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Ethiopia Occupies Adi Tekhlai And Sheshebit
On Saturday morning March 17, 2012, Ethiopian forces made a second incursion inside Eritrean territories and attacked several Ethiopian opposition and Eritrean security camps. Though Ethiopia has, denied Saturday’s attack, Gedab News learned that, on Saturday, the Ethiopians have occupied the villages of Adi Teklai, Sheshebit and surroundings. These two villages are close to the…
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Eritrean Opposition On A Diplomatic Move
Taking advantage of the political environment following the Arab Spring, the Eritrean National Conference for Democratic Change (ENCDC) and its member organizations have been on an accelerated diplomatic activity in North Africa, Turkey and Europe. The activities of the Eritrean Islamic Party for Justice And Development (EIPJD) are the most newsworthy. Below is a summary…
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Ethiopia Attacks Military Bases Inside Eritrea
On March 16, the Ethiopian government announced that it had carried out raids 18 kilometers into Eritrea and that it had destroyed three Ethiopian “terrorist” bases in Ramida, Gelahbe, and Gimbi in the Afar region of Eritrea. The Ethiopian government also said that “several Shaebian [Eritrean] soldiers and anti-peace forces were wounded and arrested” in…
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Eritrean Opposition Figures Missing In Sudan
In mid-February, an Eritrean opposition figure, Mohammed Ali Ibrahim, a senior member of the Eritrean Peoples’ Democratic Party (EPDP), disappeared after he left his house in Kessala, Sudan. His whereabouts are not known yet. A few weeks before that, another opposition figure, Mahmoud Jibril, a senior member of the Eritrean Federal Democratic Movement (EFDM), disappeared…
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PFDJ’s Identity
A young Egyptian school boy starts a recess time conversation with one of his schoolmates which run something like this. After staring at his schoolmate who happened to be a fairly dark-skinned African kid, the boy started his conversation by asking; “huwan’tu endku mama w’baba za’yeena?” (Do you have moms and dads like us?). At…
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Isaias Afwerki’s Five Stages Of Dealing With Crisis
Outrageous things happen in Eritrea all the time. But outrageous things have a scale and sometimes even people who have been conditioned to accept the outrageous as the normal are jolted. The refusal of Isaias Afwerki to allow the body of long-time (40 years) EPLF/PFDJ functionary Naizghi Kiflu to be returned to Eritrea for proper burial…
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ዝወዓለስ ፥ ኹሉ ደኣ ይለለ
ኣስታት ቅድሚ ዕስራ ዓመት ይኸውን ሓደ ዓርከይ ንክልተ ቤተ-ሰብ ናይ ድራር ዕድመ ገበረልና። ድሕሪ ዝተቀረበ ሽሻይ ምምጋብና ናብ መሕለፊ ጊዜ ዝበልናዮ ወግዒ ኣተና። ከም ኣጋጥሚ እቲ ሳልሳይና ኣዚዩ ተዋዛያይ ብምንባሩ ነቲ ምሸት ዳርጋ ንሱ ተቛጻጺርዎ ኔሩ ክብል ይኽእል። እዚ ሓው እዚ ብዝሓት ቛንቛታት ናይ ምዝራብ ዓቅሚ ዝነበሮ ስለዝኮነ ካብ ሓደ ዕላል ናብ ብሓደ…
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Gebremedhin Zegergis: Eyewitness To Eritrean History
Editor’s Note: [the name of the author has been wrongly typed as Zerizghi, it is Zegergis. We appologize for the error] This eye-witness account by Gebremedhin Zegergis, veteran combatant with the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF), was originally written in Tigrinya and published by the ELF-RC of which Gebremedhin was a member. About seven years ago, Gebremedhin…
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هزيمة الهقدف في احد معاقلها الرئيسية
الشباب “المحسوب” على الهقدف يدق مسمار النعش على سياسة فرق تسد دعت الجبهة الشعبية لـ(الديمقراطية والعدالة) لاجتماع جماهيري يعقد بالعاصمة السويسرية بيرن وذلك يوم السبت الماضي الرابع من مارس الجاري. الى هنا الخبر عادي. توافدت جموع الارتريين المقيمين بسويسرا علهم يسمعون شيئا جديدا يعيد الامور الى نصابها الصحيح، رغم ايمانهم ان الهقدف وصل الى مرحلة…
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CBC TV Egypt: Human Trafficking In Sinai Desert (Part 2)
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Ethiopian Rebels Release German Tourists
The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF), a rebel group whose goal is to unite Afar nationalities of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti under one political entity, announced today that, on Monday, it released two German citizens it had been holding since January 17, 2012. In a statement obtained by Gedab News, ARDUF stated it had…
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طبائع المستبد ومعارضيه في قضية – نايزقي كفلو
إن خطورة الأنظمة الديكتاتورية لا يكمن في أنها تمنع شعوبها من التمتع بحقوقهم المستحقة فحسب، (رغم اهمية ذلك ومركزيته) بل في أنها تؤسس لأنساق من السلوك السلبي الشائن الذي يؤثث بدوره لمرحلة انعدام الصفة الأخلاقية، لأي كائن بشري، وبالتالي تساهم في صياغة مجتمعات مشوهة تفتقد لصفتها الإنسانية وتنتمي –للاسف- لمنظومة مختلة من انماط السلوك الغريزي…
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ቀብሪ ሓደ ሰብኣይ ወይስ መሰል 4 ምልዮን ህዝቢ?
