Why is that the system doesn’t allow us to comment on Seyoum Tesfaye’s piece where it is happening for the second time in a row. Is he plugging his ears with cotton so that he won’t hear critical voices related to his articles? I hope that ain’t the case simply because, hiding yourself from critics doesn’t cut it when one aspires for the highest office in a post-Isaias Eritrea. Or does he think that, we are not good enough to comment on his rather at times pompous and condescending essays? I hope it is neither.
I am not aware he ‘… when one aspires for the highest office in a post-Isaias Eritrea.’. Did he say this explicity or are you deducing it from reading between the lines? I have always cherished his anti-Isayas and anti-Hgdef stand and more so because in the USA those who are ‘prostrating’ on Isayas’s feet are more visible. An intellectual of Seyoum’s calibre who points an accusing finger at DIA & co. the way he does is held on a pedestal and in a very high esteem in my book. On the otherhand, although our encounter in Assena is brief, I have come to appreciate your views and ‘judgements’ because through your posts I gauge your broad and in-depth knowledge of our predicament.
It is super to hear back from you. You’ve been missed the last couple of days. I had to go around and look for you in every posting where I ended up saying, “Maazaa tebelkas Maazaa t’meskir” as my mother would say.
I wouldn’t say I got carried away with frustrations as I was unable to post my comment pertaining Seyoum’s articles, but my use of words could as well have been way off the mark. Sure enough, he is a towering figure with in the Opposition camp not only as an intellectual in his own right but of course, in debunking Isaias’ lies and empty bravado as well. For instance, in his previous article he exposed Isaias’ lies about Somalia when the latter was left out from attending a summit that was organized by the UN where all the great powers including the nations in the region participated. However, as much as a disclaimer at the end of his articles is stated where he claims to take a sole responsibility for his ideas where he is a member of a political party, my reading is, it is at times a lecture and pompous where it is limited to an elite audience and fails to appeal to the ‘common’ people. Maazaa haftey, as much as I love and cherish to be in synch with you, I equally cherish it when we disagree as well simply because, that is a sign of maturity and of course, it is telling to the PFDJ thugs in the forum that you and I are not one and the same, even though it bursts my bubble.
Glad to see you again. I must agree with Temesghen that all articles should be subjected to the same scrutiny regardless of the stature of the author. I don’t know whether or not this was an innocent mistake on the part of assenna, but I hope it rectifies it as soon as possible and allows readers to comment on Seyoum’s articles.
Welcome back to the grand palace of Assenna. You’ve been missed greatly. I felt like a loner as you and Maazzaa have been in a hiatus for the last couple of days. Again, great to ‘see’ you back. Maazza z’gedefetley yeb’lan. It could as well be a tough love on her part to a brother.
Your criticism is based on assumption. As maaza correctly stated, not everyone who writes aspires to be a president, or seek an office. I hear the same criticism leveled against those Eritreans who hold conferences in Addis Ababa. Many make arguments based false assumptions, among which is the assumption that Ethiopia does not have the best interest of Eritrea at heart and as such is manipulating Eritreans to advance its own interests. Unless we change out attitudes, and behaviours about other countries and peoples, we will never sleep in peace in our our country. We should build trust with out neigbours, whether with the Sudan, Ethiopia. According to Dr. Fiseha-Tsion, “… what is good for Ethiopia and Ethiopians is also good for not only Eritrea and Eritreans but also for the Horn of Africa and the rest of Africa.” you can read Dr. Fiseha-Tsion’s great piece by clicking HERE or HERE
It wasn’t a malicious intent or a sarcasm on my part when I said, “…..as he aspires for the highest office…..”. Or I have never heard him or read him saying something to that effect where I sure believe that it is absolutely great for him to have that kind of ambition. Let alone him who has established a concrete political acumen and a reputation, anybody for that matter is equally endowed with ambitions where the sky is the limit as the cliche has it. On a separate note: I seem to be losing you. How is the citation of Dr. Fessehatsion relevant to the issue at hand? If you could elaborate. Much obliged.
You are absolutely right. The last comment is irrelevant. It was meant for another (Ethiopian web site’s comment)-I was commenting on another site when at the same time making a comment on this site. Too sad I was not able to delete it- the down side of commenting is the fact that we are unable to edit our comments.
Your blabber would have made a little sense if you were writing from Sawa where you should be practicing what you are preaching here. I agree with your last statement when you said ” n betesebna khea nsu eu ‘mber free press and democracy aykonen zedlyom entay mkhanu wn buzuhat ayrd’ewon eyom kabay jemrka.” You and many HGDEFites don’t really understand the basic necessities required to sustain life in a country. It is this magnitude of ignorance that opposition forces to HGDEF are fighting against. As for you my friend, do us and Eritrea a favor, go back to Sawa and practice your ideas freely. Until you do that, no fair minded person who reads the comments section will ever take you seriously.
I had my time in the fighting against Derg and participated in the liberation of my country,its time for you to go and do something for the country.
Im talking from what i ve seen in Eritrea and how ppl motivated to cross the border and accusing isayas of their miscalculation to the situation in Europe we should ve done our h.work before just “belibya mengedi ala ” .ISAYAS is the best for the country and those oppositions wanna be are nothing other than businessmen grey haired jebha’s teref meref who want to carry on the corruption they started in the70- 80s, don’t expect any good from them, as we all witnessing, the first move they did was collaboration with woyane regardless what the last did(who cares),followed by agreement for the agenda prepared by TPLF,and the worst was a huge “THANK U TPLF” letter from the so called dogtor kheir one of the intellectual participants.what’s next? Federate Eritrea with Ethiopia or unity as dogtor bereket wishes before he dies. Huh?.
its understood that these oppositions won’t achieve nothing even if they get another 30yrs chance ,cos seeing Eritrea in peace is against their own benefits.
wake up yewah ERITRAWI zerebay smAni Afra keytregts mesiluka emni.
abdiOctober 11, 2011
>>>Hanti neger kenestewElelu zelena ezom teqawemti eziom mulue hiwetom nay wulkom rebha qdmi eritrean eritrawyan kem zserEwo tarikhom
zmskro haqi eu,Hgi wn n bahri msgarna Atitwom zekones,gzyawi mesheqeTi nhna Sle zkhonka trah eu,ezi khulu ametat dea slemntay teqawmo
zegeberu elna knhatt yegba.
