Author: saay
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Finally, Our Peace Dividend
The much-anticipated opening of the Zalambesa and Bure points on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border, occurred today. Zalambesa connects Eritrea capital Asmara to Tigrayan capital Mekele and towns further south to Ethiopia, whereas Bure is a mere 60 miles to Eritrean port Asab. Both are strategic towns which were the sites of heavy casualties in the 1998-2000…
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Refreshing: An Honest Ethiopian Reportage On Eritrea
If you have been watching Ethiopian media in Eritrea, whether due to its desire not to be a “downer”, or its fear that it will spoil the environment of peace, or because it genuinely believes it, the most generous thing one can say about it is that it has allowed its wishes to cloud its…
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Eritrea: Promises of More of the Same
Eritrea’s Charge d’Affaires to the United States is Berhane G Solomon. A protege of Yemane Gebreab, the ruling party’s Director of Political Affairs, Berhane even has Yemane’s body language: the exaggerated hand movements, the awkward smile and, of course, flashes of brilliance. In short, he is very good at his job, a job that requires…
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Meanwhile, in Medemerville…
The great negotiators who run the Eritrean Government gave this building to the Ethiopian government to make it its Embassy in Eritrea. This gorgeous Art Deco building is in the upscale neighborhood of Cinema Croce Rossa hills en route to the American Embassy (warehouse of Bess company) The beautiful villa was given in exchange for…
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ኣይይ ዘገርምዩ ዘገርምዩ ኣብራር ናትካሰ ዘገርምዩ ዘገርምዩ!
There are few certain things: 1. Any government however liberal or conservative, left or right, will find a way to tax you; 2. You may live the right way or the wrong way; but, eventually, you will die. 3. If Abrar Osman writes a song, it will be either good or excellent. This is excellent.…
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Eritrea In Pictures: Geneva, Massawa, Asab
In a hall full to capacity, Eritrean demonstrators for justice assembled to plan the next steps for taking their movement forward. A day earlier, on August 31, a large crowd variously estimated at 2,000 to 3,000, had marched the streets of Geneva calling on the Government of Eritrea to lift the state of siege it…
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Pride and Happiness
What is happiness, anyway? Scientists will tell you it is about dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins. But what do they know. I mean, have you ever met a happy scientist? Plus, they are always complicating things: “Using new computer software to observe and record people’s faces, scientists mapped no fewer than 21 emotional states, including…
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Happy September 1, Eritrea
The reason Eritreans stood up for themselves on September 1, 1961 is not because they hated Ethiopians. It is because the Ethiopian ruling regime (the government of Emperor Haile Selasse) took away their right to choose their own official language, the right to govern themselves, the right to freely assemble, the right to write their…
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Hagherey Ertra – Excerpt
“እቶም ስጉምታት፡ 1) ንመንእሰያትን ህዝቢን ኤርትራ ካብ ሃገሮም ብምስጓግ ንኤርትራ ህዝቢ ዘይብላ (depopulated) ባዶ ሃገር ከምትኸውን ምግባር፡ 2) ንብምሉኦም መንግስታዊ መሳርዕ ኤርትራ ደረጃ ብደረጃ ብዘገምታ ምዝራግ፡ 3) ንኹሉ-መዳያዊ ምሕደራ ሃገረ ኤርትራ ምብልሻው፡ 4) ስርዓተ ሕጊ ዘይክተሉ ማእሰርቲን ጭውያን መቕተልቲን ከምዝበዝሑ ጌርካ ኣብ ውሽጢ ሕብረተሰብና ራዕዲን ፍርሂን ከምኡ እውን ሓድሕድ ዘይምትእምማን ኣስሪጽካ ህዝባዊ ተቓዎሞታትን ቃልሲታትን ኣብ…
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How Eritrean Gov Is Gaslighting The People
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group, making them question their own memory, perception, and sanity. Using persistent denial, misdirection, contradiction, and lying, it attempts to destabilize the victim and delegitimize the victim’s belief.” The term originates…
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Dr. Newitol Answers Your Questions: 1-10
Question 1: So, what’s up with Saudi Arabia and UAE? Why are they, all of a sudden, so active and everything? Dr Newitol: It is two young crown princes and one king who likes to deport people. They all agree that Qatar hosts terrorists, Arabs are not ready for democracy, and China, Russia, Iran and…