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Eritrea’s Revolutionary War – The Gold Standard

August 30, 2018November 2, 2019TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

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 […]

Hamid Idris Awate was a leader in early movements for Eritrean independence.

Tribute to Hamid Idris Awate

August 30, 2015September 5, 2023TesfaNews31 Comments

Hamid Idris Awate, who fired the first shot against Ethiopian government forces on 1 September 1961 at Mount Adal, was a leader in early movements for Eritrean independence. That first shot indeed sparked the armed struggle for independence of Eritrea. Hamid Idris Awate (1910-1962) was a leader in the early movements for Eritrean independence. Hamid […]