My Reflections of the 2nd High-Level Tana Forum on Security in Africa
From 20 to 21 April 2013, I attended the 2nd High-Level Tana Forum on Security in Africa, which was conducted under the theme: “Security and Organized Crime in Africa.” In attendance were several heads...
View ArticleAn underground independent newspaper launched in Eritrea
(Asmara Sept 18 2013) Freedom Friday Movement (Arbi Harnet), announced today that their underground newspaper started circulations on the streets of Asmara today, 12 years after the day the government...
View ArticleLiberation Avenue: Medhane Haile and Dawit Habtemichael (a.k.a. Wedi Memhir)
I was born and raised in Asmara, Eritrea. Like every resident, I loved to stroll in the streets of Asmara. The most popular street was Liberation Avenue, which was decorated by Italian architectural...
View ArticleHollow Existence
By Yona Germano Nati This essay originally appeared on the website, Awate.com on February 12, 2015. Fanakowa geriso etetaso, Hakowa Uya lesumala katowana’. (Whatever the case, daybreak will bring...
View ArticleNew WPF Occasional Paper on Eritrea
We invite you to read our new Occasional Paper, “What Went Wrong?: The Eritrean People’s Liberation Front from Armed Opposition to State Governance” A Personal Observation by Paulos Tesfagiorgis. This...
View ArticleAfrica’s $700 Billion Problem Waiting to Happen
Essay published by Foreign Policy, March 16, 2016. Back in 2002, Meles Zenawi, then prime minister of Ethiopia, drafted a foreign policy and national security white paper for his country. Before...
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Employee of the Month November 2019: Issayas Afewerki
Eritrean President President of Eritrea, Issayas Afewerki The World Peace Foundation’s ‘employee of the month,’ is an award bestowed on someone or something that contributes to keeping the Foundation...
View ArticleThe Cruel Fate of Nationalism and Nationalists in Eritrea
Each country has its own form of nationalism. Eritrea has a unique history of different colonial occupations, vigorous debates over the meaning of the nation, nationalism and self-determination, and a...
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Who Benefits from the Destruction of Ethiopia?
There are a lot of unanswered questions about the war in Ethiopia. Let me pose one more: who stands to gain across the region? Ten years ago the then-Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi told me,...
View ArticleEritrea’s Role in Ethiopia’s Conflict and the Fate of Eritrean Refugees in...
This article, originally published by African Arguments on December 4, 2020, was written by Mesfin Hagos (founding member of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) in the 1970s who served as...
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Who Will Call Out Eritrea’s War Crimes in Tigray?
Eritrea has deployed most of its army in Tigray region of Ethiopia. This is no secret. At minimum, 12 divisions have been fighting inside Tigray. At first, the United States gave Eritrea a free pass,...
View ArticleEritrea’s Silent War
The war in Tigray, Ethiopia, is fought using words and silences as well as bullets and bombs. The warring parties have different strategies. Eritrea’s strategy is silence. There’s an apocryphal story...
View ArticleEnd the Battlefield Slaughter in Tigray
The number one priority for the people of Tigray is a cessation of hostilities. It’s a precondition for everything else. We are learning the likely extent of the humanitarian crisis, which is more...
View ArticleSwitch Tigray’s Internet Back On
There is one simple action that would transform humanitarian access and help provide civilian protection in Tigray. It would also be a crucial step to answering the polarizing question of whether...
View ArticleNew Blog Series: Rethinking Peace in Ethiopia
The explosions of violence across Ethiopia, intersecting with the deep violence woven into the political fabric of Eritrea, pose challenges to political leaders, thought leaders, and civil society....
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I Miss My Comrades – Especially at These Times
May 24, Eritrean Independence Day, and June 20 Martyrs Day It was around 2 p.m., June 5, 1998, when I was rudely awakened to the impending war between Eritrea and Ethiopia. I was on my way to pick up...
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New Realities in Ethiopia
There’s a new reality in Ethiopia: the Tigray Defense Force has defeated the Ethiopian National Defense Force. In a series of battles over the last two weeks, the TDF has broken the back of the ENDF...
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De-escalating the War in Ethiopia: Start with the Rhetoric
There’s a chance to de-escalate the war in Ethiopia and begin negotiations towards peace. The opportunity is slender but worth taking. It starts with calming the rhetoric. The alternative is that the...
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Addressing Narratives Normalizing Weaponized Sexual Violence: The Case of Tigray
On November 4th, 2020, the Ethiopian government and its allies launched a full-blown offensive, which marked a key event in unleashing of genocide on Tigray. These allies include armies from the...
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Tigray Doesn’t Need Another War
Three years after the Ethio-Eritrean war against Tigray was launched, and one year after the Pretoria Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement brought active conflict to an end, there are rumors...
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