Month: April 2012
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Eritrea’s Tyrant Reappears On TV After A 30-Day Absence
Thirty days to the day, Eritrea’s dictator Isaias Afwerki re-appeared on state TV to counter rumors that he is seriously sick or dying. Heavily made up and wearing an over-sized short-sleeved shirt, light blue pants and sandals, the relaxed-looked Eritrean president was animated in his condemnation of the myriad of enemies who “disseminate cheap fabrications.” …
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Help Refugees In Sinai: Sign Petition
Over the last few years, our youth has been subjected to cruel treatment at home and extortion, murder and destitution in places to which they fled. The least we can do is publicise their plight and make concerned international entities aware of the situation in the hope thet they would take neccessary steps to protect the victims. This…
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The Unusual Absence Of Isaias Afwerki
Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki has not made a public appearance since March 28, 2012 when he received the credentials of the incoming ambassador from South Africa. Given that his appearance is the daily diet of the State media, this has, understandably, fueled speculation that he is either seriously ill or even dead. Yesterday, Eritrea’s Ministry of…
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2001-2011: Eritrea’s Wasted Decade
If Eritrea was a democratic republic and all the fronts, movements, groups were political parties, the Eritrean people would have voted “No Confidence” on every single one of them. Eritrea’s self-imposed ruling party, the PFDJ, spent an entire decade in a futile effort to get the world to pay attention to the 2002 border demarcation…
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ልኡኽ ኤርትራዊ ሃገራዊ ባይቶ ንዲሞሲያዊ ለውጢ ምስ ናይ ኣመሪካ ወጻኢ ጉዳያት ተራኺቡ
መግለጺ ንጥፈታት ኤርትራዊ ሃገራዊ ባይቶ ንዲሞክራሲያዊ ለውጢ ብኣቶ ተወልደ ሃብተሚካኤል፡ ኣባል ፈጻሚት ሽማግለን፡ ብሓጂ ጀሚል ኣማንን ኣቶ ክፍለዝጊ ገብረመድህንን፡ ኣባላት ባይቶ፡ ዝምራሕ ልኡኽ ብሚያዝያ 16, 2012 ምስ ናይ መንግስቲ ኣመሪካ ናይ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሰበ-ስልጣናት ኣብ ዋሽንግቶን ዲሲ ተራኺቦም ሰፊሕ ዘተ ኣካይዶም። ብዛዕባ ሃገራዊ ባይቶን ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ንጥፈታትን ኣስፊሖም ዘትዮም። ኣብዚ እዋን’ዚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ትሕቲ…
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Quicksand!
Bear with me please! I think we are in quicksand and we need to cross a few steps before starting the journey. By “we” I mean people (Eritreans) who have already crossed over from the stage of “what should I be doing?” into the stage of “how should I do it best for maximum impact?”…
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Reshaping History: The Role Of Wild Cards
In his book, “Out of the Blue: How to Anticipate Big Future Surprises”, John Paterson defined wildcards as low probability and high impact events that would severely impact human conditions when they occur. Similarly, “The Black Swan Theory” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb also claimed that all consequential events in history come from unexpected igniter of…
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قبلنا أن نولد غرباء في زوايا الدنيا الأربعة
حوار : مصعب محمدعلى – صحيفة الوطن السودانية لفتت ماليليا بخيت القاصة والناقدة الاريترية الانتباه عبر كتباتها , مما حفز الكثير من النقاد للكتابة حول تجربتها الابداعية, خاصة وانها ظلت مشغولة في كتابتها بالقضايا الكونية مثل الحرب والابتعاد عن الوطن , فماليليا ولدت في بيروت ودرست في كلية الاداب قسم النقد , وطاب لها المقام…
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Unfiltered Notes: Rays Of Hope With EYSC’s Freedom Friday
It is refreshing to see EYSC’s (Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change) Freedom Friday initiative launched with the stated goal of eradicating dictatorship in Eritrea. According to EYSC, 10,000 robocalls and 2000 personal calls have been made so far (listen to recorded message here: http://eysc.net/pr/arbi_harnet_voicemessage.WMA). Could we be witnessing a long overdue tipping point building up…
