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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 time, they

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, on November

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. Generally, writers,

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 rope with

A Corporal Warned Eritrea!

In 2021, Negarit 147, I raised the issue of SFO Safer, an oil tanker that was stranded across the Hodeida,

Shall we calm down or not?

Our dialogue is a thermostat that reflects our mental development; reading comments, observing debates shows it all. I always strive

Do Eritreans Envy Tigray?

Envy is a human trait; however, most people are often envious of people they know. They are rarely envious of

Too Many Lemons to Carry

Dear Friends of Awate and Negarit (please scroll down for details), When we launched the 2024 fundraising in January, we

PM Abiy’s Mama Economy

Recently, Ethiopia relaxed currency controls and restrictions as per the recommendations of the IMF, which provided it with a generous

The Era of Flashy Pastors

Parents miss their children. Aunt Lemlem had two sons, Saleh and Arabi, who left for Egypt for education, leaving the

The Massawa-Mekele-Addis-Ababa Railway

Back in the day, aboy Tewelde had a masonry stone hauling truck. To this day, no car company has built

Like Rip Van Winkle!

How long has it been since you left your home country? Are your memories intact? Do you have friends and

Broken News

There’re two types of narcotics: Downers cause depression, insomnia, and melancholy; Uppers cause euphoria, excitement, and relaxation. When intoxicated, some

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 of fortune,

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 disciplined fighters.

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 used it

Is Eritrea’s Economy Vibrant?

Gerghis Drar’s is an Eritrean who presents basic financial tutorials—stock market, retail consumer financing, investments, debts, and politics. That caught

Reverse Season on Migration

Dilemma: do we welcome those who abandon the PFDJ, forgetting the pain they inflicted on us because we dared to

The Shirt-Color Rivalry

Eritrea is the home of diverse social groups, a country built on an idea. And the citizens are content on

Negarit 273: Citizenship and Identity Chaos

The most disturbing debate many uninformed disrupters were engaged in was on the difference between identity or citizenship and which

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