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Eritrea has imprisoned 7 church leaders for decades without charges
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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August 19, 2025
Members of the Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian Orthodox community from Tel Aviv are dancing before a baptism ceremony in the waters of the Jordan River as part of the Epiphany celebrations at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, located on the...
Worldwide campaign set for seven imprisoned Eritrean church leaders
Christian Daily International
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Seven Eritrean church leaders imprisoned without trial for more than 20 years. Voices4Justice In the nearly 21 years since two Orthodox priests were arbitrarily imprisoned in Eritrea, their wives have died. Neither the Rev. Gebremedhin...
Eritrea: Training On Material Management And Procurement
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Ministry of Agriculture organized training for 62 of its members on material management, procurement, and transit management. The training was conducted at the Ministry's Regulatory Service Office in Villagio. The...
Survival and Its Determinants of HIV/AIDS Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Two National Referral Hospitals in Eritrea: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Dove Medical Press
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August 18, 2025
Introduction HIV/AIDS continues to be a public health concern globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. According to the Global Health Observatory, as of 2023, 39.9 million people were living with HIV, with 1.3 million new...
Campaign urges release of seven ministers in Eritrea
The Baptist Standard - Texas
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August 15, 2025
21Wilberforce and the Baptist World Alliance are joining other Christian groups in calling for the release of seven church leaders in Eritrea who have been detained without trial more than 20 years. The #Voices4Justice campaign is urging Eritrean...
Effect of Educational Intervention on Healthcare Workers’ Basic Life Support Knowledge and Practice in a Rural Tertiary Hospital in South Western Uganda
Dove Medical Press
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August 13, 2025
Background Basic Life Support (BLS) plays a critical role in the early recognition and management of cardiac and respiratory arrests, critical emergencies that can lead to preventable deaths if not promptly addressed.1 According to a World Health...
Eritrea: Eye Surgery Conducted On 260 Citizens In Akordet
MENAFN
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August 10, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Cataract surgery has been performed on 260 citizens, including 11 children, at Akordet Hospital. Dr. Eyob Beyene, an eye surgery specialist at Birhan Aini Hospital in Asmara, said the program was part of nationwide efforts to...
Isaias Afwerki: My Struggle for Eritrea and Africa
Black Agenda Report
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Michel Collon has interviewed Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and says the world must listen to him. Michel Collon is a French investigative journalist and co-founder of the website Investig’Action. He believes that we must listen to Eritrean...
Eritrea: World Breastfeeding Week Observed At National Level
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) World Breastfeeding Week is being observed from 1 to 7 August with various activities under the theme“Prioritize Breastfeeding – Create Sustainable Support System.” At a national-level ceremony organized today in Asmara, Sister...
Autocracy in the Horn: Eritrea’s Strongman and His Dangerous Narratives
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 9, 2025
On July 19, 2025, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki delivered yet another one of his long, ideologically freighted television interviews, part geopolitical treatise, part regional blame game, and all too familiar in its evasiveness. In a...
Eritrea’s Unanswered Question: 34 Years of Isaias Afwerki’s Rule
Awate
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August 3, 2025
Eritrea’s Unanswered Question: What 34 Years of Isaias Afwerki’s Rule Reveal About Sovereignty and Survival In the beginning was the question—etched into the soul of the nation itself: Can Eritrea survive—and thrive—as a truly sovereign,...
How Eritrea’s dams are revitalizing the land
Business Ghana
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In villages across Eritrea’s dry interior, change is quietly flowing. Where seasonal rivers once surged and vanished without trace, hand-built dams now hold back precious water. Irrigation canals feed crops even in dry months. Eritrea, one of the...
‘Clinical Obesity’ Definition Shifts Obesity Prevalence
Medscape
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The adoption of the new “clinical obesity” definition alters prevalence estimates of obesity in many parts of the world compared with BMI-based definitions, new data suggested. In January 2025, a Lancet Commission proposed that the diagnosis of...
Eritrea: World Hepatitis Day Observed At National Level
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, July 29, 2025/APO Group/ -- World Hepatitis Day was observed at the national level in Asmara yesterday under the theme“Hepatitis: Let's Break It Down.” Dr. Araya Berhane, Director of...
Transforming Dust: How Eritrea's Dams Are Revitalizing The Land
MENAFN
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August 4, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) In villages across Eritrea's dry interior, change is quietly flowing. Where seasonal rivers once surged and vanished without trace, hand-built dams now hold back precious water. Irrigation canals feed crops even in dry months....
Eritrea: Effort To Eradicate Underage Marriage
MENAFN
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July 23, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The National Union of Eritrean Women branch in the Gash Barka Region reported that, alongside efforts to improve the socio-economic standards of women, strong action is being taken to eradicate harmful practices, particularly...
Eritrea: Training On Hepatitis B Virus Vaccination
MENAFN
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July 23, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASSAB, Eritrea, July 23, 2025/APO Group/ -- The Ministry of Health branch in the Southern Red Sea Region organized training on Hepatitis B vaccination for 70 members of its branch office. The training took...
Compulsory Service in Eritrea: The President’s Psychological Shadows and Major National Tasks
Awate
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July 29, 2025
Authored by: Abdu Fagir posted by awatestaff On July 12, 2025, the graduation ceremony for the 37th batch of national service was held at the famous Sawa military camp. As usual, the ceremony was attended by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, who...
I Hope You Find What You’re Looking For Spotlights the Eritrean Immigrant Experience — See the Cover! (Exclusive) By Carly Tagen-Dye
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at Bsrat Mezghebe’s debut novel, I Hope You Find What You're Looking For The book, out next year, is the second title to published as part of the Well-Read Black Girl Books series, created by Glory...
Full list of 72 'do not travel' countries as Foreign Office warns UK tourists
Chronicle Live
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August 19, 2025
The Foreign Office has put a series of countries on a "do not travel" list in advance of the summer holiday season. Out of 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advice pages, 72 are presently marked as having no-go areas owing to...