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In Search Of Two Chickens And…A Latteria
This installment is about two chickens and a latteria; about ‘they may have come through us but they are neither for us nor of us’; and most importantly why we the opposition need two eggs and why omelet is bad for your health, civic health that is. KY: The opposition is unable to attract supporters.…
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” ………فتبينــــــوا أن تصيبوا قوما بجهالـة فتصبحوا عل
اتصل بى أحد الاخوة المهتمين والمتابعـين للشــأن الارتــرى وقال لـى هل قرأت مانشــر حول ماقاله الأستــاذ: عمــر جابـــر فى مؤتمــر لنــدن. ثم ذكر لى أن أحد الحاضرين فى المؤتمــر نقل كلاما خطيرا أدلــى به الأستاذ:عمــر جابر فى المؤتمــر مضمونه أن لأهل كبســا الحق فيما يقومون به من استيطان فى المنخفضـات لأنهـم قاتلوا وضحوا من أجل…
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Pilgrimage to Gamla Stan: Reflections from Stockholm
Last week I was in Stockholm, invited together with three colleagues from Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia to address a conference on ‘Democratisation in the Horn of Africa: Processes and Results,’ that was arranged by the ‘Network for Peace in the Horn of Africa,’ an entity that is based there. What moved me emotionally most, and…
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Eritrean Security Arrests Hundreds Of Citizens
In late May and early June, security officials of the Eritrean regime rounded hundreds of Eritreans in Asmara and the southern Red Sea provinces of Eritrea. Among those confirmed to have been arrested in Asmara are: Abdu Abduselam (well-known football player), Abdurahman Huruy, Abdurehim Abdulwasie, Hussein Said, Selahadin Abdulhay, Suraj Nurhussein, and Sammy Abdulkaleq. The…
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Pillars of Delusion
Sometimes I fail to understand the real intentions of the so-called democratic countries in the West. They preach democracy by whatever means at their disposal, even going to war to impose it, and believe that in the process they can make the world safe for trade and industry, meaning their trade and industry. But when…
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ነቲ ናይ 19 ዓመታት ሕሱም ምልኪ ኣላቒቕካ ምትንሳኣ
ኤርትራውያን ተጋደልቲ፡ ቅድሚ 19 ዓመታት፡ ንኢትዮጵያዊ ጐበጣ ብምስዓር ነጻነት ኤርትራ ኣረጋጊጾም። ኣብ 1961፡ ኣብቲ ስርዓት ሃይለስላሴ ንትሕዝቶ ፈደረሽን ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ናይ 1952 ጠቕሊሉ ንምጕሓፍ፡ ናይ መወዳእታ መድረኽ ረጊጹሉ ዝነበረ እዋን ተጀሚሩ ክሰላሰል ዝጸንሔ ዕጥቃዊ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ኣብዚ ቅንያት እዚ እፎይታ ግልግል ብሓባር ከምዘስመዐ ንዝክር። ከመይሲ፡ ህዝቢ፡ ንገዛእ-ርእሱ ብገዛእ-ርእሱ ዘመሓድረላ ዕለት ክተርክበሉ፡ ን40 ዓመታት ዝኣክል…
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A Chieftain In The Pasha’s Camp
I There is no position more embarrassing than that of the historian in relation to his subject of expertise: history. One of the distinguishing features of science from other human endeavors is its ability to predict and anticipate to an ever improving degree of precision, the possibilities, results and outcome of applying of its principles…
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Education not Incarceration: Build Schools not Prisons
Education is central to Eritrean culture. During the 30 year revolutionary struggle Eritrean nationalists made a conscious effort to formally educate the villages they sought refuge in. Amongst a chaotic backdrop of air raids and gunfire, mobile workshops and literacy programs were run to empower local women, children and potential fighters (Rena, 2007; Pool, 1997). In the hearts and minds of nationalists, a literate population was seen…
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Norwegian Parliament And The Issue of Harassment of Eritrean Norwegians
the original minutes of ‘Question Time’ on issues raised by MP Torbjørn Isaksen, a Parliament (Stortinget) member from the Conservative Party of Norway (Høyre) and responses by the Justice Minister, Knut Storberget in the Norwegian Parliament on 08.04.2010. MP Isaksen was interviewed by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) during a demonstration by Eritreans against the Eritrean regime…
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Qatari Forces Deployed On The Eritrean-Djibouti Border
Gedab News,(June 2, 2010): Qatari mediators brokered an agreement between the Djiboutian and the Eritrean governments after months of shuttle diplomacy. Qatar has deployed its forces on the border between the two countries starting late Tuesday night; and by Wednesday morning, the forces had been deployed on the entire disputed areas between the two countries.…
