Category: Articles
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Eritreans Must Unite To Overthrow The Dictatorship
As Eritreans, we find ourselves at a cross-road. Our nation is going through a traumatic time; our people are suffering under a tyrannical regime, led by a narcissistic creature. No offense to army sergeants, but as one Sudanese leader put it, Isaias “has the mentality of an army sergeant who thinks he can rule the
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The Olive (AwLi’e) Revolution In Eritrea: A Satire
Prelude: The Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak was forced to make “concessions” (please! I can’t overemphasize the importance of them quotation marks) to the historic protests currently unfolding in his country. After report of major announcement was coming up from the Egyptian leader, the protesters were eager to hear them. So was I. Here is the
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At The Crossroads (Part II)
A chilly Mediterranean wind is blowing across the stale political landscape of Africa’s Arab north, and it has turned a new page, and a new chapter has just begun. In Tunisia an iron fist that ruled for 23 years was unraveled a few days back by popular unarmed street strikes. Despots in the neighboring countries
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“It Is Better To Die A Thousand Times, Than Live Without Dignity….”
The young defendant was barely 20 years old. He is accused of killing a fellow friend and a neighborhood buddy for a mere five dollars. Five dollars? It might seem an outright cruelty and even barbarity, to take the life of a person for such trivial matter. But wait, there is a lot for the
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Un Peace Keeping Operations: Between A Rock And A Hard Place
I. Introduction Peace keeping is one of the most important works undertaken by the United Nations Organization, involving enormous financial burden and the use of military forces coming from different countries. Peacekeeping has become one of the functions for which the United Nations has become well-known, with the blue helmets of its forces patrolling areas
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Expecting Aguagudom: A Play – ACT V
Setting: Misyam, Seraye (Zoba Debub), Eritrea Characters’ Name Sobriquet Party/Affiliation Yemane Baliho Wedi-Baliho Selfi- Swa Mohammed Birhan Imam Wedi-Zemzem Selfi-Alamel Abdella A Zerom Wed-Inharish Selfi-Gebil Amanuel ReDae Wedi-Tiebe Selfi-L’fnti Tirhas Kindya Trishi (Gual G’bitan) Demit Eritrea Mohammed I Abdella Wed-Sudan Hizb Aljemahir Zewdi Andemariam Gual Bashay Gual Bashay ? Najib A Kahsay Hargetz Selfi-Abaeke
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Tigrigna Domination: Myth Vs Reality (perspective II)
Politics is science. Not exact science but still science. In science and mathematics, if you collect a lot of data and analyze your data with meticulous attention to each and every detail, you will see a pattern emerging. If you observe and study the pattern, you can come-up with a working formula that won’t fail
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N’gdet Abuna-Qudus Claus
….Christmas has come a long way from its Pagan origins. Hmmm! May be not….. Ruhus beAl Lidet ! “…A child will be born to us, a son will be given to us.” Is. 9:6. I have always loved Christmas. That is not what I meant. I have always loved ‘Lidete- kristos.’ Growing up in Edagahamus,
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Of Kings And Bandits: Honoring The Author
On Saturday, November 13, 2010, Eritreans in the San Francisco Bay Area organized an event to honor Saleh “Gadi” Johar’s and to celebrate the publishing “Of Kings And Bandits.” Commencing as scheduled at 5:00 PM, the festival, which had a theme of “A Reflection Of Our True Hstory”, was held at La Quinta Hotel in
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At The Crossroads (Part 1)
“April 4th, 1984. Last night to the flicks. All war films. One very good one of a ship full of refugees being bombed somewhere in the Mediterranean. Audience very much amused by shots of a great huge fat man trying to swim away with a helicopter after him, first you saw wallowing along in the
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Tragic Tales Of Eritrean Families: Mengistab Gebretinsae
It was in the eightie that I first met Mengistab Gebretinsae when he visited our house in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. When I was very young, I have been to his house in Asmara, with my mother and spent time with his children, but I don’t remember much of those days. I just knew that I
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Eritrea Under Isaias: Eternal Pain
Are there people who are not scared of death? Readers might wonder about this query and they might simply answer with a resounding “no.” Only those who are mentally handicapped or those who are stressed due to various life challenges could not cope with that question. Naturally, human beings wish to stay alive even when
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Tigrigna Domination: Myth Vs Reality (Perspective Part I)
“If PFDJ is this evil even to the Kebesa, why is then it is SUPPORTED BY KEBESA people only? right? I believe the question is the most baffling of all questions and almost all our writers have tried to chip it away in different questions since opposition websites started. For Ali Slaim and other brothers
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Turmoil In EPDP
Less than a year after it was formed, the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), which was formed on January 1, 2010 by the merger of three political groups, has expelled the members of one of the parties and is undergoing an organizational crisis. The move was triggered by a fissure within the party in reference
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Michael Fitsumbirhan
We, humans, are the most curious creatures. We want privacy yet we are the most gregarious of animals. We are different yet we are the same. Our interests and behavioral dispositions are as unique as our fingerprints yet there are underlying facts that make us similar…our desire to live and live happily. Even within a
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The Eritrean Regime And Licking Banknotes
The subject matter of this article causes a sever sickness of the stomach. It is advisable to prepare a medicine to assist you resist the nausea and headache before you begin reading. This piece intends to deal with an issue that manifests either a deliberate criminal act or unawareness of the fundamental knowledge of hygiene.
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Eritrea And Its Unusual Embassies: Part 2
Over fifty ambassadors, consuls and embassy workers are roaming the streets of Eritrea, frozen—a term used to describe party members who receive pay but have no responsibilities. The Eritrean regime prefers to have the families of diplomats appointed abroad to stay inside Eritrea as a collateral against diplomats abandoning their positions and asking for asylum,
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Eritrean Political Equation: Dynamics Of Constants And Variables
My awareness that I’m delving into a very difficult and complex subject does diminish my enthusiasm to share my modest opinion with the readers. The motive behind this endeavour is primarily a quest for a badly needed sense of order in the chaotic state of the Eritrean politics. It is no doubt a magnanimous task
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Entrapped ‘Miners’ Of Conscience In Eritrea And A Largely Indifferent Diaspora
“If our people 50 years ago in 1946 could form political parties of varying ideologies and policies and manage to hold a dialogue with each other, and after 50 years the EPLF says that we are not matured politically to do the same today! This is nonsense. The reason is that the EPLF wants to
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The Killers Of Ali Will Never Sleep
“If“Ethiopians in DC demand justice in the brutal murder of Ali Mohammed : WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people gathered in sadness to remember a 27-year-old man who died near the popular DC9 nightclub last Friday. The candlelight vigil quickly turned to anger over the alleged attack of Ali Mohammed. It was an emotional evening as