• Post “Liberation” Struggle For Liberation

    (This is a speech delivered on Saturday February 19, 2011, at a meeting hosted by the People’s Committee for National Congress of Greater Los Angeles—Saleh Gadi Johar) The title of the topic that I was asked to talk about by the organizers of the event is ‘Post Liberation Movement’; but I would like to rephrase…

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  • 2011: An Inspirational Year

    Inspiring events are engulfing the Middle East region. So far, the Tunisian dictator has been overthrown, quickly followed by the Egyptian despot. Third in line is the Libyan mad man who will hopefully, along with his spoiled brat of a son,  be thrown away soon. As these dynamic events are unfolding for the world to see, Eritreans…

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  • ማሕበር ጠበቓታት ኤርትራ ኣብ ዓቢ ኣህጉራዊ ዋዕላ ተሳቲፉ

    ሪፖርታዥ ብሚልክያስ ምሕረትኣብ ዮውሃን ማሕበር ጠበቓታትን ናይ ሕጊ ኪኢላታት ኤርትራውያን(Eritrean law society) ኣብ ኪጋሊ ሩዋንዳ ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ዓቢ ዋዕላ ኣህጉራውያን ጠበቓታት ኣፍሪቃ ተዓዲሙ ተሳቲፉ ምስ ዝተፈላለዩ ሰበስልጣናትን ናይ ሕጊ ኪኢላታትን ካሎኦት ኣገደስቲ ሰባትን ብምርኻብ ዝምድንኡ ኣደልዲሉ።ኣብዚ ኣብ ለካቲት 11_12 ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ዋዕላ ንማሕበር ጠበቓታት ኤርትራ ብምውካል፡ኣቦ መንበር ናይቲ ማሕበር ኣቶ ሚኪኤል ግርማይ ዓንደገርጊሽ ተሳቲፉ፡ምስ ብዙሓት…

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  • Expecting Aguagudom (ኣጎጉዶም): A Play-Act VI

    Characters’ Name  Sobriquet Party/Affiliation Yemane Baliho  Wedi-Baliho Selfi-Swa Mohamed Birhan Imam   Wedi-Zemzem  Selfi-Alamel Abdella A zerom Wed-Inharish  Selfi-Gebil Amanuel ReDae Wedi-Tiebe  Selfi-L’fnti Tirhas Kindya Trishi(Gual ‘Gbitan) Demit Eritrea Mohamed I Abdella Wed-Sudan  Hizb Aljemahir Zewdi Andemariam Gual Bashay ???? Najib A Khahsay Hargets  Selfi-Abaeka Dr. Basilios Angesom Gnogno Selfi-Bun Osmano Ibrahimo  YaAsina Selfi-Shahi Melake Gebrekidan…

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  • Breaking The Kitchen Barrier

    It is written in Genesis that Adam and his helpmeet were told not to eat of the forbidden fruit. “And the Lord God commanded the man saying of every tree of the garden you may freely eat, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it….” Man,…

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  • Isaias Afwerki Suffering From Liver Ailment

    Reliable sources from Eritrea tell awate.com’s Gedab News that Eritrean strongman Isaias Afwerki is seriously sick and was in Qatar for medical treatment. The ailment is reported to be liver disease which has manifested itself on his eyes, his face and his stomach.  Isaias Afwerki has lost weight; his stomach is bloated; his eyes jaundiced…

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  • Two Out: Who Is No. 3?

    The Tunisian people have taken to the streets and succeeded in deposing a dictator, and the popular uprising in Egypt has forced the modern pharaoh to make three consecutive concessions within a week. For the first time in 30 years he appointed a vice-president (we do not have one in Eritrea yet) and promised to…

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  • ኣብባይ ዓርኪ መረብ ናይ ጎረቤትዶ ክንዛረብ!

    ኣባይ ወዲ መረብ ዝብላዕ’ስኪ ተዛረብ ኣይውዳእን’ዩ’ቲ መረቕ። ኣባይ ወዲ ጣና – ነቶም ዘፋነና ዓይንና እናረአና – መረቕ ዓደ’ቦና ዝለኣኽና ናበ’ሕዋትና እንታይ’ዩ ማይ ኢዳና። እቲ ንፈልጦ ማይ ከምዘይፈሰሰ ካብ ሰማይ ገዛ ንኽኣቱ ኣብ ዓዲ-ጸሓይ፣ ይውሕዝ ይፈስስ – ዶባት ይጠሓሕስ የልምዕ የተርክስ – የፋቕር የባእስ የድግም የድግስ – ይጽሕፍ ይድምስስ ኣጽርዩ ኣጻርዩ ይምለስ ናብ ባሕሩ ይፈስስ። ናይ…

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  • ما صنعه المصريون سيقلب الموازين رأسًا على عقب

