Awate.com’s Saleh Johar interviews Meles Zenawi (2008)
The following was first published in May 26, 2008. It’s the first ever interview with the late PM Meles…
Awate Team31 min read
Assab
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From center to periphery: Eritrea’s forced disengagement from Ethiopia
Tekeste Negash (Prof)37 min read
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Ethiopia’s Double Standard: Talking Peace on the Nile, Hinting Force on the Red Sea
Assab is not just a port—it’s where Eritrea’s national story began. Calls for Eritrea to cede it ignore history, sovereignty, and the hard-won price of independence. Ethiopia champions international law on the…
Semere T Habtemariam4 min read
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Gaza Asab: A Peace to Start More Wars
“Ports are traditionally built to host ships that encourage trade. But Abiy envisions a port to launch his navy and battleships. Abiy Ahmed’s maneuvers in the Horn mirror the tragic ambitions of…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
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A Corporal Warned Eritrea!
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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Abiy Threatens Eritrean Sovereignty
Gedab News2 min read
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A Miserable Country Goes to War with Itself
Say what you will about outgoing president Trump, and despite the messenger, there are many countries in the…
Semere Andom (iSem)6 min read
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Ethnic Profiling of Tigrayans in Ethiopia
Ethiopian security forces are carrying out an extensive ethnic profiling and arresting Tigrayans, particularly in Addis Ababa and…
Gedab News2 min read
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UAE-Eritrea: Strained Relationship
Last June, a small ship arrived from the UAE carrying relief aid for Eritreans in Dankalia. However, the…
Gedab News3 min read
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Book Review: Eritrea-Inception and Consolidation of Dictatorship
Published 2020, Uppsala Sweden. Text in Tigrinya. ISBN: 978-91-519-5571-1 Pp. 365 plus list of references. Reviewed by Tekeste…
Tekeste Negash (Prof)48 min read
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Pandemic and Government Induced Oppression in Dankalia
The home of Eritrean Afar people, in the southern tip of Eritrea bordering the Red sea, Djibouti and…
awatestaff8 min read
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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…
Gedab News4 min read
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Assab: The Eritrean Nose
Was he right? Paulo Neruda! In his verses (as re-recounted in the movie Il Postino) in respect to…
Ghezae Hagos Berhe8 min read
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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…
Awate Team9 min read
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Eritrean Economy: Transportation Crisis And Turf War
A turf war has surfaced and it involves the Eritrean ministry of transportation and the economic arm of…
Gedab News6 min read
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A Stalemate Breaks Down in The Arabian Gulf
Generally, when there is a national conflict, the people follow. Their salvation can only come from wise friends—but…
Awate Team7 min read
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Cold War Ended, Hot War Continues
The 20th century is very much defined by the cold war that continued from 1947 to 1991. For…
Awate Team12 min read
