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https://www.bbc.com/tigrinya/news-49232 ... qwlP06yjvg

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https://asmarino.com/news-analysis/5181 ... 4LSxawjX1M

...The following views of some international analysts are captured from a story that appeared on BBC Tigrinya on 5 Aug 2019 under the title of “Why was the Sawa Parade Accompanied by Military Hardware?” (ስለምንታይ ብምርኢት ኣጽዋር ዝተሰነየ ሰልፊ ኣድለየ)?


Alex DeWaal is a British researcher on African elite politics.  He is also the executive director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (at Tufts University, USA).

“President Isaias Afewerki’s grand military parade is, on the face of it, very odd. Eritrea is now officially at peace with Ethiopia; its neighbour Sudan is in transition to a civilian-led democracy; and its relations with the world are on a path towards normalization, with the Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia and the UAE especially) warmly embracing the country as an ally.  However, this might just point us to the logic of such an ostentatious display of military hardware. Over the last 20 years, Pres. Isaias’s strategy has been to seek international relevance through playing the role of a spoiler or destabilizer. As the region has become more peaceful—and with the UAE’s recent decision to draw down its forces in Yemen, which entails scaling back most of its military presence in the Eritrean port and airbase of Assab—the Eritrean leader faces the prospect of becoming less important to his Arab patrons and to international powers such as the U.S., E.U. and China.”

He added: “When Isaias embraced the new Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed a year ago, he probably expected that this would squeeze and destabilize Tigray, whose leaders had posed the most persistent challenge to Eritrea, and that he would benefit from the disturbances, even the conflict, that he anticipated. But no such instability has followed: Tigray has certainly been weakened within the Ethiopian political system, but it remains intact, and the Tigrayan people welcomed the normalization of relations with the Eritrean brethren. Peace posed more of a challenge to Isaias’s legitimacy than war, and fear of war, ever did. For exactly those reasons, the Eritrean leader has reason to show off the fact that he still has an army capable of crossing borders.”


Koert Lindijer is writer and Africa correspondent for NRC Handelsblad.  

“Waiting for peace to come in Eritrea and beyond has been taking nosedives recently; and this military show off does not seem to herald a new course of politics. The Eritrean leadership may be waiting for the outcome of the still very uncertain power game in neighbouring Ethiopia before it really throws itself in the camp of peace in the region.”


Dan Connell is a former visiting Scholar at Boston University's African Studies Center and a retired senior lecturer in journalism and African politics at Simmons College
“Eritreans have a lot to be proud of when they look back at the strength, determination and sacrifice their forebears made to secure and defend their independence, but a year after a historic peace agreement with Ethiopia, one would expect the president to rally the population with a vision of a bright future for which so many fought and died. Instead, he appears trapped in the past. This does not bode well for a people that have waited so long for the fruits of their sacrifice—or for a region whose future is also very much at play now. The impressive display of discipline and precision shown by the Sawa trainees demonstrates what this people can do. The parade of heavy armaments was a disturbing indication of where the aging leadership wants to channel it.”


Kjetil Tronvoll is professor of peace and conflict studies and Research Director of International Studies at Bjørknes University College, Oslo. 

“Universal national service may be a good policy to foster national cohesion. However it must be implemented with accountability, so the program will not be misused by officers (exploiting the recruits for their own services), or by politicians (using it to fan enemy images or conflicts).

 “Several research studies show that the main driver of flight from Eritrea has been the endless National Service programme. The youth of Eritrea do not foresee any future in the country as they have to dedicate too many years of their lives for a policy they do not support, on cost of obtaining an education, getting a job, and establishing a family. Hence, as the policy is implemented in Eritrea over the last 18 years, it si counterproductive to development, as the able-bodied population is fleeing the country, instead of being a productive force for development.

 “The emphasis on the Silver Jubilee this week, I do not think deviates too much from how this has been celebrated earlier years. President Isaias is always present on these occasions, and military parades are always displayed. Yes, such celebrations and parading of military assets are of course also a display of power. President Isaias wants to show to TPLF and the region that he still is a force they need to reckon with (although the actual military strength of the country is seriously weakened due to the flight of service personnel). I do not think it should be interpreted as a direct military threat to Tigray - the Eritrean generals know that they cannot win over the Ethiopian forces. (And the conspiracy theory that Isaias and Abiy will crush Tigray militarily together is a conspiracy theory I do not subscribe to.)

The Silver Jubilee celebrations should thus be analyzed within the normal parameters of «official Eritrean nationalism»; which do emphasize national service, sacrifice, and military prowess.”


Michela Wrong, author of "I Didn't Do It For You: How the World Used and Abused a small African Nation." 