Dahar kea ndehrit mls elna,slemntay Kab hagerna kem zwetsiena nefsna nhteta ‘mo, nay behaki wedi afom aynebern mewtse’eina, entay dea “ataaaa b Libya mengedi n eropa ala eloma,kusto kheman Adi Tlyan atyus n JomaAa(mates) dewilulom neru” Haqey dye aykonkumn?
Selezi nmelso dea, bzeykewn tetalilna hagernan shmnan aynekhf’e yblekum.
ABDI MY son if you are yung my brother if you are over 40 years.No body fight like ,harbegna Weldeab Weldemariam ,he never need or look for pawer every Eritrean shuod felow his examble .WE Ertrea must fight free remember the Eritrean patriot who give their life .Patriotes never look for their life.If you or them look for benefit go away.tell your freids stay in Saudi.
well first of all you can’t compare these oportunists to our patriot father ato weldeab,
well said(quote ) WE ERITREANS FIGHT FREE,REMEMBER THE PATRIOTS GIVE THEIR LIFE.
PATRIOTS NEVER LOOK FOR THIER LIFE.
Having agreed for the above i want to ask.
-why the opposition or anti gov’t describe the national service as an slavary and accusing the gov’t for the work our bro/sis doing as inhumanity ,free labour?
ain’t working free for our country is/was part of our culture?
So why you mislead the world and our bro/sis (dispaora )who are desperate for help to overcome the confusion they faced in Europe ?
well, first of all you can’t compare these oportunists to our patriot father ato weldeab
Having agreed for what you said i want to ask.
-why the opposition or anti gov’t describe the national service as an slavary and accusing the gov’t for the work our bro/sis doing as inhumanity ,free labour?
ain’t working free for our country is/was part of our culture?
So why you mislead the world and our bro/sis (dispaora )who are desperate for help to overcome the confusion they faced in Europe ?
Hi Temesghen, i don’t understand why you try to look separately between Weldeab Weldemariam and Isais Afewerki? they both working all their life for better future of Eritrea. We appreciate Abona Weldean Weldemariam and we support our brother Isaias for completing the task.As Abdi tries to explain about the reason why people are flowing to West is not Isaias or PFDJ! just as you did it long years ago it is the same for the better life. You your self already running away from home land not to take a responsibility as an Eritrean. Protesting being in West supported BY AGAME AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES is not making you an Eritrean. Who knows you might be one from those KEDEAT. So do not west your time sitting in your computer confusing young people. Instead lets give them an advice to those young people to develop their skill and and knowledge to be part of reconstruction of our Country Eritrea. thank you
Every one agrees that serving one nation is not slavery but while you and your family enjoying the opportunity of the West ,there is no reason the youth will spend his precious life for the sake of dictator and opportunistic like you.
Had the youth had both the responsibility and the benefit of his country , they would have done miracles both for the nation and for their families and would not leave their beloved ones as u think .
It is not time to pretend if you really believe that serving the country for free is a privilege just take you and your family and live in Eritrea with out salary or income then I will call u a hero.But Eritrea is not a summer vacation and sec tourism for u and your family
Bro,you don’t know me to attack me,i lost my golden youth in fighting for my country not behind the screen or luxurious hotels but in meda eritrea with no chance of seeing my family or education,so i ve done my duties.but i don’t mean that i had suffered and they have to,No but Im against their service to be used for political purposes by those irresponsible selfish who didn’t feel shame to work with woyane against their own ppl.
Btw,i ve my brother and cousin who are still in the service and opted to stay there and face the difficulties with their ppl.
i do worried about the extended N.Service and every eritrean does,but we have to remember that the country is in stand by situation,and we don’t have regular soldiers to relay on if anything happened,so the only hard option left for the gov’t is to extend the national service,and after the dust settled Im sure the service will be limited to 2yrs only as it was before the conflict.
There are two problem with blind supporters , u can support some of the policy of the government but also you should be able to raise your voice against something totally wrong, if u repeat what the Eritrean media say, what do you think they are going to do you are not a parrot, compare what is said and what actually done, then praise the good work and criticize and put your input how to improve things and make things better.
I do not care people request help Woyane as far as they do not have any platform to raise the issue at home and if u guys just give an ovation for any thing the regime says.
abdiOctober 13, 2011
Yes we do oppose things too,but its not enough excuse to put my hand in hand’s of the one who looted,tortured and killed my ppl,
so you need to ask your self why would woyane help you of a sudden? What’s behind that,who are the opposition. 18 out 67 of the oppositions live in Ethiopia, not to mention dogtors kher and bereket,1st thanked woyane and the 2nd wishes to see Eritrea united with Ethiopia before his death.
So being with woyane against ur gov’t has to be taken off the menu,what ever the discussion is has to eritrean eritrean only.
solomon araya berheOctober 12, 2011
i m hopefull london demonstration against PFDJ will be the best ever seen in my life ….yes we can ..we never kneel down …deki ere…ajokum
Actually to make demonstration or Waela (conference)” by itself is not a bad idea to criticize. But
what is the use to shout,or what effect will bring if same people for justice gathering only in their side and shouting, without having contact with their rivals ? Doesn´t seem like self entertainment? I mean will HGDEF MAFIAS give a dam, if millions people shouting against them,as long as the heat of the anger is not able to touch them? Believe me the last successful protest ( in Leeds, New York specially In Gissen (Germany)was because the protest held face to face. I love and appreciate the courage of the woman,which she was loudly spoken “ Dawn Dawn ! Isayas ! She was really challenged them all alone, and gave them headache . The Leeds and New York incident was also effective because the challenge was face to face also. So every demonstration will be successful if it continue like that only not when we barking like a dog alone, when the Hyena goes. like the Amharic say goes “ ጅብ ከሄደ ውሻ ጮኸ” ለይምሰል። And the other most important point, at in any demonstration it should be the unity of all sides protesters, inorder to have more participants and when the slogans spoken and the reply of the slogan( the voice) should have order.
