ERITREA: HOW DID WE GET HERE?

By The New Internationalist A one-party political system, mass disappearances and a total ban on non-state media – Alex Jackson of Amnesty explains how the anti-colonial promise of Eritrea turned into one of the largest producers of refugees worldwide. It is more than a quarter of a century since the day when I first arrived in Eritrea…

ገዲም በዓል ሞያን ተጋዳላይን ወዲ ገብሩ ዓሪፉ

ወዲ ገብሩ በዓል ዓቢ ራኢ ከም ምንባሩ መጠን ካብ ንእስነቱ ኣትሒዙ ክሳብ ዕለተ ናጽነት ንዝካየድ ዝነበረ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ዘበራብሩን ንህዝቢ ሓቦ ዘስንቑን ደርፍታቱ ብምቕራብ ኣብ ሕልና ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ተሰሪጹ እዩ። ብድሕሪ ናጽነት እንተኾነ እውን ደኺመ ከይበለ ሓድነት ህዝብና ዘውሕስን ንፍትሕን ራህዋን ዝእምት ደርፍታቱ ብተኸታታሊ ከቕርብ ዝጸንሐ ዜጋና እዩ። ልዕሊ ዝኾነ እዋን ሎሚ ናቱ ግደ ኣብ…

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on the situation of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

I am extremely concerned about the conditions of Eritrean refugees in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Since the outbreak of hostilities in November 2020, they have been deeply affected by the violence and insecurity that has engulfed the region. They have been caught up between warring groups, two refugee camps have been completely destroyed, and…

ቃል ሓዘን

ገዲም ተጋዳላይ ስዩም ኣስገዶም ገብረዝጊ ካብ ንእስነቱ ጀሚሩ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኣስመራ ምስ ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤሪትራ ተሰሪዑ ይነጥፍ ነይሩ። ስዩም ኣስገዶም ሓደ ካብቶም ኣብ ጊዚኡ ዝዓብዩ ዝነበሩ ብሉጻት ተጻወቲ ኩዕሶ እግሪ ስለ ዝነበረ ድማ ጋንታ ሓማሴን ( ኣስመራ) ካብ ጋንቱኡ ገዚኣ ተጻውቶ ነበረት። ኩነታት ገድሊ ኣዚዩ ኣብ ዝሓየለሉ እዋን ከም ፊዳኢን ኮይኑ ዝስርሕ ዝነበረ ኣብ ሜዳ…

Monday’s critical hearing will shape American policy towards the Horn – Sanctions against Eritrea need to be on the table

By Martin Plaut Speaking to the US Senate On Monday the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a closed meeting to hear a report-back from President Biden’s Horn of Africa Special Envoy, Jeffrey Feltman and other top officials. The session is entitled: “Challenges and Opportunities for the United States in the Horn of Africa.” Since it…

Eritrean regime announces election of new Patriarch whilst current Patriarch remains under house arrest

Source: Human Rights Concern – Eritrea 17 May 2021 The Eritrean regime announced on 13th May 2021 that “His Reverend Abune Qerlos has been elected as 5th Patriarch of Eritrea’s Orthodox Tewahdo Church in an election conducted today in Asmara… The official consecration of Abune Qerlos will take place on June 13th.” The announcement justified this event…

መልቀስ!!!

By Haile Gebretensae ድሓን ኩን!!! ክቡር ወዲ ክቡራት!!!!! ኣኽበሮም ገብረመስቀል እምባየ!!!!!!! ሎንዶን ፡ ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ወየ!!!!ወየ!!!!ወየ!!!! ወየ ኣነይ!!!! ወየ ኣነየ!!!!ወየ ኣነየ!!!! ኣኽበሮም፡ ኣኽበሮም፡ ኣኽበሮም!!! ከም ሽሙ  ንኹሉም ዘኽብሮም ንዝጠመየ!! ደጋጊሙ ዝዕንግሎም ንዝዓረቑ ዘምዉቕ ዝኸድኖም ንዝጸምኡ ርውየቶም፡ ዘጽግቦም ንዝተሰነፉ ዘደልድል ምርኩሶም ንተስፋ ዝቖረጹ ሓቦ ዝኾኖም ቕርሺ ንዝበለ ደሪቡ ዝህቦም ንዝገይሽ ዘስንቕ ዘሕቑፎም ንዝምከር ኣዕሚቑ ዝመኽሮም እንክምድር ዘስሕቕ…