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Chauvinist Intransigence And The Spectre Of Secession
“If it wasn’t for my bad luck,” said the old blues singer, “I would have said I have no luck at all”. Talk about Eritrea’s bad luck or having no luck – whichever is worse. As if suffering under PFDJ’s tyranny wasn’t bad enough of a curse, the poor people are faced with yet another…
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Our Traditional Philosophers (Felasfas)
People tend to philosophize from time to time without knowing it. But not many are those who can formulate it in a way that can inspire people to follow them. Many are called to talk and to blabber; unfortunately few are chosen to attract disciples. But what is it that makes people to become philosophers?…
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و فَشَلتْ الَجْبَهة (*)
إلى الشهداء و زويهم نعتذر : من الله كانت عظمة رحمته عليكم ، إذ حسبكم أحياء عنده ترزقون ، و منا لكم المجد والخلود في سجل أفئدتنا المتوجة بتضحياتكم رمزاً لتاريخ الفداء – فاذا كتبنا معترفين بالفشل الذي أصاب جبهة التحرير الإرترية حيث كنا ننتمي وتنتمون ، فهذا أعترافاً منا إليكم بسبب العجز الذي أصَبْنَاه …
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A Qatari Reporter’s Expose: The Dictator Has No Clothes
(The president’s face was irritated a little, his minister was resentful, and the other officials wrinkled, a moment of silence prevailed that was only disturbed by the voice of the president saying): By God, I do not know about this issue. This issue can be considered forgotten! (Interrupting, I said:) And we remind you of…
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Was An “Extraordinary Threat” To US National Security Visiting DC?
Unconfirmed reports (now confirmed, minutes after this news was published) indicate that on September 25th, Yemane Gebreab, special advisor to Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki, held a meeting at the Eritrean Cultural and Community Center (ECCC) in Washington, DC. Along with 10 individuals, Yemane Gebreab was described as an “extraordinary threat” to American national security in…
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Was An “Extraordinary Threat” To US National Security Visiting DC?
Unconfirmed reports (now confirmed, minutes after this news was published) indicate that on September 25th, Yemane Gebreab, special advisor to Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki, held a meeting at the Eritrean Cultural and Community Center (ECCC) in Washington, DC. Along with 10 individuals, Yemane Gebreab was described as an “extraordinary threat” to American national security in…
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A Third Side Of A Coin
Separatist! The Eritrean National struggle was never a separatist struggle as some Eritrean quarters are now philosophizing and before them many Ethiopians who preferred to give up to bitterness and bury their heads in the sand. From the beginning to the end the separatist and the secessionist was Ethiopia, not Eritrea! It was official Ethiopia…
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Not A Whistle Through The Air
“Where are the groups? You ask for it in your imagination. But you must tell me where these groups are.” The petty dictator of Eritrea rambling in an interview with a Swedish journalist. If one examines the last 50-60 years history of Third-World nations, one is bound to see a glaring truth: the majority of…
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Managing Acceptable Conflicts
Conflict is a sign of life. The only place you don’t find conflict is probably in the grave where everybody lies in eternal quiet and calm undisturbed by the noise and clamor of the surrounding world. Every organism harbors some sort of conflict within it, as the forces of opposites are intrinsic to it. Remember…
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Expecting Sobriety In The Land Of Drunkards
In view of the recent accusations and counter accusations exchanged among the scanty but noisy boycotters and the masses, who have attended, supported or sympathized with the National Conference for Democratic Change in Eritrea (NCDC) which concluded successfully in Addis Abeba this last summer, no matter how hard one tries, one is at loss to…
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Eritrea And Its Unusual Embassies
Question by Swedish Journalist, Donald Boström: Given what you said, have you thought about closing your embassy in Sweden and leave Sweden? Answer by Eritrean president, Isaias Afwerki: I care more about our Eritrean group in Sweden, which is large and active, than on our embassy. Why do we need an Embassy? But it would…
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Eritrea And Its Unusual Embassies
Question by Swedish Journalist, Donald Boström: Given what you said, have you thought about closing your embassy in Sweden and leave Sweden? Answer by Eritrean president, Isaias Afwerki: I care more about our Eritrean group in Sweden, which is large and active, than on our embassy. Why do we need an Embassy? But it would…
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EPDP 1 And EPDP 2
“If anybody was doubting the Eritrean identity, and if anybody was laboring to find out about it, our responsw was stated in July 2010 at WAELA”. A Waela supporter For the last eight months, there has been an intense debate among the Eritrean Diaspora opposition. This was, mainly, due to the Eritrean People Democratic Party’s…
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Calling A Spade A Spade
‘Say the truth and lie on a railway line.’ I pondered about the above quoted ancient Eritrean wisdom. The literal translation sounds a bit strange; it sounds as if it encourages committing a senseless suicidal act. But the real meaning is far from that; it stresses the value of saying the truth irrespective of the…
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Divorce Isn’t An Option, Ethnic Grievances Isn’t A Sin Either
As the saying goes two birds with one stone, this edition of “tebeges” will attempt to respond for two different issues at the same time. In the past week I read two articles that propelled me to write this essay. Indeed, I discovered something unpleasant thing that gave me rude awakening against all my feelings…
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“Lynching” by the Rivers of Winnipeg
1. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 .For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us…
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Basil Davidson (1915-2010): A Tribute
Basil Davidson’s contribution as a writer and historian on Africa is without parallel in Europe. His active study and active involvement in the politics of liberation was also outstanding. Everyone concerned with understanding Africa owes an enormous debt to his life’s work Basil had established himself as a journalist before and after World War II.…
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Old Eritrean School Songs
I remember it as if it were yesterday, as we sang them aloud till our lungs ached, as the headmaster waved his baton frenetically to keep the tempo, with rivulets of sweat running down his face. Louder! Louder! He would shout. How much loud? Do you think our lungs are made of stainless steel? This…
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PFDJ’s Eritrea: Klashnikov Diplomacy
Eritrea, under the despotic rule of the People’s Front for Democracy & Justice (PFDJ), has rushed to war and strolled to peace, and it has always accepted peace under terms much worse—after a lot of blood, toil, tears, and expenses—than the initial peace deals. The regime has had direct wars with Yemen (1995), Ethiopia (1998-2000),…
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Lessons to Learn: Extraordinary Australian Political Developments
Australia is the world’s smallest continent, though it is a big country with an area of about (8,468,300 km2). Compared to its size, the Australian population is small (~22 million)[1]. Accordingly, the Australian National Parliament reflects this small[2] population with the House of Representative or Lower House consisting 150 sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) and…
