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ኣብ ክንዲ ብጥርኑፍ ብንጽል ቃልሲ
ሓደ ህዝባዊ ቃልሲ ሃግራዊ ከብሎ ዝኽእል እቶም ኣብታ ሃገር ዝርከቡ ህዝቢ ብሓባር ተሳቲፎም ምስ ዝቃለሱ ኢዩ። ርግጽ ፖለቲካውን ባህላውን ሃይማኖታውን ፍልልያት ክህሉ ይኽእል ኢዩ። ይኹን’ምበር ምእንቲ ናጽነት ሃገርን መሰላት ህዝብን ክትብል ነቲ ዘሎ ፍልልያት ኣወንዚፍካ ተጠርኒፍካ ካብ ምቅላስ ካሊእ ኣማራጭ ክህሉ ኣይክእልን። በዚ ኣገባብ’ዚ ኢዩ ድማ ሓደ ቃልሲ ሃገራዊ ትሕዝቶ ክህልዎ ዝኽእል። ጥርኑፍ ቃልሲ እርኑብ…
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A Chat With Prof. Kjetil Tronvoll
On October 22nd, Professor Kjetil Tronvoll’s report, ‘The Lasting Struggle for Freedom in Eritrea’ was presented by the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights (OCPHR) at a seminar held at Håndverkeren in Oslo, Norway. The report, which was commissioned by OCPHR, was the result of two years of preparation by Mr. Tronvoll. Former Norwegian…
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Injustice & The PFDJ Way
Justice is derived from customs, culture, and faith, which in civilized societies, are codified into law. Ask a conservative American what his justice system is based on and he will say it is the Judeo-Christian ethic. Not so, will say a progressive American: only two of the Ten Commandments (“thou shalt not murder” and “thou…
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Cabbages And Kings And Why The Sea Is Boiling Hot – VIII
This is a continuation of the response made to comments in earlier postings either on the Awate website or by personal mail. Affirmative Action and opinions on official languages were dealt with Part VI and a special piece on languages on Part VII. Once again I am obliged to dwell on the language issue…
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Engagement and Exclusion: US, EU & Eritrea
For several years now, the United States and the European Union have been using divergent approaches to coax the regime of their once-staunch ally, Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki, to come to the fold. For the most part, Europe was offering the carrot of unconditional development aid and the United States was waving the stick of sanctions. …
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ዳኒኤል ሰመረ ተስፋይ: ደራሳይ ኣብ ልዕሊ ድርሰቱ
እቲ ሓላው’ታ ወርቃዊት ገረብ ዘፍጥረት ውልቀ መላኺ ቀዳማይ ሕታም _ ጥሪ 2008 ካልኣይ ሕታም _ ሓምለ 2009 ፍልጥ ዳኒኤል ሰመረ ተስፋይ እበሃል። ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ዩኒቬርሲቲ ሕጊ ተማሂረ። ብ1974 ዓም ሓዲስ ፖለቲካዊ ኵነት ኣብ መላእ እትዮጵያ ተተኵሱ ትምህርተይ ኣይፈጸምኩን። ብ1974 ዓም ናብ ጀብሃ ተሰሊፈ፡ ተሰጕጔ፡ እንደገና ብ1976 ዓም ተሰሊፈ ብ1985ዓም እታ ውድብ ምስተጸንቀቐት ከኣ ተሰዲደ። ነቲ ገድሊ’ውን…
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Cabbages and Kings and Why the Sea is Boiling Hot – VII
“The time has come,” the Walrus said – “To talk of many things:Of shoes and ships and sealing wax – Of cabbages and kingsAnd why the sea is boiling hot – And whether pigs have wings”Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll A few of my readers had expressed they were looking forward for a…
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Learn and Practice Equitable Co-Existence
“In this postmodern world, cultural conflicts are becoming more dangerous than at any time in history. A new model of co-existence is needed, based on man’s transcending himself.” Vaclav Havel (pres. of Czech Rep.) I am provoked to write this article by the Awate team; provoked in a sense to argue against their premises.…
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The Thorn Of Curse: Ishok Mergem
Ali Salim has become an entity. A noisy and powerful entity as such. Like artist in a rush he is painting with his brush, haphazardly mixing up colors and themes as if there is no tomorrow. What Ali Salim does not understand is rushing and writing never go along. The burden lies on…
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ብሰመረ ተስፋሚካኤል ሃብተማርያም: ለውጢ ሕጂ፡ ብግዲ ወይ ብውዲ
ምልክታ: እታ ቅድመ ክልተ-ቕነ ኣቢለ ዝጸሓፍክዋ ዓምዲ ብዓረብ ተቶርጊማ ከም ተሓተመት ተዓዚብኩም ትኾኑ፡፡ ነቲ ዝተርጎመ “የቐንየለይ” እናልኩ፡ ኣብ’ቲ ሰናይ ተግባር ሓንቲ ኢድ ከምዘይነበረኒ የፍልጥ፡፡ ዋላ’ኳ ብዓቕመይ ዓረብ እፍትን እንተኾንኩ፡ ክንድኡ ዝኸውን ብቕዓት’ስ የብለይን፡፡ ሓደ-ሓደ ኣሕዋት ግን ኣነ ባዕለይ ብዓረብ ዝጸሓፍኩ መሲልውም ብዙሕ ደስ ኣይበሎምን፡፡ ሓደ-ክልተ ናይ ኩነና ጸርፊ’ውን ለጎሱለይ፡፡ ኣነ በተዓባብያ እኹን በኣረኣእያ ናይ ሰብ…
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“Common Country” And Not “Common Enemy”
