The Lost Words of Yohannes IV and Abiy Ahmed!
In December 1888, Yohannes IV, the emperor of Abyssinia wrote an unusual letter to his Mahdist rivals in…
Ismael Ibraheem Al-Mukhtar9 min read
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Yosief’s Messages From the Underground
It is only a narrow-minded or embittered man who can harbor evil thoughts about ordinary people because they…
Burhan Ali10 min read
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Undercurrents of the Eritrean-Tigrai Relation
The contemporary sociopolitical history of Ethiopia, Tigray, and Eritrea is informed by two undercurrents that appear to impact…
Beyan Negash9 min read
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Eritrea’s Bittersweet Memory of A 30-Year Struggle
Eritrea has bittersweet memory of a 30-year struggle that was eked out by the botched 30-years of Governance. In 1935,…
Beyan Negash6 min read
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Eritrea: It is left to us!
Seasonal river In words worth describing the on/off modes of our Eritrean opposition activities in its quest for…
Burhan Ali8 min read
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Eritreans’ Hopefulness & Tigrayans’ Romanticizing HiwHat (ምቁንጃው ህውሓት)
[Correction: we apologize for the technical mistake on the wrong Byline, it’s not Awate Team. The author is actually Beyan…
Beyan Negash7 min read
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Government in Exile: Eritrean Integrative Discourse
Over the last three decades Eritreans have tried to unify themselves by creating alliances or creating a new…
Amanuel ‘Aman’ Yitbarek8 min read
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ERITREA: WHAT IN A NAME
A self-contemplation that was circulating for some-time in my head was brought to surface when the curious touche-à-tout…
Haile S.8 min read
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Eritrean Government in Exile: A Possible Third School of Thought
The emergence of literary national identity, Transcendentalism can be an instructive model as Eritreans are grappling toward the…
Beyan Negash12 min read
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Tragic Tales Of Eritrean Families: Mohammed Said Abdella
Yesterday, March 26, 2021, we received a shocking news. Milkias Mehreteab Yohannes, one of the best writers awate.com ever…
Milkias Mehreteab Yohannes11 min read
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On the 50th Anniversary of a Founding Father, Hajj Sulieman Ahmed Omar!
On a typical quiet day in Asmara, hours before the sunset, a group of men came to our…
Ismael Ibraheem Al-Mukhtar11 min read
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Eritrea: A Classic African dictator took over (Book Review)
Book Reviewer: Chefena Hailemariam Bjork, Christina. 2019. Eritrea: A Classic African dictator took over. Themes, Stockholm. ISBN 978-91-985588-0-7…
Chefena Hailemariam5 min read
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Eritrean Refugees: Fifty Years of Injustice
[Editor’s note: This content was first published on Feb 15, 2017.] The Eritrean refugee’s story is a difficult…
Fanti Ghana6 min read
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A Miserable Country Goes to War with Itself
Say what you will about outgoing president Trump, and despite the messenger, there are many countries in the…
Semere Andom (iSem)6 min read
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Eritrea’s Socio-Politics of Slash and Burn
Back in 1990, The New York Times had an opinion piece titled, “The Politics of Slash and Burn”.…
Beyan Negash8 min read
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The Debate Over Arabic Language in Eritrea!
Orally told stories relate a conversation that took place in the first parliament in Eritrea in the 1950s.…
Ismael Ibraheem Al-Mukhtar12 min read
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Mesfin Hagos Should Resign From His Political Party
[This is part 3 of 3 in a series under the title of “Can Mesfin Hagos Lead Under a Banner…
Beyan Negash11 min read
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Mesfin Hagos: Before the Egg Hatches
This is part 2 of 3 series under the title of “Can Mesfin Hagos Lead Under a Banner of “One…
Beyan Negash9 min read
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መሰል ንኽትሓትት ነጢፍካ ግቡእ ንምትግባር…
(እዚ ጽሑፍ ዕላማኡ ንኣስተንትኖ’ዩ’ሞ መዓዲ፡ ገሳጺ፡ ምናልባት’ውን ከም ገለ ክብል መሃሪ እንተ መሲሉ ሰኣን ኣኻእሎ ጥራይ’ዩ።) ነቶም እንተስ…
ኣብርሃም ተስፋልኡል7 min read
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Can Mesfin Hagos Lead Under a Banner of “One Country, One Destiny”?
It has become a cliché to say the Internet has changed many facets of our lives, and the…
Beyan Negash9 min read