Any Body foolish going to London for Protest? why for? did i get money from Ethiopia? did I buy a mortgage from the money donated for this protest? ahahahha it is Crazy job. Do not deceive your self young brothers and Sisters it is MONEY PROTEST. They receive thousand of dollars for them selves from Ethiopia Government and they let you do the protest for nothing. Do you know them who are they? some of those organizers are a mixed race with Ethiopian and Eritrean, some of them are completely Ethiopian, some of them they spent all their life in Ethiopia while our Brave brothers and sisters fight for our independence. Do you know, this is their job to those organizers of this protest, as they are unable to compute with white people and other people working in UK. Who is foolish doing this protest??? Awet Nihafash is the best slogan ever.
Do you know anyone who works as a minor in Eritrea? Mining is one of the worst working environments to work, it is a risk business and working condition is not made easier for our bro/sis who are working there. If they can not get paid as the other counter partners from other countries but we should expect that they get the protection of working on a hazardous condition. There are some protocol that Minors have to have such as hard hat, gloves safety goggles and other necessary for the condition that they are in. You may or may not know but our young and future generations are not provided with anything other the monthly salary they get 500 nakfa as national service. National service did not start in Eritrea but in most countries national service has a limit to how long one serve.
You live in the west you do not seem to give a damp of those who are suffering as long as Badme issue is not resolved. Let me tell you something. The weyane are not interested in resolving the Badme issue therefore what is your or the regime’s alternative?
bro,you are not updated enough about the mining company,it opreats under the international h&s standards,trains educate plus environmental protection too,and i would say those who work there are very lucky to get that opportunity of being training educated about the mining skills which can benefit them in the future.
check the link below for more info about the company’s guideline on h&s.
Abdi,
I know more than anyone can think, there are two type of group working there. The foreigner who are highly paid and well taken care of and of course the Eritrean youth. Training and education, it is only good if they survive and can use to make money. If you are a PHD holder and driving tax, what good is your title or your knowledge? Do not try your cheap solution to anyone who knows. You might confuse some naive persons. There are college student teaching classes and making the same money as the national service person with out any education.
Training and Education is only good if you can make use of it for the benefit of the person who worked hard to earn it.
Part II
FYI we are not the only country with border issue but then we need to move on, the country cannot be held hostages by the regime using the border issue as main topic. Lot of our young are held hostages, they can not start a family and if they do they can not support their family. The issue of not starting a family on time is more dangerous than the issue of Badme to the future of the country. Not only that but the young generations are also leaving the country. If these issues do not concern you then you are not an Eritrean. You are just an agafari who is stirring issue and calling names.
As for the regime, it know fact that power is more important then the people/country itself. Just because you can not deal with the weyanes, he should not torture the Eritrean people.
concerned Eritreawi
As you said using border issue as excuse our youth future life is in suspension. You join the national
service leaving behind your familly and your education expecting to be for couple of years . Still you
are wondering when it is going to last, you were 20 years old then now you are 33 yrs. Many Eritreans
say it is their national obligation, like all those people who show up well dressed to salute NEGUS ISAYAS.
For those who side with people , their suffer is our suffer. It is painful and frightening issue for real.
Your above comment doesn’t show where you stand,i tried to explain the company’s policy which you wasn’t happy with,and now you changed the issue to groups of workers,the company’s h&s reported a few minor injuries but no death since the project started.
You mentioned the local workers are not getting nothing other than the 500nk,the main benefit here is the experience they are getting and how it will help them in their future.
Be fair,stop”teretiEna keyblus ygbay ybelu”
Hi abdi,
The company give sub contract work for HIGDF companies, those companies are not part of Nrvsun, so they do not care about their salary ,safety or benefit of course all these things are paid to Pfdj companies and the company pays the national service only 500 nakfa as the rest of the army and the money that was paid will end up either in Kishas or Issias bank account.I know you know that if u want to make sure ask a national service guy who works in the mining. One thing to know they are not nevusen workers as a result nwvsun does not care about the poor Eritrean youth who will affect their health and their time for nothing. If this is what you want u are welcome but do not put acid in some one’s wound.
Listen bro,Im gonna tell you my own experienced with a petroleum company,i worked for a sub contractor who works for an int’l company and the H&S was main part of the contract as long as you are in the side. the h&S officers would patrol all the time and if they saw any h&S mistake they they warn and revoke the contract on the 2nd,and this because if their is any injuries or death reported at the completion of the project it will be in the company’s profile which will affect any future contacts,so even if its as you stated that the sub contractors are HGDEF,the main company nrvsun will not allow that for their own sake,otherwise they won’t get(affect) any contract in the future they may bid for.
guestOctober 13, 2011
Abdi,
The difference is that u are living in a country where the right of worker and employer respected while in your Eritrea, there is no rule or constitution that protect the right of its citizen be at work or any where.If you think about of rule of law just freedom of speech , it is wrong.Had they followed that rule there are many Eritreans who died while working in the mining and also some expatriates while the family of the latter compensated with ten thousands of dollars, but the families of Eritreans let alone compensated, they were not notified how their loved ones died.(I would not call this my country, would rather die in the deep sea than seeing this inequality.)this is about the right to live your life as you want of course respecting also the wellbeing of your fellow human beings.
Well you should be fair and think seriously, the company policy does not apply to Eritrean youth
The company policy they show is similar to the Eritrean constitution that is collecting dust as far as the youth are concerned
Why are the young considered as second class citizens in their own country?
When has the regime reported the death of anyone on how they died?
