Africa Eritrea The board of directors of the African Development Fund has approved a $5,5 million technical assistance grant to start the roll-out of the flagship Desert to Power initiative in the Eastern Sahel region countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan
Africa Eritrea Olympic athlete Nazareth Woldu improved national record for the 4th time finishing the Seoul International Marathon, South Korea, in 2 hours, 21 minutes, 56 bettering the record by 7 minutes
Africa Eritrea The Eritrean national cycling team that is participating in the African Championships in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, won four gold medals in the elite categories in both genders
Africa Eritrea The Entomology Centre in the Elaberet sub-area is making a significant contribution to the control of communicable diseases that are transmitted by mosquitoes, with a modern laboratory facility
Africa Eritrea Eritrean Tesfatsion won the Tour du Rwanda for the second time, becoming the first rider to win the coveted yellow jersey more than once since the race was updated
Africa Eritrea Shannon Abeda, Eritrean-Canadian, born in 1966, represented the country for the second time at the Winter Olympics after Pyeongchang 2018
Africa Eritrea A five-year framework for development cooperation in the areas of infrastructure, agriculture, energy, industry, health education and capacity building has been launched by the country and UN agencies
Africa Eritrea For the Microcredit and Savings Program in the Southern Region over 39 million Nakfa (nearly $2,5 million) was disbursed to clients in 2021; 63% of beneficiaries were women, 32% are involved in agricultural activities and 29% in small scale commerce
Africa Eritrea The country's cycling team has been excluded from the Tour of Rwanda because its members have not been vaccinated against Covid-19; the country is still the only one of the 55 African Union member states that has yet to vaccinate its entire population
Africa Eritrea The Ministry of Agriculture is promoting palm plantations, having distributed more than 20.000 seedlings to date, but also offering training and awareness-raising campaigns; the project hopes to reach a satisfactory level of production within five years
Africa Eritrea President Afwerki said the country hopes to learn from China's development experiences and strengthen cooperation with China in various fields during the visit of the Chinese state counsellor and foreign minister
Africa Eritrea For the second year running, 21-year-old cyclist Biniam Girmay has been recognised as the best African cyclist by the organisers of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, an annual tour of Gabon
Africa Eritrea The country has yet to start vaccinating its population against Covid-19, said the head of the African Centres for Disease Control; it is the only country that has not joined the family of 55 African Union member states that are proceeding with it