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ክንዲ ሽሕ ሞይቱና ብሽሕ ከኣ ጎዲልና
አቶ ፍቓዱ ልጃም 1958 – 2011 ክንዲ ሽሕ ሞይቱና ብሽሕ ከኣ ጎዲልና ፍቃዱ ሓወይ ኣንታ ለጋስ ወዲ ህዝቢ ተንኮል ዘይብልካ ጻዕዳ ልቢ ብዘይካ ሕራይ ዘይትፈልጥ እምቢ ንኹሉ ትቕበሎ ብዓብይ ቀልቢ ብኣምላኽ ተፈደዮ ናትካ ዓስቢ። ሽግር ኣሕዋትካ ኣብ ምፍታሕ ግዜኻ ተጥፍእ ምእንቲ ኣሕዋትካ ሂወትካ ትስውእ ዝሸገሮ ናባኻ ይመጽእ ምኽሪ ዝደለየ ናባኻ ይመጽእ ሓገዝ ዝደለየ…
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The Olive (AwLi’e) Revolution In Eritrea: A Satire
Prelude: The Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak was forced to make “concessions” (please! I can’t overemphasize the importance of them quotation marks) to the historic protests currently unfolding in his country. After report of major announcement was coming up from the Egyptian leader, the protesters were eager to hear them. So was I. Here is the…
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ቃል ሓዘን
ቃል ሓዘን ሓውና ፍቓዱ ልጃም ብዝሓደሮ ናይ ሓጺር ግዜ ሕማም ብዕለት 13 ጥሪ 2011 (January 13, 2011 ) ኻብዚ ዓለም ብሞት ተፈልዩ። ፍቕዱ ብተፈጥሮኡ ኩሉ ግዜ ሕጉስ ፈታው ሰብ ፈታው ጽቡቕ ስለዝነበረ ዝበዝሕ ግዜኡ ኣብ ሰብ ምሕጋዝን ምትሕብባርን የጥፍኦ ነበረ። ዝኾነ ሽግር ዘጋጠሞ ሰብ ድማ ሓገዝን ምኽርን ንምርካብ ናብ ፍቓዱ ዘይውከስ ሰብ ኣይነበረን። ንሱ ከኣ…
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Eritrean Islamic Congress Clarifies Position
The Eritrean Islamic Congress (EIC) which is led by Hassen Salman, did not attend the recent meeting of the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA), the umbrella group for several exiled opposition groups. Since the most prominent item on the agenda of the EDA leadership was the fate of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) and since EPDP’s “Transitional Executive…
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Eritrean History: A Transaction Of Bad Politics (Part-II)
“Take the thread and follow it,” the wisdom of our adage reminds us; and here I will try to give a thread of our recent history and hopefully others will follow; just to stop any “espionage against the truth,” and bring to light the argument of those who are still searching for “glory loopholes” by…
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The Era Of Chaos: The Flag
In the previous portion, we read that the British trained and formed a local police force and made sure that the force they should not interfere or get involved in politics. In cities and towns carried guns but batons, on the countryside they carried guns. They were village men with village roots and the gun…
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Addis Abeba 2011: It’s 2002 All Over Again
Addis Abeba, 2002. The Eritrean alliance of opposition organizations is discussing the fate of the Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC), which had been split into two wings. One wing, led by the late Seyoum Ogbamichael, stages a walk-out: subsequently, in the bitterness and recriminations that ensue after the split, the Seyoum Ogbamichael-led ELF-RC, describes the…
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EPDP (EPDP Wing?) Withdraws Its EDA Membership
EPDP Wing Withdraws Its Membership From The EDA. The Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) is an umbrella association of 10 Eritrean opposition groups. On Saturday, January 22, 2011, the EDA commenced its “Central Committee” meeting in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. An agenda on its meeting was the fate of a member organization, one wing of the Eritrean…
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ابوراى ومنظمة سدرى.. تضليل وارباك مقصود
حتى وقت قريب كنا نعتقد ان بعضا من افراد سدرى المسلمين منهم طبعا، يتخذون مواقف او توجها معاكسا لمجتمعهم لمصلحة ذاتية او انه تهيا لهم فى ظل بعض الانكسارات او الخذلان والياس من اوضاع تنظيمات المقاومة ،ان يذهبوا الى درجة الانتقام من اهلهم بتعزيز مواقع الغلاة المتجبرين ،وهذه هى الحقيقة الخالصة، وطبعا تاريخنا قد شهد…
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At The Crossroads (Part II)
A chilly Mediterranean wind is blowing across the stale political landscape of Africa’s Arab north, and it has turned a new page, and a new chapter has just begun. In Tunisia an iron fist that ruled for 23 years was unraveled a few days back by popular unarmed street strikes. Despots in the neighboring countries…
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“It Is Better To Die A Thousand Times, Than Live Without Dignity….”
