Year: 2018
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The Arsonists’ Fire and a Bucket of Water
Into the noise with a small bucket of water, trying to help put down the fire that the arsonists started. If you like the water in the bucket, well and good. If you don’t, “you are forgiven”. If you like what you watch, be prepared for more. Also, kindly do not forget to like, share,…
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Eritrea: Ethiopia’s Achilles’ heel–Will PM Abyi Ahmed Succeed in Bringing Peace?
Following the Ethiopian political developments has become a roller coaster for Eritreans. As much as they are impressed by the developments, they are worried about what happens next. Ethiopian politics do influence Eritrea and the entire region greatly. The recent election of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was well received by the people of the Horn…
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ARCHIVED: US Ambassador: Eritrea Arrested 48 of Our Staff
[This news item was pulled from the archives. It was originally published @23:15, on Aug. 7, 2015] Between 2001 and 2010, Eritrea arrested 48 Eritrean employees of the US embassy in Eritrea, according to former US ambassador to Eritrea, Ronald McMullen. In an interview with Global Journalist on August 6, Ambassador McMullen, who appeared on the…
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“መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ንበይኑ ዝገብሮ ስምምዕ ሰላም፡ ውሕስነት የብሉን።” ሳልሕ (ቓዲ) ጆሃር
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Eritrea: Ruling Party and Children’s Rights
In a news it released on its website, the Eritrean ruling party (PFDJ) said it concluded a seminar where the topic was children’s rights. The news indicated the two-day seminar was held between 12-13 April 2018 and claimed, “encouraging results have been registered in the country in implementation of Children’s right.” The PFDJ also claimed,…
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ካብ ሳዕሳዕካስ ጾርካ ኣጸቢቅካ ተሓንገጦ
(እዚ ጽሑፍ ካብ ናይ ዓዋተ ናይ ክትዕ ገጽ ዝተቀድሐ እዩ) ትብጻሕ እዛ ደብዳበ ናብ ኩቡር ሓው ማሕሙድ ሳለሕ፡ ምስ ሙሉእ ሰላምታ። ማሕሙድ፡ ኣብ መድረኽ ዓወተ ስለዘይረኸብኩኻ፡ እስኪ ኣበይ ሓኪሉ ኢለ መስከረም ግንጽል እንተበልኩስ፡ ኣሰርካ ኣብኣ ረኺበዮ። ንስኻ ካብ መድረኽ ዓወተ እንተጠፋእካ፡ ኣብ መስከረም ትርከብ፣ ኣቦይ ሃይለ (ኣነ ኣይኮንኩን፡ ናይ ብሓቂ ታሪኽ ስለ ዝኾነ ሽሞም ብስመይ…
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Millions of UAE Cash-Money Seized in Somalia
Bags containing US$9.6 million have been intercepted by Somali security and customs forces at Aden Abdulle International Airport in the Somali capital city, Mogadishu. The UAE ambassador to Somalia, Mohammed Al Hammadi was at the airport to receive the cash that arrived on board a UAE airplane from Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the…
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PFDJ Turns to Prayers, Pastors Return to PFDJ
Every epoch in human history brings its own booming business and now, the business of Jesus Chris has become a very lucrative enterprise even the PFDJ is venturing into. And some gibberish talking, bible wielding, scriptures-flaunting and self-crowned prophets have committed themselves to working against the aspiration of the Eritrean people by aligning themselves with PFDJ.…
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The “Sacred Cows”
Nationalism pushed to its extreme equals ultra-nationalism of the fascist kind*. Ethnic pride pushed to its extreme leads to a narrowly defined ethnocentrism or even worse. Religious beliefs pushed to the extreme leads to fanaticism of the Boko Haram, ISIS, Al Shabab and of Myanmar’s genocide (on minority Rohingia) kind. Regionalism pushed to the extreme…
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ስውኣትና ተቀቢሮም ዶ!
