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UN rights council rejects Eritrea’s bid to end human rights investigation
Al Jazeera
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July 4, 2025
The United Nations Human Rights Council has rejected Eritrea’s attempt to shut down an independent investigation into alleged rights abuses, in a move hailed as vital to preventing impunity. Eritrea’s rare bid to scrap the mandate of the UN...
UN council rejects Eritrea’s bid to end human rights probe
WIKY - Indiana
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July 4, 2025
By Emma Farge GENEVA -The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday rejected a bid by Eritrea to end the mandate of a U.N. expert investigating alleged abuses in the country, in a relief to Western diplomats who feared it would set a dangerous...
UN Rights Council Rejects Bad-Faith Bid to End Eritrea Scrutiny
Human Rights Watch
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July 4, 2025
Today the UN Human Rights Council firmly rejected Eritrea’s attempt to end scrutiny of its human rights situation. Council members decisively voted down the Eritrean government’s resolution to end the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on the...
UN council rejects Eritrea's bid to end human rights probe
Yahoo News
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GENEVA -The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday rejected a bid by Eritrea to end the mandate of a U.N. expert investigating abuses in the country. The motion brought by Eritrea represented a rare attempt by a country subject to an...
Eritrea: Activities To Share Experiences Of Successful Youth
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Eritrean community in Sweden organized a program in Stockholm aimed at transferring the experiences of successful Eritrean youth. The program, conducted by the Eritrean community in Husby-Kista-Akalla under the theme“From...
Eritrea: Seminar On Food Safety In Gash Barka
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The regulatory service in the Gash Barka Region has conducted seminars on food safety for both humans and animals, targeting farmers and owners of social service-providing institutions in the sub-zones of Sel'a, Kerkebet,...
Eritrea: Meeting Of National Union Of Eritrean Women (NUEW) Executive Board
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Executive Board of the National Union of Eritrean Women conducted a meeting on 1 and 2 July to review the implementation of programs during the first half of this year and to discuss plans for the second half. The meeting...
Eritrea: Sign Language Training In Asmara
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Sign language training programs lasting from three to six months have been provided to 12 teachers and 55 students of Denden High School in Asmara. Mr. Daniel Habte, director of the school, stated that the objective of the...
Eritrea: Extensive Water And Soil Conservation Activities
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Residents of nine administrative areas and 35 villages in the Halhal sub-zone of Anseba Region are conducting extensive water and soil conservation activities. Mr. Yasin Mohammed-Idris, head of the agriculture office in the...
Eritrea rearming risks regional destabilisation: US NGO
The Peninsula
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July 1, 2025
File photo for representational purposes only. Addis Ababa: Eritrea is rebuilding its army and still destabilising its neighbours, particularly Ethiopia, following a 2018 decision to lift an arms embargo, according to a report by an American...
Eritrea: Monetary Support To Families Of Martyrs
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Workers' Organization in the Southern Red Sea Region reported that over the past four and a half years, it has extended support totaling 1.23 million Nakfa to families of martyrs. Mr. Yosief Fesehaye, Head of the Ministry...
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...
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 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...
Eritrea Cycling Championship 2025 Commences
MENAFN
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June 27, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Eritrea Road Cycling Championship 2025 commenced today, 27 June, in the Mai-Diminet area with an individual time trial. The time trial race covered 36 km, with participation from both Elite and U-23 categories. Professional...
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...
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: 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: 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...
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...