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محاولة لفهم أسباب ضعف تنظيمات المعارضة الأرترية 1-3
أن الإسقاطات التي قام بها البعض ووصل بها لدرجة تحديد العدد المطلوب من الشهداء لإسقاط النظام ، وآخرون بعد أن أجروا إسقاطاتهم وصلوا لنتيجة التمسك بالخيار السلمي ونبذ القوة مع توجيه رسائل إستخفاف لمن وصفوهم أنهم في إنتظار الدبابة الأثيوبية ، وما أردت قوله في مقالي (ما حدث في تونس و مصر لا يمكن أن…
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عمل روائي رائع يؤرخ لمدينة “كرن” 1/3
قرأت رواية الكاتب الإرتري المتميز الأخ صالح “قاضي” جوهر بعنوان “في الملوك وقطاع الطرق، صناعة الطفل المحارب – Of Kings And Bandits, The Making of A Child Warrior” بشغف واستمتاع وتمعن وتعاطف قوي وفرته الرواية في التفاصيل الدقيقة والجميلة التي ترسم لوحة متكاملة قل نظيرها في الأدب الإرتري الذي أتيحت لي قراءته حتى هذه اللحظة.…
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Positive Engagement
The dictator and his different faces (PFDJ, YPFDJ and his media outlets including meskerem.net), have, for years now, and for obvious reasons, waged and still continue to wage defaming campaigns against the opposition with the intention of undermining its resolve and at the same time defeat its self confidence. Also, in parallel, a similar defamation…
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An Editorial That Raises One Question: Is Isaias Afwerki Sane?
When Isaias Afwerki is finally removed from power, he will, like his sole friend Moammer Gaddaffi, have no friends to shed tears for him. This is because Isaias Afwerki has, in 20 long years, exhausted the patience of the world with his embarrassing behaviour. The recent undated press release which appeared on March 5th on the…
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اليوم العالمي للمرأة والتحديات التي تواجه المـرأة الارترية
مركز دراسات القرن الإفريقي يحتفل العالم سنويا في الثامن من مارس باليوم العالمي للمرأة ،وخصص الاحتفال هذا العام للتركيز علي أهمية المساواة في الحصول على التعليم والتدريب والعلوم والتكنولوجيا بين الذكور والإناث،ونحن في إرتريا بحاجة أكثر من غيرنا للوقوف في هذه المناسبة علي التحديات التي تواجه المرأة الارترية سوءا كان في داخل إرتريا وخارجها،وذلك انطلاقا…
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When A Bomb Fails To Explode
What do you do when a bomb (of the old type) fails to go off after you light on the fuse? If you had been very sure of yourself that it would detonate anytime anywhere, the first thing you would do is to check the fuse and the wirings. Okay, everything is in order. Still…
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PFDJ Understands Only Force
Before I proceed to the main subject of this article, I would like to congratulate the Tunisian and Egyptian people for waging a successful revolutions and ousting the longtime dictators, thus being able to decide the future of their nations. The audacious popular uprising that emerged in Tunisia indeed inspired many Arab nations that suffered…
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From Tahrir Square, To Godena Harnet
Warning: The following article may be offensive to some old men and other slow moving objects. “May you live in interesting times”, goes the ancient Chinese proverb. It is supposed to be a veiled curse – a prelude to “May you find what you are looking for”. We yet have to discover the actual results…
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Eritrean History: A Transaction Of Bad Politics (Part-III)
“Never trust a government that does not trust its people.” The noble peace prize winner and Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov used to say that. What a befitting reminder it is at this crucial time, to warn our people to never trust an organization that walkout or boycott a popular movement for unity and democratic change.…
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How To Profit From Reading
My uncle, Malu had been reading the Psalms (Dawit) in Ge’ez for the last forty years, with tears in his eyes, but if you asked him the meaning of what he had just been reading, he would simply gawk at you and blink his eyes. He read because he had to. He did not read…
