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Opposition By Default

It is a matter of common sense that any two should not dispute, that the primary task of any opposition

Philsophical Enklil Part 2: Mystifying The Obvious

After filtering out the background noise of YG articles, what we are left with is just simply intellectual stuttering. This

The Eritrean Elites And The People

Recently, I observed a relative tranquility in the Eritrean cyberspace, may be the success of the NCDC diverted the course

A New Type Of Politics Needed Not A New Type Of Opposition

In the absence of a central body which monitors and “regulates” discussions of Eritrea’s state of affairs, it is not

To The Silent Majority – For How Long Can You Keep Your Silence?

A priest asked a dying Spanish Statesman and General who ruled his country in the late 18th century: ‘’Does your

Addis 2010: Eritrean-Ethiopian relationship (I)

Haddis Alemayehu’s ‘Fiqir iske meqabir (love to the grave) is a literary masterpiece of Amharic literature about feudal Ethiopia that

Philosophical Enklil Part 1:Discuss Fishing Without Mentioning Fish

Recently, I have read articles written in Asmarino.com that attempted to address the existence of alleged “child soldier” in the

Cheap Shots on the National Conference for Democratic Change:

We are heartened by the hard and imaginative work that our delegates to the National Conference put into the task

The National Conference And The Expectant Community

Speculations about a National Convention of opposition parties and civic organizations aiming at working on a road map for the

The Eritrean Covenant And Nehnan Elamanan: Two Shady Documents, You Can’t Defend In A Mixed Crowd

“ንሕና ማለት እዞም ሕጂ ኣብ ቅድሜኹም ቀሪብና እንዛረብ ዘሎና ተጋደልቲ፡ እቶም ብመጋቢት 1969 ዓ.ም.ፈ. ካብ ምምሕዳር “ቅያዳ ኣል ዓማ” ዝተፈለና ኢና። እወ ንሕና ዳርጋ ኩላትና ክርስትያን ኢና። ብደገ ናይ ኩነታትና ህላዌ ዝርኢ እውን “ሃይማኖታውያን” እዮም ይብል ይኸውን….. መንነትናን ዕላማናን ክፈልጥ ንዝደሊ ንጽሑፍና ብምሉኡ ንኸንብቦ ሓደራ ንብል። ላዕለዎት ራእስታት ጀብሃ፡ ናብተን ብትካል ምስልምና ዝምርሓ ሃገራትን ድርጅታትን […]

Reflections: Seven Days At The NCDC

Having lived in Addis-Ababa for almost four years as an Eritrean refugee with urban status, and having strong “shaebia” sentiment,

Why did the Chicken Cross the Road? (The Eritrean Version; A Satire)

   2009-2010 was a hectic year for Eritrean internet writers, users and abusers, even by Eritrean internet standards. With due

In Support Of The Eritrean Accord

I read the Eritrean Accord with interest as I did to the Eritrean Covenant. I have objections to some of

The National Conference: A Secure Avenue To Democracy

Seventy years in the history of peoples is a very short period, but it seems a long time to the

Praise and Criticize

Praise and Criticize:“The Eritrean Accord: Harmonized Constitution”   First and foremost, I congratulate Mejlis Ibrahim Mukhtar for taking the initiative of

The Fear Of The Other Side

Things are going downhill and it seems as if we are going to walk on steep cliffs. I wish this

Internal factors in the issue of land, equity and Language

Recently there have been a number of articles written about the problems of land, equity and Arabic in Eritrea.  

My Understanding Of A National Conference

A national conference that measures up to its name should reflect the compatibility of that with the composition of its

EraEro Guards: Files Awaiting Extermination

The most shocking feature, in the interview with Eyob Bahta Habtemariam, EraEro prison guard, is the story of his colleagues

Eritreans On The Run: Trends, Profiles & Destinations

According to the UNHCR, there were 15. 2 million refugees1 and more than 922,000 individual claims for asylum or refugee

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