Mai Nefhi College of Science has conferred BSc. Degrees to 300 Graduates - 49% of whom are female - in its 19th Commencement today.
First Degree courses include; Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics.
Congrats: Game on for Bini; 6th in the Sprint at Tour de France Stage 5 today and 2nd in overall classification for the Green Jersey so far.
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Good Read - Date Palm Production in Eritrea: Current Status and Way Forward
Public Relations Office, Ministry of Agriculture
*"...Eritrea possesses an extensive coastline stretching from Ras Qeisar to Ras Dumera, providing highly suitable agro-ecological conditions for date palm cultivation. To utilize this valuable natural resource for the benefit of the people, the Ministry of Agriculture has launched a large-scale Date Palm Development Project along the coastal areas of both the Northern Red Sea and Southern Red Sea Regions. To date, approximately 50,000 date palm seedlings have been planted".
*"...The Ministry plans to significantly expand this Date Palm Cultivation Project along the Red Sea coastal areas. Under the Agriculture and Food Development Strategy, the objective is to increase the number of planted date palms to approximately one million trees by 2030â2031. Successful implemenÂtation of this program will substanÂtially increase domestic date producÂtion and enable Eritrea to become a recognized producer of quality dates while generating considerable environmental and socio-economic benefits".
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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.
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#FestivalSeason: Annual Festival of the Eritrean Community in Switzerland held in Lausanne from 4-5 July this weekend.
Vibrant activities and programmes included: Pavilion showcasing cultural attributes and development progress in Eritrea's six Zobas; cultural shows; children's programmes and seminars on current issues.
The College of Business and Social Sciences has conferred First Degrees & Diplomas to 1018 graduates - 47% of whom are female - in its 19th Commencement held in Asmara today.
Degree courses include: Business Management and Public Administration; Accounting; Economics and Finance; English; Geography; Law; Library and Information Science; and, Sociology and Anthropology.
The Diploma courses consist of: Accounting; Banking; Sociology and Social Work; as well as Tourism and Hotel Management.
Condolences: Veteran freedom fighter, very dear colleague, and Head of the Finance and Administration Branch at MoI's Department of Engineering, btsai Kidane Teclemariam (Wedi Tekhali), has passed away at the age of 70 due to sudden illness.
Btsai Kidane joined the EPLF in 1978 and served his people and nation for 48 long years in various capacities with exemplary commitment and dedication.
Wedi Tekhali was initially assigned to the EPLA and later as a photographer in the frontlines as well as behind enemy lines until liberation. After independence, he continued his services at MoI's Branch of Photography and later as Administrator in the Department of Engineering.
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The Eritrean Crops and Livestock Corporation (ECLC) is successfully harvesting avocados. At the Halhale Project now have over 10,000 avocado trees. Theyâre growing them together with coffee and olives, turning the land into productive farms.
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Profile Q & A - âMy Dream is Making Eritrea Africaâs Pharmaceutical Hub:â Pharmacist Nuru Abdu; by Kidane Shimendi
The innovative mindset and dedication to the nation of these trail-blazing youth is indeed peerless
*"...To date, I have published 17 research articles in top-ranked international peer-reviewed journals, including those published by PLOS, Springer, BMJ, and Dove Medical Press. Additionally, I serve as a reviewer for more than 20 international peer-reviewed journals and as an academic editor for prestigious journals such as PLOS ONE and Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety".
*"...During the conference, I received two inaugural honors initiated by ERIPA to recognize scientific excellence. The first was the Best Young Researcher Award, which highlights research productivity and future potential among early-career scientists aged 30 or younger. The second was the Best Conference Presenter Award, which evaluated the scientific quality and clinical rigor of the paper, alongside presentation delivery, audience engagement, and clarity of responses during the Q&A session. This presentation award was specifically for my study titled, 'Safety, Pattern, and Determinants of Prescribed Medicines Among Pregnant Women Attending Healthcare Facilities in Eritrea'. Together, these honors serve as welcome validation and strong motivation to continue contributing to local pharmaceutical research.
