Hannah Pool is a British woman with origins in Eritrea. She was adopted by a British family as a baby child and taken to England.

She recently published a book called “My Fathers’ Daughter”. In the book she writes about growing up as a black girl in a white family, with many questions regarding her identity, until she finally travels to Eritrea.

In her latest venture for the guardian, Hannah made a video together with Kaleab Hiskays, the manager of Zigni House restaurant in London, where she explains how to make Injera.

Now, this is a good thing to do, because many of us rely on their mums to get the yearly ration of Injera, which an Eritrean needs to survive. Most of us have never learned or tried to take the art of Eritrean cuisine with us when we left our parent’s home to live our own lives.

How often do young Eritrean men come across the warning by their parents, which sounds like this: “You will see what you get, if you do not marry an Eritrean girl, who takes care of you and knows how to make Injera!” Here we go; in most of the cases our parents were right.

Therefore, we appreciate the little introduction given by Hannah Pool into the art of making Injera. There is also an article in the guardian, which gives additional insight into Hanna’s culinary excursion to the Horn of Africa. Watch the Video on The Guardian

Johannesburg, South Africa: Anglo Gold Ashanti Limited and Thani Dubai Mining Limited have announced the formation of a strategic alliance to explore, develop and operate mines across the Middle East and parts of North Africa.

Countries of interest include Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eritrea, Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. Each company will have a 50% interest in the alliance which will explore for gold, precious and base metals.

The alliance is intending to bring together a combination of regional business knowledge and relationships with global exploration and mining expertise. Thani has extensive knowledge of developing resource businesses in the Middle East and Africa, long standing and high level relationships with national governments and major industry players, a thorough understanding of risks associated with mineral resource development and the requisite technical know-how.

Read the rest of this entry

Iyassu Yohannes

Every time Iyassu Yohannes finds out about a public marathon or running event, he puts on his sneakers to run for the Eritrean people in need.

Iyassu is not a professional runner such as Zersenay Tadesse or Filmon Ghirmai, but he has a strong determination to run for Eritrea every time he can.

This is his way of drawing our attention to the fact that there are many people in Eritrea who need our help and support. The funds he tries to collect during such sporting events go to the charity Eritrean Relief Association (ERA) in the United Kingdom.

ERA works in partnership with NGOs, associations, self-help groups and Government departments in Eritrea with the aim to support Eritreans in need back home. The charity carries its own economical risk and maintains an independent stand from political, economic, religious or cultural afflictions.

Read the rest of this entry

Keith McLeod of the Dailyrecord reports about three Eritrean runners scooping to the top prizes in a road race - despite running a kilometre more than all the other competitors.

A stewarding error meant that runners Tsegezeah Woldemichael, Tewoldcebrhan Mengisteab and Tsegai Tewelde continued straight on instead of taking a turn in Carluke, Lanarkshire.

But, incredibly, all three athletes recovered after being redirected on to the correct route. And they finished a full two minutes ahead of the fourth-placed runner.

Read the rest of this entry