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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 Government-in-Exile (GiE) proposal. The first (It’s Time for a Unity Government In Exile) dealt with introduction of the concept and…
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, the following questions will be addressed: 1. Why Government In Exile? 2. If one is needed, why with the EPLF-legacy and ELF-legacy only?…
ምቛም 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 ስጕምቲ እቲ ወሲዱ ኣብዚ መላግቦ ተገሊጹ ኣሎ (ኣብዚ)። ንፈጻሚ ኣካል መንግስቲ ልጓም ኰይኑ ክቕይድ ዝኽእል ዝነበረ ኣውራ ትካል ምፍራሱ፡ ኤርትራ ናብ…
It’s 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 took this shameful and fatal step is chronicled here. Unquestionably, the removal of an institution that was the last check on the executive accelerated Eritrea’s slide into…
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 Habela-Cheatat road construction has begun. When finished, it will reduce the Asmara-Akordet distance by 20 kilometers.” There are people who do a good…
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 think of them, can’t you, the so-called Eritrean government, see you are so much worse than them and an even more existential threat to…
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 its Senseless War I (1998-2000), will now fight in its So Very Necessary War, later to be named So…
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 hypothetical, the “what if?” So, those of you who consider discussing the theoretical as a waste of time can leave…
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 ገበኖም፡ ሕሉፍ ሓሊፍዎም እቲ “ጉጅላዊ” (“ፈላለየ”: “ተኹታዂ:”ወዘተ”) ኣላሁ ኣክበር (God Is Great) “ላ ኢላህ ኢላ ኣላህ” (there is…
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 annexation. What is less commented on is that another Eritrean Parliament, the Eritrean National Assembly of 2002, committed an egregious mistake that…
Eritrea-Ethiopia: Still A Peace Agreement Without Peace Dividend
It was a Monday in Asmara: July 9, 2018. Streets had been paraded, coffee mugs delicately held and an agreement signed. A “Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship between Eritrea and Ethiopia“, no less. Not to be mistaken with the “Agreement On Peace, Friendship And Comprehensive Cooperation Between The Federal Democratic Republic Of Ethiopia And…