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Profile Q & A - Hajayat Mendal: A Cultural Powerhouse and Inspiration for the Next Generation; by Milka Teklom
*"...I was reassigned to the EPLFâs Arts and Crafts Department, working with pottery, weaving, and traditional quilting. Those early years taught me radical discipline and resourcefulness. We quickly understood that we were not just fighting a war with conventional weapons; we were defending our right to exist through culture, art, and the unyielding spirit of our people. When I was eventually transferred to the performing arts department, my journey as a singer, songwriter, and dancer truly blossomed".
*"...I realized that art could be a potent weapon - a shield of hope and unity. It was both incredibly challenging and deeply liberating. On the battlefield, you carry the heavy, literal weight of survival from one moment to the next. On the stage, you carry the weight of representation. I felt a profound responsibility to give an authentic voice to the complex emotions of our people and my fellow Tegadelti (freedom fighters). Singing and dancing became our mechanism to heal, to celebrate, and to remind ourselves exactly what we were risking our lives for. Every performance was a fierce declaration to the enemy: we are alive, we are proud, and we will endure".
*"...My message is simple and uncompromising: be deeply proud of your country, protect your national sovereignty, and never allow our multi-cultural values and traditions to fade. Our heritage is our ultimate shield. In a rapidly changing, globalized world, it is incredibly easy to lose your footing and forget who you are. But if you hold fast to your traditions, you can never be lost".
Eritrea's National Service seems to be on the spotlight again by certain quarters.
The "new interest" does not stem from some "benevolent concern" for Eritrea. On the contrary, it is floated, purely and simply, in order to weaponize it as a "convenient" whiplash or cudgel for their unwarranted and malicious policies of perennial witch-hunting and harassment.
Indeed, the logic is simple and straight forward.
Countries and international institutions that were complicit in, or that kept mum, at critical junctures of Eritrea's modern history; when its decolonization rights were compromised to mollify the overriding geopolitical interests of major powers; when they left it to its own devices during the three decades of its long and arduous liberation struggle; who relapsed to their traditional position of hostility or apathy even after independence when successive Ethiopian regimes waged illicit wars, and are still contemplating reckless agendas, of territorial irredentism.. etc. have no legal or moral authority to comment on Eritrea's defense architecture.
Truth is international partnership is, and must be, a two-way street. Those who have traditionally abandoned Eritrea during its cyclical ordeals cannot pose as "good-faith" partners to offer unsolicited "advice" on its defense architecture.
The facts are otherwise unambivalent and crystal clear:
1. First off, demobilization is not a new or novel concept to Eritrea. The GOE embarked, on its own volition, on a demobilization programme in 1992, immediately after independence, to reduce the size of the 100,000-strong army of freedom fighters by 65%. The military doctrine at the time was to maintain a small professional army of 35,000 that would be supplemented by a reserve army (National Service) for reasons of contingency in the event of some grave external threat to the nation.
2. In this perspective, National Service was introduced in the context of this military doctrine. It was and remains limited to 18 months by law. And this was the operational modality until the war of aggression that was unleashed by Ethiopia in 1998 under the false pretext of a border dispute.
3. The GOE again embarked on a much more expansive Demobilization Programme in 2001 pursuant to the signing of the Algiers Agreement. The second Demobilization Programme had various training and reinsertion components as it was also funded by Eritrea's international partners including the World Bank, the European Union and bilateral funds. More than 105,000 National Service members were demobilized in this programme that continued until 2007. But it was ultimately shelved as the Ethiopian regime continued to renege on its treaty obligations; occupy, with impunity, sovereign Eritrean territories including Badme; and further pursued a hostile policy of perpetual confrontation.
4. The mindset of the current Ethiopian regime remains, in many respects, a continuation and aggravation of the misguided and deplorable policies of aggression of its predecessors.
4. But even during these trying and difficult times, the GOE has, and continues to take, various measures to mitigate the shared burden of the National Service. The measures adopted range from introduction of new and much higher Civil Service Salary Scale to deployment of the overwhelming majority of NS members to the public sector.
5. In the event, the new smear campaign on the National Service peddled by certain quarters, and its timing, only amplify a malicious ulterior agenda that has nothing to do with the welfare of the Eritrean people and/or the pursuit of regional peace and security.