Eritrea withdraw from Nations Cup qualification
(Reuters) – Eritrea, who have a history of players defecting when on international duty, have withdrawn from the African Nations Cup qualifiers, the Confederation of African Football said on Sunday. They were due to play newcomers
(Reuters) – Eritrea, who have a history of players defecting when on international duty, have withdrawn from the African Nations Cup qualifiers, the Confederation of African Football said on Sunday.
They were due to play newcomers South Sudan in one of two preliminary round fixtures in April. South Sudan now proceed to the next qualifying round in Mauritius.
Seventeen players from the Eritrean squad, plus the team doctor, absconded at the 2012 East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup in Uganda.
In 2011, 13 Eritrean players sought asylum in Tanzania after the same tournament, while 12 members of the Eritrea squad disappeared and sought asylum in Kenya during the regional tournament in 2009.
Four Eritrean athletes also left their base and sought political asylum in Britain after the London Olympics in 2012.
Between 2,000 and 3,000 Eritreans flee the small east African country every month, a United Nations report said last year.
(Reporting by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Toby Davis)
Tezareb March 31, 2014
Eritrea, then with in the Ethiopian football federation system, had once the best football clubs in Africa, such as Adulis, Tele, Hamassien, Embasoira, Mendefera, and later under Mengistu, teams such as Asmara shoe (Cipolinni), Asmara Electric Power ELPA.
This is way before Eritrean footballers became famous for defecting in masses shaming Eritrea as the a worthless cause and shameful land to be born from.
This is way before young Eritreans were fooled to be used as cannon fodder for a worthless cause called “Sewra”.
This is way before when young Eritrean boys and girls were disrespected and violated by the savage Arabs as slaves in the Arab passage.
This is way before when any savage illiterate Arab started to abuse and rape Eritrean boys and girls together, sell them to the savage Arab slavery or forcibly snatch Eritrean kidneys and cornea to sell it to other bastard greedy rich Arab Shiek.
This way before Eritreans started to die in the coast of the Libyan, Tunisian coast under evil Arab human traffickers — such as Lampedusa tragedy.
This is way before illiterate Eritrean-Arab-slaves started burning Eritrean languages such as Tigre and Tigrinya to feel an Arab, even though the Arab abuses them and calls them Abeed, as if a borrowed identity would cure them from the mental-Arab-slavery they suffer.
How can you create a worthy nation or even a little worthy football team when you hate to speak in your own Tigrinya and Tigre so much, you would do any thing to eradicate it.
Only worthless people create worthless borrowed identity.
Below is the golden history of Eritrea-Ethiopia football history with two African Championships with the following players:
Cup of Nations Final – January 21st 1962
Gila-Michael Tekle Mariam (GK)
Asmelash Berhe
Berhe Goitom
Kiflom Araya
Tesfaye Gebremedhin
Awad Mohammed
Italo Vassallo
Girma Tekle
Luciano Vassallo (C)
Getachew Wolde
Mengistu Worku
Manager: Yidnekatchew Tessema
Trainer: Tsehaye Bahre.
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Bus.zone March 31, 2014
@Tezareb
keep on romanticizing your masters history and try to bury their atrocity they committed against innocent people
Secondly , instated of circling around and bring the arab to the subject just say it Eritrean Muslim that will be easier for you
Tezareb March 31, 2014
Taken from Yosief Ghebrehiwet’s “The Eritrean Oblomov: Loving Asmara the Superfluous Way” in asmarino .com
The golden age of Asmara
Here is a fact that the nationalists would undoubtedly have a hard time to swallow: the golden age of Asmara happens to be neither in the Italian era nor in the Independence era; those golden years happen to fall exactly on the reign of Haile Selassie, starting to build up in the 50s to reach its apex in the 60s, only to abruptly end in the early 70s when ghedli showed up at the doorsteps of Asmara in full force. What then explains this riddle, since it doesn’t fit at all with the narrative that the nationalists have been telling the masses? This question has special relevance because the ghedli generation’s concept of modernity was entirely shaped from the impressions that this colonial city had left on them. In fact, it was with the saving of “Asmara civilization” in their mind that they went through hell for 50 years. Where from came this perceived threat? Did Asmara have it so bad during the Haile Selassie era to warrant 50 years of insanity?
