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Eritrea: Independence Day - Views and Reminiscences of Some Young Professionals

25 May 2022 Shabait.com (Asmara) By Simon Woldemichael

In the Eritrean calendar, no day is more significant than the 24th of May, the day Eritrea's independence was realized in 1991. After thirty years of a bloody war of liberation, Eritreans, under the leadership of the EPLF, proclaimed to the world that they liberated their homeland from Ethiopian colonization and emerged as a newly born sovereign nation.

I was a toddler when Eritrea joined the community of free nations. The post-independence generation of youth, like me, did not have personal experience of the struggle for independence. We humbly thank the heroes and heroines who gave us an independent country. Eritrea's independence will be protected by the collective resistance of the old and young generations. The Eritrean society has paid more than 85 thousand martyrs to achieve and maintain independence. The noble message of our martyrs is written in the hearts and minds of our young so that they never forget the price paid for our freedom.

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