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On June 2nd, awate.com’s Gedab News broke the news that Eritrea had withdrawn its troops from its contested territory with Djibouti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
A Wake-Up Call For The Exclusionists
If you ask any of the Eritrean opposition groups who built their organizations on the basis of their religious beliefs
It Is A Crazy World
When Europeans flocked to the New Continent following its discovery in 1492, the idea was to get as much gold
The Eritrean Elites And The People
Recently, I observed a relative tranquility in the Eritrean cyberspace, may be the success of the NCDC diverted the course
Naud: The Living Legend Passes Away
On September 16, 2010, the legendary leader Mohammed Said Naud passed away in Asmara Eritrea where he has been living since he
A New Type Of Politics Needed Not A New Type Of Opposition
In the absence of a central body which monitors and “regulates” discussions of Eritrea’s state of affairs, it is not
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