To begin with, why can’t we say that Asmara’s golden age was during the Italian colonial era, given that it was after all the Italians that built it? There are two major reasons: First and foremost, as pointed above, Asmara remained a small sleepy little town for much of the colonial era; it was only when Italy decided to invade Ethiopia that Asmara abruptly mushroomed five folds in the last six years. If there was no vibrant Asmara for much of the colonial era to begin with, one cannot talk of a “golden age” of a city that was never there. And, second, if we are to confine ourselves to the last six years, there were three things bedsides its brief “age” that would make a mockery out of these perceived golden years. First, that the entire growth was motivated by the invasion of Ethiopia tells us that the lifeline for this growth has nothing to do with Eritrea. That is to say, it wouldn’t have been a sustainable “golden age” if it were to remain confined to Eritrea only. Second, the demography of the city was rapidly turning Italian: while in the early 30s the Italian population in Asmara was about 3,000 out of the city’s total population of 18,000 (about 17 percent), by 1938 it has mushroomed into 53,000 out of the total population of 98,000 (about 53 percent)8. That is, with the increase of the Italian population from 17 percent to 53 percent of the city’s population in those six years, the Italianization of Asmara, per policy of Fascist Italy, had started in earnest at this time. And, third, besides those years being “war years” into which Eritreans were disproportionately conscripted, those also happen to be the years remembered for the severity of the Fascist imposed apartheid system, most strictly enforced in Asmara. While the Italians occupied bella Asmara, the natives were relegated to the shanty towns of Aba-Shawul, Gheza-Berhanu, Haidsh-Adi, etc. That doesn’t mean that all was rosy before Fascism. In fact, the apartheid system in Asmara was already in place in 1909 (in schools) and 1916 (in residential areas), long before the Fascists came to enforce their own harsher versions.9
If so, even though most of the landmarks that were to be associated with the art deco architecture of modernist Asmara were built then, the era can hardly be said to have been “golden” for the natives. After all, segregated Asmara symbolized colonial oppression at its starkest. Not only where the natives living in segregated ghettos, but they were also working in segregated jobs, mainly consisting of the most risky and menial types: askaris, manual workers of the lowest type, maids, prostitutes, etc. Hence, it can hardly be said that our fathers were so proud of colonial Asmara as to tie their identity to it, as their children were about to do when the Italians were gone. The irony is that Asmara turned “golden” for the natives (including the ghedli generation) during the 50s and 60s, when the indigenization of Asmara was made possible. At the end of Italian era, more than 50 percent of the population was Italian. At the end of the Haile Selassie era, the native population had increased more than six folds to reach more than a quarter of a million. That is to say, the natives took over their city in its demographic, economic and cultural sense during Haile Selassie era.
Tezareb March 31, 2014
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Anyone who lived in Asmara in the 50s and 60s would notice how peaceful and thriving it was. Factories were churning out all kinds of goods, mostly destined for Ethiopia. Construction was at pace with the demand of the city dwellers; even teachers used to afford owning their houses. Thousands of Kebabi residents were commuting everyday with bicycles to work in construction sites and factories. Cottage industries of various sorts were flourishing. Privately owned buses and trucks from near (within Eritrea) and far (all over Ethiopia) made Asmara a hub center of humanity and commerce. Markets were full with all kinds of goods and food products, catering to people from all over the villages, towns and the city itself. Students were attending good schools, with a disproportionately high number of them making it to higher institutions everywhere in Ethiopia – Haile Selassie University, Alemaya College, Polytechnic School, Santa Familia, etc. The cinema houses were always full, with Indian, Italian and American movies as their staple shows. The city was soccer crazy, with great teams making it to the top of the national tournaments. Renaissance in music was to be seen in the great bands the city was graced by. And, for a third world, the services that the people in Asmara used to get – electricity, water supply, health care, education, police protection, transportation, sanitation, etc – were excellent. And in its heydays, the city had a sizable number of foreigners – Italians, Americans, Arabs and Indians (baynan) – that gave it a slight cosmopolitan feel. No wonder Asmara was known then as “the African Gateway to Middle East and Europe”.10 The golden years of Asmara were to suddenly end in the early 70s when ghedli showed up in Kebessa in full force, the same way that normal life in Metahit was interrupted a decade or so earlier.
