Issack Abraha

[Ghideon Musa @GhideonMusa]

Agriculture Graduates Vow to Strengthen #Eritrea’s Food Security

Graduates of the College of Agriculture have affirmed their strong commitment to working hard to ensure the country’s food security. They emphasized that they will apply the modern scientific knowledge and practical skills they gained during their studies to support farmers, increase productivity, reduce losses, and promote sustainable agriculture.

375 students graduated, 20 of them with distinction.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

President Isaias Afwerki met at State House, in the early afternoon hours today, Chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan,& his delegation for extensive talks on bilateral ties, developments in Sudan & regional/nternational matters of mutual interest.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Profile Q & A - Polytech, AI, and the Future: Isaias Okbai on Eritrean Innovation

To be realistic, these are modest programmes still at the early incipient phase. But the broader vision and optimism are laudable indeed!

*"...In Eritrea, technical creativity is practically a national passion. You can see it in the industrial legacy left by our ancestors  and, most profoundly, in the brilliant improvisations born of our armed struggle. Even today, if you visit any ordinary household, you will see how resourcefully people repair and maintain their home appliances despite material shortages. As a nation, we are naturally curious and open-minded about new technology, as evidenced by how eagerly the younger generation enrolls in our tech courses".

*"...My final message to the Eritrean youth is: let us focus on our opportunities rather than our scarcities. By embracing our national principle of self-reliance, we can replicate the miraculous achievements of our past and firmly establish our country as one of the continent’s tech centers".

https://t.co/WfaqL44lAi

[G. Drar @gdrarr]

⚡ Leapfrogging to the Future: AI as Eritrea’s Ultimate Force Multiplier 🇪🇷

To build a resilient future in a digital world, technology policy must align with national character. Eritrea possesses a priceless asset: an exceptionally disciplined, hardworking workforce anchored by a deeply ingrained culture of technical resourcefulness and self-reliance. 💡

Now is the time to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the high-impact force multiplier that transforms domestic ingenuity into global technological competitiveness.

🚀 The Strategic Imperative for Eritrea

AI is not merely an incremental tool—it is an exponential equalizer:

🟢 Compensating for Scarcity: Advanced AI models allow resource-constrained nations to optimize infrastructure, leapfrog traditional development phases, and automate complex workflows overnight. 🧠

🟢 The Spirit of Improvisation: From historical ingenuity during the struggle to modern day household repairs, technical creativity is woven into Eritrea's culture. AI is the natural next frontier for this talent. 🛠️
🟢 Mobilizing Youth & Diaspora: By directing the energy of tech-savvy youth at home and across the diaspora, Eritrea can build specialized, high-yield digital hubs from the ground up. 🌐
🟢 Immediate Execution: Digital transformation requires leadership at the highest levels. Prioritizing AI investment today will yield exponential returns in education, healthcare, and engineering tomorrow. ⏱️

💡 Focus on Opportunities, Not Scarcities
National development is built on mindset. Scarcity is a temporary obstacle; human capital is an enduring asset.

"Resourcefulness is the ultimate renewable energy."

"Let us focus on our opportunities rather than our scarcities. By embracing our national principle of self-reliance, we can replicate the miraculous achievements of our past and firmly establish our country as one of the continent’s tech centers." — Isaias Okbai

🏛️ Policy Recommendation

1. Eritrea must move with speed and determination:

2. Establish National AI Initiatives: Spearhead state-backed tech programs integrating local polytechnics and universities with top diaspora talent. 🎓

3. Prioritize Edge & Offline AI: Invest in AI solutions tailored for lower-bandwidth environments, ensuring resilience and self-reliance in deployment. 🔌

Empower Young Engineers: Provide youth with direct access to open-source tools, machine learning frameworks, and global digital marketplaces. 💻

The future belongs to those who innovate with what they have to build what they need. The leapfrog begins now. 🇪🇷✨

#Eritrea #Innovation #AIforGood #TechIndependence #YouthInTech #DigitalTransformation #HornOfAfrica #SelfReliance #EritreanTech

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Foreign Minister Osman Saleh met in Cairo today his Egyptian counterpart, FM Dr. Badr Abdelatty, for extensive talks on the consolidation of the strategic and historical ties of partnership that exist between the two countries.

