A Talk with British Ambassador to Eritrea, Alisdair Walker, and His Family

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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Eritrea, the ‘Police State’ Where There are No Cops to be Seen?

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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Making the UNESCO Heritage Site Asmara, a Locus of the Past for Future Generations

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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Asmara: Exploring Eritrea’s UNESCO Certified Art-Deco Wonderland

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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