Tag: isaias afwerki
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Thank You, Ethiopians
1. Abiy Ahmed Schools Isaias Afwerki “…[President} Isaias [Afwerki], when visiting Gomu Gofa zone and its comforts…. mango groves, guava fruit…said the area has a lot of resources… but there is one resource he forgot. Lest he repeat it again or forgets…more than its comforts, more than the mangoes, more than the guava fruits, we…
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World Reacts To Arrest of Minister Berhane Abrehe
On Monday morning, September 17, the Government of Eritrea arrested former Finance Minister Berhane Abrehe in Asmara, Eritrea. The former minister had published a two-part book in Tigrinya highly critical of the Isaias Afwerki government which was published by his family in the United States and whose excerpts were disclosed on August 30, 2018. Subsequently,…
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Contempt
Since June 5, 2018, when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expressed his government’s intent to accept the Algiers peace Agreement with Eritrea without reservation, the leaders of both countries have had dramatically different ways of communicating the blossoming peace to their people. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has held numerous meetings with his people, visiting them…
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Eritrea: Betrayals and Pyrrhic Victories
What was the war about? And what is this peace about? And why did peace happen in June 2018 and not, for example, in November 2004? Why was there a “border war” in May 1998 to begin with? What is our peace dividend? It was not about borders or demarcation. If it was, 7 weeks…
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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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Yamamoto’s Visit To Eritrea
Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto is scheduled to visit Eritrea, as part of his swing in the Horn between April 22nd and April 26. The itinerary, according to a press release from the State Department, is: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto will travel to…
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Eritrea’s Gradual Abnormalization
In February, a “patriotic” Eritrean watching news of the anniversary of Operation Fenkel, the day Eritrean fighters evicted the Ethiopian army from the port city of Massawa, also heard rumors of the death of Haile “Derue” Woldentensae. Because Eritrea is such an abnormal country, said Eritrean didn’t ask why there are people like Haile Woldensae,…
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Isaias Afwerki Reviews Top 3 Eritrean Videos ቀንዲ ሰለስተ
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…
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Melancholy (Wo)Men
[spider_facebook id=”4″] In sorrow, Eritrea’s aging revolutionaries stood on the stands, accepting the salute of a once-glorious army they helped degrade, by allowing a mad man in their midst to demean them. In some ways, they are like the Soviet Union’s aging custodians of the Bolshevik revolution who held fearsome May Day parades, as they…