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Netsereab Azazi’s Book—Ona and Besekdira

I have written and spoken about Ona—a turning point in my life and among my peers. I thought that experience

Every era popularizes certain names—mainly names of rulers and prominent people of the time. Since the nineteen-forties and fifties, the

I have talked and written hundreds of essays about reconciliation; the website I founded carried the slogan of reconciliation as

In the long arc of Eritrean history, few moments have been as ominous as the present. The country stands on

This was a common radio announcement, preceded by martial music and read in the deep voice of an officer. Immediately,

Ancient empires ruled with swords—today's regimes rule through propaganda, proxies, and fear. From Baathist Iraq to Abiy’s Ethiopia, the playbook