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Eritrea Profile 10 April 2021 Vol 28. No.1 Saturday, 10 April, 2021 Pages 8, Price 2.00 NFA ERITREAN DELEGATION ON WORKING VISIT TO INDIA with different Indian officials. The delegation on 8 March had separate meetings with India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar and National Security Advisor, Shri Ajit Doval, for extensive discussion on multifaceted bilateral relations and regional and global issues of mutual interest. The two officials stressed that India was very keen to take its relationship with Eritrea forward and that there are many possibilities for a stronger partnership. The two sides agreed to boost economic and In its yesterday’s meeting, manufacturing. social cooperation as well as in key the delegation met with Indian sectors of trade and investment. Business leaders under the auspices The delegation also held of Federation of Indian Chambers meetings at the All India Institute Senior Eritrean delegation Advisor, Mr. Yemane Gebreab, who They also agreed to hold regular of Commerce and Industry. The for Medical Sciences and the Indian comprising Foreign Minister are conducting a four-day working consultations and exchanges on discussions centered on investment Agricultural Research Institute to Osman Saleh and Presidential visit in India, met and held talks pertinent issues and developments. opportunities for Indian companies explore cooperation in health and in Eritrea, with particular focus agriculture, in the areas of capacity NATIONAL SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMS on energy, water, agriculture and building and research. This year’s National School Bisirat said that 88% of participants TH Leaving Certificate Exam (NSLCE) are students who have been attending 30 INDEPENDENCE DAY will be carried out from 12-17 April, regular classes at the Warsay-Yikaalo Dr. Bisirat Gebru, Director of Testing School in Sawa. CELEBRATIONS Center at the National Institute of The National Holidays Organizing Committee announced that this year’s Higher Education and Research She pointed out that the exams 30th Independence Day Anniversary, May 24, will be celebrated under the Institute disclosed. cover 12 subjects and that about theme “Resilient-As Ever”. 14 thousand students are sitting for Noting that the examinations will the examination in which 47% are The Organizing Committee also indicated that preparation is already be held in 8 stations including Sawa, females. underway to enthusiastically celebrate the Independence Day at national Asmara, Assab, Ala, Dekemhare, and regional levels. Hagaz, May-Habar and Nakfa, Dr. This year’s National School Leaving Certificate Exam (NSLCE) will be conducted under strict COVID-19 preventive measures ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE including prior PCR testing for teachers, examiners, supervisors and MINISTRY OF HEALTH other personnel. Fifty-four patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID- 19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in Gash Barka, PARTIAL FLIGHT Southern, Northern Red Sea, and Anseba Regions. Out of these, twenty-nine patients are from Quarantine Centers TO RESUME in Ghirmaika (18), Om-Hajer (5), Shambiqo (3), Barentu (2), Adibara (1), in Gash Barka Region. Twenty-two patients are FROM AND TO from Quarantine Centers in Adi Quala (10), Enda Ghiorghis (6), Mendefera (4), and, Senafe (2), Southern Region. Two other ASMARA patients are from the Quarantine Center in Massawa, Northern The Ministry of Transport and Red Sea Region. The last patient is from the Quarantine Center Communications announced that in Keren, Anseba Region. partial flight from and to Asmara will resume in mid-April. The total number of recovered patients accordingly stands at 3166 while the number of deaths stands at ten. According to the program, there will be weekly flights The total number of confirmed cases in the country to-date has from Asmara-Addis Ababa increased to 3447. and Asmara-Dubai under strict preventive measures for COVID- Ministry of Health 19 including prior PCR testing, Asmara Rapid Antigen Testing upon 9 April 2021 arrival at the Airport and other preventive measures. Eritrea Profile, Saturday, 10 April, 2021 Vol 28. No.1 2 Poor Analysis and Preposterous Recommendations - Exploring the ICG’s Latest Report Zecharia Hasebela campaign by the TPLF that aims to sow confusion, hide the objective Late last week, the International situation, and help the last vestiges Crisis Group (ICG) released a report of the group climb out of the sorry entitled, “Ethiopia’s Tigray War: debacle that they find themselves A Deadly, Dangerous Stalemate” in. (2 April). Regrettably, the report is heavily flawed. Not only is it Unfortunately, that the ICG has full of misguided assumptions resorted to repeating these sordid and misplaced assertions, it also allegations is