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An Eighty-nine Year Old Eritrean Man Abducted In Addis Ababa
Ato Yohannes Shoba’a, an eighty-nine year old man was abducted in Addis Ababa by unknown gunmen in October 2011; he is still missing. The abducted man is the father of a Lt. Colonel Gebrihiwet, a security officer of the Eritrean regime, who allegedly operates in the Southern part of Eritrea bordering Ethiopia. Ato Yohannes had…
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ŒCOCW Calls for International Religious Freedom for Exiled Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch
SOURCE:www.your-story.org Author: +Catholicos Scholarios-Gennadius III, OSB (Jan 21, 2011) The Holy Synod of the Œcumenical Canonical Orthodox Church Worldwide (ŒCOCW) joins the faithful of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church in demanding religious freedom for its exiled Patriarch. According to a report by George Alexander, Secretary of the Orthodoxy Cognate Media Network, a significant portion of the Christian…
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Awassa Witnessed The Dawn Of Asmera
The national congress that convened in Awassa is a distinctive landmark event in the history of Eritrea. It embraced the vast majority of the Eritrean Diaspora: all the political backgrounds and colours. The congress discussed ailments that enervated the whole nation for more than half a century, it melted down the iceberg, nullified retarded views,…
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The Devil In God’s Land, A Play By Bereket Habte Selassie
The Devil in God’s Land: Paperback, $19.95, 130 pages, 229×152 mm, Mkuki na Nyota Pulblishers, Tanzania, 2011. ISBN 9789987081615, “Have you forgotten your vows to the martyrs? Can you honor your vows while in the cruel embrace of the powerful?” Zegonfo II asking Senai in Act One, Scene One, Page 3.) Who is “The Devil” and “Where…
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Isaias Shrugged: And The World Rolled Its Eyes
In 10 short years, Isaias Afwerki has achieved the status which took Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez longer to accomplish: an annoying loudmouth just tilting at the windmill. In 2007, Spain’s king famously told Hugo Chavez: “why don’t you just shut up?” after he kept interrupting, over, and over, and over, the Spanish prime minister.…
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ንምንታይ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ደሞክራሲያዊ መንግስቲ ዘይቆመ? (2ይ ክፋል)
ኣብቲ “ሕጋውነት መንግስቲ ኤርትራ” ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝብል ኣርእስቲ ዝቐረበ ቀዳማይ ክፋል ናይዚ ኣንቀጽ’ዚ፡ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ደሞክራሲያዊ መንግስቲ ምዃኑን ዘይምዃኑን ብምትንታን ዳህሲስናዮ። ብመሰረት’ቲ ኣብ ቀዳማይ ክፋል ናይዚ ኣንቀጽ’ዚ ዝቐረበ ትንተና ኸኣ፡ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ብኹሉ መለክዕታት ሕጋውነት፡ ሕጋዊ መንግስቲ ከም ዘይኰነ ኣረጋጊጽና። ኣብዚ ካልኣይ ክፋል ናይዚ ኣንቀጽ’ዚ፡ ንደሞክራሲያውነት መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ብኸፊሉ ክንድስሶ ኢና፡፡ ኣብቲ ዝስዕብ ሳልሳይ ክፋል…
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Eritrean Opposition Urges Sudan and Egypt to Protect Eritrean Refugees
In a press release issued today, Dr. Yususf Berhanu, the chairman of the executive office of the Eritrean National Council for Democratic Change (ENCDC) urged Sudan and Egypt to protect Eritrean refugees. The press release stated that the Eritrean Opposition “expresses outrage at the Isaias regime’s complicity in people and organ trafficking” and accused it…
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The Changing History of Keren High School: 1970s to 1990s (Part II)
For some readers this article may contain taboo issues; they are included because telling an incomplete story for historical documentation does not serve future causes. Also, and understandably, some readers may have little or no interest in the articles about Keren High School in particular and Keren in general, as they may think the subject…
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Reversal Of Fortune
“Courage in a vilified enemy is a despicable discovery.” By David Mitchel Events are happening so fast for those who choose stagnation. But change is governed by its own dynamic laws and no human force can stop it. In reverse chronological order the following events unfolded recently: PDFJ thugs were found guilty by a jury…
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Texas Jury: Two Pro-Government Eritreans Guilty Of Assaulting Eritrean Journalist
