BY BEREKET KIDANE Countries are like people in many ways. Some years are more important than others. Some years drag and nothing much happens. In other years, a lot happens quickly and leaves you breathless. In 2018, Eritrea had one of those seminal years where too many things happened too quickly and its citizens were […]
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“The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice” BY BEREKET KIDANE It was quite a contrast and juxtaposition of events, to say the least. It was the kind of 24-hour period that will make you say, “There is a God after all.” TPLF officials, the very ones that were hellbent […]
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BY BEREKET KIDANE In the annals of Eritrea’s revolutionary war, September 1st marks the first military engagement between Eritrean combatants and the Ethiopian Army. It was on September 1, 1961, that the first shot was fired in the liberation of Eritrea when Hamid Idris Awate and his men exchanged fire with the colonial Ethiopian Army […]
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BY BEREKET KIDANE On September 1, 1961 at Mount Adal in the Gash-Barka region of Eritrea, a small band of 10 to 13 men commanded by Hamid Idris Awate opened fire on the occupying Ethiopian Army. The day’s confrontation between the Ethiopian Army and Eritrean combatants marked the first shot fired in the liberation of […]
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BY BEREKET KIDANE A remarkable thing happened this week in the troubled Horn of Africa. The President of Eritrea, Isaias Afewerki, and the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, signed a Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship to end the 20-year conflict between their two states and secure a future without war and tension to […]
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BY BEREKET KIDANE An American proverb says, “Good fences make good neighbors.” The same thing can be said about demarcated borders. Demarcated borders make for good neighbors. Eritrea must demarcate its border with Ethiopia not to separate itself from its neighbor but to prevent future territorial disputes.
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BY BEREKET KIDANE Although May 6, 1998, is generally considered the beginning of the 1998-2000 Eritrea-Ethiopia War, a border-related conflicted started earlier. Unreported incidents went as far back as 1992.
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BY BEREKET KIDANE In the next few days, Eritrea will celebrate its twenty-seventh birthday, remembering the glorious and momentous day of May 24, 1991. Some Eritrean communities in the diaspora already got a jump and celebrated Eritrea’s birthday this past weekend. It was a beautiful sight to see, and an outpouring of love, support, and […]
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