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Berhane Alazar
December 07, 2011
The latest US manifestation of its disregard to the rule of law was personified by the US Ambassador to the UN, Dr. Susan Rice, pushing yet another illegal and unjust UN sanction resolution against Eritrea for no justifiable reason. The sad thing is that it remains mind boggling on how a Super Powe...
Sophia Tesfamariam
November 30, 2011
How ironic that the very organization that is today celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Right to Development is the same Organization that is being asked to stop Eritrea´s development. Ethiopia and its allies are once again at the UN Security Council, attempting to ge...
Sophia Tesfamariam
November 23, 2011
On 23 December 2009, after the Security Council adopted Resolution 1907 (2009) that imposed sanctions on the State of Eritrea and its people, Susan E. Rice, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, insulting the intelligence of the Eritrean people and showing her contempt for Africans in general and...
Sophia Tesfamariam
November 11, 2011
"…Trickery and treachery are the practices of fools that have not the wits enough to be honest…"- (Benjamin Franklin)
Today, the minority regime´s cadres are lobbying members of the Security Council, and specifically the three African states on the SC, to take immediate action against Er...
Sophia Tesfamariam
November 11, 2011
The minority regime in Ethiopia, and its apologists in the media, is burning the midnight oil, attempting to disseminate the false and "cooked in Ethiopia" allegations contained in the Somalia Eritrea Monitoring Group´s Report (SEMG). The UN hired the SEMG to investigate and produce a Report b...
Berhane Alazar
November 07, 2011
It has been almost two years since that fateful day when Eritrea was once again abused by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) when it was the unwilling recipient of the ill-advised and illegal sanction, which was apparently the pride of Ambassador Susan Rice of the United States. Yes, the US...
Mebrahtu Asfaha
September 09, 2011
Mr. Musa Aron is a dedicated teacher of the soul, and faithful guardian of the grammatical order of Tigrigna and Tigre languages where he embodies a passionate and sensitive understanding of his past in a complex simplicity that continues the story telling tradition of passing the old tales and the old memories down through the generations.
Sophia Tesfamariam
August 19, 2011
This article is written by Kibreab Tesfai from Asmara, Eritrea. I am sharing it with my readers so that there is no misunderstanding about the current situation in Eritrea...enjoy
Famine in Eritrea: Real or Imagined
Kibreab Tesfay
Asmara, Eritrea
In the past few days, we have been inundated ...
Sophia Tesfamariam
August 19, 2011
This article is written by Kibreab Tesfai from Asmara, Eritrea. I am sharing it with my readers so that there is no misunderstanding about the current situation in Eritrea...enjoy
Famine in Eritrea: Real or Imagined
Kibreab Tesfay
Asmara, Eritrea
In the past few days, we have been inundated ...
Orion Asmelash
August 12, 2011
Before getting into the commentaries and analysis, I would like to invite the reader so you can have a glimpse of the story and background regarding the recent coordinated crusade that has been launched against the tiny red sea state of Eritrea.
The smear campaign that aimed to ruin Eritrea´s ec...
Amanuel Biedemariam
August 03, 2011
If one is to ask, what do Eritrean martyrs believe are their biggest achievements and, what is the picture of future-Eritrea they like to see, what would it be? How is it best to honor their life and their legacy? Regardless of the answers, these are the kinds of questions that every Eritrean must ...
Mebrahtu Asfaha
July 25, 2011
In our contemporary world where the concept of justice is far removed from the virtue of jurisprudence, and the value of political expediency far outweigh its moral sacrosanct of justice; then the use of mass media to disseminate truth, and to turn the function of the propaganda model of the mass media to one´s own advantage is paramount.
Michael Abraha
July 20, 2011
photo: Hailemariam Tesfai
(First published June 11, 2011)
Eritrea´s pro-democracy forces are more united than many want to admit. These forces may be fighting as members of political or civic organizations or on their own as individuals - be it as bloggers, website or other media network edi...
Sophia Tesfamariam
July 20, 2011
Eritrea's self reliance principle has been ridiculed and rebuked by those who wanted to undermine the Government of Eritrea's policies. They have forgotten that it was this very principle that enabled the people of Eritrea to wage the 30 struggle for Eritrea's independence and would rightly be emplo...
Sophia Tesfamariam
July 20, 2011
Eritreans around the world are speaking up in defense of their nation and against the unprovoked and hostile US policies that have soured US-Eritrea relations. Today, they are challenging the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia to once again, present the evidence to support their unsubstantiated allegati...
Michael Abraha
July 20, 2011
photo: Hailemariam Tesfai
(First published June 11, 2011)
Eritrea´s pro-democracy forces are more united than many want to admit. These forces may be fighting as members of political or civic organizations or on their own as individuals - be it as bloggers, website or other media network edi...
Sophia Tesfamariam
July 16, 2011
On 7 July 2011, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, delivered a statement during a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights entitled, "Assessing the Consequences of the Failed State of...
