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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

Is Giving The Kebessa Eritrean Population A Black Eye A Solution?

Commentary on Aklilu Zere’s series of articles By G. Ande Aklilu Zere is no doubt a dubiously “clever” writer with

Who Is To Blame?

Are some of the issues that are recently raised in a number of articles a tip of an iceberg, or

Promoting National Unity And Co-existence In Eritrea

Promoting National Unity, Cultural And Religious Co-existence In Eritrea     Nowadays, the Eritrean arena is full of political contradictions

Hgi Endaba: The Laws of our Ancestors

Megedi ArbiAa: Part I   In the small but highly diversified ethnic and cultural make up of the Eritrean population,

The World Cup And National Anthem: A Matter of Perspective

I love to watch the World Cup. Who doesn’t? It is entertaining. It is dazzling. It is emotional, riveting and

Reflections On The Eritrean Youth

What comes to our mind when the term youth is raised? Where does the position of the Eritrean youth lie

Dilemma of the Decade: Betting On the Eritrean Opposition

“There is no such thing as a Good Opinion or A Bad Opinion if we stand for free speech”  

What Type Of Unity?

Eritrea‘s current geographical borders, and the people within that Domain, had not emerged through a natural process of development to

Realisation One’s Wrong Deed Is A Virtue

Really an astonishing and a historical revelation was made by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in one of his

“Majority Rule” and “Minority Rights”

I have great respect for Semere Tesfai for boldly articulating his views. There are crucial points that he and I

In Search Of Two Chickens And…A Latteria

This installment is about two chickens and a latteria; about ‘they may have come through us but  they are neither

Pilgrimage to Gamla Stan: Reflections from Stockholm

Last week I was in Stockholm, invited together with three colleagues from Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia to address a conference

Education not Incarceration: Build Schools not Prisons

Education is central to Eritrean culture. During the 30 year revolutionary struggle Eritrean nationalists made a conscious effort to formally educate the villages they sought refuge in.

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