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A Call To The Moderates of The Horn Of Africa (Archived)
This editorial first appeared on Oct 22, 2003, and again on Sep 10, 2014. We are bringing it up today to remind the pretentious perpetual hawks who are covered with dove feathers, about our view 16 years ago, and today, about peaceful coexistence. We think the topic is more relevant to our current situation and…
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PM Abiy: No Power and Cranes in Eritrea’s Port
On September 5, 2018, Dr. Abiy Ahmed visited Assab, Eritrea. It was one of several visits he made to Eritrea since he assumed power in the spring of 2018. Dr. Abiy Ahmed and Isaias Afwerki have met, in Eritrea and Ethiopia, at least ten-times during the last seven-months. A website affiliated to the ruling party…
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ሹም ገደደን ቆርበትን
ናይ ሎሚ ክፋል ነጋሪት ንመጀመርታ ግዜ ብወርሒ 9, 2005 ዝተጻሕፈት እያ–ሳልሕ “ቃዲ” ጆውሃር 3/25/2019 አዚኣ ዛንታ ነቶም ብሓይሊ ዝተዓስከሩ ግዳያት ዘይኮነ ነቶም ኣብ ላዕለዋይ ጸፍሒ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ዝርከቡ ኣባላት ዝተጻሕፈት እያ። ሓደ ሰብኣይ ንሓንቲ ጽብቕቲ በዓልቲ ሓዳር ሰበይቲ ሰለዝደለያ፡ ሓደ እከይ መደብ ኣውጺኡ፡ ሸያጥ ጠስሚ ተመሲሉ ማዕጾ ገዝኣ ኳሕኲሐ። ብዓል ቤታ ማዕጾ ምስ ኸፈተ አብ ቆርበት ዝተመልአ ጠስሚ ብኣዝዩ…
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Negarit 37: ሳዕስዕ ኣቶክሮ ኣይትረስዕ – FOCUS – ركز
Negarit 37: ሳዕስዕ ኣቶክሮ ኣይትረስዕ – FOCUS – ركز
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“ቲፎዞ ናይ ሃያክ’ዶ ወይስ ናይ ከይነዝ?”
[ብጳውሎስ ዝተዳለወ ተኸታታሊ ምቅሉል ትምህርቲ–awatestaff] ሰላም ብሩኻት ህዝበይ, ረሳሓት ክዳውንቲ ተኣኪቡ ስለዝነበረ፣ ብርጭቆ ክዳውንቲ ክትሓጽብ ክትዳሎ ጀመረት፣ ክልተ ጥስቲ ከተምጽእ ናብቲ ውሽጢ ገዛ ምስ ኣተወት፣ ሓወቦይ ምራጭ ኣብቲ ኣፍደገ ገዛ ጻሓይ ይጽሎ ስለዝነበረ ናበይ ኢልክዮ ኢኺ እዚ ጥስቲ ኢሉ ሓተታ፣ ዋእ ናትኩም ነገር’ካኣ ዘውዳእ፣ ሓንሳእ ክዳውንትና ጨንዩ መቓይርቲ ስኢንና ኢልኩም ተጉረምረሙ፣ ጸኒሕኩም’ካኣ፣ ኣበይ ኢልክዮ ‘ዝጥስቲ…
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Horn of Africa: Port-Politics Taken to New Levels
Yesterday, the Djiboutian President Ismael Guelleh concluded a two-day visit to Mogadishu where he met the Somali president Abdullahi Formaggio and gave a speech at the parliament. During his stay, Guelleh reopened the old Djiboutian embassy in Mogadishu and discussed several bilateral agreements with his counterpart. As Guelleh concluded his visit to Somalia, Osman Saleh,…
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ቃል ኣዳለውቲ መደብ ብመሓመድ እስማዒል
ሰላም ዝኸበርኩምን ዝኸበርክንን ዑዱማት:: ብ መጀመርታ ሕውነታውን ሃገራውን ሰላምታና ተቀበሉ:: ብምቅጻል:- ነዚ ሃገራዊ ጻውዒትና ተቀቢልኩም ብምምጻእኩም ብ ሽመይን ብ ሽም ኣዳላዊት ኢዚ መደብን :ብሽም ኩሉ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከይ ኣመስገንኩኹም ክሓልፍ ኣይደልን:: ንዓይ ድማ : ንመርበብ ዓዋተን : ነዛ ኣዳላዊት ግዝያዊት ኮሚተ ወኪለ : ቃለይ ከስምዕ ዝተወሃበኒ ዕድል ከይ ኣመስገንኩ ክሓልፍ ውን ኣይደልን እምበኣር ነዚ ጽሑፍ ንምድላው ንኽሕግዘኒ መታን : ን መርበብ ዓዋተ…
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መሰረታዊ ስነ-ቁጠባ፣ “እታ ስውርቲ ኢድ”
(መሰረታዊ ትምህርቲ ስነ-ቁጠባ፣ “ዘፍጥረት ገንዘብ” (እታ ስውርቲ ኢድ-The Invisible Hand-Adam Smith) ብኣቶ ጳውሎስ ዝቀረበ ካብ ባይቶ ልዝብ ዓዋተ ዝተቀድሔ፥) awatestaff ሰላም ብሩኻት ህዝበይ, ቀዳም ማዓልቲ ብርጭቆ ንጉሆ ተሲኣ ናብ ሹቕ ኣስፔዛ ክትገብር ትኸይድሞ፣ ሓወቦይ ምራጭ ገዛ’ዘላ መሲልዎ ብርጭቆ ኣቲ ብርጭቆ ተበለ መልሲ ምስ’ሳኣነ፣ ንግሆ ምድሪ ናበይ እያ ኸይዳ ኢሉ ከንጸርጽር ይጅምር፣ መርዘን ስለዝጀመረቶ፣ ውዒቲ ሻሂ…
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Oromo Protests Still Rocking Ethiopia
In 2015, the Addis Ababa city masterplan was at the heart of the popular protests that rocked the Oromia region and the Ethiopian capital city which, like an island, is surrounded by Oromia territories. Since the fall of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974, the size of Addis Ababa has expanded by over 1000% mainly over…
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Reconciliation Talk and Fundraising Evening
Under the theme of Reconciliation, we cordially invite you to join us in the fundraising event for the benefit of awate.com. Saturday March 16, 2019 1701 San Pablo Ave. BERKELEY, CA 94702 From 4 to 7pm. Please join us awate supporters
