Awate

Awate
Type of site
News
FoundedSeptember 2000
HeadquartersUnited States
Created bySaleh Gadi
FounderSaleh Gadi
EditorSaleh Gadi
URLawate.com
LaunchedSeptember 2000; 25 years ago (2000-09)
Current statusActive

Awate or awate.com is a United States–based Eritrean news website.[1][2]

Creation

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 Eritrean–Ethiopian War. Saleh's passport was cancelled and he received political asylum in the United States (US). Saleh created Awate after his arrival in the US, with aim of providing an alternative to what he described as Eritrean government "infiltrat[ion] [of] every community in the world [with] networks of supporters everywhere who threaten people and, either directly or through relatives back home, punish them for speaking out".[3] Awate named itself after Hamid Idris Awate for his "fighting against overwhelming odds and standing up for what is right no matter how long it may take".[4]

Leadership

Saleh Gadi, founder of Awate,[3] continued as its editor as of 2012.[2]

Points of view

The content of Awate tends to be critical of the Eritrean government, playing a "counterpart to the Eritrean state".[5]

References

  1. ^ Keita, Mohamed (2012-12-27). "Where is Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu?". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 2021-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ a b Rosen, Armin (2012-12-20). "The Fog Over the Red Sea". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-03-21.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ a b c Zajac, Bec (2014-03-16). "Refugee radio voices for a new Eritrea". The Age. Retrieved 2021-03-22.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ a b "About us". Awate. 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ a b Bernal, Victoria (2013). "Civil Society and Cyberspace: Reflections on Dehai, Asmarino, and Awate". Africa Today. 60 (2): 22. doi:10.2979/africatoday.60.2.21. eISSN 1527-1978. ISSN 0001-9887. Retrieved 2021-03-21.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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