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…
awatestaff20 min read
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Open Letter to the Organizers of the August 30, 2025 meeting.
A meeting is planned for August 30, 2025, to form a Registration and Election Commission with the objective…
Prof. Araya Debessay,5 min read
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Ethiopia: The Graveyard of Eritrean Opposition Movements
Abstract: This article examines the structural, historical, and geopolitical constraints that have undermined the Eritrean opposition’s ability to…
Semere T Habtemariam6 min read
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A Mirror Between Literature and History
In moments of historical rupture, when the line between remembering and rewriting blurs, we return to mirrors, not…
Beyan Negash7 min read
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The Red Sea: Between Occupiers and Owners
To Eritreans, the Red Sea is all of the above; to invaders, it is just a port, a…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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Epilogue: History on Custodial Leash
There are moments in literary and historical critique when one feels the sharp tension between reverence and reckoning.…
Beyan Negash6 min read
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Alemseged Tesfai: Is that all what you are?
Debunking Ethiopia’s memos of late 1940s claiming ‘the return of Eritrea to its motherland,’ Margery Perham, a British…
Woldeyesus Ammar8 min read
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“Military Communique #1: Coup d’ Etat”
This was a common radio announcement, preceded by martial music and read in the deep voice of an…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
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Support the 2025 Awate & Negarit Fundraising Drive
(REPUBLISHED) This year, we’re launching the 2025 fundraising drive five months behind schedule—we trust you’ll understand. For decades,…
Awate Team2 min read
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The UAE and the Horn of Africa – A Swirl of Interests and Alliances
Last time I said I would cover the UAE… Here it is. Now, this isn’t a comprehensive history.…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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صِمْدو : مقاربة جديدة للسلام، أم مناورة سياسية ؟
لا يختلفُ عاقِلان حول حاجة الشعوب والبلدان للسلام. فهو ليس محض خيار بل ضرورة ملحة للحياة البشرية على…
صلاح محمد زين5 min read
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Gaza Asab: A Peace to Start More Wars
“Ports are traditionally built to host ships that encourage trade. But Abiy envisions a port to launch his…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
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The Literary Works of Bereket Habte Selassie (LL.B., Ph.D.)
A Portrait of a Political Thinker and Freedom Fighter Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honor to…
Semere T Habtemariam11 min read
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When the Archive Refuses to Speak (IV)
The River Remembers series “In the next part of this series, we will turn toward what fills the…
Beyan Negash5 min read
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Hail Ethiopia, Hail Peace!
“Abiy’s provocative declaration has now become a rallying cry for some Ethiopian extremists.” “No claimed ancient bloodline can…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
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A Voice Between the Banks: A Letter from Sumaya
Narrator of I & Eye: The Mirror, Exile & the Nile Editor’s Note: The following letter comes from…
Beyan Negash4 min read
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The Unspoken Debt: Sacrifice, Power, and Consent in Eritrea
Author’s Note: This short essay is written as a reflection on Eritrea’s independence narrative and the moral contradictions…
Dr. Filmon Wolde9 min read
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The River Remembers: The Silence Between Names (Part III)
“From the eye that remembers to the I still learning to see—memory doesn’t merely recall, it refracts.” “What…
Beyan Negash6 min read
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How Eritrean PFDJ Propaganda Twists Routine Diplomacy
"A YouTuber presented the two messages as proof that the U.S. was warming up to Eritrea. He interpreted…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar4 min read
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The Blame Loop Has Expired
Nearly a quarter-century after the ministers of Eritrea were made to disappear into silence on September 18, 2001,…
Beyan Negash8 min read
