The 55th and 16th Anniversary: Happy Awate Day
The image we chose today to commemorate the 55th anniversary of September 1, 1961, as well as awate.com’s 16th birthday,
Calling For An Eritrean Resolve
A country whose situation is becoming worse by the day. A people who are so exhausted of simply watching as
Neither Free, Nor Fair: Just “Playing The Game”
[We are working behind the scenes reviving the Tigrinya and Arabic sections of awate.com as well as reinstating the missing
ENCDC To Hold Its Congress In Addis Ababa
After it stayed stuck in an impasse for almost four years, the Eritrean National Council for Democratic Change (ENCDC) said
The Genesis Of Eritrea’s Slavery Project
This an article from the archives. It was first published by the Awate Team on October 23, 2007. Many developments
Strengthening The ENCDC
This editorial was published on April13, 2006 under the title “Strengthening The EDA which we changed to “Strengthening The ENCDC”.
Yemane Gebremeskel Speaks Untruth
Yemane Gebremeskel broke his five-day silence with untruth. It has been five days since Eritrean government forces killed conscripts in
Isaias Released Prisoners He Never Had!
On Monday, February 29, Djiboutian President Ismail Guelleh stressed that he will not have a talk with Isaias Afwerki of
BBC & Its Tiny Circle Of Sources
This edition of The Pencil was published on Sept. 18, 2004. We are republishing it on the occasion of its
The Pretend Tudor Monarch And His Banks
Since late last year when the Eritrean regime imposed tighter controls on the Nakfa currency, the already small Eritrean economy
Pirates Of The PFDJ
In 1976, when the Derg announced the change of King Haile Selassie’s birr in Ethiopia, the general public was reluctant
Kiros Yohannes Pays Tribute to Saleh Gadi
I was moved and elated to read Kiros Yohannes poem on Saleh Gadi; it is a fitting tribute. Kiros Yohannes
Cold War Ended, Hot War Continues
The 20th century is very much defined by the cold war that continued from 1947 to 1991. For Eritreans however,
The Intellectual Leader Osman Saleh Sabbe
All Eritrean martyrs have a story behind them. In addition, we have the disabled, crippled and deformed survivors to remind
Ethiopia And the Ghosts Of The Ancien-Regime
For the last few weeks, a spate of heightened unrest engulfed the Ethiopian Oromiya region protesting against urban encroachment on
Kebire, The Father Of Eritrean Martyrs
In the forties, when Kebire was assassinated, Eritreans were divided into two major political blocs: one advocating unity with Ethiopia
Eritrea’s New Capital And Social Control through Currency Change
Countries usually announce change of currency to (a) stabilize a wobbly banking system, (b) to fight hyper-inflation, (c) to opt
Isaias’ Eritrea: No Official Is Safe
Like all countries ruled by totalitarian regimes, life in Eritrea revolves around the interest of the ruling party which monopolizes
The March To War (Archives-2005)
(The following is from the archives, it appeared on November 5, 2005.) “I have to state with much regret that
The Ethiopian-Eritrean Intelligence War
It has been fifteen years since the bloody border war between Eritrea and Ethiopia ended in 2000. Since then, though
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