Author: awatestaff
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ምርቃ ኣብ ጎደናታት ኣስመራ
ኣስመራ ንግሆ ክትንገድ ዘለዋ ከተማ ተባሂላ ክትፍለጥ ኣለዋ እንዳ በልኩ፡ ኢደይ ኣብ ጁባይ ኣእትየ ከይሰልቸወኒ ኣብ ዕድል ዝረኸብክለን ንግሆ ሸናዕ ምባል ደስታ እዩ ከሕድረለይ ቐንዩ። ሎሚ ንግሆ ምስ ነዚ ህዱእ፡ ዝሕል ዝበለ፡ ኣብ ናይ 50ታትን ቅድሚኡን ዝተሰርሓ መካይን ድሮ ከም ንቡር ነገር ገይረዮስ ቅሊሕ ከይበልኩ ጽባቕኤን ምስ‘ቲ ናይ ቀደም ህንጻታትን ጽሩይ ጎደናታትን መቀረትን ቀመምን እትውስኸሉ
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Reflection on the North Star
Editor’s note: the byline data is corrupted; so far we couldn’t resolve the technical problem. The writer of this article is Semere Andom (iSem). Last week, I had the privilege of joining a group of friends to read and reflect on Mekonen Tesfay’s book The North Star: The Biography of Dr. Fitsum. Here is the
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Compulsory Service in Eritrea: The President’s Psychological Shadows and Major National Tasks
Authored by: Abdu Fagir posted by awatestaff On July 12, 2025, the graduation ceremony for the 37th batch of national service was held at the famous Sawa military camp. As usual, the ceremony was attended by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, who has attended all previous graduations, senior government officials, leaders of the People’s Front for
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A Tribute to Saleh “Gadi” Johar
By Dr. Daniel Araya From the onset, it’s imperative for me to state the two reasons that made me undertake this write-up. Firstly, and for transparency, I have to disclose a soft spot and admiration I have for Saleh Johar .Secondly, the constant demonization and abuse to his person, understandably makes sympathy with him .
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Eritrea: “the Wisdom of Government in Exile”
[This post by HaileTG is brought to the Frontpage from the Awate Discussion Forum.] I understand where [the discussion is] coming from. I also know that the concerns are shared by many. However, in most instances, I try to avoid [mentioning] entities such as those who profess their inner desires on how they would like to make a
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ብሰላም ዕረፍ ክቡር ሓርበኛ ጅግና ተጋዳላይ ኣድሓኖም!
ሓርበኛ ተጋዳላይ ኣድሓኖም ገብረማርያም ዕለተ መስዋእቲ፡ ለካቲት 19 2021 ካብ ኣብኡ ባሻይ ገብረማርያም ካሳን ካብ ኣዲኡ ወይዘሮ ውነሽ ርጆን ኣብ ወርሒ መስከረም 1945 ኣብ ኣፈልባ ተወሊዱ። ወላዲቱ ካብቲ ዝነበራ ከቢድ ናይ ሕርሲ ኩነታት፣ ብዘይ ጉድኣት ክትገላገል ብምኽኣላ፣ ልዑል ፈጣሪ ንምምስጋን ወለዱ “ ኣድሓኖም ” ዝብል ረዚን ስም ከምዝሃብዎ ታሪኽ ቤተሰቡ ይሕብር። ሕሳስ ልደ እንዳ ኣቦይ
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Gallantry at Halhal
[The following is chapter 20 from Saleh “Gadi” Johar’s book, “Of Kings and Bandits.” First republished on September 8, 2014 to commemorate the Battle Battle of Halhal which happened on September 6, 1968, on Dec, 17, 2020, the chapter was presented again on the authors YouTube channel in an abridged form as Negarit 112, Omer Ezaz, one
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Pandemic and Government Induced Oppression in Dankalia
The home of Eritrean Afar people, in the southern tip of Eritrea bordering the Red sea, Djibouti and Ethiopia, is going through calamities where the basic food has become scarce. The region is historically known as Dankalia though almost two-decades ago it was renamed the Southern Red Sea region by the ruling party of Eritrea.