If one is killed by the regime or died in a natural cause, this is never told to the family
I am being very fair and straight, I speak for the unfortunate who are suffering in their own home and country and the country over all. Remember gold will not replace our youth, what it does if it is mismanage create very few wealthy who can care less about the country. The few wealthy will not give a damp about the country and when things do not work for them they will just run away from the country and you know what they take with them.
I do not care if you are Jebha or Shabia but if you love the country then you must worry about the mass migration of the youth and the fact that they are slaving for nothing. Do not give me this lame excuse, they are working for their country,
You are mixing every thing,its the main company’s benefit to keep everybody who enter the site undergo all the h&s checks including visitors.so what you are saying is rootlless accusations,I’d agree if you say no h&s in the other projects which run by gov’t (road works and contractions) but in the mining the contractors have their own int’l standards policy which everybody has to follow.
So don’t fool urself and make baseless arguments out of ur hatred to the gov’t.
I did the get the 2nd class citizen stuff you are saying it doesn’t make any sense.
abdiOctober 13, 2011
Mr guest,
pls be subjective and give me a link which shows what you said about the dead in the mining sites,do not follow the oppositions lies if u are not one of them.
Constitution has nothing to do with mining and contacts. Nrvsun is a registered company for mining activities. So it has to follow the inte’l mining laws inorder to keep its mining lisence.
And one of the laws is h&s of the workers and to report any incident,and indeed it reported in June minor injuries no death.so pls wish them luck to continue safely.
SemharOctober 12, 2011
Thanks God!
PFDJ is on the RUN…
Finally the time for change has come slowly but surely!
The youth have now got their voice back.
We should remember our history…
For more than 60 years, the Eritrean flag
has been the symbol of our nation’s strength and unity. It’s been a source of pride and inspiration for millions of citizens. And the Eritrean flag has been a prominent icon in our national history.
Here are the dictators that took down our national flag and replaced it by their own flags, Ethiopian flag in 1962 and Isayas’s(PFDJ’S) flag 1993.
Let’s not fool ourselves by raising Isaya’s flag. We should all raise one flag, our original flag; the flag of our fathers, the flag of our martyrs.
Semhar you seem quite intelligent girl, but the only problem with you is you are obsessed with the flag. unless you father is berried under that flag, the flag is not a big issue to me or to the majority of Eritrea people. except to Jebha.
(Jebha is history it was over in 1982) so this people on this forum need new ideas motive to unite us all, not the old ideology.
this is the internet and Facebook generation, fed-up with the old ways of flags as well as divide and rule.
what we need is justice, democracy, law, constitution the right to cast you vote as well as the right to be elected even as a president. because that is every Eritrea right!!!
The people whom pass away for us sacrificed their life for only this reason, nutting else.
so forget flag come to life and join the right movement and be productive to your brother and sisters.
Temesgen Medhanie October 11, 2011
Z’kheberkum Assenna,
Why is that the system doesn’t allow us to comment on Seyoum Tesfaye’s piece where it is happening for the second time in a row. Is he plugging his ears with cotton so that he won’t hear critical voices related to his articles? I hope that ain’t the case simply because, hiding yourself from critics doesn’t cut it when one aspires for the highest office in a post-Isaias Eritrea. Or does he think that, we are not good enough to comment on his rather at times pompous and condescending essays? I hope it is neither.
Maazza October 12, 2011
Temesgen,
I am not aware he ‘… when one aspires for the highest office in a post-Isaias Eritrea.’. Did he say this explicity or are you deducing it from reading between the lines? I have always cherished his anti-Isayas and anti-Hgdef stand and more so because in the USA those who are ‘prostrating’ on Isayas’s feet are more visible. An intellectual of Seyoum’s calibre who points an accusing finger at DIA & co. the way he does is held on a pedestal and in a very high esteem in my book. On the otherhand, although our encounter in Assena is brief, I have come to appreciate your views and ‘judgements’ because through your posts I gauge your broad and in-depth knowledge of our predicament.
Stay well, Haftcka
Temesgen Medhanie October 12, 2011
Maazaa haftey,
It is super to hear back from you. You’ve been missed the last couple of days. I had to go around and look for you in every posting where I ended up saying, “Maazaa tebelkas Maazaa t’meskir” as my mother would say.
I wouldn’t say I got carried away with frustrations as I was unable to post my comment pertaining Seyoum’s articles, but my use of words could as well have been way off the mark. Sure enough, he is a towering figure with in the Opposition camp not only as an intellectual in his own right but of course, in debunking Isaias’ lies and empty bravado as well. For instance, in his previous article he exposed Isaias’ lies about Somalia when the latter was left out from attending a summit that was organized by the UN where all the great powers including the nations in the region participated. However, as much as a disclaimer at the end of his articles is stated where he claims to take a sole responsibility for his ideas where he is a member of a political party, my reading is, it is at times a lecture and pompous where it is limited to an elite audience and fails to appeal to the ‘common’ people. Maazaa haftey, as much as I love and cherish to be in synch with you, I equally cherish it when we disagree as well simply because, that is a sign of maturity and of course, it is telling to the PFDJ thugs in the forum that you and I are not one and the same, even though it bursts my bubble.
belezet October 12, 2011
Temesghen and Maaza,
Glad to see you again. I must agree with Temesghen that all articles should be subjected to the same scrutiny regardless of the stature of the author. I don’t know whether or not this was an innocent mistake on the part of assenna, but I hope it rectifies it as soon as possible and allows readers to comment on Seyoum’s articles.
Temesgen Medhanie October 12, 2011
belezet,
Welcome back to the grand palace of Assenna. You’ve been missed greatly. I felt like a loner as you and Maazzaa have been in a hiatus for the last couple of days. Again, great to ‘see’ you back. Maazza z’gedefetley yeb’lan. It could as well be a tough love on her part to a brother.
