Tag: eritrea
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Is Eritrea’s Economy Vibrant?
Gerghis Drar’s is an Eritrean who presents basic financial tutorials—stock market, retail consumer financing, investments, debts, and politics. That caught my attention and I have been following him for a while. A few months ago, when the PFDJ propaganda started to proliferate aggressively, I thought it was time to confront the misleading propaganda with facts—a
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The Horn of Africa States The Need Beyond the Narrow Mindset
Favoritism is a disease that causes immense damage to any organization, country, or region. It takes competency out of the equation, and if one goes back to history, one will note that any leader who used favoritism as a guide to his/her leadership by appointing friends, loyal people, and family members in key positions in
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Will they die or be martyred?
Listening or reading Negarit requires patience, please bring some additional patience from your storage. If you are short-tempered, with little or no patience, please pretend you are patient. Talking like responsible adults is fun. My next few episodes might be a bit unsettling for some; I am planning a sequel to address a few issues
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Is PFDJ Honest or It’s a Gimmick?
“Farmers work the land; Merchants trade in the market (freely).” That profound saying is attributed to the first proclamation the Italian colonization government issued when it established itself in Massawa. Eritreans accepted that wholeheartedly, though it was issued by their colonizers. Sadly, they are denied that freedom by those who supposedly freed them, and that
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Alemseghed Makes a Pilgrimage to Keren
comments on a speech Alemseged made in Keren.
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The Media is like a midwife: EriSat as an Exhibit
Gambling is risky—sometimes lucky—and “the winner takes it all” is the title of the ABBA song. No one knows the results. If they knew, it wouldn’t be called gambling. And what is happening to EriSat* saddens me. In a way, a court trial is like gambling. Both nemeses believe they are right, but the opponent
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Will they make peace?
Culturally, Abyssinia still clings to its archaic, arguably primitive, mindset. Attempts at modernization have not yielded the needed results. From early on, the developed West has portrayed the nation as a Christian island amidst a Muslim sea. But the unlimited support and goodwill the developed West provided didn’t help much. Since the Middle Ages, the
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Music That Resides In Our Memories
The basic translation of the lyrics in the video… The land of goodness, Africa is my country The land of plenty, the land of pride, is my country See the faces of my fathers, And their raised foreheads Principles do not change. I’ll lead the procession and tell the world, “I am African; I am
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Unsolicited Advice to Brighed N’Hamedu (BNH)
Introduction. The birth of Brighed N’Hamedu (BNH), in Cologne, Germany, in 2022, has greatly energized justice-seeking Eritrean youth in the Diaspora. It has been one of the current encouraging developments. The BNH slogan from” Diaspora to Asmara” has given a renewed hope and breath of fresh air to all those who aspire to see regime
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Book Review: A Memoir of Eritrean Freedom Fighter Mesfin Hagos
Book Review An African Revolution Reclaimed: A Memoir of Eritrean Freedom Fighter Mesfin Hagos. By Mesfin Hagos with Awet Tewelde Weldemichael, 2023, Trenton, NJ: Red Sea Press. I-x, pp. 434 plus appendices and index. This is a worthwhile read that provides much-needed information on the Eritrean armed struggle (named as African revolution) and on the
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From the archives: How About Then?
[Editor’s note: This article was published on August 14, 2010, it’s being republished] …And my companion subscribed to it in his own name and-with a smile-in mine too, stretched his right arm up along the wall and leaned his cheek upon it, shutting his eyes. But I did not wait to see the end of that
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Negarit 224: Enough and Not-Enough
Every time I attend an event, I report to my audience about the event and my general observation-I hope you do not expect a serious boring reportage. This time my travel was so hectic, mainly because it included the Atlanta Airport which they should have called railway station. I do not like that airport, not
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China’s Great Wall, Eritrea’s Fence Wall
Last Saturday, Isaias hastily met the Sudanese envoy Ambassador Daffalah, and soon left for China. Not many discussed that visit, but many Eritrean (and Ethiopian) social media platforms were buzzing with Isaias’ visit to China. The Eritrean fence wall concluded his visit and has already returned home. PFDJ media and its affiliate trolls were so
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Unelected President, Imposed Pundit
Isais Afwerki of Eritrea: an unelected dictator tells Sudan how to solve their problems
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Katanga and Welkait Wars
A few days ago, I read an article by Ahmed Suleiman (Chatham House) in which he examined the Sesame supply chain around the Welkait region. It reminded me of Welkait that I knew about since childhood, and I decided to write and talk about it. In 1960 the region of Katanga under the leadership of
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Eritrea’s Mendelai (መንደላይ), Manhood & Cobra
Author and singer Melake Abraham’s song entitled Mendelay, with close to 3 million views on YouTube, popularized the word Mendelay. Mendelai ending in “ai” will be used throughout this article for reasons the reader will understand. Based on the lyrics, and an interview of the video producer Daniel Teame, Mendelai was used in its Tigrigna
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It Is Ramadan, Make Peace With the PFDJ!
At least for a month we have to try hard to live a spiritual life. It’s in our tradition, culture, and religion. Therefore, in the spirit of Ramadan I am making peace with the Eritrean regime for a day. Ramadan is here and it triggers memories, not only of prayers and supplication but also its
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Colorful Characters: Aboy Shutuphouse and Abdelwasie
I had no shortage of wise, witty, and humorous people in my life. Such people are a blessing; they help us see life beyond the grim colors, in vivid technicolor. If you feel jealous, I will not blame you. I understand. That’s why I hope someday I will be able to produce and share their
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Horn of Africa’s Never-Ending Tragedy
On March 2, 2023, Gedab News reported that four people lost their lives when Ethiopia celebrated the 127th 1896 anniversary of the victory of Adwa, a battle fought against the Italian colonial army. However, like many atrocities before the death of four people, including a student and as teacher were killed, no one was held
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Temazight and Eritrea
North Africa needs to be invaded by Eritrean scholars, it’s more worthy than the unexplainable obsession with Pushkin! So far, I haven’t seen any study that makes him relevant to Eritrea—culturally or otherwise. I believe no one knows his ancestral relation with Eritrea; I suspect it’s an invention by a Russian or Turkish scholar that