Two islands and the mainland together form Massawa. They are connected by two causeways. Apart from the salt ponds there is not much of interest in the mainland part of Massawa although this is where the majority of the population live. The first of the two islands is called Taulud with the war memorial, the St. Mariam's Cathedral, the old railway station, the Dahlak hotel a...

Henok Goitom is a Swedish-Eritrean professional football payer, who was born and raised in Sweden and currently plays for clubs in Spain. Henok, first moved to Italy in 2004 to join Udinese Calcio, where he was rarely an option during his short stay. However, in his sole Serie A appearance, on 19 February 2005, he only needed seven minutes as a late substitute to n...

[ Prehistory ] Eritrea is inhabited by mosaic of diverse communities. They have various origins which all have links with other communities in the region. Some are Christians; others Moslems and few pagans. Some are settled agriculturalist while others live as pastoral nomads. Today Eritrea has nine ethnic groups, Afar, Saho, Tigrinyia, Tigre, Bilen, Rasahida, Kunama...

Who are The EriAm Sisters? [direct transcript] Mr. Piers Morgan, a hard to please judge of the popular NBC show Americas Got Talent, said to the EriAm Sisters "You are the future, you are the next Destiny Child, you have got incredible voice". Sharon Osbourne said "right now, there are no girls like the EriAm Sisters in the music industry" while David Hasslehof said "y...

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...

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 Afaa...

After a multitude of fights, contracts and intrigue, at which England, Egypt, the Osmanic empire, Italy were involved and out of Ethiopia emperor Johannes 4 and the later emperor Menelik, Italy established at that 1. January 1890 the colonies Eritrea (country at the red sea, that Mare Erythraeum the antique) in the boundaries valid highly today, that is with the Mereb ...

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 w...