Year: 2018
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Awate Team’s Accolade to Yoel Lino and Fanus
Another effective broadcaster is on the rise. Another voice that doesn’t know fatigue is now gracing the pages of this website. Another voice of hope and defiance will keep echoing within the ranks of all people of goodwill. That voice belongs to Yoel Lino—a fully rounded, culturally literate, and intelligent person. Yoel Lino has a…
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ብሓደ ዜጋ ናብ ኢሳያስ ዝተጻሕፈት ደብዳበ
{እዚ ጽሑፍ ብ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝነብር ዜጋ ዝተጻሕፈ እዩ ፡ ምእንቲ ድሕንነቱ ስሙ ዓቂብናዮ አለና።} __ ናብ ዝኸበርካ ኢሳያስ ትጋግየኒ ትኸውን ዘይተለልየኒ፡ ግን እቲ ኣባይ ዘስዓብካዮ በሰላ ከምዘይርስዓካ ገይሩኒ። ካብ ንእስነተይ ጀሚረ፡ ዓበይቲ ኣሕዋተይ እናኣኽበርኩ ስለዝዓበኹ፡ ንኽብሮምን ንኽብሪ ባህልና ብምባል፡ ስምካ እናጸዋዕኩ መልእኽተይ በዛ ቅልዕቲ ደብዳበ ክልእከልካ ወሲነ። ትፈልጥ’ዶ? እቶም ኣብ ትሕቲ ፍጹም መግዛእቲ ዝሳቐዩ…
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Reflecting on Eritrean International Women’s Day
Saying that Colonialism changed the trajectory of the world history for the worst is to state the obvious. But, historicizing and contextualizing in order to understand the process by which it “essentialised, totalized, and dichotomized” (see Spivak’s work on this) the societies it subjugated, thereby creating an “Other”(with big ‘O’) out of them is one…
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A Citizen’s Letter to Isaias Afwerki
[The following is a letter penned by a person who lives in Eritrea. His name is withheld for his safety] …… To Isaias Afwerki Eritrea, March 13, 2018 Dear Isaias, You may not recognize me yet, but you are the cause of the scars I harbor and the anger with which I harbor it!!! I was…
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Hajji Musa’s Historic Funeral Procession on March 3, 2018
Below this introduction is a recording of the funeral procession of the late Hajji Musa who died in the PFDJ regime’s prison and was buried on March 3, 2018. This video clip will inform Eritreans for generations to come, how a 93-year old patriot defied injustice and chose to die for his rights. Though we…
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Akria: Memories of Childhood in the Garden Among the Flames!
INTRODUCTION: What you are going to read here is not history! But it is not fiction either! You may consider it a trail of memories that an Akrian boy may have run in his mind during the last crisis in the neighborhood. For sure this essay is not history but history can be made from…
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نم يا موسى قرير العين لا تقلـق
يا بطل, مثلك لا يموت أبداً بل أنت حيٌّ يرزق فمثلك يا موسى لا يدفن ولا يقبر و لا يُحرق بل يظل اسمه خالداً يردد في الآفاق ولا يَخلَق إي و ربِّ , أليس الشهيد حيُ عند ربه يرزق؟ *** يا قائد الشعب بالله عليك نم قرير العين لا تقلق فقد أحييت الأمة من سباتها…
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Acute Food Shortage In The Sahel Region of Eritrea
Reports from Northern Eritrea indicate the residents of the Sahel region are facing an acute shortage of foodstuff and other consumer items. Since the mid-1960s, the Northern Sahel region has hosted the bulk of the Eritrean liberation forces. Most of the war that raged against the Ethiopian occupation has been fought in that region. The…
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Close to a Thousand-People Arrested at Haji Musa’s Funeral
Thousands of people participated in the burial of Hajji Musa Mohammed Nur, the Nonagenarian chairman of the Al-Dia School. He was buried on Saturday at the Sheikh Al Amin burial grounds in Asmara. Haji Mussa is believed to have died Thursday night at the Fifth Police station in Asmara. But the security officered transferred his…
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To My Dear Son Selaheddin,
It has been three months-and-a-half since I’ve read the open letter that you sent that was meant to be read by all Eritreans, Selahaddin weddey. I keep it in my pocket and read it every day, because I draw energy from it. It gives me life. It gives me sustenance. It keeps me sane. But…
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The Rebirth of a Nation
