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The Audacity of Supporting America’s Policy
There is a proverb that goes something like this: “A thief believes everybody steals.” How convenient! – for the thief, that is. We have an equivalent one in Tigrigna: “zebene wra wra nebsKa ayteEbra”. Hmmm, we can only say that dishonest rationalization knows no limits. It doesn’t make the thievery any less repulsive, but comes handy…
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The Audacity of Supporting America’s Policy
There is a proverb that goes something like this: “A thief believes everybody steals.” How convenient! – for the thief, that is. We have an equivalent one in Tigrigna: “zebene wra wra nebsKa ayteEbra”. Hmmm, we can only say that dishonest rationalization knows no limits. It doesn’t make the thievery any less repulsive, but comes handy…
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ደገፍቲ ህግደፍ፡ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣንጻር መን?
ብመሰረቱ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ካብ ኣጽዋር ኵናት ጉድኣት ትዘይ ኮይኑ ዝረኸቦ ጥቐሚ የለን። በንጻሩ እኳ ድኣ ዝተፋላለዩ ሽፋቱ ንኸዕጥቕ ካብ ኣፍ ህዝቢ እናመንዘዐ ኣብ ኣጽዋር መሸመቲ የውዕሎ ኣሎ። ላዕለወት ሓለፍቲ ህግደፍ እውን ብምኽንያት ፈስታታትን ጓይላታትን ነቲ ኣብ ወጻኢ ዝርከብ ገርሂ ዘይጋ ክልተ ካብ ሚኢይቲ’ዶ ካሊእ’ዶ እናበልካ ካብ ምምዝማዝ ይድሕን። እዚ’ውን ነቲ ህዝቢ ጠቃሚኡ ኢዩ።…
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Eritrean Resistance: Between the Hammer of the Media & the Anvil Of Polarization
On the twentieth of December 2009, Mr. Michael Abraha published an inflammatory article on the American Chronicle website in which he called for the unraveling and dissolution of the Awate institution, accusing the Awate.com website of being in serving the projects of Islamic extremism and boldly calling Mr. Saleh Johar, the editor of the website “President of…
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Eritrean Law Society
Congratulations! Of course the sky is falling down. It is only that skies fall down from so high that they need time before they physically crush down so loud and every body hears the noise. In fact, it has already fallen down in all of the most important aspects of falling down. The Eritrean government…
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Eritrea: Serious Consequences Of An Unjust Educational Policy
Shaebia has been pursuing a warped educational policy; I can confidently say that education is not alive in Eritrea. But at least there is a relatively good infrastructure (solely big buildings) and promising bright students that overcame the obstacles of Shaebia who is good at constructing schools, roads and dams―you can barely find a single…
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ኣየናዮም ኣምላኽ ይሕይል? SemDtesfai*
ኣየናዮም ኣምላኽ ይሕይል? * ኣየናዮም መጽሓፍ ይበልጽ? ኣየናዮም ተግባር’ከ? ቅድሚ ኣርባዓ ዓመታት፡ ሓደ ዳዊት ባረት ዝተባህለ ተመራማሪ ሃይማኖታት ኣብ ዓለም ናይ ዝርከቡ ሃይማኖታትን ቍጽሪ ሰዓብትን ክምዝግብ ጀመረ። ንዅሉ ኣማን ሃይማኖት ዓለም መዝጊቡ ከኣ ኣብ 238 ሃገራትን ቦታታትን ክሳብ 10,000 ዝተፈላለዩ ሃይማኖታት ምንባሮም ኣረጋገጸ። ካብ’ዞም ኵሎም ሃይማኖታት ግን ንዓለምና ናብ ቅድስትን ንጽህትን ግዝኣተ ኣምላኽ ለዊጦም ንብምልኡ…
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United Nations Sanctions Against Eritrea: Missing Perspective
Background On December 23, 2009 the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) through Resolution 1907 imposed sanctions against the State of Eritrea. The decision to ostracise Eritrea was almost unanimous, and followed a vote by the 15 Council members in which China and Libya abstained and objected respectively. The Security Council identified Eritrea’s bellicose and…
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المقاومة الإرترية: بين مطرقة الإعلام وسندان الإستقطاب
نشر السيد مايكل أبرهة مقالا تحريضيا في موقع ذي أميركن كرونكل في العشرين من ديسمبر 2009 ، دعا فيه إلى حل أو إغلاق مؤسسة عواتي ، متهما موقع عواتي بخدمة مشاريع التطرف الإسلامي، واصفا رئيس ومحرر الموقع الأستاذ صالح جوهر ب”رئيس مؤسسة عواتي المتطرف” بالخط العريض وبالصورة الشخصية المرفقة، ظننت حينها ( وبعض الظن إثم)، بأن السيد…
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The Language Of Land Grabbers!
