Tag Archives: Isaias

Discontent at the Top: Mismatching Disjointed Eritrea

March 15, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Discontent at the Top: Mismatching Disjointed Eritrea On 21st January, 2013, something momentous that the opposition was hoping for took place in Asmara: about one hundred soldiers, supported with two tanks, took over the Ministry of Information and were able … read more »

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Ethiopia: Eritrean Showdown – Coup or Showbiz?

February 5, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Daniel Berhane, Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa) column Yemane Gebremeskel, director of the Office of the President of Eritrea, reflected, last Tuesday, on the showdown of last Monday, saying, “all is calm today as it all was yesterday.” The well-known spin-doctor … read more »

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Voodoo Economics – The Eritrean Version

January 17, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Seyoum Tesfaye My opinion The Eritrean regime is an expert in smoke and mirrors art.  It is a shameless regime that could dare to market hemotoxic venom as milk fit for children consumption.  Leaving the fancy words aside once … read more »

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Leadership And The Geopolitics Of The Horn (Part-II)

October 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Amanuel Hidrat Our struggle, instead belting with reassuring chorus to the weight, is indeed ram-shackled and directed into all wrong targets as if we are thrown into an elbow-throwing arena of political punditry.  We lacked brotherhood and sisterhood that foster … read more »

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The Arab Spring: A Lesson For The Eritrean Regime

September 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Fessahaye Mebrahtu The Arab Revolution that caught the rest of the world by surprise is too close for the Eritrean regime to ignore. The regime’s muted reaction when the revolutions were blazing shows that PFDJ was following the situation nervously … read more »

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Eritrea: Countdown To The End Of Dictatorship

September 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Fessahaye Mebrahtu From Losing Credibility to Losing Ground; the following is the Countdown to the end of Dictatorship. The Eritrean state of affairs continues to consume the energy of Eritreans at home and in the Diaspora. While the majority at home … read more »

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Eritrean President Isaias’ latest interview

January 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

President Isaias has finally provided his promised long-overdue interview to the local media. The announcement by the Eritrean media of “an up-coming extensive briefing” by the ‘dear leader’ was first made a month ago and the interview was originally slated … read more »

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The Elite: Normalizing the Abnormal State of Eritrea

April 13, 2011 by benim

The tragedy of Eritrea is to be seen in one pervasive phenomenon: the normalizing of the abnormal conditions in Eritrea. Boys and girls are taken away from their families at a tender age to be quarantined in the desert for … read more »

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