Gedab News, January, 11, 2012: A Texas jury has found Eritreans Redi Bokhretsion and Yohannes Gebremichael guilty of assaulting Eritrean journalist Tedros Mengistu. Judge Robin Brown is expected to pass the sentence soon. The two defendants, who are supporters of Eritrea’s ruling regime, the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), were accused by the…
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Isaias Shrugged: And The State Media Nodded Its Head
A powerful title that authoritarians have, rivaling that of their role as Chief Commanding Officer of the armed forces, is that they are also the State’s Chief Epistemology Officer. Epistemology is the science which tries to answer the question “how do we know that what we think we know is true?” Authoritarians have one answer:…
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المجلس الوطنى الواقع والرؤية
لاشك أن عصارة التجارب وخلاصة عمل جبهة المعارضة ممثلة فى تنظيماتها السياسية ومنظمات المجتمع المدنى كان فى عقد ملتقى الحوار الوطنى الذى وضع مقرارت إقامة مفوضية وطنية لتعمل على إعداد الأوراق والتحضير لعقد المؤتمر الوطنى العام ، وأن المفوضية ورغم ظهور بعضاً من الهنات والإخفاقات من بعض قيادتها إلا أنها أستطاعت التحضير للمؤتمر الوطنى الذى…
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ንምንታይ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ደሞክራሲያዊ መንግስቲ ዘይቆመ? (ቀዳማይ ክፋል)
ነዚ በዳህን ዕዙዝን ሕቶ’ዚ፡ ብዕግበትን ብብቕዓትን ንምምላስ ንድሕሪት ምልስ ኢልካ ብውሕዱ ንክልተ ዓበይቲ ነንሓድሕዶም ዝተወሳሰቡ ኣገደስቲ ረቛሒታት ኣድቂቕካ ምምርማር የድሊ። ንሳቶም ከኣ፥ ንኣቀዋውማ መንግስቲ ኤርትራን፣ ንባህሪ ናይቲ መንግስታዊ ስልጣን ንበይኑ ብሒቱ ዝሓዘ ሓይልን (ህዝባዊ ግንባር ሓርነት ኤርትራ (ህ.ግ.ሓ.ኤ)) ዝምልከቱ ኢዮም። ንኣቀዋውማ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብ እትምርምረሉ፡ እቲ ብቐዳምነት ክትግንዘቦ ዝግባእ ኣገዳሲ ጕዳይ ሕጋውነቱ ስለ ዝዀነ፡ ቀዳማይ…
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The National Assembly And The Road Ahead
2011 will be remembered as the year where the roots of success were sowed in our struggle against HGDEF’s tyranny. The National Congress was a success by all standards and despite the ill wishes and the co-ordinated smear campaigns of the bigots and their sympathizers, it was as detractor-proof as could ever be imagined for…
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Melbourne Rally 2012: For How Long Can We Tolerate Oppression?
So, why should we stop raising our voices on behalf of the voiceless and oppressed people in Eritrea? As in previous years, we call on the Diaspora communities living in the free world that have chosen to be silent in the face of oppression and the ever growing injustice committed against the Eritrean people to…
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تقرير عن الامسيه الادبيه بغرفة الحوار الحر
مدخل: تعميماً للفائدة ونقلاً للقارئ الكريم الذى لم تتح له فرصة الحضور والمشاركة للأمسية الأدبية التى أقيمت بغرفة الحوار الحر بتاريخ 30/12/2011م نحاول عكس مادار بالأمسية بشكلٍ موجز ومختصر وهى خطوة نريدها كذلك أن يكون خط توثيقياً لكل نشاطٍ تقوم به غرفة الحوار الحر: الملخص : بدأت الأمسية بتحية الضيوف الكريم وضيوف الشرف الأستاذين الشاعرين…
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2011: Year Of Renewed Spirit
Globally, 2011 will be remembered as the Year of Protest. Mainly because there was the Arab Spring, which started, of all places, in Tunisia in December 2010 triggering a chain reaction: Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine in January; Iran, Bahrain, Casablanca and Libya in February; Iraq and Saudi Arabia and Syria in March. There…
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Ageism In Eritrean Politics: A Stereotype Gone Berserk?
Why? When that three-letter word is uttered (or rather blurted out) by my daughter, I sometimes wish the word never existed (J). Tell her it is time to go to bed, she wants to know why. Explain that she needs to sleep because she will wake up early to go to school the next day, she…
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Isaias: A Cult Leader Surrenders
On December 20, 2011, reporting on the meeting of the Eritrean regime’s so-called Cabinet of Ministers, Asmelash, the mouthpiece of the regime recited (among many other personal declarations of Isaias) that the tyrant had given new directives to his servile cabinet ministers. This is what Asmelash reported: “…President Isaias continued, since it is an obligation…
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ካብ ዕውት ጉባኤ ሃዋሳ ሕጂ’ኸ ናበይ?
መጀመርያ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እንቋዕ ኣሓጎሰካ፡ እንቋዕ ከኣ ኣሓጎሰና ክብል እፈቱ። እዚ ዓወት’ዚ ብርግጽ ንውጹዕ ሀዝቢ ኤርትራ ዮሃና ንህግደፋውያን ድማ መርድእ ኢዩ። እወ! ሕጂ’ውን ውጹዕ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እንድሕሪ ተኣኪቡ ከምቲ ጸላእቱ ዝምነይዎ ዘይኮነስ ከይተሰማምዐ ኣይወጽእን ኢዩ። እወ! ንመጀመርያ ንሙሉእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣይወክል እምበር ብከፊል ብህዝቢ ዝተመርጸ ኤርትራዊ ባይቶ ቆይሙ። ዲሞክራስያውያን ተቓለስቲ እንቋዕ ደስ በለኩም። ሽሕኳ ህግደፋውያንን…
