BY HABTOM TESFAMICHAEL | SHABAIT The month of February takes a center stage in the heart of every Eritrean as we commemorate “Operation Fenkil”, which resulted in the liberation of the port city of Massawa following a three-day fierce battle, from 8th to 10th of February 1990.
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Operation Fenkil was veritable epitome of unparalleled determination, military prowess, ingenuity and heroism of Eritrea’s popular struggle. BY BEREKET KIDANE Later this week, Eritreans and their leaders will descend upon Massawa to commemorate the fierce battle waged to liberate the port city during the fight for independence. The 30th anniversary of the Battle of Massawa, also […]
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BY HABTOM TESFAMICHAEL | SHABAIT Operation Fenkil was one of the most decisive military operations that heralded the end of Ethiopian colonialism in Eritrea. The operation was carried out through the coordinated attack of the infantry, the mechanized and the then nascent naval forces of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF).
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BY ORION ASMELASH Winning a war is a victory but subduing your adversary without fighting is ingenuity. Eritrea surprisingly has come out triumphant. As Martin Luther King Jr said, “Lightning makes no sound until it strikes”.
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BY BEREKET KIDANE After the fall of Afabet, Moscow was effectively finished with Ethiopia. The Soviet Union’s military establishment started withdrawing its advisers and stopped its shipments to Ethiopia. To keep the free flow of arms and its addiction to modern battlefield weapons going, the Ethiopian government started trading Falashas, Ethiopian Jews, for Israeli cluster […]
Continue ReadingFrom ‘ዛዛሚ ምዕራፍ ሓይሊ ባሕሪ ኢትዮጽያ’, ሰበ-ስልጣንን ኣዘዝትን ሰራዊት ደርግ ነበር፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ንዝወረዶም ሰፍ ዘይብል ሰባውን ንዋታውን ክሳራታት፡ ብዓቢኡ ኸኣ ታሪኻዊ ስዕረት ዝምልከት ዕረ እናጠዓሞም ክእመንሉን ብመልክዕ መጽሓፍ ከስፍርዎን ይርኣዩ ኢዮም። “ገማግም ባሕርን ሓይሊ ባሕሪ ኢትዮጽያን” ዘርእስታ መጽሓፍ፡ ብናይ ቀደም ኣባላት ሓይሊ ባሕሪ ኢትዮጽያ ነበር ዝተጻሕፈት ኢያ። ኣብ 2006 ኣቢላ ዝተጻሕፈትን 762 ገጻት ዘለዋን […]
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By Buruno, ON AUGUST 1988, after a heroic and protracted defensive battles of wear and tear, between USSR lead army of Ethiopia against Eritrea, which was carried out continuously in the mountain ranges of Nakfa and its environs for almost a decade long, Eritrean Peoples Liberation Army (EPLA) made a decisive decision, to make a […]
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