Happy Birthday Eritrea by Organization of Eritrean-Americans

The Organization of Eritrean-American produced this document during Eritrea's 23rd Independence Celebrations. It highlights Eritrea's marvelous achievements in the last 23 years and its natural beauty.

Happy Birthday Eritrea! by wedi_abselom

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A Response to Former Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome Wirtu's article on Al Jazeera

A Response to "To Avoid Another Conflict in the Horn of Africa, Now is the Time to Act" by Former Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome Wirtu on Al Jazeera By: Yemane Abselom (wedi abselom) February 18, 2025 For decades, global news reporting has been dominated by Western media outlets such as the BBC (British), VOA (American), and DW (German). While these outlets claim to uphold principles of free and independent journalism, their coverage often aligns with Western political and economic agendas. When Al Jazeera emerged, there was hope that it would provide an alternative voice—one that would prioritize the interests of the Middle East and the Global South. Its early reporting on Iraq and Afghanistan, which exposed Western propaganda and war crimes, won it widespread respect. However, telling the truth comes at a cost, and it appears that those financing Al Jazeera were unwilling to continue paying that price. Over time, its editorial stance has drifted closer to that of Wester...

A response to Professor Joel Brinkley: Eritrea has a remarkable story to tell

Professor Joel Brinkley wrote an article on the San Francisco Chronicle under the title "Eritrea, the most repressive nation on Earth", on April 29, 2012. When Joel Brinkley, a professor of journalism at Stanford University and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, writes on Eritrea, one hopes it would be an original piece that explores the complex issues in depth. However, the contents of his column were nothing but a copy and paste of several reports that have misleading information on Eritrea and a complete avoidance of current and recent events that lead us to where we are today. Professor Brinkley has chosen to ignore the elephant in the room and he expects us to do the same. It is true Eritrea won its independence in 1991, after waging a 30 years long and bitter struggle for independence. Between 1991 and 1998, before the war with Ethiopia broke out, Eritrea under the current leadership had won many accolades, including the New York Times, ...

Eritrea: Demarcation delayed is Justice Denied

In May 1998, Ethiopian troops fired and shot on an Eritrean platoon on routine duty along the border town of Badme killing several of its members. The Eritrean government's response was one of patience and a resolute determination to resolve the matter peacefully. However, the minority led Ethiopian government's response was a declaration of an all out war on Eritrea under the pretext that Eritrea had invaded undefined Ethiopian territory that later was concocted as "Badme and its environs". The minority led Ethiopian government had hoped a war with Eritrea would give it the legitimacy it had failed to achieve domestically through its divisive and ethnocentric governance. After a catastrophic bloodshed, the case went for arbitration to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, the highest court of arbitration in the world. The independent boundary commission that was setup with the consent of the ...

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