Timnet Gedar* Mohamed Kheir Omer. The Dynamics of an Unfinished African Dream, Eritrea: Ancient History to 1968. Lulu Publishing, 2020. 256 pp. The title of Mohamed Kheir Omer’s book, The Dynamics of an Unfinished African Dream, orients the reader to the activist ethos of his work. Though it is primarily a work of historical analysis,
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ኣብርሃም ተስፋልኡል* 2 መጋቢት 2020 ኣስተማቓሪ እምበር ገጣሚ ዘይምዃነይ፡ ንኸምዚ ዝብል ውልቃዊ ትንታነ ክህብ የኽእለኒን ብመጠኑ ካብ ጸግዕነት የድሕነኒን ኢለ እኣምን። ኣብ ፈለማ ወርሒ ለካቲት 2019፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ብመገዲ ኣሕተምቲ ሕድሪ ናብ ኣንበብቲ ዝበጽሐት ህያው ደብሪ፡ ትግርኛዊ ቕንየት ብተስፋማርያም ወልደማርያም ኣብ መኣዝን ስነ-ግጥሚ ኤርትራ ዓባይ ነጥበ-መቐይሮ’ያ። ድሒረን ብመገዲ ኣሕታሚ እምኵሉ ኣብ መወዳእታ ወርሒ ጥቅምቲ 2019
እታ ወርሒ’ኳ ብጸሊም ደበና ኣካላን ብርሃናን እንተ ተሸፊና ተኸዊላ’ምበር ሞይታ ንብላ ዲና፧ ድብዝዝ እንተ በለት ከም ዝተታኸሰት ብርሃና ከይሕባእ እናተቓለሰት ወትሩ “ኣለኹ” እንድያ ትብል ተስፋ ፈታዊኣ ምእንቲ ኸይቅምስል። ከምኡ ድማ… እዚ ዒግታ ትኪ፡ ምስ እልቢ ንፋሱ ኣዒንተይ ኣንቢዑ ትንፋሰይ ዓቢሱ ሞተይ ከርእየኒ እንድዩ ተበጊሱ ኣጭኒቑ ኣጭኒቑ ነይተርፍ ምንፋሱ። ኵልፍ ከብለኒ ዕድመይ ከሕጽረለይ
Eritrea: Forget “rights” and speak of duties and responsibilities Abraham T. Zere* The concept of “rights” doesn’t meaningfully exist in the state vocabulary of today’s Eritrea. The idea has been replaced by “duty and responsibility.” The state media apparatus constantly pounds into citizens the need to carry out their duties rather than wasting time by
Daniel Mekonnen Of threshing fields, funerals and Eritrea on International Human Rights Day Tuesday 10 December 2019 or a country like Eritrea, an occasion like International Human Rights Day serves two major purposes. On the one hand, it serves as a stark reminder about the dire state of human rights violations in the country. On
(Vienna, Nov. 9th, 2019) PEN Austria convened the third Vienna International Strategic Conference on Human Rights in Eritrea on the 7th of November. More than 25 activists and rights defenders from seven countries took part at the event. On the occasion of Dawit Isaak’s new German translation of his book Hope and other texts (Hoffnung:
(ስቶክሆልም–28 ጥቅምቲ 2019) ብኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ኣብ ሃገር ሽወደን ተመዝጊቡ᎓ ንኣብ ስደት ዝምዕብል ዘሎ ገስጋስ ስነ-ጽሑፍ ድርኺት ንምዃን ንጥፈታቱ ዝጅምር ዘሎ ኣሕታሚ እምኩሉ ዝተሓትማ ኣርባዕተ መጽሓፍቲ ብቐዳም ዕለት 26 ጥቅምቲ ኣብ ዘምሰየ ጽንብል ናብ ኣንባብቲ ተዘርጊሐን ። ኣብቲ ኣብ ሰዓታት ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ኣብ ቤት መግቢን መስተን ባህሊና–ስቶክሆልም–ዝተኻየደ ናይ መመረቕታ ጽንብል ናብ ኣንበብቲ ዝበጽሓ መጽሓፍቲ ፍቕሪ
Last month, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) declared that Eritrea is the world’s most censored country, worse even than North Korea or Turkmenistan. Their survey highlights the fact that independent media was banned in 2001; that at least 16 Eritrean journalists are behind bars, making the government the worst jailer of journalists in sub-Saharan
PEN Eritrea conducted workshops to Eritrean refugee writers in Cairo and Kampala from 17th -21st of September and from 30th of September to the 1st of October, respectively. More than 45 participants —collectively – took part in the workshops. The sessions were offered as part of PEN Eritrea’s Breaking the Silence project which is implemented