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Archive: Eritrean Opposition Warns of All-Out Confrontation
On Monday, October 3, 1994, Arab news International published excerpts of an interview it carried out with Abdo Abdulla, the then secretary-general of the Eritrean Liberation Front–Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC). We are publishing it here to remind our readers about the issues in the early years after the independence of Eritrea. _________________ ARAB NEWS INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1994
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Negarit 55: ቆለ ፈውሲ ፋሺስት – Voodoo treats fascism – الزار يعالج الفاشية
Most of my stories are included in my book “Of Kings and Bandits” Today’s episode is more of a story aba Zarti, Qole, and my experience with it. Now let me say something to my readers who seem to be offended by my repeated mention of the term fascists”. They think I am insulting when
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ቛንቛ ዓረብ! اللغة العربية Arabic in Eritrea
[Rough transcript of the Negarit 50] First let’s see how we are divided economically. The sedentary, the nomad, and the people of the sea. Each has a different economic development and each has its peculiarities. I might talk about land in this context but now let’s stick to culture whose main component for today is language–Arabic
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Two Pictures of a Man Five Years Apart
The above is a composite image, part of which appeared with an editorial by the Awate Team in 2014 while the second part is a propaganda image widely distributed over the last few days. In Eritrea and in other parts of the world, the PFDJ has been busy celebrating the 25th anniversary of Sawa military training
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Negarit 49: Byzantine Dialogue ክትዕ በይዘንጣ حوار بيزنطي
Unedited notes for the Episode Byzantine was the Eastern part of the Roman empire–the capital city that was later named Constantinople, and again renamed Istanbul. 1700 years ago, Byzantine was so preoccupied with theological debates, mainly about the nature of Jesus Christ. Does he have one nature of two, or three. As a result of
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Negarit 48: ኣርዮስ፥ ኣቡነ ኣንቶንዮስ፣ ቛንቋ ክርስቶስ
[Apologies. You tube took long to process the upload and was not playing properly and we have to delete the video and upload it again. All comments, likes, dislikes were deleted with the deleted video. Now it’s fixed] ኣርዮስ፥ ኣቡነ ኣንቶንዮስ፣ ቛንቋ ክርስቶስኣርዮሰ መን ዩ ? ሓጺር መብርሂ ብዛዕባ:- 1) ሊብያዊ ካህን ኣብ እምነት ስላሴ ፈሉይ
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Eritrean Women Condemn Seizure of Catholic Church Clinics in Eritrea
THE ERITREAN WOMEN COALITION IN THE DIASPORA STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE ARBITRARY SEIZURE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OWNED HEALTH FACILITIES IN ERITREA The Eritrean Women Coalition strongly condemns the arbitrary seizure of the Catholic Church owned and run health facilities in Eritrea. As part of its broader efforts of dismantling institutions and schools owned by religious
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Negarit 47:ኣቦታትካ ‘ለሊ – عرّف اسلافك – Identify your father
Negarit 47:ኣቦታትካ ‘ለሊ – عرّف اسلافك – Identify your father
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Negarit 46: ሃቦብላ ኸምሲን Khumasin Dust storm رياح خماسين
Negarit 46: ሃቦብላ ኸምሲን Khumasin Dust storm رياح خماسين Only knowledgeable citizens can solve national problems. Ignorance breeds chaos and disarray. There is no clergy in Islam though over the ages, oppressors have created a class of clergy to help them tighten their grip on the people and secure their oppressive rule. There is no
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Negarit 45: መሰረት ዘይብሉ ጉራን ቶጎግን – تفاخر على الفاضي
Negarit 45: መሰረት ዘይብሉ ጉራን ቶጎግን – تفاخر على الفاضي
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Negarit special: Brief on current Eritrean struggle (2016 clip)
this is a 2016 clip that was forgotten in some folder. we are so stingy to let it be forgotten forever. So, here it is…
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Negarit 44: ዒድ ሙባረክን ስድታትን – عيد مبارك وقليلي الادب – Happy Eid and the rascals
Negarit 44: ዒድ ሙባረክን ስድታትን – عيد مبارك وقليلي الادب – Happy Eid and the rascals