Tag: national reconciliation

  • National Unity Cannot Be Rebuilt One Community at a Time

    National Unity Cannot Be Rebuilt One Community at a Time

    Eritreans everywhere recognize the same painful truth: our nation is in deep crisis. Political paralysis, social fragmentation, and the mass flight of our youth have become defining features of our national condition. These burdens do not belong to one region or one religion. They belong to an entire people. My brother, the respected commentator Ismail

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  • Eritrea’s Opposition Has Run Out of Excuses

    Eritrea’s Opposition Has Run Out of Excuses

    For more than three decades, Eritrea’s diaspora opposition has lived in a political waiting room—issuing statements, forming committees, dissolving committees, and then repeating the cycle with new names and old habits. The pattern has become so predictable that it no longer shocks anyone. Meanwhile, the regime in Asmera has ruled with total impunity: no constitution,

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  • The Courage to Be Eritrean: Navigating a Moment of Crisis

    The Courage to Be Eritrean: Navigating a Moment of Crisis

    Eritrea stands at a precipice, a chasm in the unfolding narrative of our nation. This juncture demands not merely the reflex of action, but a descent into the very core of our being—a profound interrogation of what it means to be Eritrean. As the shadow of Ethiopia’s threatened war for Assab looms, we are compelled

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