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State and Constitution building in Eritrea : Minority Rights in state building

By Fesseha Nair  How can the oppression of ethnic minorities in post-dictatorship transitions be best addressed through constitution building and state structure? Where constitution building takes place in the aftermath of conflict or after the fall of dictatorship the relationship between different ethnic minorities and dominant ethnic groups within the state are often difficult and […]

The difference between federation and confederation 

By Fesseha Nair  Unity in Diversity  “ The concept of federalism is not a new concept as some Ethiopian or Eritrean political elites define. It is a unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation.”  Diversity is used as an expression of harmony and unity between dissimilar individuals or groups. It is a concept of “unity without […]

ቀጽሪ ሓርነት – ልዑላውነት

ክጽመም’የ አነ ግን አይጸመምኩንሽግር ዓብሊሉኒ ንግዚኡ እንተዘየፍረኹትዕግስቲ ሰኒቀ ጸይረዮ እንተኸድኩአይምሰልኩም ትሓሊለ… ተስፋ… ዝቖረጽኩ!!! ክቓለስ’የ… ብትሪ እንከይ ትሓለልኩሸቶይ ሃሪመ መሰለይ ከይጨበጥኩክብረይ መሊሰ ፍትሒ ከየንገስኩአይምሰልኩም ዝሕለል ብህይወተይ እንተለኹ *ዘመን ውራ ውራ ሃገርና… ወዲቓ’ላ አብ ሓደጋጠላማት “ትግራይ ትዕወት” ይብሉ ሃገርና አውሪዶም አብ ዕዳጋገሊኦም ብሽም ልዑላውነት ንህግደፍ የምልኽዋ ንግፍዒ ጎበጣፍትሒ… መሰል… ምንጋስ አይረሳዕ ህግደፍ ኮነ ህውሓት… ክልቲኦም ጣጣ ኤርትራውነት… […]

“No More” a Repeat of Eritrean Revolution to Liberate the People of the Land

The campaign “No More” is launched to liberate the people of the land, like the armed struggle liberated the land.  The question is how to disseminate the campaign “No More” faster and wider.  In Eritrea, the familial and provincial lines are believed to be the fastest and easiest way to disseminate.  Although, the regime uses […]

An Alarming Increase of Violence among Diaspora Eritreans 

Radio Erena: 15 July 2022 The three recent stabbing occurrences in France which involved Eritrean immigrants are upsetting signs of the increasing violence among Eritreans in the diaspora. On the night of Sunday, 9 July, an Eritrean was stabbed to death, another was critically wounded in a brawl that flared up in the 18th Arrondissement […]

The Effect of the Eritrean Butterfly

Radio Erena: 18 January 2022 By Fathi Osman Members of the inner circle of President Isaias Afwerki appreciate him as a voracious reader. Indeed, he is. He used this sort of ‘rare’ talent during the taut armed struggle years to build up his prestige and power base in the organization and later in the state. […]

The Ethiopian Bloodshed: Isu’s Win-Lose Crowded out by World Leaders’ Win-Win

In terms of “Games,” what has gone wrong in Ethiopia started with Isu’s declaration of “Game over, TPLF.”  Then, Abiy declared “End-Game” through Law and Order Operation, merging his and Isu’s envy, greed and hatred of the TPLF into declaring  war on the whole of Tigrai and its population.

​መግለጺ ውድብ ሓድነት ኤርትራውያን (ውሓኤ)​

ፈጻሚ ኣካል ውድብ ሓድነት ኤርትራውያን (ፈጻሚ ኣካልውሓኤ) ኣብ ዕለት 13-07-2021 ህጹጽ ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ። ቀንዲ ኣጀንዳ’ቲ ህጹጽ ኣኼባ ከኣ ብዛዕባ’ዚ ኣብ ትግራይ ተኸሲቱ ዘሎ ሓዲሽ ኲነታት ንምዝታይ’ዩ። ነዚ ኣመልኪቱ ፈጻሚኣ ኣካል ውሓኤ እዚ ዝስዕብ መግለጺ የውጽእ። 

Going back to the future:መጻኢ ጉዕዞ ናብ ዘበነ ኣርባዓታት !!

ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመታት ብገለ ኤርትራውያን ረብሓና ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ወይ ትግራይ ኢዩ ዝብሉ ነቲ ናይ ቡዙሓን መራክቢ ዓብሊሎም ንቡዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ምድንጋር ተዋፊሮም ይርከቡ። ሓደ ካብኣቶም ኣዚየ ዘድንቆ ጸሓፋይን መዳራይን እንተሎ ዮሰፍ ገብሪሂወት ኢዩ።ዮሰፍ ገብሪሂወት ኣብ ኣዝማሪኖ ዘውርዶ ዝነበረ ጹሑፋት ይኩን ኣብ ፓልቶክ መጺኡ ዝህቦ ፖለቲካዊ ትንተና፡ ንነዊሕ ዓመታት ኣንድነታዊ (ፕሮጀክት)ዝኣመተ ምንባሩ ብእዋኑ ብሩህ ኢዩ ነይሩ። በዚ ፍልስፍና ድሒሮም ዝመንጨው ክምባዓል ብሩህ መጻኢ፡ ኣጋዝያን፡ ትግራይ ትግሪኚ ፍርያት ናይ ዮስፍ ገብሪሂወት ክበሃል ይከኣል።

Federation and Confederation

By Fesseha Nair I have been following the discussions on “ Federation and Confederation “of the EPDJ led by the self-appointed Eritrean president and its followers in diaspora Eritrea. Before dwelling to the why and how would like what these two methods or systems mean, and the organizing principles and institutions.

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