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  • Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship between Eritrea and Ethiopia

    Conscious that the peoples of Ethiopia and Eritrea share close bonds of geography, history, culture, language and religion as well as fundamental common interests; Recognizing that over the past decades, they were denied the opportunity to build a bright future for their peoples on the basis of their common heritage; Determined to close this very…

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  • Documentary by African Strategies: POLITICIZING ERITREAN MIGRATION

    Coverage of Eritrean migration has been highly politicized leading to much confusion on the issue. Journalists usually quote suspected traffickers and/or activists with declared “regime change” agenda for their perspectives on conditions inside Eritrea and these accounts are then used to present a “human rights” case against the country. The explanation then for “harsh” conditions…

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  • “Asmara is the Symbol of Eritreans” ~ Ambassador Hanna Simon

    Written By Asmait Fitsumbrahan A message of congratulations to the Capital city, Asmara, nick-named by the Italians “little Rome”, for being inscribed in to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The city has been recognized for its well preserved buildings of modernist architectural designs. Asmara’s incredibly attractive architecture has earned it a great value worldwide making…

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  • Asmara – Modernist City of Africa inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site

    Asmara, 10 July 2017- At the 41 Session of the World Heritage Committee that took place on 7 July in Karkow, Poland, in which the President of Poland, Mr. Andrzej Duda and Irene Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, Ministers and high level officials as well as more than 1000 governmental and non-governmental representatives took part…

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  • Eritrea: Some Clarifications

    Written by FikreJesus A., Ph.D. In Tancred, Benjamin Disraeli tells us how “[t]he East is a career.” Eritreans may be forgiven for thinking that likewise, for many mainstream analysts and experts, “Eritrea is a career.” Earlier this year a story on polygamy being mandatory in Eritrea was widely circulated across international media, and this week, an outdated,…

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  • Eritrea June 21st 2016 Geneva Demonstration…#IStandWithEritrea

    Written by Billion Temesghen June 21st, 2016, despite the rain, the Place des Nations in Geneva, at the UN Headquarters, was home to more than 10,000 Eritreans and friends of Eritrea who came together from 81 different countries to rally in protest against the latest appalling report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights…

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  • A Future Abundant of Intellectuals: Eritrean Institutions of Higher Education

    Written by Billion Temesghen Eritrea has strongly relied on the resource of its people since the first arising steps of its history. With the passing of each day like ever and more than ever, the people and Government of Eritrea to the best of its capacity, strives in supplementing buoyant grounds for a future full…

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  • Challenging Assumptions: A Note on Recent Coverage of Eritrea

    Written by Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion Last week, Eritrea Profile featured an interview with Mary Harper, Africa Editor for BBC World News. Harper recently spent several weeks in Eritrea covering the country’s Independence Day celebrations, and her analyses, both within her interview with Eritrea Profile as well as in other outlets, have been balanced, impartial, thoughtful,…

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  • Eritrea Press Statement: Response of the Government of Eritrea to the Report of the Commission of Enquiry

    Press Statement by H.E. Mr. Yemane Gebreab Presidential Adviser The State of Eritrea Geneva 8 June 2016 Preliminary Response of the Government of Eritrea to the Report of the Commission of Enquiry A three-person panel, called the “Commission of Inquiry” (COI), is campaigning to take yet another African country, this time Eritrea, to the International…

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  • BBC Reporter Mary Harper interviewed by Billion Temesghen: “No restrictions in terms of who, when and where to speak to”

    By Billion Temesghen The long standing not so pleasant narratives of Eritrea in mainstream media are often revived by visiting journalists, however, around this time, there seems to be signs of more nuanced reporting and among the few is our guest today, who’s being reporting and documenting from Eritrea for the past two weeks. We…

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