Deposit Your Money or Else: Eritrea’s Banking Ultimatum
Eritrea's latest directive orders citizens and businesses to deposit cash into banks by July 31 or face legal…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar4 min read
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When War Moves Inside the Mind
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Civilian and Military Brigades
An examination of Eritrea’s long history of organizations, movements, ethnic and linguistic politics, and the recurring tendency to multiply groups rather than build effective structures. Drawing on personal experiences in Bahrain, the…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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Court of Law–Seattle as an Example
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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The Horn of Africa’s Catch-22: War Without End
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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Who Owns the Legacy of the Martyrs?
Inspired by a Sufi parable and Dante's imagery of flickering flames, this episode examines the meaning of sacrifice and political memory. Drawing lessons from Algeria's civil conflict and Eritrea's post-independence experience, it…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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The Gettysburg Lesson Eritrea Never Learned
What separates genuine leadership from the exploitation of sacrifice? Using Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as a historical reference…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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Dr. Kebire, The Man We Called Uncle Camera
Last week, we lost an exemplary and peaceful person endowed with a kind heart and a beautiful soul.…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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The Merchants of Division: Faith, Fanaticism, and Rationality
For decades we have appealed for national unity, peaceful coexistence, and rational public discourse. Yet fanaticism, intolerance, and…
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From the White House to the Stonehouse
I used to meet an animated, patriotic girl at a neighbor’s house where we gathered on weekends and…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar10 min read
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Peekaboo: The Ethio–Eritrean Game
The current cycle of this familiar political game began in 2018, when Abiy Ahmed traveled to Asmara to…
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PM Abiy, Teddy Afro, and the Politics of Art
For the past few days, Teddy Afro’s new album has drawn wide attention. A friend told me its…
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Ustaz AbdulHamid: Among the Few Left from the Umma Generation
It was Mendefera, on a January morning in 1929. The wife was expecting; soon, the child refused to…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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Habrengaqa: The Forgotten Line That Almost Divided Eritrea
Many Eritreans do not know the village of Habrengaqa, halfway on the Keren–Asmara road, at the top of…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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Power Needs Compliance
Every power structure requires obedience to survive. Intelligent people question authority; obedient people preserve it.
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Lies Define The PFDJ
Most of the materials for this 5-part mini-series are compiled from awate.com, primarily the detailed first-hand testimony contained…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
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Kidane Kiflu, Welday Gidey, and Serryet Addis
"Painting white over the black spots of history does not erase them; it only turns them into shades…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
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Nehnan Elamanan: The Mother of the PFDJ
Isaias Afwerki’s Nehnan Elamanan manifesto transformed internal grievances into ideological justification for political separation and eventual monopoly power.
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The Birth of the Mysterious Document
For a long time before Nehnan Elamanan was openly distributed, Isaias and his group were clandestinely circulating parts…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
