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Exposing the YPFDJ in Europe: Part IV
By Eritrean Unity Movement Part I exposed the branches of the YPFDJ across Europe. Senai Solomon Lemma, Chairperson of YPFDJ in Denmark that we mentioned in Part I received 40 days of suspended prison sentence for his uncontrolled act of violent assault on an Eritrean at a party. Elderly members of the PFDJ cheered Senai…
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Provisional Agenda Of The Sixty-sixth Regular Session Of The UN General Assembly
United Nations A/66/150* General Assembly Distr.: General 15 July 2011 Original: English 11-40769* (E) 250711 *1140769* Sixty-sixth session Provisional agenda of the sixty-sixth regular session of the General Assembly** To convene at United Nations Headquarters, New York, on Tuesday, 13 September 2011, at 3 p.m. 1. Opening of the session by the President of the…
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Darfur Agreement And Ethiopian Diplomacy In Qatar
Under the auspices of the Amir of Qatar, a peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the Darfuri Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) was signed on Thursday in Doha. Dr Ghazi Salahaddin signed the agreement on behalf of the Sudanese government while Dr. AlTijani Sissi signed it on behalf of LJM. The agreement signing ceremony…
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UNSC Should Extend, Stiffen Sanctions Against Eritrean Regime
Isaias: The Matchstick Of The Horn On Friday, July 15, 2011, the Eritrea Somalia Monitoring Group (“Monitoring Group”) is expected to formally provide its long-awaited report to the Sanctions Committee that was authorized by UN Security Council Resolution 1907 which was passed in 2009. Passed by 13-1-1 vote, Resolution 1907 calls on imposing an arms…
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An Appeal To The PFDJ Conscience
‘Evil prospers where good people do nothing’. This saying is heard in various circumstances and contexts, and it is worth taking a careful note of it in the context of Eritrea. On the occasion of the anniversary of Eritrean independence we have seen a stark and clear illustration of the polarized reality of Eritrea. On…
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The Road To NCDC: Challenges And Opportunities
These are the main highlights of the presentation I gave in a seminar in Birmingham on 09.07. 2011. The seminar was organized by Eritrean Cultural Forum in Birmingham: Stock assessment: Our basic background: What? -Will always be part of us How we dealt/ deal with it? -Our experience How does it look? Where we stand?…
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The Sound Of Money
Is it, one wonders, love or simply money that makes the world go round? I think it is money. But the moment money is mixed with love and passion, the destructive force generated is enough to blow the world to pieces starting from your family. Especially if a femme fatale has been after your money…
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ናብ ተስፋንኪኤል ገራህቱ፣ ኳደረ ህግደፍ ኣብ ዓዲ እንግሊዝ
ናብ ተስፋንኪኤል ገራህቱ፣ እንታይ ኢለ ቅጽል ከም ዝህበካ እኳ ኣይፈለጥኩን። ኣቶ ከይብለካ ናይ ኣቶታት ስራሕ ኣይትሰርሕን ዘለኻ። ኣብ ክንዲ ንደቀባት ኣኪብካ ብዛዕባ ሃገርን ህዝቢት ትመያየጥ፣ ንጽባሕ ንጉሆ ዘጣዕሰካ ሰብኣዊ ሕልናኻ ዘይቅበሎን ብታሪኽ ዘሕትተካን ተግባር ትገብር ከም ዘለኻ ፍለጥ። ጎረቤትካ ኮይነ መዚነካ’ሞ ከም ሓሰር ንፋይ ፈዃስካ ረኺበከ።ኣብዛ ኮሪዕና ዝተወለድናላ ኤርትራ መዕለቢ ንዘይብሎም: ብናይ መንነት ቅልውላውን ንዝሕመሱ…
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The Past & The Future: Important But Not Urgent Questions
The human brain is designed in such a way that is responds to external messages according to their importance and urgency. The ability to understand and analyze those messages depends on how every individual’s mental capacity is prepared. Education, culture & I.Q Once the brain gets the message, it applies certain criteria to classify those…
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Discriminate Barbarity And The Era Of Exodus: Part 2 of 3
(Discriminate Barbarity And The Era Of Exodus: Part 1 of 3) The king of Ethiopia chose to have friendship with both the Arabs and the Israelis. To please the Israelis, he bashed the Arabs. To please the Arabs he suppressed the Ethiopian Jews called the Falashas. Both the Arabs and the Israelis called the king…
