Sami gk

Former medical techniques, an IT man
& I love my country 🇪🇷 a lot !

[Sami gk @Samigk17]

35th Birthday of Homeland 🇪🇷
Happy Independence to all Eri🇪🇷 people

[Ministry of Information, Eritrea @shabait]

ኣባል ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ - ብጹእ ኣቡነ ጴጥሮስ ብሕማም ዓሪፎም።

ኣባል ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተ-ክርስትያን ኤርትራን ሊቀ ጳጳስ ሃገረ ስብከት ማእከልን ብጹእ ኣቡነ ጴጥሮስ፡ ሎሚ 20 ለካቲት ኣብ መበል 86 ዓመት ዕድመኦም ብሕማም ዓሪፎም።

በዚ መሰረት፡ ወግዓዊ ስነ-ስርዓት ሓዘንን ምንባር ክታምን፡ ሎሚ ዓርቢን ጽባሕ ቀዳምን ኣብ ማእከላይ ቤት-ጽሕፈት መንበረ ፓትሪያርክ ክፍጸም’ዩ።

ወግዓዊ ጸሎተ ፍትሓትን ቅዳሴን፡ ሰንበት ሰዓት 8፡00 ንግሆ ኣብ ርእሰ ኣድባራት ደብረጽዮን ቅድስቲ ማርያም ኣስመራ ምስ ተፈጸመ፡ ስነ-ስርዓት ቀብሮም ኣብ ገዳም ቅድስተ ድንግል ማርያም ደብረሲና ልክዕ ፍርቂ መዓልቲ ክፍጸም’ዩ።

ኣባል ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተ-ክርስትያን ኤርትራን ሊቀ ጳጳስ ሃገረ ስብከት ማእከልን ብጹእ ኣቡነ ጴጥሮስ፡ 80 ዓመት ካብ ዕድመኦም ኣብ መንፈሳዊ ኣገልግሎት ዘሕለፉ ኣቦ’ዮም።

ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተ-ክርስትያን ኤርትራ፡ ብዕረፍቲ ብጹእ ኣቡነ ጴጥሮስ ዝተሰመዖ ዓሚቚ ሓዘን ይገልጽ። #Eritrea

[Ministry of Information, Eritrea @shabait]

Abune Petros, Member of the Holy Synod, Passes Away

Abune Petros, a member of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Tewahdo Church of #Eritrea, passed away today, 20 February, due to illness at the age of 86.

A book of condolence has been opened at the Office of the Patriarch for today and tomorrow. A prayer ceremony will be held on Sunday morning at Saint Mary Church in Asmara, followed by the funeral service at Debre Sina Monastery at midday.

Abune Petros, who served as a member of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Tewahdo Church of Eritrea and as Archbishop of the Central Region, dedicated 80 years of his life to spiritual service in the Church.

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Tewahdo Church of Eritrea expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Abune Petros.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Potemkin Party's propaganda machine is on overdrive mode particularly these days to churn out a deluge of disinformation against Eritrea on a daily basis.

The menu/themes broached revolve around the same stale topics: revision of Eritrea's ancient, medieval & modern history to hoodwink public opinion and thereby "legitimize" the regime's illicit agenda of "sovereign access to the sea"; re-packaging of its reckless and adventurist agenda in the mantle of "self-defense"; distortion of Eritrea's normative diplomatic and economic cooperation ties in the wider neighborhood as "conspiracies" against Ethiopia; and disparaging of Eritrea's governance architecture and unparalleled social/national cohesion in its wholesale campaign of demonization... etc.

But while the themes remain the same, the new element in its latest disinformation spree is using official platforms - Foreign Policy Institute; Ethiopian Broadcast Corporation etc. - in lieu of unofficial mouthpieces (Horn Review; notorious lobbyists' and trolls ) that were the principal vehicles in the past.

