The 'President' & his Interviews with ERI.TV in February 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is an old song by Paul Austin Kelly and Richard Durrant.  What shall we do with a drunken sailor, What shall we do with a drunken sailor, What shall we do with a drunken sailor, Early in the morning? Put/chuck

The other day I stumbled upon a post by Mandela Eritrea - a pen name - bearing an eye-catching headline and depicting Woldu Tekle’s photo in the EYSC page.  Check it for yourself; www.erigazette.org The post, as if there is a science discovery in Eritrea, was presented

Fetsum: Life slipping away for our opposition leaders: Time is against you to resurrect your legacy ምልካዊ መራሒ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ፣ “ኣብ ኤርትራ ብዙሓዊ ፖለቲካ ዶ ዲሞክራሲ ከነተኣታቱ ኢሉ ዝሓልም ሰብ ኣብ ወርሒ ወይ ካልእ ዓለምዝነበር ክኸውን ኣለዎ ብምባል፣ ንፖለቲካዊ ብዙሕነት ከም ቀደሙ ተጻዋርነት ከምዘይብሉ ዳግም ኣገንዚቡ። “ብዘይ ስልጣን ህይወት ኣይረኣየንን እዩ”” Response: That poor guy is still tripping on something thinking that he decides the fate of the Eritrean people forever standing in line at about 70 for his turn to die.

Fetsum: What is Intellectualism and who is the intellect? II From the forum: rezen: “Mr.Fetssum. But we all know the TRUTH. Don’t we? The dysfunctional nature of Western Education System AS APPLIED to the underdeveloped countries (for example) in the Continent of Africa was (and still is) simply

Coming to our collective mission ahead, Barbara Marx Hubbard says in CONCIOUS EVOLUTION that a spiritual philosophy can expand through a network of individuals to cause a balanced universal consciousness for every human being to live happier eventually. Let us form a network of independent minded people

“To reach Reconciliation, one must start by recognizing the common ground between the parties and working outward; instead of starting with the differences and working inward.  It is from this mindset that Forgiveness and Tolerance are born.”thus we can go further in maintainance of cooperation. Some

Forum for National Dialogue (Medrek): Challenges and Promises Ghezae Hagos Berhe (The article is abridged from facebook discussion.)   Recently, former diplomats of the government of Eritrea and others have formed a group called Forum for National Dialogue (FDN.) The topic is generating heated debates in the Eritrean social

Fetsum: ZEYTERFELKA GASHAS ATSEBIKA SAAMO EYUTINEGER Question of the moment: Quote of the moment: ‘I have decided never to dominate or be dominated by external mind, only to learn from and coexist with it. My outlook of nature is my life that I will never compromise for any

From the forum: Meretse Asmelash: ‘Wedi Vacaro is simply hope of the oppressed. Many Eritreans have come to admire his courage, honesty, self-confidence and beyond all trust to go through all his voyage/our voyage. I pray for him to stay the course until we come out on

Communiqué No. 3             Eritreans for Facilitating National Dialogue (EFND), January 27, 2014 The Eritrean Human Tragedy: Root Causes Why Eritreans Are Fleeing Their Country in Droves By virtue of the fact that Eritrea has sadly become the ‘North Korea’ of Africa, the Eritrean people are today

Fetsum: Time to clean up the Vacarroian Committees all over the place Narrative: There is no doubt that brother Vacarro’s movement has changed something in the Eritrean resistance for democracy. Its potential is obvious and that is why all enemies have focused to fail it by

Notification: Please give the hard working individuals of DEHAI a condolence for having been overused by the heinous regime until they can do it no more and for the death of the WEBSITE since November 8, 2013. Rumor says that DEHAI will be buried at MESKEREM

I read an article by Mr. Idrisom titled “ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ መሬት ኤርትራ ንኢራን የካሪ ኣሎ” dated January 13th 2014 in Asena.com. This information could not come as a surprise when one ponders the situation the Asmara regime is into (basically: isolated, sanctioned, desperate and starved of cash).

