Tag: Eritrea
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Alamin M Seid PFsplains History Unity & Diversity
In theory, governance in Eritrea is modeled after the Chinese: a political party births the ideas, a government executes them. Thus, in every governmental office–from the nation’s capital down to the sub-zone–there is a party representative. There is a hierarchy in both institutions: in the political party, it is the Secretariat composed of the Secretary…
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Overdue Eritrea Visits ACHPR
“The State of Eritrea presents its initial and combined reports that encompass eight periodic reports overdue since its accession to the Charter.” So begins the first sentence of a 100-page report provided by the State of Eritrea to the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR). “Overdue” may be the one word that describes…
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Yamamoto’s Visit To Eritrea
Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto is scheduled to visit Eritrea, as part of his swing in the Horn between April 22nd and April 26. The itinerary, according to a press release from the State Department, is: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto will travel to…
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Educating PFDJ On Its Own Law
Copied: Wide-eyed part-time YPFDJ cadres, misty-eyed perfervid patriots, new atheists who speak in feverish secular fundamentalist tongues, epigones of modernity, Western ‘experts’ who are so incurably orientalist that they think we should squat in the waiting room of history until such time that we mature enough to deserve civil and political rights, & co. Subject:…
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Like a Pinball, Eritrea’s Foreign Policy Bounces All Over
March 2011: Following the emergence of the Arab Spring, Mr. Mohammed Juma “Abu Rashid”, is interviewed by London-based Al-Hiwar TV. The Eritrea activist tells factual developments in Eritrea since independence and, among other things, says that part of the reason that the cause of the exiled Eritrean opposition is not amplified by Gulf Arab states…
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Why Eritrean Govt’s Diplomacy Will Always Fail
The job duty of a foreign mission anywhere in the world is this: to represent the interest of their country to the host country. This requires meeting with government officials of the host country, i.e., diplomacy; meeting with the non-governmental sector of the host country, i.e., public diplomacy; and helping fellow compatriots in the host…
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The Story Behind The Sudan-Eritrea Falling Out
The feud between Eritrea and Sudan has been attributed to many causes and none–by those who maintain that there is no feud. Some have claimed that it is due to Eritrea’s decision to align its foreign policy closer with Egypt even as the latter’s relationship with Sudan was deteriorating. Others have claimed that Sudan’s decision…
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The Dignified Life & Death of Musa Mohammed Nur
Mr. Musa Mohammed Nur, the Board President of Al Dia Islamic School in Asmara, died in prison on March 1, 2018. He was arrested on October 27, 2017, shortly after a video surfaced of him chairing a meeting of parents and students where he expressed his views that he had no intention of surrendering the…
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Eritrea’s Gradual Abnormalization
In February, a “patriotic” Eritrean watching news of the anniversary of Operation Fenkel, the day Eritrean fighters evicted the Ethiopian army from the port city of Massawa, also heard rumors of the death of Haile “Derue” Woldentensae. Because Eritrea is such an abnormal country, said Eritrean didn’t ask why there are people like Haile Woldensae,…
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How Eritrea Benefits From Institutionalized Short Memory
[spider_facebook id=”4″] Whenever the Government of Isaias Afwerki is challenged to meet the demands of a UN-impaneled body, whether that is the Special Rapporteur or the Commission of Inquiry, it has a uniform reply: we are engaged with the UN via the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and we reject targeted mandates. And, in that regard,…
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President Isaias Afwerki’s Acquiesence to Saudi Arabia
[spider_facebook id=”4″] Saudi Arabia and its allies–Qatar and Emirates–now have effective control of Eritrea’s coastline and its air space. How Eritrea, a fiercely independent country, got itself into such dependency is a subject that occupies the minds of all thinking Eritreans, including senior members of the ruling party, People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). Although…
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Isaias Afwerki Reviews Top 3 Eritrean Videos ቀንዲ ሰለስተ
Periodically (once a month), President Isaias Afwerki will take time from his very busy schedule of erecting a nation to review the top 3 Eritrean music videos and give us his input. A sculptor, Isaias Afwerki is a natural for Chief Art Critic because he is already University Chancellor, Party Chair, Chief Engineer, Chief Auditor, Chief…