Tag: Eritrea
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In Eritrea, The Leader Is Always Wrong
My people. Know yourself and know your enemy, and don’t be too squeamish to call your adversary an enemy. Eritrea, with its loyalty days. Independence Day is giving way to Martyr’s Day, the sequence appearing to foreshadow Eritrea’s fate: a country independent enough to sacrifice but not sufficiently sovereign to be free: i.e., popular sovereignty,…
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EriTV Interview With President Isaias Afwerki – Domestic
This is a digest of the interview Eri-TV had with President Isaias Afwerki on February 9: the Domestic Issue. The Import Issue (focusing on international affairs) was conducted (well, ok, broadcast) on February 7 and this website may or may not publish it (Uggg probably will, although it is straight from the Isaias Bullshit Generator.)…
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US Travel Ban of Eritreans Explained
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation restricting travel from several countries including Eritrea. If you are looking for some Trump-bashing, this article won’t be about that. Nor will it attempt to understand why, if the intent is US national security, tourist, student, and business visas (the preferred visa of terrorists) are allowed whereas…
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The Conspiracy – The Isaias-Abiy Race To Confederate Eritrea
This article originally appeared on August 31, 2018 with the heading: “Eritrea-Ethiopia: A Confederation We Didn’t Vote On.” In the heady summer of 2018, most of you were too dazed to have read it and now you keep being surprised by the Isaias Afwerki-Abiy Ahmed love affair. Maybe the heading was too subtle? So, here…
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Eritrea Vision 2020: Building An Effective Civil Society
The Ethio-Eritrean rapprochement is in its second year. The initial optimism has faded because the Eritrean regime has gone back to its old habit again; and old habits die hard. The border remains closed (the Eritrean government closed it!) without any explanation from either side. Trade has halted at the borders and even Ethiopian merchant…
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Eritrea By The Numbers (Updated)
It has been 28 years since Eritrea had the misfortune of being ruled by one single party. Many countries that argued a single party is necessary to expedite development were able to deliver on their promise: China, South Korea, Singapore to mention a few. Then there are countries like Eritrea that have had the tyranny…
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UN Deputy Sec Gen Visits Eritrea
And the PFDJ supporters are giddy because she complimented the predatory regime. And now, for some of the great things she said: Para 1: “It has been a wonderful experience. What we have had is clarity as to where the Government intends to go with the reforms, with the plans, with the bills that they…
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ኣብ ምምዛን ብዕራይ ካብ በጻሕና ቀሪብና ኢና
ኣብዚ ምዕራባዊ ሸነኽ ናይ ዓለምና ሰባት ኣብ እዋን ሌላ ዝጻወትዎ “ክልተ ሓቂታት ሓንቲ ሓሶት” ዝበሃል ዓይነት ገበጣ ኣሎ። ንሱ ድማ ብፉኹስ ዝበለ መንገዲ እንዳተዘናግዑ ንኺላለዩ መታን ክሕግዞም እቲ ዝላለ ዘሎ ሰብ ነቶም ዝላለይዮም ዘሎ ሰባት ብዛዕባ ነብሱ ሰለስተ ነገራት ማለት 2 ሓቒታት ሓንቲ ሓሶት ይነግሮም እሞ፡ ኣይነየቲ ኢያ እታ ዘይቅንዕቲ (ዘይሓቂ) ፍለጥዋ ይብሎም። በዚ መንገዲ…
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Eritrea’s Authoritarians Attempt Totalitarianism
Eritrea’s sole legal party vision for its economy has been a “mixed economy.” This, of course, means nothing. “Mixed economy” means nothing because it means everything. In theory, it is a system where there is a role for the private sector to own the means of production and the public sector to regulate it while,…
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For Eritreans, Every Day Is Half-Mast Day
The media has reported. The human rights groups are outraged. The pope has prayed. But everywhere else, but especially in the State media, it is radio silence. One hundred fifty individuals, mostly Africans, mostly female and underaged, most of the most being Eritreans, drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. These Eritreans, like the ones before them,…
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A Day In The Life Of Sawa High School Students
To give its readers perspective of what life is like in Sawa for those who attend the Sawa High School (officially the Warsay-Yikealo Secondary School), Eritrea Digest interviewed two individuals, a male and a female. While the answers they provided are comprehensive, it may not be representative of what every Sawa High School student experiences…