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Negarit 54: ፈረሰካ ኣይቱግዳእ ኣባባ – Appealing to the demon – رجاءً ياعفريت
This is written as notes for Episode 54 of NEGARIT, my YouTube channel which is delivered in Tigrinya—it’s not all a transcript by represents the main points discussed. I hope you enjoy it…. Last week I listened to an interview Semere Beyene of SBS conducted with Amanuel Sahle who explained his previous statements. I think he…
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The Eritrea’s Enough/Yi’akil Movement – A Way Forward
Since the Enough/Yi’akil campaign was launched about seven months ago, the campaign has garnered support from Eritreans across the world, including from inside Eritrea. The campaign is a grassroots public movement that has no affiliation with established opposition political parties or groups. The campaign is aimed at bringing about peace, justice and democracy in Eritrea…
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Of True, Half and False Revolutions: Perspectives on the Sudanese Uprising
This piece poses three specific and interrelated points: the character of political revolutions; implications of the 2018-2019 Sudanese popular uprising and; a self-questioning note by its author as someone not directly involved in those events. The idea of revolution In its intensity, revolution resembles the forces of nature. Revolution strikes like a quake, storm, tsunami…
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PFDJ Militia in Norway Exposed
In recent years, the number of Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers in Europe has increased drastically. Most of them claim to have escaped from the harsh indefinite military service imposed on them by the, “Peoples’ Front for Democracy and Justice” (PFDJ), the Eritrean ruling party. The unelected PFDJ government has been in power since 1991;…
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Negarit 53, Imam Ahmed Gragn – ኢማም ኣሕመድ ግራኝ – الإمام أحمد بن إبراهيم
This is written as notes for Episode 53 of NEGARIT, my YouTube channel which is delivered in Tigrinya—it’s not all covered because of time limitations. Today, the main topic is Imam Ahmed Bin Ibrahim, known in Abyssinia as Ahmed Gragn, but I will have a number of inter-related topics in between—in no specific order. I…
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Finally Vindication! Remembering 58th Anniversary of Awate Day
This article was first published on Sept. 5, 2018 under the title “Finally Vindicated). This year (2019), we decided to remember the 58th anniversary of Awate Day, with this article and a youtube video, Fanus Network, presented by Yoel Lino) The last week, since September 1, 2018, has been very difficult for me. It was…
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ኣሸንዳን “ትግርኛን” Ashenda and “Tigrigna” أشنده والتجرنية
1. Ashenda: Tigraians heard my advice of last year. 2. AshanadaH (Kick Boxing): Memhir Amanuel Sahle assaulted us (Tesahiluna) using tgrinya. 3. Statue: How about erecting a statue for Imam Ahmed Gragn? If you remember, in last year’s Ashenda the Tigrayans were inflamed because it seems they faced hindrances in holding the festival at the…
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The Challenges of Fair Representation in Eritrean Politics
In early 2019, two Eritrean political events took place within a short period of time. The first was a London conference jointly organized by an NGO group, Eritrea Focus, and Institute of Commonwealth Studies. The second was the national congress of the Eritrean National Council for Democratic Change (ENCDC), held in Sweden. A common criticism…
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Book Review: Defiance In The Time Of Chaos And Existential Threat
Book Title: Defiance In The Time Of Chaos And Existential Threat Author: Bereket Habte Selassie Paperback: 264 pages Publisher: Authorhouse (18 July 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 172831805X and ISBN-13: 978-1728318059 In a world beset by “moral bankruptcy, corruption and the threat of nuclear war,” it is the age-old “phenomenon of migration” that is causing unprecedented tensions and undermining the ties that…
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بالبركة يا سودان
أود أن أهنئ الشعب السوداني على التصميم الذي أظهره للوصول إلى حفل توقيع الاتفاق، ويعلم الجميع أن الطريق إلى هذا الاتفاق مروي بدماء الشهداء السودانيين، واستشهادهم لم يكن سدىً و سوف يتتذكره التأريخ بأجلال وإعجاب إلى الأبد. كإريتري ، أعتقد أن رائحة بخور الصندل في السودان لابد أن تهب على إريتريا واننا ندعي الشراكة في…
