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"Realizing the cardinal role investment could play in Eritrea's development imperatives, the government of The State of Eritrea encourages investment, development and utilization of the country's natural resources, expanding exports, fostering transfer of technologies and SME's development. The following briefs the policy on investment and available opportunities for investment in the State of Eritrea." Investment Policy and Opportunities of the State of Eritrea

The Organization of Eritrean-American produced this document during Eritrea's 23rd Independence Celebrations. It highlights Eritrea's marvelous achievements in the last 23 years and its natural beauty. Happy Birthday Eritrea! by wedi_abselom

Leaked secret documents written in Amharic by Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry Tedros Andhanom Ghebreyesus urges its diplomats around the world to counter Eritrea’s successful diplomatic offensive to repeal the illegal and unjust sanctions on Eritrea. The document stresses the need to use the regional body Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) as a cover for Ethiopia's activities against Eritrea. The documents asserted that UN Sanction Resolutions No. 1907 and 2023 are authored by the US and could not be lifted as long as the United States, who still holds the 'pencil' of their engineering, does not change its stance on Eritrea. Part I Secret Ethiopian Government Documents About Eritrea  (Amharic) Part II Secret Ethiopian Government Documents About Eritrea  (Amharic) Tigrinya Translation of Secret Ethiopian Government Documents About Eritrea

Eritrea's detractors have continue to lie left and right about life in Eritrea.  Some lies are easier to disprove than others and most have been easily disproved.  Yet, it has not stopped them from telling every imaginable lie that will stick. One lie told in the summer of 2011 was that there was drought in Eritrea and the government was hiding it.  Here is a BBC article titled "Drought in Eritrea: Hunger despite government denials" .  Eritrea gets over 100,000 Eritrean's visiting their homeland every year and they travel all over the country.  Here is a youtube video disproving this one big fat lie from someone that visited that year. From description on youtube: "Outsiders may claim that Eritrea is affected by drought and insist on forcing famine on Eritrea. But the 2011 rainy seasons (ክራማት) in Eritrea saw a fair distribution of rainfall. Crops in most of parts of the country are in good condition promising another bumper harvest year. Harvest gathering fo...

April 1996 Antiquated, iron trains have stood abandoned for 20 years during Eritrea's war with Ethiopia. Now an army of veteran rail workers and their new apprentices are coaxing them back to life. The Eritrean people are determined to reconstruct their dilapidated railway without any outside help. In the hot, dusty hills, they rescue the old rails from bunkers used during the war. All 169,000 steel sleepers have to be dug up from the ground, straightened and hauled back to the original track. They aim to complete 120 km of track, snaking from the coast to the capital. Transport Minister, Giorgis Teklemikael, says Eritrea's self-reliance and 'can do' philosophy will prevail. A train operating between Massawa and its suburbs is the first sign of success. Produced by ABC Australia Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

Eritrea's enemies are leaving no stone unturned to disrupt the bond between the Eritrean government and the Eritrean diaspora.  A bond that is stronger than any other, and that has stood the test of time. Eritrea fought 30 years of long and bitter struggle for independence.  The world had ignored and refused to help Eritrea's right to self determination.  Eritreans had to rely on themselves. During the struggle for Independence an estimated one third of the 3 million population was forced to leave the country. However, Eritreans are very patriotic people.  Wherever they may be, they continued to organize to work for the liberation of their country and to defend the right of their population.  During the struggle for Independence Eritreans raised funds, wrote letters and marched to protest the world's unfair treatment of Eritrea and many went back to help in the armed struggle.  During the armed struggle the Eritrean leader...

Professor Joel Brinkley wrote an article on the San Francisco Chronicle under the title "Eritrea, the most repressive nation on Earth", on April 29, 2012.  When Joel Brinkley, a professor of journalism at Stanford University and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, writes on Eritrea, one hopes it would be an original piece that explores the complex issues in depth.  However, the contents of his column were nothing but a copy and paste of several reports that have misleading information on Eritrea and a complete avoidance of current and recent events that lead us to where we are today.  Professor Brinkley has chosen to ignore the elephant in the room and he expects us to do the same. It is true Eritrea won its independence in 1991, after waging a 30 years long and bitter struggle for independence.  Between 1991 and 1998, before the war with Ethiopia broke out, Eritrea under the current leadership had won many accolades, including the New York Times, ...