Isaias Afwerki: Africa's Kim Jong Un?
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- Explore Eritrea's tumultuous journey to independence, the rise of its long-time leader Isaias Afwerki, and the nation's ongoing struggles with repression and migration in this in-depth historical analysis.
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Power still out from hurricane berryl. Power low. But I’m a sophisticated man, I see a new warographics video. I click. Battery power be damned.
You must be Texan, since you are giving zero fks! 😂😂 From England, I hope you’re all holding up well at your end with minimal casualties. 🏴❤️🇺🇸
Stay safe. What did you do in the navy?
Damn it str8 to hell brother 😂😂😂😂 u got ya priorities aligned Simon comes first 🤣
Hope you're well and fine as well as your dear ones !
Tbh I didn't even know there had been a hurricane. And we're in the year of B's already ? :o
Sorry my fellow Texan. I live in Fulshear, we got our power back on at 6pm yesterday. I hear even banks are closed (haven't left my house yet) out there. Stay strong, Center point says about 1.5+ mil still without power in our general area.
As youtuber or journalist you should ask what is the main reason behind all this. As you say when the emperor of
Ethiopia annex Eritrea by force, all the super powers they were quite, but when Kuwait is invaded by Sadam they defended Kuwait. Double standard. Border war with Ethiopia, Badme awarded to Eritrea, the government in Ethiopia (dominated by
tigrians) refused to accept the final and binding decision of international court for twenty years, the super powers were quite. Double standard. Unless you are strong enough it is not easy to survive in this unfair world. So Isaias is not a dictator, he is strong man.
Isaias's pfdj is mainly a puppet of Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. At times those masters has disposed him from puppetry but he keeps changing masters to survive. Isaias is the cheapest servant to buy affordable even for rogue terrorists. That is the truth!
I think you should let people who actually live in the country comment 😂
It doesn't matter what the excuses but the country need fare election and freedom of citizens.....I think u missed how the people are living in the hell under his rule... why are the people of eritrea fleeing the country..is it forced by ethiopia regime or Western countries... I don't think so. u just trying to deceive the truth caused by your dictator......how can u say he is not a dictator.......he is not represented by people. He just took over the power and ruled the country for 33 years without election ....no sense bariya
@@yohannese.1164 You didn't mention what happened right after the final and binding decision following the Algiers Agreement.
Really
Kim Jong-un: "I am the most oppressive dictator in the world!"
Isaias Afwerki: "Hold my tej."
I could be wrong (might be a different African country). But I think Eritrea sent officers to NK to get tips and training on suppressing the population.
I know that Equatorial Guinea sent members of the dictators family to NK. One of them stayed, she preferred it there - which says something about things at home
*Turkmenistan has entered the chat*
You are wrong, eritrea have never done that, they dont even have any contact with north korea matter of fact they have really good relation with south korea since independence
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Eritrea is not for sale.
nobody wants to buy it anyway
How can it be for sale, all you guys are leaving? Eritreans don't even want to buy it.
Agree. haters will always hate. Eritrea is not for sale
It's already sold😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Eritrea 🇪🇷 is not for sale.
If you tour around the world, the most winners cyclists are Eritrean.
Isaias Afewerki is an hero African.
Xbuku gerki sister nezom gebeti hasewti natom zeygebru isaias aforki hero
100% yes
Gunufat hgdef
ብዕራይ!🤔🤔
ሃገር ምልእቲ ብቢንያም ግርማይ ክትልውጣ : ደንቆሮ ካልኣይ ክፍሊ ትምህርቲ ጀምር
how could a father be called a hero when you yourself can't appreciate him from the most comfortable place called home..you yourself are enjoying life in western countries not Eritrea for God sake 🙏..... please be true to yourself just yourself...50k Eritreans are languishing in Uganda alone and you in West...be honest to yourself just yourself...I know deep down you are saying they are right but you can't bring yourself to admit the truth and yet you are suffering deep down for I too was in your position for a very long time till I came out from my cave...
I've started to notice a political pattern
If a party/country has an adjective in its name, it comes nowhere near realising those adjectives
100% right
exactly!
The official name of Eritrea is "The state of Eritrea"
No adjectives. I like it
Grand -- gop
Great -- maga
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If you want to hear from Eritrean perspective,
1. The reason none stop military service, is because Ethiopia didn't leave Eritrea land from the Badme War 1998 until 2018, which is 21 years of Eritrea land under Ethiopian occupation and it was called no war no peace, and that also the reason why Isaias been ruling the country becouse he but Eritrea under emergency state since 1998 and since the forginer didn't leave out Eritrean land he didn't remove it!
2, The reason he have bad relations with west becouse for 16 years the US and western countries sanctioned Eritrea and they lifted up for one year but then they added sanctions again and isaias said that enough and went to Allie himself with sanctioned countries like Russia and the reason the sanctions they put aginst Eritrea becouse Eritrea stoped being democratic state.
what do i think of this as Eritrean thier things a like and i don't like about our government but i certainly don't like the west especially USA because of their sanction there is no economic movement it stoped trade with other counties and development, which force people to move out off our country.
We know you, bro. We know the democracy of Western countries. Democracy is only there in heaven. We will not sell our nation. WE ARE PROUD TO BE ERITREAN.
@user-iq1rd2yu3h so why are you living in the West again? Why not go back to no democracy instead of living in the wests fake democracy as you claim? Why?
ok if you truly truly believe what you wrote why don't you go to where true democracy is..what are you doing here in western world..yes, you love your country but you can't feed your family in your country but then the west gave you a chance to better yourself and also allow you to take good care of your family and your relatives back home and yet you are complaining about not experiencing true democracy here in the USA...way good..please please go home to Eritrea tomorrow and pray from there for another chance to get back here again for I you wouldn't last more than three months and then you will ask for someone to help you survive...please please be true to your self for at the moment you are lying to your self and your family for your family wouldn't survive if you are not here in the USA...again when you go to bed this evening ask the deepest questions and truly be honest to your self...ask if you go home tomorrow how long you will survive and ask you decide to stay in Eritrea for good 👍 be brave and take action if you believe what you utter here...but I doubt for you are not brave enough to do what you feel deeply..
