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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...

WFX to showcase next-gen fashion tech at Bharat Tex 2025
WFX (World Fashion Exchange), a global leader in fashion technology solutions, is set to make a significant impact at Bharat Tex 2025, India’s premier textile event. The exhibition will take place from February 14-17 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi,...

Swiss development aid to Eritrea is cut after asylum tensions
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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...

Acute Clinical Features and Persistence of Joint Pain in Probable Cases of Chikungunya Fever in Eritrea
Introduction Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) is a crippling mosquito-borne viral disease that has become a major public health concern in recent years. The name “chikungunya” is derived from the Makonde word meaning ‘he, who walks bends up” in reference...

Economic Commission For Africa (ECA) And Renewable Energy Solutions For Africa (Res4africa) Conclude Technical And Vocational Training For Eritrean Renewable Energy Professionals
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo ECA announces the conclusion of the training program held in Eritrea jointly organized with the Res4Africa Foundation and in partnership with the Eritrean Ministry of energy and Mines and...

Venezuela’s “Foreign Legion” in South Korea
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro speaks during a rally on April 13, 2024 (Source | StringerAL, courtesy of Shutterstock) North Korea has had ties with Venezuela since 1965, but in the last two decades since the coming to power of dictator Hugo...

Training On Geological Information And Technology
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo A training on geological information and technology, organized in collaboration with the Ministries of energy and mining and Foreign Affairs, was provided to 44 people in Asmara. The training was...

Islamic World Of Education Directory 2025, Including 1700 Universities And Colleges, 900 Research Institutes, 600 Museums And Art Galleries, 500 Learned Societies And 1300 Libraries And Archives
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Dublin, Jan. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Islamic World of Education 2025" directory has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Profiling some 5,000 academic institutions and over 30,000 staff and...

Annual Conference Of Eritrean Medical Association
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo The Eritrean Medical Association held its 26th annual conference on 11 January at the Asmara Palace Hotel. Speaking at the event, Prof. Negasi Leake, President of the association, highlighted that...

Ethiopia’s grand renaissance dam a game changer in Nile Basin hydropolitics and water security
Ethiopia officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) on the Blue Nile river in the week of September when the country hosted the second African Climate Summit. The occasion was one of great celebration, national pride and...

The Path Forward: Harnessing technology and innovation in agriculture in Eastern Africa
As we step into 2025, the Eastern Africa Subregion finds itself at a crossroads, facing significant opportunities and, at the same time, unprecedented challenges to its agricultural systems. With a population of over 280 million, including 30...

International Conference On Eritrean Studies Concludes
(MENAFN- APO Group) International conference on Eritrea Studies that was underway from 4 to 6 January at Asmara Palace Hotel under the theme“International and Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Development” concluded by passing various...

International Conference On Eritrea Studies Opens In Asmara
(MENAFN- APO Group) International conference on Eritrea Studies opened today at Asmara Palace Hotel under the theme“International and Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Development.” The opening ceremony was attended by Ministers, senior...

Light-Controlled Ferroelectrics Could Revolutionize Future Electronics
An international team of scientists led by Le Phuong Hoang and Giuseppe Mercurio from European XFEL has unveiled a new way to manipulate the properties of ferroelectric materials using light, achieving control on ultrafast timescales. The...

Alpha Exploration Announces Additional New Drill Results From The Aburna Gold District, Kerkasha Project, Eritrea
(MENAFN- Newsfile Corp) Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - January 9, 2025) - Alpha Exploration Ltd. (TSXV: ALEX) ("Alpha" or the "Company") announces additional drill results from its 7,868m drill program at the Aburna orogenic Gold prospect...

New York Army Guard engineers heading for Horn of Africa
BUFFALO, New York—One hundred and forty-five New York Army National Guard Soldiers heading to the Horn of Africa, were sent off with a formal ceremony at the Connecticut Street Armory in Buffalo, New York on Thursday, January 2. The Soldiers,...

Report: China 'Waging a Full-on Assault on Christians' with High-Tech Surveillance State
The Chinese Communist Party is “intent on rooting out every pocket of independent religious thought” and persecutes Christians by shutting down house churches, stripping children from Christian families, and monitoring every detail of Christian...

Embassy of Spain marks National Day; highlights growing ties with Qatar
Minister of Transport H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla bin Mohammed Al Thani; Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) H E Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi and Spain's Ambassador to Qatar H E Álvaro Renedo Zalba cutting the cake...

Sub-Saharan Africa trade value up 9.7% but tariffs to hit growth
The value of Sub-Saharan Africa’s goods trade grew by 9.7% in the first half of the year versus the first half of 2024, the world’s fastest rate, but US tariffs are likely to weigh on growth and intra-Africa trade still lags other regions,...