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It Is Ramadan, Make Peace With the PFDJ!
At least for a month we have to try hard to live a spiritual life. It’s in our tradition, culture, and religion. Therefore, in the spirit of Ramadan I am making peace with the Eritrean regime for a day. Ramadan is here and it triggers memories, not only of prayers and supplication but also its…
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Colorful Characters: Aboy Shutuphouse and Abdelwasie
I had no shortage of wise, witty, and humorous people in my life. Such people are a blessing; they help us see life beyond the grim colors, in vivid technicolor. If you feel jealous, I will not blame you. I understand. That’s why I hope someday I will be able to produce and share their…
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Horn of Africa’s Never-Ending Tragedy
On March 2, 2023, Gedab News reported that four people lost their lives when Ethiopia celebrated the 127th 1896 anniversary of the victory of Adwa, a battle fought against the Italian colonial army. However, like many atrocities before the death of four people, including a student and as teacher were killed, no one was held…
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Ethiopia: At Least Four Killed at Adwa Victory Celebration
Gedab News, March 2, 2023: Today Ethiopia celebrated the 1896 victory of the Adwa battle fought against the Italian colonial army. At least four people lost their lives after the security officers fired live ammunition at the crowd in Addis Ababa while they celebrated the 127th Adwa Victory Day. This year’s celebration has more political…
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Temazight and Eritrea
North Africa needs to be invaded by Eritrean scholars, it’s more worthy than the unexplainable obsession with Pushkin! So far, I haven’t seen any study that makes him relevant to Eritrea—culturally or otherwise. I believe no one knows his ancestral relation with Eritrea; I suspect it’s an invention by a Russian or Turkish scholar that…
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The PFDJ’s Graduation Ceremonies
The PFDJ regularly announced the graduation of doctors, nurses, and pharmacists and general medicine. It also announces the graduation of engineers, journalists, and a host of other disciplines. I will take two of those, the medical graduates, and journalists. Medical Professionals If Eritrea graduates such a big number of medical professionals, why is the medical…
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Embarrassed Isaias Blames His Ambassador to Nairobi
[Reading time: 4 minutes] Last Thursday Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki appeared in a press briefing with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto. He seemed out of place in the Kenyan press setting, which he is not used to. For a man who handpicks his interviewers from the Eritrean state media which he controls, he was noticeably uneasy…
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It’s All Music But Samuel Zerzgi Wins
Today I am encouraging music that addressed the mind, not the body—a mental music not physical and I will present you (Eritrea represented by Samuel Zerzghi, and his song Hada. Then I will take you to Botswana, and a song called Magadigadi by MmaAusi lekoma, followed by a journey from Bahrain to France to Edith…
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Cents Become Millions – 2023 Fundraising
Today’s Negarit is the once-a-year special edition, the usual appeal to you to help ease the burden. A few days ago, someone said I “would do anything for YouTube money.” Such comments are common particularly by the PFDJ cult. It’s a prevalent misconception among many people. It’s expected in societies with rampant illiteracy and crippling…
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Pasha René, Bezbez Kassa, Bogos, and More…
Although Italian occupation of Eritrea started in Assab and its coastal areas, it was also in Bogos and its surroundings, the turmoil that culminated with the organization, colonization, and eventual independence of Eritrea, was boiling. Around the mid-1800s, all the ingredients poured onto that region. These included, change of hand from Turkey to Egypt, the…
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Eritrean Regime’s Endless Recoiling
Let me start by saying while we should hope Ethiopia will never be threat to Eritrea, we should not bet on Ethiopia’s tension or its disintegration for Eritrea’s solidification, which must solely depend on Eritrean’s will alone. Having said that, I understand some reservations regarding Ethiopia, as in the saying, “old habit dies hard.” As…
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Eritrea: Tell the Truth and Sleep on the Railroad
There is a timeless Eritrean saying, “Haqqi Tezaribka ab megedi Babur deqqs”, (say the truth and sleep on the railway). It’s an exaggerated statement that encourages people to speak the truth and if they did, even the train will not run over them. I did try it a few days ago, I slept on the…
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Finale of an Eritrean Struggle
In the previous two phases, we talked about things that must be done at the individual level. An individual must decide whether they want to support the Eritrean regime, oppose it, or be indifferent to it. If they decide to resist its injustices at the individual level, they decide their degree of resistance. Is it…
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Imitating The Eritrean Ruling Party!
Usually, when PFDJ supporters return appalled by what they witnessed while in a visit to Eritrea, they recount their experiences with bitterness to the extent one would think they have joined the opposition to the regime. But soon they meet like-minded friends and enter the echo chambers where they are overwhelmed by the feel-good sentiments.…
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Major Dawit woldegiorgis: A Politician or a Soldier?
I have followed Shaleqa Dawit for a while and we had a brief exchanged views a few times. In weeks he has been active on Ethiopian diaspora circles, and I was curious to know what he is up to. To my dismay, he is still insistingly spreading his misconceptions about Eritrea and I would like…
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PFDJ Members Also Betrayed By the Eritrean Regime
This is an Account presented through the Story of Gebremeskel Tekle. “A profound chaos descended on our lives in the mid-1960s, whose rights and wrongs were obscured by the brutalities that accompanied the changes brought about by the revolution in 1964: detentions, executions, expulsions, and endless small and large indignities and oppressions.” The above citation…
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A Call to The Moderates of The Horn Of Africa
[Editor’s note: This editorial was first published on Oct 22, 2003, and again in Oct 2, 2018. It’s being republished for the the third time on Dec 28, 2022. We thought it might help readers to remember and reflect on how the last war affected the lives of Eritreans and their country.] There is an…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
May the year 2023 be the best year for all of you
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Negarit 200: The Game Is On
In the previous Negarit, we talked about the three stages of the revolution or movement Stage 1: is to express, verbally, in writing, and in action our opposition to the Isaias Afwerki administration. Call that PFDJ, ህግደፍ, enemy, Adi Halo but you are talking about a system and people for developing and implementing the cruel…
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AU Team Expected In Mekele Soon
The AU appointed observer team is expected to arrive in Mekele to monitor the situation in Tigray.. It comprises of nine generals from South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. An expert whose speciality is not confirmed yet will lead the team. The arrival of the team was delayed due to technical issues including the presence of…
