Category: Pulse
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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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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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On Eritrea’s 1997 Constitution
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…
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HRCE: Open letter to Honorable Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minster of FDRE
Your Excellency, First of all, please kindly allow us to express our appreciation for the constant efforts of your government, the EPRDF and the National Assembly which we recognize as an effort geared at ensuring peace and stability both within Ethiopian borders and around the Horn of Africa. We take cognizance of your government’s latest…
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Eritrea: Own the Momentum for Peace
On Tuesday, June 5, 2018, the Executive Committee of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) issued a formal statement that says Ethiopia will fully honour the Algiers Agreement and the decision of the Boundary Commission. The statement was previewed by the Ethiopian Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff in a tweet the same day: #Ethiopia…
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The Perfect Explanation for Eritrea At 27
I am just going to pin this image here, courtesy of @KidaneAida. Anybody researching “what happened to #EritreaAt27” doesn’t need to read books or watch documentaries. This is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary. pic.twitter.com/RNFWCqGZjr — saay (@saayounis) May 21, 2018 This says it all. — Asennai :: ው ታንግ ኢዝ ፎር ዘ ችልድረን::…
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Alamin M Seid PFsplains History Unity & Diversity
In theory, governance in Eritrea is modeled after the Chinese: a political party births the ideas, a government executes them. Thus, in every governmental office–from the nation’s capital down to the sub-zone–there is a party representative. There is a hierarchy in both institutions: in the political party, it is the Secretariat composed of the Secretary…
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It Knows You Are Deaf
Publisher: This Is Being Published Until The Author Starts Being: It Knows You Are Deaf By Desert Wasp Resurrected Wounds Don’t Open Up To Bleed They Stand Tall To Announce Your Own Death When GoD Speaks To You IT Knows You Are Deaf Little Girls Won’t Jump Ropes Eating Cotton Candy From Tripoli Is Tooth…
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Like a Pinball, Eritrea’s Foreign Policy Bounces All Over
March 2011: Following the emergence of the Arab Spring, Mr. Mohammed Juma “Abu Rashid”, is interviewed by London-based Al-Hiwar TV. The Eritrea activist tells factual developments in Eritrea since independence and, among other things, says that part of the reason that the cause of the exiled Eritrean opposition is not amplified by Gulf Arab states…