One of the great ghedli lies frequented to buttress the “We had it so bad with Ethiopia” narrative was that the Haile Selassie government dismantled Eritrean factories and moved them to Shoa. To the contrary, many of the industries associated with colonial Italy were built during Haile Selassie era: …
Tezareb March 31, 2014
Ethiopian Premier League Championship:
1953 : Army (Addis Abeba)
1954 : Army (Addis Abeba)
1955 : Hamassien (Asmara)
1956 : Mechal (Addis Abeba)
1957 : Hamassien (Asmara)
1958 : Akale Guzay (Eritrea)
1959 : Tele SC Asmara
1960 : Cotton Factory Club
1961 : Ethio-Cement (Dire Dawa)
1962 : Cotton Factory Club
1963 : Cotton Factory Club
1964 : Ethio-Cement (Dire Dawa)
1965 : Cotton Factory Club
1966 : Saint-George SA (Addis Abeba)
1967 : Saint-George SA (Addis Abeba)
1968 : Saint-George SA (Addis Abeba)
1969 : Tele SC Asmara
1970 : Tele SC Asmara
1971 : Saint-George SA (Addis Abeba)
1972 : Asmara (Asmara)
1973 : Asmara (Asmara)
1974 : Embassoyra (Eritrea)
1975 : Saint-George SA (Addis Abeba)
Tezareb March 31, 2014
Ethiopian Cup winners,
1951 : Army (Addis Abeba)
1952 : Saint-George SA (Addis Abeba)
1953 : Saint-George SA (Addis Abeba)
1954 : Army (Addis Abeba)
1955 : Mechal (Addis Abeba)
1956 : Mechal (Addis Abeba)
1957 : Saint-George SA (Addis Abeba)
1958 : Mekuria (Addis Abeba)
1959 : Omedla (Addis Abeba) (Police)
1960 : Nib (Debre Zeit) (Air Force)
no Cup between 1961 and 1969
1970 : Asmara (Asmara)
1971 : EEPCO (Addis Abeba)
1972 : EEPCO (Addis Abeba)
1973 : Saint-George SA (Addis Abeba)
1974 : Saint-George SA (Addis Abeba)
1975 : Mechal (Addis Abeba)
1976 : EEPCO (Addis Abeba)
1977 : Saint-George SA (Addis Abeba)
1978 : Omedla (Addis Abeba)
1979 : no cup
1980 : Ermejachen (Addis Abeba)
1981 : Key Bahr “Red Sea” (Eritrea)
1982 : Mechal (Addis Abeba)
1983 : Key Bahr “Red Sea” (Eritrea)
1984 : Eritrea Shoes (Eritrea)
1985 : Eritrea Shoes (Eritrea)
1986 : Building Construction (Addis Abeba)
1987 : Eritrea Shoes (Eritrea)
1988 : Bunna Gebeya
1989 : no cup
1990 : Mechal (Addis Abeba)
solomon March 31, 2014
This is a very good history
Who distroyes all these things
Gedli tefat wedi Medhin Berad.
Solomon
ahmed saleh March 31, 2014
Stop complicating things out of its proportion . Do not forget at time of demand most of Eritrean soccer
players including part of Ethiopian team joined the struggle . One of them the scorer from EMBASOYRA team
nick-named ( ELLE ) sacrificed in the field by Ethiopian army bullet . So now the MAHBER ANDINET group can
they fool us again like they did to our elders , I doubt so .
semere March 31, 2014
Don’t worry, we shall re-emerge again in all aspects: culturally, socially, politically, etc. Our shame and humiliation will disappear together with HGDEF. I am not ashamed of being Eritrean. The shame goes to HGDEF. Eritrea will soon climb to its former colours. Each one will contribute according to his profession and come out fast from pain and alienation .
Genet-orginal April 1, 2014
semere
I agree with your view. But we can’t expect change and good thing for our people and country without doing any thing. First, we have to unite to get rid of the cancer HGDEF and dictator Isayas. Our unite is the main ingredient for our success. If we are able to unite against the common enemy, it will not be long to get out of the mess we are in. I agree No Eritrean should be ashamed of being an Eritrean. No problem is for ever! Our situation is time sensitive, so we need to act fast to unite and safe our people and country.Thanks
Genet-Original
semere April 2, 2014
Genet-Original
You are right. We have to achieve our unity at any cost. Unfortunately, the activists of disunity seem to be better organized than the elements of Unity. But we shall win!!
Tesfu Kidane March 31, 2014
During the fifties and sixties Eritrea exported Peperoni, Tomatoes, Bananas, Vegetables, citrus fruits, Salt, Hides, Oilseeds and textilesto the Middle East, Europe and Japan. Filli Denadai had more than fourty trailers who run round the clock to Massawa loaded with export commodities. People were bussy working in the industrial and agricultural sector and every thing was cheap. You can buy a taxi from 100-500 Bir (50-250 USD) depending on its quality, Taf was sold for 12-13 Birr and one could have lunch for as little as 25-50 cents and a kilo of oranges or tomatoes cost 10-20 cents. We used to but a pen for ten cents and excercise books for 5-10 cents and a kilo of cofee and sugar was 60-70 cents and a goat or a sheep cost 5-6 Bir while the skin cost Birr. As a result people used to say that the Bir is made from sheep hide, that’s why it is became very expensive. Finally house rent was 4-10 BIrr for a standard one room house and around 50-100 bir for a villa usually rented by Americans. Other people can help me in the house rent details.Houses cost very cheap because the rent was so low that people did not see the advantage of buying a house. For example I remember a 1500 square meter land with three houses and a compound cost only 600 Bir but there was no one to bid or buy it. A one room house cost only 100 Bir. To be precise in 1969 a lady I know constructed a hundred square meter house with three rooms, toilet and kitchen with only 4,000 Birr. Finaaly we come to the income. The beginning salary of a teacher was 225 gross and 200 birr net, a police man 40 bir plus housing, water and electricity and 2 Birr for every child born. A bank accountant was paid 300 Birr and adaily laborer was paid 1-1,50 Birrwhile a daily laborer in the rural areas was paid 50 cents plus lunch. This was during the Haileselassie (Janhoi)era. During is famous for the provision of cheap house rent. One thing that we must remember however is Haileselassie and Dergue as colonisers did not allow any freedom to Eritreans as well as Ethiopians. As colonisers I can understand their policy. However I remember when we made huge demonstration as students in 1970-71, we were imprisoned at Sembel for two days and finally our parents were called and told to advise their sons to just study their lessons and not to interfer in politics. What would one say when the PFDJ asks a family to pay 50,000 Nakfa for an absconded son or daugter, when it imprison people for no reason and detain him incommunicado in underground cells, while at the same time it can not provide water, electricity and basic commodities. As for myself I have seen four governments or systems (4 bandera as our people say) but never seen any regime so brutal as the PFDJ!! May God save our people from the cruel regime!
