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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Ambassador Hanna Simon’s Speech at the 39th UNESCO General Conference

Following is a statement delivered by H.E. Hanna Simon, Ambassador of the State of Eritrea to France & Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, at the 39th Plenary Session of UNESCO’s General Conference that was held in Paris from October 30 – November 14, 2017. Excellencies, Honourable President of the General Conference, Honourable Chairperson of the Executive Board, […]

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Diversity Resource International (DRI) Holds a Gathering in London, UK

Diversity Resource International (DRI) held a “Leadership in Action” gathering in London to inspire the generation of effective leaders on Africa with the spotlight on Eritrea. BY ERITREA EMBASSY MEDIA On Saturday 3rd of June 2017, Diversity Resource International (DRI) held a gathering at the St. Ethelburga’s center in the City of London under the […]

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Asmara Art Deco Exhibition Held in Nairobi

BY EMBASSY MEDIA Asmara art deco organizers Mr. Christophe and Dr. Conrad, the Arbate Asmara group, staged an exhibition depicting Asmara’s historic and art deco buildings at the grounds of the United Nations Office in Nairobi in collaboration with UNON and the Eritrean Embassy on Monday, April 3rd 2017. Diplomats, UN officials and Eritreans living in Kenya […]

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