September 1: It Is About The Man, Not The Date
Almost every English-language book written about Eritrea over the past four decades– the most recent being Michela Wrong’s I Didn’t
September 1: It Is About The Man, Not The Date
Almost every English-language book written about Eritrea over the past four decades– the most recent being Michela Wrong’s I Didn’t
“I Want To Be A Sailor…”
This short essay was written sometime in 2004. If what we knew were the only guideposts for reality, the innocent
The Cruellest Decade: in Ten
The decade 2000-2010 hosted milestone events in Eritrea’s recent past; yet mostly disappointing. Coming on the heels of the optimism,
Mainstream On Main-Street: Opposition Echo People’s Voices
In our ongoing public discourse, it’s important that we communicate in a clear, simple and- as much as possible- consistent
Eritrea Is Not An Eggshell
“It is time to take a break from impersonating someone else; if you find my writing a bit rusty, you
Those Who Can’t, Diss
Many of my correspondents ask why I am focusing on the writings of Yosief Ghebrehiwot when we are both in
A Forest Without A Tree
The ongoing mind to mind fight has to land somewhere with a fruit. The issue of land, as some writers
Eritrea Is Our Black Stone
He was only thirty five years of age at the time. But, his reputation for justice, impartiality and truthfulness was
Can’t Have Reconciliation Without Truth
Every once in a while, we are required to take a step back and explain to our readers what the
Can’t Have Reconciliation Without Truth
Every once in a while, we are required to take a step back and explain to our readers what the
Whom does Eritrea love? Amanuel Asrat or Yohannes Tiquabo
Generals and tyrants love to dance to the loud tunes of cowardice, oozing betrayal, in that circular formation of followers,
The Kind Citizen and ‘Zemen’
I am launching a column in this venerable website, Awate.com. The column’s name is ‘the kind citizen.’ I choose this
ንጉስ ኢሳያስ: ቃለ-መሕተት ጭንቂ
ሓደ መራሒ ናይ ሓደ ሃገር ባዛዕባ ኣካይዳ ምሕደራ ህዝብን ቁጠባዊ ፖሊስን ዝመልከት ንህዝቡ ከፍልጥ ግቡእ ኢዩ። ሓደ ካብቲ ኣገባብ መግለጺ ድማ ብቓለ-መሕተት ኣቢልካ ናብ ህዝቢ ዝፍኖ ሓበረታ ይኸውን። ብፍላይ ኣብ ሓደ ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት፡ ብነጻ ናይ መራኸቢ ማዕከናት(መዲያ) ካብቲ ህዝቢ ዝምንጩ ሓሳባትን ርኢቶታትን፡ ኣዋህሊሎም ነቲ መራሒ ይሓትዎ። ህዝብ’ውን ብግልጺ ይከታተል። በዚ ኣገባብ’ዚ ህዝቢ ነቲ ብሓላፍነት ዝመረጾ […]
ብዶ/ር ዳንኤል ረዘነ:ኣድላይነት ኣምር መሰጋገሪ ፍትሒ
ኣድላይነት ኣምር መሰጋገሪ ፍትሒ (transitional justice) ኣብ ኤርትራ (ብኣጋጣሚ መበል 18 በዓል ናጽነት ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ለንደን ዝቐረበ ጽሑፍ) ዝኸበርኩም ተሳተፍትን ኣዳለውትን ናይዚ መደብ እዚ፡ ከመይ ትኾኑ፧ ብርዱእ ምኽንያታት ኣብ “ምሉእ” ሓጎስ ኣለና ክንብል ዘይንኽእል’ኳ እንተዀና፡ ዝዓበየ ሃገራዊ በዓልና ብምዃኑ እንቋዕ ናብ መበል 18 በዓል ናጽነት ኤርትራ ኣብቀዓና ክብል ፍቐዱለይ! ብቐዳምነት ነዚ ጽሑፍ እዚ ከካፍል ዕድመ […]
ብሃብቶም ዮሃንስ: ነጻነት ኤርትራን ታሚል-ኢላምን
እዛ ሰሙን ኣብ ታሪኽ ሕዝቢ ኤርትራን ታሪኽ ሕዝቢ ታሚልን (“ክፍሊ” ስሪላንካ) ፍሉይ ትርጉም ዘለዋ እያ። ሕዝቢ ኤርትራ ነቲ ድሕሪ 30 ዓመት፡ ዝተጓናጸፎ ነጻነት ኸብዕል ክሸባሸብ ከሎ፣ ሕዝቢ ታሚል ግን ነቲ ልዕሊ 25 ዓመት ዝተቓለሰሉ ገድሊ ብዓወት ዘይኮነስ ብኽስረት : ስለዝዛዘሞ፡ ኣብ ክቱር ጓሂ ይርከብ። እዚ ኣብዛ ሰሙን ኣብ ስሪላንካ ዝተፈጸመ ደማዊ ድምዳመ ቃልሲ ታሚል-ኢላም፡ ንጽምብል […]
A Mission Accomplished; A Dream Interrupted
May 24, 1991 is the collective achievement of generations of brave Eritreans going back to the 1940s, who dared to
A Mission Accomplished; A Dream Interrupted
May 24, 1991 is the collective achievement of generations of brave Eritreans going back to the 1940s, who dared to
7 Years And Counting
Seven years ago, on April 13, 2002, the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) rendered its arbitration ruling on the territorial
7 Years And Counting
Seven years ago, on April 13, 2002, the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) rendered its arbitration ruling on the territorial
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