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Eritrea Country Strategic Opportunities Program 2020-2025

EriAdmin January 1, 2021February 13, 2021AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES & FISHERIES

Executive summary 1. The State of Eritrea and Ethiopia signed a peace agreement in July 2018 and the United Nations Security Council lifted sanctions in November 2018. This peace dividend offers Eritrea opportunities to reallocate public resources to its economic and social development, update its development strategies, create jobs for youth and demobilized soldiers and enhance international cooperation. Please download the attachment to read the full document.

Timnit Gebru’s Exit From Google Exposes a Crisis in AI

EriAdmin December 31, 2020January 11, 2021SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM)

This year has held many things, among them bold claims of artificial intelligence breakthroughs. Industry commentators speculated that the language-generation model GPT-3 may have achieved “artificial general intelligence,” while others lauded Alphabet subsidiary DeepMind’s protein-folding algorithm—Alphafold—and its capacity to “transform biology.” While the basis of such claims is thinner than the effusive headlines, this hasn’t done much to dampen enthusiasm across the industry, whose profits and prestige are dependent on AI’s proliferation. It was against this backdrop that Google fired Timnit … Continue reading “Timnit Gebru’s Exit From Google Exposes a Crisis in AI”

Eritrea Humanitarian Emergency

EriAdmin December 30, 2020February 13, 2021EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE

Eritrea faces difficult climatic conditions and struggles with the impact of recurrent droughts. The country is also affected by flooding during the rainy season as well as other natural hazards such as desert locust infestation. As around 80% of Eritreans are dependent on subsistence agriculture for their livelihoods, these hazards have significantly increased vulnerabilities of most of the population. Food insecurity as well as lack of access to safe water, sanitation and health services present major concerns. UNFPA is working … Continue reading “Eritrea Humanitarian Emergency”

CPJ joins letter calling on UN Human Rights Council to maintain pressure on Eritrea

EriAdmin December 30, 2020January 1, 2021MEDIA, ADVOCACY & AWARENESS

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 23 other free speech and human rights organizations in a letter sent yesterday urging the United Nations Human Rights Council to extend the mandate of the special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea. The letter notes that the human rights situation in Eritrea continues to be dire, and encourages the Human Rights Council to renew the special rapporteur’s mandate at its next session, to be held in June. Eritrea has at least 16 journalists behind bars, … Continue reading “CPJ joins letter calling on UN Human Rights Council to maintain pressure on Eritrea”

Eritrean government defends seizure of Catholic clinics

EriAdmin December 25, 2020January 1, 2021LAW, PUBLIC SAFETY & SECURITY

The Eritrean government in Asmara has defended the recent nationalisation of Catholic health facilities in the country by saying the law provides for the “separation of powers” and therefore forbids religious institutions from conducting developmental activities of their choice and at will. Apart from defending the nationalisation, the Information Ministry in Asmara has also sharply criticised Daniela Kravetz who is the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea. The UN independent rights expert, last … Continue reading “Eritrean government defends seizure of Catholic clinics”