Great personalities

Hamid Idris Awate

Early life in Italian Eritrea Awate was born in 1910 in Gerset, located between Tessenei and Golluj in southwestern Italian Eritrea. His father, a peasant, trained him as early as childhood in the use of guns. Hamid belonged to the Tigre ethnic group. In 1935, Hamid was conscripted by the Italians to serve in the colonial army of the Eritrean Ascari. …

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Ibrahim Sultan Ali

Early life and education  Ibrahim attended Quran School under Khalifa Jaafer of the Halanga of Kassala. In Keren, he attended technical training at Salvaggio Raggi and at Umberto School in Asmara. Career  Ibrahim worked as the chief in a train station, served as a civil servant in Keren, Agordat, Tessenei, Adi Ugri and even Wiqro near Mekele for six months. He was proficient in …

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Osman Saleh Sabbe

The Intellectual Leader Osman Saleh Sabbe Awate Team  All Eritrean martyrs have a story behind them. In addition, we have the disabled, crippled and deformed survivors to remind Eritreans of the hell they went through. Eritreans need them. Yes, they need them around… for they need to be reminded about the sufferings and the …

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Idris Mohamed Adem

Idris Mohamed Adem one of the prominent Eritrean politicians Idris Mohamed Adem – (1922-2003), You may have heard much about Ibrahim Sultan and Wolde Ab Woldemariam, may be less about Abdulgadir Kebire and others, possibly not about this man. The prominent Eritrean politician whom the EPLF/PFDJ has erased from the history …

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