Dawit October 12, 2011
Your criticism is based on assumption. As maaza correctly stated, not everyone who writes aspires to be a president, or seek an office. I hear the same criticism leveled against those Eritreans who hold conferences in Addis Ababa. Many make arguments based false assumptions, among which is the assumption that Ethiopia does not have the best interest of Eritrea at heart and as such is manipulating Eritreans to advance its own interests. Unless we change out attitudes, and behaviours about other countries and peoples, we will never sleep in peace in our our country. We should build trust with out neigbours, whether with the Sudan, Ethiopia. According to Dr. Fiseha-Tsion, “… what is good for Ethiopia and Ethiopians is also good for not only Eritrea and Eritreans but also for the Horn of Africa and the rest of Africa.” you can read Dr. Fiseha-Tsion’s great piece by clicking HERE or HERE
Temesgen Medhanie October 12, 2011
Dawit,
It wasn’t a malicious intent or a sarcasm on my part when I said, “…..as he aspires for the highest office…..”. Or I have never heard him or read him saying something to that effect where I sure believe that it is absolutely great for him to have that kind of ambition. Let alone him who has established a concrete political acumen and a reputation, anybody for that matter is equally endowed with ambitions where the sky is the limit as the cliche has it. On a separate note: I seem to be losing you. How is the citation of Dr. Fessehatsion relevant to the issue at hand? If you could elaborate. Much obliged.
Dawit October 12, 2011
Temesgen,
You are absolutely right. The last comment is irrelevant. It was meant for another (Ethiopian web site’s comment)-I was commenting on another site when at the same time making a comment on this site. Too sad I was not able to delete it- the down side of commenting is the fact that we are unable to edit our comments.
Temesgen Medhanie October 13, 2011
Dawit,
I thought it could be a mix up. Thanks.
abdi October 11, 2011
Haqi tezaribka ab mengdi babur deks!
mejemrta eritreawyan trah aykonan tesedidna zelena,afghan, Sudan,ethiopian, kalot buzuh afrikawyann tesedidom eyom,kutebawi shgr ember 99% nay poltica shgr aliwom aykonen koynu gn mengsti key atselemka sle zeytrkeb kulu memengsti yekhf’e,which is ok, nhna gn neti zmehaznayo mtslam nseb trah zekones baElna kn’amno jemiran ,keblo zedelekhu n eropa nkhnmetse zegededena wey kea zedafafa’ana ISAYAS, wey kea hager mhsam zekones bwere nay ab wetsae zqmetu eritrawyan,akaydoomn n holiday kmetsu enkelewu zehderelna nay eropa mkhad hlmi eu kebelhal ykeal,ezi khea hlmi kulu menesey ab melae Africa eu,koynu gn kem zhasebnayo aytsenehana,ewe haqi eu buzuh mesenakhl segirna zey tetsebenayo ktsenhana khelo ZeEbd mukhonu,selezi ezom teqawemti zbehalu nezi Edl teteqimom mesarhi n khnkewn haleyti mesilom n zgodolom teqme memele’ei kenkewn n r’esom ab mchot enda teqemetu neEana ajokhum elom ab tsedfi ye’etwuna alewu.
Nsatom gn ab addis ababa ms weyane khoynom nay men hager ymrah yebaesom alo ezi khea bkhal’e azerarba nay wulkom nabra yetathu alewu.
fitsum October 12, 2011
hasawi sebeytay eka nisika eritrea mis hashetna niera nisika tikewin hasad zeynatka rika tetalilka ember kalots b senki ezi resha higdef ena wetsina hiji endo emo aytefin isaias agame kulu seb hageru mis temelese except nisikan meseltikan
abdi October 12, 2011
Key hareqka ISAYAS entay mesiluka ngereni,
abdi October 12, 2011
Key hareqka ISAYAS entay bediluka ngereni,
Weldit October 12, 2011
Isayas nhagerna kuwam zeybla, bayto zeybla, nay bhiti gazetatat zeybla, University zeybla, mikitl president zeybla, hagerawi mercha zyetfelt, selftat zeybla, mekan hager geyrwa.
Entay zeydegeme delika ata mehanzel
abdi October 12, 2011
Lol,yehnzlka khe defar.
qemsh adey Anqifni eyu zerebakha,
kwam,mkhtil president tezey bla hager aykonetn malet dyu?
Nay bhti gazetatat yelen mo hager aykonetn malet dyu?
University,tetaAtsewet be khalot 8colegat ms nehagerna adlayi zkhone fltet zehba tetekia. neEkhan wedi kemakhn gn grm mesaweri zrekhebka mesiluka university atsiwo tblu alekhum zrdeo trah eyu gn zrdeo.
Selftat zemhlawu zeguhyeni aykonen mkhnyatu kea wela entezhlu,dey beAl zom ms woyane
zetaqAu zelewu eyom kkhonu,
alhamdlihal,mesiluka dea ‘mber hager n ISAYAS welida ay mekhentn,werki nwerki, lemlem,potash,
gerwa alo,nedadi kea ab mqlqalu eu, dew ybelu ms tsaramat zey hlelom hzbu.
Ereye nlebzemn ember Kab n ameta kthnbeb mukhwan kea rgtsegna eye Ayni hasadat trah ykhelklelna.
