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Six explosions in Asmara during the night of 28 November were reported by United States State Department, although the reason was not immediately clear. [7] Diplomats based in Addis Ababa told Agence France-Presse that the explosions were caused by rockets, which apparently struck the Asmara International Airport and Eritrean military facilities.
Faytinga was born on 10 June 1962 in Asmara, Eritrea to a Tigrinya mother and Kunama father, who was a revered freedom fighter among the ethnic group. The state of anarchy that ensued in 1942 after the defeat of the Italian army, forced her father to form a military band to defend the Kunama people against the raids they suffered.
Beilul (Ge'ez: በይሉል, romanized: Bäylul, Arabic: بيلول, alternatively, Beylul) formerly known as Baylour is a small cape town in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. Beilul was the historical main port ruled by the Kingdom of Dankali and as a point of communication between the Ethiopian Empire with the outside world.
With the Eritrean defenses in crisis, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki fired his chief of staff and ordered the ERAF into the air to intercept the Ethiopian air raids at all costs. On 25 February, an Eritrean MiG-29 piloted by Yonas Misghinna scrambled from Asmara to intercept an ETAF Su-27SK piloted by Lt-Col. Gebre-Salassie north of Mekelle ...
A volcanic field. The Southern Red Sea Region extends over 500 km (310 mi) along Red Sea coast but is only around 50 km (31 mi) wide. Forming the major part of the Danakil Desert, its major towns include Asseb, Beilul, Rahaita and T'i'o.
In 1975, he was jailed for the perceived political interpretation of one of his songs. [2] A few years after the declaration of the independence of Eritrea, Yemane moved to Asmara and continued to release albums that reflected the new era of hope and national prosperity, with a mixture of Eritrean melodies. He also sang about the people ...
The Ethiopian government was determined to destroy and capture the headquarters and main stronghold of the Eritrean resistance. In January 1982, Mengistu Haile Mariam moved the national capital temporarily to Asmara to be able to personally oversee a campaign in the area. By this time, nearly two-thirds of the army was stationed in Eritrea.
After a series of armed incidents in which several Eritrean officials were killed near Badme, [4] on 6 May 1998, [5] a large Eritrean mechanized force entered the Badme region along the border of Eritrea and Ethiopia's northern Tigray Region, resulting in a firefight between the Eritrean soldiers and a Tigrayan militia and the Ethiopian police they encountered.