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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 smiling because his son was so happy with the pet that he bought him for his birthday. I saw the chameleon turn its skin into different shades and hues, I presumed it must have been…
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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 would have been archeologically unearthed. Adam’s spoon, trousers and bed would have been inherited and utilized by Isaias. Unfortunately, life is full of vigor and it is in a continual rejuvenation. The law that governs…
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Unique As Our fingerprints
We, humans, are the most curious creatures. We want privacy yet we are the most gregarious of animals. We are different yet we are the same. Our interests and behavioral dispositions are as unique as our fingerprints yet there are underlying facts that make us similar…our desire to live and live happily. Even within a…
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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 more relentless display of marxist ideology and miscontruing of history as there was in the last article “It is a crazy world” by Amanuel Sahle. This bad piece of journalism displays the views and, uniquely,…
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Of Myths And Legends
One day I was invited to present a paper on a certain Abyssinian king who was almost worshipped by the learned and laymen of the conference participants. It was his centenary. The opening ceremony, which I didn’t attend for some technical reasons, was very vibrant and highly charged, as the first person to present a…
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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On June 2nd, awate.com’s Gedab News broke the news that Eritrea had withdrawn its troops from its contested territory with Djibouti and that a Qatari-brokered agreement between Djibouti and Eritrea would be held in Doha. The agreement was, indeed, signed on June 6, 2010 and presented to the UN on June 7th. The UN, which had…
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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.” The responsibility of which Shaw spoke requires endurance, vision, and patience. And yes its reward only comes after periods of toil and opposition. When one sees the cause of liberty advanced, or the general welfare…
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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…
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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 made by the president of Addis Ababa University, Professor Endriyas Ishetie.
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Saving Icons For Pride
On an unrelated sidenote or headnote: With all due respect to Brother Woldeyesus Ammar for his beautifully written emotional “Draft Obituary-cum-Eulogy” (the one where he rephrases “Haile Deru’e’s biggest worry after liberation was how to contain “Tigrigna chauvinism in the EPLF” to mean “it is not the fault of any membership”), I would like to take…
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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…
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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 Tigrinya word ግና ‘gnna’ (but). Some Tigrinya speakers express excellent views and suddenly everything they had stated is spoiled after they utter the word ‘gnna.” We had an outspoken Tigrinya speaker in our group who…
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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 ICG succinctly summarized the Eritrean history in its glories and its failings. To speak for myself, this is the best summary of Eritrea‘s history that I have read. This is an outstanding primer, which one…
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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 by the premise. And the latest one, with or without Andeberhan, is no exception. So, whereas the government supporters are questioning the premise (without going to the details or bothering to present counter arguments), the real…
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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 came out of Sweden last week. Good luck finding Elaberet in the map let alone Yiker. But against all odds, that small village, tucked in the hills behind Elaberet, is now part of the world…
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Opposition By Default
It is a matter of common sense that any two should not dispute, that the primary task of any opposition is to call and struggle to bring about the necessary democratic changes by all possible means to achieve what the ruling government has failed to a achieve for its people. In a case like ours,…
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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 stuttering of YG has been going on for far too long with utter disregard to fact, truth, or decency. Day in and day out he has made a mockery of everything Eritrea and what Eritreans…
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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 he visited the United States and joined the Eritrean festival at an arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. The place was packed by as many as ten thousand people, and the…
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Joining My Awate
As we stated in our introductory article (“New Look, Same Attitude”), our goal is to break down the wall between those who opinionate and those who debate. But it is even more: we want to break down the wall between the thinkers and the activists. We want to create a community where networks are made,…
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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 is named after Hamid Idris Awate who, in our opinion, is one of the great founders of Eritrea. Awate launched Eritrea’s armed struggle for independence—liberty, right for self-dertermination—on September 1, 1961, DESPITE the overwhelming odds…
