This is in reaction to Yosief Gebrehiwet article of “Romanticizing the armed struggle, “Ghedli” which gave rise to a lot of discussion and has become a focus of debate away from the challenges facing Eritrea today. Debates about “Romanticizing Ghedli” on Radio “Meselei” in Tigrinya is taking more airtime at the expense of today’s burning issues such as the violation of human rights and the controversy of aid for Eritrea. Such a concerted action to call for appeal to EU not to give unconditional aid to the Eritrean Government based on the article written by Daniel Rezene on European Weekly is one of the challenges of present day Eritrea and is fundamentally relevant.
WORTHINGTON — When Aida Simon thinks of her native Eritrea in east Africa, she thinks of tears. Tears shed by a little girl who was always on the run, hiding in homes of family members … tears shed by a mother who watched as innocent victims were gunned down in the streets … tears shed for a homeland at war with neighboring Ethiopia.
Was Senait Mehari an Eritrean child soldier who was forced to fight at the age of six? Or is she simply a media invention, a singer whose biography has been molded to fit the public taste? Germany is confused.