I am Eritrean , well said. He denailing the truth.@@mannieberhanu3469
What a mighty and fearsome depiction of a lion on the flag at 10:28
They were rushing to overthrow the emperor, they didn't have time to receive soviet artists apparently
@@TheAussie800 totally missed that thanks what a flag haha
It’s still on AddisAbaba Ambessa buses.
It looks like a comedy genre anime lion getting surprised/horrified by something. The eyes😂😂😂.
I don't know what sort of lion I was expecting to see, but it wasn't that.
It's incredible how SOME NEVER seem to learn! let's see! It's remarkable how Eritrea 🇪🇷 STILL STANDING, despite enduring decades of unjust accusations and sanctions, has not only survived but thrived against Western pressures. The resilience of Eritrea in navigating through these challenges speaks volumes about its strength and determination. Furthermore, in recent times, Eritrea's perseverance has been recognized and supported by various nations like Egypt 🇪🇬, Russia 🇷🇺, China 🇨🇳, and Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, underscoring a shift in global acknowledgment of its sacrifices and contributions. This ongoing solidarity serves as a testament to Eritrea's enduring spirit in the face of adversity.
Eritrea has been destroyed by essais and his goons. 😢
I'm Eritrean, what This gay is talking all wrong.
1. Dictator Isaias is a CIA Agent.
2.with Billions Dollars from America he holds power in Eritrea, Ethippia, Djubuty, South Sudan and Sudan. All over Horn Africa he has recruited around 2 million Soldiers all financed by America.
3. Since he came to power he craeted many wars all over in Horn Afrik and he killed millions of people.
4. Like this gay here, millions of Journalisten make propaganda for Isais all remoted by the CIA via media central agency.
5. He has killed or expelled 90% of the Eritrean People all financed ba the CIA and America.
Hell, with a friends list like that, who needs enemies 😂
😂😂what a joker
good and thank you very much. In politics you can go lost in deteils. The conclusion can give you better insight, like
This.
Do you know Isaias,?
Isaias is the one Who killed or expelled 90% of the Eritrean People. Ask yourself where are you now. Where are the others??
Politics is not easy. Read here:
Isaias Afeworki has been conispiring with Weyane against the Eritrean people since 1975 until now 2024. As you know Isaias is still a CIA Agent. All remoted CIA Agents and propogandist who help Isaias to keep power represent Weyane as the enemy of Isaias
inorder to hide and manipulate the fact that Isias Afeworki and
Weyane have been working together to kill and expell the Eritrean people out of Eritrea and empitize Eritrea. Weyane has not only expelled Eritreans out of Ethiopia but also refused to help the Eritrean people to fight and overthrow Isaias Afeworki out of Power.
And this is the truth. What is the aim of Weyan and Isaias Afeworki. They implemented artificial hunger and poverty in Eritrea and artificial permanent war between ERITREA and Weyane-Ethiopia to kill and expell the Eritrean people and empitize Eritrea. Finaly they wish to create greater Tigray after the extintion of the Eritrean People. And this is the truth.
Big up to biniam girmay putting this nation on his back in the Tour de France this year
Now with a hat trick under his belt!
Don’t believe this video it’s lies about my country
20 years of war from 1998-2018 that was why the national service was long.
Use your own mind not Issayas's.
Are you serious? Let’s say you're right. What about after 2018? Don't be trapped by the dictators' excuses.
You have that kind of understanding, you should stay there and fight. You ran away and you telling us because of the war. Don’t be the dictator’s puppet .
@@politics9714you, use your own mind and be critical reader to know the real history of eritrea, and how it was betrayed by usa and Ethiopia for more than 80 years
You dumb
Who can define what democracy is? West has its own definition and we Eritreans has our own democracy system. Please don’t compare the western world with Africa. Eritrean President is the best and smart president that he knows that the western hegemony. We proud Eritrean. Love PIA.
Isais afewerki is our hero and Eritrea 🇪🇷 is not for sale
May be on your blind eyes. We know what does dictator means in your dictionary. If it's bad for you ,he is good for his country. Then this means a dictator in your dictionary.
"You either die a hero, or you live long enoughto see yourself become the villan" is the most true description of Iseias Afewerki.
Bit cliche
He doesn't see himself as the villain though :D
God reveals himself in man, and his country.
😮
I aspire to be like him. Revolutionary hero into absolute dictator
We Eritreans love our leadership special Issiais Aforki, he build our national integrity and unity, but people like you want to disturb our unity and cultural events. Now at this time our son Biniam Girmay is shining in tour de france and you don't want our country name to be called and known by the rest of the world. But when ever you want to hide the fact God will always reveal it, so whether you like or not the lovely country will be erupted like volcanic eruption to the world. So don't west your time to disseminate false information which is not good to your media outlet
Living under the colonial boot after you ran off from home, what a joke
Nothing says "The People's Front For Democracy and Justice" like being the only political party in an oppressive dictatorship. Also, I was genuinely shocked when Simon said that Eritrea has less press freedoms than North Korea, I didn't know such a thing was possible.
…how do you get worse than North Korea in terms of Press Freedom?
The latter is not true. In North Korea, simply consuming foreign media is a criminal offence and in Eritrea international news is broadcast in every café. Simon has never been to Eritrea.
@@chrislorin9837 bump. I wanna know how
Reminds me of the Antifags and blm here in the usa. all the power of the courts, yet still bitch.
It is possible ! Eritrea is one example unfortunately !
Howdy everybody! Have a wonderful day!
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I had to like this comment simply for using the word howdy
Suck it.
