Weekend Impressions:In Search of the Beauty Queen Meron Abraha, Jul 30, 2009   Saturday July 25, 2009, saw a glamorous evening at the Asmara Municipality Hall, where Eritrea chose two beauties to represent it in the upcoming Miss East Africa 2009 beauty pageant. Attended by hundreds of guests and complete with music performance by renowned and up-and-coming... 

Click to Watch the VIDEO of US’s UN Ambassador Susan Rice’s Testimony to the US House committee on Foreign Affairs ** Forward to 1:08 Minute Mark to listen to Susan Rice’s warning   US warns Eritrea over activity in Somalia By MATTHEW LEE (AP) – 18 minutes ago WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday criticized Eritrea for destabilizing activities in... 

The house of despair A filthy squat in Calais is home to 50 Eritreans who daily try to cross the Channel seeking asylum in Britain. Here are their stories Caroline Woods The Guardian, Thursday 30 July 2009 function getOmnitureAccount_31108545001(){ return "guardiangu-news,guardiangu-network,guardiandev2"; } function getOmnitureData_31108545001() { var omniture = new Object(); omniture.prop43="Video"; omniture.prop44="Video:... 

A Right to Sight: The Legacy of Fred Hollows Mansour Nouredin, Jul 29, 2009     Fred Hollows Intraocular Lens Laboratory has not only met domestic demands, but is also becoming competitive in the world market with 73.5% of its product being exported to Asian countries and 22.5% to countries in Africa, Europe, Oceania and Americas; the rest being used in... 

Heavy rainfall scored recently in different parts of the country By Shabait Jul 28, 2009, 10:28 Heavy rainfall has been obtained recently in different parts of the region, according to the Eritrean Metrology Office. The head of the office, Mr. Issack Fiseha, indicated that satellite picture shows that there exists satisfactory distribution of... 

Eritrea Potash License Granted Tuesday, 28 July 2009 South Boulder Mines is extremely pleased to announce that the Colluli Potash Project exploration license has been officially granted by the Eritrean Ministry of Energy and Mines. The Project is located in the Danakil Depression region of Eritrea approximately 200kms south east of the Capital Asmara and... 

Fresh fighting has erupted south of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. With the help of African Union peace keepers, government troops are battling al-Shabab and other armed groups. Civilians in the area say the fighting has turned their lives into a "living hell".  Read More →

State: 500-600 refugees infiltrate Israel each month   State Prosecutor’s Office strongly objects to High Court issuing injunction against deportation of African asylum seekers from central Israel to periphery. ‘There are potentially thousands of infiltrators currently staying in Israel, mostly in the heart of the country,’ says State Aviad Glickman Published:  07.29.09,... 

Nile countries delay water sharing pact for six months By Samer al-Atrush (AFP) – 20 hours ago ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — Water ministers from Nile Basin countries on Tuesday delayed signing a water-sharing pact already rejected by Egypt and Sudan, who oppose any reduction in their traditional quotas. Ministers from nine Nile Basin countries and Eritrea, which had observer status at the four-day... 

Hillary Clinton to meet president of Somalia Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, plans to meet the president of Somalia’s transitional government in the first phase of an an attempt by the US to improve security in a country known for piracy and kidnappings. (Telegraph.co.uk) Mrs Clinton will become the highest-ranking US official to meet President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, signalling...