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►Construction of water diversion schemes continue By Shabait.com

18 February 2006 -
The construction of two water diversion schemes in Hashenkit administration, Haikota sub-zone, has been partially completed. The scheme would result in conserving water from Tonton and Hashenkit rivers and thus lead to the development of irrigation farming on 2,000 hectares.

► Ambassador Girmai gives briefings reiterating Eritrea’s stance on border demarcation issue

By shabait.com Asmara, 16 February 2006 -
In connection with different opinions and activities by some quarters in recent days regarding the Eritrean-Ethiopian border demarcation issue, Ambassador Girmai Gebremariam, Head of the American and International Organizations Desk in the Eritrean Foreign Ministry, gave briefings reiterating Eritrea’s stance on the issue
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Ambassador Yamamoto
►Thousands Marched for Peace and the Rule of Law in the Horn of Africa in USA
By DC Peace March Organizing Committee
Feb 14, 2006, 18:53 (shabait.com)

►Thousands Marched for Peace And the Rule of Law in the Horn of Africa in USA (AllAfrica.com)
14/02/06 16:31 from Yahoo! News - Search Results for eritrea
Around 10,000 Eritrean-Americans marched from the White House to the Department of State in Washington , DC to urge the U.S. government to ensure the enforcement of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission's (EEBC) "final and binding" decis..

► The Sudanese Reconciliation Process: An Issue Requiring Strong and Sincere Efforts shabait.com Feb 11, 2006, 17:02

President Isaias Afwerki's speech on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of Operation Fenkil
By shabait.com Feb 11, 2006, 18:21

► ‘Harat’ Passenger Ship arrives in Massawa
By shabait.com Feb 10, 2006, 18:30 Massawa,
- The new big Eritrean passenger ship ‘Harat’ purchased by the Harat National Marine Transport Company arrived in Massawa today. President Isaias Afwerki later inspected the ship.

► New ELF-RC Team Flies

To Horn of Africa Region nharnet.com 02/06/2005

President sends message of condolence to Egyptian counterpart

shabait.com Asmara, 6 February 2006 President Isaias Afwerki today sent a message of condolences to Egyptian President Hossni Mubarak in connection with the death of hundreds of people in a ship accident. In his message, the President expressed deep sympathy to the people and government of Egypt and the bereaved families.

► Land allocation in Gash-Barka region
By shabait.com
Feb 4, 2006, 18:27 Barentu, 4 February 2006 -
The branch office of the Ministry of Land, Water and Environment has allocated lands in different towns and semi-urban areas to 1,657 citizens in Gash-Barka region for housing and business purposes in 2005.

►Eritrea to close its embassy in Belgium Thursday 2 February 2006 01:43. (ASMARA)

►Map finalized for the re-grouping of 25 villages together with Mendefera town
shabait.com Mendefera, 31 January 2006

►The cat’s-paw

1/28/2006 2:22:04 PM
When the regime of the Eritrean president, Isayas Afewerki, had surprisingly put

forward an initiative to reform relations between Eritrea and the

Sudan, I had immediately written in this space under the title " The Leopard Can Not Change Its Spots", warning the Government of National Unity not to be deceived and blindly run after mirage...

►Afabet town Administration to strive to ease shortage of service-rendering facilities
shabait.com Massawa, 27 January 2006
The Administration of Afabet town, Northern Red Sea region, said that it would strive to ease shortage of service- rendering facilities such as water and electricity supply, telephone and the like

►Khartoum AU Summit:
shabait.com 23 January 2006 Scenario that smacks of fighting dogs This year’s AU Summit in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, is being held at a time when there is heated wrangling centering on who shall assume the chairmanship of the organization for 2006.

►PRESIDENT ISAIS INSPECTS DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS IN SOUTHERN RED SEA REGION
shabait.com Assab, 23 January 2006 In the course of a five-day visit in the Southern Red Sea region, President Isaias Afwerki inspected infrastructure development projects, especially the ones underway regarding the development of tourism infrastructure along the Red Sea coast.

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