She could have been a young and vibrant woman with big dreams, big aspirations, full of life, looking for a better future; or a hardened one who had beaten life’s challenges.  She could have been a student, a teacher, a soldier, or any professional. She

For Immediate Release The Source of the Tragedy is in Asmara The people of Eritrea at home and diaspora are faced with one more massive human tragedy. The sinking of a boat near Lampedusa Island, Italy, loaded with 500 African immigrants, with the majority of them being

by Dan Connell published in MER268 When Sheikh Muhammad ‘Ali Hasan ‘Awad learned that nine kidnapped “Africans” -- eight Eritreans and one Ethiopian -- were being beaten, raped and starved in a compound in Sheikh Zuwayd, a Sinai village near the Israeli border, he wasted little time. Firing AK-47s

Message to all families who have lost a family member, in the tragedy of 03.10.2013 wishing to send Salma in the country of origin, submit in writing their request to the Italian Embassy in the country where they are, even those that are in Eritrea

ኣገዳሲሓበሬታ ኣገዳሲ ሓበሬታ ንኹሉ ኤርትራውን  መሓዙት  ኤርትራውያንን  ተቀማጦ ካስልን ከባቢኣን ብሰንኪ’ቲ ብዕለት 03/10/13  ኣሰቃቒ ዝኾነ ናይ ብዙሐት ሂወት ዝበልዐ ሕማቕ-ተረኽቦ (ቅዝፈት)   ካብ ልብያ ዝተበገሰት  ልዕሊ 500 ሰባት ዝሓዘት መርከብ  ናብ ላምፕዱዛ -LAMPEDUSA- (ኢጣልያ) ንምስጋር ኣብ ጉዕዞ  ከም ዝጠሐለት: ምሉእ ዓለም ክግንዘብን ክስንብድን ኮይኑ:: ስለ እቶም  ሂወቶም ዝሓላፉ

            የዒንትና ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ልብና ውን ደም ነቢዑ!! ኣንቱም ኣሕዋት በቃ ጽሕፍቶና ንሞትን ከልበትበትን ስደትን ኮይኑ፡፡ ኤርትራዊ በቃ ንሞት ብዕጭኡ ተረቲዑ፡፡ እንታይ ኢዩ ኣበሳና᎒ ኣብ ክንዲ ቦኽርን ሕሳስልደን ንስለ ናጽነት ስለ ኤርትራውነት በጃ ዝኸፈልና፡፡ ኣብ ክንዲ ኣደ ሓሙሽተ ኣርባዕተ ወላድ መኻን ዝኾነት፡፡

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ህ.ግ.ደ.ፋውያን ንምዃኑ ኸ ሰብ ዲኹም? ብወልደየሱስ ዓንደማርያም ኩሉ ግዜ ኣብ ፈቐድኡ መናድቕ ጎደናታት ሳንፍራንሲኮ ዝርእዮ፡ ታሪኻዊ ሙራል ካህን ኤል ሳልቫዶር ዝነበረ ኣሎ። ሓደ ካብቶም ሙራል ፋዘር ኦስካር ሪሞሮ፡ ጎረቤቱ ንሓውና ኣቶ ጸጋይ ኣሰፋው (ወዲ ብላታ) ፍትሓት ዝግበረሉ ዝነበረ ቦታ ተቐቢኡ ይርአ። መዓልቱ ትማሊ ቀዳም ኮይኑ ኣብ ፍትሓት

Italy's coast guard has denied that it was slow to respond to the sinking of a boat carrying African migrants off the island of Lampedusa on Thursday. The accusations were made by a fisherman who took part in the rescue and a local newspaper. So far, 111

Press Release It is with profound sadness that we received the news of our dear brothers and sisters from the cost of Italy this week. We take this opportunity to extend our heart felt condolences to our beloved nation of Eritrea and its people. Accordingly, we call

Italians are aghast at the scale of the tragedy that unfolded on Thursday, Italy's worst ever migrant shipwreck, the BBC's Alan Johnston says. A day of mourning was declared on Friday, with flags flying at half-mast and a minute of silence observed in all Italian schools. BBC

The Odyssey of the Desperados Eritrean youth fleeing the PFDJ’s Tyranny During the rule of the Ethiopian DERG in Eritrea in the seventies, at least we had some shelter in the Field, either on the South West or the North and North East of the Liberated

