Islamic Conference: the
issue of self-determination
is not the prerogative of
the forum and raise
questions about the future
of the
Eritrean
(Google Translation)
08-31-2010
Eritrean
Islamic Conference said that
the issue of
self-determination contained
in the Final Declaration of
the Forum for dialogue
outside the jurisdiction of
Congress,
noting that the insistence
of some components of the
political forces to compel
the adoption of the specific
issues raises questions
about the future of the
Eritrean land and people.
اوضح
المؤتمر الإسلامي الإريتري أن
قضية تقرير المصير الواردة
في الإعلان الختامي لملتقى
الحوار خارج نطاق اختصاص
الملتقى مبيناً أن إصرار بعض
المكونات على إلزام القوى
السياسية بتبني قضاياها
الخاصة يثير التساؤلات حول
مستقبل الكيان الإريتري أرضاً
وشعباً ....المزيد
Eritrea showed their
determination and
sophistication by hosting a
successful Council of East
and CentralAfricaFootball
Association (Cecafa) Under
20 Championship in Asmara.
The United Nations (UN),
with keen interest in this
horn of Africa nation,
supported and watched
happily as the tiny country
of five million people
hosted a hugely successful
regional event in the
Council’s history.
بعد انهاء ملتقى الحوار الوطني الارتري للتغيير
الديمقراطي أعماله في العاصمة الاثيوبية أديس ابابافي
التاسع من أغسطس الجاري،
وانتخاب مفوضية من 53 عضوا يمثلون تنظيمات التحالف الارتري المعارض والتنظيمات
المعارضة غير العضوة فيه الى جانب منظمات المجتمع المدني والمرأة الارترية والشباب
، ظلت جلسات المفوضية في انعقاد دائم بهدف انتخاب مكتبها التنفيذي ، وقد انتهى
الأمر أخيرا ، بعد تدخل جهات عديدة ، من بينها الحركة الفيدرالية وتنظيم "صدقئي"
انتهى الأمر بانتخاب السيد/ أمها رئيسا لها ، وكان السيد/ أمها نائبا لرئيس اللجنة
التحضيرية لملتقى الحوار الوطني الارتري ويمثل منظمات المجتمع المدني الارتري في
اوربا.
وذكرت مصادر عليمة لـ "عنسبا.كوم" ان المنافسة كانت
قوية بين مرشحين اثنين هما السيدان/ أمها الذي فاز بالرئاسة ، والسيد/ صالح حمدي
الاستاذ السابق بمدارس اللاجئين الارتريين لدى منظمات الامم المتحدة.
وذكرت ذات المصادر ان السيد/ هنجما رئيس تنظيم
"صدقئي" غير العضو في التحالف قد اعترض على انتخاب الاستاذ/ حمدي موضحا بان البلين
قد أخذوا ما يكفي من المناصب حيث يرئسون تنفيذية التحالف كما رأسوا تحضيرية الملتقى
، مطالبا باتاحة الفرص للآخرين.
وقد دخلت الحركة الفيدرالية على نفس الخط لاقصاء حمدي
بتسويقها لامها حيث قادت حملة تحت شعار "ان رجل المرحلة هو مسيحي" في اشارة الى
مناصرة السيد/ امها.
وقد وصلت حملة الحركة الفيدرالية الى الوفد
الاسترالي الذي ينتمي اليه الاستاذ
Eritrea in a Final Show-Down Against Uganda, the Defending Champion, in the
CECAFA U-20 Final
By Alula Abraha
It’s remembered that Eritrean young guns,
the Red Sea boys, shrugged off Rwanda
1-0 in the semi-final. Like Rwanda, Kenya was the other casualty of the other
semi-final at the expense of the defending champions, Uganda. In fact Kenya were
in the lead but Uganda came back from behind to hurt the Harambe-boys.
It was
Kenya’s
second consecutive defeat. Kenya lost 1-0 in its last group match
against the host Eritrea in a rainy day and finished runner-up to Eritrea in
group-A.It’s the second time that Uganda coming back from behind and win a game.It was
remembered that Uganda, in one of its group B match against Yemen, was 2-1 down
until 6 minutes to go, when
Uganda turned it around to win the game 3-2 helped
by the controversial equalizing goal allowed from what later appeared to be a
clear off-side.
Mathematically, both teams are head-to-head favourite to lift the friendship &
Development Cup of the CECAFA U-20 championship on Saturday.
