I can’t remember the captivating open deserts of Barka without remembering Jahray. The morning star was our natural GPS, bright and predictable, appearing in the sky for months before disappearing and leaving…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
Eritrea’s challenge is not simply to recover from decades of economic underperformance, but to build the capacity to move from potential to sustained performance. Drawing on the ideas of Halima’s dilemma, Woldeab…
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A thematic analysis of the Eritrean opposition’s structural weaknesses, historical patterns, and political challenges after three and half decades of struggle.
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A sharp, uncompromising critique of Eritrea’s 35th anniversary narrative, exposing the regime’s empty propaganda, extractive elite, and decades of national stagnation while calling for a new political imagination beyond Isaias Afwerki and…
Semere T Habtemariam8 min read
Eritrea, Eritrean politics, regime and opposition, political imagination, national service reform, indefinite national service, Eritrean youth, civic renewal,…
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There comes a moment in the life of every nation when denial becomes a luxury it can no…
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Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future Dallas, Texas | October 3–5, 2025 In a hall radiant with camaraderie,…
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Every era popularizes certain names—mainly names of rulers and prominent people of the time. Since the nineteen-forties and…
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A shepherd boy, bored while tending his goats on the edge of a village, cried, “HELP! A tiger…
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The Fiddle and the Fiddler: How the Arabs and TPLF Undermined the Eritrean Revolution The story goes: when…
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