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Nevsun’s Blood Stained Gold-Coins
In Salem, Massachusetts, they threw suspected witches into a lake: if they floated they were witches and if they drowned, then they were dead witches. In the abysinian highlands in the past, an Anteregna (goldsmith) faced almost similar mistreatment. Masons, wood-carvers, iron-smiths and goldsmiths sustained much of ancient Axum’s civilization. But the peasantry despised craftsmen; those who…
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ዘመነ ኣሰለት የብቕዕ
“ኣስተውዕል መንእሰይ ኣለኵ በል ክስገር ኢዩ እዚ ዘመን ገበል” ድምጻዊ ዮውሃንስ ትካቦ (ወዲ ትኳቦ) ቅድሚ ሓሙሽተ ዓመት ሙኳኑ’ዩ ምስ ድምጻዊ ዮውሃንስ ትኳቦ “ ይገርመና ኣሎ” ምስ ትብል ግጥመ-ዜሙኡ ቝሙቕ ዝበለ ስነ-ጥበባዊ ዕላል ኣካይድና ነይርና፡፡ ድሕሪኡ ዋላ ኣይተራኸብናን፡፡ ተጣፊኢና፡፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ “ ይገርመና ኣሎ” ስነ-ጥበባዊ ትንታነን ውልቓዊ ርእዩታተይ ከስፍር ከለዅ፡ ካብ ኣንባቢ ብዙሕ ኢ-መይል መጺኡኒ ነይሩ፡፡…
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Nevsun And Its Eritrean Bisha Gold Mine: More class action lawsuits filed
Six more class action lawsuits have been filed against Nevsun Resources after Brent Cook, the editor of Exploration Insights, in an exclusive interview to The Gold Report, characterized Nevsun’s multiple revised reserve estimates of Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, as shoddy work [1]. The plaintiffs representing shareholders are Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC; Brower Piven,…
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The Trade Of Defiance!
Thanks a lot to every good friend who took the time to throw in a few but very valuable words in the comments section of my previous article. All of the comments, I must admit, are on spot and none have said anything that I do not fully agree with and accept to follow word…
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Second Fundraising Report
Dear Friends of awate.com, In our second report we would like to inform you that as April 5, 2012, you have donated a a total of $5,138.00 (five-thousand, one-hundred and thirty-eight dollars less 3.95% fee for donations made through paypal.) The donations are as follows: Europe ($1,480); Australia/New Zeland ($953); North America ($1,724); Middle East ($300); Unspecified Addresses…
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EYSC’s Freedom Friday: Will Not Stop Till ‘Dictatorship Is Eradicated’
The Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change (EYSC) announced on Wednesday that its Freedom Friday (Arbi Harnet) campaign has successfully executed 10,000 phone calls to Eritreans, calling on them to protest the Eritrean regime by “emptying the streets of Eritrea’s cities every Friday after 6 PM.” The calls known as Robocall, supplement the 2,000 personal phone…
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Minnesota: Eritreans Challenge Loyalists Monopoly Of Public Radio
Eritreans in Minnesota have persuaded the management of KFAI, a public radio station, that the air-time it provides Eritreans has been abused by loyalists to the Eritrean regime. Thus ends a 15-year monopoly enjoyed by Eritrea’s ruling party, PFDJ, in Minnesota. The one-hour Tigrinya program was initially given to the Eritrean community but fell under…
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The National Council And EDA’s Fate
Well before the National Congress for Democratic Change convened in November 2011, questions were being asked about the future of one of its key constituents—the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA). Would it continue as it was? Would it change to accommodate the new political and organizational reality that was to emerge from the Congress? Or would…
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Ethiopian Officials At Congress Of Start-Up Eritrean Opposition Group
The Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Justice (EMDJ), a new political organization founded by Eritreans exiled to Ethiopian refugee camps, is convening its first congress in a camp near Shire, Ethiopia, close to the Eritrea-Ethiopia border. The organization, which claims it has an armed wing operating inside Eritrea, was founded in April 2011. The members of the…