BY BEREKET KIDANE There are three uniquely Eritrean national holidays on the world calendar. The modern State of Eritrea wrote its own birth certificate on May 24, 1991 after waging a long and bitter armed struggle for independence. Eritreans all over the world celebrate their national holidays and heroes every year with gusto because it […]
Continue Reading
BY BEREKET KIDANE On May 24, that miracle land kicking its leg into the southern Red Sea, burdened with decades of injustice and unremitting hostility from the big powers on its very sovereignty celebrates her 26th year of independence. In 2017, Eritrea stands alone as an oasis of peace and tranquility in the Horn of […]
Continue Reading
By Colette Braeckman | for Le Soir, While Eritrea is known to send every year thousands of young people to try their luck on the dangerous roads of exile, this time it is towards Asmara that the additional flights had to be provided in because of the crowds! Coming from the US, Canada, all European […]
Continue Reading
More than 180 artists from China, Uganda, Chile, Venezuela, South Africa, Sudan, Turkey, Egypt, Germany and the United States have joined local artists to make this year’s silver jubilee independence day of Eritrea extremely unique. Before they depart to their respective countries, they made a government sponsored tour of Eritrea. They have been in Sawa, Keren, Asmara, […]
Continue Reading
By Shabait, It was Tuesday morning, after a long night celebrating the eve of the Independence Day, the streets of Asmara were quite, people take the time to finally meet and enjoy breakfast together. Soon after, men and women start to get ready for the official ceremony of Eritrea’s Silver Jubilee Anniversary. The 25th anniversary […]
Continue Reading
By Lukas Scherrer | for Aargauer Zeitung, On the occasion of the celebrations for 25 years of independence in Eritrea, many Eritreans traveling back to their home country. In a postulate, two CVP party councilors, Marianne Binder and Markus Dieth, are calling for asylum seekers deprive of their refugee status should they go back to […]
Continue Reading
By Eritrean Mission to AU & ECA, On the 24th of May 2016, the Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the AU and UNECA hosted a reception on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Eritrea’s Independence. The Reception that was held at the African Union Headquarters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa was attended by […]
Continue Reading
By Congress of South African Trade Unions, The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) salute the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) and the resilient people of Eritrea on the special occasion of the 25th Silver Jubilee Independence Commemoration. This significant, 25th Eritrean National Independence Day […]
Continue Reading