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ካብ ጸባ ዘይተረኸበስ ካብ ማይጨባ

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ተወልደብርሃን ገብረ | erigazette.org እዚ ኣርእስቲ’ዚ  ብተደጋጋሚ ዝምሰል ናይ ኣቦታት ወይ ኣዴታት ገላጺ ምስላ እዩ። እቲ ስዒቡ ዝመጽእ ሰማዐይ ወይ ኣንባባይ መሲልካ እንታይ ኣምጻእካ  ዝብል ሕቶ እዩ ። ሓጺር መልሰይ ካባና ዘይተረኽበስ ካብ መርማሪት ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኤርትራ ማለተይ እዩ። ቅድሚ ናብቲ ዘምጽኣኒ ጕዳይ  ምእታወይ ግን ብዛዕባ ፖለቲካዊ እምነተይ ገለ ክብል። ፖለቲካዊ እምነተይ ኣብ ኤርትራ፥ ዘይሰልፋዊ ወይ ዘይሻራዊ ደሞክራሲያዊ ስርዓት ርእሰ‐ምርኮሳ ነጻ ዕዳጋ ብፍላይ ድማ ንዜጋታት ቀዳምነት ዝህብ ህሉዋት ማዕከናት ዜና ኤርትራ ካብ … [Read more...] about ካብ ጸባ ዘይተረኸበስ ካብ ማይጨባ

Abstracts selected for the the International Conference on Eritrean Studies (ICES) held in Asmara (20-22 July 2016)

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source: http://www.ices-eritrea.org/ The First International Conference on Eritrean Studies (ICES) was held Wednesday to Friday this week (July 20-22) at the Asmara Palace Hotel in Asmara, under the theme of ‘Eritrean Studies – The Way Forward.’ The conference was opened by the Minister of Education, Mr. Semere Russom, and also addressed by the Minister of Information, … [Read more...] about Abstracts selected for the the International Conference on Eritrean Studies (ICES) held in Asmara (20-22 July 2016)

The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America

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 Alana Semuels | Jul 22, 2016 | The Atlantic  It’s known as a modern-day hub of progressivism, but its past is one of exclusion. PORTLAND, Ore.— Victor Pierce has worked on the assembly line of a Daimler Trucks North America plant here since 1994. But he says that in recent years he’s experienced things that seem straight out of another time. White co-workers have … [Read more...] about The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America

In Africa, Birds and Humans Form a Unique Honey Hunting Party

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Natalie Angier | JULY 22, 2016 | The New York Times Their word is their bond, and they do what they say — even if the “word” on one side is a loud trill and grunt, and, on the other, the excited twitterings of a bird. Researchers have long known that among certain traditional cultures of Africa, people forage for wild honey with the help of honeyguides — … [Read more...] about In Africa, Birds and Humans Form a Unique Honey Hunting Party

We love to talk of terror – but after the Munich shooting, this hypocritical catch-all term has finally caught us out

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Robert Fisk | 24 July 2016 | The Independent How come a Muslim can be a terrorist in Europe but a mere ‘attacker’ in south-west Asia? The frightful and bloody hours of Friday night and Saturday morning in Munich and Kabul – despite the 3,000 miles which separate the two cities – provided a highly instructive lesson in the semantics of horror and hypocrisy. I despair … [Read more...] about We love to talk of terror – but after the Munich shooting, this hypocritical catch-all term has finally caught us out

Italian prosecutors investigate pair who say they got the wrong people smuggler

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Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo, and Patrick Kingsley | Thursday 21 July 2016 | The Guardian Prosecutors try to undermine testimony of two witnesses claiming they mistook identy [sic] of Eritrean man held in June Italian prosecutors accused of arresting the wrong person in a smuggling trial in Sicily have responded by launching an investigation into their … [Read more...] about Italian prosecutors investigate pair who say they got the wrong people smuggler

AIDS conference 2016: the gains, the gaps, the next global steps

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July 22, 2016 | The Conversation As the 21st International AIDS Conference wraps up in Durban, South Africa, Professor Linda-Gail Bekker, incoming International AIDS Society President, talks to The Conversation Africa health and medicine editor Candice Bailey about what was achieved and what still needs to be done. What are the three interventions or innovations that … [Read more...] about AIDS conference 2016: the gains, the gaps, the next global steps

EDITORIAL: Zim’s ticking time bomb

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July 20 2016 | Business Day LIKE the proverbial frog in slowly boiling water, South Africans have become inured to the travails of Zimbabwe. Africa’s postcolonial governments followed a variety of paths, but it was Zimbabwe’s awful luck that its leaders harked not to a notion of western democracy, or even Soviet communism, but to a mixture of Chinese and North Korean … [Read more...] about EDITORIAL: Zim’s ticking time bomb