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Awate was created by Saleh Gadi as an Eritrean news website, [3] in September 2000, [4] several years after the 1997 creation of Asmarino, another Eritrean diaspora news website. [5] Saleh lived in Kuwait for several years through to 2001, and published reports critical of the Eritrean government's decision to attack Ethiopia, which started the ...
The history of cinema in Eritrea dates back to the country's colonial rule under the Kingdom of Italy. [1] [2] In connection with the growth of Italian cinema in the 1930s, so too did the rise of cinema occur in Asmara, Eritrea. [1] In 1937, Asmara's Opera was converted into a dual-use theatre and cinema. By the following year, Asmara had a ...
Online media of the Eritrean diaspora play a major role in Eritrean politics according to researcher Victoria Bernal. [12] Dehai, created in 1992, tending to be pro-government [12] Asmarino, created in 1997, tending to be anti-government [12] Awate, created following the Eritrean–Ethiopian War, tending to be anti-government [12]
Before the independence of Eritrea, Ethiopia's ETV had planned to build a transmitter in Asmara with a tentative opening date scheduled for December 1976, on VHF channel 5 with an ERP of 1kW. [1] After the referendum that led to its independence, Eri-TV was created in January 1993, with the help of Canadian technicians. [ 2 ]
Eritrea (/ ˌ ɛr ɪ ˈ t r iː ə / ⓘ ERR-ih-TREE-ə or /-ˈ t r eɪ-/- TRAY-;, [20] [21] [22] pronounced [ʔer(ɨ)trä] ⓘ), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the south, Sudan in the west, and ...
Cinema Impero was the largest movie theater constructed in Asmara during the last period of the Italian colony of Eritrea. It was named after the conquest of Ethiopia by Benito Mussolini and his proclamation of the Italian Empire.
The Kingdom of Italy invested in the industrial development of Asmara (and surrounding areas of Eritrea), [16] but the beginning of World War II brought this to a halt. UNESCO made Asmara a World Heritage Site in July 2017, saying "It is an exceptional example of early modernist urbanism at the beginning of the 20th century and its application ...
Even if the amount was minimal (the equivalent of $100 yearly), this was paid through the Italian Embassy in Asmara and was of some value in the underdeveloped economy of Eritrea after World War II. During the 1992-93 UN Intervention in the Somali civil war , an elderly Ascari joined an Italian unit with his original uniform and rifle, stating ...