May 14, 2014 By Seyoum Tesfaye On October 11, 2011 I posted this article on Assenna. I felt it was necessary to re-edit and repost this article to reinforce the idea that political organizations have a significant role to play in deconstructing the present tyranny in Eritrea
Fetsum: Dialog with brother Mesfin Hagos Brother Mesfin Hagos was one of the most influential and important political figures in the Eritrean struggle. As I wrote it down in my book The Curse of Being and Living It our struggle’s success in destroying the ‘strongest mechanized army unit
The 2014 Boston Marathon Winner and the Great Irony As Boston recovers from last year’s fatal bombing attack, fans of the highly anticipated Boston Marathon of 2014 chanted “USA! USA!” as Meb Kiflezghi finished first and became the first U.S. man to win the Boston Marathon
Fetsum: FROM THE FORUM ON THE LAST THREE ARTICLES ON VACCARO The time for the resistance to fail because of INFILTRATION is over. It is no more a valid excuse to cover up weaknesses in the opposition camp. We must accept that we are responsible for
As we move on forward tackling the mysterious problems that stand in the way, I expect to be challenged in public from people concerned about the integrity of my last article so that the readers can have a balanced view on the matter. “No Response”
Fetsum: Light inside the darkness of the Vaccaroian movement of unification; Part I Narrative: I will discuss brother Vaccaro’s latest message by assenna on April 20, 2014 (ሃገራዊ ጻውዒት ንኹሉ ኤርትራዊ ደላይ ፍትሒ ካብ ሓውኹም ካቫ. ዶክቶር ተወልደተስፋማሪያም (ወዲ ቫካሮ)) in two parts. There is only one reason that agitated me to share my opinion on his message in Assenna: It sounds very
The real scenario: I start direct communication with the dynamic scholar Yosief Gebrehiwet fully acknowledging his superior intellectual capacity without any intention to compete for competition does not exist in my Buddhist mindset. I only believe in decent communication at equal level of correlation, meaning that
Geoffrey Clarfield, National Post | April 14, 2014 | Last Updated: Apr 9 4:10 PM ET On Monday, April 14, Jews around the world will invite their family and friends to join them for the feast of Passover, a holiday that celebrates the Biblical story of the Israelites, who were
Fetsum: Author of From Feminist to Rapist and The Curse of Being and Living It. You can find the books at Amazon Books. Announcement: I am going to do my one man band musical show on May 2 in DC and expose my original music and you are all invited to attend it spiritually
Think Africa Press - ARTICLE | 11 APRIL 2014 - 2:26PM | BY JOSTEIN HAUGE Eritrea perfectly illustrates the amount of guesswork involved in economic analysis of Africa. At the start of this week, Nigeria's GDP figures nearly doubled after the government recalculated economic output. Statisticians rebased their numbers to include changes
Topic of this week is ‘An Initiative to Rally the Eritrean Lowland Societies … This initiative is a call to reunite all sectors of this society in order to enable them to properly defend their legitimate rights and interests
Fetsum: From the FORUM on NAHDA My dear readers, the mature discussion in the forum associated with my last article was rich and civilized. I hope this work will collect us stronger and please enjoy it. From the forum Quote of the moment: “The key to real winning is
Saleh Ghadi, Amanuel Iyassu, Tesfaldet Maharena and all our brothers in Erena are the untouchables for any Eritrean who is united to throw the walking dead system in Eritrea to the dustbin of history. I remember during the Dergue time there was joke, it says “Who
People Centered Bottom-Up Approach of Uniting Eritrean Democratic and Civic Resistance I Introduction: After 30 years of armed struggle, Eritrea became an independent and sovereign country. May 24, 1991 was a day of redemption for the heroic Eritrean people who paid incalculable sacrifices for the achievement of
