains to trade.

The establishment of a Free Port Zone at Massawa is further expected to boost trade prospects within the already established Middle Eastern and African Markets. Read more

January 14, 2012

The Role of the Entrepreneur in the...

by Tekeste Asghedom | Following a series of successful conferences held in recent months in the six administrative regions that ended at Asmara Palace during 5-6 December 2011, one would ponder as to what will be the way forward to boost the Eritrean Tourism Industry.

It would come to mind that basically, as in any economic sector; the role of the Entrepreneur in the tourism industry will occupy the highest place. Read more

January 11, 2012

Development programs being implemented...

Asmara, 11 January 2011 – Eritrean nationals living abroad and foreign friends from various counties who came to spend their leisure in Eritrea said that they have observed development programs including infrastructure facilities implemented across the country that lay solid foundation for a bright future. Read more

December 31, 2011

ሳልሳይ እብረ ሓድሽ ማሽነሪታትን ኣውቶቡሳትን...

ሳልሳይ እብረ ሓድሽ ማሽነሪታትን ኣውቶቡሳትን ናብ ሃገር ኣትዩ።

ሳልሳይ እብረ ናይ’ተን ንመደባት ልምዓት ናህሪ ንምውሳኽን ብቕዓትን ስሉጥነትን ኣገልግሎት መጓዓዝያ ንምርግጋጽን ክኣትዋ ዝቐነያ ማሽነሪታት ልምዓት፣ ኣብ ህንጸት ጽርግያታት፣ መጓዓዝያ ደረቕ ጽዕነትን ካልእ መደባት ህንጸትን ዝውዕላ መካይን ብ30 ታሕሳስ ናብ ሃገር ኣትየን።

እዘን በብእዋኑ ዝኣትዋ ዘለዋ ዘመናውያን ማሽነሪታትን ናይ ህዝቢ ኣውቶቡሳትን፣ ኣብ’ቲ ማሕበራዊ ፍትሒ ንምንጋስን ቍጠባዊ ምዕባለ ንምርግጋጽን ኣብ መላእ ሃገር ዝሰላሰል ዘሎን ኣብ መጻኢ ዝትግበርን ሰፋሕቲ መደባት ልምዓት መቐይሮ ከምዘምጽኣ ኣየጠራጥርን። Read more

December 30, 2011

Nation imports additional machineries,...

Asmara, 29 December 2011- Along with various development endeavors underway in the country, additional machineries, heavy trucks, public buses and fire fighters are being imported to strengthen the national development drive, reports indicated. Read more

December 10, 2011

Meeting of regional Administrators...

Asmara, 9 December 2011 – A meeting of regional Administrators was today conducted at Denden Hall here in the capital.

In the meeting that focused on development programs for 2011/2012, the Administrators held extensive deliberations on the programs implemented in each region and those under implementation, as well as future action programs.  Read more

December 8, 2011

ኣብ ልምዓታዊ መደባት ልዑል ተራ ዝጻወት ሓድሽ...

President Isaias receives credentials of 11 Ambassadors

Asmara, 16 February 2012- President Isaias Afwerki today received the credentials of 11 Ambassadors in a ceremony conducted at the National Palace. Read more

President Isaias receives credentials of...

President Isaias receives credentials of a numer of Ambassadors

Asmara, 15 February 2012 – President Isaias Afwerki today received the credentials of 10 Ambassadors in a ceremony conducted at the National Palace. Read more

President Isaias receives credentials of...

ውሳኔ ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ ኡምዮን ከባቢኣንv

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

ውሳኔ ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ...

Efforts underway to reduce illiteracy rate

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

Efforts underway to reduce...

Sehnaoui: Jamming of Arabsat coming from Ethiopia

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

Sehnaoui: Jamming of Arabsat...

THE KENYAN MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SOMALIA

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

THE KENYAN MILITARY...

SOCIAL MEDIA “TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION”: Spying and Propaganda using Facebook, Twitter

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

SOCIAL MEDIA “TACTICAL...

Eritrean citizens residing in Zurich City conduct rebuff meeting

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.

Eritrean citizens residing in...

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