Various Activities by Diaspora Nationals

Asmara, 07 May 2026- Eritrean communities in Switzerland, Australia, Germany, and Saudi Arabia have conducted various activities aimed at strengthening awareness, organizational capacity, and participation in national development drives.

Accordingly, the Eritrean Professionals’ Association in Switzerland conducted its founding congress on 3 May in Zurich.

Underscoring that organization has a significant role in enhancing capacity, Mr. Habtom Zeray, Charge d’Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy in Switzerland and Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the UN Human Rights Council, expressed expectation that the professionals’ association, in collaboration with other national organizations, will play its due role in enhancing Eritrean capacity as well as in upholding national interests.

Mr. Ismail Mohammed-Nur, head of Public and Community Affairs, congratulated the members of the association for holding their founding congress and wished them success in all their future endeavors.

Mr. Isaias Hadgu, acting chairman of the association, said that the objective and mission of the association is to strengthen contribution to national affairs by coordinating Eritrean professionals, as well as to encourage young Eritreans born in the Diaspora to strengthen their attachment to their homeland.

Dr. Toni Locher, supporter of the Eritrean struggle for independence and Eritrea’s Honorary Consul in Switzerland, said that the EPLF is an organization that emerged victorious through strong organization and perseverance, and called on Eritrean nationals in Switzerland to face challenges in unison with their Embassy.

In the same vein, seminars and activity assessment meetings have been organized for members of Eritrean communities, as well as PFDJ, National Union of Eritrean Women, and YPFDJ organizations, in the Australian cities of Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Sydney under the theme “Our Unity and Social Harmony: Guarantee for Our Existence.”

Mr. Yasin Omar, head of Public and Community Affairs, provided a briefing focusing on conflict resolution and management.

Mr. Endrias Abraham, Eritrea’s Consul General in Australia, on his part called on nationals to strengthen organization, unity, and contribution to national development programs.

The German branch of the National Union of Eritrean Women also conducted its 22nd congress on 25 and 26 April in Frankfurt.

At the congress, in which representatives from 24 branches of the union took part, Mr. Yohannes Woldu, Chargé d’Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy, presented a three-year activity report.

Ms. Negisti Tsegay, chairperson of the union’s Europe branch, conducted a seminar for participants on time management.

At the congress, a three-year road map was adopted and an executive committee was elected.

Likewise, training was provided from 20 to 30 April to heads of the National Union of Eritrean Women and youth organizations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The training covered basic ideology and politics, psychological warfare and resilience, the history of the Eritrean people, the significance of organization, religion and religious extremism, the National Charter, and other related issues.

Mr. Abdurahman Osman, Eritrea’s Consul General, and Mr. Ahmed Jaefar, head of Public and Community Affairs, noting the importance of strengthening organization, called on the trainees to apply the knowledge they gained from the training in their daily activities.

A conference focusing on strengthening organizations was also conducted in Jeddah from 18 to 25 April.