Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish-American industrialist, who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century said, “No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.” Any organization strives to achieve its Vision, Mission and its goal. These cannot be achieved if there are no concerted efforts thus leading to team work.
A couple of days ago I met an old friend of mine who came from US to visit his relatives. As we were discussing on different topics, about his relatives here in Eritrea, what looks like living in the US these days with the tough economic problems and on other issues. One area of our discussion was, since I work in the media, was about the press freedom in the US where they argue that that country has the best press freedom never seen in other parts of the world. And I asked my friend “Is a journalist free to write what he feels and what he has in mind in the US”.
Eritrea is the youngest Africa nation known for its political stability, fiscal restraint and low level of corruption. After independence in 1991, the government of Eritrea embarked on huge development programs that were targeted at reviving the economy, renovations and construction of the devastated infrastructure, and improvement of social services. The government also formulated and implemented appropriate macroeconomic policies to guide the general development of the national economy.
The relentless efforts on the part of the Eritrean people to find peaceful solution to the Eritrean case didn’t bear fruit. They even went all the way to New York to present their cases at the United Nations and met with deaf ears. The utter ignorance of the international community to the rightful question of the Eritrean people led to thirty years bloody war compelling the people to dearly pay human and material sacrifices. Sacrifices that began from few months from the beginning of the armed struggle.
The Eritrean history is a history of struggle for independence, identity and dignity. Since the coming of the Italians as colonizers Eritreans have been deprived their basic right by the successive colonizers and the Eritrean people had never gave from pursuing their right first through peaceful means and later through the barrel of a gun that took thirty years. During the thirty years of armed struggle the Eritrean people had to pay heavy human and material sacrifices.
The morning light had broadened, the sky giving way to the morning light giving Asmara a gold tincture. Not a single car was in sight except horse chariots who have taken over the avenues their feet hitting on the street sounding as a marching band; delivering milk. The Association of Eritrean Americans in Asmara had organized a five day trip to Assab. Fifty Eritrean Diasporas from the USA, England, Germany, Italy and Sweden had gathered at 4:00 AM set to travel to the Southern Red Sea Region.
May comes and every Eritrean mind is focused on one and one issue, Independence Day. Every one goes back to its individual and collective memories to remember what it was like the situation in the country before May 24, 1991. Every one had its own experience. But commonly every one was expecting the demise of the occupation forces and the end of colonialism in Eritrea.
Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish-American industrialist, who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century said, “No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.” Any organization strives to achieve its Vision, Mission and its goal. These cannot be achieved if there are no concerted efforts thus leading to team work.
A couple of days ago I met an old friend of mine who came from US to visit his relatives. As we were discussing on different topics, about his relatives here in Eritrea, what looks like living in the US these days with the tough economic problems and on other issues. One area of our discussion was, since I work in the media, was about the press freedom in the US where they argue that that country has the best press freedom never seen in other parts of the world. And I asked my friend “Is a journalist free to write what he feels and what he has in mind in the US”.
Eritrea is the youngest Africa nation known for its political stability, fiscal restraint and low level of corruption. After independence in 1991, the government of Eritrea embarked on huge development programs that were targeted at reviving the economy, renovations and construction of the devastated infrastructure, and improvement of social services. The government also formulated and implemented appropriate macroeconomic policies to guide the general development of the national economy.
The relentless efforts on the part of the Eritrean people to find peaceful solution to the Eritrean case didn’t bear fruit. They even went all the way to New York to present their cases at the United Nations and met with deaf ears. The utter ignorance of the international community to the rightful question of the Eritrean people led to thirty years bloody war compelling the people to dearly pay human and material sacrifices. Sacrifices that began from few months from the beginning of the armed struggle.
The Eritrean history is a history of struggle for independence, identity and dignity. Since the coming of the Italians as colonizers Eritreans have been deprived their basic right by the successive colonizers and the Eritrean people had never gave from pursuing their right first through peaceful means and later through the barrel of a gun that took thirty years. During the thirty years of armed struggle the Eritrean people had to pay heavy human and material sacrifices.
The morning light had broadened, the sky giving way to the morning light giving Asmara a gold tincture. Not a single car was in sight except horse chariots who have taken over the avenues their feet hitting on the street sounding as a marching band; delivering milk. The Association of Eritrean Americans in Asmara had organized a five day trip to Assab. Fifty Eritrean Diasporas from the USA, England, Germany, Italy and Sweden had gathered at 4:00 AM set to travel to the Southern Red Sea Region.
May comes and every Eritrean mind is focused on one and one issue, Independence Day. Every one goes back to its individual and collective memories to remember what it was like the situation in the country before May 24, 1991. Every one had its own experience. But commonly every one was expecting the demise of the occupation forces and the end of colonialism in Eritrea.