Year: 2018
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Assab: The Eritrean Nose
Was he right? Paulo Neruda! In his verses (as re-recounted in the movie Il Postino) in respect to an aquatic-terrestrial symbiotic relationship? At least, one (I, for example) would subscribe to the imaginative bliss it engenders in the mind. According to Neruda, with each “Wefari Bahri“, with each washing of the waters to the shore,…
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ارتريا : نحو الاصلاح السياسي أم تجراي الكبرى (1/3)
امري لله … سأقول رأيي. هذا المقال وما يليه من اجزائه الثلاث ربما يخترق بعض المفاهيم السائدة ويتشابك مع بعض الاراء في الساحة، وتقصد هذه المقالات دفق بعض المعلومات والحقائق الموضوعية لأتخذ منها زادا ابرر به موقفي وحكمي على مسار الاحداث واتجاهاتها في ارتريا. وانشد حوارا يكبح جنوح تصوري نحو المضي الى اليقينية كما انشد…
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Hamid Mahmoud: Another Hero Buried In Exile
The following post contains my personal notes as well as quotes taken from the Arabic obituary that was issued by the Eritrean Liberation Front on the death of one of the prominent leaders of the Eritrean Liberation Army. In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. “Among the believers are men true…
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Happy Brick Day to You
[This was the maiden awate.com editorial, “The Pencil” that appeared on September 1, 2000. The first day of the launch published the following articles: 1. A Call to End the Awate Era By Saleh Younis, Sept. 1, 2000 2. Freedom of Expression – By Dawit Mesfin, Sept. 1, 2000 3. If Hamid Idris Awate Were Alive!…
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Negarit #18- I Remembered Tor-Serawit – ጦር-ሠራዊት ዘኪረ!
Negarit #18- I Remembered Tor-Serawit – ጦር-ሠራዊት ዘኪረ!
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Will The Controversial Books By Former Minister Berhane Abrehe Be Out?
Close friends and relatives of Berhane Abrehe informed Gedab News that two books authored by the former Eritrean Minister of Finance are being printed and will soon be available in the market. According to the information, the two books will be around 210-250 pages each and are entitled, ”Eritra Hagerey [Eritrea My Country]. Details of…
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Good Governance and The Challenges of Eritrean Cultural Diversity
“This essay was originally submitted to Awate as a contribution to a journal planned to be issued after the establishment of a foundation under the working name of Awate2020. It’s being posted here with permission of the publisher to add to the recent debates on the Awate Forum in regard to the topic of ‘individual…
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ብዘበን ዉርውራ ከብድኻ ኣይተዕብራ
ማህጸን ኣደ ጉራምራ ክበሃል ሓቂ እዩ። እዛ ዓድናስ፡ ብዙሕ ዝባህሪኦም ውሉድ ኣለዉዋ፤ እንኪዓብዩ መልክዖም እንዳቐየሩ ይኸዱ። ገሊኦም ሕንጻይ ፡ገለ መፍለስ ይኾኑ፤ ገለ በጊዕ ገለ ድማ ወኻርያ ይኾኑ። አንተ ህበይ’ኳ – ጌጋ ይኽላኣለይ እምበር- ሓደ ጥራይ’ዩ። መብዛሕትኦም ግን ኣናብስ’ዮም – ሽሕኳ ከም ነፋሒቶ ንግዚኡ ተመሳሲሎም እንተለዉ። ገለስ ይንዕቆም’ኳ። ቀሪቡ ንዝረኣዮም፡ ምስጢሮም ንዝተረድኤ፡ ክሳዕ ዝደልዉ ኣድብዮም’ዮም ዘሎዉ።…
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Leaked List of PFDJ Diaspora Task Force
On May 21, 2018, Gedab News reported that it received a leaked document with a list of operatives in the Diaspora which the PFDJ created to operate within “a new strategy to combat media that sheds a negative light on Eritrea”. The task force is part of the many affiliate organizations in the Diaspora. The…
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Negarit #17- Do you know me? you know me? ሸመይ ዝፈለጠ ይባረኽ
Negarit #17- Do you know me? you know me? ሸመይ ዝፈለጠ ይባረኽ
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Some Senior Eritrean Officials Taking Risky Steps
