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Zekarias Ginbot December 20, 2014   Part I   A lot has been said about the atrocities committed by the Eritrean regime and articles with similar content have been published before in this kind of platforms. However, the content of this article might be different in a sense that it

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Eritreans for Facilitating National Dialogue (EFND) Proposed Platform, Internal Working Memorandum, October 2014 “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” By the American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson   Introduction When we began this improbable odyssey over fourteen

Lampedusa tragedy is not only to commemorate those innocent Eritrean lives that perished in the sea that day but also to remember those in their ways to another Lampedusa tragedy, each day of the year.  Yes, we not only remember those who lost their lives

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If I was President of Eritrea for a day Let me ask you this If you were President for a day, what would you do? If I was President of Eritrea for a day I would have done this: First thing in the morning I would have set

A response to the diatribe of Sophia T/M endorsed by Canadian prof Max Forte on his blog   We are among an international group of researchers – social scientists, historians, legal scholars and journalists – with decades of experience working on the Horn of Africa country of

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Fetsum: EDA's defining moment has arrived Information: The best Bicyclists on planet earth are competing in the prestigious Grand Tour event in Spain called the Vuelta since August 23 and an African team called Team MTN-Qhubeka is in the event for the first time with two Eritreans in the roster that

At the biggest Eritrean public meeting held in Jeddah celebrating reconciliation between the ELF-RC and the PLF, Osman Saleh Sabe explained that he never knew that what he was doing was wrong.  He added, he was misled by his supporters’ loudness, cheering and clapping hands.

I thank the individuals that welcome me back to the home base Assenna. I also thank Assenna for accepting my reconciliation drive and posting my last article in the website. I must admit, however, that reading the reaction of forum participants makes me wonder sometimes.

Fetsum: The Eritrean Islamic Congress Party EIC Reconciliation: Anyone that preaches for peace and reconciliation should practice the theoretical wisdom in order to stay consistent with the preaching; the person remains being a hypocrite otherwise. Going toe to toe with other minds on any subject matter cannot originate without

In my last article I mentioned only the light-weight crimes against the Eritrean people and disturbing the calm waters of our neigbouring countries like Ethiopia,The Sudan,Yemen and lately Djibouti at a  high cost of lives. However weak the President seems to be at this moment,

  URGENT CALL FROM FRIENDS OF ASENA - AUSTRALIA   02 August 2014   Dear Friends of Asena in Australia,   As you probably already know, this is a volunteer opportunity to help the regular request from the Asena Media Foundation.   The Friends of Asena team from Australia requests you to join the

The numerous reactions to the latest pastoral letter by the four Catholic Bishops of Eritrea has prompted Assenna to explore the previous public interventions of the same institution for the period  of over two decades since independence.  Result: besides the three full- fledged  pastoral letters

On July 24th, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2014 Human Development Report (HDR) has been launched in Tokyo, Japan. The theme of the 2014 HDR is Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience. This note on the composite indices of the HDR is

In our country we are forced to see the media of the regime and dance by the rhythm of the regime and clap for whatever our insane president uttered shamelessly for the shameful sentences. Leadership of any country is measured not only by the people who

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Momentous Moto: Break the Taboos to expose the Taboo-Camofludged radicals in public: I apologize ahead for revisiting the subject matter (Arabic in Eritrea) because of important reasons that I noticed in the forums. My intention was only to discuss Arabic vs. our national language but few participants

Eritrea. Mazzanti to the government: "It 'a rogue state? Pick up location "Claudio Mazzanti_corona bay blueBologna, July 8 - "Now someone has to answer because I see the contradictions." Claudio Mazzanti, the municipal council of Bologna Democratic Party, addresses the government led by his secretary

Fetsum: Afwerki waiting for his Karma while Andargachew Tsige facing his in Addis I have yet to come back and finish the ongoing discussion in the last few forums. There were questions we asked that remained unanswered by the few fundamentalist Moslem elites. I also feel

When independence dawned me and my colleagues arrived three months after and found the euphoria had subsided.  Our friends of the armature soccer club, Mitchell Cots, would claim we had missed a lot of fun; this can only happen once in lifetime and it was

Fetsum: From the Forum II Quote of the moment: Try to go deeper than your emotion; to effectively flow with the universal motion. Stick with the goodness rather than your pride; by challenging your unfairly polluted mind “The Berber Spring was a period of political protest and civil activism in

Fetsum: From the Forum As I keep penetrating deeper in to the nucleus of the Eritrean society which is a compound of nine nationalities I get challenged by the reality that I cannot positively affect it without disintegrating the issues encapsulated within the nine social elements

The self-humiliating Eritreans through the Arabic connection Quote of the moment: “You cannot get tired of love but you get tired of fear”; Carlos Santana. Confession: I don’t know about you but I am a universal human being made in Eritrea from the Tigrigna speaking Christian background, though

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Unfiltered Notes: Are we losing the deeper message of Eritrea’s courageous Catholic Bishops? By Tewelde Stephanos, June 14, 2014                    Email: testifanos@gmail.com   Many have commented on the exemplary moral leadership of the four Catholic Bishops articulated in the now famous document titled “Where is Your Brother?” 1,2.  Such courageous

  University of Asmara: Victims of 1993 Academic Staff Dismissal (A response to Dr Mohamed Kheir Omer)   In 1993, two years after the liberation of Eritrea, 35 Academics of the University of Asmara (a third of the total academic staff at the time) were dismissed from their academic

Fetsum: YIWAE EYU KEMKEDEMU ZELLO YIMESLO ALO I was just walking in DC when I met a lady from Massawa (A strong supporter of the regime in the past) at the entrance of her little convenience store. I stopped to greet her outside the store and

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Conversation with the son of Kunama Brother Marbati Amren I dedicate this article to the most psychedelic Eritreans: the beautiful people of Kunama   Information: The vibrant revolutionary Dr. Teulde Vaccaro is doing excellent in Europe better organizing the movement everywhere in the continent. Things are slowly changing

  Eritrea: A Thin Voice from Sanction Cage አርትራ:  ሐንቲሐልቃምድሀይካብእታጋብብያናይሳንዝዮነ (=ውስሳኔ) On occasion of his national festival, that took place on 24.05.2014, the Eritrean dictator Iseyas Efewerqi opened his mouth from his Asmara sanction cage to say that he is still active. But as usual also this time

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. ~Mark Twain   When someone asks what my favorite childhood movie is, The Great Escape sticks out in my mind. The Great Escape is based on a true story, with

HE DICHOTOMY OF ERITREAN INDEPENDENCE DAY   By Ezana Sehay 05/20/2014   Amid the pernicious situation in the country; Eritreans inside and elsewhere in the world, nevertheless, are gearing to flood the streets in a mix of celebration and protest, to commemorate the 23nd anniversary of the country’s independence.   The

Fetsum: One more contact with Yoseph Gebrehiwot Information: The EDA constitution did not have any clause that restricts a member party or a party leader from denouncing Idris Awate for any reason; thus removed the Kunama Democratic Party illegally only based on sentimental obligation of Eritreans to

Fetsum: The Kebessian Byzantine Vs. DMLEK (Democratic Movement of the Eritrean Kunamas) As you know, I have been working on the opposition camp on and off and this is a continuation of that forum. The DMLEK is my eleventh guest from the list of 13 EDA