Nice to see someone spreading something other than hate
@@bandit5875 thank you. Appreciated
We Eritreans got our independence through our blood and sweat. No one person or group or country gave us our independence, Africa is changing enough to enough with your propaganda , stop interfering in African politics or tell our leaders how to government our countries, Eritrea is only country that is self sufficient with free education, free medical care and debt free, despite the unjust sanctions placed on us, The people leave the country for economic reasons not because they hate the country or the leaders so stop misleading and misinforming the world. We are resilient people, Long live Essays Afelorky, peace to Eritrea, we will prevail
Why are so many Eritreans fleeing to the west? Eritrea can't be that great, otherwise we wouldn't see them pouring into the US, UK, and EU. They will be sent back!
Isaias Afwerki*
Eritrea, often described as the “North Korea of Africa,” has never had a national election; there is no free press and citizens are not allowed to leave without an exit visa issued by the government.
Shortly after Ali Abdu fled Eritrea, his 87-year-old father, Abdu Ahmed Younis, was arrested and put in prison for five years. He died months after his release, according to Younis.
It was not the first time he was detained by authorities. A 2004 Amnesty International report stated that the elder Younis was held in late 2001 for attempting to mediate between dissidents and the President.
Ali Abdu’s younger brother Hassen Abdu Ahmed was also detained at the Sembel prison, where visitation rights are allowed, Younis said.
The country does not have legal opposition parties and Afewerki does not permit national elections, establishing a one-party state .
You call him a dictator we call hin HERO!
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Who is we? 😂 Donkoro doesn't have internet, jobs or free speech but loves him?
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
😂😂😂@@NatE1
Stupid is as stupid does
@ 10:47 Just a quick correction: In 1991, it wasn't that the Ethiopian government withdrew from Eritrea. The Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) actually defeated the Ethiopian army and took control of Eritrea, effectively liberating the country. The EPLF's victory marked the end of a long and brutal war for Eritrean independence. ✊🏽🇪🇷📚
Eritrea is a sovereign nation; it has never been part of " The Never colonized Ethiopia". Your content about Eritrea and Ethiopia doesn't seem to help explain the causes and the unfolded consequences. In a world of double standards and biases, puppet leaders are counted as democratic no matter what. Eritrea is a beacon of hope for all fellow Africans.
So why are Eritreans running away to other African countries instead of staying home?
@@STS-u1r They leave their country because of prolonged wars, and unjust sanctions. Please go deeper and learn who is motivating the wars and sanctions and you will find out who to blame.
By the way the only country in E.Africa has peace and stability Eritrea 🇪🇷 you can’t find one homeless person but in your country US every state we have seen by own eyes please focus on your country
Because all 🇪🇷n are not in Eritrea
@@mussietn1966 really? 🤣🤣🤣
Its not about PIA, its about the people of Eritrea! 🇪🇷 we have the rights to live independently. But US and its puppets crippled our life. Lets wait some time Will not be long !
Isaias's pfdj is mainly a puppet of Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. At times those masters has disposed him from puppetry but he keeps changing masters to survive. Isaias is the cheapest servant to buy affordable even for rogue terrorists. That is the truth!
If you choose ignorance be sure that ignorance will always choose you.
@@politics9714Don't interfere in Eritrean issues.
You are ignorant
Bro went beyond villainy and is on another level💀
If you want to hear from Eritrean perspective,
1. The reason none stop military service, is because Ethiopia didn't leave Eritrea land from the Badme War 1998 until 2018, which is 21 years of Eritrea land under Ethiopian occupation and it was called no war no peace, and that also the reason why Isaias been ruling the country becouse he but Eritrea under emergency state since 1998 and since the forginer didn't leave out Eritrean land he didn't remove it!
2, The reason he have bad relations with west becouse for 16 years the US and western countries sanctioned Eritrea and they lifted up for one year but then they added sanctions again and isaias said that enough and went to Allie himself with sanctioned countries like Russia and the reason the sanctions they put aginst Eritrea becouse Eritrea stoped being democratic state.
what do i think of this as Eritrean thier things a like and i don't like about our government but i certainly don't like the west especially USA because of their sanction there is no economic movement it stoped trade with other counties and development, which force people to move out off our country.
@heavent883 speaking as an Ethiopian with Eritrean friends who heard their first-hand account from Eritrea, he has made life utterly miserable. Eritrean people deserve better and not see their country become a police state they have to escape from in the millions
@@nearly_epic the only reasen the Eritreans are moving out because of economic reason, and do to sanctions by the west, even if he is gone noting will change as long as they the sanctions are not gone, that why Eritrean don't remove him they know noting will change except eritrea going into to civi war, we are not stupid
We Eritreans are not puppets for Western countries or other nations. We don't beg and sell our nation to our comfort. Our economy doesn't depend on Western or chinese charities. We have problems, but we are proud to be Eritreans also.
Isaias's pfdj is mainly a puppet of Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. At times those masters has disposed him from puppetry but he keeps changing masters to survive. Isaias is the cheapest servant to buy affordable even for rogue terrorists. That is the truth! And which economy are you referring as our economy?😂 Even Derg era economy was much better and Isaiyas destroyed it.
U right bro
@samuelsamuel8377 Indeed this Racists Evel UA-camr is Pro Ethiopia, claims and predictes the possibility of war with Ethiopia any time due to Redsea.
@@semereberhane6807 are you sure that you're not a puppet..are you sure?..look I used to say exactly what you are saying but then I went home to Eritrea and realized we are more than a puppet..infact beggars if you want the truth..if not why not stay home in Eritrea do the true work we have to do to make sure the next generations are not beggars like me and you...true to be hold if we were what we preach to ourselves and others we should have made the sacrifice to better our lives and the lives of Eritreans at our cost but the truth is that we love ourselves to the point we beg the west to accommodate us so that we can take care of our beloved people of Eritrea from the west
@mannieberhanu3469 you misunderstood my comment. I said that we don't rely on foreign aids and that's 100% fact. We have problems within our society, and I completely understand and mention it also. I am residing outside my country because I can't have the opportunities I want, and it's not a sin. People were migrating since Abrham and Sarah in the Bible. But 100% we are not puppets of US or other countries. We have a hardworking society and you can travel to East Africa and see by yourself. All the business and investments in South Sudan, Uganda, Angola, and so on.
