Haile Sellasie’s Cannabis
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Inquest Into The Lampedusa Migrant Boat Disaster
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UPR: Eritrean Regime’s Abuses Reviewed
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Eritrea: The Suppression of God
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Unfiltered Notes: The Day After
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Eritrea’s Succession Plan: Mentoring Emerging Leadership to Build Civil Society I was writing this article when the Lampedusa tragedy unfolded
Eritrea: The Federal Arrangement Farce
Often, I am accused of factoring out Ethiopia’s violence in my account of how the Eritrean revolution (ghedli) came to
Bridging The Divide: Muslim and Christian Eritreans in Orange County
Introduction: The dominance of Tigrinya speaking Christians and their involvement in the various sectors of community-based, organizational activities representing Eritreans
Afwerki and Al-Bashir: Unholy Matrimony
Port Sudan: 27 November 2013 In a ceremony dubbed as one of the most romantic weddings of the year, Eritrea’s
Eritrean Parallel Religious Lines
The roots and branches of Eritrean Diaspora seems to point to the mistrust that lingers stemming from their religious parallel
Samrawit: A Book Review
Samrawit is an Arabic novel written by the Eritrean novelist Hajji Jabir who works as a journalist in Aljazeera Channel.
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
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
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The Enigma of The Bologna Conference
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