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In the spring of 1976, the U.S delayed the delivery of F5-ES bombers after it learned the Derg's plan for a shocking "final solution" in Eritrea.The genocidal scheme was, a march by peasant militia to kill or drive out all Eritreans & be offered the opportunity to settle in Eritrea.

Henry Kissinger sent an ultimatum to Menghistu to stop the peasant militia march, or the planes will not be delivered. Mengistu denied the existence of the plan & a squadron of F5-Es arrived in Ethiopia, in July. The Peasants' March was, later, foiled by Eritrean freedom fighters.
History of Eritreaታሪኽ ኤርትራ.تاريخ إريتريا: @Erihistory

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ParisNice : @GrmayeBiniam conquers the white jersey, as the best young rider in the opening stage of Paris-Nice!
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert: @IntermarcheWG











Paris-Nice
BINIAM GIRMAY (6TH) CONQUERS THE WHITE JERSEY

https://intermarche-wantygobert.eu/news/pn1/



The opening stage in Paris-Nice (2.UWT) around Mantes-La-Ville this Sunday first saw a breakaway of Aime De Gendtand Holmes (Lotto). The two men led the race for more than 70 kilometer, but pressure reigned in the peloton and the duo was not given much freedom.

Once the leaders were caught halfway through the stage, rhythm changes caused incidents in the peloton. One of them involved Biniam Girmay, the protected rider of the Belgian World Team, but without panicking the Eritrean rider made his way back to the front of the peloton, while three riders set up a new breakaway.

The two local laps contained the Breuil-Bois-Robert climb (1.2 km at 6.9%) and first put an end to the attempt of the trio before giving the Jumbo-Visma team the opportunity to accelerate and make a selection within the sprinters. Girmay, who participates in the Race to the Sun for the first time, managed to climb with the best riders before sprinting to second place in the peloton, finishing sixth in total. In this way, the 21 year old rider conquered the white jersey as best young rider.

Everyone in Eritrea could see live on television, how I conquered the white jersey and this makes me incredibly happy. My position at the foot of the Breuil-Bois-Robert climb was not ideal so I missed the breakaway of the Jumbo-Visma riders, but my sprint made up for it. It was a hard day and I hope for the same legs, tomorrow. I can rely on the support and the confidence of the whole team. Their experience in the crosswinds, is very valuable, I’m very excited for positioning battles. I can’t wait to discover, how it feels to compete with this white jersey on my shoulders!

Biniam Girmay




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The young Eritrean U23 national champion of 2021, Adiam Mengs, finished 2nd on the final stage (4) of the #Tourducap and 3rd on GC. Well done, Adu!
Stage 4 results:
1Cath Colyn 4:11.29
2Adiam Mengs 4:11.36
3Courteney Webb 4:12.00
Final GC:
1Cath Colyn
2Courteney Webb
3Adiam Mengs
@WCCAfrica




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Eritrean Habtom Samuel finished in 2nd place in Cannes 10km Race, today (06 Mar). He run at 27:51, which is his personal best. Ugandan, Joshua Cheptegei won the race 26:49 (WL). Congratulations, Habtom!





's Aron Kifle & Yemane Hailsilassie finished in 2nd & 3rd places respectively, in the final meeting in this season's World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold series – on a sunny but windy day in Serradilla (06Mar). Ndikumwenayo, won the race.





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The results of today's matches, in the Super Division A of zoba Maakel Football Championship.

Denden 4-0 Segen
Redsea 1-0 Adulis

Another victory and guarantees the Red Sea being crowned with the title which is 4 points away from the second placed, Denden.

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Fun fact: There are 1767 named mountains in Eritrea and Emba Soira is the highest point, at 3,018 m.

Senafe is the highest big town in Eritrea, at 2,446 m.

