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Midwifing A Mouse: The Politics Of Hasewsew
The New Year might be a good occasion for each one of us to wonder why magic always seems to single out and evade our Eritrea and why our best efforts never seem to payoff. We need to challenge ourselves with one logical question: How was it that a semi-illiterate Somali cleric heading a militia…
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Names Of The Two Eritrean POWs Captured On New Year’s Day
Gedab News has ascertained the names of the two Eritrean combatants who were captured by the Eritrean government in the New Year’s Day battle in the Senafe and Tserona fronts. They are Mr. Nur Mussa Nakuda, a combatant from the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO), and Mr. Michael Antonio, a combatant from Eritrean National…
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Roles Reversed: Now PFDJ Needs Coupons To Travel
When Shaebia came to power in 1991, we welcomed them clapping our innocent hands in delight considering that freedom belongs to the entire Eritrean people and not only to the Tegadelti. However, our optimistic expectation proved to be disappointing. They punished the Eritrean people in a series of episodes. The targets of the first blow were…
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ብይን ባይቶ ጸጥታ፥ ኣበረኛ ዘለለየ፡ ርትዓዊ ፍዳ! AT
ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ፍጹምነት ዘይብሉ፡ ኣድማዕነት ስጉምቲታቱ ከኣ ጐደሎ ዝዀነ ውድብ ኢዩ። ብሓደ ሸነኽ ክብረት ወድ-ሰብን ኣድማሳውነት መሰላትን ኣልዒሉ ክጣበቕ እንከሎ፣ በንጻሩ፡ ብኻልእ ሸነኽ ክጥመት እንከሎ ከኣ፡ ነተን ሓሙሽተ ርእሰ-ሓያላን፡ ማለት፥ ኣመሪካን ሩስያን ዓባይ ብሪጣኒያን ፈረንሳን ቻይናን ሓለፋ መሰል ዝሃበ ውድብ’ዩ። ምስ ርእሰ-ሓያል ዝትከል ፍቕሪ ወይ ጽልኢ ልዕሊ ቅራቦ ቻርተር ዝምዘነሉ ምትእኽኻብ እውን’ዩ። ከምኡ ስለ…
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Blaming The Victims: A cruel Irony
Early seventies Eritrea—a tumultuous time of great peril and apprehension. The place: a mid-town teachers’ clubhouse in a Western metahit town. The scene: a group of teachers seated around a table in a typical late afternoon after-school gathering, sipping mint-flavoured tea and having mundane conversations. And yes, chit-chatting on politics too,…
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Milk Moustaches And Awate.com
For a few months now, I have been unconsciously humming an old children’s rhyme: shuf’el kedis gllet adebu; shereb leben wemesah shenebu… It is a story of a cat that slurps milk meant for a baby and then licks its whiskers clean as if nothing happened, while the hungry baby cries. The Eritrean political arena…
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“Wey Gud” Is Not A Good Strategy
Writing for dehai.org and, undoubtedly speaking for many Eritreans, the astute and well-read Ghidewon Abay Asmerom has dismissed the role of Uganda in slapping sanctions on Eritrea as that of an unwitting ally of Ethiopia. “Such behavior henceforth should be called “the Uganda Syndrom[e],” he offered, and then, “As for this author, all what I…
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Isaias: It Is Time to Leave
My son was surprised by the conduct of his computer rival in a chess game and he asked me: Why does my contender in the game withdraw and acknowledge defeat before the end of the play which I am about to win? I replied these are khawajat (the civilized people); they don’t scratch it to…
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العلاقات الإرترية القطــرية الماضي والحاضر وأفاق المس
تعتبر دولة قطر واحدة من أهم الدول الصديقة والداعمة للحكومة الارترية ، ومن الدول النادرة التي يثق بها الحزب الحاكم في إرتريا، ويتحدث عن وجود علاقات إستراتيجية معها ، وبالرغم من وجود هذه العلاقات منذ مطلع التسعينات إلا إن الأسس التي تقوم عليها تلك العلاقات والأهداف التي يسعي البلدان لتحقيقها والمصالح المشتركة التي تجمع بينهما…
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A Sudanese Journalist of Fortune
In my afternoon visits to the Eritrean websites on December 25, 2009, I was surprised to come across a report on Adulis.com about an article written by a Sudanese journalist, Mr. Kamal Hassen Bakheet of the government-affiliated Al-Rae Al-Am Arabic Newspaper on the sanctions the Security Council imposed on the Eritrean dictatorial regime. I was…
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In The Foxhole Where He Belongs
