Another Eritrean Delegation Member Absconds In Sudan; Arab League Ignores Isaias’s Pleas
Semere Russom, the Eritrean minister of education visited Sudan leading a delegation from his ministry. According to shabait.com, the government
To Paulos Tesfagiorgis With Love: An Open Letter
The first time I got to know you personally was in Khartoum in the late 80s while I was engaged
The Eritrean Covenant: An Embodiment Of A Shared Future
Neither ethnicity nor religion has any genetic basis. This confirms that there is nothing coded in any one ethnic or
Nationalism and Democracy: Rhetoric vs. Reality
“I will speak to it”, Shakespeare once wrote in Hamlet, “I will speak to it though hell itself should gape
The Eritrean Covenant: What’s In It For You?
One of the most important documents which graced the pages of this genuine and un-apologetically patriotic website, Awate.com in the
دموع الاحزان
عمى”ارحو” شيخ هرم تقدم به السن، وتجاوز السبعين عاما من عمره، وبدت عليه علامات الكِبر؛ فاحدودب ظهره، ورقت عظامه، وتقوست سيقانه، وعلا الشيب ما تبقى من شعر رأسه، وابيض شاربه وشعر حاجبيه بالكامل..، ورغم تقدمه فى العمر، فهو يتمع بذاكرة قوية، وبحيوية يحسد عليها؛ فيواظب على أداء صلواته الخمس فى المسجد،ويحرص بالذهاب الى المسجد القريب […]
The Torch Is Dead, Long Live the Torch
Fresh breeze came from the south carrying subtle smell of animal dung and wild flowers as a mother agonized delivering
Neither A Blessing Nor A Short-Cut
Isaias Afwerki, the Muscle Man, model 1966, is a lot like the muscle cars of the 1960s: you never know
Dr Bereket Habteselassie: From The Unknown To The Uncertain
It is now more than 35 years since I first met Dr. Bereket in Baghdad/Iraq. He was very energetic, articulate,
Amtelom Vs Derguhalom
There are things that we wish we would never know about because knowing can sometimes be the worst enemy of
EDA, Civil Society Set Date For National Conference
On February 23rd, a preparatory committee composed of representatives of the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) and representatives of Eritrean civil
Orphans Dining At The Miscreant’s Table
Self-identification is an essential facet of self-determination; a reviving society habitually pursues the quest for self-identification. Responding to the collective
ماتت الشعلة، عاشت الشعلة للأبد
عواتي – نقاريت أتت نسمة عليلة من الجنوب وهي تحمل معها رائحة خفية لروث الحيوانات والأزهار البرية بينما الأم تتألم بمخاض طفلها الثاني. كانت فى المخاض لعدة ساعات قبل وصول الطفل الى هذا العالم وعندها اتم الأب لتوه صلاة الفجر وبداء يعد بأصابعه عدد الزغاريد وهو يستمع بانتباه. كان قلقاً حتى وصل الى أربعة وهو […]
Nature Abhors vacuum: the search of veridical solution (Part IV)
“Heterogeneous in culture, Eritrea flourishes when it accepts and capitalizes on its diversity and disintegrate when it denies and suppresses.”
State, Religion and Ethno-Regional Politics
Sign of the Times On August 1, 2009, I happened to be in Washington DC, visiting a family friend
Behind The Remote Controlled Demonstration: India Edition
Editor’s Note: The Eritrean regime has claimed that it has nothing to do with demonstrations which have been organized to
Who Is Going To Pull The Trigger?
For years we kept writing, revealing, and screaming about our wounds and the wrong policies of PFDJ. This mild struggle
Reflections On Semere Tesfai’s article
I paused reflect after reading Semere Tesfai’s article (Ali Salim’s Land Argument: A Mirage of Power Ambition (awate December 10,
Re-affirming Bigotry: For Some, It Comes So Natural
When people are bad, inherently bad that is, no amount of pleading will ever dissuade them from their evil actions
The Dictator Reaching A Shameful Zenith:
“The sweetest moment in a dictator’s life can be when democracy triumphs, he’s deposed, his name becomes synonymous with misery
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