Isseyas Afworki is the king of Africa 🇪🇷💪🇪🇷💪🇪🇷💪🇪🇷💪
100%YES 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🙏💯🐪
You and your kids are refugge.
Isaias's pfdj is mainly a puppet of Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. At times those masters has disposed him from puppetry but he keeps changing masters to survive. Isaias is the cheapest servant to buy affordable even for rogue terrorists. That is the truth!
😂😂😂😂 🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂
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If you want to face the truth, believe that he is the first of the most conscious leaders in the world. This is the leader who told us about the life you are living now 30 years ago
And why did you run away from the most conscious leader in the world? Why not go live under his amazing rule?
Well why don't U go & live there?
Go live there 😂
You hypocrite go and live there then 😂
😂😂😂 Isaias's pfdj is mainly a puppet of Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. At times those masters has disposed him from puppetry but he keeps changing masters to survive. Isaias is the cheapest servant to buy affordable even for rogue terrorists. That is the truth!
In our Eritrean perspective, he is NATIONAL HERO. Period!
Sell out
@@traveltoeritrea7557 in your perspective. Don't speak for the majority.
Do not include me in your comment "our". I am not tyrant supporter.
No one buy your cheap little machine
Biographics is back
I used to know this Eritrean girl who worked a bar in Barcelona, and who at a youngish age had left to the US. She was lovely and a lot of fun to talk to, but one time I asked her about Eritrea and whether she missed it, and she completely flipped moods and spoke with complete venom of the country. You could tell she absolutely despised Afwerki (although she didn't mention him by name, just "the leaders"), and thought that the war to become independent was completely pointless, as it left them and the country in an even worse situation than before, which caused so many to leave. Never brought up the subject again with her after that.
2:20 - Chapter 1 - Eritrea , a background
5:50 - Chapter 2 - Isaias afwerki
10:00 - Chapter 3 - The hero of eritrean independence
15:10 - Chapter 4 - Life under afwerki
19:50 - Chapter 5 - Eritrea's future , a risky game
15:10 JENOVA
Eritreans future is bright- Bini, Bini- we will win every game.
Bini rides bicycles. What that got to do with the down fall of Eritrea under the dictatorship of essais afwerki. Wake up
I'm Eritrean, what This gay is talking all wrong.
1. Dictator Isaias is a CIA Agent.
2.with Billions Dollars from America he holds power in Eritrea, Ethippia, Djubuty, South Sudan and Sudan. All over Horn Africa he has recruited around 2 million Soldiers all financed by America.
3. Since he came to power he craeted many wars all over in Horn Afrik and he killed millions of people.
4. Like this gay here, millions of Journalisten make propaganda for Isais all remoted by the CIA via media central agency.
5. He has killed or expelled 90% of the Eritrean People all financed ba the CIA and America.
Perfect audio. Idk why your Situation Room videos are so poor audio. Because Simon is sitting down? Have you tried brining the mic closer?
It can't be helped, because he has to record those in a different room
Now I can see where ur coming from. Exactly repeating ethiopian rehortic . Very funny, really.
Looks like Eritrea is doing something good. Otherwise, it wouldn't be on ur radar!
Why do u care?
What is the good that it is doing, just curious?
@@STS-u1r just wait and see. Even if anyone tells you, you won't get it.
@@zakhakim7257 Interesting, we have been waiting for over 30 years.
@@STS-u1r 30 years isn't too much to wait for nation building. Especially if you are just waiting for someone to do it for you.
Excellent observation wawwww I like your comment. That is the reason of this narrative.
He don't care about Eritrean people his care is about destabilizing the region.
For anybody confused how the Soviet could have assisted Ethiopia in its 1997 war against Somalia: the actual year was 1977
massive aid, they literally brought Ethiopia back to life from the brink of collapse. Heavy Weapons and soldiers
And Zoomalia was supported by US, UK, FRANCE and all the wester country's AKA NATO
@@ibrahimhassan711And Zoomalia was supported by US, UK, FRANCE and all the wester country's AKA NATO
For the mighty algorithm gods 🍻
This is insane. I have seen this video 3 times and the history flow is good until the speaker twisted the most important part of the history. After the independence, All the problems came and started in 1998 when the Ethiopian regime announced war against Eritrea. I don’t understand Why do you choose not to say something about this 3 stages of war that cost those countries their hope to development. This is the main reason that makes Eritrea poor and the national service extended for over 18 months and undefined just to protect the country from a big country next to it. With the help of UN Ethiopia couldn’t agree to the binding Algers agreement between those 2 countries.
You have been missing so most important moments that shapes this country to where it is now. But remember if Afewerki was a bad leader the people should throw him over as we see in every other countries.
You should read more articles about Eritrea and deep stories before you make this kind of videos please.
You are right 🎉🎉🎉❤❤ most yotuber they don't want speak about eritrean
I cannot understand why Eritreans want to deny the fact that the main reason for our situation is the leader himself. People are in fear not to fight hin
@@searis3624 yea we won't forget the warming up to Ethiopia and sanctioning Eritrea while Ethiopia invaded and occupied our lands for more than two decades. two decades of travesty of justice culminated in more sanctions towards us and more funding and supporting our aggressors despite trampling international law and order.
AU, EU and UN looked away despite being the guarantors of Algiers peace treaty.
History stands witness to the unfair treatment and collusion of western nations in denying peace a chance and emboldening Ethiopia to continue to occupy our sovereign lands.
@@searis3624 you are so ignorant how is that the leaders are the problem? Just because they said you are not touch Eritrea. Are u normal??? God your kind of ppl are problem to this country. Read research open your eye.. God 🙄
Eritrea should have not left.
