” Ethnic right issue has never been a problem in Eritrea, it is exaggerated by some but to tell you the truth all 9 ethnics in Eritrea have equal rights and all have offered their lives to the armed struggle [for independence], I can not see that Tigrigna speakers have more rights than the others. “

” When the rumors were rampant about his illness and wild speculations of his death, I have told people that if PM Meles were dead Ethiopians from North to South and from East to West would mobilize and grieve for days. And that is exactly what happened. “

” There is no one answer that fits into a description of “independent media.” But the least is a media that doesn’t have to worry about whether or not a certain topic is the right topic to discuss in a professional manner. In other words, a media that, other than issues strictly to do with professional integrity, is not tangled by self-censorship and an imposing environment of fear. “

” Your hypothesis is just a hypothesis – in fact, an outrageous one…..[It presupposes] that the ONLF was so potent militarily that it could even threaten the transition. Even [ONLF chief] Admiral Osman would not go that far. “

[This is the fourth and last part of the series. Read the first here (link),.

[This the third piece of the series on Eskinder Nega. (Please read the first here.

We, Habesha people, didn’t learn from the Germans. We couldn’t even preserve the history of.

Last year, in June 2011, I published, in this site, an in-depth analysis titled ‘Terrifying.

Members of the Ethiopian opposition held in protest rallied against Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister Hailmariam.

(Daniel Berhane) The swearing in of the new Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, in the Parliament.