Today, September 3, 2010, twelve Eritrean refugees, who had been in jail for 2 – 17 months in Egypt, arrived in Addis Ababa. Seven of the group are former Eritrean soldiers, and three are women.

The total number of Eritrean refugees who have crossed to Ethiopia through August 31, 2010 is 51,718 and those remaining in the country are now located in five refugee camps: three in Tigray and two in Afar Region. On average, 1,800 cross the border from Eritrea each month. About 45% have been ex-Eritrean soldiers.

By Fesseha Nair

We are now in the season of festivals in Europe where the dictator’s supporters organize a huge festivals in the name of Eritrean people but these festivals are simply income and political propaganda mechanisms of the dictator to control the people in diaspora.

By Fesseha Nair

Many of today’s most pressing issues are human rights, self determination, nationalism international security and cooperation are all connected with identity and ethnicity. Blin is one of the 9 Nationalities/ Ethnic in Eritrea.

By Fesseha nair

Diversity is a human or natural property that has existed and will exist. The mixing of people of different cultures, religions, customs and skills of living have been the engines of civilization since the recorded history of the human being. Our world today is the result of the crossroads of cultures and cradles of fertile diversity.

Federalism is the theory or advocacy of federal political orders, where final authority is divided between sub-units and a center. Unlike a unitary state, sovereignty is constitutionally split between units at each level have final authority and can act independently of the others in some area.

Note:- This is a Federal draft constitution containing 75 article and is divided into 5 parts. Each part is divided into chapters and sections. The preambe has the form of prayer, because the Eritrean people either moslems or christians belief in God. In the first part are contained the status of Eritrea and fundamental principles and then provisions related with fundamental rights ( political, economic, social and cultural ), then follows the provisions of various powers of the governments- Federal. State and Local. In the next chapters, the state structure-the legislative, the executive and judiciary are embodied. In the final parts and chapters, the powers of each governement and various commissions are proposed. Have a good appetite ! to read and reflect on the draft

Federal Draft Constitution by Eritrean Federal study Center.......... Read more

Introduction

The aim of this analysis 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 decentralization and the fundamental rights “of the various communities of Eritrea. But, how are these principles be put in practice is 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. Who is the oppressor, its structure and its functions, and its supporters will be exposed to the people. One cannot bury the facts and build a false history in Eritrea.

BY: Sofia Idris

Why did you walk away?

Why did you not stay?

Why did you choose to run?

Why did you not help anyone?

BY: Sofia Idris

Why did you walk away?

Why did you not stay?

Why did you choose to run?

Why did you not help anyone?

Hariret is a non- governmental civic organization that was founded in 2002 and officially registered in 2006. Its seat is in Khartoumand has many branches in the Eastern region of Sudan—Kassala, Port-Sudan and other towns.

This is a paper presented at the civil society seminar in Khartoum held on 27th March 2007.I Introduction1. Origin of cooperation and social welfare2. The non – for -profit organizations3. Guides to organization development4. The new development agenda5. Concluding remarks6. References.

By Mejlis Ibrahim Mukhtar I: Introduction

We thank all our contributing partners who responded to our call for input and provided valuable insights and feedbacks to address the issues we raised, issues that we recognize are too numerous to address here in one single document. We believe these issues, and the case of refugees in particular, will not receive the proper attention they deserve by addressing them at this time.

Eritrea, with a population of approximately 3.6 million, is a one‑party state that became independent in 1993 when citizens voted for independence from Ethiopia. The People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), previously known as the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, is the sole political party and has controlled the country since 1991. The country's president, Isaias Afwerki, who heads the PFDJ and the armed forces, dominated the country, and the government continued to postpone presidential and legislative elections; the latter have never been held. The border dispute with Ethiopiacontinued, despite international efforts at demarcation, to the detriment of the country's international trade and external relations. The situation was used by the government to justify severe restrictions on civil liberties. Civilian authorities generally maintained effective control of the security forces.