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  • Farewell, Elias Melka

    Farewell, Elias Melka

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    saay
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    Recently, Ethiopia lost of one of its greatest composers. In this season of death and destruction, we think it is a good time to remind all that we can be forces for good or forces for evil to be remembered, if we ever will for our fleeting time (613,200 hours, if we are lucky) here…

  • Dear Sham – (Your Guide To Eritrea)

    Dear Sham – (Your Guide To Eritrea)

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    Sham Harif
    in

    Thinking of going to Eritrea and visiting tourist attractions like museums, historic sites and off-the-beaten-path destinations? Ask Sham Harif (@shamharif): he got you covered. This was his response to a certain Lilian who had such a question on Facebook. If you don’t like his answer, you can always reach out to Eritrea’s ruling party and…

  • Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Address in Segeneyti

    Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Address in Segeneyti

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    Samuel Emaha
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    The following is an English translation of Bishop of Segeneyti Eparchy, Father Fikremariam Hagos’s address to the parish on Sunday June 16. The original (in Tigrinya) was posted by Asenna TV (ATV) and can be found in the link below: A loving person is someone who receives everything done unto him with gratitude and admiration…

  • Congress of Eritrean Bishops Letter of Protest

    Congress of Eritrean Bishops Letter of Protest

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    saay
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    English translation of letter in Tigrinya addressing Eritrea’s Minister of Health Amna Nurhussein. 13 June 2019 RE: Institutions of Health Owned by the Catholic Church Respected Minister: God’s Peace be Upon You. It is to be recalled that since 1995 the Catholic Church of Eritrea has notified the Government of Eritrea of its mission in…

  • On Eritrea’s 1997 Constitution

    On Eritrea’s 1997 Constitution

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    Salyounis
    in

    This interview was originally published by awate.com on February 28, 2001. It was continuously updated to include follow-up questions by the interviewer and in response to readers’ questions, posed directly to the interviewee, until May 17, 2001. This will be first in a series of research documents on Eritrea which will be published in this…

  • ኤርትራ፡ ህሉው ኩነታት ሃገር

    ኤርትራ፡ ህሉው ኩነታት ሃገር

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    Seeds Hope
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    መእተዊ (1) ካብ ታሕሳስ 2018 ክሳብ ግንቦት 2019 ኣብ ዝነበረ ግዜ: ዝተፈላለየ ድሕረ-ባይታ ዘለና ኤርትራውያን ሞያውያን፡ ንምቅርራብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ስዒቡ ዝመጸ ምዕባለታት ክንግምግም፡ ቅድም ብኣካል ኣብ ናይሮቢ (ከንያ)፡ ድሒሩ ድማ ብኢንተርኔት ዓሚቚ ዘተታት ኣካይድና። ነቲ መስርሕ ምቅርራባት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ሓንጎፋይ ኢልና ንቕበሎን ነቲ ቅድሚ ዓመታት ኪውሰድ ዝግብኦ እሞ ሎሚ ዝተወስደ ተበግሶ መራሕቲ ኢትዮጵያ እነድንቖን እንተኾንና…

  • ارتريا – حالةالبلاد

    ارتريا – حالةالبلاد

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    Seeds Hope
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    المقدمة: في الفترة ما بين ديسمبر عام 2018 ومايو عام 2019، التقت مجموعات مختلفة من المهنيين الارتريين في العاصمة الكينية نيروبي وعبر الانترنت للوقوف على التطورات التي اعقبت التقارب الارتري – الاثيوبي (تأملات قيادات ارترية حول تطورات القرن الأفريقي). بينما نرحب بعملية السلام الارترية – الاثيوبية ونقدر قرار القيادة الاثيوبية على المبادرة الشجاعة، حتى وان…

  • Eritrea – State of the Nation

    Eritrea – State of the Nation

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    Seeds Hope
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    INTRODUCTION (1) Between December 2018 and May 2019, a diverse group of Eritrean professionals met in Nairobi, Kenya and online to evaluate developments since the rapprochement between Eritrea and Ethiopia (“ERITREAN THOUGHT LEADERS ON THE PRESENT DYNAMICS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA”). While we welcome the Eritrea-Ethiopia peace process and appreciate the Ethiopian leadership for…

  • Part 2 of 2: 2018: A Year of Dazzling Reforms & Stifling Standstill

    Part 2 of 2: 2018: A Year of Dazzling Reforms & Stifling Standstill

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    saay
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    For Part 1, items 1-65 of this 2018 retrospective, please refer here: 66. Gender Equality, Ethiopian Edition, BAA (Before Abiy Ahmed): Before PM Abiy rammed-through his gender-equality reform in Ethiopia over the heads of the stodgy EPRDF, Ethiopian economists (all 5 men) met with Chinese economists (4 women, 1 man.) 67: Eritrea’s Endorsement of Russian…

  • 2018: A Year of Dazzling Reforms & Stifling Standstill

    2018: A Year of Dazzling Reforms & Stifling Standstill

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    saay
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    In other words, this is a retrospective of the Horn of Africa. Mostly. Very subjective of course: 130 things. Warning: it is so long (you are welcome), it had to be divided into two halves: 1-65 and 66-130. By the time you are done reading both halves, we will need a new one for 2019.  When we started the…

  • Ethiopia Is Done If The Elderly Cede Their Traditional Power

    Ethiopia Is Done If The Elderly Cede Their Traditional Power

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    saay
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    So, what’s happening in Ethiopia? In his report to the parliament, PM Abiy said that the 250 soldiers that came to meet him… well, it turns out that all the push-ups and smiles he had were disguising deep sorrow he was feeling as he had come to learn that some of them, without their knowledge,…

  • 30 Years In The Making: Eritrea’s Descent To One-Man Rule

    30 Years In The Making: Eritrea’s Descent To One-Man Rule

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    The following is compiled from a string of posts tweeted by Wulad9 (@DeqiWoldeMikel), a prolific writer using the Twitter platform.  It provides cursory information (each of which can be expanded into an essay) on how President Isaias Afwerki came to be the undisputed tyrant of Eritrea, whose powers are so unchecked he feels no qualms…