ኣሜሪካ፡ ኣብ ጉዳይ ትግራይ ስጉምቲ ንምውሳድ ኣማራጺታት ትርእይ ከምዘላ ገሊጻ

13 ጥቅምቲ 2021
ወሃቢ ቓል ሚንስትሪ ጉዳያት ወጻኢ ኔድ ፕራይስ

ምንጪ ስእሊ,KEVIN LAMARQUE

መንግስቲ ኣሜሪካ፡ ምስቲ ካብ ትግራይ ጀሚሩ ኣብ ሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ኲናት ብዝተሓሓዝ ስጉምቲ ንምውሳድ ኣማራጽታት የናድይ ከምዘሎ ኣፍሊጡ።

እታ ሃገር ነቲ ካብ እዋን ናብ እዋን ይጋደድ ዘሎ ቅልውላው ምላሽ ንምሃብ ቁጠባዊ ማዕቐባት ምንባር ሓዊሱ ንዘለዉ ኩሎም ኣማራጽታት ትግምግም ከምዘላ ወሃቢ ቓል ሚንስትሪ ጉዳያት ወጻኢ ኔድ ፕራይስ ንጋዜጠኛታት ገሊጹ።

ፕረዚደንት ኣመሪካ ጆ ባይደን፡ ምስ ሰብኣዊ ቅልውላውን ምግሃስ ሰባዊ መሰላትን ግጭት ሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ርክብ ኣለዎም ኣብ ልዕሊ ዝተባህሉ ወገናት እገዳ ክግበር ዘኽእል መምርሒ ምፍራሙ ዝዝከር እዩ።

እቲ መምርሒ፡ ጸሓፊ ክፍሊ ገንዘብን ጸሓፊ ክፍሊ ጉዳያት ወጻኢን ኣመሪካ ኣብ ልዕሊ'ቶም በቲ ዝቕጽል ዘሎ ኵናት ተሓተቲ'ዮም ዝበልዎም ወገናት ማዕቀብ ከንብሩ ስልጣን ዝህብ'ዩ።

እቶም ተጻባእቲ ሓይልታት ቀልጢፎም ናብ ዘተ ሰላም እንተዘይኣትዮም ኣብ ውሽጢ ሒደት ሰሙናት ተግባራዊ ክግበር ከምዝክእል ኣጥንቂቑ ምንባሩ ይዝከር።

ቀዳማይ ሚኒሰተር ኢትዮጵያ ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ፡ ነዚ ምላሽ ኣብ ዝመስል ቅሉዕ ደብዳበ ኣመሪካ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኢትዮጵያ ትኽተሎ ዘሎ ፖሊሲ 'ኣድለኣዊ' ክብል ነቒፉ።

መራሕቲ ትግራይ ብወገኖም፡ ቅድም ነቲ ጻውዒት ሰላም ከምዝቕበሉን ንዘተ ቅሩባት ምኳኖምን ምግላጾም ዝዝከር እዩ።

ኣብ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣምባሰደር ኢትዮጵያ ዝነበረ ሕዚ ወኪል ህወሓት ፍስሃ ኣስገዶም፡ ሕዚ'ውን ውድቡ ንሰላም ቅሩብ ምዃኑ ብሰሉስ ንፎከስ ረድዮ ቢቢሲ ተዛሪቡ።

"እዚ ኲናት ናይታ ሃገር ሓድነት ንሓደጋ ዘሳጥሕ እዩ" ብምባል፡ ብሰላማዊ ዘተ ጥራይ ክውዳእ ከምዝኽእልን እቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ተኣዊጁ ዘሎ ዕጽዋ ንምኽፋት ተገዲዲም ዘካይድዎ ዘለዉ ናይ ህልውና ኲናት ምዃኑን ሓቢሩ።