Introduction An exploratory meeting of a group of concerned Eritrean academics and civic association leaders was held on August 16 and 17, 2013 at the Marriott Hotel (1700 Jefferson Davis Highway), in Arlington, Virginia. The purpose of the meeting was underscored by the necessity and urgency

Every year, many thousands of Eritreans go to extraordinary lengths to escape their country and start new lives elsewhere. This small nation in the Horn of Africa, with less than 6 million people, is one of the world’s biggest providers of desperate refugees. Read More:The Telegraph:

ንህዝባዊ ግምባር ምሉእ ብምሉእ ኣባሉ ክኸውን ዝወስንኩ፣ ብዕለት 05 ነሓሰ 1977 ዓ.ም ኣብታ ተወሊደ ዝዓበኹላ ዓዲ ዓስኪሩ ዝነበረ፣ ብሓደ ሻምበል ገበየሁ ዝበሃል መኮነን ዝምራሕ ሓደ ሻምበል ሓይሊ ጸላኢ ደምሲሱ፣ ምሉእ ብምሉእ ምስ ተቖጻጸራ ኢየ። [gview file="http://demo.archive.assenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ኣውራጃዊ-ፖለቲካ-5ይ-ክፋል.pdf"]

A young visionary and activist Eritrean Meron Semedar has been appearing on a number of international events and discussions representing Eritrea and Africa. On september 11, Meron (along with other seven representatives from different corners of the world) did a live dialogue with Mr. Annan

EYSC Global made it clear that it is pro reformed PFDJ and against the Eritrean opposition. It stated many of the people in the Eritrean opposition are regionalists with backward mentality. EYSC Global also confirmed it prefers to work with YPFDJ and wants to distance

I was again honoured and privileged to attend a lecture by Prof. Dan Connell on September 19, 2013 in Toronto. This time, he was hosted by PEN Canada in partnership with Ryerson University to contribute and enrich the intellectual and research endeavours of the student-journalist

If you do not believe the Opposition Camp is playing with Eritrean wealth, you must be a little challenged upstairs with all respect. Check this out! In “Eritrea's Missing $ 1 Billion”, a mindful Eritrean says; “According to figures published by the Canada-based mining company,  Nevsun

PIA's latest lecture is yet another confirmation that Eritrea is further backsliding into economic obscurity – and the worst is yet to come.  It is baffling how self-respecting intellectuals and even those with basic school of life can support and regurgitate PIA's circular reasoning.  Many

ዓገብ ንበል ህዝቢ  ኤርትራ! ኣብ ሃገርና ቐሲናን ከቢርናን ክንነብር ረዚን ዋጋ ኢና ኸፈልና:: ድሕሪ ዓወት ኣብ ዓውደ ኲናት  ንናጽነት ሃገር ግን ብሰንኪ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ኣስመራ ዝኽተሎ  ዘሎ ዓንዳርን ኢሰብኣውን ኣመሓዳድራ ኣደዳ ሞትን፣ ማእሰርትን፣ ምብትታንን፣ ሽቝረራን ኰና ከምዘሎና ንማንም ስዉር ኣይኮነን:: ንዓሰርተታት ዓመታት ንናጽነቱን፣ ሰብኣውን፣ ፖለቲካውን፣ ቁጠባውን፣

@Feruzlondon "I remember…………….18/09/01 As I sit in a chilly and crispy London, I can not help my self but think where must they be? And I also can not help but think, WHY? How did we get here? What happened to all the hope that Eritrea once

ኣብ ዝኽሪ መስከረም እንስከሞ ከቢድ ሓላፍነት!! ቅድሚ 12 ዓመታት ልክዕ ኣብዛ ወርሒ፡ ሚኒስተራትን ጀነራላትን ዝርከቡዎም ሰውራን ሃገርን ዝመርሑ ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ መንግስቲ፣ ቓልሲ ሓርነት ህያው ዝገበሩ ገዳይም ካድራትን ድምጺ ህዝቢ ዘቃልሑ ውፉያት ጋዜጠኛታትን፡ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ለውጢ ኪትግበር ስለዝጠለቡ ጥራሕ ብዓመጽ ብሓይሊ ተቐይዶም ኣብዚኣ ኣተዉ ከይተባህሉ ተሰዊሮም ኣለዉ። እዞም

BLACK SEPTEMBER WEEK and ERITREA’S MISSING $1 BILLION II September 18, 2001, the dark day has become to symbolise the flickering light of hope for freedom and justice in Eritrea grew considerably dimmer.  September 2001 was a make or break year for Eritrea; It was a month