ሰማያት ዘለዋ መሬት: ሕንብርቲ ዘይብሉ ሽውሃት ወኒና ካብቲ ካዕበት ዝተሓፍሶ ግራት:ቡቅሊ ኣዳቂላ ከይትወስድ:ኣቃይሓ ብሙሩጽ ጥራሕ ኢየ ዝዕንገል ክትብለኒ…ደንዳኒት በልኩዋ:: ኢዚ ናይሎሚ ጹሑፍ እምበኣር ስውኣት ተቀቢሮም! ክንሓዝን እምበር ስብ ከነጸናንዕ ኣይከኣልናን:መስዋእቲ ክልተ ብ ሓንቲ ንብዓት መን ክኣምን ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝብል ኣርእስቲ ብሓፍሻ ዘለናዮ እዋን ሓዘን ብዓቅመይ ክድህስስ ዘዳለኹዎ ጹሑፍ ኢዩ:: ኢቲ ገድሊ ኮነ:ኢቲ ቃልሲ :ኣብ መርድእ…
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An Envious Eritrean Congratulating Ethiopia
Americans do not declare something over, “until the fat lady sings”. It’s a colloquial language referring to a fat lady who apparently used to sing before the end of Operas. For the last six-weeks, everybody was waiting for the Ethiopian Parliament to sing and officially declare a prime minister. It did, and as many expected,…
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Ambassador Adhanom G/Mariam Eulogizing Haile Deroue
This video clip is part of the speech delivered by Ambassador Adhanom Gebremariam eulogizing Haile Deroue at a public meeting in Washington, DC. on March 24, 2018. awatestaff
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Isaias-Saudi-UAE Alliance: Tails Trying to Wag the World
This is an Eritrean perspective, but probably it reflects the views of all victims alike. And Eritrea is ruled by a ruthless tyrant and complacent neighbors. Now regional countries are conspiring against Eritreans. That is more than a double whammy, it’s quintet interest arrayed against the interest of Eritreans. Isaias Afwerki, the Eritrean president, has…
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Saudi, UAE, and Eritrean Internet Trolling Cooperation
Gedab News learned that the UAE and Saudi Arabia are providing training and facilities to the Eritrean ruling party to enhance its internet war against its opponents. Both Arab countries maintain a strong troll presence in social media, which they enhanced since November of last year to encircle Qatar. The UAE intelligence officials have assembled over…
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On Agency, Gender Roles, & Bird’s Eye View of Eritrea’s Revolution
Some articles compel one to write about the article because the subject matter one sense tend to be of monumental import and some other times comments in the Awate Forum beg one to do the same. So, what’s one to do but contemplate or make an attempt to write one that could conceivably combine the…
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Mahmoud Kannoni: Rest In Peace My Great Teacher
A bright educator has passed away. A great teacher who left his marks on our personalities has passed away. Ustaz Mahmoud Mohammed Ali has died. May he rest in peace. Almost sixteen years had passed when I visited Ustaz Mahmoud in his house in Abu Dhabi together with my late friend Sheikheddin Yassin. He didn’t…
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Book Review: Red Sea Citizens by Dr. Jonathan Miran
BooK: Red Sea Citizens Author: Jonathan Miran Pages: 401 Year: 2009 Publisher: Indiana University Press Dr. Johnathan Miran is Assistant Professor of Islamic Civilization in the…
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ጸላኢኻ ይሙት ኣቦና ኣባይካ
ጸላኢኻ ይሙት ኩቡር ኣቦና ኣባይካ መልእኽትኻ ኣብጺሕካ በጃና ዄንካ ኬድካ እምባኣር ሕጅስ ካን ሓሊፍካ ላላእ ኣይሞትካን ኣቦና ላላእ ኣባይካ ላላእ ኣይሞትካን ኣቦና ላላእ ኣባይካ ዝሞትናስ ንሕናዳኣ ንስኻስ ኣለኻ ቀኒዕካ ድንን ከይበልካ ምስ ክብረትካ ነቢርካ ምስ ሃይባኻ ምስ ሸረፍካ ከም ኣመልካ ባዓል ግርማወ ኤህ ዳአ ወይሉኡ ዝደፈረካ ኣሊኻ ኣሪምካ ኣናቢኻ ሓብሒብካ ኮብኪብካ ድንን ከይበልካ ምስ ክብረትካ…
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Book Review: WORDS THAT GOVERN
BooK: Words that Govern and Other Essays in Law and Politics Author: Bereket Habte Selassie Price: $24.95 Pages: 256 Year: 2018 Publisher: Red Sea Press WORDS That GOVERN is written to the budding young democratic prince—a citizen who has to govern him/herself under the revolutionary and yet old idea of self-government—by a scholar-practitioner,…
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ሃይማኖታዊ ጎንጺ ዝበሃል የለን
“ ሃይማኖታዊ ጎንጺ ዝበሃል የለን“ … ካብዚ እምነት`ዚ`የ ክብገስ፤ እቲ ኣብ ሃይማኖታዊ ተረደኦና ዘሎ ጸህያይ ከኣ ክዕጸድ ኣለዎ። ዝናብ ኣብ ምድሪ ከሕዲ ይዘንብ ኣብ ምድሪ ኣማኒ ይዘንብ ጸሓይ ኣብ ዓዲ ኣማኒ ትበርቅ ከምኡ`ውን ኣብ ዓዲ ኸሓዲ ኣማኒ ዝዘረኦ ይኹን ኸሓዲ ዝዘረኦ ይፈሪ ከሓዲ ይኹን ኣማኒ ይዋሰብ ይፋረ ዝሰጎመ ኣማኒ ይኹን ከሓዲ ናብቲ ዝኣመቶ ይበጽሕ…፤ ወዘተረፈ…