I get a warm and fuzzy feeling when I attend graduation ceremonies, something I have done twice a year, for thirty years now. They are warmer and fuzzier when they are of Eritreans. And Ethiopians, for that matter, with their […]
Eritrea and Ethiopia have gone to war twice now. One, the War for Independence (1961-1991), took 30 years. The other, the War for Border Demarcation (1998-2000) lasted two years. During …
Due to huge blind spot and hubris, Eritrea's ruling party (PFDJ) considers its weakest link—foreign policy—its strongest asset. But catalog the outcome of its foreign policy since 1991–its policy towards …
It's not about Kamala Harris. Or that she was a woman. Or that she was Indian-Black. After all, she got more votes than Obama (male) did in 2012, and about as …
Buckle up. This will be a long post. Before I get there: Radio Erena is the closest thing we have (imo) to the inheritors of Eritrea’s disappeared journalists. It’s not …
161. Ferej from Asagale, Southern Red Sea, Eritrea: The last time we heard from you was in November 2022 before South Africa. Since then, Abiy, referencing some warlord, made a …
Notwithstanding the deliberate efforts by Eritrean state media to hide them and their contributions from the Eritrean public, there are 11 UN agencies in Eritrea. Some of them issue annual …
I get a warm and fuzzy feeling when I attend graduation ceremonies, something I have done twice a year, for thirty years now. They are warmer and fuzzier when they are of Eritreans. And Ethiopians, for that matter, with their […]
In an article entitled "To Clarify Our Understanding,"the Eritrean "Editorial Board of Newspapers" adds further confusion to people's understanding on the origins of the Eritrea-Ethiopia border conflict of 1998-2000; questions …
Politics is a line, a continuum, where the far right and far left are far apart on every issue. No, politics resembles more like a horseshoe than a line, argued …
There is a traditional Tigrina blues song, repackaged in the 1970s, which narrates the story of Neguse, wedi degiat Geretsadek, from Areza, from the 1800s. It has many memorable lines, …
ተስፋልደት ኣለም መሓረና ዓሪፉ ምስ ሰማዕኩ ክልተ ነገር ኣሰንቢዱኒ። እቲ ሓደ ህይወቱ ምሕላፋ። ኣምላኽ ኣብ የማናይ ክንፉ ይቀበሎ። እቲ ካልኣይ ግን ጣዕሳይ ዝፈጠሮ ስንባደ - ውሽጠይ ኢዩ። ንተስፋልደት ብኣካል ይኹን ብቴሌፎን …
According to the US Department of State, the "four-year strategy that articulates the U.S. priorities in a given country" is referred to as the Integrated Country Strategy (ICS). It is …
“What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive” (Sir. Walter Scott, 1808) Towards the end of his talk to his parliament (November 14, 2023) on the Red …
Since 1889, Ethiopia has signed 8 treaties forfeiting its claims on Eritrea. With prompts from the host, Reyot Media's Tewodros Tsegaye, the guest, Dr Yacob Hailemariam, tells us in an …
How Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy came to power is worthy of a short book by an author like John Lee Anderson, who already got him to tell us a lot, …
There are reasons to believe that Prime Minister Abiy’s address to the Ethiopian parliamentarians on the Red Sea is a rationale for war. The address went above and beyond the …
On September 18 & 19, 2001, the Government of Eritrea enforced the disappearance of a group of Eritreans who had called for reform, and the reporters who reported on them. …
"Victory to the Masses" is a phrase that the EPLF can truly say it invented. So I argued, at least, with an Ethiopian on Twitter, for reasons I thought were …