#Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister laid out a “choice” for #Eritrea: Option A: Joint sovereignty over Assab, EU-style integration. Option B: “Non-diplomatic means.” Translation? We get Assab either way. This isn’t diplomacy. It’s imperial nostalgia in a suit—EPRDF 1998 script,

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The above is what I would have preferred a government representative to say at the hall of IGAD.  Sadly, that’s now how the People’s Front works because it just does not believe in meetings and congresses and such. eritreadigest.com/oh-my-igad-eri…

#Eritrea: 10,000 Prisoners Ago eritreadigest.com/eritrea-10000-…

There are three parties that feel excluded by this Red Sea Council: #Israel, #UAE and #Ethiopia. And they just made a move. eritreanjournal.com/post/middle-ea…

A Tribute to the late Osman Abdelrehim, and the lyricism of his song Tineber Nera eritreanjournal.com/post/mastering… Mastering the Unspoken: The Narrative Power of Osman Abdelrehim’s Lyrics.

#Ethiopia Loves Historicism But Hates History eritreanjournal.com/post/ethiopia-…

Abrar Osman's 100 Out of 100 eritreanjournal.com/post/abrar-osm…

Nation-Building Is Hard. Harder When You Evict the Builders. #Eritrea's nation-building efforts are undermined as its development priorities clash with the reality of skilled citizens fleeing the country in large numbers. eritreanjournal.com/share/nation-b…

“The song acts as a mirror to our collectve conscience, highlighting the paradox that defines human morality: we often turn a blind eye to our neighbors’ suffering, neglect acts of kindness, and remain indifferent in life—yet…” eritreanjournal.com/share/tewelde-…

Dr. Newitol: Your Excellency, welcome to the show. We’re live from the worm hole where logic goes to die. Yet you’re also one of the continent’s top wheat importers. Explain to the class: eritreanjournal.com/post/dr-newito…

eritreanjournal.com/post/the-real-… Ironically, the most oft-mentioned word of the heads of governments of Eritrea and Ethiopia is "synergy." And that is exactly what is needed here: not as a slogan, but as a necessity.

eritreanjournal.com/post/africas-h… Ethiopia is where SubSaharan Africa was in 2008 and Eritrea is where SubSaharan Africa was in 2009. No stronger argument against war than this!

Now it is a race for the heart and mind of the Tigrayan people: I love you, I care for you, I can bring you the same development I brought elsewhere, is Abiy's pitch. Eritrea is selling something stronger: survival. eritreanjournal.com/share/v15/abiy…

Eritrea's educational statistics are often misconstrued. While pass rates appear average, primary gross enrollment rates, completion rates for primary & lower secondary education lag significantly behind the SSA average. And those are the metrics we know eritreanjournal.com/post/the-state…

Lij Machiavelli: Abiy Ahmed and the Fate of His King-Makers Abiy Ahmed's rise reflects a Machiavellian strategy of deception, violence, and carefully orchestrated traps to consolidate power and eliminate king-makers. eritreanjournal.com/post/lij-machi…

The Self-Assessment Poverty In The Prosperity Party The Four Pillars of PP need a fifth: PEACE. eritreanjournal.com/post/the-self-…

Almost 32 years ago, Eritrea developed a decent macroeconomic policy that was a good fit for a post-war, low-income, coastal-state. It was a classic East Asian Tiger growth plan: eritreanjournal.com/share/v15/the-…

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