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  • ኣብ ምምዛን ብዕራይ ካብ በጻሕና ቀሪብና ኢና

    ኣብ ምምዛን ብዕራይ ካብ በጻሕና ቀሪብና ኢና

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    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…

  • Eritrea – State of the Nation

    Eritrea – State of the Nation

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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…

  • The End of The Shitara Code

    The End of The Shitara Code

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    Of late, the government of President Isaias Afwerki has been issuing a series of Red Sea Doctrine papers. These are supposed to outline the government’s assessment of how Eritrea, other Red Sea states and their neighbors can optimize its use to maximize trade and security while maintaining paramount autonomy and sovereignty. “Surely,” will say some…

  • Dr. Newitol: So Big It’s Sponsored

    Dr. Newitol: So Big It’s Sponsored

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    Dr. Newitol is a composite of three characters, one of whom is the editor. He takes questions from Horn Africans (yes, it is a thing now) and pretends to give answers. Dr. Newitol is now so popular, so big, it is sponsored. This edition is brought to you by “Senhit Dental” (slogan: we take any…

  • Slouching Towards Asmara

    Slouching Towards Asmara

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    Yes, Isaias is to blame. Probably. Once upon a time–actually, April 1, 2018–a bold man arrived in the horizons of the Horn of Africa. And almost immediately–actually immediately–he began clearing the debris of a century–actually, longer–of misrule in his country. Jails were opened and prisoners were freed. Enemies were forgiven and exiles returned. The disenfranchised…

  • Dr Newitol’s Readers Are Tired of Ethiopia

    Dr Newitol’s Readers Are Tired of Ethiopia

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    91. Awadallah from Gedaref, Sudan writes: I am told you don’t always talk about Ethiopia and sometimes you mention other countries. My question: Now that it is a given we have defeated Omar Albashir, where will he go? Qatar? Turkey? Malaysia? Dr. Newitol: My bet is on Ethiopia. Sure Qatar and Turkey make ideological sense,…

  • Eritrea’s Gov-People Dialogue

    Eritrea’s Gov-People Dialogue

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    Nobody will ever accuse the PFDJ of being an overachiever, but few will describe it as a learning organization. The brief feud with Yemen (Dec 1995 – Feb 1996) bled to a one month feud with Djibouti (April 1996), which led to two year plus epic battle with Ethiopia (May 1998 – Dec 2000), which…

  • The Slick & The Shell-shocked

    The Slick & The Shell-shocked

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    Psychologists say that human emotions can be reduced to only four: sorrow, happiness, fear and anger. And of the four, the only one that is socially acceptable for men (in most societies) is anger. A man will brag about his capacity for anger (“dont make me angry; you wouldn’t like me when I am angry”,…

  • Dr Newitol Tries, and Fails, to be Empathetic (71-80)

    Dr Newitol Tries, and Fails, to be Empathetic (71-80)

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    71. Shewainesh from MnewShewa asks: The Ethiopian Federal Government perp-walked Bereket Simon, former advisor to the PM, ANDM official, TIRET board Chair to Bahr Dar. What is going on? Dr Newitol: That is not the most dramatic part! First of all, it is not just Bereket Simon but also Tinkishu. The National Enquirer part of…

  • Ethiopian Narrative on Eritrea Is Back With Vengeance

    Ethiopian Narrative on Eritrea Is Back With Vengeance

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    The Ethiopian NarrativeIt goes something like this. Since time immemorial, Eritrea has always been part of Ethiopia. The names (“Eritrea”, “Ethiopia”) may be different but the people of Eritrea and Ethiopia have always been intertwined. Eritrea, the Land of the Sea (Midri Bahri) may have had a viceroy, but the king was always in Ethiopia…

  • Sudan: Another Strike for Self-Inflicted Deafness

    Sudan: Another Strike for Self-Inflicted Deafness

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    …when self-reliance is no more than a call for no witnesses When Sudan’s Islamist party assumed power, it had a message of “self reliance” and a catchy slogan: na’kul min ma nazra’e: nalbas min ma nasnaE. We shall eat what we sow; we shall wear what we manufacture. That was in 1989, thirty years ago.…

  • 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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    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…