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the newly initiated Eritrean Law Society (ELS) for managing to call into the arena the much needed sector of our politics: “lawyers, professionals and academicians”. The validity of the information, seriousness of the initiative and sincerity of the intentions remains to be seen. My first impression…
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Sanctions: A Prelude to Hague, the Netherlands
One the early morning in a chilly winter day, at a hamlet in the highlands of Eritrea, an wise old man parts his son with the following wishes: hawi bizuhat ayendidka, ganzeb bizuhat ayebl’eka (may you stay safe from the fires of many and may you be saved from the craving to swindle funds from…
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ለውጢ፡ ንዕለት ዶ ንዓመት SHT
ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት፡ “ለውጢ ሕጂ፡ ብግዲ ወይ ብወዲ” ትብል ዓምዲ ጽሒፈ ነይረ። እዚኣ ኣብ ትሕቲ “ለውጢ፡ ንዕለት ዶ ንዓመት” ዘርእስታ፡ መቐጸልታ ናታ’ያ። ኩሉ አእዋኑ ኣለዎ፡፡ ሎሚዘመን ድማ እዋን ራህዋን፡ ሰላምን ክኸውን ትምኒት ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ’ዩ፡፡ ሃገርና ከም ገበል ዘለዎ ደብሪ ኮይና ክትሽገር ኣይነፍቅድን እንብለሉ ዘመን ይግበሮ፡፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሓርነቱ ጨቢጡ፡ ኣብ ፍትሒ ዝምለኣ ሃገሩ፡ ከም ሓሰኻ-ደምበ…
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Gap in CDRiE Conference News Report
A conference organized by Citizens for Democratic Rights in Eritrea (CDRiE) was held on Jan 9, 2010. As usual participants came very late and the conference was opened about half an hour later than scheduled. Though this is typical of any Eritrean gatherings I had high expectation given its high publicity and the academic nature…
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Nature Abhors Vacuum: Understanding Nature of Competing Values Part-III
“We have got to take back the ideal of justice; we have got to take back the principles of human dignity…we have got to say, look we are all in this together.” (David Kaczynski) To foster cross-cultural success in modern Eritrea, both political and civic organizational institutions must promote empathy and understanding. To do that…
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Change We Can’t Believe In
Does the UN sanction (actually, santions) target the Eritrean regime or the State of Eritrea? To answer the question, let’s assume that the PFDJ is no longer the ruling party in Eritrea and that it has been replaced by a democratically elected government. Let’s now look at the sanctions: (1) the travel ban on named…
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ጦብላሕታ፡ ናይ ሎንዶን ሲምፖስየም
ብጥሪ 9 ኣብ ሎንዶን ዝተኻየደ መጽናዕታዊ ሓዘል ሲምፖስየም ካብ ትጽቢቱ ንላዕሊ ዘመዝገቦም ሸቶታ እንተሃለዉ፣ ተኻፈልቲ ብዘይቐይዲ ውዕዉዕ ዘተ ከካይዱ ብምኻአሎም ኢዩ። መጀመርያ ካብቲ ንዓይ ዝመሰጠኒ ፍጻሜታት ሓደ ፡ግዝያዊ ሕቶ ምዃኑ’ኳ እንተተአመነሉ፡ ግን’ከስ ነቲ ኣርእስቲ ብዘይምግባዝ ኣልዒልካ ብህድአትን፣ብስለትን ምዝታይ ክኸውን እንከሎ፡ እቲ ካልአይ ድማ ዓቢኡ ንእሽታኡ፣ ከበሳዊ መታሕታዊ፣ ኣስላምይ ክርስትያናይ፡ ንህንጸት ሃገር ዘድልዩ ቅድመ-ኩነት ንምምልእ ዓቢ…
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Curse god and Die
‘Curse god and die’ has evolved from an imprudent advice of an embittered wife of a patient patriarch to ascent to be the chief foreign policy of Eritrea vis-à-vis the temporal god, the United States of America. Curse this god and say it as loud as you can, ‘Tekormika mot, AsfiHka mot! hade iyu Hilfetu!’ Because…
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The Politics Of Disenchantment: Seeking An Alternative
Well, 2009 has come to a close and what a year it has been! I am a regular of many Eritrean websites, particularly Awate.com, Assenna.com and to some extent Asmarino.com although mostly as an observer and occasionally as a sleepy participant. And starting last month, I have been visiting some of the paltalk homes (again…
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ስርዓት ህግደፍ፡ ሕጂ’ኸ ናበይ?
ኣቐዲመ ንኹሉኹም ፈተውቲ ሰላምን ፍትሕን ርሑስ ሓድሽ ዓመት እምነየልኩም። ከምኡ ድማ ነቲ ውጹዕ ህዝብና ናይ ሰላምን ለውጥን ዓመት ክኾነሉ እምነ። ቀጺለ ናብቲ ኣዝዩ ውዕውዕን ተኣፋፍን ኮይኑ ዘሎ ጉዳይ ኤርትራ ብምእታው፡ ዘሎኒ ሕጽር ዝበለ ርእይቶ ከቐምጥ እፈቱ። ጉዳይ ኤርትራ ሎሚ ንዓና ንኤርትራውያን ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ፡ ናይ ዓለም መዛረቢ ኣደባባይ ኮይኑ ኣሎ። “መለበሚያ ኣይግበርካ መለበሚ’ኸ ኣይኽላእኻ”፡ ከምዝበሃል፡ ዕድመ…
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Eritrea Slouching Towards Another Confrontation
All UN resolutions are non-binding, except when they are not. The Isaias regime has spent 17 years of miscalculation trying to figure out which is which, and there is fresh evidence that the issue is still beyond its grasp. On June 10 -11, 2008, Eritrea and Djibouti engaged in a skirmish at their common border. …