1. First off, it will be pointless to waste time on mythology and manufactured narratives in as far as Eritrea's ancient, medieval and modern history are concerned. For serious students of history, there is indeed expansive literature based on rigorous archeological findings and interpretations on the Kingdom of Punt (from 1500 - 500 B.C.) that encompassed parts of modern Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti, and extending toward Egypt); and the Adulis Civilization (300 B.C. - 700 A.D.) which predates and was latter concurrent, with sporadic linkages, to the Axumite Kingdom (300 - 700 A.D.). Historical reading of medieval and modern periods likewise illustrate that Ethiopia's meaningful presence in the Red Sea were confined to the unlawful Federation and Annexation periods that came about through the denial of Eritrea's right to decolonization. As such, there is no historical, legal, security or commercial rationale for its reckless and illicit of agenda of "sovereign access to the sea".
2. In this perspective, the Potemkin Party's new-found ploy to accuse Eritrea of "perennial subversion" stems from its transparent desire to change tack so as to rationalize its war agenda as "an act of self-defense". Indeed, official statements issued on the 25th Anniversary of the Algiers Agreement by the UN, the European Union, and several other countries have unequivocally reiterated the foundational principle of full respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations as the normative parameter of international relations. PP's nominal change of tone and tactics is evidently designed to circumvent this explicit and unambivalent position.
3. The Potemkin Party is further feigning annoyance on speculative cooperation and port development agreements that Eritrea "has reportedly" reached with Egypt, Saudi Arabia etc. In the first place, Eritrea's cooperation policies with prospective partners from the region and the wider world are based on cardinal principles of symmetry and mutual interest. And as it is the case with other countries, they stem from, and are predicated on, its own prerogatives and national interest considerations. Eritrea's positive and constructive stance on the cooperation of the littoral States of the Red Sea in order to enhance the safety and security of this important global maritime route is also well-known and in the public domain. As such, it cannot be misconstrued for nefarious political ends.
4. Eritrea has been and remains an oasis of national cohesion, peace and harmony that leverages ethnic and religious diversity as an asset rather than a liability for stoking perpetual tension and conflict among its constituent parts. The Potemkin Party, which is presiding over spiraling internal conflicts due to governance deficit, is not, and cannot be, in a position to disparage Eritrea on these and other accounts.
5. In a nutshell, it is the Potemkin Party's misguided policies that are at the root cause of the manufactured "crisis". As it is, the panacea does not lie in finger pointing at, or scapegoating, Eritrea; but in rectifying its reckless agenda of "sovereign access to the sea".

https://t.co/IKNPfp0qBL

[Sami gk @Samigk17]

A door is larger than a lock and a lock is larger than a key.  But the key a smallest of all has the power to unlock the entire house. So sometimes all we need is a small and  thoughtful solution that will solve our major problems.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Potemkin Party (PP) senior officials seem to have contracted a severe case of historical amnesia.

In a bizarre and rather amusing announcement to the "House of Representatives" this week, the PP's leader stated that "he had scoured every archive in Addis Abeba - the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cabinet minutes, and parliamentary records - yet found no official record or institutional decision how Ethiopia lost access to the Red Sea".

Hopefully, this debilitating disease is at its incipient or early phase.

* Indeed, only seven years ago, on 9 July 2018 and accompanied by senior officials of his regime including the then Foreign Minister and now Secretary General of IGAD, he had signed in Asmara the Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship between Eritrea and Ethiopia. The kernel and cardinal content of this Agreement revolved on the "implementation of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) decision", which affirmed Eritrea's internationally recognized boundary for more than a century in accordance with the Treaties of 1900, 1902 and 1908.

* In another moment of truth in those times, Ethiopia's Army Chief of Staff confessed that "he and his colleagues were embarrassed in May 1998 when the incumbent government publicly accused Eritrea of aggression while it was the Ethiopian army which actually unleashed the war in the first place ". Today, he seems to be infected by this collective amnesia as he tries to justify his incessant saber-rattling and agenda of war on spurious pretexts in contravention of international law and Eritrea's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

*Similarly, another PP General, Bacha Debele, confessed, three years ago, about the disastrous defeat that the Ethiopian army contingent had suffered - in his graphic words "ተጨፈጨፍን/we were completely annihilated " - on the Bure Front when it attempted to occupy Assab in June 2000. Apparently infected by the same historical amnesia, this retired General has joined the chorus to clamour for another cycle of irredentist war of aggression against Eritrea in order to occupy Assab.

The incipient, even if already severe, disease of collective amnesia that has gripped the tight circle of senior Potemkin Party officials will need proper therapy: History 101. Link below is the Introductory Chapter I.

The whole syllabus will of course consist of: the denial of Eritrea's right to decolonization in the 1940s; annexation and the armed struggle; all the way back to medieval and ancient history with objective archeological findings and interpretations.

*Warning: the disease may be incurable if it is a pure case of deliberate deception and/or reflexive/pathological lying.
https://t.co/u3297ObXt5

[Ghideon Musa @GhideonMusa]

ዘሕፍር ምርኢት ! ፈታዊ ነፍሱ (narcissist)

ትማሊ ምሸት ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ዝተራእየ ናይ ድሮን ምርኢት ብምሉኡ ኣብ ቻይና ዝተሰርሐን ካብ UAE ዝተኻረየን እዩ። እቶም ነቲ ትርኢት ዘርኣዩ ተክኒሻናት’ውን ካብኡ ዝመጹ እዮም። ነዚ ክራይ እዚ ብሚልዮናት $ ዝቑጸር ገንዘብ ተኸፊልዎ።
ኣብዚ ግዜ እዚ ናይ ሓከይምን መምህራንን ገንዘብ ጸገም እናገጠመ ኣብ ዘለዎ እዋን፣ እዚ ፈታዊ ነፍሱ ኣቢ ኣሕመድ ግን ብህዝቢ ኢትዮጵያ ይጻወት ኣሎ።
Via ግዱሳት ኢትዮጵያውያን

[Horn Perspectives @horn_outlook]

The crux of #Ethiopia’s Prime Minister’s address to Parliament on access to the sea was this: the issue of sea access is “existential.” To make his case, he suggested that unless the matter is resolved through dialogue “now,” bad things will happen if the people of Ethiopia get desperate.