AWET NHAFASH MERIHNNET N ISAYAS.nzelalem
mg October 12, 2011
bel bel bel semielka embear sreat hgdef si bsreat yemhadr alo eyu . kurub keman aythafrn kwam yebla hgi yebla hager gedifna zmetsaena netom kabzi zmlesu reena ena kitbl.kkkkkkkkkkkkk mnalbat nskha kemu tkhewn ekha .
abdi October 12, 2011
Ane HGDEF/ANTI-HGDEF aykonkun gn kem kunetat nay Eritrea zgeltso shgrna kwam ms’an ayneberen,entay dea megbi ms’an eu,sala mengistn tsa’Aram hzbn whsnet megbi ab tsbuq kunetat alo, n betesebna khea nsu eu ‘mber free press and democracy aykonen zedlyom entay mkhanu wn buzuhat ayrd’ewon eyom kabay jemrka.
danny October 13, 2011
Abdi,
Your blabber would have made a little sense if you were writing from Sawa where you should be practicing what you are preaching here. I agree with your last statement when you said ” n betesebna khea nsu eu ‘mber free press and democracy aykonen zedlyom entay mkhanu wn buzuhat ayrd’ewon eyom kabay jemrka.” You and many HGDEFites don’t really understand the basic necessities required to sustain life in a country. It is this magnitude of ignorance that opposition forces to HGDEF are fighting against. As for you my friend, do us and Eritrea a favor, go back to Sawa and practice your ideas freely. Until you do that, no fair minded person who reads the comments section will ever take you seriously.
abdi October 13, 2011
I had my time in the fighting against Derg and participated in the liberation of my country,its time for you to go and do something for the country.
Im talking from what i ve seen in Eritrea and how ppl motivated to cross the border and accusing isayas of their miscalculation to the situation in Europe we should ve done our h.work before just “belibya mengedi ala ” .ISAYAS is the best for the country and those oppositions wanna be are nothing other than businessmen grey haired jebha’s teref meref who want to carry on the corruption they started in the70- 80s, don’t expect any good from them, as we all witnessing, the first move they did was collaboration with woyane regardless what the last did(who cares),followed by agreement for the agenda prepared by TPLF,and the worst was a huge “THANK U TPLF” letter from the so called dogtor kheir one of the intellectual participants.what’s next? Federate Eritrea with Ethiopia or unity as dogtor bereket wishes before he dies. Huh?.
its understood that these oppositions won’t achieve nothing even if they get another 30yrs chance ,cos seeing Eritrea in peace is against their own benefits.
wake up yewah ERITRAWI zerebay smAni Afra keytregts mesiluka emni.
abdi October 11, 2011
>>>Hanti neger kenestewElelu zelena ezom teqawemti eziom mulue hiwetom nay wulkom rebha qdmi eritrean eritrawyan kem zserEwo tarikhom
zmskro haqi eu,Hgi wn n bahri msgarna Atitwom zekones,gzyawi mesheqeTi nhna Sle zkhonka trah eu,ezi khulu ametat dea slemntay teqawmo
zegeberu elna knhatt yegba.
Dahar kea ndehrit mls elna,slemntay Kab hagerna kem zwetsiena nefsna nhteta ‘mo, nay behaki wedi afom aynebern mewtse’eina, entay dea “ataaaa b Libya mengedi n eropa ala eloma,kusto kheman Adi Tlyan atyus n JomaAa(mates) dewilulom neru” Haqey dye aykonkumn?
Selezi nmelso dea, bzeykewn tetalilna hagernan shmnan aynekhf’e yblekum.
abdi October 11, 2011
Dinki ba smer ,etom Abeyti enkelewu ab nay wetru hmamom “men negese” fkhkr.
ayttehamel wedi erey AFRA keytregts mesiluka emni,barya RIP
Taddesse T Gebremussie October 12, 2011
ABDI MY son if you are yung my brother if you are over 40 years.No body fight like ,harbegna Weldeab Weldemariam ,he never need or look for pawer every Eritrean shuod felow his examble .WE Ertrea must fight free remember the Eritrean patriot who give their life .Patriotes never look for their life.If you or them look for benefit go away.tell your freids stay in Saudi.
abdi October 12, 2011
well first of all you can’t compare these oportunists to our patriot father ato weldeab,
well said(quote ) WE ERITREANS FIGHT FREE,REMEMBER THE PATRIOTS GIVE THEIR LIFE.
PATRIOTS NEVER LOOK FOR THIER LIFE.
Having agreed for the above i want to ask.
-why the opposition or anti gov’t describe the national service as an slavary and accusing the gov’t for the work our bro/sis doing as inhumanity ,free labour?
ain’t working free for our country is/was part of our culture?
So why you mislead the world and our bro/sis (dispaora )who are desperate for help to overcome the confusion they faced in Europe ?
Haqi tezaribka ab megdi babur deks.
abdi October 12, 2011
well, first of all you can’t compare these oportunists to our patriot father ato weldeab
Having agreed for what you said i want to ask.
-why the opposition or anti gov’t describe the national service as an slavary and accusing the gov’t for the work our bro/sis doing as inhumanity ,free labour?
ain’t working free for our country is/was part of our culture?
So why you mislead the world and our bro/sis (dispaora )who are desperate for help to overcome the confusion they faced in Europe ?
Haqi tezaribka ab megdi babur deks.
Hagos October 12, 2011
Hi Temesghen, i don’t understand why you try to look separately between Weldeab Weldemariam and Isais Afewerki? they both working all their life for better future of Eritrea. We appreciate Abona Weldean Weldemariam and we support our brother Isaias for completing the task.As Abdi tries to explain about the reason why people are flowing to West is not Isaias or PFDJ! just as you did it long years ago it is the same for the better life. You your self already running away from home land not to take a responsibility as an Eritrean. Protesting being in West supported BY AGAME AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES is not making you an Eritrean. Who knows you might be one from those KEDEAT. So do not west your time sitting in your computer confusing young people. Instead lets give them an advice to those young people to develop their skill and and knowledge to be part of reconstruction of our Country Eritrea. thank you
guest October 12, 2011
Hagose and Abdi,
Every one agrees that serving one nation is not slavery but while you and your family enjoying the opportunity of the West ,there is no reason the youth will spend his precious life for the sake of dictator and opportunistic like you.
Had the youth had both the responsibility and the benefit of his country , they would have done miracles both for the nation and for their families and would not leave their beloved ones as u think .
It is not time to pretend if you really believe that serving the country for free is a privilege just take you and your family and live in Eritrea with out salary or income then I will call u a hero.But Eritrea is not a summer vacation and sec tourism for u and your family
abdi October 12, 2011
Bro,you don’t know me to attack me,i lost my golden youth in fighting for my country not behind the screen or luxurious hotels but in meda eritrea with no chance of seeing my family or education,so i ve done my duties.but i don’t mean that i had suffered and they have to,No but Im against their service to be used for political purposes by those irresponsible selfish who didn’t feel shame to work with woyane against their own ppl.
