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 Afric......

The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal). The Red Sea is a Global 200 ecoregion. The sea is underlain by the Red Sea Rift whic......

Injera, Enjera or Engera - is a very famous and traditional flatbread-like food made in Ethiopia, Eritrea and several other towns bordering both countries. This bread is a staple food in Eritrea, where it is served with almost every meal. Majority of the Injera is made with Teff flour, a gluten free flour produced from teff, a popular African grain. Injera has a di......

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Tesfalem Arefaine known widely or perhaps only known as as Korchach is a famous Eritrean singer. He was born in Asmara, Eritrea. He is known for his distinctive vocal talent, and dancing style which sometimes resembles to Western / HipHop type. When Tesfalem was a young boy, and saw his mother being murdered by Ethiopians soldiers during the Eritrean War of Independence, whi......

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 c......

Hamid Idris Awate (1910-1962) was a leader during the early movements for Eritrean independence. Hamid also known for firing the first shot against Ethiopian government forces in first of September 1961 at Mount Adal. He went on to create the Eritrean Liberation Army (the armed wing of the Eritrean Liberation Front. He died in May 28th 1962. He was wounded in the la......

Qohaito, also known as Kohaitto, was a pre-Aksumite city that thrived during the Aksumite period. Located over 2,500 meters above sea level in the Debub region of Eritrea, on a high plateau at the very edge of the Great Rift Valley, As of 2011, Qohaito's ruins have yet to be excavated. The ancient port of Adulis lies directly to the east. The Rock art near the town appears to i......

Helen Meles' biography is the story one of the biggest African stars of the early 21st century. She established herself as a talented singer, song writer and bona-fide diva during her two decade long musical career. She has become one of the biggest selling Eritrean artists of all time, and has captured the hearts and minds of Eritreans and neighboring African countries al......

President Isaias Afwerki is the current president of Eritrea, he was born on February 2, 1946 in Asmara, Eritrea. At the age of 19 he was sent to the elite prince Makonnen secondary high school in Asmara, where he graduated in 1965. He went on to attend Haile Selassie University in Addis Ababa to study engineering from 1965-66 In late 1966, at the age of 20, he......

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......

The Red Sea The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal). The Red Sea is a Global 200 ecoregion. The sea is underlain by th......