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Johannes Zutt appointed World Bank Vice President for South Asia
OnlineKhabar
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June 30, 2025
June 30, Kathmandu The World Bank has appointed Johannes Zutt as the new Vice President for the South Asia Region, succeeding Martin Raiser. His appointment is effective from July 1, 2025. As the regional Vice President for South Asia, Zutt will...
Eritrea: Vocational Training For Students Of College Of Medicine And Science
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Vocational training programs lasting from three to five months have been provided to 146 students, including 90 female students, at the College of Medicine and Science. Mr. AbrhaleyAsefaw, Head of the National Union of Eritrean...
Eritrea: Seminars By Ms. Tekea Tesfamariam In Various Sub-Zones
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Ms. Tekea Tesfamariam, President of the National Union of Eritrean Women, conducted seminars for women in the sub-zones of Nakfa, Adoha, and Afabet in the Northern Red Sea Region. The seminars, which were held from 24 to 27...
Eritrean man charged with assaulting police officer during Corpus Christi procession
The Malta Independent
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Bereket Ghebremedhin, a 26-year-old Eritrean, was remanded in custody after being charged in court for allegedly assaulting a police officer in Ħamrun on Friday. In court, presided over by Magistrate Gabriella Vella, the prosecution explained that...
Annual Eritrean Community Festival In Italy
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, June 29, 2025/APO Group/ -- The annual Eritrean community festival in Italy was officially opened by Mr. Fesehatsion Petros in Milano under the theme“Our Cohesion – Our Armour.” The opening...
Eritrea Accuses Ethiopia of Provoking Conflict for ‘Unlawful Ambitions’
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 28, 2025
The Eritrean government has accused Ethiopia of escalating tensions in what its officials describe as a “long-brewing war agenda”. A press release from Asmara on June 26, 2025, alleges the Ethiopian government is engaging in “a diplomatic campaign...
Unravelling Abiy’s Relentless Volte-Faces
Zehabesha
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June 30, 2025
Messay Kebede Admittedly, among the events that shook Ethiopian politics since the fall of the TPLF’s hegemonic rule, the eruption of the war between government troops and Tigray’s regional army occupies a prominent position. Even if most...
Eritrea: Voluntary Blood Donation In Central Region
MENAFN
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June 27, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Government workers from various institutions in the Central Region voluntarily donated 70 units of blood on 25 and 26 June in support of the National Blood Transfusion Service. The program was carried out with the participation...
Tigray Between Two Fires: Ethiopia’s Red Sea Ambitions, Eritrea’s Proxy Games and the TPLF’s Last Stand
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 28, 2025
The Pretoria Peace Agreement, signed in November 2022, ended the Tigray war but excluded Eritrea from negotiations, a decision that sowed seeds of discord. The agreement mandated the withdrawal of foreign forces, including Eritrean troops, from...
Eritrea: Cataract Surgery For Over 700 Citizens
MENAFN
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June 26, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, June 26, 2025/APO Group/ -- Cataract surgery is being conducted for 700 citizens from across the country at Berhan Aini National Referral Hospital from 23 to 26 June. Nurse Gebrezgiabhier...
Eritrea seeks to end mandate of UN expert investigating abuses: document
Times LIVE
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Eritrea is trying to cancel the mandate of a UN expert investigating alleged abuses, a document sent to the UN Human Rights Council showed, in a rare move that Western diplomats fear may set a precedent for states looking to escape scrutiny. The...
Eritrea: Nationals Abroad Commemorate Martyrs Day
MENAFN
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June 26, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Eritrean nationals in Italy, France, the Netherlands, South Africa, Belgium, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and the US commemorated Martyrs Day by renewing their pledges and contributing towards augmenting the Martyrs Trust Fund and...
Mapa: ¿en qué países es legal el matrimonio homosexual? ¿Dónde fue legal primero?
KVIA - Texas
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June 27, 2025
Por CNN Español El matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo es una realidad en al menos 39 países, según un reporte de la Asociación Internacional de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales, Trans e Intersex (ILGA, por sus siglas en inglés) y la suma de...
Eritrea: Training Of Trainers To Control Hepatitis B Virus Infection
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Ministry of Health has organized a training of trainers program to introduce a vaccination initiative aimed at controlling Hepatitis B, a virus that causes liver inflammation and is transmitted vertically from mother to...
Eritrea: Dekemhare Technical School Graduates 139 Students
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Dekemhare Technical School today graduated 139 students, including 63 females, who completed two years of theoretical and practical training in auto mechanics, electricity, metal and woodwork, and construction. Mr. Wuhab...
Eritrea: Human Rights Council must vote to extend Special Rapporteur’s mandate
Amnesty International
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June 25, 2025
Ahead of the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) which is scheduled to decide on numerous draft resolutions between 4th and 7th July, among them a resolution to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea and another to...
Eritrea seeks to end mandate of UN expert investigating abuses, document shows
SRN News
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June 25, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Eritrea is trying to cancel the mandate of a U.N. expert investigating alleged abuses, a document sent to the U.N. Human Rights Council showed, in a rare move that Western diplomats fear may set...
US government explains inclusion of Ghana on 36 country visa ban
Ghana Business News
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June 26, 2025
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa – Minister of Foreign Affairs The United States authorities have given in detail reasons for including Ghana on a list of additional 36 countries banned from travelling to the US. A report by the Washington Post citing an...
Russian cabinet approves creation of Russia-Eritrea cooperation commission
TASS
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June 25, 2025
MOSCOW, June 25. /TASS/. The Russian government has approved the creation of a Russian-Eritrean commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation. A respective decree has been published on the website of legal information. The...
Top 10 African countries with the lowest leap in government debt from 2024 to 2025
Business Insider Africa
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June 26, 2025
While borrowing is sometimes required to promote development, the capacity to sustain a minimal year-on-year increase in government debt indicates good economic management, maintains macroeconomic stability, and fosters long-term resilience. As...