Michael Abraha
July 15, 2011
The UN Security Council is expected to slap its second round of sanctions on Eritrea later this month alleging that it is undermining UN and AU efforts to stabilize strife stricken Somalia. At a time when the Horn of Africa was facing its worst drought in decades affecting more than ten million peop...
Michael Abraha
July 12, 2011
The UN Security Council is expected to slap its second round of sanctions on Eritrea later this month alleging that it is undermining UN and AU efforts to stabilize strife stricken Somalia. At a time when the Horn of Africa was facing its worst drought in decades affecting more than ten million peop...
Amanuel Biedemariam
June 19, 2011
The four men from Britain and Australia were released from Eritrea thanks to the good will of the government of Eritrea. After six months of imprisonment for violating Eritrean sovereign waters, the men of Protection Vessels International (PVI) were released by Eritrean authorities. After their rele...
Michael Abraha
June 11, 2011
Eritrea´s pro-democracy forces are more united than many want to admit. These forces may be fighting as members of political or civic organizations or on their own as individuals - be it as bloggers, website or other media network editors, essayists, poets, etc, but they remain united in the i...
Amanuel Biedemariam
June 05, 2011
Days after the end of the war with Ethiopia in 2000, General Sbhat Efrem came to Washington DC for talks with US officials. During the visit, General Sbhat conducted an interview with Voice of Eritrea DC (VoE) and was asked a timeless question that touched a core. It is a question that is always in ...
Michael Abraha
June 03, 2011
Four British Royal Marines Languishing in Eritrean Jail
20 Years of Independence - the Regime´s Dismal Performance
Worsening Ethio-Eritrea Relations
- RUTHLESS INCOMMUNICADO IMPRISONMENT – Over five months into their arrest in the Port of Massawa by the Eritrean Navy, the four British...
Michael Abraha
April 15, 2011
"..self-reliant ones want us to wait for a "spark" to take place not because they believe in it, but because they find it to be a good excuse to protect their "Eritrea" – with all its normality!" Contrary to this suggestion from Yosief Ghebrehiwet, there is a lot of admiration for those who accept t...
Sophia Tesfamariam
April 04, 2011
A little over a week ago, I got a UN document via email. It was a document submitted to the UN Human Rights Council by a group called Jubilee Campaign. As someone who has closely followed anti-Eritrea campaigns by "Christian" groups such as Strategic World Impact, Voice of the Martyrs, Christian Sol...
Amanuel Biedemariam
March 18, 2011
Lately, enemies of Eritrea have umpped up their campaign to the highest pitch yet. This is a concerted campaign directed by the minority genocidal mercenary regime of Ethiopia. They are showing poorly edited documentaries with lots of holes. The Awate-gang led by the two Salhis has released a positi...
Sophia Tesfamariam
March 06, 2011
The 11 November 2009 Wikileaked "Cable 09CAIRO2129, A/S CARSON AND EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN'S OCTOBER 27" shows how Johnnie Carson, US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs and his incompetent team at the Bureau of African Affairs lack of adequate knowledge of the region and its people, have distorted t...
Sophia Tesfamariam
February 23, 2011
The UN Monitoring Group for Somalia says it will publish its full report in July 2011 but once again, in violation of its mandate, has chosen to leak and "distribute" in advance, its report on Eritrea, no doubt to prejudice public opinion against Eritrea when the final report is delivered in July. T...
Amanuel Biedemariam
February 16, 2011
When the Badme war first broke out in May 1998, the mood of Eritreans around the world changed from a peacetime to that of war instantly. Eritreans everywhere were consumed by events that were unfolding in Eritrea. Our conversation was completely overtaken by the events and the military engagements ...
Amanuel Biedemariam
January 28, 2011
How does the US State Department evaluate the performance of US ambassadors around the world? What criterion does the US use to evaluate US ambassadors in Eritrea and elsewhere? Asking these questions would have yielded incomplete answers prior to November 28, 2010. But thanks to recent leaks, the i...
Amanuel Biedemariam
January 17, 2011
If one runs into any Eritrean and ask how she or he is doing; the answer is always, "Al Hamdu Li-Lah" or "Temesghen Amlakh", which means thanks to God/Allah. This is true no matter what the time, place or prevailing circumstances. It is Eritrean nature to always be grateful no matter what.
Durin...
Dalmar Kaahin
January 16, 2011
"In 1960, I took a country [Somaliland] with a viable economy, a balanced budged, and 2.5 million pounds in investment to Mogadishu…our [Somaliland´s] previous existence, history, and everything else has been eliminated…"—Mohammed H.I. Egal, Somaliland´s late President.
Although the Afric...
Amanuel Biedemariam
December 22, 2010
Over the last 11 years, the Economist magazine portrayed Eritrea in the least flattering and in a way that could have discouraged investors from looking at Eritrea as a potential business prospect. In October 1 2009, The Economist released a report based on Ibrahim´s Index with the heading "Wh...
Berhane Alazar
December 18, 2010
As Eritreans, with no access to the inner workings of governments, most of us suspected it all along, what looked obvious to many who have witnessed the lopsided relationship Eritrea has had with various US administrations for the last 50 years!.
