Honors I Don’t Claim; Allegations I don’t Deny
As a result of the fear that the PFDJ created, the Internet is full of Eritreans who communicate using nicknames.
A Mercenary Army: Isaias Afwerki’s Last Stand
The Tigray People’s Democratic Movement (TPDM, known by its Tigrinya accornym De.M.H.T.) is one of half a dozen Ethiopian opposition
Younis: Disengage from Isaias Afwerki; Engage Alternative Voices
[This is the entire text of the speech made by Saleh Younis, and addressed to attendants of an event organized
Special Rapporteur, Eritreans Address Root Cause of Their Exodus
Eritrea is a country riddled with extra-judicial killing; disappearance; incommunicado detention; denial of fundamental human rights and indefinite military conscription
Destroying HGDEF
At times one wonders if we should say shame on us or shame on HGDEF. As if it is not
Agrigento Memorial Service: Monday 21 October 2013
Information Pack for Agrigento Memorial Service On Monday 21 October at 4 PM in the afternoon there will be a
Lampedusa and the Eritrean Journey for Dignity
After much criticism, the YPFDJ, the youth satellite of Eritrea’s ruling party, PFDJ, visited Lampedusa, a south Italian island whose
Weed Out the PFDJ Beast
As I was about to publish this edition of Negarit, I was hit by yet another news of a tragedy:
Isaias Regime and Lampedusa: A Week Late, A Weak Explanation
Since hundreds of Eritreans perished off the coast of Lampedusa on October 3, there has been a stark contrast between
Interview with Dr. Bereket Habteselassie (Part 3)
This is part three of the interview I’ve been conducting with Dr. Bereket Habteselassie. Here are the links to Part
Lampedusa Tragedy: Need to Address the Root Cause
On Thursday 3 October, about an hour before mid night, I received a call from BBC World Service Radio asking
Ethiopia: Time to Remove Isaias’ Skirt Cover
While the world mourns with moral outrage about the tragic death Eritreans and other African refugees in two shipwrecks in
Lampedusa: Rage, Grief, Indignation Grips Eritrean Diaspora
On Thursday, October 3, nearly 500 immigrants crowded on a 60-foot long boat originating in Libya were shipwrecked in Lampedusa,
Isaias: Too Strange to Captain Our Ship of State
Shore but only a kilometer away, Shoes new, untraveled, for a new day, Fire on deck, 60-foot of God’s acre.
Eritrea: Hazardous to Eritreans
Yes, it is almost entirely the Eritrean regime’s fault. If you have no family in Eritrea, no connection to Eritrea,
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