y James Jeffrey Under the early morning sun in the most northern region of Ethiopia a motley group of Eritrean men, women and children arrive dusty and tired at the end of a journey – and at the start of another. After crossing the border under cover of darkness (leaving Eritrea without authorisation is a crime…
When people from across the globe gather on May 3 to recognize World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, the recipient of the top prize won’t be there. He will be spending his 16th year in a secret prison in Eritrea. The awardee, Dawit Isaak, is an Eritrean-born Swedish journalist and author who worked at…
OPINION Twenty-six years ago today, Eritrea’s 30-year war of independence against Ethiopia ended with Eritrean freedom fighters marching to the capital, Asmara. Unfortunately, it took less than a decade for the grand hopes and ideals that Eritreans initially had for the future of their country to evaporate into thin air. The international media has limited…
መርጌታ ኣብራሃም!!!ሕጂዶ!!!ይሓይሽ????ማሰዶ!!!ይሓይሽ!!ወይስ ወዮ!!!ዓው ኢልካ ዘይብከዮ! ኩሉ ወዮ!!!ስራሓን ተግባሩ ማሕዮ!!በል እንሆ! ደኒንካ ብኸዮ። ኣማኒ እየሱስ፡ ኣቦይ ብምባሉኣቦና ከይጽምዎም ተባሂሉስድራ ከምጽኡ ኣሻሓት ዝኸፊሉገዛ ንኸይጸቦም ገፊሕ ደለይሉኣቦና መይቆም ኢልካ ተዓሊሉካብ ክራይ ኣውጺእካ ገዛ ተግዝኣሉናይ መርገታስ ንበይኑ ጥልመት ዝበዝሓሉኣብ ክንዲ ምርቓ፡ ንኣማኒ ዘንብዕሉ። መርጌታ ሃዋርያነት ረስዖማይድጋም ኮነ ብመብጽዖትምህርቲ ወንገል ብስልዖሃተምተም መባእ ከም ቃጽዖ። መርገታ ኣብራሃም ወዲ ማእከልመሲልዎ ከምድልየትካ ዝኽለልሂስቶን ብሕግን ብስርዓትን…
ንነብስሄር ኢሳያስ ተወልደብርሃን ከተፋንዉ ዝመጻእኩም ሰበ-ጽቡቕ ድላይ ካብ በዓልቲ ቤቱ ወ/ሮ ኣስቴር ምስ ስድርኣን ኣሕዋቱን ልኡል ምስጋና ይብጻሕኩም። ነፍስሄር ኢሳያስ ውሉድ ኣቶ ተወልደብርሃንን ወ/ሮ ፍትግ ቀሺ ገብረየሱስን እዩ። ኣሕዋቱ እዝራ፣ ሳራ፣ ኤርምያስ፣ ያቆብ ፍረወይኒን ሳባን ይብሃሉ። ደቁ ድማ ማህሌትን ዳምርን ይበሃሉ። ነፍስሄር ኢሳያስ ኣብ ኤርትራ ተወሊዱ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዓበየ። ምስዮናውያን ሽወደን ሙዚቃዊ ተዋህቦኡ ምስ ተገንዘቡ…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 20, 2017 marks the 11-year anniversary of the Eritrean government’s illegal removal of Abune Antonios as the rightful Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the nation’s largest religious community. The Patriarch has been detained since 2007: His “crime” was his refusal to excommunicate 3,000 parishioners…
ዓለምለኻዊ መዓልቲ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ክዝከር ዝጀመረሉ ዓመት ብርግጽ እኳ እንተዘይተፈልጠ ኣብ ከባቢ 1908 ግን ከባቢ 15 000 ዝኾና ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ከተማ ኒው ዮርክ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ብምክያድ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ መስል ምስታፍ ኣብ ምርጻ ንኽውሓሰለን፣ ናይ ደሞዝ ምምሕያሽ ክግበረለንን ዝሓጸረ ናይ ስራሕ ሰዓታት ክግበረልን ጠለባተን ኣቕረባ። ብ1910 ክላራ ዘትኪን ዝተባህለት ጓል ኣንስተይቲ ዓለምለኻዊ መዓልቲ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ንኽብዓል ሓሳብ ኣቕረበት፡ ኣብቲ ካብ 17 ሃገራት…
ሰልፊ ጉባኤ ኤርትራ (ስትራተጂ ዓዲ) ንኣባላቱ ይኹን ንሰልፉ ድሕር ከይበለ ከምዝከላኸል ንደለይቲ ፍትሒ የፍልጥ። ብመንገዲ ፓልቶክ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣባል ሰልፊ ጉባኤ ኤሪትራ (ስትራተጂ ዓዲ) ወሪዶም ዘለዉ ክስታት ከበድቲ ኢዮም። ከምኡ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ምንጭታት ናይቶም ክስታትን፡ ነቶም ተሰንዚሮም ዘለዉ ክስታትን ከጽንዕ ስልፍና ሓላፍነት ኣለዎ። ከምኡ ስለ ዝኾነ ድማ ብውሽጣዊ ኣገባብ ሰልፍናን መስመራት ሰልፍናን ሓቅነትን ዘይሓቅነትን ናይዞም ክስታት መጽናዕቲ…
ሓንቲ ካብ ወከልቲ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ኣብ ዝገበረቶ መደረ፡ ምኽባር መሰረታውያን መሰላት ደቂ ሰባት ሓደ ካብ እምነ ኩርናዕ መትከል ሕብረት ኤውሮጳን መሰረት ምስ መንግስታት (ንኤርትራ ሓዊስካ) ዝካየድ ፖለቲካዊ ዘተ እዩ። እዚ መሰረት ብምግባር ድማ ጥሕሰት ምኽባር መሰል ደቂ ስባት ብምልዓል ዘሎና ዕቃበታት ንዛረበሎም ኤርትራ ድማ እቶም መሰረታውያን መሰል ደቂ ሰባት ከተኽብር ከም ዘለዋ ንጠልብ። ብተወሳኺ ኤርትራዊ ሽወድናዊ ዜጋ…
By Allison Martell and Edmund Blair | TORONTO/ASMARA Bemnet Negash never got to say a proper goodbye to his family. In February 2006, government officials arrived at his school in the highlands of Eritrea and put him and his classmates on a bus to a military training camp. He was 20 years old, and still at school because a childhood…