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Will they make peace?
Culturally, Abyssinia still clings to its archaic, arguably primitive, mindset. Attempts at modernization have not yielded the needed results. From early on, the developed West has portrayed the nation as a Christian island amidst a Muslim sea. But the unlimited support and goodwill the developed West provided didn’t help much. Since the Middle Ages, the…
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Music That Resides In Our Memories
The basic translation of the lyrics in the video… The land of goodness, Africa is my country The land of plenty, the land of pride, is my country See the faces of my fathers, And their raised foreheads Principles do not change. I’ll lead the procession and tell the world, “I am African; I am…
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Bluebeard and Muawiya’s Hair
In 4th or 5th grade, we learned from an English textbook, an Oxford English series, or something like that. The books were full of captivating stories that aroused our curious young minds. I remembered one pf the stories after I saw a Twitter clip. It was a picture of a French, Israeli soldier. He had…
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Revelations of a Former Eritrean Freedom Fighter
To learn how a nation can spiral into a self-destructive vortex of paranoia, one should read Semere Solomon’s new book “Eritrea’s Hard-won Independence and Unmet Expectations,” which presents factual accounts based on his personal experiences in the battlefields of Eritrea as well as post-independence Eritrea. This informative account is an attestation to readers not only…
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Announcement: awate.com restored
Awate.com is back alive. Since September 2023, awate.com was crippled due to unexpected internal logistical/technical issues. That was the longest disruption since it was launched on September 1, 2000. Luckily, with the help of a few concerned people, we have overcome the problems, and we are on. In the coming weeks, we plan to adopt…
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Unsolicited Advice to Brighed N’Hamedu (BNH)
Introduction. The birth of Brighed N’Hamedu (BNH), in Cologne, Germany, in 2022, has greatly energized justice-seeking Eritrean youth in the Diaspora. It has been one of the current encouraging developments. The BNH slogan from” Diaspora to Asmara” has given a renewed hope and breath of fresh air to all those who aspire to see regime…
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Book Review: A Memoir of Eritrean Freedom Fighter Mesfin Hagos
Book Review An African Revolution Reclaimed: A Memoir of Eritrean Freedom Fighter Mesfin Hagos. By Mesfin Hagos with Awet Tewelde Weldemichael, 2023, Trenton, NJ: Red Sea Press. I-x, pp. 434 plus appendices and index. This is a worthwhile read that provides much-needed information on the Eritrean armed struggle (named as African revolution) and on the…
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PM Abiy & Co, bullying, belaboring, and big lies
“What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive” (Sir. Walter Scott, 1808) Towards the end of his talk to his parliament (November 14, 2023) on the Red Sea controversy of his own creation, PM Abiy made a clarion call for the media outlets to sound the drums of “war” in a…
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HardTalk: A Quest For Eritrean Blue Revolution
“The revolution has always in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution,” [Huey Newton] Introduction The wave of democratization which began after the fall of USSR in 1989, and that has continued until 2010 (the Arab Spring), has significantly brought the expansion of democracy on the one hand and the transformation…
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Omissions & Biases: Mesfin Hagos’s Book
Mesfin Hagos’s English Book on Eritrea: Useful Facts Tainted by Omissions & Biases This article about the book in English by compatriot Mesfin Hagos cannot claim to be a standard book review but is, primarily, a write-up to sincerely commend the author tohave published something, even belatedly. Secondly, the article aims to flag out…