Fetsum: Afwerki regime takes asylum at MESKEREM   Back in the days, EPLF’s offensive at Afabet against the Nadew Ezz terrified the Derg to the point of voluntarily withdrawing from Tesenei, Barentu and Aqordat to form what they used to call GINBAR KEREN in defense of the

Short reminder: I think brother Vacarro needs RETRPSPECTIVE MEDITATION (revision in relaxed environment) to deeply analyze his movement. Many of us are behind you brother and thank you very much for getting us here. But make sure you don’t overwork yourself into stress, because we need

Merry Chrismas & A Happy New Year to All Eritreans where ever they may be. Some time ago many Ex-ELF fighters, in the Diasphora have been gathering in North America, in areas of Florida and other cities,including Canada. I would say it is good news, because

By Gelmo A. Tesfa In 1999 when the country Eritrea was actively engaged in the border war with Ethiopia and when the  Eritrean regime desperately needed money for the war, it sold bonds to Eritreans in Diaspora. It collected over $10million from the sale of these

Fetsum: Is Wedi Vacarro running his head ahead of his tail? Is he doing things faster than his objectiveThis article will share my views on whether Wedi Vacarro’s head (Strategy) is well synchronized with his tail (tactic) to achieve his objective. I will try to

Not many people predicted that PFDJ would face significant shakeups in 2013 both from inside and outside of Eritrea and yet the year proved to be a real game changer – including the Forto revolt which was led by Wedi Ali, the rise of a

Although this article is critical of Eritrean Diaspora political opposition, it would be simplistic to portray their challenges as unique to Eritreans.  Rather, we need to examine the challenges within the inherent nature of being opposition anywhere in the world today and throughout the history

Fetsum: Vacarro’s missed opportunity and the Forum I appreciate what brother Vacarro is doing for us and wish him the best but I have a lot of questions on his tactics to be shared in the future. For now, enjoy this if you care to read. On

One might ask as to how  it failed? We all know very well that our country is passing  a critical moment and thanks to the tyrrany of Issayas Afewerki and his PFDJ, the only legal political-party and its core leaders who all suffer the Identity crises

Fetsum: A potentially strong new Eritrean Soccer Team from the ruling party As you know, Eritrea cannot be the only country without a national soccer team. The issue has now become the regime’s priority for image and rumor says that high level meetings have been conducted

UPR Submission Eritrea Updated in December 2013 – All updates are in bold   Eritrea’s human rights situationhas not improved since the Council’s 2009 Universal Periodic Review.  Torture, arbitrary detention, and severe restrictions on freedom of expression, association, and religious freedom remain routine. Elections have not been held since

Fetsum: My subjective view on the Vacarroian philosophy of unification 1  ‘Nine members of the Eritrean National Football team, including the head coach Mr Omer Ahmed and team captain Haile Goitom abandon the dictatorial regime in Eritrea seeking political asylum in Kenya.’ Comment: How many defections does it take

The Eritrean National Council for Democratic Change offers its heartfelt condolences to the Mandela family, to his country South Africa, to Africa and the whole, for the loss we have all suffered with the death on 5 December of the activist, lawyer, former political prisoner

PFDJ and the Lampedusa Tragedy Two months on and the aftershock of the Lampedusa disaster still continues to reverberate across the Eritrean society. Eritreans were the Victims, survivors and ultimately the orchestrators of the forced migration that led to the disaster. Although this is not the first

By Paul Brown A musician from tiny Eritrea has caused a stir on YouTube, with a protest song that appears to criticise the government of President Isaias Afewerki. Eritrea is the kind of a place where protest songs don't go viral every day. It is one of

ሕቶታት ኣለዉኒ፡ ዓይንኹም ይብራህ፡ ዝምልከቶ እንተሎ ማሕሙድ ሳልሕ ብዙሓት ሕቶታት ተሓቲቶም እንድዮም። ዝምልከቶም ክምልሱ ስለዘይተራእዩ፡ ማለትስ  ብዝግባእ፤ ሎሚ ነቶም ጉዳዮም ከም “ዘይምልከቶም” ተጎስዮም ብ”ሰናይ ድሌትን ልቦናን” ትመሓደሩ ኣለኹም፤ “ፈቲኹም ጸሊእኩም መራሕትኹም ኢና” ዝበልዎ መራሕቲ ህግድፍ ብስም ዝምልከቶ ህዝቢ ነዞም ጸኒሖም ዝዝርዘሩ ሕቶታት የመልክት። ሃገርና ሎሚ፡ ንልዕሊ 23

