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Asmarino was created in 1997 by Tesfaledet, an Eritrean refugee living in the United States, after a visit to Eritrea in which he failed to convince officials of his proposals for internet development in Eritrea. [3] By 2010s, the website was widely seen as a major news site of the Eritrean diaspora. [2] [4] [5]
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]
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 ...
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki signed an agreement in Asmara on July 9 to restore ties and have since taken steps to put that into practice including ...
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 ...
Kassa Hailemariam, a U.S.-based advocate for many Tigrayans, told the AP “it is ridiculous to blame Tigrayans for the global Eritrean movement against the age-long dictator in Asmara,” Eritrea ...
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 ...
The Eritrean Uprising was massive Student protests in Asmara, Eritrea in November 2017 against the government and bad living conditions and severe working life. Anti-government protests escalated on 1 November, when police clashed with protesters and fired Live ammunition to disperse protesters.