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A Mission Accomplished; A Dream Interrupted
May 24, 1991 is the collective achievement of generations of brave Eritreans going back to the 1940s, who dared to dream the impossible, culminating in the Eritrean People’s Liberation Army (EPLA) riding its tanks in victory in Asmara to the boisterous applause of a grateful and elated nation. So, it is right and appropriate that…
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A Mission Accomplished; A Dream Interrupted
May 24, 1991 is the collective achievement of generations of brave Eritreans going back to the 1940s, who dared to dream the impossible, culminating in the Eritrean People’s Liberation Army (EPLA) riding its tanks in victory in Asmara to the boisterous applause of a grateful and elated nation. So, it is right and appropriate that…
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7 Years And Counting
Seven years ago, on April 13, 2002, the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) rendered its arbitration ruling on the territorial dispute of the two neighboring countries. In short order, it became clear that the Ethiopian government had no intention of implementing the ruling in the manner proscribed by the Commission and, since the Commission had…
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7 Years And Counting
Seven years ago, on April 13, 2002, the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) rendered its arbitration ruling on the territorial dispute of the two neighboring countries. In short order, it became clear that the Ethiopian government had no intention of implementing the ruling in the manner proscribed by the Commission and, since the Commission had…
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ደንበ ተቓወምቲ ክሓልፎ ዘለዎ መድረኽ
እቲ ዝሓለፈ ናይ ናጽነት ቃልሲ ብሩህ ኢዩ ነይሩ። በዓይነቱ ከኣ ካብዚ ሕጂ እነካይዶ ዘሎና ናይ ሓርነት ቃልሲ ይፍለ። ኢትዮጵያ ከም ሓንቲ ባዕዳዊት ገዛኢት ሃገር ትልለ ነይራ፤ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብቐሊሉ ፈታዊኡን ጸላኢኡን ከለሊ ኪኢሉ። ነቲ ዝካየድ ዝነበረ ቃልሲ ድማ ብዘየማትእ ክድግፎ ኪኢሉ። ናይ ሕጂ ግን እቲ ናጽነት ዝበሃል ንሽሙ “ኤርትራ ነጻ” ተባሂላ። እቲ ባንደራ ኢትዮጵያ ብሽም…
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የዕብዮ ወልደማሪያም:እምበይተይ ኢለን-ስብኣይ ስብኡት
እመበት እለን ድማ ሰበይቲ ኣይተ ሰሎሞን ሃብሮም በዓልቲ ኒሕ ነበራ “ ክብሉ የዘንትውለን ዓበይቲ ጸዓዘጋን ሃዘጋን። ርግጽ፡ ብቑንጣሮ ድኣ ኰይኑ’ምበር፡እምበይተይ እለን ምዕቲ ሰበይቲ ምንባረን ዝሕብሩ ኣብ ጽሑፍ ዝሰፈሩ ሐበረታታት ኣለዉ። መሸም ኣብ ጽሑፍ ዝሰፈረ ብሂል ወይ ዛንታ ብኢደወነንካ ንኸተማሓይሾ ፣ ከተጋንኖ፣ ከተቓምሞ፣ ኣዝዩ ኣጸጋሚ ኢዩ ዝኾነካ። ስለዚ ካብ ሚእቲ ዓመት ንላዕሊ ዕድመ ዘለዎም ብትግርኛ ዝተጻሕፉ ሰነዳት ምርካብ…
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ብመሓመድ ብርሃን ብላታ: ኣረዒል ኣልኣወል ቀዳሞት ናይ ስሳታት ተጋደልቲ
ብኣጋጣሚ ሾሞንተ መጋቢት ዓለምለኻዊ በዓል ደቀንስትዮ ብሃገርን ኣህጉራውን ደረጃ ብክብ ዝበለ ክብዕል ከሎ፡ ኣብዚ ኩቡር በዓል’ዚ ደቀንስትዮ ንሑሉፍ ታሪኽ ጠቀስ ድሕረባይታዊ ኣመጻጽአንን፡ ኣብ ዝተፋላለያ ሃገራት ዓለምና፡ ኣብቲ ዝነብራሉ ሕብረተሰብ በብድረጅኡ ካብ ነዊሕ ኣትሒዘን ዘሕለፈኦ መሪር ስቓይን ድርብ ጭኮናን፡ ከም ደቀንስትዮ ኣብኡ ዝተሞርኮሰ ዘሕለፈኦ ታሞኩሮአንን፡ ከምኡ ውን ኣብ ኩሉ ዝተኻየደ መስርሕ ቃልሲ፡ መዓንጠአን ሸጥ ኣቢለን ስነን…
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The Snake & Its Skins
When we set out compiling this report, which took about nine months of research, we considered organizing the principals along their functions and responsibilities. We would create a directory for ministers and directors; one for governors, and another for military commanders. But to do so would imply that there is structure and organizational chart in the…
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EU and Eritrea: Very Strange Message, Indeed
On EU’s unrequited love affair with Isaias Afwerki : As the opportunity that the Eritrean people had to engage and dialog with their head of state has decreased, the occasions for Isaias Afwerki to provide monologues and lectures in various platforms have increased. Now that he doesn’t have “People’s Meetings” where little people ask him what he considers annoying…
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EU and Eritrea: Very Strange Message, Indeed
On EU’s unrequited love affair with Isaias Afwerki As the opportunity that the Eritrean people had to engage and dialog with their head of state has decreased, the occasions for Isaias Afwerki to provide monologues and lectures in various platforms have increased. Now that he doesn’t have “People’s Meetings” where little people ask him what he considers annoying…