On June 5, 2018 PM Abiy announced his government’s acceptance of the Algiers Agreement that was signed between Eritrea and Ethiopia in 2000. The Agreement followed a two-year devastating border war in which about 100,000 lives were lost and hundreds of thousands of people from the two countries were displaced from their villages and towns.…
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Ethiopian Election 2020 and the Implementation of the Algiers’ Agreement
So far, no agreement has been reached between the Eritrean and Ethiopian governments regarding the demarcation of the supposedly vital borders which were the cause of the devasting two-year war of 1998-2000. The undemarcated border was the excuse by the Eritrean ruling party for the two-decades of economic stagnation and the abuse of human rights…
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Negarit #16: I surrendered! ተጣዒሰ ኢደይ ሂበ ‘ለኹ
ኣያ ኢሳያስ ይቅረ በለለይ ክቡረ ኣቶ ቶማስ ወዲ ጎቦ ክብረት ይሃበልይ ክቡር ኣምባሳዶር ጃዝበሃይ ክብረት ይሃበልይ ክብርቲ ሚስ ብራውኒን ብሩቶን ክብረት ይሃበልይ ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ጠቅላሊ ሚኒስተርን ናይ ኤርትራ ጠቅላሊ ዲክተትርን ክቡር ዶክተር ዓቢ ኣሕመድ ይቅረ በለለይ ዓወት ናይ ኤርትራ ነጻ ፕረሰ: 51 ሓደሽቲ ናይ ዜና ማዕከናት ስረሐን ጀሚረን ጉዕዞ ንጀነቫ ንብረዚደንቲ ኢሳያስ (ኣነ ንሱ ንሱ፡ንሱ) ብዝብል ጭርሖ…
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Personal Observation of the Denver and Atlanta Festival 2018
That both festivals – the first of their kind – had taken place in 2018 was no small feat. For these festivals to take place in the heels of the major peace event between Eritrea and Ethiopia, however, is a stroke of luck for the public to push both the opposition political blocks and the…
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The Abiy Phenomenon
How volatile human affairs are! A couple of decades ago, who would have thought the wave of democratization that swept the globe after the collapse of the Soviet Union would suffer such a reversal in such a short time? The world had seemed to be moving inexorably towards freedom and democracy and many experts believed…
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Eritrean-Ethiopian Border Crossing at Um-Hajar Closed
Reports from Eritrea indicated that the border crossing from the Eritrean town of Um-Hajar to the Ethiopian town of Humera has been closed. The road between the two towns run through a bridge over the Settit River which forms a natural border between Eritrea and Ethiopia. Humera and Um-Hajar towns form two tips of an obtuse…
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Pm Abiy and the Rehabilitation of Dictators
Just as Eritreans were reeling from the bizarre remarks Isaias Afeworki made during his visit to Ethiopia on July 14, they were stunned by another man who claims to be a prophet, a healer, and an exorcist ranting about how the Gospel will be victorious, in front of the Asmara Palace Hotel, upon his arrival…
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UN Sanctions Against Eritrea to Remain in Force
The UN imposed sanctions against Eritrea will remain in place despite the statements by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who said he will work to help lift it. Somalia’s president has also made similar statements during his visit to Asmara on July 28 explaining “the move would help the economic integration of the region.”…
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Eritrean Opposition Movement: The Political Imperative of Self-Renewal
Recent political developments in Ethiopia seem to have generated internal dynamics that promise to fundamentally alter the political landscape in the country and perhaps even in the region. The emergence in April of Ethiopia’s newly elected prime minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed has potentially opened the way for unprecedented social and political change and appears to…
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Somali Region of Ethiopia: Pm Abiy Must Address the Culture of Impunity
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