Eritrea Digest – Independent Eritrean Analysis

Category: Taboo

  • Kiss in the Teahouse

    Kiss in the Teahouse

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    Tzigereda Haile
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    It has been months or years since you left home and joined one of the liberation fronts for independence. Meanwhile your family has been searching for you and, if you are lucky, they will succeed in meeting you. The trip was mostly complicated, especially for the visitors living in the non-liberated areas. Passing the military…

  • The Untold Story of 25th and 26th Round – Sawa (Part 3)

    The Untold Story of 25th and 26th Round – Sawa (Part 3)

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    What has pushed me to patiently chronicle this history is: [to rebut] those who identify themselves as “PFDJ”, family or others, specially those who, wherever you settle in a new land conduct the interviews, and claim that the life we experienced is a lie, and that “it’s easy [compared to the hardship] that others have…

  • The Untold Story of 25th and 26th Round – Sawa (Part 2)

    The Untold Story of 25th and 26th Round – Sawa (Part 2)

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    This is Part 2 of a translation of a narration in Tigrinya which was made by one of the members of the 26th Round. All errors in translation are that of ED Editor. Sawa recruits are 17-18 years old Eritrean kids: keep that in mind as you read this report. Then maybe you will understand…

  • The Untold Story of 25th and 26th Round – Sawa (Part 1)

    The Untold Story of 25th and 26th Round – Sawa (Part 1)

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    This is a translation of a narration in Tigrinya which was made by one of the members of the 26th Round. All errors in translation are that of ED Editor. Special thanks to ED friend AZ for bringing this story to my attention.  When you read this story, remember it is that of  17-18 year…

  • Hagherey Ertra – Excerpt

    Hagherey Ertra – Excerpt

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    “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…

  • we like this (and we don’t like many things)

    we like this (and we don’t like many things)

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    you have heard of Humans of New York (HoNY).  if you haven’t, it is a photo blog of random people in New York City. its creator, Brandon Stanton, has hundreds of thousand of tweeter followers and the blog’s Facebook has 18 million likes.  why? it probably has tapped into a primal need of human beings to…

  • Corrupting Eritrea In Broad Daylight

    Corrupting Eritrea In Broad Daylight

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    “Such rankings may, of course, be distorted due to poor international perceptions of, or a lack of access to, the country. (For example, although donors and investors universally acknowledge that Eritrea has very little corruption, it is nevertheless ranked by Transparency International as one of the most corrupt in the world).[71] They may also reflect…

  • Isaias Afwerki Reviews Top 3 Eritrean Videos ቀንዲ ሰለስተ

    Isaias Afwerki Reviews Top 3 Eritrean Videos ቀንዲ ሰለስተ

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    Periodically (once a month), President Isaias Afwerki will take time from his very busy schedule of erecting a nation to review the top 3 Eritrean music videos and give us his input. A sculptor, Isaias Afwerki is a natural for Chief Art Critic because he is already University Chancellor, Party Chair, Chief Engineer, Chief Auditor, Chief…

  • Africa: Where Un-elected Leaders Elect A Leader

    Africa: Where Un-elected Leaders Elect A Leader

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    I am teary-eyed, and you may want to have some tissues ready because you will, too, by the time you are done with this article. It is about the impossible–democracy in Africa–and how 54 individuals are bringing it to Africa. For this Beta Version of Democracy, the aforementioned 54 Very Important Africans will also be…