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ኣብ ዘይወግዓዊ መራኸቢታት ከምዝተጠቐሰ፡ ሎምቅነ 100 ዝኾኑ ኤርትራውያን ካብ ማእሰርቲ ተፈቲሖም ኣለዉ። “ካብዚ ዝኸፍእ ‘ውን ኣሎ!” ዝብል ምኽኒት ከም ምኽንያት ቅቡል ስለ ዝኾነ፥ “ንምንታይ ተኣሲሮም? እቶም ዝተረፉ’ኸ ስልምንታይ ዘይወጽኡ? ንምዃኑኸ: እንታዩ ሃለዋቶም?” ምሕታት ነውሪ’ ዩ:: እዞም እሱራት ገበኖም፡ ሕሉፍ ሓሊፍዎም እቲ “ጉጅላዊ” (“ፈላለየ”: “ተኹታዂ:”ወዘተ”) ኣላሁ ኣክበር (God Is Great) “ላ ኢላህ ኢላ ኣላህ” (there is…

It’s part of Eritrea’s folklore that the Eritrean Parliament of the 1950s committed a horrible mistake when some of its members voted for dissolution of the Federal Act with Ethiopia and opted for annexation.  What is less commented on is that another Eritrean Parliament, the Eritrean National Assembly of 2002, committed an egregious mistake that…

It was a Monday in Asmara: July 9, 2018. Streets had been paraded, coffee mugs delicately held and an agreement signed. A “Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship between Eritrea and Ethiopia“, no less. Not to be mistaken with the “Agreement On Peace, Friendship And Comprehensive Cooperation Between The Federal Democratic Republic Of Ethiopia And…

Sometime between his first interview focusing on international affairs and the second pinpointing on Eritrea, somebody slipped Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki some truth serum and he couldn’t stop telling us how spectacularly he had failed in the past 28+ years.  It was like an opposition leader had body snatched him: he told us that every…

Eritrean social media is replete with rumors and speculations on what and why exactly Ethiopia has decided to do with its refugee camps hosting tens of thousands of Eritreans, including the underaged. From our understanding, the following appears to be the case: 1. Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, wants to shut down the refugee camps…

Background: Accused of coordinating with Ginbot-7 and plotting a coup against the Government of Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s General Asamnew was arrested in 2009 and given a life sentence. In the general amnesty initiated by Prime Minister Haile Mariam Desalegn in January 2018, he was released from prison in late February 2018. In the post-Abiy Ahmed…