Eritrean refugees face human trafficking, exploitation, and hostility throughout North Africa and the Sahel. By Dan Connell, April 10, 2014 Hundreds of thousands of Eritreans have fled a repressive dictatorship since 2001. Their small northeast African country, which has a population 4-5 million and was once touted as part of
Fetsum: Eritrean opposition forces under examination IV Special guest: Eritrean Nahda Party - ENP As you know I have been dealing with the opposition parties in the EDA and with this one out of the way, I believe I will have done my brief analysis on 10
ውሳኔ“ፍትሓ ነገስት”። 6ይ ክፋል። 06-04-14። ትማሊ ዘይፈለጣ ጽባሕ ኣይትራኣዮን ኢያ!! ውዕሎ መዓልቲ ውግእ ኣብ ቀዳማይ ክፋል ገሊጸዮ ስለዝኾንኩ ንተክኒካዊ መዳያቱ ኣብዚሐ ኣይክዛረበሉን ኢየ። ብሃታሃታ ዝተጀመረ ጉዕዞ ወጋሕታ ንጀነራላት ፈረንጂ ብዘይተረድኦም ምኽንያት ካብቲ ብሰንሰለት ክተኣሳሰሩ ዝነበረ ኣበጋ ግሳኦም ተበታቲኾም ብኪሎሜተራት ዝኣክል ሃጓፋት ተራእየ። ብተወሳኺ ቅርጺ መሬት፡ መራሕቲ ዝሓዝዎ ካርታን
ምዕራፍ 8፡ ጕዕዞ ናብ ኣካን ቀብር ንጹሃት ሰባት ብዘይ ፍትሒ ኣብ ዝእሰሩሉ ግፍዐኛ ስርዓት እቲ ሓቀኛ ቦታ ናይ ቅኑዓት ሃገራውያን ቤትማእሰርቲ’ዩ። ሄንሪ ዴቪድ ቶረ ኣብ ካሜራ ዓሰርተ ሓሙሽተ ካብ ዝኣትው ሰሙናት ሓሊፉ ከብቅዕ ዝኾነ ሕቶ ወይ መርመራ ኣይቀረበለይን። መኪና ዝሸጥኩሉ ኣባል ጸጥታ ጥራይ ሓንቲ መዓልቲ መጺኡኒ
Fetsum: On the latest EGS Symposium for Human Right, Justice and Democracy (Final) Once again, I thank Assenna for helping us to communicate with each other in this media. This is my last or the third article in the series reminding you that I did two related
Dr. Tadios Tesfu: A prelude of a quantum leap in Eritrean politics dedicated to Ahmed M. Nasser, April-1-2014 By now, maybe you are expecting to read an April fool. Not at all, the Eritrean politics and quantum mechanics have common denominator. In both cases, the problems to
Def: Reconciliation 1. To reestablish a close relationship between. 2. To settle or resolve. 3. To bring (oneself) to accept: He finally reconciled himself to the change in management. 4. To make compatible or consistent: reconcile my way of thinking with yours. Reconciliation with whom & who should be initiating it ? The digital media has
Counting Eritrea’s Losses of the last 16years (for the period since 1998) that resulted due to the deficient policies and dictatorial rule of the Asmara regime shows the tremendous human and material losses of the nation. Even though the loss, destruction and suffering met by
Acknowledgement: Please join me in expressing my sincere appreciation to Assenna team for giving us the chance to freely communicate with each other through its website. Thank you very much for this and God bless Assenna. Rezen: “In the absence of guidance from the educated sector, the
Fetsum: On the latest EGS Symposium for Human Right, Justice and Democracy (II) Confession: I was expecting the people who attended the EGS symposium would be part of this dedicated forum but no one other than the usual forum members participated so far. Well, we will move on hoping they
Fetsum: Dialogue with Rezen As you know, I have been working on two projects simultaneously, the reason I was pumping articles in alternation. The forum has been busy and a little more philosophical as a result of Rezen’s involvement and I welcome this development because it
On December 10, 2013, Amendment 4 to the Anti-Infiltration Law was passed swiftly. According to the amendment, asylum seekers who arrive in Israel via the Egyptian border will be jailed for at least one year. After that they will be transferred to Holot, an open
Fetsum: The opposition camp under examination IIIB Special guest: The ELF Party I discussed the ELF party in the last article and this is a continuation of that material and hopefully the last one as far as this party is concerned. Sarah: “We need to do more research into
Fetsum: on the latest EGS Symposium for Human Right, Justice and Democracy (I) I thank the EGS family for inviting me to its latest social activity in the US. As a result, I attended the Eritrean Global Solidarity(EGS) for Human Right, Justice and Democracy Symposium followed by a panel discussion on