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ብተዛማዲ ዜና፤ ሚንስትር ጉዳያት ወጻኢ ኣሜሪካ ኣንቶኒ ብሊንከን፣ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ፣ ዩናይትድ ኪንግደም፣ ፈረንሳ፣ ጀርመንን ሕብረት ኣውሮጳን ትማሊ ሰሉስ ኣብ ጉዳይ ቅልውላው ኢትዮጵያ ዘትዮም ኣለዉ።

ኣቦ መንበር ኢጋድ ቀዳማይ ሚንስትር ሱዳን ዓብደላ ሓምዶክ፣ ላዕለዋይ ተወካሊ ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ ጆሰፍ ቡረል፣ ሚንስተር ጉዳይ ወጻኢ ጀርመንን ኣብ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ተወካሊ ፈረንሳን ኣብቲ ዘተ ከምዝተሳተፉ እቲ ወሃቢ ቓል ሓቢሩ።

ኩሎም ኣብቲ ኲናት ዝሳተፉ ዘለዉ ኣካላት ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ስምምዕ ምቁራጽ ተኹሲ ክኣትዉን ኣብታ ሃገር ሰላም ክሰፍን ክገብሩን ድማ ተሳተፍቲ ኣኼ ኣተሓሳሲቦም።

ተሳፍቲ እቲ ጎንጺ ንዓለም ለኻዊ ሕግታት ብምኽባር ሰብኣዊ ረድኤት ብዘይገደብ ንኽበጽሕ ከፍቅዱ ምጽውዖም እቲ ወሃቢ ቓል ወሲኹ ገሊጹ።

ቅድሚ እዚ ኣኼባ፡ ሚንስትር ወጻኢ ጉዳያት ኣሜሪካ ምስ ላዕለዋይ ተወካሊ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ኦሌሴጉን ኦባሳንጆ ብምርኻብ ኣብ ኩነታት ኢትዮጵያ ከምዝዘተዩ ተፈሊጡ’ሎ።

መራሒ ናይጀርያ ነበር ኦባሳንጆ ኲናት ትግራይ ብሰላማዊ መገዲ ንኽፍታሕ ንተጻባእቲ ሓይልታት ክሽምግሉ ከምዝተወከሉ ይዝከር።

ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ዝተወለዐ ኲናት ምኽንያት ምፍንቓል ሚልዮናት ሰባት ካብ ምዃኑ ብተወሳኺ ንኻልኦት ብሚልዮናት ዝቑጸሩ ዜጋታት’ውን ኣብ ሓደጋ ጥምየት ከምዘውደቐ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ይገልጽ።

መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ናብ ትግራይ ረድኤት ከይኣትው ማሕለኻ ከምዝፈጠረ ክስታት እንተቐረበሉ’ኳ፤ ነቲ ክስታት ኣይቕበሎን። ንሓይልታት ትግራይ እዩ ዝኸስስ።

እቲ ኣብ ሞንጎ ሓይልታት ጸጥታ ትግራይን መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያን ዝካየድ ኲናት ንዝተወሰነ እዋን ሃዲኡ ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ፤ ኣብዚ ቕነ ግን ከቢድ ውግእ ተጀሚሩ ከምዘሎ ጸብጻባት ይሕብሩ።

እቲ ብመንግስቲ ፌዴራል ዝተኸፍተ መጥቃዕቲ “ብኸበድቲ ኣጽዋር፣ ታንኪ፣ ሮኬታት፣ ድሮናትን ነፈርቲ ውግእን ዝተሓገዘ” ከምዝኾነ ብወገን ትግራይ ዝወጸአ መግለጺ የመልክት።

እቲ ወተሃደራዊ መጥቃዕቲ ምጅማሩ ብዝምልከት መብርሂ ንኽትህብ ዝተሓተተት ወሃቢት ቃል ቤት ጽሕፈት ቀዳማይ ሚንስትር ቢልለኔ ስዩም፡ "መንግስቲ ንዜጋታቱ ካብ ናይ ሽበራ መጥቃዕትታት ናይ ምሕላው ሓላፍነት ኣለዎ” ካብ ምባል ወጻኢ ዝርዝር ምላሽ ካብ ምሃብ ከምዝተዓቀበት ሮይተርስ ጸብጺቡ።