Fetsum: Eritrea without a government for a day on November 12, 2013 IMPORTANT REMINDER TO DC ACTIVISTS: The moment for unconditional unity of all Eritreans has arrived through Wedi Vacarro’s courageous drive. If this movement is aimed at temporarily unifying our forces for change in Eritrea, it requires

ሓበሬታን ጻውዒትን ንህዝብን ሰራዊትን ኤርትራ ሳልሳይ ክፋል ሒዝና ቀሪብና ኣለና። ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ካልኣይ ክፋል ጽሑፍና ወትሃደራዊ ኩነታት፣ ፖለቲካውን ጸጥታውን ጸወታ ኢሰያስ ብሓደ ወገን፣ ብሜላን ሚስጥራዊ ትእዛዝን ኢሰያስ፣ ኣገደስቲ ኣጽዋራት ካብ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ተሳሒቡ ንደሞክራስያዊ ምንቅስቓስ ህዝቢ ትግራይ ( ደምህት) ዝተዋህበ ዝርዝር ዓይነት ብረትን ብዝሑን ኣቕሪብና ነይርና። መቐጸልትኡ

FETSUM: Isaias Afwerki’s final intrigue of destruction PART II There may be light inside the dark: VIVA WEDI VACARO and welcome to the US: I do not know you personally but I hope I will have a chance to know you soon in your Washington DC program.

Fetsum: Isaias Afwerki’s final intrigue of destruction PART 1 President Afwerki critically punches his system in the final round of his confrontation with the Eritrean people. Yet, he is about to complete his hidden agenda on the Eritrean people in the days of his legacy. As we

One life one too many, hundreds not enough From the forum: WHERE is Wedi GeRAHTU: “I need this man NOW! where is this Riesi Akat wedi gerahtu?” Comment: The phrase might have entertained some people but I think this is charcter assanitaion and I doubt the validity of

ብኣቦወንበር ፈጻሚ ኣካል  ስምረት መንእሰያት ኤርትራ ንድሕነት ሃገር ኣብ ዝተዘርገሐ መግለጺ ዘለና መርገጺ     30/10/2013 ኣብዚ ኣብ ውሽጥን ወጻኢን ህዝቢና ዘሕልፎ ዘሎ ኣዚዩ ኣሰቃቒን ዘስካሕክሕን ኩነታት፡ እቲ ቀንዲ በቲ ጨቛኒ ስርዓት ዝሳቐን ወጽዓ ዝበጽሖን ዘሎ ኣካል መንእሰይ ወለዶ ብምዃኑ፡ መንእሰያት ካብቲ ጋህነማዊ ስርዓት ብምህዳም ኣብ ውሕስነት ክኾኖም

PFDJ has forfeited its right to be respected: it must surrender power to the rightful owners. A couple weeks ago I wrote an essay entitled, to the unknown soul. It was an attempt to share my shock and grief upon the peril of hundreds of young

Fetsum: SELF RELIANCE or SELF DESTRUCTION IIREMINDER: My computers are still messed up and I am working at minimum to communicate in this forum. I apologize ahead if you find my article longer than your expectation but I hope you understand the problem. Objective reality: ‘The duty of

Heroic Eritrean Mother Helen Few days ago I viewed beautiful family portrait of Helen and her three precious little kids who perished at the sea, with among over 300 others mainly Eritrean refugees. And then read about stories about one Eritrean woman, who was seven months

ጻውዒት ንምምስራት ሰፊሕ ሃገራዊ ምትእኽኻብ ንፍትሓዊ ስርዓት  ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ነቲ ንልዕሊ ሰላሳ ዓመታት ብዓበይቲ መስዋእትታት ደቁ ተቃሊሱ ዝጨበጦ ሃገራዊ ናጽነትን ልእላውነትን ኣብዚ እዋንዚ አብ አዚዩ አስጋእን አጨናቅን ኩነታት ወዲቁ ይርከብ ምህላው ምስጢር አይኮነን። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እቶም ድሕሪ ናጽነት ምርግጋጽ ዝተጸበዮም ዓበይቲ ትጽቢታት ብመርሕነት ህግደፍ ማህሚኖም፣ ሃገር

Fetsum: SELF RELIANCE or SELF DESTRUCTION I have been unable to use mailing services from Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail because of hackers that damaged my computers with severe viruses and completely crippled my communication capacity with the world. In the meantime, I will continue writing and