Eritrea - Ministry of Information

The morning light had broadened, the sky giving way to the morning light giving Asmara a gold tincture. Not a single car was in sight except horse chariots who have taken over the avenues their feet hitting on the street sounding as a marching band; delivering milk. The Association of Eritrean Americans in Asmara had organized a five day trip to Assab. Fifty Eritrean Diasporas from the USA, England, Germany, Italy and Sweden had gathered at 4:00 AM set to travel to the Southern Red Sea Region.

May comes and every Eritrean mind is focused on one and one issue, Independence Day. Every one goes back to its individual and collective memories to remember what it was like the situation in the country before May 24, 1991. Every one had its own experience. But commonly every one was expecting the demise of the occupation forces and the end of colonialism in Eritrea.

For the last four-three years Eritrea is getting international cycling recognition through its young athletes. As the country has the tradition of cycling since the Italian colonialism, it is no wander for the Eritrean athletes to emerge victorious in different international competitions.

According to the Eritrean calendar, the rainy season is divided into small and big rainy season. The small rainy season is from April to May. During this time there is the occurrence of small amount of rain, mainly rain showers. that motivate farmers to prepare their land for cultivation during the big rainy season and planting some crops. The crops that are planted this time of the rainy season include maize, sorghum and other types of crops that need early rain so that they sustain the month of June until the big rainy season begins.

The Fred Hollows Internal Ocular Laboratory established in 1994 in Eritrea by Fred Hollows, an Australian friend of Eritrea, is one of its kinds in the region. The foundation was established in Eritrea with a view to provide developing nations with the source of high-quality, low cost IOLs for use in lens replacement surgery. It is a high-tech pharmaceutical facility, designed specifically for the production of single-piece intra-ocular lenses and other sterile medical devises.

Afabet is a small but steadily growing town in the Northern Red Sea region. It is also the capital city of Afabet sub-zone. Afabet sub-zone comprises 14 administrative areas with more than 85 thousand population.