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Message of congratulations

https://shabait.com/2021/10/04/message- ... lations-4/

LOCAL NEWS



Asmara, 04 October 2021– President Isaias Afwerki has sent today, on behalf of the people and Government of Eritrea and on his own behalf, a message of warmest congratulations to Dr. Abiy Ahmed on his re-election as Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.



In his message, President Isaias underlined:

Eritrea and Ethiopia have gone a long way in past three years to turn a chapter of confrontation and hostility and lay groundwork for robust peace and friendship between the two sisterly countries, with its positive implications to wider Horn of Africa region.

President Isaias further stated:

I trust and am hopeful, that the trajectory the two countries have embarked on will be further enhanced and consolidated in the period ahead in spite of efforts by negative external forces of regression that seem bent on turning back the clock of history.

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መበል 66 ስሩዕ ኣኼባ ፈጻሚ ኮሚተ ውድብ ምክልኻል ኣንበጣ ምድረ-በዳ - ምብራቕ ኣፍሪቃ (DLC0-EA)፡ ሎሚ ኣብ ኣስመራ ተኸፊቱ። ኣኼባ ሚኒስተራት ኣባል ሃገራት፡ ዝመጽእ ሓሙስ 7 ጥቅምቲ ኣብ ኣስመራ ክካየድ’ዩ።




The 66th Regular Session of Executive Committee of DLCO convened at Asmara Palace, today. The three-day Meeting of EC is a prelude to Ministerial Meeting from same member States - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia , Southern Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda- that will be held on Thursday.


افتتح اليوم الرابع من اكتوبر بالعاصمة اسمرا الاجتماع الدوري السادس والستين للجنة التنفيذية لمنظمة مكافحة الجراد الصحراوي في شرق افريقيا(DLC0-EA).يشارك في الاجتماع ممثلون من ارتريا واثيوبيا وكينيا والصومال وجنوب السودان والسودان وتنزانيا واوغندا.
Yemane G. Meskel: @hawelti


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Successful conclusion to IFADs first physical mission to Eritrea, since the pandemic. It was a pleasure meeting with His Excellency Arefaine Berhe, Minister of Agriculture, and hearing Eritrea’s vision for sustainable agriculture premised on bio-organic fertilizers!
Bernadette Mukonyora: @bernie_mudhe

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Hamida by Yonas Maynas has been nominated at @afrima 2021 (#Afrima2021) All Africa Music Awards. VOTE NOW! go to:



Best Artiste, Duo or Group in African Traditional
https://afrima.org/AFRIMA2021voting/bes ... raditional



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Honored to welcome @EmbassyEritrea to @TheCityofMalden and let him know about the positive impact the Eritrean community has had on our city!
Mayor Christenson: @MayorOfMalden

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The Eritrean Ministry of Agriculture is promoting agricultural genetic resources conservation to sustain and improve the country’s indigenous species of plants & farm animals. Progress in crop improvement & food security also needs conservation of rapidly vanishing crop gene resources & their effective use, is steadily being made. Our MoA is working + accomplishing a lot to safeguard agricultural genetic wealth which constitutes natural heritage.
FikreJesus, PhD: @FikreJesus



Vaccines Supporting SDG Goal 3 Success

By: Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion

https://shabait.com/2021/03/20/vaccines ... 3-success/

GENERAL

Mar 20, 2021



In January 2015, the United Nations General Assembly began the negotiation process to establish the post-2015 global development agenda. Later on that year, at the UN’s Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015, the process would finally culminate with the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The core of the new framework, known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), comprises 17 goals with a total of 169 targets. Truly global, particularly in that they apply to all countries (low-, middle-, and high-income), the SDGs cover a wide range of development-related objectives, such as education, health, gender equality, poverty, and the environment, to be achieved by 2030. Each of the goals is significant in itself; at the same time, the goals are integrated and closely intertwined with one another.

One of the goals which has often received considerable attention is Goal 3, which aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. Among the different targets for Goal 3 is improving child mortality. Specifically, the proposed target is to end, by 2030, preventable deaths of children under five years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce under-five mortality to at least as low as 25 deaths per 1,000 live births. (Recall that the child or under-five mortality rate is the probability of dying between birth and five years of age, expressed per 1,000 live births.)

While there has been significant global progress in reducing child mortality in recent years, urgent action is still required in order to reach the SDG target on child mortality by 2030. Of 195 countries, 122 have already met the SDG target on under-five mortality, while another 20 countries are expected to meet the target by 2030 if recent trends continue. That means that there are still 53 countries – the vast majority of which are located in sub-Saharan Africa – that must significantly accelerate progress in order to meet the SDG target on under-five mortality by 2030. Today, Africa as a region still accounts for more than half of all under-five deaths (approximately 53 percent) in the world, and the regional child mortality rate puts it about 20 years behind the global average.



During the past three decades, Eritrea’s child mortality rate has steadily improved. It decreased from about 153 in 1990, just prior to independence, to about 85 in the year 2000, and then 40 in 2019 (the most recent year for which data are available). For consideration, at independence, Eritrea’s child mortality rate was considerably higher than the global average and among the highest on the continent. Currently, however, Eritrea is one of the countries that is on track to meet the SDG on child mortality. In fact, should recent trends continue, it will achieve the target prior to the 2030 target date.

