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Autocracy in the Horn: Eritrea’s Strongman and His Dangerous Narratives
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 9, 2025
On July 19, 2025, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki delivered yet another one of his long, ideologically freighted television interviews, part geopolitical treatise, part regional blame game, and all too familiar in its evasiveness. In a...
How Eritrea’s dams are revitalizing the land
Business Ghana
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In villages across Eritrea’s dry interior, change is quietly flowing. Where seasonal rivers once surged and vanished without trace, hand-built dams now hold back precious water. Irrigation canals feed crops even in dry months. Eritrea, one of the...
Eritrea: World Breastfeeding Week Observed At National Level
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) World Breastfeeding Week is being observed from 1 to 7 August with various activities under the theme“Prioritize Breastfeeding – Create Sustainable Support System.” At a national-level ceremony organized today in Asmara, Sister...
Doctor explains what makes Okra a ‘superfood’
TV47
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August 9, 2025
A proud member of the mallow family and a close cousin to hibiscus, cotton, and even cocoa, okra is among the world’s oldest cultivated crops. With roots tracing back over a thousand years to the African region around Ethiopia and Eritrea, this...
This African country has no mobile internet access; here’s the surprising truth behind its digital blackout
The Times of India
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In today’s digitally connected world, the idea of living without internet access seems almost impossible. We rely on the internet for everything — from communication to entertainment, education, and even daily financial transactions. However, one...
Eritrea’s Unanswered Question: 34 Years of Isaias Afwerki’s Rule
Awate
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August 3, 2025
Eritrea’s Unanswered Question: What 34 Years of Isaias Afwerki’s Rule Reveal About Sovereignty and Survival In the beginning was the question—etched into the soul of the nation itself: Can Eritrea survive—and thrive—as a truly sovereign,...
Transforming Dust: How Eritrea's Dams Are Revitalizing The Land
MENAFN
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August 4, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) In villages across Eritrea's dry interior, change is quietly flowing. Where seasonal rivers once surged and vanished without trace, hand-built dams now hold back precious water. Irrigation canals feed crops even in dry months....
‘Clinical Obesity’ Definition Shifts Obesity Prevalence
Medscape
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The adoption of the new “clinical obesity” definition alters prevalence estimates of obesity in many parts of the world compared with BMI-based definitions, new data suggested. In January 2025, a Lancet Commission proposed that the diagnosis of...
Eritrea: World Hepatitis Day Observed At National Level
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, July 29, 2025/APO Group/ -- World Hepatitis Day was observed at the national level in Asmara yesterday under the theme“Hepatitis: Let's Break It Down.” Dr. Araya Berhane, Director of...
I Hope You Find What You’re Looking For Spotlights the Eritrean Immigrant Experience — See the Cover! (Exclusive) By Carly Tagen-Dye
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at Bsrat Mezghebe’s debut novel, I Hope You Find What You're Looking For The book, out next year, is the second title to published as part of the Well-Read Black Girl Books series, created by Glory...
Compulsory Service in Eritrea: The President’s Psychological Shadows and Major National Tasks
Awate
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July 29, 2025
Authored by: Abdu Fagir posted by awatestaff On July 12, 2025, the graduation ceremony for the 37th batch of national service was held at the famous Sawa military camp. As usual, the ceremony was attended by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, who...
Eritrea: Effort To Eradicate Underage Marriage
MENAFN
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July 23, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The National Union of Eritrean Women branch in the Gash Barka Region reported that, alongside efforts to improve the socio-economic standards of women, strong action is being taken to eradicate harmful practices, particularly...
Eritrea: Training On Hepatitis B Virus Vaccination
MENAFN
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July 23, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASSAB, Eritrea, July 23, 2025/APO Group/ -- The Ministry of Health branch in the Southern Red Sea Region organized training on Hepatitis B vaccination for 70 members of its branch office. The training took...
Orotta College Of Medicine And Health Sciences Graduates 391 Students
MENAFN
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July 26, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, July 26, 2025/APO Group/ -- Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, in its 4th commencement, today conferred postgraduate, first degree, and diploma qualifications to 391 graduates,...
Hidden Hands Behind Incendiary Ethiopia-Eritrea Rhetoric
The Reporter Ethiopia
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July 26, 2025
Empty Bluffs or Drums of an Inevitable War? The exchange of yet another round of hostile rhetoric between the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea this week and the widening rift between political leaders in Addis Ababa and Mekelle have heightened...
Eritrea: Eye Surgery For Over 250 Citizens In Golij Sub-Zone
MENAFN
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July 19, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo As part of ongoing efforts to control blindness, cataract surgery was performed on over 250 citizens in the Golij sub-zone from 7 to 11 July. The surgeries were carried out by a medical team from...
This country still has no Instagram, no YouTube, no access to Internet, no ATM; not South Sudan, Liberia, Malawi, place is...
India.com
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August 8, 2025
Home Viral This country still has no Instagram, no YouTube, no access to Internet, no ATM; not South Sudan, Liberia, Malawi, place is… Eritrea is the sole country in the world with a lack of internet for the general population. Only about 1% of...
Medical charity says Ethiopian soldiers targeted aid workers in Tigray war
Modern Ghana
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International medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has released a report describing the gunning-down of three of its staff in Ethiopia's Tigray region in 2021 as an "intentional and targeted killing" by members of Ethiopia's military....
Medical charity MSF accuses Ethiopian soldiers of 'targeted killing' of 3 staffers in Tigray in 2021
102.3 KRMG - Oklahoma
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July 15, 2025
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — (AP) — International aid organization Doctors Without Borders on Tuesday released a report describing the gunning-down of three staffers in Ethiopia's Tigray region four years ago as an "intentional and targeted killing" by...
With Friends Like These—Tigray’s Perilous Allies
Ethiopia Insight
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August 8, 2025
A fractured TPLF is seeking refuge with old foes The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has splintered, with one faction seeking sanctuary from Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki and another turning to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed....