Month: December 2011
-
2011: Year Of Renewed Spirit
Globally, 2011 will be remembered as the Year of Protest. Mainly because there was the Arab Spring, which started, of all places, in Tunisia in December 2010 triggering a chain reaction: Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine in January; Iran, Bahrain, Casablanca and Libya in February; Iraq and Saudi Arabia and Syria in March. There…
-
Ageism In Eritrean Politics: A Stereotype Gone Berserk?
Why? When that three-letter word is uttered (or rather blurted out) by my daughter, I sometimes wish the word never existed (J). Tell her it is time to go to bed, she wants to know why. Explain that she needs to sleep because she will wake up early to go to school the next day, she…
-
Isaias: A Cult Leader Surrenders
On December 20, 2011, reporting on the meeting of the Eritrean regime’s so-called Cabinet of Ministers, Asmelash, the mouthpiece of the regime recited (among many other personal declarations of Isaias) that the tyrant had given new directives to his servile cabinet ministers. This is what Asmelash reported: “…President Isaias continued, since it is an obligation…
-
ካብ ዕውት ጉባኤ ሃዋሳ ሕጂ’ኸ ናበይ?
መጀመርያ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እንቋዕ ኣሓጎሰካ፡ እንቋዕ ከኣ ኣሓጎሰና ክብል እፈቱ። እዚ ዓወት’ዚ ብርግጽ ንውጹዕ ሀዝቢ ኤርትራ ዮሃና ንህግደፋውያን ድማ መርድእ ኢዩ። እወ! ሕጂ’ውን ውጹዕ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እንድሕሪ ተኣኪቡ ከምቲ ጸላእቱ ዝምነይዎ ዘይኮነስ ከይተሰማምዐ ኣይወጽእን ኢዩ። እወ! ንመጀመርያ ንሙሉእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣይወክል እምበር ብከፊል ብህዝቢ ዝተመርጸ ኤርትራዊ ባይቶ ቆይሙ። ዲሞክራስያውያን ተቓለስቲ እንቋዕ ደስ በለኩም። ሽሕኳ ህግደፋውያንን…
-
ENCDC: Names of Assembly Members and Executive Office Heads
The Eritrean National Congress For Democratic Change, which was held between November 21 and November 30 in Hawassa (also spelled Awasa/Awassa), Ethiopia, elected 127-member National Assembly. Here are the names of the elected assembly members grouped by the regions from which Eritrean exiles elected them or the umbrella group they belong to: . . .…
-
The ENCDC Congress At Hawassa: A Determination To Succeed (Part I)
I reached Hawassa with a late group. It was late evening when our bus arrived there on the 22nd of November—and we were given a warm official reception at the entrance of the city. Our group included youth from Switzerland and refugees from the camps in Ethiopia and a few from other parts of Europe.…
-
انها اللحظة التاريخية التى طال انتظارها!
فى البدء لابد من الاشارة الى تاريخية وأهمية المؤتمر الوطنى للتغيير الديموقراطى الجامع الذى عقد مؤخرا فى حاضرة أواسا بأثيوبيــا. ولعل الذين حضروا المؤتمر وشاركوا فى فعالياته أدركوا أكثر من غيرهم تاريخية هذا الحدث وأهمية مخرجاته وأنهم كانوا يسطرون تاريخا سيكون له مابعـده. واعتقد أن أكثر مايبرز أهمية هذا المؤتمر هو تمثيله للاغلبية الساحقة من…
-
أبعاد العقوبات الدولية وأثرها علي الحزب الحاكم في إرتريا
يبدوا أن المجتمع الدولي عازم للمضي قدما لإرضاخ النظام الحاكم في إرتريا حتى ينصاع بالكامل للقرارات والأجندة الدولية ، يتبلور ذلك بشكل جلي من خلال سلسلة العقوبات الدولية التي انهالت علي إرتريا خلال ثلاثة سنوات الأخيرة وهي القرار 1844(2008) و1862(2009) و1907(2009) و2023(2011) فضلا عن العديد من البيانات والإدانات التي صدرت عن مجلس الأمن الدولي خلال…
-
Eritrean Orthodox Diocese Established In Europe
The first Eritrean Orthodox Diocese was established in Europe on December 3, 2011 where His Grace Bishop Mekarios of the North American Archdiocese appointed a board of clergy to oversee the work of the church, according to the website of the Eritrean Orthodox Church in North America. The board reports to Bishop Mekarios. The European…
-
الخاسر و الرابح في المؤتمر الوطني
من الخاسر و من الرابح بعد المؤتمر الوطني؟ سؤال راودني ولا يزال يشغل جزا كبير من تفكيري اليومي منذ اسبوع مضي. حاولت ان انظر الي الموضوع من جوانب عدة لإيجاد إجابة مرضية او حتي عادلة لسؤال من هذا النوع. فإذا نظرنا الي الموضوع من ناحية التحالف الوطني الأرتري علينا العودة الي الوراء سنتين او اكثر…
-
Eritrean Orthodox Diocese established In Europe
The first Eritrean Orthodox Diocese was established in Europe on December 3, where His Grace Bishop Mekarios of the North American Archdiocese appointed a board of clergy to oversee the work of the church, according to the website of the Eritrean Orthodox Church in North America. The board reports to Bishop Mekarios. The European Diocese…
-
ዓመጻት ህግደፍ አብ ልዕሊ ኦርቶዶክሳዊት ተዋህዶ ቤተ ክርስትያን ኤርትራ
ዓመጻት ህግደፍ አብ ልዕሊ ኦርቶዶክሳዊት ተዋህዶ ቤተ ክርስትያን ኤርትራ ብቀሲስ ፕሮፈሰር አትናቴዎስ ገብረአብ (ሃዋሳ፡ ኢትዮጵያ) ስለ ኩሎም ናይ ሕሊና እሱራት ኤርትራ ኩላትና ተንሲእና ናይ ሓንተ ደቂቕ ናይ ሕሊና ጸሎት ነዕርግ። ዝከብርኩምን ዝኸብርክንን ጉባኤኛታት፡ ሎሚ ኣብ ቅድሜኹም ተረኺበ፡ ነቲ ንነዊሕ እዋናት ዝተዛረብኩሉን፡ ዝተቓለስኩሉን ጉዳይ ከም አንደገና ምሳኻትኩም ክዛተየሉ አዝዩ ባህ ይብለኒ። ኦርቶዶክሳዊት ተዋህዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኤርትራ…
-
ወጮ እንተ ገልበጥካዮ ወጮ
ውልቀመለኽቲ ፡ ኵሉ ግዜ ብዛዕባ ክትሓስቦን ክትገብሮን ክስምዓካን ዘለዎ ነገራት ክልፍልፉ መሬት ይዓርቦም። ውልቃዊ ባህግታትካን ሃንቀውታኻን ኣብ ቅድሚኦም ትርጉም የብሉን። ስለዚ፡ በቶም ንህይ ወትካ ዝያዳኻ ዝሓልዩላ ሰባት ተኣዚዝካ ምንባር እንተ ዘይኮይኑ ብዛዕባ ነፍስኻ ምሕሳብ ኣየድልየካን’ዩ ይብሉኻ። ስቲፈን ቪዚንዘይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሳላ ጀጋኑ ደቁን፡ ሳላ’ቲ ዘርኣዮ ንባዕዳውያን ኣይግ ዛእን ዝብል ዘይሕለል ናይ ቃልሲ ኒሕ ንፈለማ…
-
How About Now?
The seed that was planted last year in Addis has germinated and has started growing. It is growing healthy and robust. If I were the farmer or the Gardner I will be a satisfied person. That is my answer to my question. Will this satisfy the curious reader? I don’t know. But again I shall…
-
The Vision Of Hawassa Isn’t An Echo Of The Past
Eritreans from diverse political background converged from five continents to Addis – a transit to Hawassa, the capital city of the Southern Kelil (federal state) – and yes the designated site of our congress. According to Wikipedia, the Southern federal state has 45 indigenous ethnic groups [nations, nationalities, peoples (ahzab)] living in harmony. The town…
-
The Spirit Of Asmara
Let’s start with one of my favorite songs: “Asmera Shkor, Asmera Bella, men kwedadera!” by Aaron Abraham. It roughly translates to “Nothing compares to you, sweet, beautiful Asmara”. Love knows no bounds, indeed. Nothing compares to the one you love most. It is poetry and the words are simply meant to express deep affection for…
-
Mending The Habitual Error
This time I will tighten my belt and swerve little from the usual style of dealing with our “sensitive” concerns compassionately, because courtesy alone can’t resolve our complications from the roots. Though we are not used to it, and might cause discomfort to some, exposing the inside-out directs us to discover the right therapy for…
-
تغطية لأعمال المؤتمر الوطنى للتغيير الديمقراطي
الجزء الأول أول حدث ولقاء تشاورى بين الارتريين كان فى بيت جرجس فى اربعينات القرن الماضى وكانت المحطة الاولى فى ظل المسيرة الوطنيه وإنفض الجمع دون التوصل الى توافق ، وبعد مرور أكثر من نصف قرن ونيف إلتئام شمل الارتريين مرة اخرى من اجل حلحلة القضايا العالقه عبر مائدة الحوار والطاولة المستديرة وتوصل الجيمع…
-
A Congress By The Hawassa Lake
What is in a name? Awasa is a name many considered correct. I found out that it is a corrupted form of Hawassa, which is how its natives call it: Awasa is probably some corruption of the name by some “neftegna” based on the convenience of another language; and it is the capital city of…
-
The Atrophied Deny Their Atrophy: Part 2
On October 17, 2011, the Eritrean authorities provided a reply to the UN. The Reply, which is 38 pages, not counting the 54-page annex, was drafted in response to the Report of the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea (“Report”), which issued its 416-page report on July 18, 2011. The Reply of the Eritrean…