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Our National Hypnosis: April 27 vs May 24

Let’s start with a pop quiz. An easy one, I promise.  So easy, most Eritreans –children to adults– know the

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If You Love Your Country, Reform It

Let’s start with the word itself: Reform, a word often misused and misunderstood. The truth is, when it comes to

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Detoxifying Our Politics

It’s almost 2014 and Isaias Afeworki is still there, reigning over and ruining Eritrea. Change will come sooner or later.

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Ethiopia: the Elephant in the Room

Suppose a patient walks into an emergency room with a big axe sticking out of his head. The medical staff

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The Spirit Of Asmara

Let’s start with one of my favorite songs: “Asmera Shkor, Asmera Bella, men kwedadera!” by Aaron Abraham. It roughly translates

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Eritrea: Anatomy Of A Revolution

Are we there yet? Has our Second Revolution started already? Is this the beginning of the end or the end

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How To Defeat Isaias Afwerki

Just like any dysfunctional relationship among humans, dictatorships don’t just occur overnight. They take years of bending, twisting and breaking

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From Tahrir Square, To Godena Harnet

Warning: The following article may be offensive to some old men and other slow moving objects. “May you live in

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Eritrea: Ten More Years Of Dictatorship

Let’s get down right to it. Who among us honestly believes that the PFDJ regime will collapse or get toppled

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A Case For Dissolving The PFDJ

How is this for a rather crazy, absurd, naïve, unrealistic and outlandish idea? I believe next year’s National Conference for

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Every September, We will Remember

I saw Isaias Afwerki in person only on two occasions. The first one was in the summer of 1999 when

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Of Kings And Bandits: A Book Review

As the title of the book insinuates, “Of Kings And Bandits” is a story – actually many artfully crafted stories

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What The US Should Do About Eritrea

In 2006, US-backed Ethiopia invaded Somalia and removed from power the Islamic Courts Union, which it perceived as a brewing

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The Two Eritreas

Eritreans who live abroad know this very familiar drill. An inquisitive person asks “Where are you from?” and we proudly

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Eritrea 2010: Shaping Our Future

National Reconciliation Conference.  There is a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Citizens coming together to shed their differences, rectify

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A Protest To Mend 50 Years Of Injustice And Unfairness

The entire hullabaloo about the ‘unjust’ and ‘unfair’ sanction is becoming a nightmare. Assuming the Resolution was hatched up in

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We Cannot Afford to Be Divided

Finally the dream of the faithful Eritreans is approaching and it will come true. My happiness heightened when three opposition

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The Audacity of Supporting America’s Policy

There is a proverb that goes something like this: “A thief believes everybody steals.”  How convenient! – for the thief,

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The Audacity of Supporting America’s Policy

There is a proverb that goes something like this: “A thief believes everybody steals.”  How convenient! – for the thief,

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Time For Unconventional Ideas

“Why do some ideas thrive while others die?” asks a great book by two geeky brothers (Chip and Dan Heath).

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