Mount Mousa Ali is 2,028 m high and forms a natural border between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
Aster: @AstuAstu3



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Biodiversity: Elephants of Africa

By Ted Papenfuss, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California at Berkeley

https://shabait.com/2022/03/07/biodiver ... of-africa/

GENERAL

Mar 7, 2022



The African savanna elephant is the world’s largest land animal. Adult elephants weigh up to 7,500 kilograms and stand almost four meters tall at the shoulder. The savanna elephant is one of three living elephant species. The African forest elephant is a smaller species in West and Central Africa. A third elephant species, the Asian elephant, lives in South and Southeast Asia. Around 100 years ago, there were over 5 million elephants in Africa. However, due to habitat loss and killing for the ivory tusks, there were only 1.3 million African elephants in 1989. A survey in 2015 by the NGO, Elephants Without Borders, estimated that less than 400,000 elephants remained in Africa.

Fortunately, two international organizations now provide some protection for African elephants. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species lists the African forest elephant as Critically Endangered and the Africa savannah elephant as Endangered. In addition, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) bans most international trade in elephant tusk ivory, however illegal killing of elephants and smuggling their ivory tusks out of Africa to Europe, North America, and Asia still occurs.

Elephant Protection Initiative.



The Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) is a group of 21 African nations that collaborate in elephant protection methods and promote the harmonious coexistence of humans and elephants to reduce human-elephant conflict. The EPI was founded in 2015 by the leaders of Botswana, Chad, Ethiopia, Gabon, and Tanzania. Eritrea joined the EPI in 2019. In many parts of Africa, humans and elephants compete for the same resources. Drought, climate change, and habitat loss may force elephants to enter rural farms and villages searching for crops to eat and water to drink from wells and ponds. An adult savanna elephant can eat 300 kilograms of food a day, and some farmers will kill elephants to prevent crop loss.



In November 2020, the EPI started a new focus on preventing and mitigating human-elephant conflict. This focus is named Vision 2030. The goals of Vision 2030 are:

Harmonious coexistence of people and elephants with herds able to travel across their range. Thereby protecting a diverse range of wild animals and plants, combating climate change, and supporting local livelihoods.

Tekeste Kiflemariam is the Head of Forestry and Wildlife Authority in Gash Barka region. He and his staff at the Barentu office are responsible for protecting and managing the elephants that live in southwestern Gash Barka in and around the Gash-Setit Elephant Sanctuary. When I visited Barentu in 2018, Tekeste showed me the large tree nursery where thousands of seedlings are cultivated every year for reforestation projects in the region. We also went to the Setit River to look for elephants, but unfortunately, on the day of our visit, the elephants were out of sight somewhere in the forest on the opposite side of the river.



Last year Tekeste was featured as “July Friend of the Month” by the EPI Foundation. He was honored for his work over the last 15 years to mitigate the human-elephant conflict, a problem in Eritrea and throughout Africa and Asia. At independence in 1993, there may have been as few as 20 elephants in Eritrea. Now with habitat improvement by planting trees and outreach to local human populations to reduce human-elephant conflict with projects like construction of dams and ponds to discourage the elephants from using farmer’s wells for water during the dry season, the elephant population is increasing every year. There are now around 200 elephants in Eritrea. Since independence, wildlife protection has been a national policy. In 1997, the State of Eritrea issued a set of coins showing some animal species that live in Eritrea. An adult female and a young African savanna elephant are shown on the 100 cent coin. Savanna elephants live in social groups of related females and their calves. The oldest female, the matriarch, leads each group. Adult males only associate with the herds during mating.

Fossil elephant from Eritrea.



The State of Eritrea and an Eritrean farmer were honored when a new fossil species elephant was described in a scientific publication. In 1997 the farmer found fossil jawbones in Wedweg Melatse Farm at Dogali, a town near Massawa. Mr. Melake Ghebrekristos, the farmer who discovered the fossil jawbones, realized the importance of the fossils, and he took them to the Department of Biology at the University of Asmara. An international team of scientists studied the fossils, including Eritrean scientists from the Eritrean Geological Survey, the National Museum of Eritrea, and the University of Asmara. The group described the fossil in 2006 as a “missing link” between ancient fossil elephant relatives and modern elephants. They estimate that the fossil is about 27 million years old. The description was published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). This interesting article includes illustrations of the fossil jawbones and restoration of how the ancient elephants may have looked. The PNAS article is available at this link: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0603689103

The authors explain how they chose the scientific name for the fossil elephant in the article.

