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A Secret Letter To President Donald Trump

Satire: republished twice since 2016, and the following is a slightly updated version of it.11 Eight years ago, on November

Modeling Election Done; Govern’t Election…

Today’s Negarit could well be version 2 of the 5-year-old episode, which was a sort of social critique. Generally, writers,

Dear Brezidenti, Is The PFDJ A Fairy?

Growing up, my old aunt was bedridden. I used to visit her in her room, which had a rope with

Isaias and Abiy: The Fallout

Often times, news surfaces only to be quickly subdued and forgotten, though it occasionally reemerges in surprising ways. Below is

A Corporal Warned Eritrea!

In 2021, Negarit 147, I raised the issue of SFO Safer, an oil tanker that was stranded across the Hodeida,

Shall we calm down or not?

Our dialogue is a thermostat that reflects our mental development; reading comments, observing debates shows it all. I always strive

Do Eritreans Envy Tigray?

Envy is a human trait; however, most people are often envious of people they know. They are rarely envious of

The Eritrean Dilemma with Its President

Isaias Afwerki. The most mentioned. The most criticized. The most admired, and at the same time, the most despised. He’s

The myth of the “pure Eritrean.”

Eritrea, given its strategic location on the Red Sea, has been a gate to Africa and a destination for various

The Era of Flashy Pastors

Parents miss their children. Aunt Lemlem had two sons, Saleh and Arabi, who left for Egypt for education, leaving the

The Massawa-Mekele-Addis-Ababa Railway

Back in the day, aboy Tewelde had a masonry stone hauling truck. To this day, no car company has built

Like Rip Van Winkle!

How long has it been since you left your home country? Are your memories intact? Do you have friends and

The Dilemma of Eritrean Diaspora Movements – Article review

“The Eritrean Diaspora Opposition Movements: Obstacles and Challenges”, A Master thesis, Linné University, Sweden, by Berhane Kidane, spring term, 2022.

Broken News

There’re two types of narcotics: Downers cause depression, insomnia, and melancholy; Uppers cause euphoria, excitement, and relaxation. When intoxicated, some

Biniam Girmay: He was ours and he’s still ours

The three-card Monte, known to us as Telate-werega, is a classical swindling trick. There is also the wheel of fortune,

The Eritrean Ruling Party Apologizes to Meley

Twelve years ago, a creative friend came up with a T-shirt design of the original Eritrean flag; I used it

The Horn of Africa States Ethiopia’s Undiplomatic Faux Pas

It was always clear that Ethiopia’s false historical narrative would one day catch up with it. The country that was

Is Eritrea’s Economy Vibrant?

Gerghis Drar’s is an Eritrean who presents basic financial tutorials—stock market, retail consumer financing, investments, debts, and politics. That caught

The Horn of Africa States The Need Beyond the Narrow Mindset

Favoritism is a disease that causes immense damage to any organization, country, or region. It takes competency out of the

Will they die or be martyred?

Listening or reading Negarit requires patience, please bring some additional patience from your storage. If you are short-tempered, with little

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