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02.02.02 Eritrea’s Day of Shame

It’s part of Eritrea’s folklore that the Eritrean Parliament of the 1950s committed a horrible mistake when some of its members voted for dissolution of the Federal Act with Ethiopia and opted for...

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ሕላገት ኤርትራ: በቲ ኤህ: በቲ ክላ

ኣብ ዘይወግዓዊ መራኸቢታት ከምዝተጠቐሰ፡ ሎምቅነ 100 ዝኾኑ ኤርትራውያን ካብ ማእሰርቲ ተፈቲሖም ኣለዉ። “ካብዚ ዝኸፍእ ‘ውን ኣሎ!” ዝብል ምኽኒት ከም ምኽንያት ቅቡል ስለ ዝኾነ፥ “ንምንታይ ተኣሲሮም? እቶም ዝተረፉ’ኸ ስልምንታይ ዘይወጽኡ? ንምዃኑኸ: እንታዩ ሃለዋቶም?” ምሕታት ነውሪ’ ዩ:: እዞም እሱራት...

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Eritrea’s Disappeared: 1991-Present

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Dr Newitol: The Stoppage Time Edition

Dr. Newitol is a composite of three characters, one of whom is the editor. He takes questions from Horn Africans (yes, it is a thing now) and pretends to give answers. Dr. Newitol is now so popular, so...

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Dr. Newitol: The Search For Foolish Consistency

131. Gifti Abajobir from Beshaha, Jimma Ethiopia asks:  Hi Dr. Newitol.  I have a serious question and I hope you won’t give me a smart-alec answer: why is Eritrea president Isaias Afwerki in my city?...

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An Eritrea Without Prisons

When I say “An Eritrea Without Prisons”, I don’t mean it metaphorically.  I mean it literally: what if we had an Eritrea without a single prison, jail or detention center? The focus is on the...

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War: It’s In The Peace Agreement!

You can also refer to this article as “An Eritrea Without Wars” to follow up on “An Eritrea Without Prisons.” Only in Eritrea can the same person who has fought in its Liberation War (1961-1991), then...

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War Is Not The Answer, Ethiopia

“What do Eritreans think of TPLF?” Excepting for the areas of overlap, you will not get the same answer from Eritrea’s government-supporters and the opposition. The opposition will say “Whatever I...

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Eritrea 2020: The Peace Dividend Is War

What follows is a synapsis of what transpired in, and to, Eritrea and Eritreans in 2020. Retrospectives are selective, reflecting the author’s bias so, forewarned, it will not include lines like “The...

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Its Time For A Unity Government In Exile

Nineteen years ago today, on February 2nd 2002, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki corrupted the Eritrean Parliament into taking measures that were effectively institutional suicide.  How and why it...

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ምቋም ሓድነታዊ መሰጋገሪ መንግስቲ ግዜኡ ሕጂ እዩ!

ደራሲ: ሳልሕ ዩኑስ ተርጓሚ ሳሙኤል ኣማሃ ቅድሚ 19 ዓመታት፡ ልክዕ ንምዃን ኣብ 2 ለካቲት 2002፡ ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ንሃገራዊ ባይቶ ብምርካስ ብገዛእ ኢዱ ነብሱ ከሕቅቕ ገይሩዎ እዩ። እቲ ሃገራዊ ባይቶ ብኸመይን ስለምንታይን ነቲ ዘሕፍር ነብሰ-ቕትለታዊ ዝጕምቲ እቲ ወሲዱ ኣብዚ መላግቦ ተገሊጹ ኣሎ (ኣብዚ)።...

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Fleshing Out Our Unity Government In Exile

The response to the proposal for A Unity Government In Exile has been extremely positive and encouraging.  As a follow-up, after several weeks of consultations and a “listening tour”, in this edition,...

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National Taskforce Team Concept Note on Government-in-Exile

Concept Note Towards Government in Exile v-5 (1)

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On GiE: People Come, Organizations Go, Values Remain

“What are the new Eritrean questions that have been neither asked nor answered during our Revolution and, in fact, going back to the 1940s” ~ Historian Samuel Emaha This is my 3rd article on the...

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نحو حكومة إرترية في المنفى: المتطلبات والتوقعات

نحو حكومة إرترية في المنفى: المتطلبات والتوقعات (مذكرة حول توضيح المفهوم) ١. المنطلقات المنطقية: توضِّح هذه المذكرة خطوطاً عريضة للإجراءات والنتائج الخاصة بتأسيس حكومة إرترية في المنفى؛ وتأتي ضرورة هذه...

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ጽንሰ-ሓሳብ ምቛም ሓድነታዊ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብ ወጻኢ፣ መስርሓቱን ትጽቢት ዝግብረሉ ውጺኢታትን

1.ንምምስራት ሓድነታዊ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብ ወጻኢ ዝደፍኡ ቀንዲ ምኽንያታት 1.1 ሕጋዊ ምኽንያታት ሀ. ህዝባዊ ግንባር ሓርነት ኤርትራ ብወተሃደራዊ ሓይሊ ንኤርትራ ሓራ ገይሩ፣ ኣብ መላእ ኤርትራ ምምሕዳሩ ምስ ተኸለን ኣደልደለን፣  ንኣቃውማን ስልጣንን ዕማማትን ስራሕን ግዝያዊ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዘነጽር ኣዋጅ...

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Hilton Hotels Hosting Event for Group Accused of Committing Crimes Against...

PRESS RELEASE Hilton Hotels hosting event for group accused of committing crimes against humanity Eritrean Americans are urging Hilton Hotel to cancel an event it is hosting for representatives of one...

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Enter The Judge, Exit The Veterans

For Eritrea and Ethiopia, 2021 was an eventful year, which is to say a frequent shower-upper guest showed up to screech hello: hello back, WAR. And although there are contestants still arguing with the...

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Eritrea On The Eve of 31st Independence

There is a parable, commonly attributed to activist Irving Zola: two friends are at a picnic, by the river, and they hear the sound of a child drowning.  They jump in, successfully rescue the child,...

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The Great Realignment or Primal Scream

Engineered by a coalition of revolutionaries, infiltrators, civil rights activists and not-a- small contribution from Eritrea’s ruling party, People’s Front for Democracy & Justice (PFDJ), the...

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