Thanks to Wikileaks recent release of some avalanc...
Amanuel Biedemariam
December 13, 2010
Dear President Obama,
On Christmas Eve Dec 23 of 2009, The US Ambassador to the UN, Dr. Susan Rice stepped in front of the microphone at the UN and said, "I want to talk about the resolution we just adopted imposing sanctions on Eritrea. This was an African initiative. It was the consequence of a d...
Sophia Tesfamariam
December 04, 2010
On 15 January 2009, in her Statement of before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Permanent Representative-Designate Susan E. Rice said:
"…There is no country more capable than the United States to exercise leadership in this global institution, and to help frame its programs and shape ...
Amanuel Biedemariam
November 20, 2010
On a cold snowy day in February 22 of 2010, Eritreans from around the world and the US gathered in front of the Whitehouse and State Department to denounce the unjust sanction. They demonstrated to demand the repeal of the illegal and UNjust sanction the US authored and implemented against the peopl...
Berhane Alazar
November 18, 2010
Like millions of my compatriots, the fact that I was born "Eritrean" is purely coincidental. I could not and did not choose any or both of my parents. They just happened to be Eritreans and boy was I lucky that they were! So what is so unique about being an Eritrean that differentiates an Eritrea...
Sophia Tesfamariam
October 29, 2010
Eritrea´s national service program and role of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) in Eritrea´s economic development have been maliciously maligned and misrepresented, by the mercenary minority regime in Ethiopia and its handlers, some self serving western NGOs such as Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amn...
Amanuel Biedemariam
October 02, 2010
It is easy to tell a nation´s priorities by observing how the leadership of a country spends their time. For example, in the US, we witnessed President Obama devote a great deal of time on healthcare his first year in office, and succeeded in passing a sweeping legislation. Leaders of differen...
Sophia Tesfamariam
September 22, 2010
On 21 September 2010, the International Crisis Group (ICG) released a report on Eritrea. Even though the report´s authors were not named, the title chosen for the report, and the all too familiar buzz words used throughout the over 30 page long report, the timing of the report, and the referen...
Amanuel Biedemariam
September 02, 2010
On August 13, 2010, the fifth Central and Eastern Confederation of African Football Association (CECAFA) Cup under the age of 20 was officially opened in Asmara Stadium gloriously under the theme: "Friendship and Development Cup". According to CECAFA, the organization is the oldest football tourname...
Amanuel Biedemariam
July 30, 2010
In just a week, starting from July 10, Eritrea experienced transformative and historic moments. Eritrea showed her beautiful colors. It showed that Eritrea is a family and run as one when it comes to domestic affairs. It showed her diplomatic prowess and economic importance. In the global scheme, it...
ERITREA: NY exposes American "diplomats" engaged in the recruiting, harboring and transporting youth
Sophia Tesfamariam
June 25, 2010
On 20 June 2010, in cities across the United States, Europe, Middle East and Africa, thousands of Eritreans remembered their fallen heroes. In events organized across the world, Eritreans renewed their solemn oaths to Eritrea´s beloved martyrs and pledged to continue their nation building endeavors ...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
May 31, 2010
In seven earlier articles titled "Amnesty International 2010 Report. Foreword. Pursuing justice: For all Rights, for all People"
(http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/159774), "The Amnesty International Report 2010 - Report at a Glance, and World by Region"
(http://www.americanchronicle...
Amanuel Biedemariam
May 27, 2010
The musical drama Me-Se-J or Melikti Serawit Jigna, a Tigrigna expression meaning: the message from the Eritrean Defense Forces is BRAVERY (jigninet) said it all. It was a true handoff or passing of the torch to the young generation. It is fitting for a nation that just turned 19 to hand its youth t...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
May 25, 2010
Anticipating the Ethio-fascist tactics of electoral terrorism, the Oromo, Ogaden and Eritrean Communities living in Germany and the neighboring countries met in Germany, a few days ago, on 22nd of May 2010, and deliberated on the troubles caused throughout Eastern Africa by the prolongation of the e...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
May 23, 2010
In an effort to better illuminate the electoral fraud in Abyssinia (Fake Ethiopia), I asked the leading Oromo parliamentarian, Dr. Getachew Jigi Demekssa, to accept an interview for the international readership. Dr. Demekssa honoured me by accepting my suggestion, and I already published the lengthy...
Amanuel Biedemariam
April 20, 2010
The above was from a speech delivered on April 10, 2010 during the Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa Conference on Good Governance, Peace, Security and Sustainable Development in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. The event was by far the most successful event for Ethiopians in the Diaspora. They came away with a declaration that gives an indication of consensus and agreement on broad range of issues including Eritrea. I feel honored to have addressed fellow Ethiopians with a message of peace
Sophia Tesfamariam
March 29, 2010
On 24 March 2010 I went to the Rayburn building where Donald Payne (D-New Jersey) was holding a hearing on US policy for Africa. Johnnie Carson, the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs was there to speak about the Obama Administration´s Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa. The statem...
