Author: Paulos M Natnael
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Living with Trauma: Eritrea’s Youngest Generation
Born and raised after the independence of Eritrea in 1991, the youngest Eritrean generation (“nay Hmamey”, which literally means “of my illness/sickness” that’s apparently what they call each other, which I recently heard for the first time), is perhaps the most traumatized generation of all the generations before it. By giving each other the epithet…
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Eritrea Vision 2020: Building An Effective Civil Society
The Ethio-Eritrean rapprochement is in its second year. The initial optimism has faded because the Eritrean regime has gone back to its old habit again; and old habits die hard. The border remains closed (the Eritrean government closed it!) without any explanation from either side. Trade has halted at the borders and even Ethiopian merchant…