Ethiopian, Eritrean Officials Accused of War Crimes During Tigray Conflict

Eight survivors of the devastating conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have accused 12 high-ranking Ethiopian and Eritrean civilian and military officials of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the legal rights group representing...

Keeping Africa’s vaccines cool

Keeping Africa’s vaccines cool From a distance, Lilongwe Technical College (LTC) is a modest affair located along the M1 opposite Biwi, the southern gateway to Lilongwe Old Town. The single-storey blocks, concealed in a brick fence, give little...

Desert to Power mini-grids project to be set up in Eritrea

Eritrea is to roll out three major mini-grid projects – under the Desert to Power framework – aimed at providing a stable electricity supply to more than 200,000 people. The mini-grids are expected to generate 12MW of electricity across the...

AfDB, Eritrea sign agreement for 12 MW mini-grid project

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and Eritrea have signed an agreement for $19.5 million in grant funding for the Desert to Power Eritrea 12MW Mini Grid Project. Eritrea’s Minister of Finance and National Development, who is also...

The AfDB, Eritrea sign power agreement

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and Eritrea have signed an agreement for $19.5 million in grant funding for the Desert to Power Eritrea 12MW Mini Grid Project. Eritrea’s Minister of Finance and National Development, who is also...

Desert To Power: The African Development Bank Group, Eritrea Sign Agreement For 12 MW Mini-Grid Project

(MENAFN- APO Group) The African Development bank Group ( ) and Eritrea have signed an agreement for $19.5 million in grant funding for the Desert to Power Eritrea 12MW Mini Grid Project. Eritrea's Minister of Finance and National Development, who...

Africa File Special Edition: Tigray Threatens to Spark the Next Eritrean-Ethiopian War and Plunge the Horn of Africa into Crisis

Contributor: John Reece and Nick Markiewicz Data Cutoff: March 13, 2025, at 10 a.m. To receive the Africa File via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on Twitter, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. The Africa File provides regular analysis and...

Boy, 14, appears in court charged with murdering Eritrean refugee teen, 15, who moved to Glasgow with 'dreams of becoming a doctor'

By AYAAT YASSIN-KASSAB and CONNOR GORDON FOR THE SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL Published: 21:20 EDT, 10 March 2025 | Updated: 23:21 EDT, 10 March 2025 A teenager has appeared in court charged with murdering a 15-year-old Eritrean refugee who dreamed of...

Faith in the Digital Age: Can Technology Help Persecuted Christians?

03/10/2025 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Technology, just like money, is a tool that can be used for good or evil. We know that technology has increased persecution. It also has profoundly improved the lives of persecuted...

Eritrea: National Antimicrobial Awareness Week Campaign

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo National Antimicrobial Awareness Week Campaign, organized jointly by the Ministries of Health, Agriculture, Marine Resources as well as Land, Water & Environment launched yesterday at the NCEW...

Engineers of Calamity

This article is adapted from the November 4, 2024, Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture, “A Million Deaths Is a Statistic,” organized by the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium. At the time of the Holodomor, Josef Stalin is infamously...

Ethiopian-Eritrean Student Association presents uncut beauty of East African culture

The Ethiopian-Eritrean Student Association hosted its sixth annual charity showcase “A Taste of the East” Saturday evening, selling out Alumni Hall for a night of stunning cultural performances. From traditional rhythmic music to authentic...

Say goodbye to what we know about the oceans: science warns of an alteration that could change everything

Our planet is constantly changing. Millions of years ago, the impact of a large meteorite ended the lives of the dinosaurs, and ice ages, periods of rain, drought and evolution have given it the appearance we know today. However, the bowels of the...

Scientists Publish Chromosome-Scale Reference Genome of Grass Pea

A research team led by John Innes Centre scientists has sequenced and annotated the chromosome-scale genome assembly of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus), a promising legume crop with tolerance to a wide range of stress factors, and potential for...

Eritrea: Regional Training on Maintenance and Calibration of Veterinary Laboratories

The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency, organized a training session focused on the maintenance and calibration of the national animal and plant health laboratory. The goal is to combat livestock...

Eritrea: Call On Farmers To Introduce Improved Crop Seeds

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo A call has been made for farmers to adopt improved crop seeds developed at agricultural research centers to boost their agricultural production. This call was made during an event organized at the...

This Weeklong Wedding Blended the Couple’s Punjabi and Eritrean Cultures

Photographs by Nat Wongsaroj PhotographyEllen, a dentist from Zimbabwe, and Ameet, an IT Engineer from Clifton, Virginia, met at a mutual friend’s birthday party in DC. For their first date, they had dinner in Georgetown, then danced the summer...

Calvin geography professor awarded fifth Fulbright to Africa

Last week Johnathan Bascom traveled 7,500 miles southeast and arrived back in East Africa. “Fewer and fewer geographers focus on sub-Saharan Africa,” said Bascom, a longtime geography professor at Calvin. “The region is ‘drifting off’ our...

Netsereab Azazi’s Book—Ona and Besekdira

I have written and spoken about Ona—a turning point in my life and among my peers. I thought that experience was as intense as life could get. Reliving those events shakes a person to the core; it is a deeply traumatic experience. What I saw...

Switzerland terminates aid to Eritrea over asylum seekers standoff

US Congressman Accuses USAID of Funding ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and Affiliates WASHINGTON — A U.S. congressman has accused the United States Agency for International Development (U of inadvertently financing terrorist organizations, including the Islamic...