ኣብ ዓለም ዘለው ዲክታተራት ሓደ ንኹሎም ዝገዝኦም ባህርይ ኣሎ። ንሱ ድማ መሰል ህዝቢ ኣየኽቡሩን፡ መሰል ውልቀሰባት ኣየግድሶምን፡ ልዕላውነት ሃገርውን ኣይንታዮምን። እታ ቀንዲ እተገድሶም ስልጣኖም ኢያ። ብስልጣኖም ዝመጾም ዝኾነ ስጉምቲ ክወስዱ ድልዋት ኢዮም። ኢሳያስ ብፍላይ ሕልፍ ዝበለ ጨካን ኢዩ። ናይዝጊ ክፍሉ ንንውሕ ዝበለ ግዜ ኣብ ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ክሕከም ጸኒሑ ከም ዝዓረፈ ዝፍለጥ ኢዩ።ከምኡ’ውን ኣብቲ ንሳላሳ ዓመታት…
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More “Low Intensity Conflict” In The Eritrea-Ethiopia Border
As of mid-February 2012, Eritrean border troops in the Akhran area of Southern Eritrea have evacuated their posts and relocated 15 kilometers to the interior of Eritrea. This action was taken following Ethiopian repositioning of its forces, shortly after the mid January killing and kidnapping of European tourists by Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front, ARDUF,…
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HardTalk: Straying From Their Fathers’ Way (Part-IV)
For over ten years, we have been defending the rights of our minorities by deflecting all kinds of bashing, putting their grievances in prospective, and at times sharing possible solutions to their predicament. We were doing it, even when our Muslim brothers were labeling us based on their taste left and right for over ten…
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Chinese Gossip And Tissue Papers
It has been 21 years since Isaias occupied Eritrea, became the Expropriator General, owned everything under the Eritrean sky, and everything that moves or stands on the land—including the cemeteries. It has been 21 years since he began oppressing living Eritreans and denying them a burial space after they die. For the last few weeks, the…
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The ENCDC Congress At Hawassa: A Determination To Succeed (P II)
In Part I, I touched on the preparations, the venue, and the deliberations. I apologize for the delay in presenting part II which deals with the process of electing the leadership, the Ethiopian role, current events and the way forward. Many articles were written about the Congress since I wrote Part I, therefore, I will…
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The Digital Age. A Matter Of Perspective
The other day I asked my son to get me a ‘smart phone’. One of those Blackberries: i-pads, i-pods, or i–phones. He looked at me quizzically and asked, ‘Why would you want a smart phone?’ I said I want to look hip. I want to look modern. I want to look cool. I want to…
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Eritrea, Which Never Acknowledged Fall Of Gaddaffi, Celebrates It
On February 18, the Libyan News Agency reported that the Libyan Embassy in Eritrea celebrated the “first anniversary of the glorious revolution of February 17 [2011]” that finally brought down the regime of Muammer Gaddafi by noting that it was attended by Eritrean ministers of defense, foreign affairs, mining, energy, tourism, social affairs, and different…
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Eritreans Opposition Register Diplomatic Scores
Since the beginning of this year, Eritrean resistance leaders have been conducting a series of diplomatic shuttles that were not possible before the changes that happened as a result of the Arab Spring and the congress that was concluded in Hawassa, Ethiopia on December 2, 2011. Last January, Dr. Yusuf Berhanu, the chairman of the…