I appreciate the attempt to make this video but there are some glaring mistakes. Ill just mention the obvious one that the man at the 7:03 mark is NOT Isaias Afwerki 😂
Be honest, that was the only mistake there was in the video.
@senaisimon5802 he called Badme, Bad-way multiple times.
He suggested that the TPLF and Eritrean government should have been natural allies based on ethnicity in 2020 which should have prevented the war. They haven't been anywhere close to allies for over 25 years and the idea that they should be allies because parts of Eritrea are ethnically similar to Tigray is wishful thinking and excludes the various geopolitical and historical issues in the region.
My point is if you're going to make a video about this kind of topic, you should be buttoned up and crisp on your understanding of the situation. Everybody knows the situation in Eritrea is not great.
@@RealTalk2000 Leaving pronunciation aside, his analysis of the situation was spot on. If you listen to the build up of the recent conflict, he begins by mentioning that Ethiopians were upset with the ruling Tigray government, which was a point of ethic conflict. As an outsider watching the events, anyone would assume that ethic peoples side with each other in conflict. It isn't unreasonable for someone to place emphasis that the people fighting are from the same ethic group. It would make news if Kurds in Turkey and Iraq started fighting each other or if Armenians in Armenia and Iran went to war.
@STS-u1r I hear you and agree that this surface level analysis would be valuable for outsiders. With that said there are multiple instances of people from similar ethnic groups fighting (see Somali, Sudan and even Russia/East Ukraine and spots in the Middle East).
Again, my point is if you're an outsider attempting to paint a picture of what is going on within another country, these mistakes/gaffes hurt the message, even if the message is generally "correct".
The 1st time he showed Sebhat Ephraim and called him Isaias was a small gaffe but he did it again at the 7:03. At that point, I had to question if this video is serious or not.
@@RealTalk2000 I'm not saying similar ethnic groups fighting each other, but ethic groups fighting each other in an ethic conflict.
If we are going to be honest, the HOA is worse than the Game of Thrones, he's right to be confused.
This my favorite channel in the Simon multiverse
I prefer the term “Simonverse,” but I think most people have settled on “Wistlerverse”
You marvel nerds gotta stop with this “multiverse” crap. It’s getting lame 🤡
All what he said is all false
@@ryannarcisse lmao ….you the only clown I see. why you mad cause I used “multiverse”? No one even thinking about marvel…go cry somewhere 🌽🏀
I've never been this early to anything!
Except that one time, prematurely early.
It’s not true Ethiopia don’t need access to the port they wanted to own it and Ethiopia didn’t exchange badme to the port Badme is decided by UN to give to Eritrea 🇪🇷
Actually, the EEBC-Hague REITERATED that Badme was Eritrea's. Big difference. Then PM M. Zenawi knew that, but that war, backed and pushed by the US, was just to reverse Eritrea's independence and create a vassal state, install a puppet so they could steal our resources and control Eritrea's part of the Red Sea!
I see you everywhere. ... Fascinating.
I was there a couple of years after independence and there seemed to be a high level of optimism with a lot of expats coming back and investing in the country. Shame that it’s fallen since then.
Only after the dictatorship comes to a halt !
I visited Eritrea last year- did not see a single homeless person. They are doing much better than filthy inner cities of USA.
@@yayatore3962that’s because the regime arrests homeless people and puts them in camps. Basically sweeps the problem under the rug
@@yayatore3962😂 I like Issayas but truth is that shabiya failed that nation period.
@@amourgagnetoujoursmaybe if you know each detail about that country you’re not going to say that Shabiya is trying to keep that country still stand with the help of the people there you know how many times try to fail that country Ethiopia or western
Thank you, Warographics, for disclosing the truth.
Ahh some of the old music came back &i ❤it
PROUD TO BE ERITREAN
One of my favorite thing is watching videos like this and connecting the dots in real life. Visited Kampala, Uganda for the first time this week and the number of Eritrean people in the capital is astounding. I guess I now know why! Kudos Warographics!
I really hope Isaias resigns and Eritrea becomes free.
@@Zeyede_Seyum Freed from Ethiopia? Btw he is Ethiopian(Gojame) don't forget. We Ethiopian will reclaim Qafar back to their people. You should thank Somalia for those helps. Asab is Ethiopia.
@et_matrix Dream all you life time, my friend from neighbor country, you will be land locked all your lifetime and my be divided into 3-6 countries soon
@@et_matrixthe Eritrean Afar are waiting for you and they’ll show you what Eritrean Afar means good luck
Don't trust the media
@@GG-lh2ywConflict with Ethiopia means our whole country would be involved for the war. But we only have ourselves to blame for not dividing Ethiopia and annexing her territory when we had the opportunity to do so.
Woldemariam Bahlibi -- kidnapped by the Eritrean regime from Kassala, Sudan, on 22 April 1992, together with his colleague Teklebrhan Gebretsadick (Wedi Bashai). Both were Executive Committee members of the Eritrean Liberation Front, ELF-RC, an opposition group calling for democratic change in Eritrea
Teklebrhan Gebretsadick (Wedi Bashai) -- kidnapped by the Eritrean regime from Kassala, Sudan, on 22 April 1992, together with his colleague Woldemariam Bahlibi. Both were Executive Committee members of the Eritrean Liberation Front, ELF-RC, an opposition group calling for democratic change in Eritrea.
isaias afowerki is king of king
For the mighty algorithm gods
Abune Antonios, a confined Eritrean Orthodox Church patriarch and the longest-serving prisoner of conscience in the Horn of Africa, died on February 9 at the age of 94.
He was still serving detention in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, after his arrest in 2006 just two years after his installation as the third patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church. For 16 years, he was kept in solitary confinement under the orders of the country’s authoritarian leader, President Isaias Afwerki, for his resistance to government interference in the ancient church.
True analysis..thanks.
You are the best!!! Thank you for sharing this with the world!!!
