Posted on March 24, 2022 by Awate Team in Pencil
Eritrea, the modern-day Gulag, locked physically and psychologically, where screaming is a whisper. The ears hear but so terrified, they fail to process what they hear. The eyes observe events secretly but pretend what they see is not real. It’s a country of silence where talking is risky, and costly. A hermetic state strictly guarded from the world and its nosy press, where people are made to believe what happens to them is a figment of imagination, an illusion constructed in tired minds that forgot their national duties. A hermetic state with no alternative information sources except for the fearful whisper. Where the only source of information is monopolized by the PFDJ government, the titleholder to the country that provides non-political information, on a need-to-know basis. There are no news-news on the press, television, radio, but only the lethal rumor mill released from the same source controlled by the no-government government.
As its neighbors (Sudan, and Ethiopia) go through unprecedented social, political, and economic upheaval and abundant information, in Eritrea, the only media which believes all information are anti-national security, there are only flowery propaganda, its version of information. Since many years ago, it didn’t mention the civil wars in Ethiopia or the unrest and chaos in Sudan, or any other escapade in which it’s involved. The exhibit follows–
For instance, on Tuesday the official website of the ministry of information provided the usual stable of kosher information: Two anniversary items of the struggle era; an aviation college graduation; commemoration of Down Syndrome Day; cycling news; and several announcements related to the ministry of health. It also carried a heading, “Eritrean Woman’s Story is all about the love of her Country.” Another slogan-like item had a title: “Gender Equality in and through Education.” Such are the daily doses that are fed to the people as a substitute for real information and news.
Meanwhile, some Sudanese opposition forces stated that the Military authorities have agreed to reinstate Abdalla Hamdouk, the ex-Prime minister of Sudan, fired last October by AL Burhan, together with his cabinet. AlSharq-AlAwsat, the Arabic Newspaper, reported Al Burhan reaffirmed his commitment to a democratic election after the transitional period. However, it said that AlBurhan wished all civil and political forces should agree on a prime minister and denied that a specific person has been identified as a future head of government. He also ruled out “the return of Hamdouk to the position which he left [was fired from] several months ago.”
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