    بقلم: زين العابدين محمد علي “شوكاي” عبر المصريون وغير المصريين عن أنفسهم بهذه الكلمات عند حدوث الثورة المصرية: “مصر …. ثورة شعب، مصر…. الشعب ينتصر، مبروك يا أهل مصر، ألف ومليون و70 مليار مبروك…. تعيش مصر العروبة، هنيئًا لشعب مصر، مصر مقدمة على مرحلة جديدة …في السابق كنا نحتفل بتحرير الأوطان … الآن نحتفل بتحرير…

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  • بالامس تونـــس واليوم مصـر وغدا ارتريــا

     – قبل أقلً من شهرين كان اشهر مفكري تونس وقادتها ( راشد الغنوشي ومنصف المرزوقي ) بالمنفى يسطران آلام وآمال شعبهما ولم يتوقعا او يشيرا الى الانتفاضة التي اطاحت بنظام بن علي من قريب او بعيد قبل ان تبدء الانتفاضة . – وقبل اقل من ثلاثة اسابيع فقط كان منظري السياسة وخاصة اتباع نظام مبارك يراهنون…

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  • Eritreans Must Unite To Overthrow The Dictatorship

    As Eritreans, we find ourselves at a cross-road. Our nation is going through a traumatic time; our people are suffering under a tyrannical regime, led by a narcissistic creature. No offense to army sergeants, but as one Sudanese leader put it, Isaias “has the mentality of an army sergeant who thinks he can rule the…

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  • Eritrea: A Conference To Groom PFDJ 2.0

    On Sunday, January 23 2011, the Young People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (Y-PFDJ), the youth franchise of Eritrea’s ruling and sole legal political entity, convened a conference in Oslo, Norway at the  pricey Radisson Blu hotel.  The conference was addressed by Eritrea’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Tesfamichael Gerahtu. No journalists were allowed: a…

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  • Now They’ve Got The Money!

    What a combination! A reckless regime and a mountain of gold. But some combinations can be unstable like glycerin and nitric acid. Booom!!! And it is the end of Eritrea as we know it. Una brutta fine! According to the tyrant, the country will go the way of Somalia in his absence. According to the…

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  • Eritrean Officials Panicked By Egypt’s Popular Uprising

    As the people’s rage moves from Tunisia to Egypt and possibly to Yemen, the Eritrean regime is in a state of panic and is trying to engineer a total news blackout in Eritrea. The State media, which is the only legal medium of information dissemination in Eritrea, has maintained total silence on the Tunisian and Egyptian…

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  • To The East! To The East!

    My New Year resolution (which usually lasts all of January) was to get all my news and entertainment from Eri-TV because I heard a true believer explain, with conviction, that Isu-TV provides him with all the entertainment, domestic and international news he needs because he just likes a source that hits and swerves the truth.  …

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  • Not All Is Quite On The Nile Front

            Oh, old Pharaoh Moses asked you, “let my people go.” But, you turned a deaf ear, Ten plagues fell on every house and borough. The people found out That you were neither god nor savior And your power was far from thorough.   Oh, new Pharaoh After decades of misrule, and…

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  • Eritrean Airlines: Take Four

    Eritrea’s dictator Isaias Afwerki is personally supervising the negotiations to bring in Pakistani Airways to manage Eritrean Airlines.  The agreement envisions a Pakistani management, which includes a General Manager, a Chief Operating Officer and a Financial manager, to take over the administration of Eritrean Airlines. If the negotiations succeed, this will be the fourth launch…

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  • ማዕበል ሁበቡላ

    ቅድሚ ኩሉ እንቓዕ ነዚ ኹሉ ዝግበር ዘሎ ጉያ ጉያን፤ ሓዞን ኣርክብን ጥራይ ከይኮነስ ርድኣዮን ርድኣናን ናይሓሶትን ናይ ሓቅን ጥርዓን ካብ ኩሉ ኩርናዕ ብሓባር ክንሰምዕን ክንርእይን ኣብጽሓና። እወ ከም ብዙሓት ሕብሪ ዝተዛነቐ ናይ ፈተውትን ናይ ብዙሓት ምፍጣረይ ዘይወሓጦሎም ከይተረፈ ሃላዋት ኣሻቒለ ከምዝነበርኩ ኩሉ ይርድኣኒ። እንተኾነ ሎሚ ብዛዕብኡ ክዛረብ ኣይኮነን ሕምረት ጹሑፎይ። እንተኾነ ከምቲ በምሓርኛ ዝብልዎ “መሰንበት…

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  • Egypt Arrests Nearly 100 Eritrean, Ethiopian Refugees

    Close to one hundred Eritreans and Ethiopians were arrested in the last two days in Egypt. Also arrested were about four people of other nationalities. The official Egyptian television, which has yet to provide uncensored coverage of the unrest roiling Egypt, brought the news from Sinai as it showed a line up of the arrested…

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  • Wounded Nation : A Book Review

    Rarely does one find a serious and intelligent book that is totally engaging, but the author of a new book, “Wounded Nation: How a Once Promising ERITREA was Betrayed and its Future Compromised,” did just that. “Wounded Nation” takes up on where the first volume, “The Crown and the Pen,” ended. The book according to…

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