Eritreum from the name of the new nation of Eritrea in the Horn of Africa, and melakeghebrekristosi in honor of the farmer, Melake Ghebrekristos, who found the fossil jawbones in 1997.

PNAS November 14, 2006.

The fossil species of pre-elephant is estimated to be only about 1.5 meters tall and have a weight of fewer than 500 kilograms.

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እቲ ዝዓበየ ዓወት ሃማደኤ፡ ኣብ ኣተሓሳስባ ደቀንስትዮ ዘምጽኦ ለውጢ'ዩ!

ሚ/ኣስካሉ መንቆርዮስ








Young Female Professionals (NUEW) carried out public seminars entitled "Law and Women in Eritrea", in various parts of the country. National policies and legal reforms that promote gender equality and empowerment of women, is a priority for the Eritrean Government.
Haben Tekle: @DignifiedEri





Yes she can! Supporting youth, esp. girls, is important to promote equality and positive outcomes in education & health. Hard work & positivity, always pays off. #SDGs
FikreJesus, PhD: @FikreJesus







Nationals abroad commemorate International Women’s Day

https://shabait.com/2022/03/07/national ... omens-day/

LOCAL NEWS



Asmara, 07 March 2022 – Nationals residing in Melbourne, Australia commemorated 8 March, International Women’s Day featuring various cultural and artistic programs.

At the occasion, Ms. Birhin Okbay, head of the National Union of Eritrean Women branch in Melbourne, indicating that the strong participation of Eritrean women in the national affairs attests to the strong commitment of the Eritrean Government on issues of women, commended all that contributed in organizing the colorful event.

Mr. Yasin Omer, head of Community and Public Affairs in Australia on his part, said that the transformation of women being witnessed and the strong participation in national affairs attests to the long journey the Eritrean women have passed through to realize their gender equality.



At the event, Secretary of the PFDJ branch in Melbourne, Mr. Habtom Jovani and the chairman of the Eritrean Community in Victoria Region, Mr. Kidane Ginbot, delivered messages of solidarity.

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#IWD2022 #Genderequality #Womensday
Amina is a symbol of inspiration, admiration & respect. A journey from a kindergarten teacher to being nominated as Deputy Administrator of the Habero-Tsada, in Anseba region. #LeadershipMatters @uniceferitrea




#DYK

More than 50% of overall beneficiaries of UNDP Eritrea supported environmental and natural resources restoration projects are Women.

#Genderequality today for a sustainable tomorrow!

#IWD2022
UNDP Eritrea: @UNDPEritrea



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ግደ ደቀንስትዮ ኣብ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡

ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ምስ ጀመረ ኣብ በረኻ፡
ዘተባብዕ ኣይነበረን ንተሳትፎኣ፡
ዓጋቲ’ዩ ኔሩ ባህላዊ ማሕለኻ።

ንሳ ግን ብጉዳይ ሃገር ውሽጣ ሓሪራ፡
ስቕ ኣይበለትን ኣእዳዋ ኣጣሚራ፡
ክትውደብ መረጸት ንስለ ሃገራ።

ኣብ ውሽጢ ከተማ ልዕሊ ዓቕማ ጌራ፡
ተቐጥቂጣ ተገሪፋ ተኣሲራ፡
ተረሺና ሂወታ ከፊላ፡
ማርያም ግቢ ኣላ ምስክር ባዕላ።

መሪሕነት ገድሊ ኩሉ ምስ መዘነ፣
ኣብ ተባዕታይ ጥራሕ ከይተወሰነ፣
ኣብ ብረታዊ ዕጥቂ ተራኣ ኣመነ።

ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ወሓዛ ናብ ሜዳ፣
ጎኒ ጎኒ ኣሕዋተን ዂናት ከካይዳ፣
ታዕሊም ተጀመረ ኣብ ዓራግ ርብዳ።

