Tag: Tegadelti

  • Giants and Lilliputians: Haile Selassie and President Isaias Afwerki (Part 2)

    Giants and Lilliputians: Haile Selassie and President Isaias Afwerki (Part 2)

    Power, Image, and Machiavellian Survival: The Body as a Mirror of Power To understand Isaias Afwerki’s psychology, one must first confront the contradiction written across his body. His appearance—spare, stiff, and strangely careless—betrayed none of the humility expected of a revolutionary. Nor did it reflect the ethos of the Tegadelti, whose plainness was once a

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  • The Tenth Anniversary of the ELF Reunion and Reflection

    The Tenth Anniversary of the ELF Reunion and Reflection

    Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future Dallas, Texas | October 3–5, 2025 In a hall radiant with camaraderie, sibling affection, and the joy of long-awaited embraces, the tenth anniversary of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) Reunion and Reflection unfolded under the theme “Honoring the Past and Inspiring the Future.” Held in Dallas, Texas, the gathering

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  • Eritrea’s Succession Crisis: A Nation on the Brink

    In the long arc of Eritrean history, few moments have been as ominous as the present. The country stands on the edge of a precipice—not because of natural calamities, foreign invasions, or economic collapse, but because of a dangerous void at its center: the absence of a succession plan. Eritrea’s political order is not built

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  • The Blame Loop Has Expired

    The Blame Loop Has Expired

    Nearly a quarter-century after the ministers of Eritrea were made to disappear into silence on September 18, 2001, a date that split a nation’s hopes, the diagnosis of betrayal has calcified into ritual. In a recent article, Dawit Mesfin revisits this now-familiar script: that President Isaias Afwerki duped not only the Eritrean people but the…

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