While the country’s success is the result of a combination of various factors, one of the most important elements has been the effective national vaccination program. Although related, vaccination and immunization are different, with one representing an action and the other being an effect. To be more precise, vaccination involves introducing a vaccine into the body to stimulate the body’s own immune system to protect the person against subsequent infection or disease. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but can also be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose. On the other hand, immunization is the process by which a person becomes protected – or in other words, immune or resistant – against a disease through vaccination. In Eritrea, children receive an array of vaccines that help to provide protection and ensure health. Due to space constraints, the following paragraphs provide only a brief overview of some of the vaccines administered. Overall, Eritrea’s vaccination coverage rates are not only the highest in the region, they also compare favorably with continental and global averages.



Shortly after birth, infants in Eritrea receive the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine. BCG is currently one of the most widely used vaccines in the world and is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines. Developed during the early 1900s by French bacteriologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin, BCG helps to protect against tuberculosis. Eritrea’s BCG coverage is 97%, whereas the average for Africa is 87% and the world is 88%.

Another vaccine administered to young children in Eritrea is the DTP3 vaccine, which is a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis. Diphtheria, a serious bacterial infection, can impact the respiratory tract, skin, and nervous system, potentially leading to difficulty breathing, heart failure, paralysis, and even death. Tetanus is a serious disease caused by a bacterial toxin that affects the nervous system, leading to painful muscle contractions, particularly of the jaw and neck muscles (hence why it is sometimes also called “lockjaw”). Tetanus can interfere with breathing and threaten life. Finally, pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease. Also known as “whooping cough”, pertussis can result in uncontrollable, violent coughing which often makes it extremely difficult to breathe. While pertussis can affect people of all ages, it can be serious, potentially fatal, for young children.



Notably, DTP3 coverage is regarded as a standard measure of the strength of national health systems, mainly because delivery requires three contacts with the health system at appropriate times and also because coverage is usually part of routine national vaccination programs rather than campaigns. Eritrea’s DTP3 coverage is 95%, well ahead of the African and global averages, which are 81% and 85%, respectively.

Poliomyelitis, or polio, is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. The virus spreads from person to person and can infect a person’s spinal cord, causing paralysis. Since it lacks a cure, vaccination is particularly important. Young children typically receive polio vaccinations, with a child considered adequately immunized after three doses. Eritrea’s Pol3 coverage is 95%, while the African average is 81% and the world average is 86%.

Finally, Eritrean children also receive the hepatitis B vaccine. The vaccine, among the most studied in the world and which usually creates long-term immunity, is administered as a series of 3 shots (typically shortly after birth, at about 1-2 months of age, and then again at around 6-18 months of age). The hepatitis B virus affects the liver and can cause mild illness with fever, nausea, vomiting, and jaundice that can last up to several weeks. It can also cause a lifelong infection. Eritrea’s coverage for HepB3 is 95%, which surpasses the African average (81%) and the world average (85%).



While there is still work to be done in order to achieve the 2030 target for child mortality, Eritrea is on the right track. Moving forward, the country’s national vaccination program will continue to play a key role in protecting children and ensuring their health.


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The Dahlak Archipelago is a string of 126 islands with about 645 miles long, known for their intact coral reefs. Because of Red Sea's geographic isolation from larger bodies of ocean, 6% of corals & 17% of fish are endemic. The species of birds is numbered, at 109.









The INS Trikand made a port call at Massawa Port, on Sept 25-27. It interacted with its Eritrean naval counterparts and discussed areas of mutual cooperation. Senior Naval officials, Mayor of Massawa City and Governor of North Red Sea Region visted the Ship with Ambassador of India.




#GandhiJayanti was celebrated at the Embassy, today. Ambassador Subhash Chand, spoke. Many Indian and Eritrean nationals, attended. An Eritrean student, Bethlehem, presented her beautiful drawing on India and Gandhiji. ICCR video Yugpurush-Mahatma's Mahatma, was also screened.
India in Eritrea ✔: @IndiaEritrea

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Eritrean man dies at the age of 127, his family claims as they call for Guinness World Records to recognise him as the oldest person ever to have lived

By Chris Jewers For Mailonline

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... laims.html

30 Sep 2021


The family of Natabay Tinsiew (pictured) said he died peacefully on Monday in his remote village of Azefa at the age of 127, which would make him the oldest person to have ever lived

• Natabay Tinsiew died peacefully on Monday in his remote village of Azefa
• His family have said that local records show that he was born in 1894
• But they say that they believe he was born even a decade earlier than that
• They have applied to Guinness World Records to have him officially recognised

An Eritrean man has died at the age of 127, his family has claimed, as they called for Guinness World Records to recognise him as the oldest person to ever have lived.

The family of Natabay Tinsiew said he died peacefully on Monday in his remote village of Azefa - which is found in a gorge surrounded by mountains and has a population of around 300 people.

