Friday, 28 January 2022 19:50

“ኤርትራ ሓይልታታ ትስሓብ” ዝብል ይበዝሕ’ሎ

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ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ብ4 ሕዳር 2020 ውግእ ምስተጀመረ ኣዝዮም ኣዛረብቲ ካብ ዝነበሩ ዛዕባታት ሓደ ሓቅነት ምእታውን ዘይምእታውን ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ናብቲ ውግእ ምንባሩ ዝዝከር እዩ። ገለ ወገናት ነቲ ርኡይ ዝነበረ ጣልቃ ኣእታውነት ክሓብእዎ፡ ካለኦት ከኣ ብመረጋገጽታት ኣሰንዮም ከቃልዕዎ ብዙሕ ምውጣጥ ነይሩ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ብዛዕብኡ ክዝረብ እንከሎ ምጽቃጥ ልማዱ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ቀልጢፉ ድምጹ ኣየስመዐን። ገለ ዝያዳ ህግደፍ፡ ህግደፍ ኮይኖም ክቐርቡ ዝፈተኑ ኤርትራውያን ኣብቲ መጀመርያ “ኣሉ ቀጣን ኣይኣተወን” ክብሉ ፈቲኖም። ደሓር ዘይሕባእ ምስ ኮኖም ከኣ ነቲ ኢድ ኣእታውነት ምስ ዘይዛመዱ ጉዳያት እንዳዛመዱ፡ ምኽኑይ ክገብርዎ ፈቲኖም። ውሑዳት ክሳብ ሎሚ ዘይረብረቡ እውን ኣለዉ።

መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ብዛዕባዚ ጉዳይ ወይ ሓቢርካ ምኽሓዱ ወይ ድማ ሓቢርካ ምቕባሉ ስለ ዝተጸገመ ብዙሕ ዘርጠብጠብ ኣርእዩ። ምስዚ ኩሉ ግና ካብ መጀመርታኡ ዝተኣመኑ እሞ በቲ ጉዳይ ዘይተሓጐሱ ፖለቲከኛታት ነይሮም እዮም። ሜጀር ጀነራል በላይ ስዩም ዝተባህሉ ሽዑ ኣዛዚ ሓይሊ ሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ዝነበሩ ከሎ ጌና “ናይ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ኣብ ጉዳይና ምእታው ንዓና ውርደት እዩ” ዝበልዎ ብኣብነት ዝጥቀስ እዩ። ዝተፈላለያ ዓበይቲ ማዕከናት ዜና ብወገነን ካብ መጀመርታኡ ናይ ኤርትራ ሰራዊት ኣብ ውግእ ኢትዮጵያ ትግራይ ከም ዝኣተወ ኣረጋጊጸን ንዘይሰብኣውነቱ እውን ኣቃሊዐን እየን። ካብ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራትን ሕብረት ኤውሮጳን ጀሚርካ ክሳብ ኣብቲ ጉዳይ ብውልቀን ርኢቶ ዝሃባ ሃገራት ምእታው ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ናብ ውግእ ትግራይ ኣረጋጊጸን ናይ “ኢድኩም ስሓቡ” መሕጽንታ ከቕርባ ግዜ ኣይወሰደለንን።

እቶም ነቲ ናይ 2018 “ጸወታ ወያነ ተወዲኡ” ዝብል መደረ ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ ብግቡእ ክከታተሉ ዝጸንሑ ወገናት ግና ምእታው ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ኣብቲ ውግእ ኣይተሓደሶምን። ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ እቲ ውግእ ምስተጀመረ ድሕሪ 17 መዓልታት ናይቲ ኢድ ኣእታውነት ሓደገኛ ሳዕቤን ተገንዚቡ ብምውጋዝ፡ “ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ካብ ትግራይ፡ ሰራዊት ኢትዮጵያ ከኣ ካብ ኤርትራ ይውጽኡ” ዝብል መጸዋዕታ ዘቕሪቡ። ካለኦት ኤርትራዊ ወገናት እውን ከከም ሚዛኖም እቲ ኢድ ኣእታውነት ንረብሓ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ከምዘይከውን ብምርዳእ ናይ ተቓውሞ ድምጾም ከስምዑ ጸኒሖም እዮም። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እውን ብዘይካቶም ብኣጻብዕ ዝቑጸሩ፡ ህግደፍ ዝበሎ ምድጋም እንተዘይኮይኑ ናቶም ሚዛን ዘይነበሮም፡ እቲ ድምጹ ዘስመዓሉ ዕድል ዘይረኸበ ሓፋሽ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ኣንጻርዚ ኢድ ኣእታውነት ምንባሩን ምዃኑን ርዱእ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ከምዚ ሎሚ ንዕዘቦ ዘለና ሳዕቤኑ፡ ማዕጾ እንዳኹሉ ዝኩሕኩሕ ስለ ዝኾነ።