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Sudan: Omar Al Bashir Faces The Natural Fate
Since the end of the colonization period, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa region has been a fertile ground for breeding dictators. Its countries seemed perpetually locked up in a competition on who produces the worst dictator. Surprisingly, the endless neck to neck race didn’t produce a single winner. They all won. Finally,…
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Customary Law : Sharia’a Endabba
In the 19th century, Abyssinian warlords invaded what they called “Hamassen”, present Eritrean highlands, (like they did for many decades before that, with their hordes who eventually settled in Eritrea. Alula legislated the wedi-Arbaa (citizen- after-40 years) laws that enabled the non-native settlers who resided in present Eritrea, to become citizens. Some of the camps…
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UAE Proxy Forces Occupy Aden
After several statements in July about its intentions to withdraw its forces from Yemen, the UAE has withdrawn most of its estimated 5000 men force. A well-armed militia force of 90,000 men it built, known as the Security Belt Army, considered its proxy force, has filled the vacuum left. On Saturday, the proxy UAE militia…
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ቛንቛ ዓረብ! اللغة العربية Arabic in Eritrea
[Rough transcript of the Negarit 50] First let’s see how we are divided economically. The sedentary, the nomad, and the people of the sea. Each has a different economic development and each has its peculiarities. I might talk about land in this context but now let’s stick to culture whose main component for today is language–Arabic…
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Two Pictures of a Man Five Years Apart
The above is a composite image, part of which appeared with an editorial by the Awate Team in 2014 while the second part is a propaganda image widely distributed over the last few days. In Eritrea and in other parts of the world, the PFDJ has been busy celebrating the 25th anniversary of Sawa military training…
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الدستور الانتقالي لجمهورية السودان الديمقراطية الفدرالية
الدستور الانتقالي الباب الأول أحكام عامة المادة 1 – تسمي هذه الوثيقة دستور جمهورية السودان الإنتقالي ويعمل بها من تاريخ التوافق عليها وتوقيعها بواسطة القوي السياسية. ومدة سريانها طيلة الفترة الانتقالية المحددة وفق المادة 4 من هذا الدستور. المادة 2 – السودان جمهورية ديموقراطية فدرالية حديثة موحدة ذات سيادة علي جميع الاقاليم الواقعة تحت حدودها…
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PFDJ Troll Alliance: Facebook Removes Saudi-UAE-Egypt Accounts
August 1, 2019, Facebook announced it was “Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior in UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia” However, the news is no surprise to us since in March 27, 2018, Gedab, our news unit, has reported about the “Saudi, UAE, and Eritrean Internet Trolling Cooperation” with Eritrea. Gedab News was the first outlet to expose…
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Paris and New York: The Tale of Two Eritrean Diplomats
Gedab News learned that Hanna Simon, the Eritrean ambassador to France, has been recalled back to Asmara, but she “is reluctant to return.” According to our source, Ambassador Hanna has written a critical report to Osman Saleh, the official Eritrean minister of foreign affairs. Osman rarely travels alone on diplomatic missions; he is always shadowed…
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Last Appeal: 2019 Fundraising Campaign
Dear Friends, Thank you for your support, but here we are making our last appeal for 2019. This time, the campaign, though not consistent, was very long. It has been doing it for seven months and it is time to wrap up this year’s campaign before we get into 2020. Firstly, we would like to thank all…
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Negarit 49: Byzantine Dialogue ክትዕ በይዘንጣ حوار بيزنطي
Unedited notes for the Episode Byzantine was the Eastern part of the Roman empire–the capital city that was later named Constantinople, and again renamed Istanbul. 1700 years ago, Byzantine was so preoccupied with theological debates, mainly about the nature of Jesus Christ. Does he have one nature of two, or three. As a result of…
