Day: August 5, 2018
Sanctions: Of Course It’s Political
To say the sanctions on Eritrea are “politically motivated” is to state the obvious because all sanctions are politically motivated. The question is: does the Government of Eritrea have the political chops to navigate its way in a political world? The answer, very clearly, is it does not. But the government and its supporters have…
Why The Eritrean Opposition Is Here To Stay
Years ago, my friend Saleh Gadi Johar, who was trying to explain to a self-described nationalist why Eritrea needs an opposition instead of having people work with the government to correct its mistakes, said “Opposition is natural. Even supernatural: even God has an opposition and they are called atheists.” I remember that statement when the…