I have taken a break for the last few weeks just to watch the debate from a distance and see what it looks like to a bystander. Most of those who appeared to comment on the issues focused on the semantics of how the subject should have been framed and what kind of etiquette contributors…
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Cabbages and Kings and Why the Sea is Boiling Hot – VI
“The time has come,” the Walrus said – “To talk of many things:Of shoes and ships and sealing wax – Of cabbages and kingsAnd why the sea is boiling hot – And whether pigs have wings”Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll The time has come to pause and consider readers’ reactions so far…
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“Aslamay midri (adi) yeblun, semai Andi yeblun”
The inspiration for this topic came from Ali Salim who mentioned it in his last article and considers it responsible (wholly or partially) for today’s “demeaning” attitude of Christians towards Muslims. Whether we agree with such an assessment or not, there is no denying of course that such seemingly innocuous traditional sayings can sometimes lead…
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TRANSLATION OF LAND PROCLAMATION NO. 58/1994
PART II — CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF LAND PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION NO. 58/1994 A PROCLAMATION TO REFORM THE SYSTEM OF LAND TENURE IN ERITREA, TO DETERMINE THE MANNER OF EXPROPRIATING LAND FOR PURPOSES OF DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION, AND TO DETERMINE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE LAND COMMISSION. Preamble Whereas the systems of land tenure and…
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Tears On-Demand
Life is precious. We all have but one life to live. And when anyone’s life ends abruptly and before it is due, we feel beaten. So many deferred dreams left undone, so much love left unexpressed and this time, there are no tomorrows. You would think with so much suffering, death and dying, by now,…
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What do the PFDJ and Procrusle have in common?
Procrusle was a famous robber who lived in the surroundings of ancient Athens, Greece. He gained notoriety by forcing his captives, tall or short, to lie down on his special couch. If the prisoners’ legs were too long, their limbs were chopped off, and if they were too short, they were stretched out. Either way,…
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ዶር የዕብዮ ወልደማርያም: ጉልሓይ
ምናልባት ብሕርሻ ንዝማዕበሉ ሃገራት ከም ተራ ስርሒታት ዝቑጸር፡ ግን ዜጋታቶም ናይ መግቢ ውሕስነት ዘይብሎም ብፍላይ ድማ፡ብውዕል ሕድር ናብራ ዝሳቐዩ ደቐባት ኢትዮጵያን፣ ኤርትራን ፣ ሶማልያን ፣ከም ዓቢዪ ዓወት ተቑጺሩ እንተዝድንከረሉ ዘየሕፍር ፣ ሕማም ጉልሓይ ካብ ሱሩ ተባሕጒጉ ምጥፋኡ ዘበሰር ወረ ክዝርጋሕ ከሎ ይኸውን። ርግጽ ጒልሓይ ካብ ኢትዮጽያ ምብራሱ ዘረጋግጹ መረዳኣታታት ካብ መንግስታውን ዘይመንግስታውን ባኣታታትን ኣህጉራዊ ዜናታት…
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Saleh Meki Dies Of A Heart Attack
Mr. Saleh Meki, Eritrea’s Minister of Fisheries, died on Saturday morning (October 3) local time of heart failure. He was 62. Saleh was in his office in the port city of Massawa when he started experiencing chest pains. His colleagues called an ambulance to drive him to Asmara. He passed away in Gindae, a small town…
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Cabbages and Kings: Why the Sea is Boiling Hot (V)
After reviewing historical developments which influenced the divergent mindsets in Eritrea, part IV dealt with the lack of a collective mindset at the eve of independence and the attempt by the PLF regime to impose its values on the public and create the “New Eritrean”. It was concluded that a positive collective mindset is a…
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An Upheaval In The Mountains Of Akele Guzai
An upheaval that traces its origins to mid-April of 2009 when a captain challenged his commander’s use of a female recruit as his concubine has expanded to a military skirmish between a rebellious group of 70 gunmen and the army, requiring the intervention of President Isaias Afwerki. The clash is centered around the Deke’a and…