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Spirit of Unquestioned Domination Should be Defeated
“Look in the mirror, and don’t be tempted to equate transient domination witheither intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival.”(Stephen Jay Gould, September 1941-May 2002) As Eritrean communities and citizens, it is very difficult for us to see the mistaken assumptions we have when it comes to people who are different from ourselves. How…
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Stick, Cross, Shawl and Hat
A Good Coptic priest in the highland of Eritrea would not leave his sanctuary, his home or church without carrying a cross in his right hand. Small cross made of wood or brass and always covered by handkerchief. People who noticed his presence will always approach him for blessing and he will stretch his arm…
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The Two Eritreas
Eritreans who live abroad know this very familiar drill. An inquisitive person asks “Where are you from?” and we proudly say “Eritrea” and get ready for that confused look that nine out of ten people give us. Never heard of our tiny country? No problem. Out comes our plethora of geographic references; East Africa, Red…
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Reclaiming Eritrea After 19 Years Of Tyranny
19 years ago today (May 24th), Eritrean freedom fighters liberated Eritrea from Ethiopian occupation. The Eritrean people, who had been waging a struggle for liberation since 1961, when the Ethiopian government of Haile Selassie was in its last stages of flouting the Eritrea-Ethiopia Federation of 1952, breathed a sigh of relief. After all, for 40…
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Reclaiming Eritrea After 19 Years Of Tyranny
19 years ago today (May 24th), Eritrean freedom fighters liberated Eritrea from Ethiopian occupation. The Eritrean people, who had been waging a struggle for liberation since 1961, when the Ethiopian government of Haile Selassie was in its last stages of flouting the Eritrea-Ethiopia Federation of 1952, breathed a sigh of relief. After all, for 40…
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A Time to Change
Oppression of the mind began following a simple dispensation of laws by the conquering party; laws that deep inside helped the conqueror to stay in power and even pass that power over to his sons. More laws, which were mostly arbitrary, were added because the conqueror who has turned tyrant by now wanted more…
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Amanuel Sahle Joins Awate Writers
Awate.com is pleased to announce that the prolific writer Amanuel Sahle has joined the team of its writers. His column at awate.com is called Eri-Post and readers can reach him at. Amanuel Sahle was born in Asmara in 1944 and went to school at the Swedish Evangelical School and Haile Selassie High School in Asmara…
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Eshok Mergem: The Thorn of Curse
Rough place. Rough and breathtaking. Humans, animals, plants, rocks, stones, living side by side, influencing one another. Shaping one another. Sometimes smoothly, sometimes roughly. Sometimes softly, sometimes boldly. Sometimes peacefully other times violently. Baby born soft hardens in no time. Small delicate plant grows to be a tough tree. Tree with trunk so rough…
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ኤርትራ ብጓይላ፡ ኢትዮጵያ ብምርጫ
ኣብ ሓደ ሕብረተሰብ ብዘይካ ግዝኣተ-ሕግን ደሞክራስን ምዕባሌ ዘይሕሰብ ኢዩ። ብዘይካ ህላውየ ብዝሓ-ሰልፊን(multi-party system) ምርጫን ድማ ደሞክራሲ ኣሎ ክበሃል ኣይክኣልን። ደሞክራሲ ባሓደ ለይቲ ዝፍጠር ኣይኮነን። ብናይ ነዊሕ ህዝባዊ ተሳትፎ ዝህነጽ መስርሕ ኢዩ። ተበግሶይ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያን ኤርትራን ዘለው ስርዓታት ንምንጽጻር ኣይኮነን። ጨርሾም ብዓይነት ዘይመሳሰሉ ስርዓታት ምዃኖም ብሩህ ኢዩ። ስርዓት ህግደፍ ከምቲ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ተደጋጊሙ ዝተነግረን ዝተጻሕፈን፤ ንህዝቢ…
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Unmasking The Ethnocratic Regime: Statement Of Support For The Covenant
As Eritrea’s 19th Independence Day anniversary draws near (with no end in sight to our people’s suffering) and as the opposition’s long-awaited national conference approaches, we cannot help but reflect back over the great opportunity that was lost in “post independence” era. For almost two decades, we have lived through one anniversary after another each…