"This would have been an ideal opportunity for President Isaias to signal to an impatient, frustrated public that Sawa has fulfilled its purpose and that the new era in regional politics, in particular the one-year-old peace deal signed with neighbouring Ethiopia, mean Eritrea no longer needs to remain on a permanent war footing. We know that open-ended military service is one of the key factors in the flood of young Eritreans tragically abandoning the country. Since the famous handshake between Abiy and Isaias, Eritreans have been on tenterhooks, waiting for the government to unveil a new policy on national conscription which would finally free the nation's youth. The message this parade spells out, instead, is unashamedly hardline: "Nothing has changed," the regime is saying, "Business as usual". That may impress Eritrea's allies and neighbours, but coinciding as it does with the renewed closure of the country's border points and no progress on demarcation, it represents a desperate disappointment for Eritreans who had every right to believe they were finally going to harvest the fruits of peace."

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ዋጭ ዋጭ አቢልናያ ምድሪ:: now I assure that What happened that the tip of the iceberg military showcases brought all the paid bloggers and wanna be journalists and analysts to the front. Ow they know Eritrea means a nation cannot mess with. Period!!

This is funny and to call them Hippocrates to say the least

When this boys doing it okay but when Eritreans celebrities Sawwa “silver Jubilee “ once in 25 years brought all the soon to be dead Hippocrates to the forefront I know they shocked and surprised by the false narratives they were trying to stick.. the military intact and youth still defending Eritrea in mass...

Here is the nation militery show case no one dare to say about

I suggest Eritrea to do this every year. seems work..
አይበልናንዶ ... አበልናዶዬ

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ዋጭ ዋጭ አቢልናያ ምድሪ:: ...
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Fandiya,
You should listen to this educated man and find out
"milushin besemash gebeya balweTash"

https://amharic.voanews.com/a/4616141.h ... o758CLerGU

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ዲጂታል ወንድሜ አዋሽ በትክክል እንዳስቀመጠው፡ ፈረንጆች የአፍሪቃ ቀንድ ሰላምና መረጋጋት የሚረጋገጠው ታላቋ ትግራይ ነፃነትዋ ካገኘት ብቻ ነው ብለው ስለሚያምኑ፡ የዲጂታል ወያኔን ትግል ግቡ እንዲመታ እያደረጉት ያለ የሞራል፡ የማቴሪያልና፡ የፕሮፓጋንዳ ድጋፍ በጣም ከፍ ያለ ነው። ለዚህም ነው ቆራጡ ዲጂታል ወያኔ ወንድሜ አዋሽ ".. ያለ ፈረንጅ ተሳትፎ የዲጂታል ወያኔ ትግል ግብ አይመታም!!".. ብሎ የፃፈው። ትክክል ብሏል።

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Ugum shabk aka deqi medhin berad,
It's official: North Korea of Africa

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ጉሬዛ,
Is that your family portrait?

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ዘመናዊ ኵናት ብዘመናዊ ሰራዊት

ብ-ህዝባዊ መንግስተኣብ

ዓርቢ 2 ነሓሰ 2019

ኤርትራ፡ ልዑል ጂኦ-ስትራተጅያዊ ኣገዳስነትን ተጠማቲን ኣቀማምጣ ሒዛ ትርከብ። እዚ ጂኦግራፍያዊ ኣቀማምጥኣ ከኣ፡ ምረቓን መርገምን’ዩ። መርገም ዝገበሮ፡ ኣዒንቲ ወረርቲ፡ እምብራጦርያውያን፡ ገበትቲን ሓሳዳትን እናሰሓበ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንኣማኢት ዓመታት ሩፍታ ረኺቡ ቤቱ ክሃንጽን መነባብርኡ ከመሓይሽን ሰላም ከሊእዎ ምጽንሑ’ዩ። ምረቓ ዝገብሮ፡ ብግቡእ እንተመዝሚዝናዮን እንተኣመሓዲርናዮን፡ ኤርትራ ሓንቲ ካብ’ተን ህዝበን ዝለዓለ ደረጃ መነባብሮ ዝነብሩ ሃብታማት ህዝብታት ክኸውን ሓቀኛ ተኽእሎ ዘለዎ ምዃኑ’ዩ። ይኹን ግን፡ እቲ ምረቓ ውሕስነት ክህልዎን ክዉን ክኸውንን እንተዀይኑ፡ ብዘይቃል-ዓለም፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኩሉ ግዜ ንኵናት ድሉው ክኸውን ኣለዎ። ምኽንያቱ፡ በቲ ቀዳማይ ዝተጠቕሰ ረቛሒ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኩሉ ግዜ ነባሪ ስግኣት (Existential Threat) ስለዘለዎ።

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንዅናት ኣይምነን። ሳላ ስልጡን ባህሉን ታሪኹን ከኣ፡ ኣብ መንጎ ሃገራትን ህዝብታትን ዘጋጥም ጸገማት ብሰለማዊ ዘተ ክፈትሕ ዝብገስ ምበር፡ “በትረይ ሃቡኒ!” ብምባል ናብ ጃህራን ታህዲድን ዝጐዪን ነገር ዝጽሕትርን ህዝቢ ኣይኰነን። ግን፡ “ሰላም እንተደሊኻ፡ ንኵናት ድሉው ኩን።” ዝብል ብሂል ሊቃውንቲ ኵናትን-ሰላምን ኣሎ። ንኵናት ድሉው ምዃን ኵናት ምድላይ ኣይኰነን፤ እኳ ደኣ ንተኽእሎታት ኵናት ምጕዳል’ዩ።