ናይ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ኣብቲ ውግእ ምእታው ዝተረድኡ ወገናት ብዛዕባ ኣሉታዊ ሳዕቤኑ ደጋጊሞም ኣሰሚዖም እዮም። ናይ “ኤርትራ ሓይልታታ ካብቲ ውግእ ክስሕቡ” ጸዋዒቶም እውን ኣቃሊሖም እዮም። ነቲ ውግእ ብሰላምን ዘተን ኣብ ምፍታሕ ህላወ ኤርትራ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዓንቃፊ ምንባሩን ምዃኑን እውን ናይ ብዙሓት እምነት እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፎም ንኤርትራ ብሰንኪ ኢድ ኣእታውነታ ዝቐጽዑ እውን ኣለዉ። ኣሜሪካ ኣብ ልዕሊ ትካላትን ላዕለዎት ሰብ መዝን ህግደፍ ዝወሰነቶ እገዳ ከም ኣብነት ዝጥቀስ እዩ።

እቶም ቀንዲ ሰብ ጉዳይ ክንከውን ዝግበኣና ኤርትራውያን ኢና። ምኽንያቱ እቲ ናይ ኢድ ኣእታውነት ዋጋ ዝኸፍልዎ ኤርትራውያን ስለ ዝኾኑ። እቲ ሓቂ እዚ ክነሱ፡ ብሓደ ድምጺ “ደቅና ኣብ ዘይጉዳዮም ኣይህለቑ” ክንብል ኣይከኣልናን ዘለና። እኳደኣ ዝኸፋፍለና ተረኽቦ ኮይኑ ኣሎ። እቲ ካብ ቅድሙ ካብ ትግራይ ዝተሰምዐ ናይ “ኣይትዝረዩና” ድምጺ ርዱእ ኮይኑ፡ ጉዳዮም ብሰንኪ ህግደፍ ይተሓላለኽ ከም ዘሎ ዝተረድኡ ኢትዮጵያውያን ፖለቲከኛታት “ኢድኩም ካብ ጉዳይና ሰሓቡ፡ ካብ ኤርትራ ትግራይ ትቐርበና” ዝብል ድምጺ ካብ ዘስምዑ ነዊሕ ግዜ ኮይኑ እዩ። ብሰንክዚ መርገጾም ዋጋ ዝኸፈሉ እውን ኣለዉ። እዚ ኢድ ኣእታውነት ህግደፍ ዘይጸውር ድምጺ ኢትዮጵያውያን ሎሚ እውን ኣዝዩ ይዓብን ይሰፍሕን ኣሎ። ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ 63 ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ኩርነዓት ዓለም ዝንቀሳቐሳ ናይ ኦሮሞ ማሕበራት ብሓደ ድምጺ “ጉዳይና ብዘተ ንክፍታሕ ኤርትራ ካብ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ትውጻእ” ዝብል ድምጺ ምስማዐን ብቐሊሉ ዝረአ ስጉምቲ ኣይኮነን።

ብጉዳይ ኤርትራ ተጽዕኖ ዝሓየሎ መንግስቲ ዶ/ር ኣብይ ኣሕመድ፡ ብዛዕባ ምእታው ኤርትራ ኣብ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ክልተ ዓይኒ ዝርኢ ዘሎ ይመስል። በቲ ሓደ ወገን ኣብ ስልጣን ንምቕጻል ናይ ኤርትራ ሓገዝ ከም ዘድልዮ ይርኢ። በቲ ካልእ ወገን ከኣ ካብቲ ኣጋጢምዎ ዘሎ መሪር ውግእ ዘውጽእ መፍትሒ ንምርካብን ዲፕሎማሲያዊ ምስሉ ንምዕራይን ዝባኑ ቀሊዑን ናጻ ኮይኑን ከየናዲ ናይ ኤርትራ ተጽዕኖ የጸግሞ ከም ዘሎ ዝተረደአ ይመስል። ስለዚ ኣብ መንጎ “ይሓግዙናን ይውጽኡልናን” ተቐርቂሩ ኣሎ። እቲ ዘገርም ከምቲ ናይ ኤርትራ ሰራዊት ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ምእታው ንኤርትራውያን ብሓሳብ ዝኸፋፈለና፡ ንኢትዮጵያውያን እውን ዝኸፋፍሎም ዘሎ እዩ ዝመስል። ኦሮሞን ካለኦት ፈደራላዊ ስምዒት ዘለዎም ወገናትን ዝንባለኦም ናብ “ይውጸኣልና” ክዛዝው እንከሎ፡ ኣምሓራ ዝማእከሉ ሸነኽ ከኣ ናብ “ይሓግዘና” ይዛዝው ከም ዘሎ ብግልጺ ይረአ ኣሎ። ስለዚ ናይ ኤርትራ ኢድ ኣእታውነት፡ ንኤርትራ ኣይጠቐማን፡ ንትግራይ ኣዝዩ ጐዲኡዋ፡ ንኢትዮጵያ እውን ከይከፋፍላ ዘስግእ ምልክታት ዘርኢ ዘሎ እዩ።

