Today is May 24; Eritrea's birthday. Today Eritrea is 24 years young. After suffering for a century, shy 6 months, of successive and brutal colonial rules: Italian (1890-1941), British (1941-1952) and Ethiopian (1952-1991) and after 30 years of protracted Armed Struggle for Independence, Eritrea was finally liberated on May 24, 1991 by the Eritrean People's Liberation Army.

Eritreans have championed the vision of social justice for their people and with astounding results. All this was done without opening the country to aid. Instead, they have created innovative programs that maximized their few resources, and engaged all Eritrean people in the task of development. In this sense Eritrea is a good model for the rest of us in Africa.

ኤርትራ ግዳይ ናይ ናጻ ፖለቲካዊ መርገጻ ኮይና ከምዘላ፡ ብሰንኩ ኣብ ልዕሊ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ብምምሕዳር ኣሜሪካ ውዲት ከምዝተኣልመ ኣብቲ ብዊኪሊክስ ዝለሓዄ ምስጢራዊ ሰነድ ዘቃልዖ ብጻዕዳን ጸሊምን ተሰኒዱ ኣሎ። ዝኾነ ሰብ ክሓቶ ዘለዎ ኣገዳሲ ሕቶ፡ ኤርትራ ነዚ ኩሉ ውዲታትን ሽርሕታትን ብዘይ ግዳማዊ ሓገዝ በዲሃ ብሩህ መጻኢኣ ከተማዕዱ ካብ በቕዐት ፡ ናጻ ተገዲፋ ነይራ እንተትኸውን ኣብዘን ዝሓለፋ ሒዶት ናይ 24 ናይ ናጽነት ዓመታት እንታይ ዓይነት ተኣምር ከተርኢ ምስከኣለት ነይራ? ዝብል እዩ። ብባድመ ኣመኽኒኻ ዘበገስዎ ፈተነ ምስፈሸለ፡ ኣድህበኦም ኣብቲ ዲናሞ ናይ ለውጢ ዝኾነ መንእሰይ ብምቕናዕ ልብን ቀልብን መንእሰያት ዝስሕብ ናይ ሓሶት መብጽዓታት ብምንዛሕ ንኽብርታት መንእሰያት ዝድውን፡ ስነ-ኣእምሮኣዊ ኲናት ከካይዱ እዮም ተራእዮም።

እታ መሊኣ ንኽትበርቕ፡ 30 መረርቲ ዓመታት ዝወሰደት፡ ጽሓይ ናጽነት ኤርትራ፡ ልክዕ ቅድሚ 24 ዓመታት ኣብ ከም’ዚ ቅንያት’ዚ፡ ከም'ዛ ሎም መዓልቲ : ዓርቢ መዓልቲ’ያ ኣብ ምሉእ ሃገር በጣዕ-ጣዕ ኢላ በሪቓ። ሽዑ ዝነበረ ዉሁድ ናይ ሓጎስን ፍስሃን ስሚዒት፡ ከም ቂሔ-ጽልሚ ተሳንዩ፡ ሓደ ንጹር መልእኽቲ ጥራይ’ዩ ኣሕሊፉ። ናጽነት ንኤርትራውያን መተካእታ ዘይብላ ህያብ ስውኣት ምዃና። ስለዝኾነ ክኣ’ዮም፡ ካብ’ታ ካብ ህይወቶም ንዘልኣለም ዘይትዓርብ ዓርቢ ኣሕሊፎም፡ ንኣዋርሕ ብዘይ ምቁራጽ፡ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ውሽጥን ወጻእን ብሓጎስ ዝተሰራሰሩ።

For the last 24 years, there have been several attempts to thwart Eritrea’s independence, violate her sovereignty and disrupt its nation building process. In addition to a sustained and concerted effort to distort the unparalleled heroic history of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), now bad mouthing the Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) and misrepresenting Eritrea’s national identity -Eritreanism has become the order of the day of the enemies of Eritrea.