ስዩም ጸሃየ፡ ወናኒ ባር ዳኦስታ ካብ ዝነበሩ ኣቦኡ ኣቶ ጸሃየ ወልደማርያም፡ ኣደኡ ወ/ሮ ሮማን ኣብ ኣስመራ ተወሊዱ። ኣቶ ጸሃየ ኣብ ዓዶም ትኹል (ከባቢ ደቀምሓረ) ድሕሪ ምውላዶም ብስራሕ ምኽንያት ናብ ኣስመራ ሳጊሞም። ኣደኡ ወ/ሮ ሮማ፡ ሸውዓተ ደቀን ኣብ ሰውራ ድሕሪ ምጽምባሮም፡ ደቀይ ካብ በረኻ ከይኣተዉ ናብ

By Haben Zeray Compassion is that which makes the heart of the good move at the pain of others. It crushes and destroys the pain of others; thus, it is called compassion. It is called compassion because it shelters and embraces the distressed. - The Buddha. The

In his long years of service as ambassador for the poor he has made the world better place to live than it was before him. As result he has improved lives of thousands of poor children, women and men by driving them to get access

PRESIDENT ISAYAS’S NEW TARGET  Ezana Sehay Sep 13, 2013 President Isayas is mad at the Eritrean people. According to him they are not up to his standards. He is disappointed by the constant demand for better living standard, and freedom. He is not at all pleased about

"ቃለመጠይቕ ምስ ፕረዚደንት ኢሰያስ ብምኽንያት ጎዶሎ ናጽነት" [ሳታየር] መሰለይ፡ መጀመርታ ንዝሃብካና ጊዜ ነመስግን፡ ፈለማ ኩነታት ሃገርና ድሕሪ 22 ዓመታት ኣብ ምንታይ ኩነታት ከምዘሎ ኣሕጽር ኣቢልካ ግለጸልና? ኢሰያስ፡ እወ

ኣነዶ ከይሕዛ ነዊት፡ ንስኺዶ ከይትበልዒ ሰዊት

Conflict can be defined as the existence of non-compatibility or disagreements between two actors (Individuals, groups, organisations or nations) in their interaction over the issues of interests, values, beliefs, emotions, goals, space, positions, scarce resources etc. This broad conception of conflict and of conflict resolution through

ንረዲዲእ! ህዝብና ከይጉዲእ ንምንታ’ዩ ሰብ ሓሳቡዝገልጽ፧ ገሊኡ ክዕምጽ፣ ገሊኡ ክዴንግጽ ገሊኡ ብሓሊዮት ገሊኡ ክብለጽ፡ [gview file="http://demo.archive.assenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Petros_Poem2.pdf"]

Dr. Tadios Tesfu: A Knight fencing against backwardness and injustice Bad stories have been always told not to be repeated again. An author of a political science fiction or theoretical political ideas usually can be characterized as a highly intellectual personality or an idiot master of

Eritrea has two major religions evenly divided among the population. Islam and Christianity have been an integral part of the Eritrean society for many centuries and still are. The lowland is predominantly Islamic and the highlands is mainly a Christian society. Both religious groups had

HUMAN RIGHTS Egypt’s chaos fuels Africa’s human trafficking Egypt’s political unrest has brought suffering not only to its own people but also to hundreds of African refugees. Their goal is Israel but many end up as hostages on the Sinai Peninsula. Kahassay Woldesselasie simply wanted to get away

ዝኸበርኩም ኣብ ስቅያትን ኣብ ኣርዑት ጭቆናን ዘለኹም ኤርትራዊያን!!    ምናልባት እዛ ኣርእስቲ ምስ ኣንበብኩም ተሰንብደኩም ትኸውን፤ትሕዝቶ ነይዛ ጽሕፍቲ ጥልቕ ኢልኩም ምስ ኣንበብኩማ ግን እታ ኣርእስቲ ካብ ሓቂ ዝረሓቐት ከም ዘይኮነት ክትርድኡለይ ተስፋ እገብር።ኤርትራ ከምቲ ውልቀመላኺ ኢሳይያስ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንምትላል ወይ ንምቕሻሽ ብዝተፈላለዩ ናይ ምትላል ሜላታት ከም ንግደት

Twenty years  ago some of our compatriots were complaining to the approaches we are using in dealing  with our national problems.This complaint is well founded, because we should have first put the framework of finding of the exact problems and then lay down the  sequences