How do you paid the mimc your lies 🤑
this is propaganda man
I've been waiting for you to do a video on Eritrea for a while as I feel like not that many people know about it
Well they won’t by this debunked video. 😂
@@rozinamisghina2565who debunked it? i’d like to watch that vid
@@cwj2733 let me rephrase easily debunkable , I’m not a video gropher/editor. debunked was more of a statement…. I wouldn’t doubt one would come out soon or later, at this point, it’s almost pointless.. there are actually videos of Eritrea everywhere, that already debunked smilar videos , this videos is just a copy cat.
Why do people need to know about it?
@@rozinamisghina2565 what’s easily debunkable then? you still haven’t iterated which points in this vid are false.
Love this channel! Thanks for all the great content!
You're absolutely right! I'm Eritrean, and I used to be a supporter of the cruel dictator, Isaias Afwerki, until Abiy Ahmed came to power. Unfortunately, I recently realized that everything Isaias stands for is a sham. Although I haven't yet distanced myself from his party and its supporters, I'm openly urging them to hold the dictator accountable for his actions. It's disheartening to see some of his supporters lashing out at your comments, blinded by their admiration for him, despite his unscrupulous actions.
My grandparents were Italian expats in Asmara with my Father being born in Eritrea in 1942. Your discussion of the timeline doesn’t seem to fit with my family’s historical narrative. Not trying to say it’s wrong, but that I’m super curious to learn more about that part of history. I mean, my dad was a baby, so it’s not like he has first hand memories 🤣 It’s really hard to find anything about it as an American.
I am Eritrean . Born and raised in Eritrea. Left the country in 2010 at 20. Everything he said in this video is totally true ! I love my country, i should have denied everything just to try to give it a good image. However, thats the truth!
Might just be a mistake on one end or the other. Had a form in my grandfathers PIF where he was engaged in a kamikaze attack against his ship in 1844. Sometimes we just get records that are wrong.
Or, all the numbers are right, and they were still there afterwards.
Could be any number of things. But, if you're an American, I'd suggest checking the National Archives.
catalog.archives.gov/
Looking around I found my grandfathers entire service in WW2, the entire military careers on ancestors in the Civil War, and some immigration paperwork from when my family originally came over during the Revolution. Might find some info there.
The narrator is simply a mercenary. With no knowledge of the region and history.
You are from Tigrai. You can't be Eritrean. Big difference.
😂 I hate to say That he is narrating the worst part of out history at least we had some how better history at the time Italian colony plus we get free education and health care which is not found in other countries but he never mentioned the recent conflicts..
Self sufficiency is the parliament, the president, the People... no pretend "Democracy", as is the plague of most african nations; including neibouring Ethiopia - democracy? Total cahos!
Sudan emploding!!
The only peaceful country in that region where you hardly see law enforcement agents or soldiers in the streets. A nation that assures it citizens of their right to a comprehensive health and education for all.
It comes with sucrifices! Eritreans are many folds tested to trust on only self and Patrie.
Check its long history.
Yessss 1000 times
A succinct analysis of a complex nation in an ever more complicated region. I only wish it had wrap it with what would be the exit strategy for the man & for the Eritrean predicament. After all, the man is 78 and the regime he shephered with iron fist is unlikely to survive for long without him!
You are wrong. We Eritreans are all Isaias
It is sad that Eritrean had to fight Ethiopian for 30 years to be independent and are fighting the last 30 years to be independent from the West. This is a situation from the frying pan to the fire because it's harder to win the West. Best of luck to Eritrean. Ethiopian speaking who has respect and love to 🇪🇷
My lecturer migrated out right after Eritrea's independance. He hasnt gone back since
And your point is?
20:16 ". . . Ethiopian independence.."😁😁😁
man there is no such thing as Ethiopian independence.
Ethiopia was colonized by Italy right before WW2 for a short period so there is Ethiopian independence.
@@yousufaman1738 Please differentiate between colonization and occupation.
@@condoaddis you like to use it for your country as an occupation when Italy took over but when we Eritreans say the same about Ethiopia’s occupation on our lands from 1952 till 1991. You are no different than the white man trying to use words to manipulate and twist things around.
@@yousufaman1738 in order to declare a region colony u need to have total administrative control & total control of local politic. the italians had none of them they couldn't administrate the rural area which are the largest part of ethiopia compared to cities, northen shewa & eastern gojjam were specially notorious, belay zeleke was appointing governers in gojjam who were more powerful and had more authority that italian appointed governers the patroit local politics was also total chaos as local grivances b/n them result in them fighting each other when they were not fighting italians and finaly ethiopian occupation is similar to the frecnh, polish, yugoslavian and greek occupation literally as they share similar patterns
Well said and analized.
On May 23rd, 2004, Eritrean authorities arrested two pastors from the Full Gospel Church in Eritrea: Dr. Kiflu Gebremeskel and Pastor Haile Nayzgi. The arrests were made in response to a government ban instituted in 2002 against all but four of the country's religious communities. Throughout 2004, arrests continued against pastors of the banned organization, which consisted of between 120 and 150 home church congregations at the time. Pastor Meron Gebreselasie was arrested in June 2004. Then in November of that year, Dr. Futsum Gebrenegus, Dr. Tekleab Mengisteab and Rev. Gebremedhin Gebregiorgis were also detained.
21:18 I'm an Addis Ababa University student, and this is very true. All our professors, doctors, lecturers and instructors blame the TPLF for losing the access to the sea, siting that assab was Ethiopia's and that half of Eritrea's coastlines belong to the Afar people who live mostly in Ethiopia.
Every class turns into a politics and history class with grievances against the TPLF
Edit: every stupid person here is assuming that I'm considering my university teachers as true and right. I'm reflecting their thoughts to show you that indeed, what said in 21:18 is true, as many Ethiopian elders blame the TPLF.
My personal ideas are not present here
I am a student at the University of Asmara, and I say it's false. You guys are always talking nonsense. God simply created you landlocked. Neither TDF nor Afar gives access. And do you know there are also Afars who live in Eritrea?
