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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 ...
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]
Two rockets hit Asmara International Airport. [1] The same day the Eritrean government confirmed that missiles were launched at the capital but denied the city had been hit, saying that they landed in the countryside. The attack came just hours after the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) threatened to target Eritrea. [4]
Eritrea (/ ˌ ɛr ɪ ˈ t r iː ə / ⓘ ERR-ih-TREE-ə or /-ˈ t r eɪ-/- TRAY-;, 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 Djibouti in the southeast.
Asmara (/ æ s ˈ m ɑː r ə / əs-MAHR-ə), or Asmera (Tigrinya: ኣስመራ, romanized: ʾAsmära), is the capital and most populous city of Eritrea, in the country's Central Region.
Dawit Mesfin (born 1956) is an Eritrean writer, researcher and political analyst who campaigns for human rights and democracy in Eritrea.He is a founding father of Awate.com, [1] [failed verification] a leading Eritrean website and served as a senior editor for Asmarino.com. [citation needed] He set up Voice of Liberty radio station, [citation needed] chaired diverse human rights and civil ...
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 ]
The Eritrean War of Independence was an armed conflict and insurgency aimed at achieving self-determination and independence for Eritrea from Ethiopian rule. Starting in 1961, Eritrean insurgents engaged in guerrilla warfare to liberate Eritrea Province from the control of the Ethiopian Empire under Haile Selassie and later the Derg under Mengistu.