Btw,i ve my brother and cousin who are still in the service and opted to stay there and face the difficulties with their ppl.
i do worried about the extended N.Service and every eritrean does,but we have to remember that the country is in stand by situation,and we don’t have regular soldiers to relay on if anything happened,so the only hard option left for the gov’t is to extend the national service,and after the dust settled Im sure the service will be limited to 2yrs only as it was before the conflict.
guest October 13, 2011
There are two problem with blind supporters , u can support some of the policy of the government but also you should be able to raise your voice against something totally wrong, if u repeat what the Eritrean media say, what do you think they are going to do you are not a parrot, compare what is said and what actually done, then praise the good work and criticize and put your input how to improve things and make things better.
I do not care people request help Woyane as far as they do not have any platform to raise the issue at home and if u guys just give an ovation for any thing the regime says.
abdi October 13, 2011
Yes we do oppose things too,but its not enough excuse to put my hand in hand’s of the one who looted,tortured and killed my ppl,
so you need to ask your self why would woyane help you of a sudden? What’s behind that,who are the opposition. 18 out 67 of the oppositions live in Ethiopia, not to mention dogtors kher and bereket,1st thanked woyane and the 2nd wishes to see Eritrea united with Ethiopia before his death.
So being with woyane against ur gov’t has to be taken off the menu,what ever the discussion is has to eritrean eritrean only.
solomon araya berhe October 12, 2011
i m hopefull london demonstration against PFDJ will be the best ever seen in my life ….yes we can ..we never kneel down …deki ere…ajokum
truly, Truly i say to you October 12, 2011
Actually to make demonstration or Waela (conference)” by itself is not a bad idea to criticize. But
what is the use to shout,or what effect will bring if same people for justice gathering only in their side and shouting, without having contact with their rivals ? Doesn´t seem like self entertainment? I mean will HGDEF MAFIAS give a dam, if millions people shouting against them,as long as the heat of the anger is not able to touch them? Believe me the last successful protest ( in Leeds, New York specially In Gissen (Germany)was because the protest held face to face. I love and appreciate the courage of the woman,which she was loudly spoken “ Dawn Dawn ! Isayas ! She was really challenged them all alone, and gave them headache . The Leeds and New York incident was also effective because the challenge was face to face also. So every demonstration will be successful if it continue like that only not when we barking like a dog alone, when the Hyena goes. like the Amharic say goes “ ጅብ ከሄደ ውሻ ጮኸ” ለይምሰል። And the other most important point, at in any demonstration it should be the unity of all sides protesters, inorder to have more participants and when the slogans spoken and the reply of the slogan( the voice) should have order.
Amba October 12, 2011
teawet solom god bliss ertirea
Hagos October 12, 2011
Any Body foolish going to London for Protest? why for? did i get money from Ethiopia? did I buy a mortgage from the money donated for this protest? ahahahha it is Crazy job. Do not deceive your self young brothers and Sisters it is MONEY PROTEST. They receive thousand of dollars for them selves from Ethiopia Government and they let you do the protest for nothing. Do you know them who are they? some of those organizers are a mixed race with Ethiopian and Eritrean, some of them are completely Ethiopian, some of them they spent all their life in Ethiopia while our Brave brothers and sisters fight for our independence. Do you know, this is their job to those organizers of this protest, as they are unable to compute with white people and other people working in UK. Who is foolish doing this protest??? Awet Nihafash is the best slogan ever.
Concerned Eritrawi October 12, 2011
Do you know anyone who works as a minor in Eritrea? Mining is one of the worst working environments to work, it is a risk business and working condition is not made easier for our bro/sis who are working there. If they can not get paid as the other counter partners from other countries but we should expect that they get the protection of working on a hazardous condition. There are some protocol that Minors have to have such as hard hat, gloves safety goggles and other necessary for the condition that they are in. You may or may not know but our young and future generations are not provided with anything other the monthly salary they get 500 nakfa as national service. National service did not start in Eritrea but in most countries national service has a limit to how long one serve.
You live in the west you do not seem to give a damp of those who are suffering as long as Badme issue is not resolved. Let me tell you something. The weyane are not interested in resolving the Badme issue therefore what is your or the regime’s alternative?
abdi October 12, 2011
bro,you are not updated enough about the mining company,it opreats under the international h&s standards,trains educate plus environmental protection too,and i would say those who work there are very lucky to get that opportunity of being training educated about the mining skills which can benefit them in the future.
check the link below for more info about the company’s guideline on h&s.
abdi October 12, 2011
http://www.nevsun.com/corporate/social/
Concerned Eritrawi October 12, 2011
Abdi,
I know more than anyone can think, there are two type of group working there. The foreigner who are highly paid and well taken care of and of course the Eritrean youth. Training and education, it is only good if they survive and can use to make money. If you are a PHD holder and driving tax, what good is your title or your knowledge? Do not try your cheap solution to anyone who knows. You might confuse some naive persons. There are college student teaching classes and making the same money as the national service person with out any education.
Training and Education is only good if you can make use of it for the benefit of the person who worked hard to earn it.
Concerned Eritrawi October 12, 2011
Part II
FYI we are not the only country with border issue but then we need to move on, the country cannot be held hostages by the regime using the border issue as main topic. Lot of our young are held hostages, they can not start a family and if they do they can not support their family. The issue of not starting a family on time is more dangerous than the issue of Badme to the future of the country. Not only that but the young generations are also leaving the country. If these issues do not concern you then you are not an Eritrean. You are just an agafari who is stirring issue and calling names.