ህግደፍ ውግእ ኢትዮጵያ ከምቲ ዝሓሰቦ ኣይኮነሉን። ሕልሙ ውግእ ኣብ ትግራይ ከምዚ ኮይኑዎ ዘሎ ከይተወዓወዐን ከይተናውሐን ዳርጋ ብስቱር ክውዳእ ድሌት ነይርዎ። ሕጂ ግና ባዕሉ ብዘምጸኦ መዘዝ ምህላዉን ዘይምህላዉን ዝውስን ኮይኑ ቀሪቡ ኣሎ።፡ ንድሕሪት መምለሲ መንገዲ ከኣ የብሉን። ኢሳያስ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ወርሒ ኣብ ዝሃቦ ቃለ መጠይቕ “ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ኣይጉዳይናን ኢልና ንዕዘቦ ኣይኮነን” ኢሉ ምስቲ ኣዋዲቕዎ ዝነበረ ጉዳይ ዶብን ልኡላውነትን ከዛምዶ ዝፈተኖ ነዚ ዘመላኽት እዩ። ውግእ ኢትዮጵያ ከምዚ ዘርእዮ ዘሎ ምልክታት ብዘተ ከይፍታሕ’ሞ ከም “ኣብ ጐልጐል ዝወገሖ ዝብኢ” ኮይኑ ከይተርፍ ስግኣት ኣለዎ። ምርጫኡ ግና ሓንቲ እያ። ንሳ ከኣ ነቲ “ኤርትራ ሓይልታታ ትስሓብ” ዝብል ድምጽታት ጸማም እዝኒ ሂብካ ጠኒንካ ኣብቲ ውግእ ምቕጻል እያ። ምኽንያቱ እቲ ፋሕፋሕ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘስዕቦ ሓቢኡ፡ ኣብ ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ፋሕፋሕ ተሓቢኡ ዕድሜኡ ኣብ ስልጣን ዘንውሕ ስለ ዝመስሎ።

Friday, 28 January 2022 12:31

Leaked Ethiopian Foreign Ministry document proposes talks to end Tigray conflict

Written by Eritrea Hub

JANUARY 28, 2022 ERITREA HUB ETHIOPIA, NEWS, TIGRAY

“The leaked document says that the Ethiopian government should talk to TPLF from a position of strength; Without dialogue, the conflict will go on with serious economic repercussions. The document mentions the US desire to remove Eritrean ruler Isaias Afwerki from power. Eritrea is already under sanctions from the US and EU.”

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A 51-page document of the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry has been leaked. The document outlines a re-engagement strategy to repair fractures ties with the US and Western countries.

After the start of the Tigray conflict in November 2020, Ethiopian relations with the US and western countries deteriorated. EU and US accused Ethiopia of human rights abuses and deliberately blocking aid delivery to Tigray. The Ethiopian government reciprocated by labeling US and others as backers of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). US removed Ethiopia from AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act) at the start of this year over human rights abuses.

After Tigray forces started their withdrawal from neighboring Amhara and Afar regions last month, Ethiopia-US relations saw an improvement. US President Joe Biden’s telephone conversation with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmad, in the 2nd week of this month, was a clear indication that the two countries wanted to repair their bilateral ties.

The leaked document says that the Ethiopian government should talk to TPLF from a position of strength; Without dialogue, the conflict will go on with serious economic repercussions.

The document mentions the US desire to remove Eritrean ruler Isaias Afwerki from power. Eritrea is already under sanctions from the US and EU.

Sudan and Egypt are untrustworthy, the leaked paper claims. Sudan took advantage of the Tigray conflict and captured the long-standing disputed territory Al Fashaga on the Sudan Ethiopia border. Egypt and Sudan have been threatening Ethiopia against starting the 2nd filling of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). But despite threats, Ethiopia completed the 2nd filling in July last year.

It seems that the Ethiopian government is planning talks to end the Tigray conflict. But before the start of these talks, it wants to weaken Tigray militarily and economically through drone strikes and continuous siege.

Secondly, the government wants to pacify dissenting voices against the dialogue. Last month when the Ethiopian government released a few TPLF leaders, the move was criticized by some Amhara groups/individuals and diaspora members.