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Negarit 235: Consulting The Mirror
Philosophy is crucial for understanding life and nature, creation, and death. It also helps us find answers to questions we raise about the PFDJ’s oppression of Eritreans, their cruelty, and their warlike behavior. Religious fanatics, and primitive superstitious people, discourage philosophy, they think it’s a vulgar word and an exercise in vanity. Why? Nouns identify…
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A Tribute to Saleh “Gadi” Johar
By Dr. Daniel Araya From the onset, it’s imperative for me to state the two reasons that made me undertake this write-up. Firstly, and for transparency, I have to disclose a soft spot and admiration I have for Saleh Johar .Secondly, the constant demonization and abuse to his person, understandably makes sympathy with him .…
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መልሲ “ንግዱሳት ሃገራውያን” መቓልሕ ህግደፍ
እዚ ጽሑፍ ‘ዚ፡ ንገለ ካብ ‘ቲ ብ “ማእከልን ምርምርን ስነዳን ግዱሳት ሃገራውያን” (Center for research and documentation) ተሰምዩ ዝዳሎ ናይ ህግደፍ መቓልሕ (Mouthpiece) ዌብሳይትዝተዳለወ ጽሑፋት መልሲ ንመሃብ ዝቐረበ ሰነድ‘ዩ። ቅድሚ 3 ሰሙን “ኣጀንዳ CIA’ን ሕቡእ ምስጢራቱን” ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝብል ኣርእስቲ ዝተጻሕፈ ድራማዊ ትረኻ፡ ስዒቡ ‘ውን ክሳብ ሕጂ ብተኸታታሊ ትቕጽል ዘላ፡ ነታ AN AFRICAN REVOLUTION RECLAIMED…
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The Silver Thaler Dictator
“Wedi Afom Berri; Ashaakheru Nebri.” (The Son of Afwerki is Brri; and his soldiers a streak of tigers” That is the Isaias Afwerki cult’s jingle glorifying Isaias, with an endearing and indoctrination motive. Last week the Eritrean dictator met President Putin of Russia and provided him with generous advice on how to revive the almost…
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Negarit 230: Campaigns of Brigades
Whenever there’s something on the news, writers are pressured to comment on it. However, I do not comment instantaneously without knowing the background or having enough information about it—sometimes the topic doesn’t inspire or interest me and I do not like to sound robotic— repeating what everyone and their uncles are saying. Yet, many rush…
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ስቕታ፡ ኣብ ምስላ ኣብ ያታ
ስቕ መሪጽና ተግባር መራሕትና ናይ ሎሚ መለዓሊ ዘረባና ኣብ ሙሉእ ዓለምና ብሕልፊ ኣብ ኤርትራና ንኣብነት ኣብ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ ብጣዕሚ ይምጎስ ይፍቶ ስቕተኛ ንህቦ ንስቕታ ዓቢ ክብረት ይቑጸር ዝበለጸ ልዕሊ ንብረት ናይ ስቕታ ልዕልና ንምጉላሕ ምስላኡ ንምጥቃም ንብል ላሕ ንጥቀም ብዝሕ ዝበሉ ኣበሃህላ ምስላ ነእቱ ኣብ ብዙሕ ዘረባ ክኢላ በሉ ምስ ገለ ምስላ፡ እስኪ ንግበር ሌላ፤…
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Negarit 229: Peaceful Coexistence
Quite a few people admonished me for not having a face-to-face debate with a man nick named “Aweqe.” I do not debate bigots but stay at a distance from supremacists and fascists to avoid their toxicity. Let’s start the fumigation My message is to and about a certain Aweqe who openly promotes supremacism. His bigoted…
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Book Review: An African Revolution Reclaimed
Book Reviewer: Semere T HabtemariamTittle: An African Revolution Reclaimed: A Memoir of Eritrean Freedom Fighter Mesfin Hagos Author(s): Mesfin Hagos and Awet Tewelde Weldemichael Publisher: Red Sea Press Year: 2023 Pages: 436 First impression is the best impression: For the last two decades, the idea of writing a memoir has been a constant theme in…
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Critical Reading: a reply
Introductory notes :For all the reductionist talk that try to depict the current crisis in narrow, simplistic, static, dichotomized views, the turn of events are much more fluid, characterized by inconsistencies, unpredictability, indeterminacies, ambiguities and ambivalences as actors keep on aligning and realigning themselves to gain political favorsmotivated by tactical rather than strategic interests. It…
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Negarit 228: The Shameless and Insolent
Some ex-Eritrean elements (according to their own declaration) think the Eritrean society is on a deathbed and on its last breath; they are it’ll nurse its wounds and rise up . When it does, it will frustrate their dreams of a puritan racist state on the rubble of the hard-earned Eritrean statehood. That’s why they…
