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The Untold Story of 25th and 26th Round – Sawa (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a translation of a narration in Tigrinya which was made by one of the members of the 26th Round. All errors in translation are that of ED Editor. Sawa recruits are 17-18 year old...
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Dr Newitol Is Here To Complicate You: 51-60
51. Gebretsadkan from Mekele asks: I am not in a video game arcade or the jungle but I keep hearing “Game Over” and “hyenas” a lot. Any suggestions?Dr. Newitol: Don’t forget “thugs” although Habesha...
View ArticleSBS 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...
View ArticleThe Untold Story of 25th and 26th Round – Sawa (Part 3)
What has pushed me to patiently chronicle this history is: [to rebut] those who identify themselves as “PFDJ”, family or others, specially those who, wherever you settle in a new land conduct the...
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2018: A Year of Dazzling Reforms & Stifling Standstill
In other words, this is a retrospective of the Horn of Africa.. When we started the year, Eritrea and Ethiopia were frozen in some time capsule, with their governments–Weyane and hgdef–having a vanity...
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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...
View ArticleSudan: Another Strike for Self-Inflicted Deafness
…when self-reliance is no more than a call for no witnesses When Sudan’s Islamist party assumed power, it had a message of “self reliance” and a catchy slogan: na’kul min ma nazra’e: nalbas min ma...
View ArticleDr. Newitol: Party of 100 Million? Your Ports Are Ready (61-70)
Dr Newitol is a composite of well-informed Ethiopians and Eritreans whose brains the editor picks… 61. Faytinga from Omhajjer asks: When do you think they will open the Omhajjer-Humera border? Dr....
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Ethiopian Narrative on Eritrea Is Back With Vengeance
The Ethiopian NarrativeIt goes something like this. Since time immemorial, Eritrea has always been part of Ethiopia. The names (“Eritrea”, “Ethiopia”) may be different but the people of Eritrea and...
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Dr Newitol Tries, and Fails, to be Empathetic (71-80)
71. Shewainesh from MnewShewa asks: The Ethiopian Federal Government perp-walked Bereket Simon, former advisor to the PM, ANDM official, TIRET board Chair to Bahr Dar. What is going on? Dr Newitol:...
View ArticleAbiy Dishes Advice To The Forlorn
Dear Abiy: I want to start off by saying I hate men. They are useless, incompetent and exhausting. They serve no purpose except to procreate and to validate our superiority as women. When I meet a man...
View ArticleBetrayal And Loyalty
One man, who happens to be head of state, told another man, who happens to be head of a foreign government, that effective immediately he has given him full authority to represent his country on all...
View ArticleThe Torment of Our Liberators
In this edition, Yemane Gebreab is suckered by a German reporter to give a long propaganda piece and, near the end of the interview, asks him about the G-15 and the independent journalists who have...
View Article“What Is Free Press?” Ask Those You Disappeared
Eritrea is now a member of Human Rights Council (HRC) and submitted its report as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle. It was challenged on its human rights record by many countries:...
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Dr. Newitol Is Tired of Your Statue Questions
81.This is Fenkel from Massawa again. The last time I asked you “Will Isaias Afwerki ignore this battle (Operation Fenkil) I am named after because he doesn’t want to offend his new best friends, the...
View ArticleEritrea’s Conscripted Musicians in Ethiopia
What is art and what’s its role? For the government of Eritrea, art is a means of propagating is message: obedience to whatever happens to be its policy. This is so central to the ruling party (when...
View ArticleThe Slick & The Shell-shocked
Psychologists say that human emotions can be reduced to only four: sorrow, happiness, fear and anger. And of the four, the only one that is socially acceptable for men (in most societies) is anger. A...
View ArticleEritrea’s Gov-People Dialogue
Nobody will ever accuse the PFDJ of being an overachiever, but few will describe it as a learning organization. The brief feud with Yemen (Dec 1995 – Feb 1996) bled to a one month feud with Djibouti...
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Dr Newitol’s Readers Are Tired of Ethiopia
91. Awadallah from Gedaref, Sudan writes: I am told you don’t always talk about Ethiopia and sometimes you mention other countries. My question: Now that it is a given we have defeated Omar Albashir,...
View ArticleDear Abiy: International Women’s Day Edition
Dear Abiy: Men have been in power during the entire trajectory of the Eritrea-Ethiopia conflict. Our history can be summed up by the failure of men to negotiate borders and to facilitate peace and...
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