Berhane Alazar
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November 12, 2009
At a conference , held in Brussels on 9th and 10th November 2009, we were told with somewhat amusing fanfare that some Hodgepodge of pompous individuals, self aggrandizing organizations in which the "More Catholic than The Pope" Super Power was reportedly represented by peoples with known grudge aga...
August 06, 2009
"There we go again" used to be one of the favorite phrases the late President Ronald Reagan use to say when he kept on hearing what he considered to be some unfounded allegations against his administration´s policy or actions. And that was precisely what popped up in my mind when I heard some...
July 17, 2009
If there was one thing the world historians could agree, perhaps it would be the consistent and persistent way in which Eritrea and the Eritrean people have been mistreated, abused and down right insulted by the powers of the day ever since their national identity was at stake. Eritrea bashing simp...
June 30, 2009
It is amazing how some Ethiopian intellectuals or those in the Diaspora in general seem to love living as "Hostages of history" to use President Isaias Afwerki´s phrase, on the recent interview he gave to Ethiopian Review/Ethiopian Peoples Patriotic Front websites.
When I read the article titled ...
April 15, 2009
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is a body of the United Nations tasked with keeping international peace and security. According the United Nations Charter, its powers include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the establishment of international sanctions, and the authorization...
March 09, 2009
An Open Letter to Mr. Louis Michel, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid
Dear Commissioner Louis Michel,
I am delighted to learn that you are considering exercising your bilateral partnership program with the State of Eritrea. Let me express my appreciation of that c...
February 28, 2009
Once again the enemies of Eritrea from within and without are reportedly at it singing the doom and gloom hymn when Eritrea in fact is striding high in practically every aspect of life - thanks to its sheer determination to be in full control of its own destiny. They do this at a time when their ev...
August 26, 2008
"Regrettable" was the word quoted by the New York Times (in its August 27, 2008 edition) when the Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, learned that The Russian Federation had decided to formally recognize the two breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Germany´s Chancellor Angela...
August 10, 2008
For almost two decades, we have been hearing that the Russians were as good as dead after the demise of the Soviet Union, in which they were the major player. As we all know the now disbanded Soviet Union was the other Super Power that helped keep the balance of world power in check. For reasons tha...
July 14, 2008
The ICC has been in the news again. This time, the hoopla by the world media was the threat of issuing another arrest warranty of a prominent world figure. The issue of the ICC Chief Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo of Argentina recommending arrest warrant against President Omar Al Bashir of the Sudan...
June 17, 2008
We all have seen it before and we all have heard it before and I don´t imagine this may be the end of some nonsensical comments that seem to be spewed out by some self serving entities. So there was really nothing earth shattering or even "New" on the latest Intergovernmental Authority on Deve...
June 11, 2008
It has been some two months now since we have been hearing about some "Border" problems coming out from the Djiboutian leadership. "Border problem"? No, not again? That sounds familiar for it comes on the heel of another nonexistent "Border" problem the despicable Weyane thugs were able to concoct. ...
May 31, 2008
The purpose of Dr. Frazer´s trip to the Emerald City, Seattle, was to give a speech on "The Future of Africa and US foreign Policy [towards Africa]". On a pleasant evening on May 29th 2008, about 70 to 100 people, mostly from the Horn of Africa region, were sparsely seated in one of the Univer...
May 07, 2008
One of Beatles´ songs goes something like this:
"Cry Baby Cry
Make your mother sigh
She´s old enough to know better
So cry baby cry"
I think the meaning is clear. For example, some kids may keep on doing some nuisance believing their mothers may allow them to get away with som...
March 18, 2008
I often wonder how some damning information (usually highly exaggerated or down right false) gets spread like wild fire from sources who refuse to identify themselves as if they have something to conceal? And concealing - they must be. Otherwise it should not be too difficult to openly state any i...
February 21, 2008
We all have heard the argument that some people distinguish between the mission accomplisher and the mission instigator as it were. So, I guess we are always going to duel on the issue and probably waste some invaluable time in what appears to be some hopeless task of where to place the blame as lo...
January 31, 2008
For all the lofty ideals under which the (UN) United Nations (former League of Nations) was founded, one wonders if its real mission may have been totally misunderstood or exaggerated by most of us. Certainly, one is at a loss (complete loss) trying to decipher the working mechanisms and indeed the...
January 14, 2008
It has been said before and we all have heard it to a point of ad nauseam how the notorious Weyane hoodlums have fought for nothing less than Eritrean independence more so than the Eritrean independence organizations themselves. As bizarre and as something hard to believe as the claim might sound, ...
January 07, 2008
Although it is not new to any observer of various Ethiopian regimes’ voracious appetite to subjugate and dominate all the countries of the Horn in general and Eritrea in particular, Dr. Yacob Hailemariam’s latest drooling over Eritrean assets is comical. Actually if it weren’t for its serious impli...
January 02, 2008
What was your resolution for 2008?
Now that many of us may have made our “New Year’s Resolutions” of some sort or the other, no doubt one of the favorite wish list is, or ought to be, for peace to be realized in the downtrodden neighborhood of ours known as the “Horn of Africa”. However, as the say...
November 20, 2007
When we observe this Thanksgiving Day, I want us to remember the many Eritreans who may not have the opportunity of abundance that we take it for granted. Of course we don’t have to be necessarily “Rich” to fit in that category of “Abundance”. Just the simple routine that when we go home we eat...
November 18, 2007
On the November 12, 2007 edition of the Sudan Tribune, I came across an article titled “War Clouds in the Horn of Africa” – same title as the 1976 book authored by Tom J. Farer. Title plagiarizing aside, on the surface the article looked like it may have been written by genuinely concerned people.
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November 07, 2007
With the war drums being beaten ever harder and faster by wey ane and the telltale indications abundantly clear, the writing is on the wall that the desperate Ethiopian government may soon launch, albeit a suicidal, war against a law abiding Eritrea and the Eritrean People. But that is not the inte...
October 28, 2007
Long before it had become the fashion of the day, the Eritrean people had never had to think twice to freely practice a religion of their choice. For centuries, that has been and still is the case for the majority of the Eritrean people who happen to espouse Christianity and Islam. This freedom of...
October 22, 2007
Ever since I was a little boy with a discernable memory, and during the “Peace Corps” era, the United States, popularly known as simply “America”, was seen by many people as the land of democracy, freedom and tolerance. It is phrases like: everyone is “assumed innocent until proven guilty”, every U...
October 22, 2007
Have you ever wondered how could a Bona fide Eritrean with blood connection and with living close relatives in Eritrea work against the interests of his country and people? Could it be for the simple reason of getting some vengeance against someone or some group of people for which he may have an ax...
October 14, 2007
Dear Dr. Ronald K. McMullen,
Trusting that you would be duly confirmed to be the next Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the State of Eritrea and as an Eritrean American who wish nothing but better understanding between the governments of my adopted co...
October 14, 2007
The United States is more than often recognized as a “land of opportunity”. Indeed, there are opportunities for a person to weave into the American fabric and achieve some success, which is only limited by one’s imagination. This can be achieved by one acquiring the necessary education and skills to...
October 08, 2007
Dear Congressman Payne,
Please accept my thanks and appreciations for the impartial and exemplary role you have been taking vis-à-vis the thorny and unfortunate situation of the Horn of Africa region in general and the Eritrea Ethiopia issue in particular. Your Excellency, it is perhaps with the ...