His grandson Zere Natabay told BBC Tigrinya https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/bbc/index.html that the secrets to his long life were 'patience, generosity and a joyful life.'

Mr Zere told the broadcaster that church records, including his grandfather's birth certificate, say that he was born in the same year he was baptized in 1894, which would make him 127 years old at the time of his death.

However, the family of Natabay Tinsiew claim that he was actually born 10 years earlier in 1884, and that he was actually baptised 10 years later when a priest came to their village.

At the time, priests were few and far between, and people would have to wait for them to visit their more remote villages.

Father Mentay, a Catholic priest who served in Azefa for seven years, confirmed that local records show Mr Natabay was born in 1894, saying that he was present when Azefa village celebrated his 120th birthday in 2014.

Mr Zere said that he had already contacted Guinness World Records to validate the official documents of his grandfather's birth, and was waiting for a response.

Mr Natabay married his wife in 1934. She later died in 2019 at the age of 99.

The Eritran worked as a herdsman, and owned many cattle, goats, honey bees and during his life has seen give generations of his family grow up.

Mr Zere told BBC Tigrinya his grandfather would be remembered as 'an extraordinary man' who was kind, caring and hardworking.

Currently, the record for the world's oldest person to have ever lived is held by Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122.

Meanwhile, the oldest man to have ever lived was Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, who died in 2013 at the age of 116, according to the Guinness World Records.

The oldest person alive today is Kane Tanaka, a 118-year-old Japanese woman.

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WORLD EVENTS HE WOULD HAVE LIVED THROUGH

Since being born in 1894, Natabay Tinsiew would have lived through countless world-changing historical events.

From the Wright Brothers' first flight, the First and Second World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall all the way up to 9/11 and the Covid-19 pandemic, from his remote village in Eritrea, Mr Natabay had survived it all.

1894: Records show Natabay Tinsiew was born in Azefa, Eritrea

1897: Greco-Turkish war

1901: Formation of the Commonwealth of Australia

1903: Wright brothers make first flight, Suffragettes in Great Britain and Northern Ireland


The Wright Brothers make their first flight in December, 1903

1905: First Russian revolution

1914: World War I begins

1917: Russian revolution leads to communism

1918: World War I ends, Spanish flu pandemic kills millions

1921: Chinese Communists rise

1924: Russia goes from Lenin to Stalin

1927: Lindbergh nonstop flight to Paris

1934: Hitler consolidates power in Germany

1939: World War II Starts

1941: The Holocaust begins


Troops from the 48th Royal Marines at Saint-Aubin-sur-mer on Juno Beach, Normandy, France, during the D-Day landings, 6th June 1944

1945: World War II and the Holocaust ends, first nuclear detonation

1947: India gains independence

1948: Birth of Israel

1949: NATO founded

1950: Korean War starts

1952: Elizabeth II crowned in Britain, First Hydrogen Bomb Test

1953: The discovery of DNA

1955: Rosa Parks galvanises civil rights movement, Vietnam war begins

1958: US Launches First Satellite

1959: Castro takes over Cuba

1961: Berlin Wall built

1962: Cuban Missile Crisis

1963: JFK assassinated in Texas

1966: Mao purges rivals

1967: Six-Day War

1968: Martin Luther King assassinated

1969: Moon Landing


The Moon Landing in 1969

1975: Saigon Falls, Vietnam war ends

1976: The Concorde changes air travel

1977: Rise of the PC

1979: Islamic Republic born in Iran

1983: The Internet is born

1989: The Berlin Wall falls

1991: American goes to war in Middle East

1992: Cold War ends, breakup of Yugoslavia

1993: The EU becomes reality with treaty

1994: Rwandan genocide

1999: NATO's first independent strike, in Kosovo

2000: International Space Station opens

2001: 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York, U.S. invades Afghanistan


Smoke pours from the twin towers of the World Trade Center after they were hit by two hijacked airliners in a terrorist attack September 11, 2001 in New York City
2003: US Invades Iraq

2007: The iPhone is released

2008: Dow plunges, global economic crash

2012: The "God Particle" Is (Probably) Discovered

2016: Trump Elected

2019: Hong Kong Protests

2020: COVID-19 global pandemic

2021: Natabay Tinsiew dies 'aged 127' according to his family



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'Oldest man who ever lived' dies aged 127 as family call Guinness World Records
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world- ... d-25112382



L'eritreo Natabay Tinsiew muore a 127 anni: la famiglia spera entri nel Guinness
https://tg24.sky.it/mondo/2021/10/01/er ... rld-record



Muore a 127 anni l'eritreo Natabay Tinsiew, la famiglia spera ...
http://www.tusciaweb.eu/2021/10/muore-1 ... ld-record/

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National Security Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Mr Gedu Andargachew’s comments, in conversation with Dr Dagnachew Assefa.





ዘራይ ከይደለየ ዝምክት፥ መዋሊ ከይተጸበየ ብርእሱ ዝጽዕት፥ ብሓደ ዝአመነ ንሓድነት፥ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዩ!

ንተሓበን ንዘልአለም!
Arefaine Natnael: @ArefaineNatnael