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Middle East Quagmire: A Matter Of Perspective
Ghadafi has refused to go. He claims he holds no elected Office. That is no news. Libyans never had elections since independence anyway. So the issue of him resigning is absurd. He is not a head of State. He is the Head of his own creation, ‘The Jamharia.’ Unlike Isaias, Ghadafi does not have subjects.…
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On Sanctioning The Eritrean Regime
On December 23, 2009, the UN Security Council imposed sanctions on Eritrea over “its role in Somalia” and its“refusal to withdraw troops following conflict with Djibouti.” This may be a good time to remind all that only Qaddaffi was opposed to the sanctions. The UNSC Resolution 1907 “stipulates arms embargo, travel restrictions, asset freezes” on…
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The Fall Of Gazafi And The Eritrean-Libyan Relations
“I was the one who created Libya and I will be the one to destroy it.” Qazafi as cited in The Economist1 “Mercenaries, Eritrean mercenaries!” they shouted and attacked Eritreans every here. Word spread by the agents of the regime that Eritreans were behind the failed coup attempt. Eritreans were shown as mercenaries on TV…
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Towards The National Conference
I don’t want to dwell in the details of who said what or whose position was the correct one. It suffices to say that the EDA with all its 11 member organizations was part of the discord/conflict that resulted in EPDP’s boycotting the Addis conference in the past and then the subsequent withdrawal from the…
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ህዝባዊ ናዕቢ ካብ ሊብያ ናብ ኤርትራ
ሓደ ህዝቢ ጭቆና ምስ ዝመሮ ዓጋቲ የብሉን፡፡ ንዓመታት ዘሳቐዮ ስርዓት ብመዓልትታት ይድርምሶ፡፡ ብመንጽር ክልሰሓሳባዊ ኣበሃህላ ንሓደ ለውጢ ህዛባዊ ውደባ የድሊ ይበሃል፡፡ ይኹን እምበር ህዝቢ ብሃንደበት ተላዒሉ ነብሱ እናኣለየ ዲክታተርነት ክዓሉ ሎሚ ናይ ዓይኒ ምስክር ኮይኑና ኣሎ፡፡ ቅድም ኣብ ቱኒሰያ፡ ዳሓር ኣብ ግብጺ ሕጂ ድማ ኣብ ሊብያን ካልኦት ሃገራትን ዝረኤ ዘሎ ህዝባዊ ቁጣዐ ታሪካዊ ምስክር ኢዩ፡፡…
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The Awakening
It is probably a déjà vu. A surge of global consciousness similar to the one that transpired in the 1960s when in every corner of the world the cry of freedom and independence was heard. Then we had a Kennedy in America, now we have an Obama, both known for their think-globally-and-act-locally type of outlook.…
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UN Monitoring Group Provides Damning Report On Eritrean Regime
Over the last six months, a UN-authorized Somalia Eritrea Monitoring group has been visiting a number of African countries to investigate and gather evidence about the Eritrean regime’s role in funding, arming, and training armed groups in defiance of Security Council resolution 1907. According to our sources, the Monitoring Group has gathered damning evidence which it…
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At The Crossroad (3rd & Final Part)
‘’They are capable of loving only the dead.’’ A. Pushkin The new mantra for the just ended 21st Anniversary of Massawa’s liberation goes: ‘’Fenkel: Apiary of Eritrea’s Independence’’. Sounds cute and clever. Full of meaning. Intelligent. Nationalistic. I am sorry if I am being a spoiler, but frankly, after twenty years of listening to this…
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Building Democracy And Democratic Institutions In Eritrea
(This is a speech presented at the Eritrean Civic Society Public Meeting organized by the People’s Committee for National Congress of Greater Los Angeles, CA, February 19, 2011. Dr. Afeworki Paulos teaches African politics and International Relations at Carnegie Mellon University. In addition to his teaching, he also serves as Assistant to the Dean of Libraries and…
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The Era Of Chaos: The Mistake Of The King
(This is the third and final part of a series title : The Era Of Chaos. Links to previous parts are provided at the bottom of this article) The king missed something, he directed his efforts only towards the men. The fundamental mistake of the king was to try to exploit higher consciousness that did not…
