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Former Eritrean officials Pledge Support For Berhane Abrehe

Five former Eritrean officials issued a joint statement in support of Berhane Abrehe, the former minister of finance who is

The Captivating, But Dubious Politics of Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed

Since Dr. Abiy Ahmed burst onto the Ethiopian political scene as the country’s new prime minister under five months ago,

Negarit #19- Half-baked bread – ዘይበሰለ እንጀራ!

Happy New Year. This episode is dedicated to Berhane Abrehe

Why Eritreans Must Support Berhane Abrehe

Recently we saw some books published, it’s a humble attempt to add to the efforts of reviving Eritrean literature, and

Assab: The Eritrean Nose

Was he right? Paulo Neruda! In his verses (as re-recounted in the movie Il Postino) in respect to an aquatic-terrestrial

ارتريا : نحو الاصلاح السياسي أم تجراي الكبرى (1/3)

امري لله … سأقول رأيي. هذا المقال وما يليه من اجزائه الثلاث ربما يخترق بعض المفاهيم السائدة ويتشابك مع بعض الاراء في الساحة، وتقصد هذه المقالات دفق بعض المعلومات والحقائق الموضوعية لأتخذ منها زادا ابرر به موقفي وحكمي على مسار الاحداث واتجاهاتها في ارتريا. وانشد حوارا يكبح جنوح تصوري نحو المضي الى اليقينية كما انشد […]

Hamid Mahmoud: Another Hero Buried In Exile

The following post contains my personal notes as well as quotes taken from the Arabic obituary that was issued by

Happy Brick Day to You

[This was the maiden awate.com editorial, “The Pencil” that appeared on September 1, 2000. The first day of the launch published

Negarit #18- I Remembered Tor-Serawit – ጦር-ሠራዊት ዘኪረ!

Negarit #18- I Remembered Tor-Serawit – ጦር-ሠራዊት ዘኪረ!

Will The Controversial Books By Former Minister Berhane Abrehe Be Out?

Close friends and relatives of Berhane Abrehe informed Gedab News that two books authored by the former Eritrean Minister of

Good Governance and The Challenges of Eritrean Cultural Diversity

“This essay was originally submitted to Awate as a contribution to a journal planned to be issued after the establishment

ብዘበን ዉርውራ ከብድኻ ኣይተዕብራ

ማህጸን ኣደ ጉራምራ ክበሃል ሓቂ እዩ። እዛ ዓድናስ፡ ብዙሕ ዝባህሪኦም ውሉድ ኣለዉዋ፤ እንኪዓብዩ መልክዖም እንዳቐየሩ ይኸዱ። ገሊኦም ሕንጻይ ፡ገለ መፍለስ ይኾኑ፤ ገለ በጊዕ ገለ ድማ ወኻርያ ይኾኑ። አንተ ህበይ’ኳ – ጌጋ ይኽላኣለይ እምበር- ሓደ ጥራይ’ዩ። መብዛሕትኦም ግን ኣናብስ’ዮም – ሽሕኳ ከም ነፋሒቶ ንግዚኡ ተመሳሲሎም እንተለዉ። ገለስ ይንዕቆም’ኳ። ቀሪቡ ንዝረኣዮም፡ ምስጢሮም ንዝተረድኤ፡ ክሳዕ ዝደልዉ ኣድብዮም’ዮም ዘሎዉ። […]

Leaked List of PFDJ Diaspora Task Force

On May 21, 2018,  Gedab News reported that it received a leaked document with a list of operatives in the

Negarit #17- Do you know me? you know me? ሸመይ ዝፈለጠ ይባረኽ

Negarit #17- Do you know me? you know me? ሸመይ ዝፈለጠ ይባረኽ

Some Senior Eritrean Officials Taking Risky Steps

On June 5, 2018 PM Abiy announced his government’s acceptance of the Algiers Agreement that was signed between Eritrea and

Ethiopian Election 2020 and the Implementation of the Algiers’ Agreement

So far, no agreement has been reached between the Eritrean and Ethiopian governments regarding the demarcation of the supposedly vital

Negarit #16: I surrendered! ተጣዒሰ ኢደይ ሂበ ‘ለኹ

ኣያ ኢሳያስ ይቅረ በለለይ ክቡረ ኣቶ ቶማስ ወዲ ጎቦ ክብረት ይሃበልይ ክቡር ኣምባሳዶር ጃዝበሃይ ክብረት ይሃበልይ ክብርቲ ሚስ ብራውኒን ብሩቶን ክብረት ይሃበልይ ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ጠቅላሊ ሚኒስተርን ናይ ኤርትራ ጠቅላሊ ዲክተትርን ክቡር ዶክተር ዓቢ ኣሕመድ ይቅረ በለለይ ዓወት ናይ ኤርትራ ነጻ ፕረሰ:  51 ሓደሽቲ ናይ ዜና ማዕከናት ስረሐን ጀሚረን ጉዕዞ ንጀነቫ ንብረዚደንቲ ኢሳያስ (ኣነ ንሱ ንሱ፡ንሱ) ብዝብል ጭርሖ […]

Personal Observation of the Denver and Atlanta Festival 2018

That both festivals – the first of their kind – had taken place in 2018 was no small feat. For

The Abiy Phenomenon

How volatile human affairs are!   A couple of decades ago, who would have thought the wave of democratization that swept

Eritrean-Ethiopian Border Crossing at Um-Hajar Closed

Reports from Eritrea indicated that the border crossing from the Eritrean town of Um-Hajar to the Ethiopian town of Humera has

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