Sometimes A “Draw” Is Good
On September 21, 2010, the International Crisis Group (ICG) issued its report on Eritrea titled “Eritrea: The Siege…
Mogos Teketse8 min read
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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…
Salyounis15 min read
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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…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
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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…
Ustaz Mahmoud12 min read
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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…
Weldeab Idriss13 min read
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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…
Daniel G. Mikael16 min read
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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…
Awate Team7 min read
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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…
Awate Team3 min read
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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…
Mohammed Ahmed16 min read
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It Is A Crazy World
When Europeans flocked to the New Continent following its discovery in 1492, the idea was to get as…
Amanuel Sahle18 min read
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The Eritrean Elites And The People
Recently, I observed a relative tranquility in the Eritrean cyberspace, may be the success of the NCDC diverted…
Beshir Abdulkadir6 min read
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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…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar11 min read
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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…
Khalid B Beshir6 min read
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Education: Isn’t It The Equalizer Of Justice?
“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the…
Amanuel Hidrat11 min read
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How And Why I Chose Harmony for Awate.com’s Column
About two weeks prior to Awate.com’s 10th anniversary, the Awate Team sent group email to some of its…
Dr. Salah I Jimi4 min read
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Levels Of Perception
Dr. Heiner is a scientist who never goes out of his way to admire flowers much less beautiful…
Amanuel Sahle12 min read
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To The Silent Majority – For How Long Can You Keep Your Silence?
A priest asked a dying Spanish Statesman and General who ruled his country in the late 18th century:…
Dr. Bereket Berhane Woldeab10 min read
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Addis 2010: Eritrean-Ethiopian relationship (I)
Haddis Alemayehu’s ‘Fiqir iske meqabir (love to the grave) is a literary masterpiece of Amharic literature about feudal…
Dr. Mohammed Kheir12 min read
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Of Kings And Bandits: A Book Review
As the title of the book insinuates, “Of Kings And Bandits” is a story – actually many artfully…
Daniel G. Mikael8 min read
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Philosophical Enklil Part 1:Discuss Fishing Without Mentioning Fish
Recently, I have read articles written in Asmarino.com that attempted to address the existence of alleged “child soldier”…
Weldeab Idriss13 min read
