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Vol 23. No. 53 Saturday, September 3, 2016 Pages 8, Price 2.00 NFA 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE FOR ERITREAN AND SAUDI ARABIAN AGRICULTURE MINISTRIES CONCLUDE INDEPENDENCE COMMEMORATED NATIONWIDE ACCORD ON ASSISTANCE OF ANTI-DESERT LOCUST PESTICIDES The 55th Anniversary of Eritrea’s armed struggle for independence, government’s efforts to ensure food launched on September 1st, 1961, was observed nationwide on Thursday security. this week. The accord was signed by Mr. In a statement issued on this solemn occasion, the People’s Front for Hiruy Asgedom, Director General of Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) underlined that the people of Eritrea were Agricultural Inspection Department, compelled to resort to armed struggle in 1961 to assert their inalienable and Mr. Saleh Mohammed Al- national rights when all the vigorous legal, peaceful and political endeavours Ruhaily, Ambassador of Saudi that they conducted in the 1940s and 1950s, in the heydays of Africa’s Arabia to Eritrea. decolonization, were singularly ignored by the UN and the international community at large. Eritrea is member of the Commission for the Control of In this sense, September 1st (1961) symbolizes an extraordinary historical the Desert Locust comprising 16 juncture in the annals of Eritrean history when the first freedom fighters countries from East Africa and the imbued militant expression to the unequivocal desire, choice and political Middle East. The Commission is at will of the Eritrean people for independence. Still, and as it is usually the present chaired by Saudi Arabia for The Ministries of Agriculture of locust in the region due to the case with any complex historical process, the heroic and arduous path a two-year term. Eritrea and Saudi Arabia concluded abundant rainy season. embarked was characterized by formidable shortcomings particularly in the an agreement on September 30 first decade. Indeed, at the outset, the armed liberation struggle was not fully The countries continuously regarding assistance of assistance Mr. Arefaine Berhe, Minister of equipped in organizational and political terms to accomplish the envisaged affected by the desert locust are of anti-desert locust pesticides. Agriculture, said that the assistance objective. With the founding of the EPLF in 1970, however, the liberation Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Republic of The signing ceremony was held at attests to the existing good relations struggle was put on the right track and managed to galvanize almost the Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, Saudi the head office of the Ministry of and cooperation between Eritrea entire Eritrean people around the lofty goal of national independence firmly Arabia, Yemen, Egypt and other Agriculture. and Saudi Arabia. rooted on the twin pillars of national cohesion and social justice. In the two countries in the region. decades that followed and despite overwhelming odds, the Eritrean armed The agreement includes the Likewise, Mr. Saleh Mohammed struggle for independence thus became one of the prominent liberation The Commission for Control provision of 20 thousand liters of Al-Ruhaily, Ambassador of the movements in the world. of the Desert Locust is at present anti-locust pesticides as part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to preparing to celebrate its 50th precaution measures to be taken in Eritrea, stated that the assistance is The long decades of armed struggle that the Eritrean people endured anniversary. The headquarters of the case of the prevalence of the desert aimed at strengthening the Eritrean under the leadership of the EPLF have in turn nurtured core, indispensable, Commission is in Cairo, Egypt. values of self-less dedication and perseverance. The people of Eritrea are proud of and cherish this heritage. The PFDJ statement further highlighted that the liberation struggle provided a robust platform for all citizens to WARSAI-YEKEALO rally behind a common cause irrespective of religious, ethnic, linguistic and cultural differences and social background. As a result, Eritrea’s armed 2016/2017 ACADEMIC Za’er TexTILE FACTORY PLANS TO national liberation struggle ultimately succeeded to vanquish its enemies; not because it enjoyed superior fire-power and men but on the basis of sheer YEAR KICKS OFF DOUBLE PRODUCTION commitment and resoluteness of the Eritrean people who rallied with one Warsai-Yikealo 2016/2017 academic voice around the values described above. year has begun offering educational The CEO of Za’er Textile of whom 85% are women. service. Company, Dr. Pietro Zambiati, The values and norms nurtured during the armed struggle for independence said that the factory will double In a bid to alleviate the have also become pivotal foundations for the new