As for the regime, it know fact that power is more important then the people/country itself. Just because you can not deal with the weyanes, he should not torture the Eritrean people.
ahmed Saleh October 12, 2011
concerned Eritreawi
As you said using border issue as excuse our youth future life is in suspension. You join the national
service leaving behind your familly and your education expecting to be for couple of years . Still you
are wondering when it is going to last, you were 20 years old then now you are 33 yrs. Many Eritreans
say it is their national obligation, like all those people who show up well dressed to salute NEGUS ISAYAS.
For those who side with people , their suffer is our suffer. It is painful and frightening issue for real.
abdi October 12, 2011
Your above comment doesn’t show where you stand,i tried to explain the company’s policy which you wasn’t happy with,and now you changed the issue to groups of workers,the company’s h&s reported a few minor injuries but no death since the project started.
You mentioned the local workers are not getting nothing other than the 500nk,the main benefit here is the experience they are getting and how it will help them in their future.
Be fair,stop”teretiEna keyblus ygbay ybelu”
guest October 12, 2011
Hi abdi,
The company give sub contract work for HIGDF companies, those companies are not part of Nrvsun, so they do not care about their salary ,safety or benefit of course all these things are paid to Pfdj companies and the company pays the national service only 500 nakfa as the rest of the army and the money that was paid will end up either in Kishas or Issias bank account.I know you know that if u want to make sure ask a national service guy who works in the mining. One thing to know they are not nevusen workers as a result nwvsun does not care about the poor Eritrean youth who will affect their health and their time for nothing. If this is what you want u are welcome but do not put acid in some one’s wound.
abdi October 12, 2011
Listen bro,Im gonna tell you my own experienced with a petroleum company,i worked for a sub contractor who works for an int’l company and the H&S was main part of the contract as long as you are in the side. the h&S officers would patrol all the time and if they saw any h&S mistake they they warn and revoke the contract on the 2nd,and this because if their is any injuries or death reported at the completion of the project it will be in the company’s profile which will affect any future contacts,so even if its as you stated that the sub contractors are HGDEF,the main company nrvsun will not allow that for their own sake,otherwise they won’t get(affect) any contract in the future they may bid for.
guest October 13, 2011
Abdi,
The difference is that u are living in a country where the right of worker and employer respected while in your Eritrea, there is no rule or constitution that protect the right of its citizen be at work or any where.If you think about of rule of law just freedom of speech , it is wrong.Had they followed that rule there are many Eritreans who died while working in the mining and also some expatriates while the family of the latter compensated with ten thousands of dollars, but the families of Eritreans let alone compensated, they were not notified how their loved ones died.(I would not call this my country, would rather die in the deep sea than seeing this inequality.)this is about the right to live your life as you want of course respecting also the wellbeing of your fellow human beings.
Concerned Eritrawi October 13, 2011
Well you should be fair and think seriously, the company policy does not apply to Eritrean youth
The company policy they show is similar to the Eritrean constitution that is collecting dust as far as the youth are concerned
Why are the young considered as second class citizens in their own country?
When has the regime reported the death of anyone on how they died?
If one is killed by the regime or died in a natural cause, this is never told to the family
I am being very fair and straight, I speak for the unfortunate who are suffering in their own home and country and the country over all. Remember gold will not replace our youth, what it does if it is mismanage create very few wealthy who can care less about the country. The few wealthy will not give a damp about the country and when things do not work for them they will just run away from the country and you know what they take with them.
I do not care if you are Jebha or Shabia but if you love the country then you must worry about the mass migration of the youth and the fact that they are slaving for nothing. Do not give me this lame excuse, they are working for their country,
abdi October 13, 2011
You are mixing every thing,its the main company’s benefit to keep everybody who enter the site undergo all the h&s checks including visitors.so what you are saying is rootlless accusations,I’d agree if you say no h&s in the other projects which run by gov’t (road works and contractions) but in the mining the contractors have their own int’l standards policy which everybody has to follow.
So don’t fool urself and make baseless arguments out of ur hatred to the gov’t.
I did the get the 2nd class citizen stuff you are saying it doesn’t make any sense.
abdi October 13, 2011
Mr guest,
pls be subjective and give me a link which shows what you said about the dead in the mining sites,do not follow the oppositions lies if u are not one of them.
Constitution has nothing to do with mining and contacts. Nrvsun is a registered company for mining activities. So it has to follow the inte’l mining laws inorder to keep its mining lisence.
And one of the laws is h&s of the workers and to report any incident,and indeed it reported in June minor injuries no death.so pls wish them luck to continue safely.
Semhar October 12, 2011
Thanks God!
PFDJ is on the RUN…
Finally the time for change has come slowly but surely!
The youth have now got their voice back.
We should remember our history…
For more than 60 years, the Eritrean flag
has been the symbol of our nation’s strength and unity. It’s been a source of pride and inspiration for millions of citizens. And the Eritrean flag has been a prominent icon in our national history.
Here are the dictators that took down our national flag and replaced it by their own flags, Ethiopian flag in 1962 and Isayas’s(PFDJ’S) flag 1993.
Let’s not fool ourselves by raising Isaya’s flag. We should all raise one flag, our original flag; the flag of our fathers, the flag of our martyrs.
abdi October 14, 2011
Anti haftey flag flag zebl do hizuki?7ate maytselot fetni kem sebki hager hager tebelki .kan tesebilwa ‘mber.
shawel October 14, 2011
Semhar you seem quite intelligent girl, but the only problem with you is you are obsessed with the flag. unless you father is berried under that flag, the flag is not a big issue to me or to the majority of Eritrea people. except to Jebha.
(Jebha is history it was over in 1982) so this people on this forum need new ideas motive to unite us all, not the old ideology.
this is the internet and Facebook generation, fed-up with the old ways of flags as well as divide and rule.
what we need is justice, democracy, law, constitution the right to cast you vote as well as the right to be elected even as a president. because that is every Eritrea right!!!
The people whom pass away for us sacrificed their life for only this reason, nutting else.
so forget flag come to life and join the right movement and be productive to your brother and sisters.