not overly surprising, fails to appropriately contextualize particularly in light of its long track or properly perceive the current record of flawed commentary on situation. In the end, the report and poor analysis of Eritrea. The forwards a myopic and untenable sad, but undeniable, truth is that in policy approach that will do little to its periodic reports and prognoses further peace, justice, and stability on Eritrea during the past ten years, in Ethiopia or the broader region. the ICG has repeatedly and grossly misrepresented the country. The To begin, the ICG report litany of recurrent faults include: including supporting subversive attack last year. What’s more, this brutality, are strongly set against it. uncritically parrots the discredited distorting or omitting key facts; the groups, inciting ethnic violence, and neglect greatly distorts the picture They want and demand justice and accusations about Eritrea. These wanton disregard of the country’s sponsoring assassinations, all in the and obscures proper understanding accountability, not a return to the outrageous allegations are utterly progress and achievements; and an hopes that the resultant instability of the prevailing situation. As a horrors of the past. As the former PM false; while they have received entrenched bias and hostility that is and insecurity would prevent and result, any possible steps forward of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, considerable attention from difficult to explain and comprehend. roll back the reforms underway and discussed - based as they are on a declared, “Ethiopians should not be mainstream outlets, they lack In some of the highly flawed reports ultimately topple Ethiopia’s Federal fundamentally incorrect reading expected to embrace such a sinister substantive evidentiary support and published in the past, Eritrea has even Government. This would, according of the situation - will be inherently and dangerous party in the guise of have increasingly been debunked. been portrayed as a “failed state on to its calculus, allow the group to flawed, if not extremely dangerous. a so-called all-inclusive dialogue.” In any event, the allegations have the brink of disintegration” with so- sneak back into power to restore its been strongly rejected by the called “experts” contemplating the former dominance. Accordingly, this leads in to Moreover, the group has, time and Eritrean government, and they are “timelines for collapse” and drawing the final major problem with again, demonstrated that it is not a completely alien and a sick affront up “transitional plans”. Eritrea’s During the past several years, the the ICG’s report: couching its genuine or willing partner for peace, to the proud history, culture, and repeated efforts over the years to TPLF was also actively preparing recommendations in terms of reconciliation, and cooperation, norms of Eritrea and its military seek redress to problematic reports for war, stockpiling weapons, and supposed humanitarian concerns, either in Ethiopia or the surrounding establishments. have invariably been ignored. training over 250,000 militias and it preposterously urges for region. Its violence over the Special Forces (by embezzling accommodation of the TPLF’s years, and the high crimes it has The reality is that the sordid Second, the ICG’s recent report and diverting development funds). remnants, which is myopic and perpetrated during the past several allegations are being willfully completely omits the fundamental Furthermore, it stoked tensions and fraught with perilous potential months, mean that it has forfeited concocted and rapidly disseminated facts and key context that underlie dangerously ratcheted up violent, consequences to the region. any opportunity to be a part of the by TPLF remnants and its supporters the prevailing situation in the Tigray extremist, and hateful speech, while country’s peaceful political future. for ulterior reasons and objectives. region of Ethiopia. Recall that completely rejecting all overtures Certainly, the humanitarian Even now, the group has continued Specifically, they are a part of exciting winds of hope and optimism for peace or constructive dialogue. situation in the Tigray region of to reject calls to peacefully surrender a frantic, last-ditch propaganda began to unfold in the Horn of Ethiopia merits attention. In this under the promise of amnesty, Africa in 2018, as the countries of This was the historical backdrop regard, it is encouraging that the instead organizing terrorist cells and the region came together in a new to the brutal, reckless attack that the Government of Ethiopia has stepped death squads to carry out sabotage, spirit of peace and cooperation. TPLF launched on all contingents up its efforts to address the situation block humanitarian assistance, and These developments
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