Peering into the Cagey Politics of the Horn of Africa
The summit that leaders of Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia held in the Ethiopian cities of Gondar and Bahir Dar…
Yohannes Zerai11 min read
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Eritrean Opposition Movement: In Dire Search of Potency and Relevance
Yohannes Zerai12 min read
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Eritrean Leader’s Sandcastle Play
Yohannes Zerai9 min read
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Eritrea: Enduring the Perils of Betrayal and Conspiracy
Yohannes Zerai11 min read
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The Waning Days of Tyrannical Rule in Eritrea
Yohannes Zerai11 min read
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Ethio-Eritrea Rapprochement: Revival of Expansionist Nationalism
Yohannes Zerai12 min read
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Eritrea: Cries of a Nation on the Brink of Evanescence
The last six months have seen a flurry of diplomatic activities involving most of the Horn-of-Africa countries and…
Yohannes Zerai9 min read
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The Captivating, But Dubious Politics of Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed
Since Dr. Abiy Ahmed burst onto the Ethiopian political scene as the country’s new prime minister under five…
Yohannes Zerai10 min read
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Eritrean Opposition Movement: The Political Imperative of Self-Renewal
Recent political developments in Ethiopia seem to have generated internal dynamics that promise to fundamentally alter the political…
Yohannes Zerai10 min read
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Eritrea’s Socio-politically Disjointed Generational Succession
Human societies owe their perpetuity to the dynamic process of generational succession in which societal legacy is handed…
Yohannes Zerai9 min read
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UN Sanctions Against Eritrea Likely to Outlast Current Regime
Following its annual review of Eritrea sanctions in place since 2009, the UN Security Council (SC) announced on…
Yohannes Zerai8 min read
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A Notch Up in Eritrea’s Struggle For Liberty and Justice
Circumstances surrounding a student-led public protest that took place in the Eritrean capital, Asmara on October 31, 2017,…
Yohannes Zerai8 min read
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The Bifurcated World of Eritrea’s ‘Caged’ Tyrant
In an era when the world is witnessing unprecedented technological advances, unparalleled prosperity and heightened hopes for enduring…
Yohannes Zerai8 min read
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Prison Break: A Microcosm of Popular Uprising Against Tyranny
The inspiration for writing this article was drawn from a piece aptly titled “Seventeen years in Prison without…
Yohannes Zerai14 min read
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Hitting the Enemy Where It Hurts the Most
An issue that often comes up in political discussions on Eritrea is whether political change in the country…
Yohannes Zerai12 min read
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A Mafia Group Masquerading as Lawful Government
Twentieth-century world history has recorded the rise and fall of powers that waged devastating regional and global wars…
Yohannes Zerai12 min read
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United States Policy On Eritrea: Any Prospects for Change?
The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs held a subcommittee hearing titled ‘Eritrea: A Neglected Regional Threat’…
Yohannes Zerai7 min read
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A Defenseless Regime With Indefensible Record
July 1st this year marked the culmination of a four-year, UN-mandated investigation into human rights violations in Eritrea…
Yohannes Zerai7 min read
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Not Friends, Not Enemies – Just Nations With Interests
Reviewing official statements on world perspective that the Government of Eritrea put out periodically over the last 15…
Yohannes Zerai8 min read
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The Day of Reckoning
It will have been a year on June 23rd since the UN-appointed Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea (COIE)…
Yohannes Zerai7 min read
