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Ensuring
Sustainable Development Should be Based on Initiative and Hard
Work of Individual States, President Isaias Afwerki
ERNA News
Asmara, September 6, 2002 -- Upon arrival here from the World
Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg from August
26 to September 4, 2002, President Isaias Afwerki told journalists
at Asmara International Airport that the task of overcoming poverty
through sustainable development rests, first and foremost, on
the initiative and unfailing efforts of individual states.
9/6/02
English
Passing on Our Experiences to the Next
Generation: Interview With Dr. Abrehet Gebrekidan
 Dr.
Abrehet Ghebrekidan is one of the experienced and dedicated medical
doctors in the armed struggle. She served as a doctor of obstetrics
for many years. Currently, she is a lecturer in the medical college,
of the university of Asmara. She's also a member of the Eritrean
National Assembly. An interview on her medical experience in
obstetrics in the field follows. This interview first appeared
in the National Union of Eritrea Women's (NUEW) official organ
"AG'EZO" March 2002 issue, originally published in
Tigrinya, and translated into English for Shaebia.org by Lt.
Col. Khaled Aberra.
9/6/02
English
Eritreans
Residing in Germany Donate Blankets for War Disabled Veterans
ERNA News
Asmara September 6, 2002 -- Eritrean community in Munich Germany
donated over 84,000 nakfa worth of blankets to 550 war-disabled
Eritreans. Ms. Senait Kidane, representative of the Eritrean
community in Munich, Germany, handed the blankets to the office
of the Eritrean War-Disabled Fighters Association (EWDFA) on
Wednesday, September 4
9/6/02
English
Abdella Adem
Forsakes Responsibility After Recall
Eritrea's Ambassador
to Sudan, Abdella Adem, has forsaken his post and responsibility.
His move comes two weeks after he was recalled to Asmara by the
country's Foreign Ministry. Abdella told his colleagues in the
Eritrean Embassy in Khartoum that he was driving to Eritrea but
then boarded a plane to Europe.
9/4/02
REMARKS BY
PRESIDENT ISAIAS AFWERKI AT THE WORLD SUMMIT FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
JOHANNESBURG, REPUBLIC
OF SOUTH AFRICA
9/3/02
English
Qatari Ambassador
Emphasizes Stronger Qatari-Eritrean Ties
ERNA News
Asmara, September 3, 2002 -- In Eritrean TV interview held on
the occasion of Qatar's National Day, H.E. Al-said Salim Jaber,
Qatari Ambassador to Eritrea, noted that Qatari-Eritrean relation
has been going on stronger over the past few years and that the
visit to Eritrea by a Qatari delegation led by the Minister of
Economy and Trade a few months back is further proof of the growing
ties.
9/3/02
English || Tigrigna
HORN OF AFRICA
THIS WEEK, August 29, 2002
1.1 ETHIOPIA: Atrocities
Continue In Tigray and Southern Regions
1.2 Athletes Asked Political Asylum
2.1 SUDAN: President Al-Beshir Reshuffles His Cabinet
3.1 SOMALIA: Kenya to Host Peace and Reconciliation Conference
3.2 Somalia to Get Financial and Material Aid
4.1 KENYA: Mungiki Rallies Behind Uhuru
9/3/02
English
Ministry of
Public Works and Chinese Firm Sign Agreement to Build 800 Apartments
ERNA News
Asmara, September 2, 2002 -- An agreement was signed on Friday,
August 30, 2002, between the ministry of public works and a Chinese
construction firm to build 800 apartments in the Haz-Haz borough
of Asmara, in order to solve housing shortage in the nation's
capital
9/2/02
English || Tigrigna
PFDJ's Statement
on the Occasion of the 41st Anniversary of Eritrean Revolution
- September, 1st 2002.
9/1/02
Tigrigna || Arabic
Eritrean Demining
Authority Formed -- Four NGOs Asked to Terminate Operations in
Eritrea
ERNA News
Asmara, August 31 -- The Government of Eritrea has formed the
Eritrean Demining Authority (EDA) based on Proclamation 123/2002,
in order to expedite the removal of land mines long buried in
the country. ....these NGOs were wasting time by deploying in
areas where there are no landmines, and as, first and foremost,
their contract of operation has expired in June, they have been
given one month to terminate their operations in Eritrea, Brig.
Gen. Abrahaley disclosed.
9/1/02
English || Tigrigna
Eritrean Working
Paper for a Panel in Germany on the Sudan
Source: Eritrea Profile,
August 31 issue
Asmara, August 31 -- In a paper presented to a panel discussion
held in Germany under the title "Sudan at the Crossroads,"
Dr. Ahmed Dahli, Director of the Eritrean Strategic Studies Center,
highlighted the Eritrean stand regarding the Sudanese question,
which is based on strategic principles and profound historical
background as well as political, social, economic and cultural
ties among the states in the Horn of Africa. Dr. Dahli stressed
the role of consolidating regional ties at the regional level
and pointed out that this will strengthen the newly born African
Union (AU)
9/1/02
English
Government
of Eritrea Releases 27 Ethiopian Civil Detainees
ERNA News
Asmara, September 1 -- The Eritrean Government pardoned 27 Ethiopian
civil detainees who committed various crimes in Eritrea, and
repatriated them to their country on Friday, August 30.