generation to take up the In a meeting he conducted on 28 its production in the coming few problem of raw material supply, torch and toil with utmost dedication to develop a civilized and modern th August 2016 with members of the 30 years. the company is initiating cotton nation. The fact is the Eritrean people continue to march, in unison, with round of National Service, Mr. Kelit farm project in Kerkebet, reports exemplary social harmony and cohesion, to accomplish the multi-layered Girmai, Director of the School, gave He indicated that at present the added. tasks of nation building amid incessant external challenges and adversities. extensive briefings as regards its overall factory is producing 750 different picture and objectives. He also called types of clothes and has a plan to Employees of the plant explained In this context, the PFDJ statement stressed that the external political, on the students as usual to demonstrate raise production to 1,500 per day on their part that the company economic and security conspiracies waged against Eritrea in the past years excellence in their academic studies beginning in 2018. gives priority to developing human have not been few or insignificant. But these hurdles have and continue adhering to the principles of discipline resource capacity, nurturing work to be scaled because of the staunch unity and solid political awareness of and complementarities among one He explained that the company discipline, ensuring productivity the Eritrean people. Preservation and constant enhancement of the critical another. has created employment as well as improving the living attributes of national unity, equity and social justice is imperative for opportunity to 550 nationals out standard of its employees. continued progress in any society, the PFDJ statement concludes. Moreover, Mr. Kelit voiced conviction that both the School and Sawa Training and National HAGAZ SUB-ZONE: SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION Service would jointly make positive IN MALARIA PREVALENCE contribution for the success of the program. The Head of health facilities in prevalence coupled with the Established in 2002, Warsai-Yikealo Hagaz sub-zone, Mr. Gebremeskel spraying activities and the Senior Secondary School has so far Gebrehiwet, said that comparing clearing of mosquito breeding offered educational service to a total to last year, the prevalence of spots have proved vital in efforts of 180,000 students. In the 2016/2017 malaria has witnessed 89% to cope with the problem. academic year, 13,000 students from reduction. 98 Secondary Schools across the The residents on their part nation been registered to pursue their He explained that sustainable expressed readiness to conduct 12th grade academic studies, and that awareness-raising campaigns weekly sanitation popular 50% of the total number of the students ©MOI/ Henok mokonen regarding the cause of malaria campaigns, reports added. are females. Eritrea Profile, Saturday, September 3, 2016 Vol 23. No 53 2 The Public Legacy: Student Summer work Program Lidya Sultan, Luwam Beyn Beside the majority and overall The campaign naturally is Compiled by Semir Seid progressive development a platform that embraces programs, greening campaign in individuals of various cultures A simple compound with a Eritrea takes its part in a whole and diversities and enable them bunch of flowers, leaves and a annum, a deservedly task and a to exchange their own values backyard with green scenery fine outcome each successive and share their experiences as is undeniably pleasing matter year. Particularly addressing, nationals. The big picture is for people to live comfortably the 1994 initiated activity of that this gathering is the chance and pleasurably inside their summer work entitled Maetot for these students to attain and homes. The atmosphere within registered an emphatic result in practically demonstrate the the compound creates a sense the country’s green surface. To theories they have grasped in of peace, joy and freshness for overcome the bare land and make their classes. Reports indicate the people living there and a it look greenish and equally that the students’ campaign for simultaneous heavenly mood replenish the trees lost due to development is registering a on earth seems to prevail. In different reasons, this program satisfactory result in the nation our tradition, mothers, take of summer work was initiated on and remarkably in the Maekel Agricultural division and efforts, yet irrespective of such the green color as a sign of the national theme of “student’s region. Within this region, places travelling physicians had also incentives, the major thing harmony and say Beal Qetelya campaign for development” in starting from Serejqa to Adi taken part. The administrative outlined here is, the spirit the Yitaareqena, roughly translated July 1994. Having