In the run up to
the final place of the CECAFA U-20 cup, Uganda scored 11 & conceded 6 goals in 4
games, while, Eritrea scored 6 but conceded only 2 in 5 matches. Eritrean back
line has proven time and again as the tightest defense whereas Uganda defense
seems to leak more often than not. Are the Red Sea boys going to take advantage
of Uganda’s leaky defense? It’s a million Nakfa question as Eritrea’s trouble is
its shyness in front of the goal. But Football cannot be predicted based on a
mathematical calculation. A team can switch tactic to approach the game quite
differently. The semi final against Rwanda last Wednesday was a classic example
where Eritrea should have won the game by a wider margin but end up to win it by
only a goal to nil, keeping the fans on the edge of their seats for the whole 90
minutes
Coming Soon:
from inside the
conference
Search Results
Déjà vu:
Lost in
translation?:
Is the
problem with
translation
a matter of
chronic EDA
technical
problem or
an amateur
attempt to
hoodwink the
public.
Meskerem
expressed
the same
concern in
2005. “meskerem
3-16-05:
Charter
distribution
to member
organizations
confirmed.
Meskerem has
confirmed
through
reliable
source that
the charter
has been
given to
member
organizations
and that
members of
the
organizations
have been
discussing
the charter
for
sometime.
This
contradicts
with what
the
Secretary
General of
EDA stated
in his
interview
with
GIC on
Marc 13,
2005. He
said ,"..
it will be
published in
the coming
time. The
delay of its
publication is
due to
technical
reasons of
which, for
instance,
precision in
translation
is one."
መን’ዩ ተሓታቲ?
ዑስማን ሳልሕ ተቐማጢ ርያድ
Wed 8/25/2010 8:04
AM
The Transitional
Executive Committee
of the Eritrean
People’s Democratic
Party (EPDP) met on
23 August 2010 and
studied the recently
held convention of
over 300 Eritreans
in Addis Ababa.
After reviewing and
discussing the
scanty information
it could gather
about the
convention, the TEC
meeting reached the
following
conclusions:
That the EPDP has no obligation whatsoever to abide by the
outcome of the event in Addis Ababa , and
At the
end of
the
National
Conference
for
Democratic
Change (NCDC),
some
participants
gave us
a
glowing
assessment
of the
conference.
A
casual
observer
can
discover
only one
participant
who
complained
in
public
about
the way
the NCDC
was
conducted
(Togoruba.org,
“2010
Eritrean
National
Conference
for
Democratic
Change”
Amare G/Mariam).
أعلنت
جبهة الإنقاذ
الوطني
الإريترية أن
الفقرة
الثالثة من
القرارات
المنشورة في
البيان
الختامي
لملتقى
الحوار
والخاصة بحق
تقرير المصير
للقوميات
تخالف ما تم
إقراره حول
الموضوع
مبينةً أن
الوحدة
الوطنية تمثل
الركيزة
الأساسية في
بقاء الكيان
الإريتري
داعية إلى
ضرورة التصدي
بقوة لكل من
يحاول المساس
بها أو النيل
منها .
Announced
the National
Salvation
Front
Eritrean
that the
third
paragraph of
the decision
published in
the final
statement of
the Forum
for dialogue
and for the
right to
self-determination
of
nationalities,
contrary to
what was
decided on
the subject,
stating that
national
unity is the
key to the
survival of
the entity
Eritrean
calling for
the need to
significantly
address each
of the
attempts to
undermine or
harm.
في
اول تعليق من جهة
سياسية على إدراج
فقرة تقرير مصير
القوميات في إعلان
أديس أبابا الصادر عن
ملتقى الحوار الوطني
وصفت جبهة الثوابت
الأمر بالمبدأ الخطير
مبيناً أنه ينسف
الأسس التي يستمد
منها الجميع
المشروعية الوطنية في
التصدي للقضايا فإلى
نص البيان :
In
the first comment on
the political
inclusion of a
paragraph on
self-determination
of nationalities in
the Addis Ababa
Declaration of the
Forum for National
Dialogue Front,
described the
constants is the
dangerous principle
, stating that
undermines the
foundations from
which it derives all
national legitimacy
in addressing the
Photo:
ETIENNE GARNIER /
VELOFOTOPRO
A cyclist using
Eritrean , that
sounds as
implausible as a
Somali or a skating
bobsleeënde
Vietnamese.
But it's
true .
A Poll conducted
by Gallup in 148
countries including
Ethiopia, reveals an
interesting insight
to what could happen
if migration of all
adults worldwide who
desire to migrate
permanently to other
countries actually
moved where they
wanted today. Not
surprisingly,
Ethiopia would be a
net loser and could
see its population
almost cut by half,
if everyone who
wants to run away
from Ethiopia could.
