PRETORIA, Feb 8, NNN-BUANEWS report that South Africa and Australia have signed an agreement which will frame future bilateral co-operation on climate change issues. The letter of intent was signed on Friday by Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean and Minister for Water and Environmental Affairs Buyelwa Sonjica. The two nations have been co-operating on climate change matters [...]
UNICEF launched last Thursday an appeal for US$1.2 billion in support for children and women in 28 countries that have been identified critical in the UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2010. According to the report, UNICEF would need $24.8 million for funding programs in Eritrea that help addressing problems of impoverished children throughout 2010. In comparison, Somalia needs [...]
Egyptair has increased the number of weekly flights to Asmara, Eritrea from three to four flights for the summer schedule 2010. The fourth frequency will be introduced by the end of May 2010 departing from Cairo International Airport Terminal 3 to Asmara International. The airline will operate Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays with Airbus A320 aircrafts and [...]
08 February 2010
PRETORIA, Feb 8, NNN-BUANEWS report that South Africa and Australia have signed an agreement which will frame future bilateral co-operation on climate change issues. The letter of intent was signed on Friday by Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean and Minister for Water and Environmental Affairs Buyelwa Sonjica. The two nations have been co-operating on climate change matters [...]
08 February 2010
UNICEF launched last Thursday an appeal for US$1.2 billion in support for children and women in 28 countries that have been identified critical in the UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2010. According to the report, UNICEF would need $24.8 million for funding programs in Eritrea that help addressing problems of impoverished children throughout 2010. In comparison, Somalia needs [...]
07 February 2010
Egyptair has increased the number of weekly flights to Asmara, Eritrea from three to four flights for the summer schedule 2010. The fourth frequency will be introduced by the end of May 2010 departing from Cairo International Airport Terminal 3 to Asmara International. The airline will operate Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays with Airbus A320 aircrafts and [...]
07 February 2010
Sudan – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched an information campaign in Sudan on the risks of irregular migration as part of a broader effort to tackle key migration issues in East Africa and the Horn of Africa. The campaign, which will target seven states in eastern Sudan, will be implemented as part of [...]
06 February 2010
Beirut, February 05 (QNA) – Lebanese Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Dr. Ali Al-Shami conferred here on Friday with Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh , who is now visiting Beirut. Talks during the meeting dealt with means of bolstering bilateral relations and enhancing ties of joint cooperation particularly during Lebanon’s chairmanship of the UN Security Council. Saleh handed [...]
06 February 2010
Basketball guard Thomas Kelati has applied for Polish citizenship in late January, according to Polish media reports. The Eritrean-American professional is currently playing for Valencia in the Spanish ACB league and has strong ties to Poland. Kelati used to play for Polish Basketball club Turow Zgorzelec and is married to a polish woman, with whom he has two [...]
05 February 2010
If you're looking for an adventure that is physically active yet relaxing, mentally stimulating and spiritually uplifting, diving amid the wonders of a coral reef may be the ultimate answer. But where should you go, especially if you have a taste for something and somewhere a bit out of the way?
05 February 2010
African Union chief, Jean Ping, dismissed accusations that Ethiopia has blocked the right of Eritrea to establish an office for its mission to the AU in Addis Ababa. Asmara said in a letter circulated during the 14th AU summit Eritrea has been banned for the last 10 years from its right to participate in African Union [...]
04 February 2010
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04 February 2010
ASMARA (Reuters) – More than a dozen foreign mining firms are now working in Eritrea, but poor villagers in the Red Sea state’s remote lowlands are also increasingly using their bare hands to claim some of the riches. The nation is on the brink of a mining surge that could boost its agriculture-based economy, which has [...]
04 February 2010
The American founding fathers were great men. They had their faults but the one thing that no one can criticize about them is that they left power at the right time. They must have believed or dreamed that America would someday become a powerful influential democracy that could be an example for all nations.
03 February 2010
IGAD: A communiqué devoid of any legality The IGAD Council of Ministers has issued a communiqué on Somalia and Eritrea following a meeting convened in Ethiopia this weekend. Apart from its ill-advised content which can only exacerbate the crisis in Somalia and hamper the objectives of peace and security in the Horn of Africa, the IGAD [...]