The young defendant was barely 20 years old. He is accused of killing a fellow friend and a neighborhood buddy for a mere five dollars. Five dollars? It might seem an outright cruelty and even barbarity, to take the life of a person for such trivial matter. But wait, there is a lot for the…
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Un Peace Keeping Operations: Between A Rock And A Hard Place
I. Introduction Peace keeping is one of the most important works undertaken by the United Nations Organization, involving enormous financial burden and the use of military forces coming from different countries. Peacekeeping has become one of the functions for which the United Nations has become well-known, with the blue helmets of its forces patrolling areas…
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تونس الثورة : المشهد – التداعيات – العبر
الفرعونية لغة اشتقت من جمع فعلين في العربية هما (فرع) والذي يدل على العلووالسمو والرفعة و(عون) ومنه اشتقت الإعانة والماعون والعوان وهي التي لها قبل ولها بعد فالبقرة العوان هي التي قبلها بكر وبعدها فارض ومن هذين الفعلين (فرع+عون= فرعون) وأما المعني السياسي لفرعون فهو أعلى الهرم في السلطة ويحمل صفة الاستبداد والتي تتميز بالشدة…
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Expecting Aguagudom: A Play – ACT V
Setting: Misyam, Seraye (Zoba Debub), Eritrea Characters’ Name Sobriquet Party/Affiliation Yemane Baliho Wedi-Baliho Selfi- Swa Mohammed Birhan Imam Wedi-Zemzem Selfi-Alamel Abdella A Zerom Wed-Inharish Selfi-Gebil Amanuel ReDae Wedi-Tiebe Selfi-L’fnti Tirhas Kindya Trishi (Gual G’bitan) Demit Eritrea Mohammed I Abdella Wed-Sudan Hizb Aljemahir Zewdi Andemariam Gual Bashay Gual Bashay ? Najib A Kahsay Hargetz Selfi-Abaeke…
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The Next EDA-EPDP Confrontation
In its January 20, 2011 Central Committee meeting, the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA), an umbrella group of exiled Eritrean opposition organizations, will decide on the status of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), one of its member groups, vis-à-vis the latter’s October 31, 2010 decision to expel a number of its members, including members of the leadership, from…
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The Era Of Chaos: Colonizers And Women
“Ah my friend, ‘its true” cried old Natty Bumppo, slapping his knee. “A man cannot know hisself if he don’t know where he came from.” Jacob Franklin Templeton The following is a narrative of a man born in the era of chaos. It is a long narrative seen through his innocent, childish eyes and is…
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ንዳንካልያ ዝምልከት : ርኢቶይ ኣብ “ሓላው’ታ ወርቃዊት ገረብ”
ሓላው’ታ ወርቃዊት ገረብ እትብል መጽሓፍ ድሕሪ ምምባበይ ንደንከል ዝምልከት ዝተጻሕፈ ታሪኽ ሪኢቶይ ንኽህበሉ ሕልናይ ስለ ዝደረኸኒ ንሓውን ብጻይን ዳኒኤል ሰመረ ተስፋይ ፍቓድ እሓትት:: ሓው ሰመረ ፣ “ኮፍ ከይበላስ ቌቕ ኣበላ“ ከይከውን በቲ ኣወንታዊ ሸነኽ ናይ ጻዕርኻን ትብዓትካን ክጅምር እፈቱ:: መጽሓፍካ መብዛሕትኡ ጊዜ፣ ካብ ገዛ ንስራሕ ካብ ስራሕ ንገዛ ኣብ ዝመላለሰሉ እዋን እየ ኣንቢበያ:: መብዛሕትኡ ምዕራፋት…
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Isaias Afwerki And The Eritrean People (Part 3 of 3)
Does our different background translate to different “attitudes and subsequent behavior”? Does our religious, regional, ethnic identity trump our generic national identity? What is the emotive hierarchy among religious, regional and ethnic identities? Say anything negative about things you observe in your own ethnicity, region or religion and you are a self-hating whatever-you-are; say anything…
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Alnahda.com: PFDJ Snares Ansaba And Meskerem
The following item was published in Arabic at www.alnahda1.8m.com. Awate.com has translated it and is publishing it for the benefit of its English readers. Awate Team The Eritrean Regime Begins The New Year With A Public Information Campaign Through Agents Nominally Affiliated With The Eritrea Opposition: Ansaba.com brought news and it was translated into Tigrigna by…
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Tigrigna Domination: Myth Vs Reality (perspective II)
Politics is science. Not exact science but still science. In science and mathematics, if you collect a lot of data and analyze your data with meticulous attention to each and every detail, you will see a pattern emerging. If you observe and study the pattern, you can come-up with a working formula that won’t fail…
