{"id":24830,"date":"2023-12-13T18:41:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T18:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/major-general-haile-samuel-china-passes-away"},"modified":"2023-12-13T20:02:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T20:02:30","slug":"major-general-haile-samuel-china-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/major-general-haile-samuel-china-passes-away","title":{"rendered":"Major General Haile Samuel (China) Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Asmara, 13 December 2023 \u2013 Veteran fighter Major General Haile Samuel (China), Chief of Operations and Training of the Eritrean Defense Forces \u2013 passed away at the age of 71 due to illness.<\/p>\n<p>Maj. Gen Haile Samuel (China) joined the Eritrean People\u2019s Liberation Front (EPLF) in October 1974 and served his nation and people with utmost dedication, including as Division Chief of Staff of the Eritrean People\u2019s Liberation Army, Commander of Corps\/Fronts, and Chief of Operations.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing deep sorrow over the passing away of Maj. Gen Haile Samuel (China), the Government of Eritrea conveys condolences to the bereaved family of the veteran fighter and the Eritrean people.<\/p>\n<p>The funeral service of veteran fighter Maj. Gen Haile Samuel (China) will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\">Eritrea<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. 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Gen Haile Samuel (China) joined the Eritrean People\u2019s Liberation Front (EPLF) in October 1974 and served his nation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":24829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[242,243,233],"class_list":["post-24830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eritrea","tag-eritrea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Major General Haile Samuel (China) Passes Away - Eritrea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Asmara, 13 December 2023 \u2013 Veteran fighter Major General Haile Samuel (China), Chief of Operations and Training of the E ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/major-general-haile-samuel-china-passes-away\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Major General Haile Samuel (China) Passes Away\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Asmara, 13 December 2023 \u2013 Veteran fighter Major General Haile Samuel (China), Chief of Operations and Training of the E ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/major-general-haile-samuel-china-passes-away\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eritrea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-13T18:41:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-13T20:02:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2023\/12\/sm_1702484934.127702.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/major-general-haile-samuel-china-passes-away#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/major-general-haile-samuel-china-passes-away\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Major General Haile Samuel (China) Passes Away\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-13T18:41:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-13T20:02:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/major-general-haile-samuel-china-passes-away\"},\"wordCount\":138,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/major-general-haile-samuel-china-passes-away#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2023\/12\/sm_1702484934.127702.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eritrea\",\"Eritrea\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/major-general-haile-samuel-china-passes-away#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/major-general-haile-samuel-china-passes-away\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/major-general-haile-samuel-china-passes-away\",\"name\":\"Major General Haile Samuel (China) Passes Away - 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