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ቀሺ ዮናስ ወልደሩፋኤል* 24 ለካቲት 2022 ዝጀመረ ውግእ ሩስያ-ዩክረይን፡ ብብዙሕ መኣዝናት’ዩ ዝጥመት። እቲ ፍሩይን ጉሉሕን፡ ምስ ምስፍሕፋሕ ውድብ ውዕል ሰሜን ኣትላንቲክ (ኔቶ) ይተኣሰሰር። ሱር መሰረቱ እንተተበርበረ ግና፡ ጫሌዳታት’ውን ዘሎዎ ኰይኑ ኢና እንረኽቦ። ነዚ ሓጺር ትንተናዊ ጽሑፍ፡ ሓባራዊ ታሪኽ ህዝብታት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው፡ ንኢትዮጵያ ከም ሩስያ፡ ንኤርትራ ድማ ከም ዩክረይን ጌርና ብምንጽጻር ከነንብቦ እምሕጸን።

For many African writers, censorship can entail a lived experience as well as a current threat, even for those who emigrated to the United States. Ghirmai Negash danced close to the flame of censorship several times before arriving at Ohio University. So re-examining the impact of censorship on the work and lives of African writers was

ይርጋኣለም ፍስሃ* 1987 ኣብ እዋን ቁልዕነቱ ናብ ቃልሲ ንናጽነት ተጸንቢሩ። ንሱ ግና “ኣነ ናጽነት ምስ መጸ‘የ ገድሊ ጀሚረ“ መውጽኢት ኣፉ‘ያ። ሓደ ካብቶም ኣብ ፈለማ ዓመታት ናጽነት፡ ክምህሩ ናብ ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ዝተመደቡ ተመሃሮ ቤት ትምህርቲ ሰውራ ነይሩ። ቀትሪ እናማሃረ፡ ምሸት ድማ እናተማህረ፡ ተውለ ምዕማም ሕርያኡ ነይሩ። ተማሃሪት ማእከላይ ደረጃ ኣብ ዝነበርኩሉ ግዜ (1995 – 1997) ኣብ

From Warscapes Eritrea’s direct involvement in the ongoing Ethiopian civil war has been highly contentious for many observers. Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) leaders reportedly have claimed they’re mainly fighting the Eritrean army in support of Ethiopian federal government soldiers. Eritrean leaders either have been silent or denied it. Although it took longer than it normally should have,

Dessale Berekhet* Nov. 1, 2020 To be torn away from home, especially for an aspiring writer, heralds a sure death of the Soul, albeit a slow one. That is how I felt when, after years of deliberations with myself; I left my country, Eritrea. For decades on end, I had considered myself an active participant

Abraham T. Zere* Nov. 1, 2020 A person I was connected to online for a joint project suggested that we meet in person after the project was over. “I read about your story as an exiled writer. I thought it was cool and was curious to meet you,” he confessed, shortly after we met. That