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Dear Brezidenti, Is The PFDJ A Fairy?

Growing up, my old aunt was bedridden. I used to visit her in her room, which had a rope with

History is Watching us

[This article is dedicated to a group of Eritrea’s Prisoners of Conscience who were arrested in 2001 after criticising President

The Eritrean Dilemma with Its President

Isaias Afwerki. The most mentioned. The most criticized. The most admired, and at the same time, the most despised. He’s

The Massawa-Mekele-Addis-Ababa Railway

Back in the day, aboy Tewelde had a masonry stone hauling truck. To this day, no car company has built

Like Rip Van Winkle!

How long has it been since you left your home country? Are your memories intact? Do you have friends and

Broken News

There’re two types of narcotics: Downers cause depression, insomnia, and melancholy; Uppers cause euphoria, excitement, and relaxation. When intoxicated, some

Biniam Girmay: He was ours and he’s still ours

The three-card Monte, known to us as Telate-werega, is a classical swindling trick. There is also the wheel of fortune,

The Eritrean Ruling Party Apologizes to Meley

Twelve years ago, a creative friend came up with a T-shirt design of the original Eritrean flag; I used it

Is Eritrea’s Economy Vibrant?

Gerghis Drar’s is an Eritrean who presents basic financial tutorials—stock market, retail consumer financing, investments, debts, and politics. That caught

Re-aligned with the PFDJ but disappointed

After the downfall of the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the liberation of Eritrea in 1991, the Sudanese government curtailed

Reverse Season on Migration

Dilemma: do we welcome those who abandon the PFDJ, forgetting the pain they inflicted on us because we dared to

Will they die or be martyred?

Listening or reading Negarit requires patience, please bring some additional patience from your storage. If you are short-tempered, with little

Yemane Gebreab And Associates

anyone who sneaked out can sneak in I do not know much about soccer, but I gather most Eritreans support

Alemseghed Makes a Pilgrimage to Keren

comments on a speech Alemseged made in Keren.

Will they make peace?

Culturally, Abyssinia still clings to its archaic, arguably primitive, mindset. Attempts at modernization have not yielded the needed results. From

Music That Resides In Our Memories

The basic translation of the lyrics in the video…  The land of goodness, Africa is my country The land of

Book Review: A Memoir of Eritrean Freedom Fighter Mesfin Hagos

Book Review An African Revolution Reclaimed: A Memoir of Eritrean Freedom Fighter Mesfin Hagos. By Mesfin Hagos with Awet Tewelde

China’s Great Wall, Eritrea’s Fence Wall

Last Saturday, Isaias hastily met the Sudanese envoy Ambassador Daffalah, and soon left for China. Not many discussed that visit,

The Bloody African Horn Region

This week, both Eid and Fasiga came a few days apart; on this occasion, I wish Christians and Muslims who

Sudan Borrowed the Coal Fire From Ethiopia

The events that have damaged Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia for decades is still devastating the entire region. While some

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