Dear Sham – (Your Guide To Eritrea)
Thinking of going to Eritrea and visiting tourist attractions like museums, historic sites and off-the-beaten-path destinations? Ask Sham Harif (@shamharif): he got you covered. This was his response to a certain Lilian who had such a question on Facebook. If you don’t like his answer, you can always reach out to Eritrea’s ruling party and…
Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Address in Segeneyti
The following is an English translation of Bishop of Segeneyti Eparchy, Father Fikremariam Hagos’s address to the parish on Sunday June 16. The original (in Tigrinya) was posted by Asenna TV (ATV) and can be found in the link below: A loving person is someone who receives everything done unto him with gratitude and admiration…
Congress of Eritrean Bishops Letter of Protest
English translation of letter in Tigrinya addressing Eritrea’s Minister of Health Amna Nurhussein. 13 June 2019 RE: Institutions of Health Owned by the Catholic Church Respected Minister: God’s Peace be Upon You. It is to be recalled that since 1995 the Catholic Church of Eritrea has notified the Government of Eritrea of its mission in…
On Eritrea’s 1997 Constitution
This interview was originally published by awate.com on February 28, 2001. It was continuously updated to include follow-up questions by the interviewer and in response to readers’ questions, posed directly to the interviewee, until May 17, 2001. This will be first in a series of research documents on Eritrea which will be published in this…
ኤርትራ፡ ህሉው ኩነታት ሃገር
መእተዊ (1) ካብ ታሕሳስ 2018 ክሳብ ግንቦት 2019 ኣብ ዝነበረ ግዜ: ዝተፈላለየ ድሕረ-ባይታ ዘለና ኤርትራውያን ሞያውያን፡ ንምቅርራብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ስዒቡ ዝመጸ ምዕባለታት ክንግምግም፡ ቅድም ብኣካል ኣብ ናይሮቢ (ከንያ)፡ ድሒሩ ድማ ብኢንተርኔት ዓሚቚ ዘተታት ኣካይድና። ነቲ መስርሕ ምቅርራባት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ሓንጎፋይ ኢልና ንቕበሎን ነቲ ቅድሚ ዓመታት ኪውሰድ ዝግብኦ እሞ ሎሚ ዝተወስደ ተበግሶ መራሕቲ ኢትዮጵያ እነድንቖን እንተኾንና…
Kiss in the Teahouse
It has been months or years since you left home and joined one of the liberation fronts for independence. Meanwhile your family has been searching for you and, if you are lucky, they will succeed in meeting you. The trip was mostly complicated, especially for the visitors living in the non-liberated areas. Passing the military…
Eritrea – State of the Nation
INTRODUCTION (1) Between December 2018 and May 2019, a diverse group of Eritrean professionals met in Nairobi, Kenya and online to evaluate developments since the rapprochement between Eritrea and Ethiopia (“ERITREAN THOUGHT LEADERS ON THE PRESENT DYNAMICS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA”). While we welcome the Eritrea-Ethiopia peace process and appreciate the Ethiopian leadership for…
ارتريا – حالةالبلاد
المقدمة: في الفترة ما بين ديسمبر عام 2018 ومايو عام 2019، التقت مجموعات مختلفة من المهنيين الارتريين في العاصمة الكينية نيروبي وعبر الانترنت للوقوف على التطورات التي اعقبت التقارب الارتري – الاثيوبي (تأملات قيادات ارترية حول تطورات القرن الأفريقي). بينما نرحب بعملية السلام الارترية – الاثيوبية ونقدر قرار القيادة الاثيوبية على المبادرة الشجاعة، حتى وان…
Dr. Newitol: So Big It’s Sponsored
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 big, it is sponsored. This edition is brought to you by “Senhit Dental” (slogan: we take any…
The End of The Shitara Code
Of late, the government of President Isaias Afwerki has been issuing a series of Red Sea Doctrine papers. These are supposed to outline the government’s assessment of how Eritrea, other Red Sea states and their neighbors can optimize its use to maximize trade and security while maintaining paramount autonomy and sovereignty. “Surely,” will say some…
A Day In The Life Of Sawa High School Students
To give its readers perspective of what life is like in Sawa for those who attend the Sawa High School (officially the Warsay-Yikealo Secondary School), Eritrea Digest interviewed two individuals, a male and a female. While the answers they provided are comprehensive, it may not be representative of what every Sawa High School student experiences…
Slouching Towards Asmara
Yes, Isaias is to blame. Probably. Once upon a time–actually, April 1, 2018–a bold man arrived in the horizons of the Horn of Africa. And almost immediately–actually immediately–he began clearing the debris of a century–actually, longer–of misrule in his country. Jails were opened and prisoners were freed. Enemies were forgiven and exiles returned. The disenfranchised…