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Pilgrimage to the Monastery of Debre Bizen only for men of all ages

Pilgrimage to the Monastery of Debre Bizen only for men of all ages

The Debre Bizen Monastery of the legendary Saint Abune Philipos is visited yearly by male pilgrims on August 11 according to the Gregorian calendar or 5th August according to the Julian or the Geez Calendar. This year being Sunday August 11, 2013 one would see male pilgrims as young as in their earl

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The Mosque of Sheikh Hamal - The Surviving Treasure

The Mosque of Sheikh Hamal – The Surviving Treasure

We just celebrated Eid Al-Fater, the end of the month long fasting. The celebration was observed by all Eritreans irrespective of their religion and ethnicity. That attests to the unity and harmony of the Eritrean people, the peaceful co-existence never seen in many parts of the world. Islam has

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Eritrea: An Icon of Social Harmony

Following the official opening of the Eritrean National Festival in the morning hours of August 17, 2013, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims swarmed the city of Dekemhare to enjoy a magnificent holiday season with the cultural and artistic presentations showcased to highlight the event. Th

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Reflection of the Eritrean UK Festival 2013

Reflection of the Eritrean UK Festival 2013

By Tsighe Andemariam As an Eritrean living in London the Eritrean festival is an event that I attend and enjoy yearly. On completion of this year’s festival at Lea Valley on July the 14th of 2013, I had left the event re-assured and very satisfied which is the reason for this article. The festi

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The Great UK Festival Eritrea’s cultural Bonanza - Thousands of people had the opportunity to celebrate and participate!

The Great UK Festival Eritrea’s cultural Bonanza – Thousands of people had the opportunity to celebrate and participate!

The colorful Eritrean Festival in UK, which took place in London, from the 13th until 14th July 2013 at Lee Valley, Edmonton, a magnificent tent arena, that would house the busloads that came from Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Liverpool, Sheffield, Nottingham, Coventry, Newcastle, Wales, Scotland

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Desei Island Miraculously Beautiful

Desei Island Miraculously Beautiful

By Berhane Woldu A frenzied sprawl of 1 million people Southern Red Sea Region is the third largest of the six regions of Eritrea and covers an area of 23,384 square kilometers of which 49 percent is plain land, 44 percent mountains and hills and the seven percent is of volcanic land. The western

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            ምእንታኪ`ዩ ኤርትራ

ምእንታኪ`ዩ ኤርትራ

ህይወት ጉዕዞ እያ። ወዲ ሰብ ከኣ ኣብ ቀጻሊ ጐእዞ እዩ ዝነብር። ምንባር`ውን ቃልሲ እዩ። ኣብ ቃልሲ ክትዕወት ሓይሊ የድልየካ ። ሓይሊ ካብ ውሽጣዊ ዓቅሚ እዩ  ዝውለድ። ኣብ ጉዕዞ ጀሚርáŠ

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Asmara, Sweet

Asmara, Sweet

Writing about this tremendously fascinating nation gives me great pleasure. The staggering hospitality of the Eritrean people has to be experienced to be believed. I had received such generosity from complete strangers, and made so many friends in such a short space of time. I am indebted to

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The land of Danakils : Southern Red Sea region

The land of Danakils : Southern Red Sea region

One of contemporary historic place in the Southern Red Sea region is Duhtum. Duhtum a strategic place where the invading army of the TPLF regime in its foolish attempt to enter Assab was foiled and crashed by the gallant Eritrean Defense Forces. As usual the TPLF regime gave its invading army a prom

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Eritrean: Merhawi Kudus   remporte le classement général de la 10e édition  Tour de Côte-d’Or 2013

Eritrean: Merhawi Kudus remporte le classement général de la 10e édition Tour de Côte-d’Or 2013

Tour de Côte-d’Or 2013 will keep its promises to the end. After the first two breathless days, the fourth and last stage run under a blazing sun between Dijon and Saint-Jean-de-Losne, very nearly upset the final rankings. Because yesterday Merhawi Kudus quickly squandered two dangerous clients

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 Eritrean Merhawi Kudus (World Cycling Centre) won  the 3 stage of the Tour de Côte d'Or

Eritrean Merhawi Kudus (World Cycling Centre) won the 3 stage of the Tour de Côte d’Or

Eritrean Merhawi Kudus (World Cycling Centre) won the Saturday afternoon the third stage of the Tour de Côte d'Or (National Elite) run between Sombernon Talant. He beat the runners CC Etupes Edward Lauber and Maxime Robert. Merhawi Kudus becomes at the same time the new overall leader. Merhawi K

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Pictorial report : Eritrean Community in schaffhausen ( Swiss)

Pictorial report : Eritrean Community in schaffhausen ( Swiss)

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 Turkish Airlines to Launch Direct Flight to Asmara

Turkish Airlines to Launch Direct Flight to Asmara

By TesfaNew, In a bid to develop Turkey’s new diplomatic, trade and investment relations with the State of Eritrea, Turkey’s national flag-carrier airlines will soon commence direct flights to Asmara. The announcement was disclosed by Ambassador Fazil Corman who was in the country leading

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Flurry of Graduations as School Year Ends

Flurry of Graduations as School Year Ends

BY shaebia The colleges of Health Sciences in Asmara, Agriculture in Hamelmalo, and Arts and Social Sciences in Adi-Keih graduated 811 students with degree and diploma on Sunday June 30, 2013. The Asmara College of Health Sciences graduated 347 students with degree in Ophthalmology, Dentistr

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What do we know about the one million year old Eritrean Homo?

What do we know about the one million year old Eritrean Homo?

Tsegai Medin IPHES Tarragona, Spain The geo-paleo-anthropo- archaeological research conducted in the Eritrean Danakil depression in the last two decades has resulted to the discovery of over 200 Late Early Pleistocene sites within 1000 meter thick fluvio-lacustrine

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Southern Red Sea region: the land of Danakils

Southern Red Sea region: the land of Danakils

With birds eye view into the Southern Rea Sea region one needs no explanation to witness to what the government of Eritrea is heavily investing in that region.  The newly built heath facilities from that of Dahtum referral hospital to the small clinics, the junior and elementary schools, the fish p

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UN Abuses the Rights of the People and Government of Eritrea

UN Abuses the Rights of the People and Government of Eritrea

By Amanuel Biedemariam, It is hard to see or believe the UN as a warring entity for it is supposed to be the embodiment of neutrality, fairness, impartiality and judiciousness. It is supposed to be free from serving the agendas of one nation at the expense of another. The UN is not sup

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Eritrea Festival UK - 13th-14th July 2013

Eritrea Festival UK – 13th-14th July 2013

The Eritrean Festival United Kingdom will start on Saturday the 13th of July with more than dozens colorful performances. This annual festival-this year is the 14th edition- is a celebration of Eritrean values and culture; and also features different spectacular shows. The Festival will take place a

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Latest Development Projects in Eritrea

By Madot The following are some of the latest development projects taking place in Eritrea. New solar light poles placed near airport streets in Asmara. With an ambitious goal of replacing Asmara's street lights entirely with solar energy by 2015, the Asmara Municipal Administ

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ሞባእ ሓርነት

ሞባእ ሓርነት

ብዕለት23 / 06 /2013 ኣብ ካንቶን ሰንጋለን ሃገረ ስዊዘርላንድ እንቅመጥ ኤርትራውያን ማሕበረኮም ካንቶን ሰንጋለን፡ ንዝክሪ ሰማእታት ንምክባር ኣቦታት፤ኣዴታት፤ ቆልዑት፤ መሓዙት ኤርትáˆ

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