Italian occupation of Massawa and formation of the colony Later, as the Egyptians retreated out of Sudan during the Mahdist rebellion, the British brokered an agreement whereby the Egyptians could retreat through Ethiopia, and in exchange they would allow the Emperor to occupy those lowland districts that he had disputed with the Turks and Egyptians. Catholic Ca...

Eri-TV1 is broadcast internationally via satellite along with its sister radio station, Dimtsi Hafash. Broadcasts on Eri-TV1 are typically either news, music videos, or dramas. Both domestic and international films also play on the channel. Eri-TV1 is broadcast mostly in Tigrinya, Arabic, English and Tigre, as well as having a few programs in Amharic, Somali and Afaan Oromoo. ...

Eritrea's railway is a remarkable story of achievement and ingenuity. Although it's widely believed Eritrean railways began with the Italians arriving, a closer examination shows it was the British who first constructed railways inside Eritrea. In 1867, the British built Eritrea's first rail-lines for the purpose of a rapid military expedition to dislodge Tewodros who...

Ha-ma-de-e - (Hagerwawi-Mahber-Dekenstyo-Eritrea) or The National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW) was a governmental organization established in 1979 as one of the on-going demands by the Eritrean People's Liberation Front during it's 30 years struggle for Independence. In its current form, the NUEW is an autonomous non-governmental organization dedicated to improve the sta...

Sador Fessegaye or known by his career name as Sandman Nugus was an Eritrean / American rapper born January 12, 1986 in Bulgaria, who lived most of his adult and professional life in Los Angeles, US since the age of 7. [ Childhood ] Although Sandman Negus was from Eritrea, the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea forced his family to migrate to different countries in Afri...

The Nara ( formerly known as the Baria) are a Nilo-Saharan speaking people who live in Gash Barka region of Eritrea around north and east of Barentu (2002, Chefena Hailemariam, p.75). In 1976, Marvin Lionel Bender estimated they numbered around 25,000, and were divided into four clans; with two main dominant clans called "Higir" and "Mogareb" that numbered about 10,000 each...

Zersenay Tadese is an Eritrean long-distance track and road running athelet, who crrently holds the men's half marathon world record. His bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics made him the first ever Eritrean Olympic medallist, and his 20 km title at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships also made him the country's first athlete to win at a world...

President Isaias Afwerki and his cabinet of 16 ministers, regional governors and other officials form the 24-member State Council, the executive branch of the Eritrean government, chaired by the president. An unicameral 150-member National Assembly which comprises 75 Central Committee members of the ruling PFDJ, together with 75 others (representatives elected by the general...