Eritrea Rejects Special Rapporteur #HRC50 Report

SOURCE: MOI ERITREA Mr. President, The present mandate on Eritrea was established in 2012 as a continuation of the external threats pursued by the US and its western allies. Accordingly, harassment tools including the UN sanction imposed on Eritrea in the pretext of alleged Eritrea’s support to “terrorism / Al Shebab)’ were applied to make […]

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Eritrea’s National Service: A National Rite of Passage

The national service program in Eritrea is a birthright, a rite of passage, a cultural heritage that needs nurturing and development. BY SARA TESFAY | SHABAIT Thousands of Eritrean youth, who make up the 33rd round of National Service, completed the last year of high school and military training, and added to the large pool of […]

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Sawa: A Guarantee for Eritrea’s National Security and Prosperity

National Service Program in Eritrea has become a rite of passage for young Eritrean youth. BY SIMON WELDEMICHAEL | ERITREA PROFILE For 26 years, Eritrean youth have been going to Sawa as part of their national service. In July 1994, Sawa hosted the first round of young Eritreans who were enlisted to perform their national […]

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Joint Sawa Graduation of 33rd National Service, 11th HAMAMOS Members

Joint graduation ceremonies of 33rd round of National Service and 11th round of technical school was held in Sawa. The 1078 students – 463 of them female – graduated in electronics, computer maintenance, auto mechanics, hydraulics fields etc. BY SHABAIT The graduation of the 33rd round of the national service and 11th round of Vocational […]

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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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National Service in Eritrea: Synopsis of Underlying Rationale and Past Trajectory

BY SHABAIT The Government of Eritrea enacted the law on National Service in 1992, in the immediate aftermath of the country’s independence after a tortuous, three-decades-long, war of national liberation. The original law was further amended in 1995 and enacted as Proclamation 82/1995.

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