The two Foreign Ministers discussed in greater depth current developments in the Horn of Africa and the coordination of the respective positions of both countries on matters of mutual interest.

The Foreign Ministers recalled the meeting between the two Heads of State held in Cairo last month as well as previous exchanges of Ministerial visits between the two countries.

In this regard, Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and his Egyptian counterpart noted that conducive groundwork has indeed been accomplished to elevate the bilateral ties of friendship and cooperation to a new and higher level and thereby augment the benefits and interests of both peoples.

The two Foreign Ministers also underlined that the security and governance of the Red Sea is, in full consonance with international law, the exclusive and normative responsibility of the littoral States.

Foreign Minister Osman Saleh also met in Cairo Mr. Massad Boulos, President Trump's Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs, for extensive talks on the enhancement of Eritrea-US bilateral ties as well as on broader regional matters and developments.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Graduation Ceremony of 38th Round of National Service held in Sawa this morning featuring variety of shows by graduating class. In his keynote speech, President Isaias Afwerki underlined imperative for all Graduates to pursue their academic studies through innovative initiatives.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Pre. Isaias Afwerki has sent message of condolence & fortitude to the people & Government of Qatar on the passing away of former Emir of Qatar; Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Pre. Isaias paid tribute to the vital role of the former Emir in the consolidation of bilateral ties.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Good Read - The Gazelle’s Grace: #Eritrea’s Timeless Beauty; by Kidane Shimendi

If the Camel is emblematic of Eritrea's resilience; the Gazelle is symbolic of Eritrea's social cohesion, grace and beauty!

*"...Eritrea’s boundless beauty is forged by the ethos of 'Unity in Di­versity', a principle that harmoniz­es the profound solidarity of nine distinct ethnic groups with the na­tion’s stunning natural landscapes. This fusion creates a timeless aes­thetic where cultural heritage and the natural world are deeply inter­twined. Among the many elements drawing local and international tourists to Eritrea’s rich cultural canvas, few are as captivating as the symbolic relationship between the gazelle and Eritrean traditions. This connection is most vividly ex­pressed in the traditional choreog­raphy of the country’s nine ethnic groups".

*"...In conclusion, Eritrea’s bound­less beauty is anchored in its 'Uni­ty in Diversity', which bridges rich cultural expressions and the won­ders of the natural world. Watch­ing the nine ethnic groups express love, grace, and resilience through movements that mirror the agile gazelle reveals a profound, his­torical bond between the Eritrean people and their environment. This relationship goes far beyond dance; it is woven into the very fabric of national identity and shapes how the people see themselves. To ex­perience the cultural rhythms of Er­itrea is to travel through a timeless landscape where life, nature, and community are celebrated in their truest, most beautiful forms".

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

In characteristic fashion, the Potemkin Party's erratic political pendulum is yet again swinging between two extreme positions:
i) A provocative and aggressive posturing that has been accompanied, for over two years now, by incessant saber-rattling to "acquire sovereign access to the sea", on the one hand;
ii) Simultaneous portrayal of itself as the "aggrieved party" and a "hapless victim of internal and external conspiracies", on the other.

This was indeed the gist of the PM's rambling at the House of Peoples Representatives earlier today.

Hyperbole and associated drama aside, the stubborn facts remain the same.

The sad truth is: the unnecessary and avoidable tensions in the region have and continue to be stoked by the very reckless policies of the Potemkin Party. For brief illustrations:

1. The palpable friction with the Sudan squarely emanates from the Potemkin Party's dangerous involvement in the conflict in the Sudan by hosting, under the bidding of certain extraneous forces, a secret military camp and base for the RSF in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. The evidence, which is overwhelming, is already in the public domain.
2. The Potemkin Party's stealthily signed MOU with Somaliland a couple of years ago was another illicit and reckless misstep that aroused consternation in the region as a whole. This act remains in flagrant violation of the AU and IGAD Constitutive Acts as well as fundamental tenets of international law on sovereignty and territorial integrity of States.
3. The Potemkin Party has pursued, for over two and half years now, a toxic and revisionist policy against Eritrea by openly threatening to invade/acquire by any means, its Assab port and coastal areas for what it terms as "sovereign access to the sea".
4. In the event, its frequent reference to "conspiratorial forces disappointed by, and bent on, scuttling the Pretoria Agreement" is as disingenuous as it is untenable. In as far as Eritrea is concerned, the Pretoria Agreement is a purely Ethiopian affair. Let us also recall - the beans have been spilled now by Getachew Redda's multiple confessions - that the Potemkin Party was scheming against Eritrea (Djibouti and Seychelles events) months before the negotiations and signature of the Pretoria Agreement.