After the humiliating defeat of the Axis powers in the Second World War, Mussolini, Italy’s prime minister and the leader of Fascism, was captured attempting a flee to Switzerland. Of course, he was later summarily executed and his dead body brought to Milan. As the Mussolini’s corpse was displayed in public, an old woman emerged…
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UNSC Sanctions: Targeted And Well Deserved
The United Nations is an imperfect institution with imprecise tools. It celebrates the dignity of man and the universality of rights; yet it says that five superpower countries—US, Russian Federation, UK, France and China—have rights that supercede those of the rest of the world. It is a club where friendship or animosity to a superpower…
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ሚልክያስ ምሕረትኣብ ዮውሃንስ: ደንጉዩ ዝመጻና ዘሕዝን ዜና
እታ ንነዊሕ እዋን ኣምላኺትን ሰጋዲትን ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ከምዝኾነት ዝንገረላ፤ፍልጥቲ ውኻርያ ህግደፍ ዋሽንግተንን ከባቢኣን ወይዘሮ ሶፊያ ብራርያ ትማሊ ለይቲ ርእሰቕትለት ከምዝፈጸመት ተፈሊጡ። ፖሊስ ንወኪል ኣገልግሎት ዜና ቀስተደበና ከምዝሓበሮ፡ ወይዘሮ ሶፊያ ብራርያ በቲ ኣብ ልዒሊ መንግስቲ ኢሳያስ ተወሲዱ ብዘሎ ተሪር እገዳን ኩሉ መጻኢ ህግደፍን፡ ከምኡውን እቲ ንመንግስቲ ህግደፍ ንምምላኽ ብተገብሮ ዝነበረት ሸበድበድን ካልእን ኣብ ዒዳን ዒንድዳን ገዚፍ…
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المعارضية الارترية بين جدلية المقاومة العسكرية والسلم
إن المعارضة لا توجد بالمعنى الحقيقي للكلمة إلا في نظام ديمقراطي يضمن لها موقعا ودورا ومكانا ووظيفة واضحة تجعلها جزءا مكملا للنظام ومتفاعلا معه، فهي بالأساس ليست أشخاصا مختلفين أو مع النظام أو منتقدين له ولكنها وظيفة سياسية تستجيب لحاجة جوهرية وبنيوية في النظام، وما يوجد في النظم الدكتاتورية أو شبه الدكتاتورية التي نعرفها في…
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UNSC Sanctions: Targeted And Well Deserved
The United Nations is an imperfect institution with imprecise tools. It celebrates the dignity of man and the universality of rights; yet it says that five superpower countries—US, Russian Federation, UK, France and China—have rights that supercede those of the rest of the world. It is a club where friendship or animosity to a superpower…
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The spirit of Adei Semainesh (Part II): Timely Issues
In the first Part of this series, I paid a tribute to Adei Semainesh and hoped that her spirit would guide us to understand and cherish each other across ethnic, cultural and religious divide. I commented on Ali Salem’s tone and suggested the need for a code of conduct in the Eritrean cyber space.…
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“I Thought We Were Friends…” : A Lesson From History
The rioters were small in number when this entire melee begun, around midday in the city of Urmqui, Xingjian Autonomous republic, China. But their number and their fury started to swell by the day and things become more dangerous and out of hand In that otherwise peaceful dull city of some two million. Lee Dao…
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Cabbages and Kings and Why the Sea is Boiling Hot – X
The Leadership Handicap Syndrome November 2009 has marked itself as one of those peaks when the independent Eritrean websites and talk rooms were once again boiling hot. Apparently emotions have now calmed down, a couple of admonitions have been retracted from the websites, and the dust is settling. The wish that the whole episode…
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Nature Abhors Vacuum: Observing the Laws of Opposites (Part-II)
“Freedom of the mind requires not only the absence of legal constraints but the presence of alternative thought.” (Alan Bloom) For purposes of clearing my mistaken identity, perceived by many other than those who know me, some disclosures must be in order on my side, to clear once for all. I have been writing for…
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Freedom of Expression In Eritrea’s Media: A Journalist’s Perspective
Dear Awate.com Editor and staff Greetings to you. The purpose of this writing is not to comment or write an article regarding the ever-deteriorating situation of our Eritrea, the countless undemocratic actions of the Asmara regime or other related stuff. It is also not intended to comment about the famous or infamous writer…
