Eritrea’s Revolutionary War – The Gold Standard

BY BEREKET KIDANE In the annals of Eritrea’s revolutionary war, September 1st marks the first military engagement between Eritrean combatants and the Ethiopian Army. It was on September 1, 1961, that the first shot was fired in the liberation of Eritrea when Hamid Idris Awate and his men exchanged fire with the colonial Ethiopian Army […]

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September 1st in the Annals of Eritrean History

BY BEREKET KIDANE On September 1, 1961 at Mount Adal in the Gash-Barka region of Eritrea, a small band of 10 to 13 men commanded by Hamid Idris Awate opened fire on the occupying Ethiopian Army. The day’s confrontation between the Ethiopian Army and Eritrean combatants marked the first shot fired in the liberation of […]

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ብሓደ መስከረም 1961 ፡ ሰውራና ኣዊጁ ጸላኢ ክህረም

ብ ግርማይ በርሀ (ሽካጎ)፡ ምጅማር ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ፡ ኣብ መንጎ ገዛእቲ ክንገዝእ ኢና ክብሉን ተገዛእቲ ከኣ ኣይንግዛእን ፡ ኣሜን ኢልና ኣይንሰግድን ፡ እምቢ ብምባል ክቃወሙን ብዝማዕበለ ናይ ክልተ ኣካላት ጎንጺ ዝተጋህደ ተርእዮ እዩ ። ገዛእቲ ሓይልታት ፡ ናይ ሓፋሽ ህዝቢ እምቢይታ ንምዕጋት “እንቢ ያለ ሰው ጥይት ኣጉርሶው” ብምባል ፡ መሰለይ ንዝበለ ህዝቢ ብምቅንጻል […]

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