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Written by: Dr. Tomas Solomon

Published: 07 May 2025

By Dr. Tomas Solomon

In his recent article, “Looking Beyond Isaias: Complexities of the Make-up of the Eritrean Population, Past and Present – A Help or Hindrance?”, Martin Plaut offers a valuable and timely reflection on Eritrea’s political future. One of the propositions he puts forward is that the Eritrean military, composed of diverse communities and united by shared experience, could play a stabilizing role in the post-Isaias era. While this may seem plausible on the surface, I believe it is both unrealistic and deeply risky to rely on the military as a force for national unity and democratic transition.

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Written by: Martin Plaut

Published: 04 May 2025

I would stress at the outset: this is an initial attempt to consider these questions. I wish to interrogate issues that have only limited public discussion and my analysis is tentative. I would welcome any informed criticism.

There is one central question that is genuinely puzzling about Eritrea: why its people, who fought with such courage and sacrifice for thirty years to achieve independence and freedom, only to allow the fruits of their suffering to be denied them for more than three decades. What Eritreans have endured since they captured Asmara from Ethiopian forces in 1991 is well documented. At times they have protested; at times they have revolted, (as in 2013 when mutinous troops reached Forto on the edge of the capital, only to be outwitted and then brutally repressed).[1]

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Written by: Fesseha Nair

Published: 01 May 2025

  Introduction

The aim of this paper is to clarify the essence of federalism to resolve conflicts of power- sharing in political, economic, social and cultural livelihood of the Eritrean diversity. The Eritrean National Alliance has put two on its charter, “ the principles of federalism or democratic decentralization and the fundamental rights “ of the various communities of Eritrea. But, how are these principles are still to be studied. The Eritrean scholars and intellectuals should focus their studies on the realities of Eritrea. In Eritrea, there is an oppressed and oppressor- this has evidenced after Eritrea’s independence.

Who is the oppressor, its structure and its functions, and its supporters will be exposed to the Eritrean people?

One cannot bury the facts and build a false history in Eritrea.( See The Agaziaan Movement) The state building in Eritrea must be based on the diversity of the Eritrean people wishes and aspirations not by imposing assimilative policies of a one- man dictatorship.

The analysis of issues of conflict in Eritrea has been discussed many times. The long traditions of political, economic and social differences inside the Eritrean socio-economic and socio-politic structures had been neglected and passed by saying , “ We Eritreans are one people and one heart,  “ or say don’t speak about our difference, because we can be divided. In the first place, the socio- economic and socio-political structure and its divisive forces – ethnic ( race , language and culture ) religion and political ideology must be addressed properly without fear. Generally speaking , Eritreans have been escaping from the realities, that Eritreans are different in their socio –economic and political structures. Eritrea can be divided into three categories based on its socio- economic and political structures. 1. The west and east lowlanders. 2. The kebesa people- comprising tigrinya speaking christians and jeberti moslems and the Saho People on the eastern escarpment of the province of Akele- guzai. 3. The Afars of the  Red Sea.

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Written by: Eritrean Research Institute for Policy and Strategy (ERIPS)

Published: 29 March 2025

Public Condemnation Letter Regarding the Unjust Treatment of Eritrean Refugees by German Authorities

We strongly condemn the recent unjust and unfair actions taken by German authorities against Eritrean refugees residing in Germany. The ongoing targeting and classification of these refugees as terrorism suspects is deeply troubling and must cease immediately.

For many years, Eritrean refugees in numerous countries have peacefully demonstrated against events orchestrated by the Eritrean government. These events, disguised as cultural festivals, serve as propaganda platforms intended to intimidate Eritrean refugees abroad. Recently, throughout 2022 and 2023, Eritrean communities worldwide, including those in Germany organized under the banner of Brigade Nhamedu, have protested these events, rightfully denouncing the oppressive messages and threats emanating from the Eritrean regime.

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