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 sa......

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 and......

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 Cath......

Arbaete Asmara, or Four Asmara was the earliest reference of the now capital city of Eritrea called Asmara. Aside it's historical importance and being once a "Picolo-Roma" of Eritrea, its origins actually reach hundreds if not a thousand years before that. Asmara stands alone as the only capital, other than Cairo, that is founded on the ruins of culture that gave b......

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 had t......

Dekemhare sometimes also spelled as Decamare ( meaning, sons of Amhara) is a town in Eritrea, lying south east of Asmara. Developed by the Italians as an industrial center, it became a large scale industrial and transportation city, known for its vineyards but was largely destroyed in the Eritrean War of Independence. History The settlement of Dequ-Mehari, now per......

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 eac......

Abraham Afewerki can be described as being Eritrea's widely recognized musical tour-de-force. In Abraham, one finds, an intelligent lyricist, a passionate singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and a consummate live entertainer rolled into one. Held at high regard by his fellow Eritrean artists his work garners appreciation and admiration from his peers. His musical inf......

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 than a sou......

Eritrea Telecommunication Services Corporation or simply known as (EriTel) (formerly the Telecommunications Service of Eritrea), more commonly known as EriTel, located at the center of Asmara, is the sole operator of land line telephone communication infrastructure in Eritrea. It is also the sole operator of the mobile telephone service, and one of the several internet s......

AMECHE (ኣምቸ) is a name givem to Eritreans or Ethiopians of Eritrean origin who were deported from Ethiopia during the 1998-2000 Ethio-Eritrea border conflict. Name is derivative of old truks tucks which are said at the time, to have been imported to Ethiopia from Asian countries, and assembled in Addis Ababa, this correlates with the even whereby thousands of Eritrea......

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 Oro......