Shabait, Massawa, 12 February 2011 – The official commemoration of the 21st anniversary of Operation Fenkil was today conducted in the port city of Massawa in patriotic spirit. The commemoration took place in the presence of President Isaias Afwerki, Ministers, Army commanders, senior government and PFDJ officials, invited guests as well as thousands of nationals. [...]
Sunridge Gold Corp., (SGC/TSX.V) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a new exploration drilling program at the Medrizien Gold target on the Asmara Project, Eritrea. Approximately12 reverse circulation drill holes for at least 1,000 metres are planned for the initial drill program. The 100% owned Medrizien Gold target is located within 1 kilometre [...]
Shabait - It was 21 years ago that historical annals recorded the astounding military exploits of February 1990: Operation Fenkil. Deemed to be one of the world’s military feats for its remarkability of military strategy, scale and thunderbolt tactics, Operation Fenkil is a great event of which Eritrean generations should forever take due pride and [...]
Luca Gnecchi Ruscone was born in Rome, Italy, in 1982 to an Italian family with strong roots to Eritrea and Africa. His father lives in Kenya and his mother was born in Eritrea, where his grandfather had been living since the 1930’s. Luca’s grandfather was importing handmade sunglasses from Italy when he first moved to [...]
29 April 2010
Tunis, 28 April 2010 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 approved a ADF grant of UA 12.9 million* (equivalent to USD 20 million) to support a higher education development project in Eritrea. The project is aimed at scaling up human resources development in order to [...]
29 April 2010
Centric Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CTE) is in talks to kick-start oil exploration activities off the cost of Eritrea. The company is in negotiations with the Government of Eritrea and other exploration corporations. Centric Energy has submitted an application for a production sharing contract (PSC) to the Eritrean Government in October 2009, according to media displays [...]
29 April 2010
International Monetary and Financial Committee Twenty First Meeting April 24, 2010. Statement by Honorable Olusegun O. Aganga Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. On behalf of Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya,Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe A. The global economic and financial [...]
29 April 2010
28 April 2010
Asmara, 27 April 2010 (Shabait) – The Cooperative Association of Tanners called on the general public to demonstrate proper handling of hides and skins in the view of the fact of that tannery products are important source of foreign currency earnings. Stressing the need for living up to such responsibility so as to make the [...]
28 April 2010
In 1988 the top songs from the US single charts came from artists like Guns N’ Roses, Tracy Chapman, George Michael and Neneh Cherry - “Bufallo Stance”. This was three years before the Eritrean war of independence ended and Eritrea was freed from Ethiopian occupation. At that time, I was a 13-year-old boy living with [...]
27 April 2010
(African Union) - On 25th April, the African Union (AU) commemorated World Malaria Day. Statistics collected by the AU for the year 2010, show some advances in controlling malaria in Africa. At the same time, the AU acknowledges the urgency in meeting critical milestones in order to eliminate and eventually eradicate the disease on the [...]
27 April 2010
KHARTOUM, April 27 (SUNA) — Sudan’s President Omer Al-Bashir has addressed the Sudanese people following the announcement by the National Elections Commission of his re-election, which was held in accordance with the country’s 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). In his address to the nation last Thursday, he described the election process as characterized by seriousness, [...]
26 April 2010
(The Northern Miner) - Nevsun pushes towards production in Eritrea Vancouver - Nevsun Resources (NSU-T) is now more than halfway through building Eritrea’s first mine, on schedule to commission the gold silver-copper-zinc operation before the end of the year. The company began prestrip mining in March at Bisha, which sits 250 km west of the capital city [...]
26 April 2010
Asmara, (Shabait) 25 April 2010 - The existing favorable atmosphere in Eritrea has a vital role to play in rising productively both in term of quality and quantity, Stated Mr. Stifano Bonazi, an Italian national who is the general manager of the privately-owned ZA-ER Plant. He explained that the plant has offered various training courses [...]
26 April 2010
Chalice Gold Mines (ASX: CHN) - This presentation may contain value references and “forward looking statements“ which are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Investors are cautioned that such statements are not guarantees of future performance and [...]
25 April 2010
More than 16,000 runners were participating at the 25th Hamburg Marathon competition in Germany. Beraki, Beyene Zerea from Eritrea finished third in 02:10:06 behind Kenya’s Wilfred Kigen in 02:09:22 (first) and Norwegian athlete Buta, Urige Arado in 02:09:27 (second) in Hamburg. In the women’s race, another Kenyan Cherop Sharon won the race in two hours [...]
