Category: Curated
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Hamdan: Eritrea Is Run By A Deep-Faking Deep State
By all measures, says Abdulkader Hamdan, the government of Eritrea and the Eritrean opposition have failed. He says this in his channel HoA TV (link below) He attributes the failure of both due to something very Eritrean: the strive for Oneness, the strive for Conformity, the strive of Exclusive Representation of the Eritrean people. This…
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Summoning The Unrepresented
The post-Tigray War Eritrean politics has left us with four groups. There are Eritreans who have always felt and still feel perfectly represented by: (1) the Government of Eritrea (Theme: “NNNN. My President Is Always Right”) ; (2) Brigade Nehamedu, Bright Future, Felsi et al (Vibe: “By Any Means Necessary”); (3) there are Eritreans who…
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የቀንየለይ ትስፉው ተስፋልደት!
ተስፋልደት ኣለም መሓረና ዓሪፉ ምስ ሰማዕኩ ክልተ ነገር ኣሰንቢዱኒ። እቲ ሓደ ህይወቱ ምሕላፋ። ኣምላኽ ኣብ የማናይ ክንፉ ይቀበሎ። እቲ ካልኣይ ግን ጣዕሳይ ዝፈጠሮ ስንባደ – ውሽጠይ ኢዩ። ንተስፋልደት ብኣካል ይኹን ብቴሌፎን ረኺበዮ ወይ ኣዘራሪበዮ ኣይፈልጥን። ከምቲ ኩሉሻዕ ኣብ ባህሊ ትግርኛ እነዘውትሮ ግን፡ እነሆ ምስ ሞተ: እቲ ብህይወት ከሎ ኪገብሮ ዝግባኣኒ እገብር። ምስናይ ይቕሬታ። ስለምንታይ ኢና…
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Of Honey and Vinegar: US-Eritrea Integrated Country Strategy
According to the US Department of State, the “four-year strategy that articulates the U.S. priorities in a given country” is referred to as the Integrated Country Strategy (ICS). It is led by the U.S.A’s Chief of Mission to a country–in the case of Eritrea, the U.S. only has Deputy of Mission Leslie Freriksen since July…
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PM Abiy & Co: Bullying, Belaboring, Big Lying
“What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive” (Sir. Walter Scott, 1808) Towards the end of his talk to his parliament (November 14, 2023) on the Red Sea controversy of his own creation, PM Abiy made a clarion call for the media outlets to sound the drums of “war” in a…
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Yowhannes Tquabo Reinterprets Victory and the Masses
“Victory to the Masses” is a phrase that the EPLF can truly say it invented. So I argued, at least, with an Ethiopian on Twitter, for reasons I thought were nationalistic then–wasted time, now. No matter how catchy, it is, after all, the blueprint for tyranny. It’s like any other “Power To The People” movement:…
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Hilton Hotels Hosting Event for Group Accused of Committing Crimes Against Humanity
PRESS RELEASE Hilton Hotels hosting event for group accused of committing crimes against humanity Eritrean Americans are urging Hilton Hotel to cancel an event it is hosting for representatives of one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world, the PFDJ, Eritrea’s ruling party. The event is set to take place at the Hilton Houston…
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National Taskforce Team Concept Note on Government-in-Exile
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An Open Letter To The Government of Eritrea On The Spread of COVID-19
Date: March 22nd, 2020 Press Release No. 1. AN OPEN LETTER TO THE GOVERNMENT OF Eritrea ON THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 Members of the Eritrean Healthcare Professionals Network (EHPN) are writing to inform you of great concern for the pandemic spread of COVID-19 in Eritrea. We are a group of Eritrean healthcare professionals in the…
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Living with Trauma: Eritrea’s Youngest Generation
Born and raised after the independence of Eritrea in 1991, the youngest Eritrean generation (“nay Hmamey”, which literally means “of my illness/sickness” that’s apparently what they call each other, which I recently heard for the first time), is perhaps the most traumatized generation of all the generations before it. By giving each other the epithet…
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Ethiopian Musicians In Eritrea
A group of musicians headed to Eritrea last week to charm Eritreans with their songs. I am not sure if dancing some unresolved outstanding issues away is something that should be given a priority, but what do I know? That’s why I am not in charge, I guess… The group initially consisted of members of…
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Abiy Ahmed Explains Meddemerism
Rejoice, Africa! Nobel laureate Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, has introduced an indigenous ideology which replaces all the ideologies Africans have experimented with: Marxism, Leninism, Maoism & Stalinism. What is it? What is the ideology of Meddemerism? Well, um, I was hoping you would tell me. All I know is he said, “if you don’t…