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• Eritrea: Financial Support Extended to Families of Martyrs August 2, 2026
  Download logoMs. Nebyat Bahlibi, Secretary of the PFDJ in Adi-Quala sub-zone, reported that more than 700,000 Nakfa contributed by residents of 22 administrative areas in the sub-zone had been distributed to 1,395 families of martyrs. Ms. Nebyat also said that, in addition to the financial support, residents are cultivating land belonging to families of martyrs […]
• Eritrea: Activity Assessment Meeting Reviews Development Programs August 2, 2026
  An assessment meeting was conducted in the Central Region to review progress made in administrative, development, and infrastructure programs during the first half of 2026. Mr. Zerit Tewoldebrhan, Managing Director of the region, said that the objective of the meeting was to assess the strengths and challenges in implementing projects that were initiated in 2025 […]
• Eritrea: Extensive Water and Soil Conservation Activities August 1, 2026
  Mr. Abdu Ismail, representative of development, forestry, and wildlife conservation in Teseney sub-zone, reported that extensive water and soil conservation activities are being carried out through the students’ summer work program. Mr. Abdu further said that 736 participants in the students’ summer work program from the Fanko and Teseney centers are conducting commendable community campaigns. […]
• West African leaders adopt Abuja Regional Action Agenda to accelerate women's political leadership August 1, 2026
  Ministers, parliamentarians, political party leaders and women’s networks from across West Africa today adopted the Abuja Regional Action Agenda, setting out concrete, time-bound steps to advance the vision embodied in the Presidential Declaration on Advancing Gender Parity in Political Representation, adopted by the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The Agenda was adopted […]