Awate Team

Eritrea’s Dismal Human Development Report

The United Nations has published its 2013 Human Development Report (HDR) and Eritrea ranks number 181 in the…

Awate Team · March 17, 2013 · 5 min read

Articles

Perspective On Forto 2013

Eritreans For Democracy, Justice and Equality (EDJE) There is no doubt that the event of January 21, 2013…

EDJE · March 15, 2013 · 17 min read

Pointblank

Operation Forto: A Prelude To A Final Showdown?

If you return to awate after a few weeks or even a few days it is hard to…

Ismail Omer-Ali · March 13, 2013 · 9 min read

Al-Nahda

Isaias Afwerki Deals With His Regime’s Suicide Note

The goal of all authoritarian leaders is to create a state that does not have alternative power centers…

Salyounis · March 10, 2013 · 15 min read

Articles

Eritrean Women, March 8 And NUEW

March 8, the International Women’s Day is approaching. Invitations for numerous upcoming events have been published in “governmental”…

Tzigereda Haile · March 3, 2013 · 11 min read

Articles

Waiting For An Eritrean Spring Or Making It

Between waiting for the Eritrean spring and making it: An attempt to find a new approach to change in…

Dr. Abdulrazig Kerar · March 1, 2013 · 29 min read

Awate Team

Reviewing the Reviewers: In Defense of Bereket Habte-Selassie

For their Christmas present, Dr. Bereket Habte-Selassie’s colleagues received a 48-page “book review” of his books.  The reviewers,  Asaminew…

Awate Team · February 26, 2013 · 43 min read

AlMaseer

Forto 2013 – The Covert Angle

Much has been said about the January 21 event – now better known as the “Forto – 2013”…

Mohammed Ahmed · February 26, 2013 · 13 min read

U-Turn

Just Tickling!

This article is exclusively intended to acknowledge and congratulate developments that took place while I had no idea…

Younis Omer (Ali Salim) · February 23, 2013 · 14 min read

Negarit

Human Rights And Challenges In The Horn Of Africa

1. The Hon. Adam Bandt Federal MP, Cr Grant Miles, Maribyrnong council, her excellence representative of Botswana Ms.…

Saleh "Gadi" Johar · February 21, 2013 · 18 min read

Perspective

Lessons Of January 21

Nothing sours the mood of dictators like the appearance of not being in control. A total loss of…

Semere T Habtemariam · February 21, 2013 · 6 min read

Awate Team

Team Eritrea Granted Political Asylum In Uganda

(picture courtesy of BBC) The 15 Eritrean football players who had asked for political asylum in Uganda in…

Awate Team · February 19, 2013 · 2 min read

Pencil

Epic Fail: Isias Afwerki Tries To Diminish “Forto 2013”

The news that members of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) took over the Ministry of Information building (located…

Awate Team · February 17, 2013 · 12 min read

Awate Team

Isaias Afwerki Dismisses “January 21 Incident”

Eritrean strongman Isaias Afwerki dismissed the January 21 military takeover of his Ministry of Information as a minor…

Awate Team · February 15, 2013 · 3 min read

Gedab News

Under Pressure, Sudan Admits Its Human Trafficking Problem

Last month,  Sudan’s Minister of State, Mebrouk Selim Mubarek, declared that human traffickers are active in Eastern Sudan…

Gedab News · February 13, 2013 · 3 min read

Awate Team

Operation Forto 2013 Impacts Operation Fenkil 2013

The Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) waged Operation Fenkil on February 8, 1990.  By February 10, 1990, the…

Awate Team · February 12, 2013 · 3 min read

Negarit

Eritrea: The Challenges Of Today And The Prospects Of Tomorrow

(This is the source of the speeches which I delivered in Melbourne on the 29th of December 2012…

Saleh "Gadi" Johar · February 9, 2013 · 25 min read