..Awate
Defense Fund
(ADF):
by now the
whole world
knows that
haw Saleh
collected
over $36000
US dollars
in the name
of legal
fees. The
whole world
learned
through his
announcement
at awate.com
that he lost
the case.
Haw Saleh
never
explained to
the
contributors
as how the
expenses
took place
but we
learned from
the
defendant
that Saleh
never was
represented
by an
attorney.
The
defendant’s
posting made
this writer
to openly
request
brother
Saleh or the
phantom ADF
committee to
explain
about the
ADF’s
expenses or
the status
of the
funds.
In his
article
“Birds of a
Feather
awate.com
July 24,
2009” he
wrote,
“A new brand
of Eritrean
politics has
launched
where
Lowlanders
will take
charge of
their
destiny and
wait for
Highlanders
to react
before
following
RSADO’s
courageous
leadership
in dropping
“
..
ADDIS ABABA,
Ethiopia
(AP)
Updated: Aug
10, 2010
- A group of
exiled
Eritreans
say they're
setting up
an interim
government
to serve
in case
Eritrea's
authoritarian
government
collapses.
Full Report
Posted: Aug
10, 2010
09:58 AM
Updated: Aug
10, 2010
09:58 AM
ADDIS ABABA,
Ethiopia
(AP) - A
group of
exiled
Eritreans
say they're
setting up
an interim
government
to serve
in case
Eritrea's
authoritarian
government
collapses.
The group
said Tuesday
they believe
Eritrea's
isolated
government
will fall on
its own
under the
weight of
international
sanctions.
Group member
Ali Mohamed
Saed
Mohammed
said the
group, which
met in the
capital of
neighboring
Ethiopia, is
also writing
a new
constitution.
The U.N.
last year
slapped
tough
sanctions
and an arms
embargo on
Eritrea for
supplying
weapons to
Islamic
insurgents
in Somalia
and for
refusing to
resolve a
border
dispute with
neighboring
Djibouti.
The coastal
Horn of
Africa
nation has
also twice
fought
former ruler
Ethiopia
since
gaining
independence.
President
Isaias
Afwerki took
power at
independence
in 1993.
Copyright
2010 The
Associated
Press. All
rights
reserved.
This
material may
not be
published,
broadcast,
rewritten or
redistributed.
Written
by
Asfaha
Woldemichael
Sunday,
08
August
2010
11:15
Here you
have people
that never
got the
chance of
enjoying the
fruits of
independence
secured by
the
martyrdom of
its sons and
daughters.
Due to some
bad luck,
the people
live, if you
call that a
living,
under a
regime that
has no plan
what so ever
to lift the
command
economy that
impoverished
the people
and the
regime
itself. On
the other
hand you
have a few
former
communists
who
discovered
God in
foreign
lands as
Saleh Youns
once wrote,
who are
touting with
their stupid
ideas to
divide the
people into
religious,
ethnic and
even tribal
grouping
which is a
prelude to
leaving the
union. For
this, the so
called
educated are
directly
responsible
–
particularly
the ones who
claim to
know more
about Islam
than the God
fearing
normal
Muslims I
grew up
with.
( hoisted at
AU headquarters in Addis),
Meley, photos of our gallant
martyred heroes, Abdulkadir
Kebire,
our first martyr and Hamid
Idris Awate our first leader of our liberation struggle were denied
their legitimate and
honorable presence at the
Waela (conference).
By Mohamed Kheir
- Apr 27, 2010 ( BTW, he is
reported to be in Addis
participating in the conference
funded by
Abuye
Ethiopia)
Some legitimate
questions.... Source of funding
The first obvious question is, who
is funding the conference?
Knowing the funders helps one know
their agenda and what their real
goals are.
..This funding issue reminded me
about a
Tigre song we used to sing when were kids. There are different
versions of it, but ours was, ‘Abuye
mesa mn sefer ib shentet mil’et mn
temer’ (My father arrived with a bag
full of dates). This was during the
good old days when dates were
regarded as a hard to get precious
delicacy. Didn’t the renowned Wed
Amir describe the lips of his lover
as, ‘Kenafera messl temr Kassala’
(Her lips resembling the the dates
of Kassala). I remember during my
childhood when shopkeepers gave us
‘halewat,’ stone-hard candies to
attract clients to shop from their
stores a traditional advertisement
long before it became science and
arts and ended up polluting our
minds and our physical space.
