De-evolutionizing Eritreans The recent announcement by the Central Bank of Eritrea (Shabait January 16, 2012) that it is issuing “colored” currency notes is tantamount to, in the words of PIA, de-evolutionizing the Eritrean population.  It is to be remembered that when Eritrea issued its own currency

First and foremost, KUDOS to the tireless Assena.com and Human Rights activist Elsa chyrum for bringing out One of Eritrea’s most notorious PFDJ’s ex-minister life’s legacy to the public limelight.Eritrea’s predicament is not unique. But, because it is one of ours,  it hurts deep and

By Seyoum Tesfaye- Atlanta, Georgia “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistics” Quotation attributed to Stalin by US Ambassador to Soviet Union William Averill Harriman I write in defense of the legitimate right of the late Mr. NaizghiKiflu to be buried

What is US government’s understanding of UNSCR- 2023? By Seyoum Tesfaye For those who did not see it I would like to share this information with purpose of laying the foundation for the legal campaign we need to wage to concretize Resolution1907 and 2023 and other relevant

By Hailemriam T. Tesfai                                      February 4, 2012                                                       It is really unfortunate that Mr. Saleh “Gadi”Johar chose such an abrasive title for his article which he may have honestly intended to convey a meaningful and constructive criticism. His recent article written on February 1, 2012 titled

The Legal Struggle against PFDJ – Part-two By Seyoum Tesfaye From January 23 to 30, 2012 the 18 Ordinary Session Summit of the African Union took place in Addis Ababa with about 40 national leaders attending the historic gathering. Beyond the glory and glamour of the summit

What has prompted me to write under the theme “Re-branding of the opposition” for this article is Mr Mohammed Ismail’s article titled “Be part of the change” The term change has become a practice that has widespread throughout the world- but its relevance has never been

The Legal Struggle against PFDJ-Part One By Seyoum Tesfaye The UNSC has imposed two sanctions: Resolution 1907 (December 2009) and Resolution 2023 (on December 2011) on the Eritrean regime. It more likely, come next December, the UNSC will have to impose a much stringent comprehensive sanction

Seyoum Tesfaye The ink form resolution 2023 is not even dry before more accusation is labeled on the Eritrean regime. When you read the statement from the Eritrean Foreign Minister’s office to the UNSC written on January 4th 2012 you will immediately understand the regime is

The factors of news (the sender, the message and the receiver), media property and news values play a big role in the credibility of the message. The knowledge of these factors, media property and news values visa vis SHABIT com help us to know what is

The question could have been as simple as: “How do you get to Massawa from Asmara?” the answer when delivered by a person with an Omniscient Point of View becomes an example of a voyage to the “center” of dark matter. A riveting experience into

They say God is a fair and mysterious creator and so does in the way He arranges and organizes the world. He gave America Jon Steward and, either out of His fairness to Eritrea or fondness to mystery, He came up with Ali Abdu. Long

By – z’Quartet.amichewoch  - Dec 26th, 2011 If   … only, we mean ONLY, Ato Elias Kifle -ኤልያስ ክፍሌ - the Owner & editor-in-chief of the online cyber site EthiopianReview.com, HAD extracted & beautified his OUTCRY of “Justice for Ethiopia & Ethiopians “ out of humane gesture, compassion

                      They say power is intoxicating and blinds those who posses it from accepting or seeing reality. From Marie Antoinette to Isayas Afeworki all dictators seem to suffer from the psychosis of power. According to James fallen ‘…dictators are extremely self-absorbed, masterful liars, compassion less, often sadistic

By Habte Kidane The long anticipated event of the Eritrean National Commission for Democratic Change’s (ENCDC) congress in Awasa, Ethiopia is already history. It has been almost a week since the final day of the congress. What is extremely strange is the lack or the absence

By Roza Essaw In collaboration with the Horn of Africa Peace and Development Center, the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies hosted the "Conflict Resolution in the Horn of Africa" event Friday in the Meadows Museum, bringing together experts on critical issues facing the region. The

Rome/Arish, November 8, so11. EveryOne Group is continuing its investigations, humanitarian actions and relations with international institutions and NGOs in an attempt to combat the terrible phenomenon of human organ trafficking. Over the last few days, after working with the CNN and other media to

EYSC hereby presents its vision for defeating the dictatorship in Eritrea and replacing it with a constitutional, democratic and just system. Whereas the Eritrean people in general and the youth in particular continue to endure insurmountable repression and the country’s future remains bleak, we consider it

Semere Tesfai - St. Louis, USA November 02, 2011 When Ethiopia roars from the South the threat is real. We Eritreans don’t take Ethiopian threat lightly. Generation after generation, we Eritreans have been on the receiving end of Ethiopia’s Tuta, Zeraf, Geday, Yematreba Fiel Zetegn Tweldalech….adventure. And

Death, torture, imprisonment has become the norm for Eritreans both inside and outside the country. The country is undergoing a process of silent extinction unless something immediate is done to deter this unfolding scenario. Young Eritreans are seeking refugee into neighboring countries of Ethiopia and

By Seyoum Tesfaye On October 20, 2011 my morning was punctuated by, the yet to be confirmed, announcement of the demise of one of Africans remaining tyrants by MPR.  After the death of 30,000 plus citizens and the total destruction of Libya’s cities Qaddafi was caught

In  any struggle of any society, getting support from neighboring countries is natural. If we take  our case, without the support of the Sudanese people and government it would have been difficult to achieve independence, if not impossible. Similarly with the support of the Ethiopian

By Seyoum Tesfaye In an interview entitled “The Era of the Vanguard is over” posted by Mr. Michael Abraha on June 18, 2011 on Asmarino I tried to paint what I felt was a looming negative undercurrent in the “relationship” between Eritrean

I would like to start my writing by congratulating those civic organizations, individual human right activistis, and members of traditional opposition groups for organizing and staging successful demonstration both in New York, Germany, and Sweden. The Youth Organizations based in USA have shown to the

Political radicalism and religious/ethnical fanaticism has been part of this world for millennia. In modern Eritrean history, the same sort of radicalism and fanatical adoration of a human being or political organization like in Stalin’s Soviet, Mao’s China, Mussolini’s Italy, Gaddaffi’s Libya, the Ayatollah’s Iran, 

By Fesseha Nair “No outsider should impose risk preferences on those who must live with the consequences.” Joe Stiglitz In all forms democratization dialogue is absolutely crucial. Partnership is impossible without a genuine dialogue but it is difficult to establish a genuine partnership if one party wants to

Katie Melua is one of my favorite western singers. Her soothing voice and musical tone gives one relaxation. The title of this article is inspired by one of her songs, ‘thank you stars’, in her album ‘piece by piece’.  I would like to regard myself

By Seyoum Tesfaye “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein In my last article “Isaias’ Helter–Skelter Foreign Policy” I tried to postulate the key reason as to why the president’s was attending the 66 the UN General Assembly: “The most important

In January 1999, Min. Beraki Ghebreselasie advised PIA in writing that it is much wiser to pursue diplomacy to achieve one’s aims.  PIA accused Min. Beraki of “Temberkaknet” In August 2000, Min. Haile Drue told every Eritrean that would listen that Eritrea’s best interest lies in