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مجلس إبراهيم مختار* نحو سلام عادل ومستدام * العهد الإرتري
النسخة الإنجليزية والضباط العسكريون والعامة الإقليمية قائمة موظفي الخدمة المدنية مجلس إبراهيم مختار العهد الإرتري نحو سلام عادل ومستدام (1) إحياء العهد الإرتري : إننا ، معدو هذه الوثيقة، نمثل مجموعة متنوعة من الإرتريين المشغولين بقضايا المجتمع ، ينتمي أفرادها إلى مختلف مشارب الحياة، من داخل إرتريا ومن بين المجتمعات الأرترية في دول…
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ሕሩይ ተ. ባይሩ: ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ጉባኤ ኤርትራ
ዝኸበርኩም ሓለፍቲ ሰራዊት ዲክታቶር ኢሳያስ ንሰራዊት ኤርትራ ካብ ኲናት ናብ ኲናት ካብ ዝድጒሎ እንሆ ዓሰርተ ዓመታት ሓሊፎም፣ ሕጂ ድማ ሕሉፍ ሓሊፉ ምስ ሕቡራት መንግስትታትይፋጠጥ ኣሎ፣ ንውግኣት ክዌትን ዒራቕን ንድሕሪት ተመሊስና እንተ ርኢና። ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት መንግስትታት “ግደፍ ! ወይ ተመለስ !” ዝብል ውሳነ ምስ ዘሕልፍ ወተሃደራዊ ስጒምቲ ንምውሳድ ቅሩብ ምዃኑ ምፍላጥ የድሊ፣ ካልእ ግንዛበ…
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Eritrea Slouching Towards Another Confrontation
All UN resolutions are non-binding, except when they are not. The Isaias regime has spent 17 years of miscalculation trying to figure out which is which, and there is fresh evidence that the issue is still beyond its grasp. On June 10 -11, 2008, Eritrea and Djibouti engaged in a skirmish at their common…
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ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ፡ ን10 ዓመታት ሓደ ዓይነት ደርፊ
ኢሳያስ ንህዝቢ ዝጠቅም ክዛረብ ኢዩ ኢለ ዘይኰነስ “ሎሚ’ኸ እንታይ’ኮን ክዛረብ ይኸውን?” ብዝብል ሓሳብ ተመርኵሰ ብናይ ሓድሽ ዓመት ምኽንያት ዝገበሮ ቃለ-መሕተት ምስ ሰማዕኩ፡ ከም ትጽቢተይ ድሙ ከም ቀደሙ ኰይኑ ረኸብክዎ። “ወያኔ!ወያኔ!ከደመቲ!ከደምቲ!ትማእዘዝቲ ወዘተ.” እዘን ቃላት እዚኣተን ብዘይምግናን ን10 ዓመታት ዝኣክል ኣጽሚመናና ኢየን። መቸስ ንኽኢትሰምዖ ሓድ ሓደ ግዜ ዘስሕቕ ኢዩ። ኢሳያስ “ወያኔ ኩሉ ግዜ ብኣና(ብሻዓብያ) ኢዩ ዝብህርር” ይብል።…
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“Mistirawit Debdabbe” To Obama
Congratulation to all Obama supporters; in the last three days before the election, I was afraid he would be Swift-boated. The American system, unlike the systems set by unelected repressive regimes, has always been self-correcting and that is the best quality of America. I was impressed by the level of involvement of Eritreans in the…
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In memory of my beloved brother Mohammed Saleh Mohammed Hagos
Mohammed was born in Mendefera in 1953 from his father Mohamed Hagos Juhar and his mother Fatima Idris Kahssay. Soon after he was born our parents migrated to Addis Ababa leaving Mohammed with our grandfather. Our grandfather was a self made businessman who was known for his famous bakery shop in Mendefera. Mohammed completed his elementary school…
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“Eritrea Has Lost 25-30 Soldiers” In Djibouti
News about the escalating tension between Eritrea and Djibouti has caught Eritreans, including strong supporters of the ruling regime, off-guard. Here’s what we know so far: On January 2008, on two occasions, President Isaias Afwerki paid a visit to the port city of Asab and had a meeting with Djibouti officials at a military club…
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Eritrean Security Head Survives Assassination Attempt
October 17, 2007 (ASMARA) — Eritrea’s security chief was shot four times on Friday evening by unknown gunmen. He is alive but in critical condition. Simon is the number two man in the Department of National Security, which is headed by Wedi Kassa. The gunmen fled immediately and Asmara is full of the military totting their…
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EFLNA/ENASA(Mengisteab Yisaq, Petros Yohannes) & EPLF
In part one I provided the list of who was who in the EFLNA/ENASA/EPLF that would eventually lead to who is who in PFDJ of today. But, a friend gently reminded me that a great deal had occurred since 2005, when Ms. Hapener’s article was published in Eritrean Studies Review and kindly offered the following…
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Tribute to A Fallen Hero that No One Wishes to Remember
The prompting of today’s article emanates from two disparate elements. An article written by Tricia Redeker Hepner in Eritrean Studies Review, Special Issue , 2005, and Selam Kidane’s article in Asmarino on remembering the martyrs this past June 20th. The latter’s notion of choosing to include the fallen heroes of Eritrea along with those that…
