The members transport fresh fish from the Red Sea port of Massawa and distribute it in the capital. The army didn't leave us in the middle of nowhere. It supported us until we got back on our feet. Her speech punctuated with the thud of a machete as she chops fish, Ghenet says she has no regrets about the hard times in the field or after the war. Alganesh Tsegezeab, Genet Kahsai, and an unidentified woman defend a trench on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border at Egri Mikhal.
Women fight alongside men in the military.
We don't want them to hear the sounds of war again. Eritrea is once again battling with Ethiopia in a border dispute that is among the most destructive on the planet. In an epic battle last March, more people died in three days than in the entire Kosovo conflict. Ethiopia and Eritrea have their own versions of the battle and their own body counts. But in their fight for independence, Eritreans have learned the value of public relations.