ኣብ’ዚ ዓለም ብቴክኖሎጂ ትውንጨፈሉ ዘላ እዋን፡ ወተሃደራዊ ዕጥቂ ሰራዊት’ውን ብዘመናዊ ቴክኖሎጂ ተሰንዩ ዝስራሕን ዘመናዊ ፍልጠት ዘድልዮን ኰይኑ ይርከብ። ስለዚ’ምበኣር፡ ዘመናዊ ኵናት ንምግጣም፡ ዘመናዊ ሰራዊት ምህናጽ የድሊ። ዘመናዊ ኵናት፡ ውሁድ ስርሒታት ሓይልታት ምድሪ፡ ልዕሊን ትሕቲን ባሕሪን ኣየርን ዘጠቓልል ኰይኑ፡ ኣብ ሓደ እዋን ብታንክታትን ነፈርቲን፡ ናይ መሬትን ሰማይን ሚሳይላት፡ ዘመናዊ መራኸቢታትን ብሳተላይታት ዝተደገፈ ዕላማ ናይ ምንጻር ፍልጠትን፡ መዳፍዕን ሓይልታት ምድሪን ውሁድ መጥቃዕታት ምውሳድ ዝሓቍፍ ኣዝዩ ምዕቡል ጸወታ’ዩ ኰይኑ ዘሎ። መራሕቲ ሰራዊት፡ ካብ’ቲ ዝለዓለ ክሳብ’ቲ ዝተሓተ፡ ናይ ዘመናዊ ኵናት ፍልጠት ዝዓጠቑን ዘመናዊ ቴክኖሎጂ ዝመለኹን፡ ኣብ ማእከላይ ዕድመ ዝርከቡን ምሉእ ኣካላዊ ብቕዓትን ልዑል ንቕሓትን ዝውንኑን ክዀኑ ይግባእ።

እዚ ሎሚ ኣብ ጽንብል መበል 25 ዓመት ምምስራት ሳዋን ምጅማር ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎትን መመረቕታ መበል 32 ዙርያ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎትን ዝረኣናዮ ሰልፊ ሰራዊት፡ ነቲ ኤርትራ ዘመናዊ ኵናት ብብቕዓት ንምግጣም ዘመናዊ ሰራዊት ንምህናጽ እተካይዶ ዘላ ጻዕሪ ዘርኢ’ዩ። እቲ ቀንዲ ትሕዝቶኡን መልእኽቱን ከኣ ንሱ’ዩ ነይሩ። ምኽንያቱ፡ ብዕድመ ንኣሽቱን ኣብ ማእከላይ ዕድመ ዝርከቡን ኣባላት ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ቀንዲ ትርግታ ልቢ መካናይዝድ ኣሃዱታት፡ ሓይሊ ባሕሪ፡ ሓይሊ ኣየር፡ ኮማንዶን ኣጋር ሓይልታትን ኰይኖም ምህላዎም ብግብሪ ዝምስክር ብምንባሩ። ብርግጽ፡ ዘመናዊ ሰራዊት ንምህናጽ ብዙሕ ዝግበር ነገር ይተርፈና ምህላዉ ኣየካትዕን። እቲ ጕዕዞ ግን ተጀሚሩ ኣሎ። እቲ መስርሕ፡ ካብ’ቲ ንሰራዊትና ዝተራቐቐን ዘመናዊን ኣጽዋር ምድሪ፡ ሰማይ፡ ባሕሪን መራኸቢታትን ምዕጣቕ፡ ክሳብ ገምጋማዊ ደረጃ ዕድመ ሰራዊትና ምውራድን ዘመናዊ ፍልጠት ዘመናዊ ኵናት ምጽናዕን ዘመናዊ ኵናት ንምምራሕ ልዑል ብቕዓት ምውናንን ዝኸይድ’ዩ። ምህናጽ ዘመናዊ ሰራዊት ንበይኑ ተነጺሉ ዝኸይድ ኣይኰነን። ዘመናዊ ናይ ስነ-ፍልጠትን ቴክኖሎጂን ሃገራዊ ዓቕሚ፡ ዘመናዊ ኢንዱስትሪን ሕርሻን፡ እቶም ቀንዲ ኣዕኑድ ንህጸት ዘመናዊ ሰራዊት ዝጸሩ ብምዃኖም፡ እቲ ብድሆ ገዚፍ’ዩ። ይኹን ግን ሃገራዊ መሳርዕና እናጸገንና፡ ውርጹጽ ፖለቲካውን ቁጠባዊን ማሕበራዊን ፖሊሲታት እናነደፍናን እናተግበርናን፡ ትካላትናን ትካላዊ ኣሰራርሓናን እናሓየልና፡ ስጡም ዝምድና ህግደፍን ህዝብን ሰራዊትናን ህዝብናን እናዀላዕና እንተኼድና፡ ክንበጽሖን ከነረጋግጾን ዘይንኽእል ባህጊ የልቦን።

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