The Lizard’s Tail
Once I saw an American neighbor’s kid showing off his chameleon that crawled on his hands. The father was proudly
The Regime’s Development Hashewiye
Every generation lives its own life and if life on earth were stagnant, Adam and Eve’s home, furniture and utensils
Unique As Our fingerprints
We, humans, are the most curious creatures. We want privacy yet we are the most gregarious of animals. We are
A Response To “It’s A Crazy World”
I have been reading awate.com now off and on for about 3 years, and there has yet to be any
Of Myths And Legends
One day I was invited to present a paper on a certain Abyssinian king who was almost worshipped by the
Eritrea Djibouti Mediation Agreement
On June 2nd, awate.com’s Gedab News broke the news that Eritrea had withdrawn its troops from its contested territory with Djibouti
EDA Outsourced Power To The People, EPDP Opted-Out
George Bernard Shaw is quoted as having said “liberty means responsibility, and that is why most men dread of it.”
ስለምንታይ ኣንጻር ዋዕላ
ዋዕላ ንመን ይጠቅም? ንመን’ከ ይጐድእ? ዝብል ሕቶ ኣድላኢ ኰይኑ ይስማዓኒ። ዋዕላ ናይ ምይይጥን ምርድዳእን መኣዲ ኢዩ ክበሃል ይከኣል። ብፍላይ ንዓና ዋዕላ ናይ ጥርናፈ መስርሕ ኢዩ። ሃገራዊ ዋዕላ ንዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ብዝኾነ መለክዒ ንሓደ ውጹዕ ህዝቢ ጠቓሚ’ምበር ጐዳኢ ኣይኮነ። ኣብዚ መስርሕ’ዚ ዝኸስር ስርዓት ህግደፍ ጥራይ ኢዩ። እሞ ስለምንታይ ድኣ ገለ ሰልፍታትን ውልቀሰባትን ንዋዕላ ይቃወሙ? ካብ መጀመርትኡ፡ ዓወት […]
Addis Ababa University Reserves 100 Seats For Eritrean Refugees
Addis Ababa Univerisity will admit 100 Eritreans now camped at various refugee camps in Northern Ethiopia. The announcement was
Saving Icons For Pride
On an unrelated sidenote or headnote: With all due respect to Brother Woldeyesus Ammar for his beautifully written emotional “Draft
ምኸሮ ምኸሮ ኣይምከርን እንተበለ ግን መከራ ይምከሮ
ዝሓለፈ ወርሒ ነሐሰ፣ ኣብቲ ብአዝዩ ዘሓጉስን ዘኹርዕን ሃገራዊ ዋዕላ ንደሞክራሲ ለውጢ ክሳተፍ ከይደ ነይረ። ኣብዚ ሓደ ኣዝዩ ዘሐጎሰንን ዝሐበነንን ምስ ብዙሓት ኢርትራውያን ምእካበይን ብፍላይ ድማ ተወለድቲ ኩለን ብሄራት ኤርትራ ዝተሳተፍዎ ብምንባሩ ኢዩ። ኣብ ሂወተይ ንመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ምስ ተወለድቲ ኩለን ብሄራት ኤርትራ ምርኻበይ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ምስአቶም ብሓባር ኮፍ ኢለ ብዛዕባ ናይ ሃገርና ጉዳይ ብጽሞና ምዝታየይ ኢዩ […]
Addis 2010: NCDC Participation And Issues (II)
After one of the group sessions, a Tigre speaking colleague who attended the conference remarked, “I do not like the
Sometimes A “Draw” Is Good
On September 21, 2010, the International Crisis Group (ICG) issued its report on Eritrea titled “Eritrea: The Siege State.” The
Win, Lose Or Draw? ICG Always Says “Draw”
Consequently, the ICG reports were always famous for their string of non sequiturs. Their conclusions could never be supported
A Conversation With MP Arhe Hamednaca
The population of Yiker, a small village close to Elaberet, another small village, could not have expected the news that
Opposition By Default
It is a matter of common sense that any two should not dispute, that the primary task of any opposition
Philsophical Enklil Part 2: Mystifying The Obvious
After filtering out the background noise of YG articles, what we are left with is just simply intellectual stuttering. This
Every September, We will Remember
I saw Isaias Afwerki in person only on two occasions. The first one was in the summer of 1999 when
Joining My Awate
As we stated in our introductory article (“New Look, Same Attitude”), our goal is to break down the wall between
Different Look, Same Attitude
This website, awate.com, was launched on September 1, 2000. The name and its launch date are not a coincidence: it
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