Eritrean News
Last year, tuberculosis (TB) returned to being the world’s leading infectious disease killer, surpassing COVID-19. Contagious and airborne, TB was also the leading killer of people with HIV and a major cause of deaths related to antimicrobial resistance. Notably, last year saw 8.2 million people worldwide newly diagnosed with TB, the highest number recorded since…
Asmara, 13 December 2024 – Heads of national organizations from 12 cities in Italy held an activity assessment meeting on 8 December in Bologna. Mr. Girmay Habtemicael, Head of Public and Community Affairs at the Eritrean Embassy, noted the successful implementation of national holidays, the youth congress, and the 50th-anniversary celebration of the Bologna Festival…
Asmara, 12 December 2024– An Eritrean delegation participating in the UNCCD-COP 16 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, convened in Riyadh, shared the country’s experiences in combating desertification, land degradation, and drought during a side event on 11 December. At the event, in which Ms. Weini Gebrezgiabihier, Chargé d’Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy,…
As the December 31 deadline set by the Somali government for the withdrawal of Ethiopian peacekeeping forces nears, Turkey has stepped in to save face the Abiy Ahmed gov’t existing from the controversial MoU he signed with the Somaliland enclave. Turkey’s intervention, therefore, helped steer this inexperienced Prime Minister toward a more rational stance, compelling…
