Eritrea Arrests Two More American Embassy Employees
[Republished from the archives] The Eritrean government has arrested two more US Embassy employees last month. Mr Fitwi…
Gedab News2 min read
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Towards the sixth year
awate.com is five years old. It was on September 1, 2000 that this website was launched with the…
Awate Team13 min read
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Between Mirqaniya & Wahabiya
In Defense Of Secularism My subject today is triggered by the inhumane, tragic and criminal incidents that London…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar16 min read
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Recruit All Day; Dance All Night
Years ago, in 1977 to be exact, I was visiting the just-liberated Keren. Initially, Kerenites were not in…
Salyounis8 min read
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For The Man You Are
You are thirteen years old, and your father reads you a poem. You are asked to memorize it,…
Salyounis10 min read
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The Birth Of Despotism
I believe it was a telltale sign for what was to become an everyday act of terror and…
Aklilu Zere6 min read
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Responses to Our Call To The Moderates
On October 20, 2003, we published “A Call To The Moderates of The Horn Of Africa”. Obviously, although…
Awate Team17 min read
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A Call For Sober Dialogue
In 1967, the United Nations Security Council passed “Resolution 242” whose first call was for the “withdrawal of…
Awate Team9 min read
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Goodbye, friend
You have influential friends whose presence changes your life and you have taken-for-granted friends whose absence changes your…
Salyounis12 min read
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95% Of Eritrea’s 12th Graders are Male
The government of Eritrea’s decision to centralize the nation’s 12th grade level at Sawa, the military training camp, has…
Awate Team1 min read
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From The Persian Gulf to Badme
Suppose you bought a flat in the third floor of a building. Then, the owner of the flat…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar8 min read
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“No Problem. Any Time.”
Shigir yelen: abzkone gzie. Those were the last words of President Isaias Afwerki in his “interview” with Shaebia.org…
Salyounis17 min read
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The “Executed”: No Smoking Gun, but plenty of circumstantial evidence
A Investigative Report On The Alleged Massacre of 150 people Gedab Investigative Report On January 23, 2003, TV-Zete,…
Awate Team28 min read
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The Language of Authoritarians
As everyone knows, there are nine languages spoken in Eritrea. And, as everyone knows, the Government of Eritrea…
Salyounis13 min read
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The Chronology of The Reform Movement
(The following is a chronicle of the reform movement that emerged from within the PFDJ as well as academic…
Awate Team70 min read
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ELF-RC: Poised for Another Round of Persecution?
By Menhot Woldemariam Nov 6, 2002, 11:27 PST During the past 20 years, the ELF-RC has been subjected…
awatestaff18 min read
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A Historical Peaceful Demonstration In San Francisco Ended With Success
A History was made in the City of San Francisco on Saturday June 1, 2002. The Alliance Forces, Eritrean…
awatestaff4 min read
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A Tale of Two Eritreas
“But you just told me that they have been involved in illegal acts but you cannot tell me…
Awate Team19 min read
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shaEbia ktHaqiq alewa (PFDJ Should Dissolve Itself)
Earlier this year, around Feburary 2001, the editors of Hwyet magazine, a quarterly Eritrean newspaper published by one…
Salyounis31 min read
