History

Tuesday, 21 September 2010 08:11

Written by EritreaCompass

KIDANE KIFLU AND THE JACK KRAMER PAPERS: ADDENDUM

In my previous series of postings entitled " Kidane Kiflu and the Jack Kramer Papers", I mentioned that the research was on-going. The continuing research for the aforementioned led me to two interviews that were conducted by Gunther Schroder.

From the 1980's to early 1990's, Gunther Schroder interviewed, what would be considered a WHO'S WHO list of people from ELF and Harakat (ELM). (Note: He also interviewed very few people from EPLF. During that period he interviewed over 50 people).

Going through the transcripts of the above mentioned interviews, two interviews grabbed my attention. The first was Gunther's interview with Abdella Hassan Ali. If you recall, Abdella Hassan Ali was one of the fighters (the other being Aberra Mekonnen) who accompanied Jack Kramer from Kassala to the field in 1968. I'll present part of the transcript that relates to Kidane Kiflu and Jack Kramer. I'll present the second interview in its entirety.

History

Friday, 21 March 2008 00:00

Written by EritreaCompass

Aeroplane Hijackings by Eritreans 1969-1971

Eritreans were showing their displeasure of being governed by Ethiopia. A demonstration in 1958 in Asmera ended up bloody.  In the same year conscious Eritreans in Port Sudan formed a group for struggling politically to free Eritrea. They sent persons into Asmera who secretly recruited members and it progressed. A member knew only his immediate 7 members that it was dubbed “Mahber 7” and also as “Harakat”. But because this was striving only politically, another group formed a revolutionary organization in Cairo in 1960.