Shots Fired, Stoning in Eritrea’s Capital
Black Sunday On Sunday, April 3, in the Shuq area of Asmara, Eritrean soldiers escorting convoys of conscripts opened fire
It Feels Like Yesterday: It Is All Time’s Fault
In different parts of Eritrea some call it gizie, some call it hmmet, ewan, zemen, and some even call it
An Ordeal Of A Citizen: Victims Of The Eritrean Regime
This testimony of a victim of the Eritrean regime enrages us. It is an assault on our humanity, it enrages
Eritrea Asks: Are You Sure You Care Enough?
PART I I often feel perplexed by the mismatch I continually feel between our need for change and our efforts
Untie The Knot In Your Life
Today’s edition is very personal. I am celebrating my 87th cigarette-free day. Three-months of detoxification and I am treating myself
Tefera Gedamu interviews Dan Connell On EBC
“Meet EBC with Tefera Gedamu” interviews Dan Connell on Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation.
Nairobi Ad-Hoc Contact Organ To Meet In Addis Ababa
The ad-hoc contact organ that was established at the Nairobi Consultative Conference (NCC) will hold a series of meetings with
Just Don’t Call It A War: People May Get Ideas
This article originally appeared at awate on June 27, 2008. It is being republished in light of recent news that
Isaias Released Prisoners He Never Had!
On Monday, February 29, Djiboutian President Ismail Guelleh stressed that he will not have a talk with Isaias Afwerki of
Our Lord Hades Is Bitter And Greedy
The following is brought to you from the Awate Forum where it was posted by “Gogo” a few hours earlier.
The Mirage Of Salary Increase Feared To Cause Unrest
Almost five months after the news was leaked to the public, the promised increase of salary for Eritrean civil servants,
Eritrea And The Hood – 2015
JANUARY 1. Every year begins with Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki’s “State of the Nation” interviews with his own media. Although
The Eritrean Woman: Reverie of an Emancipated Eritrean Man
First you need to start with the grand narrative that is constantly quoted to you condescendingly: Your 30% participation in
Paying Homage To Sheikh Hassan Al-Turabi
On Saturday evening, Sheikh Hassan Al-Turabi died in a hospital where he was admitted earlier in the morning. Turabi was 84,
The Good Tegadalit
As the saying goes, “Behind every successful man, there is a strong, brave, wise and hardworking woman”, it is also
A Rudderless And Decrepit EU Courts A Tyrannical Regime
Following up on its decision last December to engage the Eritrean government, the European Union (EU) recently signed a cooperation
Ethio-Eritrean Border Tension
Tens of Ethiopian civilians allegedly kidnapped a month ago by rebels–operating out of Eritrea and supported by its government–have been
ENCDC Congress In May, Armed Clash In Qennito
On February 23, 2016, Haj Abdenur, the chairman of the Eritrean National Council for Democratic Change (ENCDC) issued a press
BBC & Its Tiny Circle Of Sources
This edition of The Pencil was published on Sept. 18, 2004. We are republishing it on the occasion of its
The Pretend Tudor Monarch And His Banks
Since late last year when the Eritrean regime imposed tighter controls on the Nakfa currency, the already small Eritrean economy
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