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Eritrea is Suffering From Shortage of Water

Thirty-Five Years On, Asmara Still Struggles for Water Thirty-five years after independence, residents of Asmara continue to endure an acute water shortage. Many water pipelines and household faucets…

June 5, 2026 Gedab News Gedab News

ኣብ ም’ንቲ ም’ንታይ?

ቅድሚ ናብ ካልእ ስርሐይ ምኻደይ ክረኽቦ ዝደለኹ፡ በዲኡ ኤርትራዊ በብኡ ክኣ ሱዳናዊ ሓዱሽ ዓርከይ (ዕድሚኡ እኳ ካብ ኣቦይ ዝዓቢ እዩ) “ሎሚ ቁርሲ ካባይ እዩ። ኣብ ሓን’ቲ ናይ ሱዳናውያን…

June 4, 2026 awatestaff ትግርኛ

The Dead Now Require Airplane Tickets

A Tigrayit song, exile, and the geography of remembrance. The song found me on an ordinary evening. Outside my apartment window, traffic moved through the city in long ribbons…

June 4, 2026 Dr. Sadia Hassanen Articles

From the White House to the Stonehouse

I used to meet an animated, patriotic girl at a neighbor’s house where we gathered on weekends and special occasions. In 1985, just a few days after the…

June 3, 2026 Saleh "Gadi" Johar Negarit

Eritrea Celebrates — but Its President Is Somewhere Else

I. A Preface of Reluctance and Recognition For more than two decades, I avoided President Isaias Afwerki’s speeches. They were predictable, monotonous, and devoid of substance — exercises…

May 31, 2026 Semere T Habtemariam Perspective

How the Pledged Public Works

A Second Explanation for Readers Who Want the Mechanism, Not Just the Idea The public is not the audience of politics. It is the author of the conditions…

May 27, 2026 Filmon Wolde Articles