Negarit 306: Saving or Shooting?
Negarit 306 is the final episode for 2024; Happy New Year. As we welcome 2025 though the security…
Awate Team6 min read
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Negarit 305: Merry Christmas and New Year
Holidays, festivals, and celebrations are days to escape the grind of life and unwind. Christmas is one of…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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Brezidenti Isaias Named to Lead IGAD
Usually, there are a few people who get knee jerk reaction whenever Isaias is mentioned in a negative…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar11 min read
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Isaias Calls for Intifada in Eritrea
Recently a usual “interview” of Isaias Afwerki was aired on Eritrean television; none of the people I talked…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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Stuttering Yemane Gebremeskel Does it Again!
Recently, the PFDJ has deployed its senior advocates, who are spreading provoking and controversial statements. At the same…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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A Secret Letter To President Donald Trump
Satire: republished twice since 2016, and the following is a slightly updated version of it.11 Eight years ago,…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar15 min read
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Modeling Election Done; Govern’t Election…
Today’s Negarit could well be version 2 of the 5-year-old episode, which was a sort of social critique.…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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Dear Brezidenti, Is The PFDJ A Fairy?
Growing up, my old aunt was bedridden. I used to visit her in her room, which had a…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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A Corporal Warned Eritrea!
In 2021, Negarit 147, I raised the issue of SFO Safer, an oil tanker that was stranded across…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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Shall we calm down or not?
Our dialogue is a thermostat that reflects our mental development; reading comments, observing debates shows it all. I…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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Do Eritreans Envy Tigray?
Envy is a human trait; however, most people are often envious of people they know. They are rarely…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar8 min read
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Too Many Lemons to Carry
Dear Friends of Awate and Negarit (please scroll down for details), When we launched the 2024 fundraising in…
Awate Team2 min read
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PM Abiy’s Mama Economy
Recently, Ethiopia relaxed currency controls and restrictions as per the recommendations of the IMF, which provided it with…
Awate Team7 min read
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The Era of Flashy Pastors
Parents miss their children. Aunt Lemlem had two sons, Saleh and Arabi, who left for Egypt for education,…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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The Massawa-Mekele-Addis-Ababa Railway
Back in the day, aboy Tewelde had a masonry stone hauling truck. To this day, no car company…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar8 min read
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Like Rip Van Winkle!
How long has it been since you left your home country? Are your memories intact? Do you have…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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Broken News
There’re two types of narcotics: Downers cause depression, insomnia, and melancholy; Uppers cause euphoria, excitement, and relaxation. When…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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Biniam Girmay: He was ours and he’s still ours
The three-card Monte, known to us as Telate-werega, is a classical swindling trick. There is also the wheel…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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A 40-Years Journey From Communism to Theocracy
Until mid-1970, the members of the liberation organizations were mainly from the countryside: innocent, traditional, honest, brave, and…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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The Eritrean Ruling Party Apologizes to Meley
Twelve years ago, a creative friend came up with a T-shirt design of the original Eritrean flag; I…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