Read the whole shebang of double
standards..
Read more ( Source Awate)
Assena’s
reporting, objective or another propaganda rat?
The picture at left is different from the photos
we have been seeing during the meetings of the
EDA. Although the picture has raised many
questions and has become the symbol of the
meeting, conference with no identity that is,
some opposition media outlets have intentionally
evaded to raise the burning issue of the opening
session or to ask participants about the new
image of the EDA organized gatherings.
Some of the reporters from Addis are ardent
supporters of the conference and can not be
counted upon to provide objective reports.
They are just propaganda rats. Expecting Mehari
to report events and situations as they unfold
would be naïve. Simply stupid.
What is bothering many is assenna.com's
reporting. Assena conducted an interview with
some of the participants couple of days ago. One
would refrain from accusing Assena of staging
the interview unless those on the other side of
world selected those folks who were interviewed
and he went along.
ናይ ሰብቲከት’ኳ
ከይደቀስካ ዝሕለም ነገር እንድዩ።
Why didn’t Assena ask the participants about the
absence of the Eritrean national flag and
Meley. These flags were always hoisted during
EDA meetings. Furthermore, the esteemed news
media again evaded asking why the conference
left out the photo of the father of liberation
war, Hamid Idris Awate. Was there a discussion
about flags and Awate's photo?
ንልዕላዊት ሃገረ ኤርትራ ዘይፈልጥ ዋዕላ?
What happened to
the Eritrean Flag? Where is Meley?
Where is the photo of our hero and father of our
liberation war, Hamid Idris Awate? What is the
message?
Waela,
Ethiopia's attempt at Preempting Eritrea?
So, whose agenda is Waela?
Some of the reasons given by Ethiopia why,
at the cost of unrepairable damage to EDA,
including the decision to exclude EPDP, it
forced a rushed conference:
Sanctions
might be lifted before the end of
2010. (Meles received hints from
Monitoring group?)
Eritrea's
gold mining will enrich Eritrea in 2011;
Eritrea will hire top PR consulting firm
to beat them at their game, after lift
of ban, Eritrea will be armed with state
of the art defensive fire-power,
surveillance and military jamming
technology, and anti-aircraft missiles..
EDA/Mahber Andenet believes HGDF will
have an election . Get them before they
hold election?
( Per Dr. Yosuf Berhanu, Head of Foreign
Office of Salvation Front)
Eritrea
might enter into a defense agreement
with Egypt
HGDF
might recognize EPDP as an opposition
Eritrea's
proposal regarding solution to the
Somali problem gaining listeners;
Eritrea might turn around public
opinion.
The Eritrean
youth takes oath in the name of our martyrs to
defend the motherland and we conspire with
Ethiopia to betray our promise to our martyrs to
defend their sacrifice?
As the so called Waela is closing in, Kidan
leaders are pleading to their client websites
like awate and to a few activists in Europe and
North America to salvage a conference
already gone array. They forgot what they see
before their eyes is the exact product they
wished for when they have been working
tirelessly to own the Waela by excluding others.
What they did in the dark of night, sun shine
exposed it. It is too little too late to cry for
help now. You broke it; you own it.
When their exclusionary agenda has come to bite
them in their behind, they are scrambling at the
eleventh hour to change the external appearance
of the conference to the eye of the observer.
This, they are doing it by offering an open
invitation to any non-Muslim men, women with
their wives, husbands, mothers, grand mothers,
grand fathers, in - laws, sisters, brothers,
sons, daughters, neighbors what have you, with
air tickets paid in full. The phrase “waela
hatta hatta” rings true today. It is said that
some have accepted this life-time opportunity
not that they are interested in the gathering
but simply to visit Addis Ababa. Who can blame
them?
Desbele Gebre
Thursday, 29 July 2010 06:15
(harnnet.org)
“It is one thing to miss the
boat. It is quite another to catch a
sinking boat.”
Dennis Slothower, a financial
columnist
A concerned friend from Europe
called me few weeks ago and lamented about
EPDP’s absence from waela. His rational
was EPDP will miss the boat they are going to be
alienated from the Eritrean people. We
spend lengthy of time discussing the cons and
pros of not joining. I also explained my
friend the position EPDP took. I magnified
to the friend that EPDP was not against a
genuine waela but against the grave mistake EDA
was committing, drifting from the original waela
design. At the end of our discussion I
thought my friend was at least half convinced
and saw the hidden plans of waela.
