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

Biniam Girmay said he hopes to encourage more diversity in elite cycling after the Eritrean won the third stage of this year's Tour de France

Twenty-six students graduated from the Asmar music school after completing a two-year training programme

The Swiss government intends to send a liaison officer for talks with Eritrea but the country's readiness to readmit its citizens is a prerequisite for further negotiations; so far Eritrea has refused to repatriate Eritrean citizens from any country

The 11th annual Asmara College of Education festival concluded with a series of programmes highlighting the progress of quality education and the development of the teaching profession