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A Human Rights Lawyer Vs. A Trained Healer
The perversion and the Orwellian double speak has reached a new summit. Now some young Eritrean professionals in Diaspora, the supposed trained healers are turning into accessories to the executioners in Eritrea. Presumably those who aspire to become professional healers are there to heal the ill, the frail, and the unhealthy as they ease the
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A Time to Love and a Time to Hate
My favorite book in the bible says: “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down
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The Chronology of Eritrea’s Reform Movement (2000-2001)
On December 5, 2002, the Awate Team published an article entitled “The Chronology of The Reform Movement”, which we introduced with the words “The following is a chronicle of the reform movement…” It covers the period of August 2000–the beginning of the reform movement–to December 2001. Of course, Eritreans’ call for reform is as old
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SEMG Breaks Eritreans Omerta Culture
In 2009, after repeatedly warning the Eritrean regime to moderate its behavior, the UN designated Eritrea as threat to regional peace and, using the powers of Chapter VII of the UN Charter, imposed sanctions: total arms embargo on the state until such time that a panel of experts (Monitoring Group) reporting to a Sanctions Committee
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Dictatorship: a Rational Choice –Until It is Not
“Rational choice theory”, proposed by economists to describe market economies, has been adopted in criminology, religion and, of course, political science. Essentially, the theory assumes that, prior to every decision, people make cost-benefit analysis because they are “self-interested, purposeful, maximizing being.” Of course, what I consider rational you will consider absurd and the sum total
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ነፍሰን ሪሶርስስ፡ ጉልበት ጊላነት ኣብ ዕደና ቢሻ
7/9/2013 ብ 9 ምያዝያ 2012 ዓዋተ ዶት ኮም (ገዳብ ንይውስ) ኣንጻር ነፍሰን ሪሶርስስ ናይ ክሲ ስጉምቲ (class action lawsuits) ከም ዝተወስደ ጸብጺባ።[i] ስዒቡ ዝቐርብ ክሲ ንምድንጋር ገንዘባዊ ሰነዳት (securities) ዝምልከት ክሲ ኮይኑ ኣብ ክንዲ እቶም ኣብ ሞንጎ መጋቢት 28, 2011ን የካቲት 2012 አጠቓሊልካ ዘሎ ናይ ጊዜ ገደብ ብርክታት ነፍሰን (common shares) ዝገዝኡ ዝቐርብ ዘሎ ክሲ
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The Politics Of Betrayal
Summary: The risk of colluding with Ethiopia to oust the Eritrean Government An illustration of Ethiopian deception Follies of many Eritrean opposition groups Tesfay Temnewo’s lack of credibility Many of us have speculated as to what kind of contributions the ‘Ethiopian intervention’ is bringing to the struggle Eritreans are pursuing against the present dictatorship in
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AI: Twenty Years of Independence but still No Freedom
Twenty years after its independence, Eritrea’s prisons are filled with thousands of political prisoners, locked up without ever being charged with a crime, many of whom are never heard from again, Amnesty International said in a report released today. Twenty years of independence but still no freedom details how throughout the past two decades government
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Djibouti and Isaias Afwerki’s Secret Visit To Qatar
Barring any last-minute changes, Isaias Afwerki is paying an unpublicized visit to Qatar on Tuesday to meet with its Emir to discuss the stalled Eritrea-Djibouti border agreement. According to our sources, Djibouti’s president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, who was also invited, has indicated that he will not show up unless Qatar provides assurances that Isaias Afwerki
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Omar Al Beshir Visits Isaias Afwerki
Sudan’s President, Omar Al Bashir, paid a visit to Isaias Afwerki in Asmara today. Accompanying Al Bashir were Sudan’s Defense Minister and Intelligence Chief. Isaias Afwerki, as usual, broke with protocol and was not accompanied by his defense minister or chief of intelligence. The “working visit” lasted a day and Al Bashir returned back to
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The Mask Behind The Grab
‘Thank You’ to all the people who take their time to leave a few notes at the end of the articles, mine included. That impresses me most and deserves all the credit for getting us rolling. I couldn’t find it again for proper referencing and I don’t remember the exact words either but one particular
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Minnesota: Eritreans Challenge Loyalists Monopoly Of Public Radio
Eritreans in Minnesota have persuaded the management of KFAI, a public radio station, that the air-time it provides Eritreans has been abused by loyalists to the Eritrean regime. Thus ends a 15-year monopoly enjoyed by Eritrea’s ruling party, PFDJ, in Minnesota. The one-hour Tigrinya program was initially given to the Eritrean community but fell under
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Eritrean Strongman Blames Washington For Ethiopian Attack
Commenting for the first time about Ethiopia’s March 15th incursion into Eritrea, President Isaias Afwerki told Eritrean state media that the United States is behind the attack and that Eritrea would respond at its time and place of choosing. He made his comments in an interview with state television on March 25th. The Eritrean strongman
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As You Head To The Conference…
The conference is almost here! In a few days, hundreds of Eritreans from all over the world representing all kinds of political organizations and civil associations will converge in Addis to participate in what will surely be recorded in Eritrean history as an important milestone. The grand gathering will attempt to tie up all the
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In memory of my beloved brother Mohammed Saleh Mohammed Hagos
Mohammed was born in Mendefera in 1953 from his father Mohamed Hagos Juhar and his mother Fatima Idris Kahssay. Soon after he was born our parents migrated to Addis Ababa leaving Mohammed with our grandfather. Our grandfather was a self made businessman who was known for his famous bakery shop in Mendefera. Mohammed completed his elementary school
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እዚኣ ዛንታ ነቶም ብሓይሊ ዝተዓስከሩ ግዳያት ዘይኮነ ነቶም ኣብ ላዕለዋይ ጸፍሒ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ዝርከቡ ኣባላት ዝተጻሕፈት እያ። ?ደ ሰብኣይ ንሓንቲ ጽብቕቲ በዓልቲ ሓዳር ሰበይቲ ሰለዝደለያ፡ ሓደ እከይ መደብ ኣውጺኡ፡ ሸያጥ ጠስሚ ተመሲሉ ማዕጾ ገዝኣ ኳሕኲሐ። ብዓል ቤታ ማዕጾ ምስ ኸፈተ አብ ቆርበት ዝተመልአ ጠስሚ ብኣዝዩ ሕሱር ዋጋ ከም ዝሸይጥ ዘሎ ነገሮ። እቲ በዓል በት በቲ ሕሱር
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Recruit All Day; Dance All Night
Years ago, in 1977 to be exact, I was visiting the just-liberated Keren. Initially, Kerenites were not in a celebratory mood; being an outsider (and very young), it took me a while to grasp the skepticism: they were waiting for the other “deqna” to show up. Ingrates! The EPLF had a simple plan on how
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A Historical Peaceful Demonstration In San Francisco Ended With Success
A History was made in the City of San Francisco on Saturday June 1, 2002. The Alliance Forces, Eritrean People’s Liberation Front Democratic Party (EPLF-DP), Eritrean Independent Democratic Movement (EIDM), Eritrean Human Rights Advocate Group (EHRAG), and many concerned Eritreans flocked to the heart of the City to express their rights and voice against the one
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Halloween Scare: Eritrean Press Proclamation
Halloween Scare: Eritrean Press Proclamation Awate Research Unit, Oct. 16, 2000 This Halloween be scared with ‘The’ Document–The Eritrean Press Proclamation. If you are not scared by this document, you should see your doctor immediately. If you are already scared… and done with being scared, be scared anew; it is Halloween again. Proclamation No. 90/1996