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Eritrean Regime’s Addiction To Lies & Coverups: The Case Of Denkalia
It is a given that politicians have a very heightened awareness of the importance of information and they try to manage it as much as they can. Politicians want to determine what kind of information is available to the public, when the information is made available, and how best to package it—spin it—so it provides maximum…
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We Produce Our Own Leaders
Although there are various cultural, psychological, political, economic, social, geographic, regional, etc. factors that bring good or bad leaders to the fore, the fact that the people are responsible for the appearance of their leaders, whether elected or through a coup, should never be underestimated. The leader comes out of the people just as a…
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CDRiE’s Squelching Retreat From Engagement
If there is poster organization for the “boycotting behavior” that plagues the opposition camp, it is the ELF-RC, lately known the EPDP. If there are imposing “group of elites” walking on the path of EPDP, but also have the audacity to attack every group of identity, it is a small outfit called CDRiE. I guess…
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እሽም
“እሽም እስክትሽም እሽም እስክትሽም ’ዛ ጥልፈይ ጉምጉም ነጸላይ ጥምጥም ኣዋርቐይ ስክም ’ዛ ቢራይ ግስም እሽም እስክትሽም ወይ’ዚ ወልፊ ሕሱም እሽም እስክትሽም ቶባእ ድሕሪ ደጊም!” ኢላ’ምበር ባሃብላ ክትልብም ግዲ’ላ እቲ ምዃን’ታይ ክትደግም ኢላ ወራዙትን ከም ዓይበት ይቕደዳ ባሃብላን ተራይዋ ኩዳ ምስ ወዲወዳ ዓንዲራ ዓቢዳ ምስ ጓልጓላ ዘሊላ ፈሊላ ሎምስ ይብለየላ ካብ ስራሕ ዕዋላ ጸሎት መምሓረላ…
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Below Passing Mark
A close friend of mine has prompted me to write this article. He was a PFDJ passionate member. I think he still is; though he started to disagree on some points with his party members. I believe he is not an active member anymore like he uses to be. We used to talk on politics.…
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Regionalism, Identity And Political Organizations In Eritrea
This is a speech that was presented at The Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville Maryland on June 25, 2011. Panelists presented their speech on an array of topics pertinent to Eritrea’s Path towards Democracy. The main issues that were presented by the panelists were: Diversity Management in Nation Building, Religion and Languages in Eritrean…
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ፍረ ናጽነት ምዕባሌ ኢዩ
ኣብ ዝኾነ ሕብረተሰብ ዝካየድ ህዝባዊ ቃልሲ፡ ቀንዲ ዓላማኡ እቲ ሕብረተሰብቲ ካብ ጭቆና ተጋላጊሉ ኣብ ዕለታዊ መነባብሮኡ ለውጢ ንምምጻእ ኢዩ። ለውጢ ክበሃል እንከሎ እቲ ጨቋኒ ስርዓት ተለዊጡ ህዝቢ ዝሳተፎ፤ ዝቆጻጸሮ ህዝባዊ ስርዓት ምቛም ማለት ኢዩ። ህዝባዊ ስርዓት ድማ እቲ ህዝቢ መሰሉ ተሓሊዩ ሓደ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሓደ ብባህሊ ይኹን ብሃይማኖት ዕብለላ ዘይብሉ ብማዕረ ዝነብረሉ ስርዓት ማለት ኢዩ።…
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Behind The Eritrean Regime’s Panicked Reaction
According to the Eritrean regime, the United States has pressured Pakistan to abort a pending aircraft lease and management deal it was negotiating with Eritrea. Citing an un-named “senior Foreign Ministry official”, the Eritrean state media claimed that “Washington is resorting to such illegal acts as part of its hostile attempts of stiffening anti-Eritrea sanctions.” …
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ተፈጥሮ እውን’ዶ ፖለቲካ?
ብሰሎሞን ኣበራ ካብ መግዛእቲ ህግደፍ ሓራ ወጺኤ ናብ ኤውሮጳ ካብ ዝኣቱ ድሕሪ ሓደ ዓመት’ዩ ነይሩ፡ ግጥም ኩዕሶ እግሪ ዋንጫ ዓለም ኣብዛ ዝነብረላ ሃገረ ጀርመን ዝተኻየደሉ፡ ክራማት 2006። ሓደ ኣጋምሸት ኣብ ከተማ ፍራንክፈርት፡ ሓበሻ ብብዝሒ ኣብ ዝንቀሳቐሱሉ ከባቢ ማእከላይ መደበር ባቡር (hauptbahnhof) ብእግረይ እናተጓዓዝኩ፡ “እዚ ደኣ እቲ ጋዜጠኛ ድዩ፧’’ ዝብል ዘረባ’ኳ እንተሰማዕኩ፡ ጉዕዞይ ኣየሰናኸልኩን። “…..ኣንታ ሓወይ…..ስምዓኒ’ሞ….መን…
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Eritrean Regime’s Narrative Runs Into The Wall Of Reality
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” Philip K. Dick The best way to understand reality has been to contrast it with what it is not: imaginary and false. But that is not as easy as it sounds for reality, like knowledge, is always evolving and, like knowledge, is …