Every country will teach you whatever is in favor of their interests. The U.S will not tell you how they took the land from the natives and so on and so forth with every country. You know how the saying goes the winner writes the history but whatever the case may be yall lost.
@@tekk7298 we aren't taught this by the university, but suddenly old professors start to say "when we were young..." so what I'm saying is not in our official courses
Tplf had nothing to do with it. At the time we were allies. We trained and armed Tplf and helped them capture Addis Ababa and in exchange they didn’t interfere with Eritreas independence. Btw 99% of eritreans voted for independence.
@@Omer1996E.C I did not try to assume but by saying “our professors, doctors and lecturers” you sure did make it seem like it was a part of your history classes but regardless of that I would like to ask you what do you think Eritrean elder citizens will preach about the history of Eritrea/Assab, if you think it is “Assab is rightfully Ethiopia’s” let me tell you are wrong. I would like to also point out that after the Algiers agreement Eritrea wasn’t the one trespassing the border agreement but Ethiopia. Let’s be frank do you think Assab is the key reason to Ethiopia not being stable at the moment? I feel like it should first and foremost solve the problems within its own borders.
What I heard plu blublublu blu I’m paid to bad naming to people I don’t know so 🤯🤯🤯🤯
There's one part that stood out: deserters families will be punished. But if no Census was ever taken, how would anyone know? I feel like that line is even darker than it seems, as unless they actually do have good records of the people, the first step is finding out.
We have the best ledger isaias afwerki we love him all eritrean people
Not all
I am Eritrean, but I do not like killers like your Lord. He is evil
The postive thing about ertriea is binyam girmay who just became the first black man to win Tour de france
Don't trust this journalist, I am from Eritrea all What he said is 98% fabrication of false information that want to Blake mail Eritrea. I wish to see and visit first hand.
Don't trust this journalist, I am from Eritrea all What he said is 98% fabrication of false information that want to Blake mail Eritrea. I wish to see and visit first hand.
Essayas speaks Tigre, Arabic, English, and Tigrina. HE REPRESENTS THE ERITREAN SOUL.
Boring because someone who live in Europe or USA can’t tell us how our freedom fighter for life, charismatic, and visionary leader, his excellency Mr. president Issayas Afeworki
#PresidentIsaiasAfewerki doing. We the Eritreans have moral values to tell how our freedom fighter for life, charismatic, and visionary leader, his excellency Mr. president Issayas Afeworki
#PresidentIsaiasAfewerki doing not privileged from the West.
Cool video! But tigre is actually Keren,Massawa and Ginda too
This video is just pure good old visual politik. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
video on haile selassie?
Yes, that's a Biographics video.
The journalists arrested between 21 and 23 September 2001 are Dawit Isaak, Seyoum Tsehaye, Dawit Habtemichael, Mattewos Habteab, ...
Like this videos makes me love my country Eritrea 🇪🇷 will live forever! We stay strong 💪🏽
The quote fits very well for Ethiopias Haile Selassie. He was a true symbol of resistance to fascism before and during the 2nd world war, but by the end of his reign he implemented terrible policies trying to assimilate the Eritreans into Ethiopia which was honestly what started the EPLF's brutal independence war and subsequent tyranny.
Please read the History before u say 1977 War was that Somalia wanted to annex part of Ethiopia.
Please frist read about the Ogaden region history and how they Ethiopia took it!
Mercenary. Clueless analyst.
@@tesfaiasbu6694do you know what a mercenary is? Calm your nationalism.
Was that not what the war was about? Are you trying to argue that Somalia didn’t want to annex the Ogaden?
@@Tom-2142 The Ogaden rightly belongs to Somalia, annexation is the wrong word, the correct term would be reunification. Over 90% of the Ogadens inhabitants are ethnic Somalis who were separated from their kin by an artificial colonial border. It is not a natural border. Ethnic Somalis have lived in those lands for centuries, To reiterate the correct term is reunification not annexation.
Annexation implies a land grab for territory that doesn't historically belong to you and is illegitimate in nature, for example, the annexation of Hawaii by the USA in 1898. That isn't what Somalia attempted to do. It was far more legitimate in basis, more like an attempt at something like the Italian reunification of 1871 (Risorgimento) or the Spanish Reconquista of 1492.
I can't think of a more moral reason to conduct warfare than for the reunification of a people. There is no better justification, they will likely attempt it again once they rebuild their military. They are a people nationalism comes easy to.
@@ibrahimhassan711 Well meaning of words aside, the Ethiopian kingdom has Ogaden within its borders before the Italians invaded, and when the British kicked the Italians out of the Horn of Africa in ww2, they restored Ethiopia under its pre war borders, it’s not as if the British had taken Ogaden from Italian Somalia is it?
Besides how is Somalia going to get it back? It doesn’t even fully control its own borders and its states have a lot more autonomy than a central government should allow.
Not to mention the population imbalance between Ethiopia and Somalia, the very weak Somali economy, lack of military or even much civilian industry in Somalia compared to Ethiopia which has a domestic military industry.
Somalia cannot produce its own weapons and so must buy them from abroad, but if it wants to launch a war against Ethiopia, with what money would it buy the necessary massive quantities of ammunition, weapons etc?
President Isaias Afwerki, Eritrean HERO, thank you for your selfless services. Eritreans love you, whatever haters write. We are used to these FAKE reportings!!!
Right or wrong My nation 🇪🇷!
Eritrea Stands Strong: Resilience Beyond Sanctions 🌍
Eritrea is among the three African countries (alongside Libya and Botswana) that have never sought loans from the IMF. While Libya faced turmoil after Gaddafi's removal, Eritrea has withstood sophisticated sanctions imposed by the UN, USA, and EU without succumbing to external pressure.
The countries that accepted these loans often face economic instability and internal division. Eritrea's resilience in such a volatile region is a testament to its untold stories of perseverance and strength.
refugee propaganda
Thank you for speaking the truth Rose 🙌
@@KINGKING-pi9wu Western media sheep
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@@setsunatenma9467 bot is the one who agrees with western media bullshit.