ቃልሳ ጀመረት ምስ ሰለስተ ተጻረርቲ፣
ዝምድና ዘይብሎም ኣዚዮም ተረሓሓቕቲ፣
እንታይሞ ክትገብር ኮይኑ ናይ ኣምላኽ ትዕድልቲ።

ቀዳማይ ቃልሲ ምስባር ኣሮዑት መግዛአቲ፣
ካልይ ምስ ባህርያዊ ስልቲ፣
ሳልሳይ ኮነ ምስ ጾታዊ ትምኽሕቲ።

አንተኾነ ነዚ ኩሉ ጸራ፣
ተስፋ ስንቃ ሓቦ ድራራ፣
ትምርሽ ምእንቲ ‘ዛ ባንደራ።

ኣብ ጊዜ ዂናት ትሓንን ከም ነብሪ፣
ትስጉም ትግደም ለይቲ ይኹን ቀትሪ፣
ቡንባ ትማርኽ ወተሃደር ደርጊ ባህራሪ።

ግን ከኣ ለዋህ ፍሉይ ፍጥረታ፣
ተጸናንዕ በቲ ልስሉስ ቃላታ፣
ኹሹኽ ቀዲዳ ትጅንን ዉጉኣታ።

ድሕሪ ዂናት የብላን ዕረፍቲ፣
ዝደኸሙ ብጾታ ማይ ከተስቲ፣
ዝተቀደ ክዳን ክትልግብ ሓንቲ ብሓንቲ።

ኣብቲ ጊዜ ጥሜት ግዜ ሰእነት፣
ቆጽሊ ወዲ ቆጽሊ ሽማጢጣ ብጾታ ዝዓንገለት፣
ሳላ ህርኩትናኣ ትንፋስ ዘውዓለት።

እዛ ጅግና ሰራሒት ቅያ፣
ኣበይ ተማሂራቶ እዚ ኩሉ ጉያ፣
ሃገር ክትብል ንእስነታ ወፍያ።

ኣብ ግዜ ዂናት ምስ ኮነ ጥምጥም፣
ቡምባ ሒዛ ጸላኢ ትሃጅም፣
ታሪኽ ትፍጽም እናሻዕ ዘስደምም።

መውጋእቲ ትቅበሎ ብታሕጓስ ብደስት፣
እልልታ ትድርግሞ ተስንቅ ሞራል ብጾታ፣
ኤረ ሴት ነች ክሳብ ዝብሉ ጸላእታ።

ባህሪ ዝፈጦሮ ጸገም ከይሓንኮላ፣
ህጻን ኣብ ማህጸና ዘርኢ ተኺላ፣
ትስዋእ ትፍለ ጉቡኣ ኣእኪላ።

ዎዮ ህጻን ዜይኮነ ዕድለኛ፣
ንሱ ይቕበር ኣብ ውሽጢ ማህጸና፣
ንሳ ትሰፍር ኣብ ቦታ ሓርበኛ።

እታ ሰንኪላ ዓዲ ዝኣተወት፣
ማህጸና ነቒጹ ውላድ ዝሰኣነት፣
ዓወት ንሓፋሽ ትብል እናደጋገመት።

ዕድሚኣ ኣኺሉ ድቒ ዘይሓዘት፣
ዓመታት ኣቕጺራ በይና ምስኮነት፣
ዝሓለፈ ዘየጣዕሳ ፈጺማ ዝመነነት።

ዕድል ጌራ ውላድ ዝረኸበት፣
ግን ብዝቐበጻ ብጾታ ዘይቅሰት፣
ንሳውን ዘርኣ ሂባ ንሃገር ልዕላውነት።

ክብሪ ንሃማደአ!
ነባሪ ዝኽሪ ንሰማእታትና!
ዓወት ንሓፋሽ!
ገብረንጉስ መስመር

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EmbassyMedia - Helen Meles 'Adha'

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Was pleased to deliver remarks during the launch of the Integrated Agriculture Development Programme (IADP) in Asmara, Eritrea today in the presence of his Excellency Minister of Agriculture Arefaine Berhe and Shaheen Nilofer, UNICEF Rep representing the Resident Coordinator.
Bernadette Mukonyora: @bernie_mudhe