In a nutshell, the quest for enduring regional peace and stability that the peoples of the Horn of Africa deeply cherish and deserve has been, and continues to be, jeopardized by the Potemkin Party's delusional policies.
https://t.co/2MuR9MZUna

[Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the UN in Genève @EritreaUNGeneva]

H.E. Ambassador Sophia Tesfamariam, Head of the Eritrean delegation to the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council, together with the Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the UN in Geneva, hosted a dinner for member states at the Eritrean Mission.

A warm and collegial evening among peers on the sidelines of the ongoing Council session. #HRC62 #Eritrea #Geneva

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Briefing by FM Osman Saleh on UNHRC Process to Foreign Diplomatic Community in #Eritrea

For the past 14 years, certain countries have cynically weaponized the UNHRC Annual Session in Geneva as a platform for politicized harassment against Eritrea. This charade has gone beyond limits and Eritrea is earnestly and firmly requesting its termination.

Excerpts from FM Osman Saleh's speech:

*"...While we welcome the opportunity to engage with international partners on issues of mutual interest, Eritrea remains committed to interactions anchored on the tenets of sovereign equality, mutual respect, non-interference, and genuine cooperation. For fourteen years, Eritrea has maintained a consistent, principled stance across the Human Rights Council, the General Assembly, and bilateral channels. Our position is settled. Continuing engagement bilaterally on the Special Rapporteur yields no constructive utility, and we will no longer expend diplomatic capital or finite institutional time debating a mechanism whose continuation has evidently become an end in itself".

*"...The mandate has evolved into a textbook case of institutional inertia and a recurring political ritual. This ongoing campaign has inflicted severe reputational damage by broadcasting a distorted, one-sided narrative through (some) official United Nations channels, manufacturing a false global perception that overshadows our domestic realities. It has acted as a clearinghouse for state-sponsored defamation, inciting external hostility and systematically polarizing international forums. Furthermore, by painting Eritrea as a volatile, high-risk state, it has artificially stifled the country’s tourism investment climate, deterring foreign direct investment and impeding economic development".

*"...Equally concerning is the profound financial burden this mandate imposes. For fourteen consecutive years, the Human Rights Council and the OHCHR have funneled substantial financial and institutional resources into a failed mandate. The millions of dollars in cumulative Programme Budget Implications represent a significant expenditure of scarce UN resources at a time of acute liquidity constraints".

*"....The pen-holders face a definitive choice: they must choose between encouraging the financing of endless, sterile political confrontation or supporting tangible, state-led capacity building that directly enhances the lives of our people".

*"...Let me dispel a persistent misconception: Eritrea does not reject engagement with the international human rights system. We remain fully committed to fulfilling our obligations through the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), treaty body mechanisms, and consensual technical cooperation, universal, cooperative instruments predicated on equal participation and consent. What we reject is the politicization and selective targeting of that system".

https://t.co/fsNsD4qHGj

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

#Eritrea is one of the earliest industrialized countries in #Africa.

[Biniam Berhe 🇪🇷 @biniamb]

Eritrea is committed to fulfilling its obligations through UPR, treaty body mechanisms...predicated on equal participation and consent.
https://t.co/tfCszzo5GV

[Eri_Blooming ,🇪🇷 @eri_blooming]

Andergatchew Tsige, in an interview, explains the relationship between Getachew Reda and Abi Ahmed.
''እንዲ እንደ ትናገር ኣደረግኩ ኣንተ ምናምን ''

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

"The biggest enemy of the people of Tigray is Me and my comrades" said Getachew Reda in 2017 . Nobody disagrees with this statement, and this is before he became turncoat & put #Tigray in a wretched predicament. Shameless! He is a poster boy for political prostitution #Ethiopia

[Embassy of Eritrea to Ethiopia PM to AU & ECA @ERIEMBAET]

Eritrea’s National Service is once again being politicized by certain quarters. The facts remain clear: Eritrea has implemented major demobilization programs, National Service is limited to 18 months by law, & the country’s security realities have influenced its defense policies.

