Eritrea

Creative

2009-05-06T15:32:00.000-07:00

I have just come back from Eritrea in Africa. I am a reporter from the United States of America and I went to Eritrea to find out some facts about them. It’s a very small country, but it seems very big when you’re not looking at a map. There is much history in Eritrea. There is also much culture in Eritrea.

I landed about 9am this morning in Eritrea. I left around 6pm last night. I’m living in a little village in Eritrea. I’m going to have many facts for my paper when I come back to New York in about 2 weeks. I am in the New York Times paper and am doing an article on Eritrea.

I am traveling through the many forests of Eritrea. I have seen many amazing animals around these forests. I actually got to see a wild cheetah attack prey on a Gazelle. The cheetah was graceful as it jumped on the Gazelle. It was so quick it was as if it was a blur flashing before my eyes. I felt bad for the Gazelle, but the cheetah was beautiful.

I also saw a mother lion with her cubs. The cubs were sleeping with their mother while there father was keeping watch for any other lions to come near his wife and kids. They were so peaceful; they weren’t like the cheetah attacking the Gazelle.

All the people were so nice to show me around their towns and villages. I got many gifts from them for doing an article. I even visited one of their schools in Eritrea. They are very much educated in Eritrea. I was told there are about 824 schools in Eritrea. People will be amazed when they find out how such a small country has so many schools.

This is my last day here in Eritrea. I will miss the beautiful animals and all the people that were so kind to me. My plane leaves tomorrow about around 8am. I can’t wait to get back to the U.S. and tell everybody about my great time in Eritrea. These two weeks of my life are the two weeks I will never forget.

News

2009-04-23T08:25:00.000-07:00

President Isaias and the Delegation who are led by Andrew Mitchell, the British Shadow Foreign Secretary, had to discuss a wide variety of issues; between them, Somalia, bilateral cooperation and the role of NGO's. These issues could effect their future between Somalia and Eritrea.

Art

2009-04-21T16:27:00.000-07:00

There are many art exihibitions held in Eritrea. This is to show the artistic looks of the Eritrean people. Many stage performances are held to express young talent. In Asmara there is an Arts Lover's Club. The people in the club are extremely talented and are very experienced in the field of art.

Sports

2009-04-21T16:21:00.000-07:00

Football and cycling are the two most popular sports in Eritrea. Eritrea's name comes mostly from cycling. Eritrea sends many of its cyclists to national races all around the world. Most of the popular sports are held in Asmara stadium.

Education

2009-04-20T08:02:00.000-07:00

There are five main levels of education in Eritrea: pre-primary, primary, middle, secondary, post-secondary. There are about 238,000 children attending primary, middle, and the two secondary levels of education today. There are also many schools, around 824 in Eritrea which include two universities. Many are astounded that, that many kids go to school in such a small country.

Landforms

2009-04-13T18:16:00.000-07:00

There are many islands in Eritrea. The islands are Dahlak Archipelago, Hanish Islands, Harmil, and Nahaleg. There are also mountains in Eritrea Alid Volcano, Asseb Volcano, Dubbi Volcano,
Emba Soira, Gufa Volcano, Jalua Volcano, Mousa Ali, Nabro Volcano. The is only one peninsula Buri Peninsula. There are also many rivers in Eritrea. They are Aligide River, Anseba River,
Barka River, Comaile River, Damas River, Mareb River, Haddas River, Obel River, Tekezé River, Wadi Laba River, Wokiro River.

Climate

2009-04-13T18:05:00.000-07:00

Eritrea has a pleasant temperature of about 60 degrees all year. They recieve about 508mm of rainfall normally. The eastern side climate is usually unpredictable. The hottest month is May. The coldest is from December to February which at night can get to freezing temperatures.

Early History

2009-04-07T08:57:00.001-07:00

Eritrean history is one of the oldest of Africa and even the world.

Around the 8th century BC, a kingdom known as D'mt was established in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, with its capital at Yeha in northern Ethiopia. Its successor, the Kingdom of Aksum, emerged around the 1st century BC or 1st century AD and grew to be, according to Mani, one of the four greatest civilizations in the world, along with China, Persia, and Rome.

Mideavel History

2009-04-07T08:50:00.000-07:00

The culmination of Islamic dominance in the region occurred in 1557 when an Ottoman invasion during the time of Suleiman I and under Ozdemir Pasha took the port city of Massawa and the adjacent city of Arqiqo, even taking Debarwa, then capital of the local ruler Bahr negus Yeshaq.

Current Events

2009-04-07T08:44:00.000-07:00

A dozen Eritreans, who fled because they did not want to serve in their country's army, told AFP that if they were returned to Italy they would try to enter Switzerland again.

In Italy, "there is no shelter, no food, we had to live in the streets where people are racist," said Nam, an Eritrean in his thirties.

Another, Salih, agreed. "We will come back to Switzerland as many times as it takes because there is no way we will stay in Italy. We have so many problems; the Swiss authorities should take them into account."