A Return of Sorts to Religion
In a much-publicized recent religious event at the Anda Mariam Tewahdo church, many of the top Eritrean officials…
Ismael Ibraheem Al-Mukhtar6 min read
In a much-publicized recent religious event at the Anda Mariam Tewahdo church, many of the top Eritrean officials…
Ismael Ibraheem Al-Mukhtar6 min read
Every era popularizes certain names—mainly names of rulers and prominent people of the time. Since the nineteen-forties and…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
Eritrea’s Day of Infamy: The Day Liberty Died Some days do not merely pass into history—they haunt it.…
Semere T Habtemariam21 min read
A shepherd boy, bored while tending his goats on the edge of a village, cried, “HELP! A tiger…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar4 min read
The Horn of Africa remains one of the world’s most fragile political landscapes. State legitimacy is contested, nation-building…
Semere T Habtemariam8 min read
I have talked and written hundreds of essays about reconciliation; the website I founded carried the slogan of…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
Author’s Note: This essay is written in response to a document recently shared by Bereket Habtemariam on his…
Dr. Filmon Wolde9 min read
• “This move signals a potential end to decades of fragmentation among Eritrean opposition forces.”
Gedab News3 min read
This is not a proper article but rather a collection of thoughts … I started off well, but…
Dawit Mesfin7 min read
Assab is not just a port—it’s where Eritrea’s national story began. Calls for Eritrea to cede it ignore…
Semere T Habtemariam4 min read
Author’s Note: This essay is not a tactical critique of government or opposition, but an attempt to reframe…
Dr. Filmon Wolde6 min read
By the end of the 1990s, the Islamist wave had reached its ebb. In 1988 Iraq invaded Kuwait…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
For more than three decades, the story of Eritrea has been told in a narrow and predictable register.…
Beyan Negash8 min read
Eritrea’s liberation struggle stands as one of the most extraordinary military victories of the modern era. In 1991,…
Semere T Habtemariam5 min read
In the long arc of Eritrean history, few moments have been as ominous as the present. The country…
Semere T Habtemariam4 min read
Eritrea stands at a precipice, a chasm in the unfolding narrative of our nation. This juncture demands not…
Aklilu Zere6 min read
Eritrea’s Unanswered Question: What 34 Years of Isaias Afwerki’s Rule Reveal About Sovereignty and Survival In the beginning…
Semere T Habtemariam5 min read
On May 24, 1991, Eritreans achieved their long-sought independence, formally recognized on May 24, 1993. Yet, true freedom…
Awate Team6 min read
Abstract: This article examines the structural, historical, and geopolitical constraints that have undermined the Eritrean opposition’s ability to…
Semere T Habtemariam6 min read