ደምበ ተቓውሞ፡ ጉዕዞ መርከብ ብዘይ ኮምፓስ: 12 መጋቢት 2014 ሃብተማርያም ኣብራሃ ለንደን - ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ‘ምስ ሕሱም ኣይትቑጸር ስንቅኻ፡ ቅድም ተሰከመን ደሓር ከኣ በርኩተን ይብለካ’ ኢዩ ኮይኑና ዘሎ ጉዳይ ኢሰያስ። ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ምስ ሕሱም ስንቅና ዝቋጸርና ህዝቢ ኢና። ሰላም ዝዓበኹም መጓዕዝቲ ዝነኣስኩም መንእሰያት ድማ ተኸተልቲ፡ ኣብ
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Fetsum: Eritrean opposition forces under examination III The FORUM from the last article: Genet-orginal: “It is time for all Eritreans who want change and democracy in Eritrea, to challenge these fragmented groups to wake up and do the right thing. I think what we need is if they
By Araya Debessay I believe the Eritrean people expect Eritrean scholars to objectively and critically assess the ills of the nation and offer bold and constructive suggestions for the good of their country and the Eritrean people. Eritrean scholars should assume this responsibility as their national
WHO IS LETTING ERITREA DOWN? Ezana Sehay 03/05/ 2014 Eritrea is at a critical juncture. It is facing a fundamental threat: its unity is under assault, social norms are deteriorating, and the economy is in an extreme derailment. All these as the consequence of Isayas’s pitiful iniquitous
Fetsum: The opposition camp in examination II In my last article I discussed how brittle the EDA has been in communicating with us the people it claims representing let alone with the international politicians living in the same City called Adiss Ababa. If you are one
Fetsum: Eritrean opposition forces under examination In this topic, I tend to discuss the opposition forces with the very limited information I came across the media. I apologize ahead for my ignorance and please make sure you understand that this is only my subjective input based
Not Only Does He Despise Us, But Also Hates Us A Regionder to Mr. Semere Habtemariam Dear Semere, I came across your superbly written discourse about the Eritrean Termidor at Awate.com under the title, “He Doesn’t Hate you; He despises You.” What prompted me to pen down a
The Nobel laureate in physics and lead engineer of the Manhattan project in Los Alamos Richard Feynman said once “an expert is a person who has done all the mistakes supposed to be done in a very narrow field”. If this is true, the regime
A call is being made to at least fire shabait.com editor Mahmud Saleh Today, February 27, 2014, you will find 11 news items on the opening page of shabait.com. Six of the news headlines start with “Call made to…” a matter that must have annoyed Saleh
Fetsum: From the FORUM rezen: “It is my peanut opinion that Eritrea has fundamental parochial problems for seemingly time immemorial: religion, provincialism, and racism. These are the most debilitating cancerous diseases to humanity. It was only under subjugation that the diverse societies in Eritrea seemed to have
Fetsum: My premature opinion on Assena et al Vs Medrek SolomonBerhane: “ምትእኽኻብ መድረክ ግሉጽነት ዝጎደሎን ገላልን ምኻኑ ይኣምን፦መድረኽ ኣገባቡ “ ግሉጽነት ዝጎደሎ’ዩ” ። ኣኼባ በልጅዩም እንታይ ነይሩ ኣጀንድኡ፣ በዓል መን ተሳቲፎም፣ ኣብቲ ኣኼባ እንታይ ወሲኖም፣ መን እንታይ ዓይነት ናይስራሕ ሓላፍነት ተሰኪሙ ኣሎ ዝግለጽ የለን። ምስ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ዘሎ ዝምድና ናይ ቓልሲ ኣይተነጸረን። ዝተኻየደ ርክባት ኣሎ’ዶ የለን ኣይተገልጸን። ኩሉ ሚስጥራዊ’ዩ። ሓንቲ ነገር ከኣ ኣላ ንሚስጥሮም ዘቓልዓቶም። መን’ዮም መድረኽ እንታይ’ዩ ዕላምኦምቕድሚ ምግላጾም ፈነወ ረድዮ ጀሚሮም። ንሶም ካብ ህዝቢ ተኸዊሎም ረድዮኦም ይፍኖ። ዘገርም’ዩ! ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ጉድለት ግሉጽነት የለን ስለምንታይ ንሓቒ ንቓወም።” Amanule Eyasu: “ሕሉፍ ምስጢራውነትን ዘይግሉጽነትን: ከም ምሁራት፣ ምኩራት ተጋደልትን ዲፕሎማሰኛታትን፣ ኣባላት መድረኽ፣ እቲ ኣብ ግዜ ገድሊ ከም ባህሊ ማዕቢሉ ክሳብ ሎሚ ምብላይ ኣብዩና ዘሎ ሕሉፍ ምስጢራውነትን …፣ ካብዚሕማም’ዚ ከምዘይተገላገሉ ተግባራቶም ይምስክር።“ንኣብነት ብዛዕባ’ቲ ኣብ ብራስለስ (በልጁም) ዘካየዱዎ ኣኼባ፣ ግደፍ ዶ ንህዝቢ፣ ነታ ከም ተሓጋጋዚት ማዕከን ዜና ዝቐርቡዋ ኣሰና ‘ኳ ኣይሓበሩዋን። ጸኒሑ ግን ብወረወረ ልሒኹ።ቅርጽን ዕላማን መድረኽንጹር ኣይኮነን። ኣባላቱ ‘ውን ብወግዒ ኣይፍሉጣትን እዮም። ናይ ርክብ ሰንሰለቶም ብሩህ ኣይኮነን። ኣብ ቅድሚ ህዝቢ ቀሪብካ ብኽፉት ህዝባዊ ሕቶታት ምምላስ ከም ቁሪ ይፈርሑዎ። ርክባቶም ብሕሹኽሹኽ እዩ ዝፍጸም።” Comment: This is very sad to hear. I cannot understand why a movement that claims to bring democracy would dispatch without a clear vision and strategy. I cannot understand experienced intellectuals and diplomats having no