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Meles Zenawe : A Matter Of Perspective
Meles Zenawe is dead. Long live Meles Zenaw! Looking back at his life one can with no exaggeration say that Meles was no ordinary human being. Meles was an institution. With the exception of the great Mandela, Meles had no intellectual equal inAfrica’s leadership pool. He was not only a visionary in what he wanted…
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The Son Of Africa And His Humble Moral Choices
Prime Minister Zenawi has passed away on August 20, 2012, he was 57 and his life’s lamp went out untimely out. Though Judgment is something that one has to face invariably, the Horn of Africa in particular and the continent of Africa in general have lost a pragmatic visionary and a detail-oriented strategic thinker of…
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Meles Zenawi: A Life Spent Fighting Poverty
“Our first enemy is poverty and backwardness.”Meles Zenawi Meles joined the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) as a young student to struggle for the right and equality of his people. He was one of the prominent leaders who contributed to the downfall of the Ethiopian military regime, the DERG. After the fall of the DERG…
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Beyond Politics: The Psychological Impact Of Our Suffering
Eritreans are so much consumed by and addicted to politics that sometimes we forget we are human beings who breathe, live, love, hate, get sick, feel sad, happy and die. Politics reflects on our every day lives. My first article beyond politics was ‘To be human’. I had planned to write more of that but…
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Zenawi’s Mixed Legacy
Unlike his predecessor who was widely condemned for his failure, brutality and poor governance, the late Prime Minister of Ethiopia has a mixed review of his legacy and that is, frankly, an achievement we cannot ignore. Meles Zenawi has been praised for his economic and educational policies by almost everybody (at least those who matter…
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Statement from the Council of Ministers of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Statement from the Council of Ministers of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Aug 21, 2012) Honorable Peoples and Friends of Ethiopia; The Council of Ministers of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, with deep sorrow and grief, regrets to inform the Peoples of Ethiopia that, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who has led our country…
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Is Dead
awate.com has learned from its sources in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is dead. The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Hailemariam Desalegen, who is also Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, has assumed the position of Prime Minister. There are now indications that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who has not made a public appearance for two…
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Tewekel On The River Nile: Review The Conventions
Appearing on Al Jazeera’s “Behind The News”, Mohammed Taha Tewekel, an Eritrean regional political analyst, called for reviewing of the 1929 agreements between the United Kingdom and its colonies regarding the River Nile. Furthermore, argued Tewekel, the agreement signed between the Lower Nile countries of Egypt and Sudan in 1959 is not binding on the…
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Hidomona’s Reply To Meskerem’s Willful Ignorance
[awate.com notes: On August 17, the Winnipig Free Press reported on the efforts of Hidmona Eritrea-Canadians Human Rights Group of Manitoba to call on the Canadian government to comply with its own laws and not allow individuals like Zemehret Yohannes, who is in charge of Eritrean ruling party’s “Research and Documentation” department, and Walta, a…
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Eritrean Students Conference Commences In Ethiopia
The Eritrean students conference opened on Monday August 13, 2012 in Addis Ababa at the Arat Kilo university campus. The attendees are estimated to be around 450 . Unlike previous meetings, cell phones were not allowed in the Arat Kilo conference. Dr. Yusuf Berhanu and Mr. Yohannes Asmelash, the chairman and the deputy chairman, respectively,…
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Ethiopia Organizing (Yet) Another Eritrean Conference
Gedab News has learned that an Eritrean students conference is expected to be held in Ethiopia beginning on Monday August 13, 2012. The seminar is expected to be attended by over three-hundred people and it was conceived by, organized by, and will be held under the auspices of, the Ethiopian Government. Until Thursday, it didn’t…
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Sudanese Consul To Eritrea Dies In Asmara in Mysterious Circumstances
Major Qutbi Ali Tahir, Sudan’s Consul to Eritrea, has died in Asmara. Sudanese and Egyptian news sources are reporting that he died in mysterious circumstances. The body was flown for an autopsy to a Khartoum hospital immediately after it arrived in the Sudanese capital on a flight from Asmara. The autopsy was conducted by Dr.…
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Got Dignity?
If you’ve lived in the US as long as I’ve, then, you would remember the old milk commercial. Two simple words followed by a question mark: Got Milk? The commercial is credited for increasing milk sales in the US. The dairy industry later came with an equally catchy message: Milk: it does the body good!…
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Free Citizens and Foot Soldiers
What does a national institution with a name like “Research and Documentation Department” do? If you answered: “Research and publish basic data like the census, national budget, unemployment rate, inflation rate, GDP growth, demographics, etc.” you would be right—for any country in the world. But in Eritrea, where everything, including the population, is a state…
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Ramadan Stream Of Consciousness: Touring The Eritrean Political Mind
[This article the second part of a four-part series written by Omar Jabir under the title “Ramadan Stream Of Consciousness.” It first appeared at farajat.net and other Arabic websites on July 27, 2012. Awate.com has translated it into English for the benefit of its readers. Any discrepancy that might appear in translation is not the…
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Unfiltered Notes: Where Are We And Where Are We Headed?
21 years after Eritrea’s geographic sovereignty, the things that really matter — like individual freedoms, economic vibrancy, quality education and Eritrea’s long term viability as a respected member in the community of nations still lag far behind. Measured against the high hopes Eritreans had in 1991, the disappointments are far too many; accomplishments scanty little.…
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The Risks And Challenges Facing The Youth Movements
No doubt many of us are glad when the youth make fast strides towards establishing a united and independent movement that will enable them to fully utilise the great potential they possess and effectively channel it to accelerate the national struggle for democratic change. Naturally, relationships between the older and younger generations are not expected…
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“Baito Baitona”: The Debrezeit Dialogue Forum
It was my first participation in a big Eritrean gathering of various youth organizations and diverse individuals: refugees, students, journalists, writers, artists and opposition leaders; and I met my Facebook and media acquaintances from all over the world and reminisced our school experiences and all the ups and downs of life in Eritrea. It was…
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Reflection On The Bishoftu “Youth Dialogue Forum”
The preparations The first time I heard about the idea of planning to hold a youth conference in Ethiopia and other sectorial conferences was during the seminar of Eritrean intellectuals, professionals and other interested individuals held in Ethiopia in September 2011. It means the idea precedes the Eritrean National Conference for Democratic Change (ENCDC) conference…
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Security Council Extends Mandate Of Monitoring Group On Eritrea
Condemning the continuing flow of “weapons and ammunition supplies to and through Somalia and Eritrea”, the Security Council has extended the mandate of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea for 13 months—through August 25, 2013—directing all Member States “including Eritrea” to co-operate with the Monitoring Group and instructing the Secretary General to make the…
