When President Isaias Afwerki arrived at Al Yamamah Palace on Wednesday afternoon, the tone was clear from the outset: this was not a ceremonial courtesy call, but a strategic conversation between two states that share more than a stretch of the Red Sea. Eritrea and Saudi Arabia —
Eritrea has urged the international community to confront what it described as “structural injustices” in the global development system, warning that social progress cannot flourish under conditions of dependency or inequality. Addressing the Second World Summit for Social Develo
Why the UN’s approach in Asmara may be the most important development story Africa isn’t talking about. The hall at the National Confederation of Eritrean Workers was full, alive with an energy I hadn’t felt before at any event hosted by international partners in Asmara. The even
The Government of Eritrea has submitted its Fourth Periodic Report on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) , covering the years 2020 to 2024 . It is a dense, data-rich document — 174 pages of policy detail, charts, and social indicators — that qu
Eritrea’s environmental and agricultural leadership took center stage in October 2025 with a series of landmark events that underscored the country’s deep commitment to biodiversity, sustainable farming, and public health. Through national conferences and seminars convened by the
Eritrea and the Sultanate of Oman have agreed to strengthen bilateral trade and investment cooperation, following high-level talks held in Muscat between senior government officials from both nations. The Eritrean delegation, led by Mr. Nusreddin Mohamed Saleh , Minister of Trad
It’s official now. Ethiopia’s economic “renaissance” has gone from sales pitch to slow-motion crash. Reuters confirmed this week that Addis Ababa’s debt restructuring talks have collapsed — bondholders walked out, the government admitted defeat, and legal action is on the table.
For a country once paraded as Africa’s “rising star,” Ethiopia’s latest poverty report reads like an obituary for a dream that never matured. The World Bank’s Poverty & Equity Brief paints a grim picture: nearly four out of ten Ethiopians now live below the poverty line, up fr
Eritrea has challenged the accuracy and intent of the latest Investment Climate Statement on Eritrea published by the U.S. State Department in late September, describing the annual assessment as factually flawed and politically outdated. Information Minister Yemane G. Meskel ,
In a region too often in the headlines for war and displacement, Eritrea stands out for a quieter reason: progress. Not the kind of “progress” framed in donor brochures, but the steady, tangible kind that the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Eritrea has n
In Eritrea’s highlands, where the earth once cracked under relentless sun and hope withered with the seasonal streams, something remarkable is happening. Stone by stone, hand by hand, rural communities are defying drought and rewriting their story of survival. Across Zoba Maekel,
In a move signaling the steady renewal of principled partnerships outside the tired frameworks of dependency and interference, President Isaias Afwerki today welcomed a high-level Italian delegation at Denden Guest House in Asmara. The delegation was led by Francesco Lollobrigid
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