Tag: Somalia
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ኣብ ኤርትራ፡ እቲ መራሕ-ሃገር ወትሩ ቄናን’ዩ
ህዝበይ። ልቢ በሉ። ገዛእ-ነብሳትኩምን ጸላኢኹምን ፍለጡ። ንተጻይኩም ድማ ከም ጸላኢኹም ንምጥንቋር ስኽፍ ኣይበልኩም። እሙንነትና ንኤርትራ ደጊምና እነረጋግጸለን መዓልታት፡ መዓልቲ ናጽነትን ስዒባ እትመጽእ መዓልቲ ሰማእታትን እየን። እዚ መስርዕ መዓልታት ዕጫ ኤርትራ ከመይ ከምዝኸውን ዝኣመተ ትእምርቲ እዩ ዝመስል፣ ትእምርቲ ናይታ መስዋእቲ ከፊላ ናጽነት ዝተጓናጸፈት፡ ግን ከኣ ክሳዕ ለይተ ሎሚ ህዝባዊ ልዑላውነት ዘየረጋገጸት ሃገርና። ኤርትራ ሓንቲ ካብተን ቡርኪናፋሶ፡…
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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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Dr. Newitol: So Big It’s Sponsored
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…
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Part 2 of 2: 2018: A Year of Dazzling Reforms & Stifling Standstill
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…
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2018: A Year of Dazzling Reforms & Stifling Standstill
In other words, this is a retrospective of the Horn of Africa. Mostly. Very subjective of course: 130 things. Warning: it is so long (you are welcome), it had to be divided into two halves: 1-65 and 66-130. By the time you are done reading both halves, we will need a new one for 2019. When we started the…
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SBS ትግርንያ ፡ ቃለ መሕትት ምስ ሳልሕ ዩኑስ
This is a transcription of the interview of Saleh Younis conducted by SBS Radio Tigrinya on December 16. Many thanks to Eritrea Digest super fan who listened to and transcribed the interview which suffered from bad audio, which is entirely the fault of the interviewee. Thanks as well to interviewer Beyene Semere. በየነ: ሰማዕትና ሰማዕቲ…
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Eritrea Sanctions: When Belligerence Is Confused For Resilience
The Eritrean government (which is to say: President Isaias Afwerki) is terrible at many things but it is great at weaving a narrative. Thus, to this day, many people, including many who consider themselves well-read, would say that the reason the UN imposed resolution 1907 on Eritrea in 2009 is because (a) it was fed…
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Despite the Rogue States, HRC Is Still A Good Thing
The government of Eritrea, which was elected to the Human Rights Council (HRC) by default and in contradiction to the UN’s minimum requirements for a country to join the HRC, has issued an editorial expressing its pleasure and gratitude for being allowed to join this club with no standards. The government further describes its dismal…
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Game Over. Play Again? Game Over. Play Again?
The following was written in reply to an article at awate.com, “The Game Is Over”, by Ismael Ibrahim Mukhtar, where he quotes Isaias Afwerki’s “Game Is Over” and argues that the games that have to be over are games of domination, game of justifying the unjustifiable, and game of “I win, you lose.” All are…