Those news outlets, which are critical of the government, have leaked this document. The leakage of the document could be an attempt to put pressure on the Ethiopian government to stop it from starting any dialogue with TPLF.

Thursday, 27 January 2022 21:06

NewsAlert: President appoints 27 new ambassadors; list includes two senior army generals, veteran GERD negotiator

Written by Addis Standard

From Left: General Bacha and General Hassen

Addis Abeba – President Sahle-Work Zewde has today appointed a total of 16 ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary, and 11 ambassadors to represent Ethiopia to various countries, the President’s Office said in a statement to state media.

Among the list of appointees are General Bacha Debele and General Hassen Ibrahim, two senior army generals of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), who have become familiar faces following the war in Tigray which started in Nov. 2020.

General Bacha, then Lt. Gen, was reinstated to the army on November 04, the same day the war started, along with then Lt. Gen. Yohannes G/Meskel, & Lt. Gen. Abebaw Tadesse; the later who is now a full General, was subsequently appointed as deputy chief of staff.

As well as the two generals, today’s appointment also included Dr. Seleshi Bekele, former Minister of Water and Irrigation and currently the Chief Negotiator and Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD to the federal republic of Ethiopia. The letter from the Presidents’ said she has appointed the ambassadors to various positions in accordance with Article 71, Sub-Article 3 of the FDRE Constitution.

Accordingly, the following is the full list:

Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary

1. Tefera Deribew

2. Dessie Dalke

3. Sileshi Bekele (PhD)

4. General Bacha Debelle

5. General Hassen Ibrahim

6. Shitiye Minale (Ms.)

7. Professor Fikadu Beyene

8. Rashad Mohamed

9. Ambassador Jemal Kedir

10. Feysal Aliye

11. Isayas Gota

12. Tsegab Kibebew

13. Tafa Tulu

14. Dr. Genet Teshome

15. Dhaba Dabale

16. Fekadu Beyene

Ambassadors:

1. Asaye Alemayehu

2. Hailay Birhane

3. Awel Wegris

4. Bizunesh Meseret (Ms.)

5. Anteneh Tariku

6. Aklilu Kebede

7. Seid Mohamed

8. Yosef Kassaye

9. Zelalem Birhan

10. Firtuna Dibako (Ms.)

11. Werkalemahu Desta

Thursday, 27 January 2022 21:05

Reminder to the world: Patriarch Abune Antonios, Head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, detained since January 2006

Written by Eritrea Hub

JANUARY 26, 2022 ERITREA HUB NEWS

Human Rights Concern-Eritrea wishes to Remind the World of the Continued Detention of Patriarch Abune Antonios, Head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, since January 2006

26 January 2022

Since January 2006 Patriarch Antonios has endured in the Eritrean capital, Asmara. He continues to be held under duress, with state agents ensuring that he cannot leave the premises. There has never been an opportunity for him to question and challenge this illegal detention in a court of law. He is detained arbitrarily and without charge or trial, solely at the whim of the Eritrean President and ruling clique in government. He is being held virtually incommunicado, and is deprived of all contact with clergy and friends.

His imprisonment since January 2006 makes him one of the longest serving prisoners of conscience in Eritrea. His courage in resisting calls by the regime to submit his church to total governmental control caused him to suffer prolonged persecution and enforced silencing within his own country. His detention is neither recognised nor accepted by the legitimate church representatives and members, despite many government attempts to replace him with a more compliant priest.

The patriarch’s detention violates at least six fundamental principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, found in Articles 3(liberty of person), 8 (effective remedy), 9 (no arbitrary arrest or detention), 11 (presumed innocent until proven guilty),13 (freedom of movement), 18 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion), all of which have been denied him.

It is vital that the nature of his imprisonment is recognised by the international community for what it is – arbitrary detention. And it is important to note that this form of detention is similar to that used by the apartheid regime in South Africa, which instituted “Banning” Orders. Victims of these arbitrary legal measures could not leave their houses or meet with more than one person, or communicate with the outside world. At this stage in the history of Eritrea, it may be appropriate to note the similarities in the treatment of persons disapproved of by the regime: the same human rights abuses continue to this day as occurred in under apartheid—widespread use of torture, disappearances, unexplained deaths in detention, arbitrary illegal arrests and secret detention, and systematic police brutality unchecked by the law. The world must wake up to the fact that human rights abuses as severe and longstanding as under Apartheid are occurring in East Africa to this day.

Human Rights Concern-Eritrea (HRCE) appeals to the international community to stand up for this innocent and righteous religious leader on the 16th anniversary of his detention.

HRCE also calls upon all member states of the United Nations to put pressure on the government of Eritrea to release the 92-year-old Patriarch, who has been unjustly kept in isolation, away from the people and church he loves dearly.

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