Category: Articles
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Eritrea At A Crossroads: The People And A Disgraced Regime
If Eritrea is to have a better future, the regime that has been actively dimming that future has to go. I love Aklilu Zere’s writings but this article (http://www.ehrea.org/birth.php) from 2003 in particular, still rings in my head. It paints a clear picture of how Isaias and his murderous ways have been continuously destroying lives…
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If I Were President Obama’s Advisor: Message To Isaias Afwerki
By: Anonymous Author The question on how best to bring about democratic changes in Eritrea has been a perplexing question that the author of this piece has been trying to address for a long time. The author was prompted to write this document after recently reading the July 30, 2011 letter President Isaias wrote to…
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Eritrean Activists to Protest Isaias Afwerki in New York
By EYSC September 21, 2011 – Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change (EYSC), a world-wide network of pro-democracy Eritreans, today announced that it will join several advocacy groups to denounce Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during his New York visit to attend the United Nations General Assembly. Plans are underway for protest demonstrations to be held at…
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“It Is Like Dying Ten Times Daily”
The news spread fast. In a dictatorial regime, where almost anything is out of reach for ordinary citizens, the cheapest commodity is rumor, gossip and chit chats commonly known to Eritreans as bado seleste (03) The following is a conversation in Libya: “Abdelaziz was found! And they found Munir jebrani.” “Munir who?” “Are you Sleeping or…
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On Semere Tesfay: Giving Up Justice In pursuit Of Security
Recently Semere Tesfay posted an article titled, Challenging The Rhetoric & hypocrisy of violent regime change, at Awate.com. As I understood it, in essence the article argues that we should give up the pursuit of justice for the sake of security, peace and harmony in Eritrea. Many would find the idea outrageous, and others may…
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Exposing Despotism And Affronting The Masses
Greetings to you all brothers and sisters and especially Muslim Eritreans in this Holy month of Ramadan and the soon coming Eid Al Fitr Holidays. Before I go to the main subject of this article, I want to shed some light, or clarify it—for lack of better word—certain issues and points on my last article,…
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On Mohammed Kheir Omar’s Public Stature: Keeping The Record Straight
This response is prompted by a need to redress misconceptions arising out of Ismail Omer-Ali’s last POINTBLANK whose object of focus is an article by Mohammed Kheir Omar. While Mohammed Kheir Omar is more than capable of deciding what to make of the issue, I believe that when a person of virtue and integrity comes…
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Challenging The Rhetoric & Hypocrisy Of Violent Regime Change
Today, there are two diametrically opposing schools of thought in the opposition camp: Violent Regime Change vs. Non-Violent Regime Change. Again on the violent regime change camp, there are two completely different arguments with different sets of objectives that are being made to justify why violent regime change is the right course of action. And…
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A Testimony On Milkias
Milkias is special when it comes to exposing the tyrannical regime’s brutal nature and cruel treatment of its own people. He is not saying it only now, when everybody has taken it as a fashion to write and talk about it, but long time ago, right in the middle of Asmara while Shaebia was enjoying…
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One Day In Ramadan
Yusuf Mohammed Ali (Yusufzai) was clearly bothered; something must have went wrong. I tried to reach him by phone throughout the day to no avail. His office was not that far from mine, we usually talked on the phone or met to have coffee almost every day. I talked to his friend, the journalist Zemenfes…
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The Past & Future: The different Views
Can Eritreans live together & share a common future? The immediate response to that question will be: of course they can, yes they should! You will always find that answer in public, but not behind closed doors! You can read that in the political programs of the government & the opposition, in public statements; you…
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The Diaspora Ethiopians: A Matter Of Perspective
Mengistu H. Mariam as we all vividly remember was one of the most brutal dictators in Africa during one of the most turbulent periods in Ethiopian History. This non-descript small man committed atrocities on his people under which the ‘French Reign of Terror’ will pale by comparison. So I was surprised to see him interviewed…
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August 10, 2001: The Day Eritrean Summer Was Crushed
Early that morning, my son left home early to attend a court hearing of the President of the Students’ Union of the University of Asmara (UoA). And I was lucky enough, at least, to have been able to see him again six years later. On August 9, the UoA students held a general assembly and…
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August 10, 2001: The Day Eritrean Summer Was Crushed
Early that morning, my son left home early to attend a court hearing of the President of the Students’ Union of the University of Asmara (UoA). And I was lucky enough, at least, to have been able to see him again six years later. On August 9, the UoA students held a general assembly and…
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Beneath The “Emamet”
Not realizing beneath “Emamet” (traditional Eritrean Muslim’s turban), Ymma Zeineb was over excited to see Eritreans with “Emamet” in a meeting with the Ethiopian dictator, Mengistu Hailemariam, in Ethiopian TV. And, confided to her close friend “Adey Selas”, and said “N’mejemerya gz’ye nay add’na Emmamet ztekhednu ertrawyan r’eena” (this is my first time to see…
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Beneath The “Emamet”
Not realizing beneath “Emamet” (traditional Eritrean Muslim’s turban), Ymma Zeineb was over excited to see Eritreans with “Emamet” in a meeting with the Ethiopian dictator, Mengistu Hailemariam, in Ethiopian TV. And, confided to her close friend “Adey Selas”, and said “N’mejemerya gz’ye nay add’na Emmamet ztekhednu ertrawyan r’eena” (this is my first time to see…
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YPFDJ: Radicalization Of Eritrean Diaspora Youth (P- I)
An article titled “Exposing YPFDJ in Europe: Part IV” appeared at awate.com. It reveals an untamed and gratuitous physical attack committed by Senai Solomon Lemma, the head of YPFDJ Denmark, against an Eritrean man at a social gathering. Instead of averting the attack, PFDJ members were encouraging and cheering Senai Solomon who got 40 days…
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YPFDJ: Radicalization Of Eritrean Diaspora Youth (P- I)
An article titled “Exposing YPFDJ in Europe: Part IV” appeared at awate.com. It reveals an untamed and gratuitous physical attack committed by Senai Solomon Lemma, the head of YPFDJ Denmark, against an Eritrean man at a social gathering. Instead of averting the attack, PFDJ members were encouraging and cheering Senai Solomon who got 40 days…
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Why Is The Eritrean Regime Still Surviving?
The PFDJ regime is the most repressive regime in the world. It is known as a troublemaker nationally and internationally. The regime has become a source of instability for the countries of the Horn of Africa and is listed at the top of human rights violating governments of the world. Thousands of people are suffering…
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Why Is The Eritrean Regime Still Surviving?
The PFDJ regime is the most repressive regime in the world. It is known as a troublemaker nationally and internationally. The regime has become a source of instability for the countries of the Horn of Africa and is listed at the top of human rights violating governments of the world. Thousands of people are suffering…