..…that is why an experimental National
Conference where we make tentative moves at
working together, and then celebrate our
success, is not an option for us… neither is an
alliance that is a marriage of convenience that
is not expected to bear fruits worthy of the
union… nor military options that bate on options
that would make a confirmed gambler tremble…
what we need is a resolute determination to set
the goal and march straight at it… no gimmickry…
no cheap propaganda… pure unadulterated resolve
to be prepared to get to the bottom of things
that continue to hamper us and reduce our
matured politicians to name-calling each other
in an endless display of ...real work.
ተስፋልደት ኣብርሃ ቸካጎ
US
Eritreans: Total Rejection of the EDA Conference in Addis.
Let the truth be known. ገመል
ሰሪቕካ ጉምብሕ-ጉምብሕ የለን።ዝርዝር ኣስማት ኣብ ቀጻሊ።
Out of estimated 200,000 Eritreans in the US, only 2 from the
public and 15 from the opposition known officially to be heading
to Addis.
90% of those in attendance at the public meetings were members
of the opposition.
Report on meetings of the preparatory committee of the Ethiopia
orchestrated and controlled conference in Ethiopia.
In the coming days, we will report on the meetings of the
preparatory committee in the six locations it was able to gather
from members of the Ethiopia-controlled EDA and the public. We
will post the names as we get them,
Please note that some other individuals were privately invited
with full expense paid. One of them is the owner of Asmarino.com
accompanied by his wife.
In this report we will share* with
you, statistically, the following:
Location
# in the meeting
# Members of the opposition
# from the public
#Assigned from opposition
# Selected from Public
Indianapolis
13
11
2
3
1
Atlanta
17
17
0
unknown
Refused to select as there were 0 from
the public
San Diego
10
10
3
Bay Area
18
18
0
3
0
Seattle
15
10
5
3
0
Washington DC Metro
30-35
~30
~5
2
1
Dallas
12
12
0
unknown
unknown
Total
120
108
12
15
2
*
If you have different information or numbers, please let us know
so that we can make the necessary correction.
Department of Information and Culture Sunday, 25 July 2010 20:32
What we call change, in particular the ones that effect democratic and fundamental change in the social and political lives of any given society, are achieved by the people.
However, implementing such changes require the knowledge and awareness of people on the matters that prevent change, which are at the root of the struggle. This primarily includes people’s opposition and rejection of the political system that denies their rights and prevents them from
Department of Information and Culture Sunday, 25 July 2010 20:32
What we call change, in particular the ones that effect democratic and fundamental change in the social and political lives of any given society, are achieved by the people.
However, implementing such changes require the knowledge and awareness of people on the matters that prevent change, which are at the root of the struggle. This primarily includes people’s opposition and rejection of the political system that denies their rights and prevents them from making progress on the democratic change.
Photo:
ETIENNE GARNIER /
VELOFOTOPRO
ጉዳይ ባንደራታትን
ጉዳይ ስእሊ ሓምድ
ኢድሪስ ዓዋተን
ዓብደልቃድር ከቢርን
ምስ መደብ ምቛም
ሃገራዊ ባይቶ
ዘተኣሳስር ነገር
ኣለዎ ድዩ? ኩሉ
ኣፉን ብርዑን
ጥርቅም ዘበለ
ከመይ? ኣሰና:
ንምንታይ ጉዳይ
ባንደራን ዓዋተን
ፈሪሕዎ? ንኣዲስ
ኣበባ ዝኣክል
ተጓዒዙ: ንምንታይ
ዘይሐተተ? ዘያዳ
ትም: ዝያዳ ሕቶን
ጥርጠራን የሕድር
ምህላዉ ዘይከሓድ
እዩ::ዋዕላ መን
ድዩ ዋንኡ ነይሩ?
እቶም ተኻፍልቲ:
ዋናታቱ
እንተነይሮም: ዋላ
ሐደ: ንፈውሲ ማሕላ
ዘይልዓሎ ከመይ?
እንተተላዒሉ: እቶም
ዜና ዘመሓላለፉ
ዝነበሩ ንምንታይ
ሓቢኦሞ? ምስጢር
እንተኾይኑ: ከምዚ
ዝኣመሰለ ምስጢር
ናይ ምዕቋር ተኽእሎ
ኣይተራእየን::
ከምዚ እንተ ኾይኑ:
ካልእ ምስጢር
ዝተታሕዘ ክህሉ ናይ
ግድን እዩ::
ግደ
ሓቂ:: እንታይ እዩ እቲ መልእኽቲ?
