Also in a similar game that took place earlier in the same day, Tanzanian soccer team won over its Sudanese counterpart 1- 0. Accordingly, Eritrean and Kenyan national teams are through to the semi-finals by scoring 10 and 7 points respectively from group "A". The Eritrean team would face the Rwandan national team on 26 August.

Eritrea - Kenya CECAFA U20 Game
It is to be noted that on top of today's victory, Eritrea defeated Tanzania 1-0, and Somalia 2-1, while sharing equal points with Sudanese counterpart in the course of the CECAFA tournament that continued for the 9th day here in Asmara.

Sawa, 21 August 2010 - President Isaias Afwerki today presided over the graduation of the 4th batch of the Sawa Vocational Training Center numbering 2,497 in the presence of senior government officials and parents.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony, the President congratulated the graduates, instructors, caretakers and parents, and urged the graduating batch to further deepen their newly acquired knowledge and skill through practical endeavors, and thereby ensure their bright future.

نزل قبل بضعة أيام في أسواق القاهرة واسمرا دفعة واحدة كتابان جديدان لسكرتير الجبهة الشعبية للديموقراطية والعدالة المناضل الأمين محمد سعيد الذي لا يكف عن إثراء المكتبة الوطنية الإريترية بسلسلة كتب تاريخية وأدبية ذات قيمة علمية وإبداعية رفيعة المستوى..
فالكتاب الأول الذي صدر حديثا يحمل عنوان " الأطماع " وهو الجزء الأول من أجزاء أربعة ستنشر على التوالي تحت عنوان أساسي ألا وهو  " إريتريا ارض البحر ". والكتاب الثاني الذي صدر أيضا أتى بعنوان " نريد ارض إريتريا وليس شعبها "
وسنقدم قريبا عرضا شاملا للكتابين على التوالي.

عزيزى القارىء كتب الدكتور محمد إبراهيم  منصور مدير مركز الدراسات المستقبلية  المقال أدناه  فى جريدة  الأهرام المصرية فى عددها 45156 الصادر بتاريخ 25-7-2010 نعيد نشره فى موقع القرن الأفريقى  نقللاً عن  ارتريا الحديثة  تعميماً للفائدة.

Asmara, 18 August 2010 - President Isaias Afwerki today received and held separate talks with the Director of the African and Indian Ocean Department in the French Foreign Ministry, Mr. Stephen Gompertz, as well as the Director General of the UN Department for Peace and Humanitarian Affairs at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, Mr. Geir O. Pedersen. 

In the meetings held at the Denden Hall focusing on regional issues, the President stated that the Eritrean government is striving to promote peace and stability in the Horn region, and that such modest role would be enhanced.