BY ASMAIT FUTSUMBRHAN | ERITREA PROFILE Today we talk to His Excellency the British Ambassador to the State of Eritrea, Alisdair Walker. After being in Eritrea for over six month, the Ambassador and his family surely have something to say about the country. Welcoming us into their lovely home, the Walker family shares about their […]
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BY RORY JACKSON / SUPERYACHT NEWS It is all well and good talking about getting off the beaten track, but for many getting off the beaten track simply means trying out another luxury location that happens to be less frequented by the contingent that like to stick to the tried and tested cruising ground of […]
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Asmara is Africa’s stunning new UNESCO World Heritage Site BY SENAIT FESEHA | THE REPORTER Imagine, if you will, strolling through a quiet city where you may find empty intersections and very few people on the streets; a city with seemingly little connection with the outside world, as if it was located on an entirely […]
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BY FREDERICK GOLOOBA-MUTEBI Former US president Barrack Obama called it the “North Korea of Africa”. Others portray it as a terrible dictatorship, a police state, and a regional troublemaker. Its reputation has been further sullied by reports about so many of its citizens, young people mostly, fleeing repression at home. That repression, it is said, […]
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BY MAIKE GRUNWALD | WELT * Kaum a traveler has ever been in Eritrea, a small country on the Red Sea is known primarily from the news. From its neighbors, especially the archenemy Ethiopia, the country secluded itself for a long time. Until it unexpectedly signed a peace treaty with Ethiopia in July 2018.
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BY BRIDGET BOAKYE | FACE2FACE AFRICA It is rare to hear the words Africa and scuba diving in the same sentence but this is the precise experience afforded to tourists on the coast of Eritrea. The Eritrean Red Sea coast, also called the “Blue Gold” of the Red Sea, is a divers paradise.
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Asmara’s skyline height is fixed and the landmarks that make Asmara exceptional should not be blocked by contemporary buildings. It might simply ruin the overall expression of the city. BY BILLION TEMESGHEN | ERITREA PROFILE Asmara is literally one of the rarest picturesque cities in the world. Its constriction which roughly dates back to the late […]
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Italian architects used what had been an amalgamation of highland villages centuries earlier as an ideal blank canvas. Asmara is now Africa’s stunning new UNESCO World Heritage Site. BY THOMAS MUKOYA | REUTERS In an often-forgotten corner of the Horn of Africa, Eritrea’s capital boasts one of the world’s finest collections of early 20th-century architecture […]
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