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What the rest of the world is publishing about the Horn of Africa — and what the Horn's own newsrooms are publishing about everywhere else.
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Is there a similarity between Assad’s Syrian Baath Party and Isaias Afwerki’s PFDJ? Was the Baath Party Islamist and sectarian? Was the PFDJ sectarian, as many perceived it to be from the 1970s to the 1990s? Will the PFDJ face a…
Growth with Equity The renewed tensions currently shaping political discourse in the Horn of Africa serve as a reminder that questions of peace, sovereignty, and regional stability remain as consequential as ever. Yet even as attention…
It has become customary for the Isaias’ regime to invoke mekhte whenever it seeks to mobilize Eritreans in defense of national sovereignty. Time and again, Eritreans have responded. They have done so not because they love the regime, but…
Author’s note: We condemn Eritreans in sweeping categories yet often treat the very individuals behind those labels with patience and respect. Why does political judgment become harsher when its target is an imaginary public? This essay…
Recent tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea have revived fears of another regional conflict. Yet history offers a clear lesson. Decades of attempts to resolve political and strategic disputes through force have produced immense human…
When leaders repeat the mistakes of their predecessors, nations pay the price, and the Horn of Africa bears the burden. For the umpteenth time, the shadow of death and destruction is hovering over the Horn of Africa. Once again,…
Anta shum gedede, shum gedede Ab r’som kof ilka meska stte That’s the oldest song I remember from the earliest years of my childhood. I knew mes, it was the local wine. I knew shum, it means chief. Gedede? I never new what it meant—with…
Forget Nazareth—Jesus was born in Ataye, and Adam and Eve were both born in Gojjam. No religious book had narrated this “authentic” story before an Ethiopian “historian” man came along.
A deep, reflective conclusion to the Wedi Gebru trilogy, exploring his post‑independence art, his principled patriotism, and his fearless critique of inequality, corruption, and national stagnation in Eritrea.
"In a very large region like ours... it is easy to find tempting words that sound like something familiar, historical, or ancestral. The beauty of words that ring the bell is when we use them for positive interactions that deepen our…
Writing from his experience of growing up in post-independence Eritrea, Filmon Wolde examines how inherited accounts of history and communal grievance shape political debate. He asks whether these frameworks remain open to younger…
A reflective, report‑style column on the 11th Annual ELF Veterans Reunion in Dallas, capturing the voices of veterans, historical insights, personal testimonies, and the enduring spirit of Eritrea’s diverse liberation legacy.
Eritrea’s challenge is not simply to recover from decades of economic underperformance, but to build the capacity to move from potential to sustained performance. Drawing on the ideas of Halima’s dilemma, Woldeab Woldemariam, and Ibrahim…
“Many Eritreans have nothing to do with it and do not celebrate. They will when the prisoners the government incarcerated decades ago are free.”
Addressing the Public as Power Abstract Eritrean political discourse assigns the public several familiar roles: victims whose suffering condemns the government, a population to administer, a force to mobilize, and a constituency to…
A compelling profile of Teklenkiel Gebru (Wedi Gebru), the principled Eritrean patriot whose integrity, courage, and unwavering commitment to national ideals set him apart from ideological partisanship. This column examines his character,…
A comprehensive analysis of why the expiration of U.S. sanctions on Eritrean entities is not a political victory for the Eritrean regime, how the sanctions were tied to regional crises in Tigray and Somalia rather than Eritrea’s internal…
I. Twenty‑Five Years After September 18, 2001A Reform Movement Unlike Any Other The G‑15’s emergence less than ten years after independence is not merely an episode in Eritrea’s political history; it is an anomaly in the global tradition…
Introduction: For most of the world, the year 2001 is defined by the tragedy of September 11. For Eritreans, another date looms just as large: September 18th, 2001 – our own internal political blackout. Apart from brief flashes like…