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Eritrea And Its Unusual Embassies

Question by Swedish Journalist, Donald Boström:  Given what you said, have you thought about closing your embassy in Sweden and

EPDP 1 And EPDP 2

“If anybody was doubting the Eritrean identity, and if anybody was laboring to find out about it, our responsw was

Calling A Spade A Spade

‘Say the truth and lie on a railway line.’ I pondered about the above quoted ancient Eritrean wisdom. The literal

“Lynching” by the Rivers of Winnipeg

1. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2. We hanged

Basil Davidson (1915-2010): A Tribute

Basil Davidson’s contribution as a writer and historian on Africa is without parallel in Europe. His active study and active

The Regime’s Development Hashewiye

Every generation lives its own life and if life on earth were stagnant, Adam and Eve’s home, furniture and utensils

Unique As Our fingerprints

We, humans, are the most curious creatures. We want privacy yet we are the most gregarious of animals. We are

A Response To “It’s A Crazy World”

I have been reading awate.com now off and on for about 3 years, and there has yet to be any

Addis 2010: NCDC Participation And Issues (II)

After one of the group sessions, a Tigre speaking colleague who attended the conference remarked, “I do not like the

Sometimes A “Draw” Is Good

On September 21, 2010, the International Crisis Group (ICG) issued its report on Eritrea titled “Eritrea: The Siege State.” The

Opposition By Default

It is a matter of common sense that any two should not dispute, that the primary task of any opposition

Philsophical Enklil Part 2: Mystifying The Obvious

After filtering out the background noise of YG articles, what we are left with is just simply intellectual stuttering. This

The Eritrean Elites And The People

Recently, I observed a relative tranquility in the Eritrean cyberspace, may be the success of the NCDC diverted the course

A New Type Of Politics Needed Not A New Type Of Opposition

In the absence of a central body which monitors and “regulates” discussions of Eritrea’s state of affairs, it is not

To The Silent Majority – For How Long Can You Keep Your Silence?

A priest asked a dying Spanish Statesman and General who ruled his country in the late 18th century: ‘’Does your

Addis 2010: Eritrean-Ethiopian relationship (I)

Haddis Alemayehu’s ‘Fiqir iske meqabir (love to the grave) is a literary masterpiece of Amharic literature about feudal Ethiopia that

Philosophical Enklil Part 1:Discuss Fishing Without Mentioning Fish

Recently, I have read articles written in Asmarino.com that attempted to address the existence of alleged “child soldier” in the

Cheap Shots on the National Conference for Democratic Change:

We are heartened by the hard and imaginative work that our delegates to the National Conference put into the task

The National Conference And The Expectant Community

Speculations about a National Convention of opposition parties and civic organizations aiming at working on a road map for the

The Eritrean Covenant And Nehnan Elamanan: Two Shady Documents, You Can’t Defend In A Mixed Crowd

“ንሕና ማለት እዞም ሕጂ ኣብ ቅድሜኹም ቀሪብና እንዛረብ ዘሎና ተጋደልቲ፡ እቶም ብመጋቢት 1969 ዓ.ም.ፈ. ካብ ምምሕዳር “ቅያዳ ኣል ዓማ” ዝተፈለና ኢና። እወ ንሕና ዳርጋ ኩላትና ክርስትያን ኢና። ብደገ ናይ ኩነታትና ህላዌ ዝርኢ እውን “ሃይማኖታውያን” እዮም ይብል ይኸውን….. መንነትናን ዕላማናን ክፈልጥ ንዝደሊ ንጽሑፍና ብምሉኡ ንኸንብቦ ሓደራ ንብል። ላዕለዎት ራእስታት ጀብሃ፡ ናብተን ብትካል ምስልምና ዝምርሓ ሃገራትን ድርጅታትን […]

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