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Mesfin Hagos Should Resign From His Political Party
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Mesfin Hagos: Before the Egg Hatches
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መሰል ንኽትሓትት ነጢፍካ ግቡእ ንምትግባር…
(እዚ ጽሑፍ ዕላማኡ ንኣስተንትኖ’ዩ’ሞ መዓዲ፡ ገሳጺ፡ ምናልባት’ውን ከም ገለ ክብል መሃሪ እንተ መሲሉ ሰኣን ኣኻእሎ ጥራይ’ዩ።) ነቶም እንተስ ብጥቕሚ፡ ምድንጋርን ሰሪ እዅል ምስትውዓልን ንስርዓት ህግደፍ ዝድግፉ ገዲፍና፡ ኣብ መንጎ’ቶም ኣብ ኣንጻሩ ደምበ ዘሎና ጥራይ ከተኵር። ስእነት ተሓታትነት፡ ግሉጽነትን ምዝርጋሕ ጭቡጥ ሓበሬታን ገለ ካብቶም ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዘይቀባበሉዎ መሰረታውያን ኣዕኑድ ንቡር መንግስቲ እዮም። ኣንጻር’ዚ ወጽዓ’ዚ እንቃለስ ወይ […]
Can Mesfin Hagos Lead Under a Banner of “One Country, One Destiny”?
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Book Review: Eritrea-Inception and Consolidation of Dictatorship
Published 2020, Uppsala Sweden. Text in Tigrinya. ISBN: 978-91-519-5571-1 Pp. 365 plus list of references. Reviewed by Tekeste Negash Emeritus
Eritrean Case: Theory of Internal Colonialism
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PM Abiy What Does An Agent of Peace Mean To You?
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The Eritrean Misery Cycle And The Way Out
Since 2018, when the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) regime removed its face mask and its leaders revealed
Our Condolences to Amanuel Hidrat and His Family
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Double Standards: Use of Arabic Vs Tigrinya
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My Recurring Encounter With a Spade and an Eagle
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Archive: Eritrean Opposition Warns of All-Out Confrontation
On Monday, October 3, 1994, Arab news International published excerpts of an interview it carried out with Abdo Abdulla, the then secretary-general
Eritrea: Enduring the Perils of Betrayal and Conspiracy
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Tigray Political Paradox – Preaching Peace and Cultivating Conflict
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Book Review: The Nurnebi File –Espionage and Politics
YeNurnebi Mahder: Silela ena poletica (The Nurnebi File –Espionage and Politics), published by Gebriel and son Publishing Virginia, USA, 2017.
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