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The Mask Behind The Grab

‘Thank You’ to all the people who take their time to leave a few notes at the end of the

Eritrean Youth And Their Political Positions

These are my reflections on why some of the Eritrean youth are either supporters of the regime or politically indifferent.

Notes On The Historical Trajectory of Eritrean Nationalism

Eritrea—which was once an Italian colony, a British protectorate, and briefly an autonomous region before it was reduced to a

What Opposition!?

In the last couple of weeks, I wrote three full blown articles and every time I finished one, I keep

National Unity Existing Only As Virtual Reality

The question of national unity is of a paramount importance and to a great extent, the way it is resolved

Eritrea: Words and A Goat Brain

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” That is from

Eritrea’s Tyrant Reappears On TV After A 30-Day Absence

Thirty days to the day, Eritrea’s dictator Isaias Afwerki re-appeared on state TV to counter rumors that he is seriously

Help Refugees In Sinai: Sign Petition

Over the last few years, our youth has been subjected to cruel treatment at home and extortion, murder and destitution in

The Unusual Absence Of Isaias Afwerki

Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki has not made a public appearance since March 28, 2012 when he received the credentials of

2001-2011: Eritrea’s Wasted Decade

If Eritrea was a democratic republic and all the fronts, movements, groups were political parties, the Eritrean people would have

ልኡኽ ኤርትራዊ ሃገራዊ ባይቶ ንዲሞሲያዊ ለውጢ ምስ ናይ ኣመሪካ ወጻኢ ጉዳያት ተራኺቡ

መግለጺ ንጥፈታት ኤርትራዊ  ሃገራዊ  ባይቶ ንዲሞክራሲያዊ ለውጢ ብኣቶ ተወልደ ሃብተሚካኤል፡ ኣባል ፈጻሚት ሽማግለን፡ ብሓጂ ጀሚል ኣማንን ኣቶ ክፍለዝጊ ገብረመድህንን፡ ኣባላት ባይቶ፡ ዝምራሕ ልኡኽ ብሚያዝያ 16, 2012 ምስ ናይ መንግስቲ ኣመሪካ ናይ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሰበ-ስልጣናት ኣብ ዋሽንግቶን ዲሲ ተራኺቦም ሰፊሕ ዘተ ኣካይዶም። ብዛዕባ ሃገራዊ ባይቶን ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ንጥፈታትን ኣስፊሖም ዘትዮም። ኣብዚ እዋን’ዚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ትሕቲ […]

Quicksand!

Bear with me please! I think we are in quicksand and we need to cross a few steps before starting

Reshaping History: The Role Of Wild Cards

In his book, “Out of the Blue: How to Anticipate Big Future Surprises”, John Paterson defined wildcards as low probability

قبلنا أن نولد غرباء في زوايا الدنيا الأربعة

حوار : مصعب محمدعلى – صحيفة الوطن السودانية لفتت ماليليا بخيت القاصة والناقدة الاريترية الانتباه عبر كتباتها , مما حفز الكثير من النقاد للكتابة حول تجربتها الابداعية, خاصة وانها ظلت مشغولة في كتابتها بالقضايا الكونية مثل الحرب والابتعاد عن الوطن , فماليليا ولدت في بيروت ودرست في كلية الاداب قسم النقد , وطاب لها المقام […]

Unfiltered Notes: Rays Of Hope With EYSC’s Freedom Friday

It is refreshing to see EYSC’s (Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change) Freedom Friday initiative launched with the stated goal of

Nevsun’s Blood Stained Gold-Coins

In Salem, Massachusetts, they threw suspected witches into a lake: if they floated they were witches and if they drowned,

ዘመነ ኣሰለት የብቕዕ

“ኣስተውዕል መንእሰይ ኣለኵ በል ክስገር ኢዩ እዚ ዘመን ገበል”  ድምጻዊ ዮውሃንስ ትካቦ (ወዲ ትኳቦ) ቅድሚ ሓሙሽተ ዓመት ሙኳኑ’ዩ ምስ ድምጻዊ ዮውሃንስ ትኳቦ “ ይገርመና ኣሎ” ምስ ትብል ግጥመ-ዜሙኡ ቝሙቕ ዝበለ ስነ-ጥበባዊ ዕላል ኣካይድና ነይርና፡፡ ድሕሪኡ ዋላ ኣይተራኸብናን፡፡ ተጣፊኢና፡፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ “ ይገርመና ኣሎ” ስነ-ጥበባዊ ትንታነን ውልቓዊ ርእዩታተይ ከስፍር ከለዅ፡ ካብ ኣንባቢ ብዙሕ ኢ-መይል መጺኡኒ ነይሩ፡፡ […]

Nevsun And Its Eritrean Bisha Gold Mine: More class action lawsuits filed

Six more class action lawsuits have been filed against Nevsun Resources after Brent Cook, the editor of Exploration Insights, in

The Trade Of Defiance!

Thanks a lot to every good friend who took the time to throw in a few but very valuable words

Second Fundraising Report

Dear Friends of awate.com, In our second report we  would like to inform you that as April 5, 2012, you have donated a

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