This video was better than I expected. You described the situation under Eritrean gov and the w/rs Ethiopia waged on Eritrea. But why do you use such title, and reduce Eritrea to Afwerki. When u talk about Eritrean politics and history generally.
@@EritreanPost it's about a brutal dictator.
One party
One state TV
No parliament
No internet
No budget
Good and very true job.
Colonialism is today's thing to blame for African dictators. But would Eritrea be any *worse* without colonialism?
Colonialism is inherently dictatorial so
Those clips are before Eritrea gained independence-debunked comment-
Videos from the independent Eritrea 2024
ua-cam.com/video/7Jsnd3DTDJ0/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared at the time this video came out , which is the tour the France.
Eritrea 🇪🇷 is in tune, ua-cam.com/video/7Jsnd3DTDJ0/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Debunked videos, are also what the people will champion to do as well .
When people try to tell our story for their interest , we’ll be there to debunk as well.
🪽🌎new world
@@calebbean1384 no its not
Eh, it's hard to say... Colonialism sets up extractive institutions against the marginalized, no doubt. However, inclusive economic and political institutions heavily depend on pre-colonial outlook on institutions.
Prior to colonialism, Eritrea was divided into different polities: Some were an Islamic vassal state of notables to the Ottomans (Habesh Eyalet), others being centralized Christian kingdoms (Hamassien). Based on what I read so far in Lords of the Red Sea by D'Auvray, it looks like they were pretty extractive, especially the Christian polities that were similar to the Ethiopian Empire in political structure: feudal, absolutist, and militarized extractive institutions. Those polities weren't united either, at least from what I understood.
Its good to note that Ethiopia was never colonized, yet still had these characteristics that squandered it's chances of becoming a developed nation, despite it's strong history of centralization. Maybe it ends up being similar?
It's also hard to see Eritrea ever uniting into the nation that it is today without one common enemy that created artificial borders, and another common enemy that helped solidify those borders by annexing it and subsequently committing some nasty atrocities.
EDIT: I must note two things. Firstly, polities in the region we now know of today as Eritrea we're not static. They were subject to change. Secondly, in an alternate timeline where that region is never colonized by the Italians and is united into a nation parallel to Eritrea, it would be very difficult for that administration to destroy institutions of old and create new institutions that would turn out successful. There's only two nations I know of that did this: Turkey and Botswana. It's rare, very rare.
@@DavidGidey A couple of disagreements:
-Inclusive economic and political institutions didn't exist in the majority of African polities (very few, expect the Tigrinya in "Hamassien", had a direct form of voting. However, you will be hard press to find one that included women, making them by definition extractive)
-Prior to colonialism, ALL of Africa was divided into different polities. However, the Christian polities that you speak of in "Hamassien" (Modern Day Eritrea) practiced a form of direct democracy, including written by laws and penalties that were followed. This was in complete contrast to the political structure of Feudal Ethiopia. The form of self government was inclusive to members of villages, often times sharing land within a village between families and preventing land ownership to outsiders.
-Although Ethiopia was not colonized it's formation as a nation happened in conjunction with the creation of the political entity of Eritrea. Menelik, our the father of modern day Ethiopia, created the borders through his expansion of the south, southwest and west, he never ruled over Eritrea or present day Eritrean land. He claimed Yohannes' kingdom after his death, but what is failed to be remembered is that the "Hamassien" was paying often in open conflict with Yohannes. It was a conquered land, never indigenous to the Tigray feudal order.
Beyond that, the historic and demographic realties are actually different. Eritrea has more of a harmonious ethic relationship without the historical grievous that Ethiopia harbors. Lets not forget, Hadiya, Welega, Oromo, Harar, and Wolaita are all conquered land and all have a claim to some type of independence. Eritrea on the other hand doesn't have that issue, once their replace their awful government, they have a inclusive economic and political institutions to build on. Ethiopia is an empire, extractive in nature and can not stop.
20 years of war and no peace what do you think we go back
We have a lot of common people with Sudan more than tigray. We spoke same language doesn't mean we are the same people. America and Canada the same in everything, but different countries.
Unfortunately, Nayzgi and Gebremeskel, the pastors who were the focus of the email, were not among those who were released. The two pastors were part of the Full Gospel Church in Eritrea before the government closed most of the evangelical churches in the country in 2002.
Many churches went underground, but the government hunted down those Christians and arrested them, imprisoning them indefinitely without even charging them with a crime. Hundreds of Christians, who are still being held, never had a trial.
"They've never had a lawyer. They don't know how long they'll be in prison. There is no prison sentence. They just disappeared into the Eritrean prison system," VOM radio host Todd Nettleton
We r Proud of our country and leaders 🇪🇷🇪🇷💪💪
Because you don't know, you have no mind at all. you're as empty as a can.
We? who is we?
Am not proud! I am ashamed that's some Eritreans like you worship him when he plays with your land money.. and more jails than school
Eritrea the best country of Africa
If it was the best, you would live there my friend.
You are refugge
Are you joking 😂😂😂
What 😂😂😂😂🎉
@@peacetotheworld1737Eritrea don't accept any aid like other African countries from USA and western countries that's why they put sanctions on Eritrea for 2 decades,
Great as usual.
Definitely need a video on Turkmenistan’s crazy ruler
He has on his channel called Places.
Search for "Turkmenistan; the world's wackiest president," or something very close to that 💜
Edit; Found it, it's called --
Turkmenistan; the worlds wackiest dictatorship.
Eritrea is a Singapore of Africa. Long live great leader president isayas afeworki.
😂😂😂
You must be joking 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 How you visited Singapore. I don't think so
"Let them write fictions... the Eritrean people have never being led astray by lies and deception."
-- Isaias Afwerki
Man had his dictator game in point
Simon...the pic u have 7:02 mark isn't Isayas...it's Sebhat Ephrem...
Nice job keeping up with the pace bro!