Congratulations my dear sister @ahunnaeziakonwa on your well-deserved appointment as United Nations Special Advisor for #Africa. Your distinguished service as #UNDP Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Africa since August 2018, where you have led UNDP’s support to 46 countries in advancing Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, reflects a legacy of visionary and results-driven leadership. Your leadership and deep experience in supporting #Africa|s development pathways, particularly through pragmatic and people-centred approaches, have left a lasting impact. We are confident that you will bring the same vision, dedication, and results-driven spirit to this new responsibility. Wishing you continued success and every strength as you take on this important mandate. Your office wil continue to have #Eritrea|s cooperation and support.

#Eritrea: Ministry of Foreign Affairs commemorated, in conjunction with the Africa Group (i.e. African Ambassadors accredited to Eritrea), Africa Day at Asmara Palace yesterday under the theme: "Africa: one heart, one land , one destiny". Keynote Addresses by FM Osman Saleh and South Africa's Ambassador Mr. Perseverance Mbuzeli Kumsha. Yesterday's event was preceded by various joint activities earlier in the week including panel discussion on "African Unity in the Changing Global Order", and, a football match between FM staff and a selected team from the African Embassies in Eritrea. FM Osman underlined, among other matters: *"...This year’s theme of the African Union is: 'Assuring sustainable water availability and safe sanitation systems to achieve the goals of Agenda 2063'. This theme is not only timely—it is foundational". *"...It is essential to recognize that Africa is a rich continent endowed with precious natural resources; resources that can drive inclusive growth and sustainable development, provided that we manage them with integrity, discipline, and shared long-term vision". *"...Africans are united in spirit. And now, more than ever, we must also be united in action - united in changing global realities and shaping a fairer world. Africa should earn its rightful place in the global arena, not through division, but through solidarity. We will no longer accept being left behind in international decisions. It is through unity that Africa can prosper politically and economically in this changing world order.... In conclusion, I wish to reaffirm our commitment to the ideals of African unity, and to the shared mission of ensuring that every African - woman, man, child - can enjoy clean water, safe sanitation, and the dignity that comes with it". Ambassador Kumsha, for his part, underlined: "Africa Day is more than commemoration; it is a reaffirmation of our collective journey, that we are bound by a common destiny. This is a golden opportunity for us to conduct a continental introspection...we need smart partnership". shabait.com/2026/06/14/minis…

President Isaias Returns Home President Isaias Afwerki and his delegation returned home in the late morning hours today, concluding a fruitful official visit to Egypt. During his visit, President Isaias held a meeting with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, during which the two leaders agreed to deepen and elevate the historical and brotherly ties of friendship and cooperation that exist between the two countries to a higher level. They also agreed on the launching of concrete programs in the sectors of marine resources, development of port infrastructure, and maritime transport, within the overall economic, political, and diplomatic frameworks and agreements reached in the past. The two leaders also discussed, in greater detail, the economic, political, diplomatic, and security dimensions of developments and trends in the Red Sea, the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, as well as other international matters of mutual interest. President Isaias also visited a number of industrial plants and logistics facilities in the Greater Cairo and Suez zones, as well as the new Administrative Capital in Cairo Governorate and various public service pavilions and infrastructure projects under construction. The Presidential delegation included Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs. #Eritrea

🚨|𝗡𝗘𝗪: Omar Artan has returned to Somalia and was received at the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu, where he held a meeting with the President of Somalia after his earlier visa denial.

After receiving a hero's welcome at Mogadishu airport, Omar Artan said: “#Somalia belongs to all of us. Whether things are good or bad, I want to tell our youth not to lose hope in our country.”