Negarit

Despising Weavers and Tailors!

Comments reflect the commentators’ character. While some are insightful and they help sharpen one’s views, others are vulgar,…

Saleh "Gadi" Johar · February 26, 2022 · 9 min read

Negarit

The Primitive Mineliks

A friend told me a joke about someone who frequently climbed up a hill and prayed to win…

Saleh "Gadi" Johar · February 18, 2022 · 7 min read

Pencil

Three-Legged Stool: Team Lemma, Loses Its Luster

[This Pencil Editorial was first published on March 18, 2019. Today, three years later, we are republishing it…

Awate Team · February 12, 2022 · 10 min read

Articles

So Long Dear Friend

[This memory is the memory of Ibrahim Negash, translated from Tigrinya into English by his younger brother Beyan Negash.]…

Beyan Negash · February 11, 2022 · 7 min read

Articles

Book Review: The History of Bilen (by Dr. Jamil Idris)

Book Title:The History of Bilen, past and present Pages. : 245 Publisher: Dar Alma’arif, Aljeria, 2018 Language :…

Ismael Ibraheem Al-Mukhtar · February 10, 2022 · 10 min read

Videos

Celebrating Dr Saeed Forma

The last time I eulogized my friend Mebrahtu, I didn’t think I will do another one for a…

Saleh "Gadi" Johar · February 9, 2022 · 7 min read

Videos

My Uncle Malik Amber

The Siddis-Ahbash in the Gujarat and Maharashtra regions of India are of African ancestry. They were brought to…

Saleh "Gadi" Johar · February 1, 2022 · 8 min read

Articles

The Curse of Perpetual Civil Wars

The ghost of the ongoing civil war in our region will be a curse that will haunt us…

Beyan Negash · January 31, 2022 · 7 min read

Videos

Singers and Poets

About ten years ago there was a popular singer named Tarreqe. He had a unique voice. Until his…

Saleh "Gadi" Johar · January 20, 2022 · 8 min read

Gedab News

Ethiopia Prepares for a Negotiated Settlement

On Sunday, a two-day long pan-Ethiopian meeting concluded in Addis Ababa. The preparatory meeting elected a committee that…

Gedab News · January 16, 2022 · 3 min read

Videos

Proclamation No. 1

Last Friday, Abiy Ahmed released a few prisoners of conscience who posed a risk to his control of…

Saleh "Gadi" Johar · January 14, 2022 · 7 min read

Articles

Welcome Home Trilogy

A Trilogy Project – that ended up as perpetual work in progress only to be recovered fortuitously after…

Abdulkader O. Ali · January 7, 2022 · 9 min read

Videos

Teashop culture

I have a habit of reading the ads on the Starbucks bulletin board as I wait for my…

Awate Team · January 5, 2022 · 9 min read

Gedab News

Tens of Newly Arrived Eritreans Flood Ethiopia

[Gedab News, Dec 26, 2021] Reports from Ethiopia indicate that since the beginning of 2020, more than 65,000 Eritrean escapees…

Gedab News · December 26, 2021 · 2 min read

Videos

The Story of the #BlueEritrea Flag

Today, I hope the restless would stay calm as I narrate a basic history of the Eritrean flag–the…

Saleh "Gadi" Johar · December 25, 2021 · 11 min read

Videos

“Goush the Shepherd Did It”

In a village council, when it was on a consultation break, a restless young man interrupted and said,…

Awate Team · December 17, 2021 · 9 min read

Articles

Global Initiative to Empower Eritrean Grassroots Movement (GI)

Proposal for forming legitimately elected representative of Diaspora Eritreans Global Initiative to Empower Eritrean Grassroots Movement (GI) December…

Global Initiative · December 9, 2021 · 16 min read

Videos

Tug Of War

When a country faces a risk of war and invasion, the best precaution is to strengthen is national…

Saleh "Gadi" Johar · December 7, 2021 · 10 min read

Videos

Eritrea, Ethiopia’s Hostage

Anyone who went through the miseries and cruelties of the successive Ethiopian occupation (Haile Selassie’s and Mengistu’s) followed…

Saleh "Gadi" Johar · November 29, 2021 · 8 min read

Videos

The Era of PFDJ-Stupidity

This is excerpts from my Negarit 151, a presentation of Carlo Cippola’s book, “The 5 Basic Laws of…

Saleh "Gadi" Johar · November 23, 2021 · 4 min read