9/1/02
English
Eritrea Releases
All Remaining Ethiopian POWs
ERNA News
Asmara, August 30, 2002 -- The Eritrean government has released
279 Woyane soldiers captured in various battles following an
invasion of Eritrea by the Woyane regime launched under the pretext
of border dispute. The POWs left for their country through the
international Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on August 29,
2002
8/31/02
English
Ambassador
Araya Desta Presents Credentials to Norwegian King
ERNA News
Asmara, August 30, 2002 -- Mr. Araya Desta, resident Eritrean
Ambassador to Sweden, has on August 28 presented his credentials
as non-resident Ambassador to King Harald V of Norway
8/31/02
English || Tigrigna
Report of
The Successful Eritrean Festival 2002 in Western Canada at Saskatoon,
August 24-25
By FESTIVAL 2002 COMMITTEE
 This is a summarized account of the Eritrean Festival
in Saskatoon. In the past our festival was carried out while
our country was defending against the invasion of Weyane under
the pretext of border dispute. This time our soldiers have thrown
out the enemy with an outstanding victory in the battlefield.
When Weyane could not achieve it goal in the battlefield, it
was forced to go to International Court as the government of
Eritrea had been telling them to do. Now Eritrea finds itself
victorious in battlefield and in International Court who vindicated
her claim.
8/30/02
English
Foreign NGOs
vs Indigenous Capabilities- Eritrea's Battle for Self Reliance
Contributed Article
By Sophia Tesfamariam
8/30/02
English
Shaebia
Interview - Minister of Public Works, Mr. Abraha Asfaha
Shaebia Staff
 The Ministry of public works has done a tremendous
job in the past ten years after independence to rehabilitate
a dilapidated sector. Its achievements include numerous projects
in road-building; the construction and renovation of dams, ports,
airports and other infrastructure tasks as well as comprehensive
and partial drafting of master plans for 69 major and medium-sized
cities, etc. Lt. Col. Khaled Aberra spoke with the Minister of
Public Works, Mr. Abraha Asfaha, on medium-term plans and projects.
Following are excerpts of that interview:
8/29/02
English
ERREC Calls
on International Community for Quick Response
Eritrea Urgent Appeal
For 400,000 m. Tons of Grain
ERNA News
Asmara, August 29 -- In a meeting held in Asmara on August 28,
which was attended by diplomats, representatives of UN agencies
and NGOs, the Eritrean Relief and Refugee Commission (ERREC)
called on the international community for urgent humanitarian
relief aid to alleviate the consequences of the severe drought
in the country.
8/29/02
English || Tigrigna
The Hero Who
Lived by the Credo, "Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for
You -- Ask What You Can Do For Your Country!" 
Tribute to Veteran
Tegadalai, Colonel Michael Fissehaye
When veteran tegadalai Colonel Michael Fissehaye passed away
on Tuesday, August 13, 2002, from a sudden illness at his home
at the age of 55, thousands of his bereaved former comrades and
friends immediately felt the huge void he left behind. He was
laid to rest on Thursday, 15 August, at Asmara's Patriots' Cemetery
with high honors appropriate to a hero, in the presence of President
Isaias Afwerki, government ministers and high ranking military
officials, and tens thousands of veteran fighters, relatives
and friends.
8/28/02
English || Tigrigna
In
Memoriam
 Thousands Bid Farewell to Veteran Tegadalai
Colonel Michael Fissehaye at Patriots' Cemetery
Asmara,
15 August --
Veteran tegadalai Colonel Michael Fissehaye, who
passed away on Tuesday, August 13, was laid to rest on Thursday,
15 August, at Asmara's Patriots' Cemetery. His funeral was conducted
with high honors in the presence of President Isaias Afwerki,
veteran fighter Romadan Mehamednur, PFDJ general secretary Alamin
Mohammed Said, Minister of Defense, General Sibhat Efrem, other
Cabinet Ministers, members of EDF, thousands of veteran fighters,
relatives and friends.
8/16/02
English
Maps
of Boundary Claim Lines submitted by Eritrea and Ethiopia and
Maps of the Final Court Dicisions.
4/13/02
- Maps of Claim Lines by Sector :Western
- Central - Eastern
4/13/02 - Maps of Final Dicision by Sector
: Western
- Central - Eastern
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Farewell poverty
English
Tigrigna
Ephrem Habtetsion
06/20/2002
June
20: Remembering....
English
Michael Fessehaye
06/19/2002
Our
Martyrs
English
Yemane Tsegay
06/18/2002
Eyewitness
Report: PEACE RALLY AT SAN FRANCISCO
English
Tesfai Bahta
06/02/2002
The
11th Anniversary Day of Independence: Retrospectives and Prospectives
Arabic-English
Mohammed S. Naweds
06/01/2002
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