Africa Eritrea Flynas will start today, 17 January, weekly direct flights linking Asmara and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia
Africa Eritrea The Ministry of Education in Southern Region organised a training programme on financial and material management for education offices, with directors of school offices, heads of administration and finance, warehouse workers and internal auditors
Africa Eritrea A task force specialised in the control of diseases caused by iodine deficiency has been established in the Central Region; Alem Araya, Quality Control Officer at the Eritrean Standard Institution, raised awareness of the importance of iodine for health
Africa Eritrea Israeli Interior Minister Moshe Arbel granted Israeli residency to Molugata Tsagai, originally from Eritrea, who risked his life to save an IDF officer injured during the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel
Africa Eritrea Around the hospital in Halibet, the Ministry - through its local branch- has created a model farm, where organic fertilisers, both liquid and solid, are applied, and crops of wheat, potatoes and pulses are rotated
Africa Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki received the credentials of Omar Idris, Somalia's first ambassador to Eritrea in the two countries' history
Africa Eritrea Agricultural experts from the Ministries of Agriculture of Eritrea and Ethiopia and FAO mapped out pathways to transform crop production and productivity in the two countries
Africa Eritrea Reporters Without Borders reported that Eritrea has detained journalists longer than any other country in the world and banned independent media for more than 20 years, at a meeting of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Africa Eritrea A three-month vocational training for 214 young people, 119 women, has been organized bythe National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students in the central region, which included electronics, computer technology, mobile phone repair and beauty salon
Africa Eritrea The Swedish section of the National Union of Eritrean Women met to review its activities and develop a future action plan
Africa Eritrea The African Development Bank has strengthened its partnership with Eritrea to support the country's growth and steer it on a more sustainable development path in the coming years
Africa Eritrea Eight Yemeni fishermen have returned to the town of Hodeidah after months of kidnapping and torture in Eritrean authorities' prisons; General Authority for Red Sea Fisheries condemned the repeated crimes of violation suffered by the fishermen