The Disease the Colonizers Left Behind – The River Remembers Series*
This first entry in The River Remembers series lays the foundation for a postcolonial reckoning across Sudan, Eritrea,…
Beyan Negash6 min read
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Support Awate & Negarit -2025 Fundraising Drive
Dear friends of Awate and Negarit, This year, we’re launching the 2025 fundraising drive five months behind schedule—we…
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The Power and Peril of Social Media
This article argues for the regulation of social media to prevent the harm caused by unchecked platforms. It…
Awate Team8 min read
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A Secret Letter To President Donald Trump
Satire: republished twice since 2016, and the following is a slightly updated version of it.11 Eight years ago,…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar15 min read
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Please respond to the call
Dear Friends of Awate and Negarit When we launched the 2024 fundraising in January, we were (and still…
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The Media is like a midwife: EriSat as an Exhibit
Gambling is risky—sometimes lucky—and “the winner takes it all” is the title of the ABBA song. No one…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar9 min read
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Will they make peace?
Culturally, Abyssinia still clings to its archaic, arguably primitive, mindset. Attempts at modernization have not yielded the needed…
Awate Team8 min read
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Book Review: An African Revolution Reclaimed
Book Reviewer: Semere T HabtemariamTittle: An African Revolution Reclaimed: A Memoir of Eritrean Freedom Fighter Mesfin Hagos Author(s):…
Semere T Habtemariam15 min read
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Critical Thinking and Critical Dialogue in A Plural Society like Eritrea
Critical Thinking and Critical Dialogue in A Plural Society like Eritrea Call it serendipity or call it a…
Beyan Negash8 min read
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The PFDJ’s Graduation Ceremonies
The PFDJ regularly announced the graduation of doctors, nurses, and pharmacists and general medicine. It also announces the…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
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PFDJ Members Also Betrayed By the Eritrean Regime
This is an Account presented through the Story of Gebremeskel Tekle. “A profound chaos descended on our lives…
Dawit Mesfin21 min read
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Awate.com and Negarit 2022 Fundraising Drive
Dear colleagues and supporters, Below is all the information you need for making a donation to support awate.com…
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A Call To Help Awate and Negarit
Dear Friends and supporters of Awate-com and Negarit, Since its inception on September 1, 2000, Awate.com has been…
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Ethiopians Still Talking About Talking
Since Abiy Ahmed took office as Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, the region is entangled in a civil…
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Our Condolences to the Alem Meharenna Family
Our deepest condolences to the bereaved Family of Ato Alem Meharenna, particularly to our longtime friend and colleague…
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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…
awatestaff4 min read
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News and Information, Life and Property
My generation grew up consuming news. In Teashops, particularly in the morning, radios blasting, news bulletins from BBC…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar9 min read
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A Book Review of “Desecrators of the Sacred Trust”
Review by Semere T Habtemariam Title: Desecrators of the Sacred Trust: The Apotheoses of Donald J. Trump and…
Semere T Habtemariam12 min read
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Support Awate.com – Report #2:
The Awate Team is grateful for the positive responses to the “Support Awate.com” fundraising call. We hope the…
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