Switzerland Allocates $6m to Support Vocational Training in Eritrea

Switzerland resumes support for cooperation projects in Eritrea BY FDFA | PRESS RELEASE Switzerland will resume its cooperation with Eritrea in a new three-year phase. The allocated CHF 6 million ($6 million) will be used to improve vocational skills development. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) took this decision on the basis of the […]

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Interview with FM Osman Saleh: Limiting National Service

BY ULRICH COPPEL | WESTFALISCHE NACHRICHTEN* Sixty years of war, permanent mobilization and widespread isolation by some Western countries paralyzed the country of Eritrea. But since the peace agreement with Ethiopia in the summer of 2018, there are high hopes. On the sidelines of a private visit to Münster, Germany, our colleague Ulrich Coppel spoke […]

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‘African Voices’: Political Cherry Picking at its Worst!

When one recalls how African Trojan horses were used as “key sponsors” of the UNSC sanctions (2009/2011) and UNHRC resolutions (2012) against Eritrea, we wonder if a similar gimmick is on the offing behind this “African voices” crap too. BY SHABAIT | EDITORIAL Early this week, a motley network of African writers and journalist wrote […]

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(Interview) // ‘The World Needs to Know the Truth about Eritrea’

BY ASMAIT FUTSUMBRHAN | SHABAIT Today, Q&A brings you an old friend of Eritrea, Dr. Hans-Ulrich Stauffer, an attorney of law and lecturer at the University of Basel. Dr. Stauffer made his first connection with Eritrea at the beginning of the 1970s during the armed struggle for independence. He knew and visited the field to […]

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Eritrea and Hungary Sign Economic and Technical Cooperation Framework Agreement

BY SHABAIT Eritrea and Hungary today signed a Framework Agreement to enhance bilateral cooperation. The signing was done in Budapest where Eritrean delegation composed of Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser Yemane Ghebreab are on a three-day working visit to that country.

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