[The following is chapter 20 from Saleh “Gadi” Johar’s book, “Of Kings and Bandits.” First republished on September 8, 2014 to commemorate the Battle Battle of Halhal which happened on September 6, 1968, on Dec, 17, 2020, the chapter was presented again on the authors YouTube channel in an abridged form as …
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The home of Eritrean Afar people, in the southern tip of Eritrea bordering the Red sea, Djibouti and Ethiopia, is going through calamities where the basic food has become scarce. The region is historically known as Dankalia though almost two-decades ago it was renamed the Southern Red Sea region by …
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On Monday, October 3, 1994, Arab news International published excerpts of an interview it carried out with Abdo Abdulla, the then secretary-general of the Eritrean Liberation Front–Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC). We are publishing it here to remind our readers about the issues in the early years after the independence of Eritrea. _________________ ARAB NEWS …
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Most of my stories are included in my book “Of Kings and Bandits” Today’s episode is more of a story aba Zarti, Qole, and my experience with it. Now let me say something to my readers who seem to be offended by my repeated mention of the term fascists”. They …
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[Rough transcript of the Negarit 50] First let’s see how we are divided economically. The sedentary, the nomad, and the people of the sea. Each has a different economic development and each has its peculiarities. I might talk about land in this context but now let’s stick to culture whose main …
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The above is a composite image, part of which appeared with an editorial by the Awate Team in 2014 while the second part is a propaganda image widely distributed over the last few days. In Eritrea and in other parts of the world, the PFDJ has been busy celebrating the 25th …
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Unedited notes for the Episode Byzantine was the Eastern part of the Roman empire–the capital city that was later named Constantinople, and again renamed Istanbul. 1700 years ago, Byzantine was so preoccupied with theological debates, mainly about the nature of Jesus Christ. Does he have one nature of two, or …
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[Apologies. You tube took long to process the upload and was not playing properly and we have to delete the video and upload it again. All comments, likes, dislikes were deleted with the deleted video. Now it’s fixed] ኣርዮስ፥ ኣቡነ ኣንቶንዮስ፣ ቛንቋ ክርስቶስኣርዮሰ መን ዩ ? ሓጺር መብርሂ ብዛዕባ:- 1) ሊብያዊ …
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THE ERITREAN WOMEN COALITION IN THE DIASPORA STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE ARBITRARY SEIZURE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OWNED HEALTH FACILITIES IN ERITREA The Eritrean Women Coalition strongly condemns the arbitrary seizure of the Catholic Church owned and run health facilities in Eritrea. As part of its broader efforts of dismantling institutions …
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Negarit 47:ኣቦታትካ ‘ለሊ – عرّف اسلافك – Identify your father
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Negarit 46: ሃቦብላ ኸምሲን Khumasin Dust storm رياح خماسين Only knowledgeable citizens can solve national problems. Ignorance breeds chaos and disarray. There is no clergy in Islam though over the ages, oppressors have created a class of clergy to help them tighten their grip on the people and secure their …
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Negarit 45: መሰረት ዘይብሉ ጉራን ቶጎግን – تفاخر على الفاضي
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this is a 2016 clip that was forgotten in some folder. we are so stingy to let it be forgotten forever. So, here it is…
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Negarit 44: ዒድ ሙባረክን ስድታትን – عيد مبارك وقليلي الادب – Happy Eid and the rascals
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Violation of May 24- ዝተኸትረ ግንቦት 24 – و24 مايو المغتصب
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Negarit 42: ሃይማኖታዊ ጥሩፍነት التطرف الديني Religious Extremism
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ደላሎ ፖለቲካ – سماسرة السياسة – Political NGO Dellala: Political NGOs We saw them off crossing the river We saw them off fly to the grey skies That didn’t (and will not) fall We saw them off… At the banks of the River Thames We saw them off… At the …
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Negarit 40: ከም ባቢሎንዶ ኴንና! !هل اصبحنا كالبابليين The Babylonians’ fate!
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Today we would like to appreciate friends of awate.com, particularly Angesom who personally took the initiative and started a fundraiser for awate.com by reaching out to his circle of friends. In less than a month Angesom’s drive collected over $1100! Angesom’s initiative proves that a dozen people taking the same …
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መሓመድ ምራነት ከም ኣብነት ሎሚ 14/4/2019 ብምኽንያት መዓልቲ እሱራት ኤርትራውያን ዝቀረበ ከፋል ሓጺር መሕተት ምስ ዓብዱልራሕማን መሓመድ ምራነት፥ ወዱ ንመሓመድ ምራንት ይርከቦ
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