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Weizero Saba: Could You Whisper in Isaias’ Ears?
These is a source script for Negarit 81, my YouTube Channel Intro: Weizero Saba Haile’s 50,000 Nacka and what’s expected of her as the wife of the man who is chocking Eritreans. Though news and opinions may be interesting or even entertaining, its foremost value is to equip and embolden the citizen by providing tools…
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Circle of Love
Introduction :The lockdown of cities and countries to slow down the Corona pandemic, have turned lives upside down and discontinued habits and customs long since acquired and embraced. The small things we used to take for granted are standing no more, and the reality of the universal fragility of the Human condition is once more…
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Position Paper – Stop All Forms of Violence Against Women
Ending violence against women is everyone’s responsibility. The Network of Eritrean Women (NEW) was founded in 2013 through the initiative of Eritrean women in diaspora. The team is driven by the need to mobilize, sensitize and empower Eritrean women and girls to claim their rights and to fight against all forms of violence. Violence against…
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Negarit 80: ኩንታል ብልቱግ – A Sack of Millet – كيس دخن
In the sixties and early seventies, when youngsters wanted to join the ELF, they were told they have to consume one quintal of millet, beltug, and then they can join. Starting in the mid-seventies, the youth joined in their thousands and overwhelmed the fronts. Assimilating the mostly urbanite new arrivals with the mostly countryside combatants…
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David Copperfield, Isaias, and Dahlan
For more than two weeks, Eritrean activists guessed and speculated about the whereabouts of Isaias Afwerki. The unelected ruler of Eritrea was not seen in public for a long time. But a few days ago, curiosity seemed to have come to an end when Isaias made a four-minute appearance in a recorded video. In the early…
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The Asmara “Lockdown”!
The world today is in a lockdown and under quarantine. Millions across the world are confined to their homes, travel is restricted, streets are deserted, businesses are closed, schools are suspended, supplies are running short and morgues are full of dead bodies. Many have lost their livelihoods, their loved ones and their sense of security.…
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Sudanese Mercenaries To Libya: Air Bridge Over Asmara
In the last few weeks, UAE airplanes transported hundreds of Sudanese mercenaries to Libya through an air bridge over Asmara, the Eritrean capital city. Thousands of Sudanese mercenaries are fighting alongside both the government forces and the forces of General Hafter, the two warring sides in the Libyan conflict Eritrean sources informed Gedab News that “unbranded airplanes…
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መልሲ ንቐሺ ማርቆስ ብኮሎነል ጸጉ ፍስሃየ
ቀሺ ማርቆስ ኣብ ዕለት 23 ከምኡ ‘ውን ኣብ ዕለት 30 ነሓሰ 2019 አብ ድሮ መዓልቲ ጽምብል ምጅማር ብረታዊ ቃልሲ፡ ምስ ኢንጂነር ዑቕባዝጊ ስዩም ቃለ መጠይቕ ኣካይዱ ኣብ ዩ-ትዩብ ቪድዮ ዘርጊሑ ነይሩ። ነታ ቪድዮ ቃለ መሕትት ዝሰምዕዋ ሰባት ጥብቆ ልኢኾምለይ፡ ብሙሉኣ ተኸታቲለያ። ኣብ መደምደምታ ናይ ‘ቲ ዝተገብረ ቃለመጠይቕ ድማ ካብ ቃል ኢንጂነር ዑቕባዝጊ ስዩም ዝረኸቦ ሓበሬታ…
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Negarit 79: ግዳይ ኮሮና – Corona Victim – ضحية كرونه
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Negarit 78: ቆሎ ጥጥቆ – Varieties – مواضيع مختلفة
Many people do not like it when I say a language is either poor or rich, living or dead. If a language will not help us you attain a higher level of communication and expression, enable you to seek knowledge and be enlightened, improve yourself and your culture, then it is simply not good. Even…
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Book Review: The Dynamics of an Unfinished African Revolution
UNDERSTANDING ERITREA: A REVIEW ARTICLE ON The dynamics of an Unfinished African Revolution. Eritrea Ancient History to 1968, volume 1, Bloomington, IN: Lulu publishing, 2020. 242 pages list of references and index. By Mohamed Kheir Omer. By Tekeste Negash Emeritus professor March 20, 2020 The Dynamics of an unfinished African revolution is a very ambitious book. The…
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Despite the Virus, Happy Birthday Ciham
The scientists baptized it Covid 19, but humanity couldn’t forget the original name with which the virus introduced itself: Corona. Let’s consider Covid 19 its nickname. Sometimes humanity is exposed to calamities that overshadow the previous one, or ones. The corona virus has paralyzed the social life of all people. It triggered a serious anxiety the like of which humanity…
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Negarit 77: ኢልኣምር ምኣምር – Ignorance – من لا يدري
When I first came across “M’amir Bokre’s YouTube channel, I was elated. I thought his videos will help me study Geez for he presented himself as teacher of linguistics and I think sociology and anthropology. And I did learn a few Geez words, thank you Bokre. However, slowly the man quickly started to move on…
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Negarit 76: ተርሞሚተር – Thermometer – ميزان الحرارة
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A Tribute: Ustaz Osman Omer Omran
Another shocking news. An hour ago I read about the death of Ustaz Osman in Medina, Saudi Arabia. He was one of my beloved teachers. Only six-months ago I dedicated Negarit 56[1] for his exceptionally courageous nephew, Omer, who died in Sudan. Both news were shocking and sad. Naturally, no one escapes death, but I…
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Mr. Rolex – ኣቶ ሮለክስ – السيد رولكس
After years at sea, a sailor from Massawa disembarked in Italy and finally ended up working in Switzerland. In the eighties he was so old, he returned to Eritrea with an impressive Rolex wristwatch that displayed the year, the month, and the date. They nicknamed him Mr. Rolex. On May 24,1991, the day Eritrea became independent,…
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Gloomy Clouds Over the Horn of Africa
Abdella Hamdouk: Last year, the Sudanese Sovereignty Council appointed Abdella Hamdouk as a prime minister. He was sworn in on 21 August 2019. Roughly seven months later, on Monday, March 9, 2020, Hamdouk survived an assassination attempt when an explosion in Khartoum went off and damaged his car as he drove to his office. The…
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#Yiakl #Enough #Kifaya
[This the source script for Negarit 74—it’s written in a simple spoken words style for casual delivery.] ALL PEOPLE deserve stability, and Eritreans have struggled the longest time in pursuit of that. It has suffered for centuries to attain freedom and stability. However, when the Eritreans finally achieved independence, the country was hijacked by one person…
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Doers and Pretenders
[This is the source the transcript of Negarit 73, published by Negarit Youtube channel] Most of the time we consider cartoon movies fictional and made for entertaining children. We seldom remember the cartoon stories are ancient legends that originate from religious beliefs. Those of you studying business, marketing and finance may know the sources of today’s brand names.…
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Quo Vadis? – ክዎ ቫዲስ? – إلى أينَ من هنا؟
Jesus was born in Nazareth*, Galilee, when the Roman emperor Herod ruled Palestine. He was a Roman citizen. Our character of today, Nero the notorious Roman emperor, was born in AD 37, four years after the ascension of Jesus Christ. Nero was only 16 years old when he became emperor and ruled for 13 years.…
