{"id":45573,"date":"2025-05-13T20:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/preparation-for-celebrating-34th-independence-day-anniversary"},"modified":"2025-05-13T21:29:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:29:51","slug":"preparation-for-celebrating-34th-independence-day-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/preparation-for-celebrating-34th-independence-day-anniversary","title":{"rendered":"Preparation for Celebrating 34th Independence Day Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Ambassador Zemede Tekle, Commissioner of Culture and Sports, announced that preparations for celebrating the 34th Independence Day anniversary under the theme \u201cOur Cohesion \u2013 Our Armour\u201d have been finalized.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Zemede indicated that the celebration will include Independence Day Week in Asmara from 16 to 23 May, various activities in the regions, and programs organized by nationals in the Diaspora. He also noted that sports competitions, which began two months ago in the regions, and the Schools Independence Weeks that started on 7 May across the country, are integral parts of the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Zemede went on to say that programs in Asmara will feature cultural performances at Bahti Meskerem Square, cultural and artistic presentations at Cinema Roma, and street cultural shows involving Asmara residents. The Umoja Cultural Troupe from South Africa will also perform at Bahti Meskerem Square. Documentary films and other programs depicting the struggle for national independence and the progress of national development are already being broadcast through national media outlets as of 10 May.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, public gatherings will be organized on 22 and 23 May in all sub-zones, fireworks displays will take place on 23 May, and the official Independence Day celebration will be held at Asmara Stadium on 24 May.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Zemede also stated that football matches between the national teams of Eritrea, Niger, and South Sudan will be conducted as part of the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Eritrea<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. Ambassador Zemede Tekle, Commissioner of Culture and Sports, announced that preparations for celebrating the 34th Independence Day anniversary under the theme \u201cOur Cohesion \u2013 Our Armour\u201d have been finalized. Ambassador Zemede indicated that the celebration will include Independence Day Week in Asmara from 16 to 23 May, various activities in the regions, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":45572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-45573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","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>Preparation for Celebrating 34th Independence Day Anniversary - Eritrea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ambassador Zemede Tekle, Commissioner of Culture and Sports, announced that preparations for celebrating the 34th Indepe ...\" \/>\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\/preparation-for-celebrating-34th-independence-day-anniversary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Preparation for Celebrating 34th Independence Day Anniversary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ambassador Zemede Tekle, Commissioner of Culture and Sports, announced that preparations for celebrating the 34th Indepe ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/preparation-for-celebrating-34th-independence-day-anniversary\" \/>\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=\"2025-05-13T20:14:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-13T21:29:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/sm_1747155499.379027.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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/preparation-for-celebrating-34th-independence-day-anniversary#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/preparation-for-celebrating-34th-independence-day-anniversary\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Preparation for Celebrating 34th Independence Day Anniversary\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-13T20:14:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-13T21:29:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/preparation-for-celebrating-34th-independence-day-anniversary\"},\"wordCount\":240,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/preparation-for-celebrating-34th-independence-day-anniversary#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/sm_1747155499.379027.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Eritrea\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/preparation-for-celebrating-34th-independence-day-anniversary#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/preparation-for-celebrating-34th-independence-day-anniversary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/preparation-for-celebrating-34th-independence-day-anniversary\",\"name\":\"Preparation for Celebrating 34th Independence Day Anniversary - 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