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Egypt Delivers Medical Aid Shipment to Eritrea
Sat 30 Aug 2025 | 01:09 AM A shipment of medical supplies from Egypt arrived today at Asmara International Airport, offered as a gift to the Eritrean people in a gesture underscoring the close and strategic ties between the two nations. The...

Eritrea: Effort To Address Demands Of Health Facilities
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, August 28, 2025/APO Group/ -- Mr. Mateos Gebrezgiabier, Acting Manager of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Supplies Corporation of Eritrea (PHARMECOR), reported that the corporation is working to...

Eritrea: Successful Cataract Surgery In Keren Hospital
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, August 28, 2025/APO Group/ -- In collaboration with the Sudanese Albeser Ophthalmologists team, successful cataract surgery was performed on more than 400 patients at Keren Hospital between 21...

Eritrean Embassy rejects petition for religious prisoners
Religious freedom advocates gathered outside the Eritrean Embassy in Washington, D.C, on 21st August, urging the release of seven Christian leaders who have been held without charges for over 20 years. The embassy refused to accept a petition...

Effort To Control Prevalence Of Non-Communicable Diseases
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) KEREN, Eritrea, August 25, 2025/APO Group/ -- Effort to control the prevalence of non-communicable diseases including the increasing prevalence diabetes and hypertension is being conducted in Anseba Region. Mr....

Ten Years After Opening the Borders: What Has Germany Gained from Migration?
Ten years ago, in the summer of 2015, Germany made a historic decision to open its borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflict zones. Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the time, delivered a...
Eritrean officials refuse letter calling for release of imprisoned Christian leaders
Advocates gathered Thursday at the Embassy of the State of Eritrea in Washington, D.C., to protest the detention of seven Christian leaders in the African country. The men have been held for more than 20 years at the Wengel Mermera Criminal...

Eritrea: Successful Cataract Surgery In Adi-Keih Hospital
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) MENDEFERA, Eritrea, August 22, 2025/APO Group/ -- In collaboration with the Sudanese Albeser Ophthalmologists team, successful cataract surgery was performed on over 400 patients at Adi-Keih Hospital between 14...

Eritrea has imprisoned 7 church leaders for decades without charges
Members of the Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian Orthodox community from Tel Aviv are dancing before a baptism ceremony in the waters of the Jordan River as part of the Epiphany celebrations at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, located on the...

Eritrea: Training On Material Management And Procurement
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Ministry of Agriculture organized training for 62 of its members on material management, procurement, and transit management. The training was conducted at the Ministry's Regulatory Service Office in Villagio. The...

More babies delivered at MercyOne Genesis Silvis as campus turns into women's health care center
Thursday morning Harlee McDonough held her daughter, Marlee Mae, tight in a quiet room at MercyOne Gensis Medical Center Silvis. The one-day-old slept through her first interview, but she's already part of a growing trend in Silvis. Marlee is part...

How Trump’s claim of ending the Congo conflict doesn’t hold ground
The recent massacre of more than 50 civilians at the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-backed Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has exposed the persistent...

Worldwide campaign set for seven imprisoned Eritrean church leaders
Seven Eritrean church leaders imprisoned without trial for more than 20 years. Voices4Justice In the nearly 21 years since two Orthodox priests were arbitrarily imprisoned in Eritrea, their wives have died. Neither the Rev. Gebremedhin...

Survival and Its Determinants of HIV/AIDS Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Two National Referral Hospitals in Eritrea: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Introduction HIV/AIDS continues to be a public health concern globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. According to the Global Health Observatory, as of 2023, 39.9 million people were living with HIV, with 1.3 million new...

Eritrea: Eye Surgery Conducted On 260 Citizens In Akordet
(MENAFN- APO Group) Cataract surgery has been performed on 260 citizens, including 11 children, at Akordet Hospital. Dr. Eyob Beyene, an eye surgery specialist at Birhan Aini Hospital in Asmara, said the program was part of nationwide efforts to...

Campaign urges release of seven ministers in Eritrea
21Wilberforce and the Baptist World Alliance are joining other Christian groups in calling for the release of seven church leaders in Eritrea who have been detained without trial more than 20 years. The #Voices4Justice campaign is urging Eritrean...

CAR: Ratification of the Maputo Protocol, an essential step – sustained efforts to guarantee women’s and girls’ rights must follow
Reacting to the ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, (Maputo Protocol) on 26 August by the Central African authorities, Abdoulaye Diarra, Senior Researcher at Amnesty...

Eritrea: World Breastfeeding Week Observed At National Level
(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...

Effect of Educational Intervention on Healthcare Workers’ Basic Life Support Knowledge and Practice in a Rural Tertiary Hospital in South Western Uganda
Background Basic Life Support (BLS) plays a critical role in the early recognition and management of cardiac and respiratory arrests, critical emergencies that can lead to preventable deaths if not promptly addressed.1 According to a World Health...

Isaias Afwerki: My Struggle for Eritrea and Africa
Michel Collon has interviewed Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and says the world must listen to him. Michel Collon is a French investigative journalist and co-founder of the website Investig’Action. He believes that we must listen to Eritrean...