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Oakland: Inaugurating Premises, Celebrating Women’s and Togoruba Days
Bay Area Eritreans for Democratic Change invites you to the inauguration of its premises in Oakland. The event will include celebrating Women’s Day as well as Togoruba Day. The event will take place on March 9th 2019, at 3pm. The address is: 5600 MLK Jr. Way Oakland, CA 94609
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PFDJ’s Art of Deception
A cultural troupe overflew Mekele, where it could have enjoyed much excitement from bigger and more lively audience. But this 60-person contingent was ordered to impress the Amhara, Isaias’ new allies. The claimed objective of this programme. To ‘celebrate the peace and friendship agreement and develop cultural exchange between the two countries. Far from achieving…
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EU, UN, US: 10-15 Million Ethiopians Need Food Assistance
After reeling in from the 2015-2016 catastrophic drought, the worst in 50 years according to USAID [1], that depleted food stocks and left millions on need for food aid, Ethiopia is facing yet another humanitarian crisis that is causing millions to leave their homes. The state-controlled and the highly partisan private media have not pursued…
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Despair and Frustration with the Fundraising Efforts
It has been three months since we started this fundraising cycle. We would like to thank the few of you who responded positively, and we hope (still hope) the rest will respond — we do not want to suspend or operations because of lack of basic operating funds. Yes, unfortunately it has come to that.…
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A Book Review: The Hidden Party
Title: The Hidden Party: A Narration of a Personal Experience with the EPLF Author: Colonel Tsegu Fessahaie Bahta Price: $29.95 Pages: 250 Year: 2019 Publisher: RSP, The Red Sea Press “Eritrean revolution was a deep cliff with noble intentions.” Pg. 86 THE HIDDEN PARTY tells the story of Tsegu, his siblings, his generation, and…
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Who is More Racist?
“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast stone at her.” John 8:7 One random Saturday morning, I was having a cup of coffee with a friend in a Starbucks stores. As usual, I was having my black coffee Grande, which is the medium size by Starbucks standards, with a little of sugar.…
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Negarit #36:: ባህሊ መጽሓፍ – Love of Books
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The Tears of Isaias the Sadist
Every year since 1991 Isaias Afwerki conducts diatribes and sheds false tears to commemorate our martyr’s day. And sadly enough, some websites advertise this fiasco. One real proof of respect for those who passed away is not what you say about them or their deeds but what you do with their will and to the…
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Nothing Irreconcilable in Ethiopian-Arab Cultures
Th following is a comment at the Awate Forum in reply to Semere Tesfai’s comment linked here. 1. There is nothing irreconcilable between the “cultures, faiths” of Ethiopia and the Middle East. True, they are a sea apart (geographically) but there is much shared history, not to mention faith (assuming the Islamic identity of Ethiopia…
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Eritrea The Opposite Pull by Abyssinians and Arabs
Often, awate.com publishes articles that do not share its values which is mainly promoting tolerance, civility, struggle against injustice, and the respect of right of citizens. To promote a civilized debate, we established the Awate Forum where we encourage readers to challenge published articles, editorials, and other items that we publish. As editors, we reinforce the…