[Hadnet Keleta @hadnetkeleta]

ብርኽቲ ማህጸን!
ኣደይ ኣዳነሽ በርሀ ካብ 14 ከብደን 9 ንገድሊ ኤርትራ ዘፋነዋ፡ 2 በጃ ዝኸፈላን ሰውራ ኤርትራ ክውን ክኸውንን ኤርትራ ክትህሉን ፍሉይ ውላድ ሓርበኛ ተጋዳላይ ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ ዝፈረያን ጅግና ኣደ። ብርኽቲ ማህጸን፥ ኣደ ጀጋኑ ብሰላም ዕረፋ! ንክቡር ፕረዚደንት ኢሳያስን ሙሉእ ስድራቤትን ጽንዓት ይሃብ!

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

AlJazeera - Ethiopia is not being ‘dragged into war';
by Mr. Ali Ibrahim Ahmed, #Eritrea's Ambassador to Qatar

*"... The recent opinion article by senior Ethiopian officials Redwan Hussein and Getachew Reda, published on Al Jazeera English’s website, attempts to portray Ethiopia as an innocent victim being reluctantly 'dragged' into conflict by external actors. In doing so, the piece seeks to absolve the ruling Prosperity Party of responsibility for Ethiopia’s mounting domestic crises".

*"...More dangerously, this narrative serves as a diplomatic smoke screen designed to normalize the unprovoked hostility, state-sponsored inflammatory rhetoric and aggressive military mobilizations that the Ethiopian government has directed towards Eritrea since late 2023".

*"...This coordinated campaign seeks to normalize the idea that colonial boundaries in the Horn of Africa are negotiable in order to attempt to challenge inviolable principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity that have long underpinned regional stability".

*"...The broader pattern extends beyond Eritrea. Ethiopia’s recent foreign policy conduct has increasingly generated tensions with several neighboring states. The Memorandum of Understanding signed with Somaliland, which sought access to coastal territory without the consent of Somalia’s central government, triggered a major diplomatic crisis and raised serious questions regarding respect for established principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity".

*"...Similarly, Ethiopia has repeatedly pursued interventionist policies in neighboring conflicts in the quest for short-term geopolitical objectives. Whether in Somalia, Sudan or elsewhere, Addis Ababa’s reckless regional agenda of expansionism has contributed significantly to regional mistrust and destabilization".

https://t.co/MwqtJQeYx2 via @AJEnglish

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

The Economist article on Eritrea, (11 June 2026), is again replete with the usual condescending attitude and mindset; and inevitably, presumptive and utterly erroneous portrayal of unfolding events and trends.

The Editor does not only insult a people and nation that he has no inkling about, but even dubs the envisaged lifting of unwarranted sanctions as "sweeteners" to the GOE.

In general terms, the malaise of biased and irresponsible news reporting is not confined to one or two mainstream media outlets or odd articles here and there. It is indeed common in, and visceral to, many, "prestigious", media platforms who have long abandoned their pronounced ethical standards of "objectivity, impartiality and neutrality" to cater for higher financial and geopolitical interests.

In the event, the panacea is crystal clear: the Global South and particularly targeted countries have no option but to focus on their own networks to rectify falsified narratives.

EDF: Admirable Ethos Rooted on Rich Heritage https://t.co/puvnhpL76t

[ሃገራዊ ድሕነት @hagerawiDihnet]

ሃገር ኣብ ረዚን ዝኽሪ ሓበን!

ሓሙሽተ ትንፋስ ካብ ሓንቲ ስድራ ኣብ ናይ ኤርትራ ታሪኽ ጥራሕ ዝርከብ ንኽትሓስቦ ከማን ዝኸብድ ፍጻሜ!!
#Eritrea #June20th #EDF #SAWA