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The Wise Man And The Sea

Some wise people liken the present state of many nations unto a ship that has gone a-drifting. The captain of

The Eritrea-Djibouti Border Dispute Agreement

The President of the Security Council presents his compliments to the members of the Council and has the honour to

EDA Member Organizations Iron Out Glitches To Hold A National Conference

Gedab News (June 14, 2010): After a week long discussion mediated by Ethiopian authorities in Addis Ababa, the Eritrean People’s

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

From Each According To His Bahli…

On June 2nd, awate.com’s Gedab News broke the news (you are most welcome) that the government of Qatar brokered an

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

” ………فتبينــــــوا أن تصيبوا قوما بجهالـة فتصبحوا عل

اتصل بى أحد الاخوة  المهتمين والمتابعـين للشــأن الارتــرى وقال لـى هل قرأت مانشــر حول ماقاله الأستــاذ: عمــر جابـــر فى مؤتمــر لنــدن.  ثم ذكر لى أن أحد الحاضرين فى المؤتمــر نقل كلاما خطيرا أدلــى به الأستاذ:عمــر جابر فى المؤتمــر مضمونه أن لأهل كبســا الحق فيما يقومون به من استيطان فى المنخفضـات لأنهـم قاتلوا وضحوا من أجل […]

Eritrean Security Arrests Hundreds Of Citizens

In late May and early June, security officials of the Eritrean regime rounded hundreds of Eritreans in Asmara and the

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

Pillars of Delusion

Sometimes I fail to understand the real intentions of the so-called democratic countries in the West. They preach democracy by

ነቲ ናይ 19 ዓመታት ሕሱም ምልኪ ኣላቒቕካ ምትንሳኣ

ኤርትራውያን ተጋደልቲ፡ ቅድሚ 19 ዓመታት፡ ንኢትዮጵያዊ ጐበጣ ብምስዓር ነጻነት ኤርትራ ኣረጋጊጾም። ኣብ 1961፡ ኣብቲ ስርዓት ሃይለስላሴ ንትሕዝቶ ፈደረሽን ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ናይ 1952 ጠቕሊሉ ንምጕሓፍ፡ ናይ መወዳእታ መድረኽ ረጊጹሉ ዝነበረ እዋን ተጀሚሩ ክሰላሰል ዝጸንሔ ዕጥቃዊ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ኣብዚ ቅንያት እዚ እፎይታ ግልግል ብሓባር ከምዘስመዐ ንዝክር። ከመይሲ፡ ህዝቢ፡ ንገዛእ-ርእሱ  ብገዛእ-ርእሱ ዘመሓድረላ ዕለት ክተርክበሉ፡ ን40 ዓመታት ዝኣክል […]

Norwegian Parliament And The Issue of Harassment of Eritrean Norwegians

the original minutes of ‘Question Time’ on issues raised by MP Torbjørn Isaksen, a Parliament (Stortinget) member from the Conservative Party

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.

A Chieftain In The Pasha’s Camp

I There is no position more embarrassing than that of the historian in relation to his subject of expertise: history.

Qatari Forces Deployed On The Eritrean-Djibouti Border

Gedab News,(June 2, 2010): Qatari mediators brokered an agreement between the Djiboutian and the Eritrean governments after months of shuttle

Spirit of Unquestioned Domination Should be Defeated

“Look in the mirror, and don’t be tempted to equate transient domination witheither intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival.”(Stephen

Stick, Cross, Shawl and Hat

A Good Coptic priest in the highland of Eritrea would not leave his sanctuary, his home or church without carrying

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