Yerhiwo March 31, 2014
Tesfu Kidane, I agree with you brother! This is the worst system ever!
Genet-orginal April 1, 2014
Dear Tesfu K
So, what prevented us from doing what was done during the fifties is the dictator Isayas and PFDJ’s system. You said,
“Eritrean exported pepperoni, Tomatoes, Bananas, Vegetables, Citrus fruits, Salt, Hides, Oil seeds and textiles to the Middle East, Europe and Japan..” The land is the same land. It wasn’t Italian. It is our land Eritrea. Now Eritrea can’t even feed her people. Can’t even educate her children. Can’t keep her people safe. What a shame! Dictator Isayas’s ill advised social engineering is killing our people. Do you know Salt is now, the hot commodity in Eritrea. It has been controlled by PFDJ’s operatives and they make sure Eritrean gets little of it. So, PFDJ’s operatives can make big profit. This is what dictator Isayas got has out of our Independence. Our enemy is ruthless, we need to unite against our common enemy and save our people ASAP!
Genet-Original
H.K. March 31, 2014
Dear Mr. Tezareb,
Please HAKI Tezareb!! There are people who were present at that time and who can challenge your implication between the dotted lines!!!!
I would like to make the following comments for your lengthy comments:
– You are right the Haile Selassie time was good for the towns in Asmara but a lot of people were massacred in ONA and the whole lowlands (METAHIT)However, still the Eritrean towns were booming and all the Arabs were coming to Asmara for Medical treatment!! The tourism industry was booming!!
– The reason why all was well was because the Eritrean system was intact though there was a lot of interference from the Ethiopian government.
– Saying that many factories was dismantled and installed in the Ethiopian Hinterland. Some were installed in Melghe Wondo, some in Dire Dawa, some in Addis and so on and on!! So, practically the Ethiopian government was looting whatever it can and was taking the advantage financially for whatever they cannot move. Like the farms in Ghinda, Elaberet and Keren was not able to be moved to Ethiopia.
– The hides, fisheries, meat, fruits and vegetables was exported from Eritrea because Eritrea was so much advanced in all aspects from Ethiopia.
– Due to the fast growth and big educational gup between the Eritreans and Ethiopians, the Haile Sellassie government wanted to stop teaching the Eritreans and introduced the quota system!! Eritrea was having the same quota like Asela or Gomu Gofa!!! which has only one small high school!! So, is that booming??? Or you see the booming from the Babylon square?
– Now the MINI Emperor Iseyas is repeating the same story!!! “Unfortunately” Eritrea Werkan Ghenzeban Imber Hizba Aidliyenin Iyu!!!
That is why what is happening is happening!!!
– So, please don’t try to beautify the Haile Selassie time which was doing the same jailing and killing of the Eritrean people like their representative Iseyas!!!
– Can the Eritrean people return Eritrea back to the 60th and 70th and more? YESSSSSSSSSS!!
– How? The BASTARD MUST GO!!!!!
Dear brothers and sisters, we have to unite today before tomorrow and eradicate the killer regime!!!
– The present regime is killing the people, their mentality, their love of the nation and whatever they own to impoverish the whole people to make them his subjects forever!! No, that will not happen as long as we are alive!!!
Samsome March 31, 2014
@H.K—— It is a Good idea and explanation .
But i wander when i see many African Nations fight each other by the border issue made by the colonist while the colonist already start to united together.From this perspective I hope 60 years from now the East African Nations, Eritrean,Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somali, Kenya, Uganda…etc to United together.