Author: saay
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The Farce of Eritrea at Human Rights Council
In a move that combines the continental politics of the African Union (AU) and the chummy good ol’ boy networking of the United Nations, the State of Eritrea, a serial violator of human rights, was elected to join the UN’s Human Rights Council for the 2019-22 term. First, a refresher. The United Nation’s Human Rights…
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Dr Newitol Sets You Straight: 41-50
Q41: Abraham from Mekele: I am very curious about tall, handsome Abraham the son of Isaias Afwerki. I haven’t seen him since he represented his country to Saudi Arabia. Is he frozen already? Dr Newitol: Abraham Isaias Afwerki? What happened to His Excellency that you mntl his name? He is visiting Mekele accompanied by General…
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The Ethiopian Political Franchisees Convention
The four franchises that make up the ruling coalition of Ethiopia are having their conference in Hawassa, Ethiopia. Prior to the umbrella group’s conference, its members had their own organizational congress and some ended up changing their names to reflect their new re-organization as a party and not a front. The formation of EPRDF, in…
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Letter from Asmara: Eritrean Exodus Since Peace Treaty With Ethiopia
An Eritrean sends a letter (read by Paris-based Erena Radio broadcasters) on “the intentional, dangerous and evil” plan to empty out Eritrea out of its citizens. This has become specially acute, she writes, since the peace treaty which endangers Eritrean autonomy was signed with Ethiopia. Excerpt of her message…. and the entire video follows. A…
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Eritrea: Where Is Ciham Ali (Amnesty International Petition)
21 year old Ciham Ali Ahmed hasn’t seen her family in 5 years. She’s been in detention in Eritrea since she was 15 years old. Born in California, but raised in Eritrea, Ciham is a dual Eritrean and US national. In 2012 – aged just 15 – Ciham was arrested after attempting to cross from…
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To Be Ungagged, To Speak, Something Must Give
It’s not only your contempt, In truth, you must have been tempted, By my respect. Its not just your sacrilege, Who is to say who: Curated our neglect, Defaulted on our debt, Stuffed rugs with the swept? Your chest for a drum, Their torso on the lam, A year, for many years. No you may…
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In Eritrea, the Peace Dividend Is Same As The War Dividend: Migrants
Whether Eritrea is in a state of war, in a state of no-war-no-peace, or in a state of peace, it appears to have one export: migrants. Consider: Eighty-eight (88) days after Eritrean politicians went to Addis Abeba and told us humble Abiy Ahmed is our leader; Seventy-six days (86) after President Isaias Afwerki told us…
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Geography Foils Government of Eritrea
The Government of Eritrea, which has a long history of exhausting every bad idea before grudgingly accepting the good one, is on to its next bad idea: making peace with Ethiopia by bypassing the Ethiopia that borders it: Tigray Region. But this time, geography is conspiring against it. Whether an Eritrean’s motivation is family reunion,…
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World Reacts To Arrest of Minister Berhane Abrehe
On Monday morning, September 17, the Government of Eritrea arrested former Finance Minister Berhane Abrehe in Asmara, Eritrea. The former minister had published a two-part book in Tigrinya highly critical of the Isaias Afwerki government which was published by his family in the United States and whose excerpts were disclosed on August 30, 2018. Subsequently,…
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Dr. Newitol Is Here To Add To Your Confusion: (21-30)
21. Curious from Hmeret Kelboy asks, ” why did Eritrea and Ethiopia sign their peace agreements 3 times? Dr. Newitol: One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now, go, cat, go. The one signed in Eritrea was for the money (from UAE to Ethiopia.) The one signed in Abu-Dhabi was…
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Contempt
Since June 5, 2018, when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expressed his government’s intent to accept the Algiers peace Agreement with Eritrea without reservation, the leaders of both countries have had dramatically different ways of communicating the blossoming peace to their people. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has held numerous meetings with his people, visiting them…
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US To Eritrea: Nice Try, But No Reform, No Sanctions Relief
It is a bad day for PFDJ which almost always means it is a good day for the Eritrean people. The Isaias Afwerki regime appears to have calculated that if it makes peace with Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti, why, then, there is no reason for the United States not to normalize its relations and, more…