Hats off! Hajji Mussa, no worries no trepidation Four months have elapsed since your revolution Or was it a hundred and twenty days of incarceration Whichever is right but I do beg some clarification *** You resisted injustice well since your very inception Ever since your indomitable soul knew no rest no capitulation Jails, dungeons…
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Djibouti Annuls Dubai Ports Concession Contract
In a press release issued on Thursday, the Djiboutian government said, it “has decided to proceed with the unilateral termination, with immediate effect, of the concession contract awarded to DP World for the operation of the Doreleh Container Terminal (DCT).” In 2006, Dubai Ports World (DPW) signed a 30-year concession to operate the container terminal…
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ጉዕዞ ባንዴራታት ኤርትራ
(ኣብ ሕዳር 2001 ‘Eritrean Symbols Of Many Colors’ ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝብል ኣርእስቲ ብሳልሕ ቃዲ ጆሃር ብቋንቋ እንግሊዝ ዝተጻሕፈ: ትርጉም – ዮኣ) መእተዊ : ኣንበሳ ኣብ ርእሱ ኣኽሊል ደፊኡ ሰንደቕ ዓቲሩ ኣሎ፣ እታ ኣኽሊልን እታ ዓቲርዋ ዘሎ ዘንጊን ድማ ኣብ ልዕሊአን መስቀል ኣለወን። እዚኣ ኣርማ ናይ “ኣንበሳ-ዘነገደ-ይሁዳ-ግርማዊ-ቀዳማዊ-ሃይለ-ስላሰ-ንጉሰ-ነገስት-ዘኢትዮጵያ” ኢያ ዝነበረት። እዛ ኣርማ ኣብ ማእከል እታ ቀጠልያ፣ ብጫን፣…
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Liberation Theology & Intergenerational Discourse on Eritrea
African liberation theology: Intergenerational conversations on Eritrea’s futures. Ghirmai Negash & Awet T. Weldemichael. Trenton, NJ: Red Sea Press, 2018. 135 pp. Analysis by Beyan Negash* Liberation theology & intergenerational discourse on Eritrea** Negash and Woldemichael’s (2018) African liberation theology: Intergenerational conversations on Eritrea’s futures is at once about Eritrea and its people situated within historical trajectory…
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Bridging the Intellectual Gap
In a book review article authored by Dr. Bereket Habteselasse and published in Awate.com on August 11, 2017, Dr. Bereket concludes his book review with the following appeal: “I also issue a personal appeal to Eritrean scholars, particularly Muslim Eritreans, to write biographies of Ibrahim Sultan Ali, Abdulkadir Kebire, Idris Awate and other great leaders…
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Prime Minister Resigns: Ethiopia Moves Towards the Third Republic
In what many observers expected, yesterday the Ethiopian television announced the Ethiopian Prime Minister resigned from his position. Hilemariam was elected by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) as a successor to the late Ethiopian Prime Minister Melles Zenawi, who died in August 2012. Until his election as prime minister, Hailemariam served as the…
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General Salah Gosh Sworn in as Sudan’s Security Chief
On Sunday, February 12, 2018, Major General Salah “Gosh” Abdulla was sworn in as Sudan’s chief of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS). This is his second after his first appointment as chief of the INSS in 2004, which he held until August 2009. General Salah was re-appointment to the position almost nine years after…
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Eritrean Opposition Faces an Imminent Ultimatum
Since its formation in Hawassa in November 2011, the Eritrean National Council for Democratic Change (ENCDC) has been in a coma with no signs of waking up, though not yet declared dead. Many frustrated members and supporters of the ENCDC have all but formally withdrawn their enthusiastic allegiance. For the last six years, the ENCDC…
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Perceptions & Values: Transforming the Eritrean Minds
“Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your window on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” —Alan Alda If you ask an artist what is the most difficult subject to paint while retaining true likeness, you are likely to get the answer, “myself” said…
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Beware Of Warmongers
(Due to the never-ending bickering concerning the Nile River (more accurately, the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam), today we decided to republish this archive content from June 17, 2013) If you notice, most fires of war are fueled by those who would not be burned by it. To them, it is just like a movie, you cheer one…