Only a distorted mind would believe that countries in the Horn of Africa would conspire to starve Ethiopians—people with whom they share not just geography, but blood, culture, and history. #Eritrea certainly would not. Even during tense relations in 2002, Eritrea offered its ports to deliver aid to over 14 million Ethiopians facing drought. It was the TPLF-led government that refused—because of its twisted logic: “Ethiopian people can starve, but Eritrea must not benefit.” They again rejected UN proposals to use Eritrean ports during the 2016 drought. [https://t.co/teyjx4BRm4]

I’ve argued in the past—and still believe—that Ethiopia’s core problem isn’t access to the sea. It is the chronic mismanagement of its economy and of its national question that is fueling ongoing conflict, pushing millions into poverty, and marginalizing the majority, while enriching a parasitic capitalist elite that shifts with each regime but continues to suck the country’s blood dry. A striking example: over 60% of the Ethiopian birr circulates in Addis Ababa—a city of just 5 million—while the rest of the country remains cut off from basic financial services, with no opportunity to save, invest, or grow.

Secondly, compared to many landlocked countries that must transport goods across long and difficult routes to reach a port—often with limited options—Ethiopia is actually well positioned. It borders five countries, each with access to the sea. To imagine a complete cutoff of Ethiopians from the sea, one would have to believe that all five neighbouring countries would simultaneously and deliberately impose a blockade—a willful paranoia, and not how geopolitics works.

That aside, last year #Djibouti offered Ethiopia “100% management” of a harbor at Tadjoura. And eight months on, it is still waiting for Ethiopia’s response. You can’t plead desperation, and then turn your back when the lifeline is thrown. [https://t.co/Nndq7iIg8b]

Lastly, the Prime Minister’s claim that he only wants to “talk” is disingenuous. He has already raised the matter with all regional leaders on several occasions. All have made it clear they welcome Ethiopia’s use of their ports under mutually beneficial commercial arrangements—in a manner reflective of the fraternal ties between the peoples and their desire to live and prosper together. But they have also been unequivocal: they will not cede any territory, nor will they become accomplices in his reckless bid to redraw the map of the Horn. Thus, to keep asking the same question after hearing clear, firm responses resembles provocation more than genuine dialogue.

#Somalia, #Sudan

[𝐄𝐏𝐋𝐅 @Eritrea61_91]

Did you know that President Isaias Afewerki speaks 7 languages?

PIA👌🇪🇷

A smart leader who understands the geopolitical game well.😍

[Elham Ishmael ✍︎ @EIshmael_]

Any threat to #Eritrea is also a threat to #Somalia. #Shitopians should be prepared—thousands of #Somalis will stand against little Addis Ababa. It's best to put an end to the chaos you're trying to stir in the region.

[Dhr. Ducaale @shandarmood]

Are you aware of this fact?
During the 🇪🇷 war of independence, most of warmongering 🇪🇹's current top generals including Chief of staff were held as prisoners of war, but #PIA, who was in charge of the #EPLF, granted them amnesty & release on humanitarian grounds. #AWalkingPOW.

[Sami gk @Samigk17]

@alimo_philip 🇪🇷🇸🇪 Alexander Issack is the best

[Sami gk @Samigk17]

@elonmuskADO 9

[Sami gk @Samigk17]

@realTrumpNewsX Yes

[Sami gk @Samigk17]

@marvinmusk Open your eyes

[Sami gk @Samigk17]

@elonmuskADO B

[Sami gk @Samigk17]

@elonmuskADO Yes

[Amb. Sophia Tesfamariam @AmbStesfamariam]

@ytmn2 @DailyMailOffic "asylum seekers" were useful instruments 2 promote negative narratives about #Eritrea at international forums such as the @UN_HRC. @Refugees produced "eligibility guidelines" were leveraged by certain states 2 shape negative perceptions of #Eritrea. Chickens coming home to roost?

[Sami gk @Samigk17]

@elonmuskADO A, yes honestly

[Amanuel Biedemariam @Amanbiede]

The PR team at #EthiopianAirlines has gone mad. Instead of quietly resolving issues after Eritrea cut off their service, they've gone on the offensive. Only to attract attention to poor air, immigration services, theft, corruption & price gouging. Expose em for hurting #Africans

[Thomas C. Mountain @thomascmountain]

When "Pan Africanists" talk about Africa for the last 60 years without mentioning Eritrea its like talking about Latin America for the last 60 years without talking about Cuba? Why does this continue to be the case, anyone?