Your repeated mentioning of the 9-ETHNIC GROUPS is detrimental. Ethnicity was actually divised by ISAIAS and company to divide and rule the Eritrean populations. But, historically Eritrean Muslims deal with one another as Muslims with Arabic as our lingua franca medium of communication that was confirmed by our elected representatives in the Eritrean Parliament of 1952.

The idea of KAW-MIAT /BIHER / NATIONALITY / is meaningless in Eritrea. The reason is simple; as per WEBSTER DICTIONARY a nationality is a group of people with a common origin, common traditions, and common language; and that can form a nation state. I do not believe there is any group in Eritrea that can satisfy this very definition.

The Tigrigna speakers are made up of about eight sub-groups with Non-COMMON ORIGINS. (1) The majority of Hamassein and Akele Guzai Christians are MERONIs whose ancester MERONI came from DAMBIYA in BEGEMIDR - GONDAR. (2) The majority of the Seraye Christians are ADKEME-MELEGAs that came from LASTA in Gojjam. (3) The Asme-e/Deki-Ishmaelo of Arba’ete Asmera are Asawertas, the DekiShihai of LegoChewa (touching on Hamassein and Seraye) are Asawerts. (4) The Angana-a Christians around Dekemhare are Hazos. (5) There are Ankala Afar Christians around Tserona. (6) There are Mine Fre Christians who are from Begemidr - GONDAR [FYI - Mine Fre means: YALLI BAHO - Let God Fulfill; and was coined, because their Gondari ancestor was unknown by any particular name]. (7) There are Christians of Tigrai origin, whose extension goes deep into Adwa, Tembien, Shire Enda Sellasie and Kilte Awlallo, etc. Therefore, the Tigrigna speakers are disqualified from the Biher umbrella.

The same applies to all our language groups in Eritrea except the RASHAIDAS.

Even the Afars are of different origin. You know that only the ANKALAS are home-grown CUSHITES; the others are from HARER-MAHIS, and with links to Issas, Rayas and Kereyu Kushites.

Similarly the Sahos are of different origin.

The Tewke and Terke BILENs trace their origins deep into the Meronis(Tewke), and Adkeme Melega(Terke).

Tigre speakers are as shattered as the Tigrigna speakers.

The Banis are an alliance of various ethnic groups within Eritrea and its vicinity.

To our desmay, ISAIAS and company brought their Ethnic mechanism of Biher /NATIONALITY/ in order to isolate us from one another; deny us proper education; and eventually to TIGRIGNIZE us.

Therefore, please let us not fan it for them.

Instead, let us push our people to qualify themselves very well so that we can challenge them in the INTERNATIONAL ARENA where they have a virtual monopoly as we have seen it happening while in BRUSSELS.

“Needless to say, liberty is meaningless when the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinion has ceased to exist. Of all rights, the right to utter is the fear of tyrants of the likes of Issayas Afewarki. It is the right to utter which they first of all strike down since they know well that it is power. The Eritrean nation building process has been built on the experience of personalities. It has no tangible political foundations that can bring fundamental changes in the structure of the ruling system. And these days, leave alone in the lowland areas, even in the highland tracts where Afewarki and his regime have the upper hand, the political impasse on how and when to hold elections has become not only a taboo, but also Afewarki’s regime has dug its dubious heels over irreconcilable political positions that grew ever more intractable. There is a saying that goes: “There is no cure for the patient who hides his ailments.” Eritrea under Afewarki is really sick.”