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By Petros Tesgagherghis There is persistent talk that the Eritrean political parties should hand over leadership to the youth.  But it is not possible to hand over leadership in a silver plate. Leaders emerge or evolve in the process of organised   activities. So my New Year resolution

The Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea (COI) is a UN commissioned body with a mandate to shed light on the human rights violations being perpetrated by the Eritrean government against its people. It is carrying out its mandate by collecting oral and

It is sometimes difficult to know whether we are subscribing a depraved life or, a depraved time is reigning over us.  I don't know, quite frankly!  How did we Eritreans change from a God fearing, peaceful, loving and morally apt, into an easily led and

As we now approach the eve of the New Year 2016, one would reasonably ask the following two appropriate questions, in regards to the besieged state of Eritrea: What is the most important new change that we, as Eritreans, would like to see on the

Amanuel Iyasu’s recent appearances including in SEMER pal talk room was a step forward to the struggle that now appears in the stage of crystallizing the grassroots based bottom up strategy towards democracy. It was a very interesting dialogue with the crowd on the current

ROME (RNS) Gospel singer Helen Berhane found new life in Europe after fleeing Eritrea, where she was locked in a shipping container and tortured for her religious beliefs. Berhane, who was released in 2006 after spending 32 months in custody, spoke recently at a Rome conference

 An appeal for Amnesty to the prisoners of conscience in Eritrea:  implications of the change of geo-politics in the Horn By Petros Tesfagiorgis On behalf of concerned Eritreans and the justice loving people the world over I ask President Isaias Afewerki to give amnesty to the

Eritreans for Facilitating National Dialogue (EFND), December 18, 2015 A very basic indication of dictatorial rule is the absence of constitutional order that compels those in power to be accountable to citizens. In the absence of any legal restraint on their power dictatorial regimes generally tend

GMT 17:53 Thursday ,17 December 2015 Petros Tesfagherghis I am a British citizen of Eritrean origin, the country that is the largest producer of refugees in Africa. Widespread public support for the “Welcome Refugees” campaign has given me hope that people care and are willing to give

The Fighter’s Letter, a novel by Paulos Natnael, is a radical book based on factual story about the Eritrean Revolution for national independence. Publisher: Africa World Press & Red Sea Press - Trenton, NJ, USA Publication year:  2015 ISBN: 978-1-56902-410-2 (HB), 978-1-56902-411-9 (PB) Number of pages: 289 The novel deals

On opposite sides of the Red Sea, Yemen spirals deeper into civil war and chaos, while Eritrea accepts foreign cash and commodities for its support in fighting against Yemen's rogue government. Why then is Eritrea, population 6.3 million, sending tens of thousands more refugees to

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Part two Medrek’s wrong premises: leading to resuscitation of the politically dangerous wudbetaat. I wrote an article- entitled ‘Today”s struggle and Post-dictator Eritrea- much safer without the current wudbetaat’- last week, which was posted on assenna’s website on Dec. 4; the first part was on Medrek’s resuscitation of