Source=ኣሜሪካ፡ ኣብ ጉዳይ ትግራይ ስጉምቲ ንምውሳድ ኣማራጺታት ትርእይ ከምዘላ ገሊጻ - BBC News ትግርኛ

OCTOBER 14, 2021  ETHIOPIANEWSTIGRAY

“Speaking exclusively to The National, a senior US official said President Joe Biden’s administration is finalising an inter-agency process that would bring sanctions on people and entities responsible for the fighting…Asked about the targets of the sanctions, the US official mentioned ‘leaders, military forces or commercial entities who prolong the crisis, obstruct progress, or continue to hinder humanitarian access, or commit serious human rights abuses’.”

Source: The National

US considers sanctions on Ethiopia’s military commanders and commercial entities

Senior US official tells ‘The National’ that sanctions would include leaders, military forces or companies prolonging the Tigray conflict

By Joyce Karam ,Washington, Oct 13, 2021

Nearly a year since fighting broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the US is weighing sanctions on the country’s government, warring factions and commercial entities fuelling the fighting.

Speaking exclusively to The National, a senior US official said President Joe Biden’s administration is finalising an inter-agency process that would bring sanctions on people and entities responsible for the fighting.

Last November, Addis Ababa launched an offensive against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Since then, the conflict has spread to the Amhara region and has displaced more than two million civilians and leaving 5.2 million people in urgent need of food aid, the UN has reported.

The Ethiopian federal government, the Amhara regional government, the Tigrayan regional government and the Eritrean government are all involved in the conflict.

This week, the Ethiopian military launched a ground offensive to try to reverse recent TPLF gains, western officials told The New York Times.

The offensive throws a spanner into US, European and UN efforts to broker an immediate ceasefire, and strengthens the argument inside the Biden administration to impose sanctions.

Last month, Mr Biden signed an executive order that approved the structure of potential sanctions against perpetrators of violence in Ethiopia.

“The hope is not to have to use this tool [sanctions]. We want to prepare for negotiations for all parties to come to the table to end this conflict, to stop the human suffering and to let humanitarian assistance flow into that region where so many people are desperately in need,” the senior official said.

“But where we are now is that neither the TPLF, nor the [Ethiopian] government and their forces have stopped their offences and counter offences, and they’re not coming to the table, so we are currently looking at employing this tool.”

We’re holding out some sort of glimmers of hope but unfortunately it’s not looking very optimistic

Senior US official

Asked about the targets of the sanctions, the US official mentioned “leaders, military forces or commercial entities who prolong the crisis, obstruct progress, or continue to hinder humanitarian access, or commit serious human rights abuses”.

Such designations would first undergo a thorough process of gathering evidence and consulting across different agencies, the official said.

In an investigation last week, CNN revealed that Ethiopia’s government used its state-owned commercial airline to transport weapons to and from neighbouring Eritrea during the first weeks of the conflict in Tigray.

But while readying sanctions, Washington is exhausting diplomatic avenues to reach a ceasefire.

“We don’t do this lightly. We’re holding out some sort of glimmers of hope but unfortunately it’s not looking very optimistic,” the senior US official added.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has described the war as a “law enforcement operation”.

The UN estimates 400,000 Tigrayans are living in famine-like conditions and humanitarian organisations have documented extrajudicial killings and rape.

The US State Department has launched a legal review examining whether the Tigray humanitarian crisis amounts to genocide.

On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa Olusegun Obasanjo to stress the urgency of finding a path to negotiations.

The Biden administration is also considering the expulsion of Ethiopia from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) by the end of the month, which would further constrain its economy and cut its duty-free access to the US market for thousands of products.

“It’s required by the law of the United States, it must restrict AGOA eligibility for countries that have committed gross violations of human rights,” the official said.

William Davison, a senior analyst on Ethiopia with the International Crisis Group, saw the imposition of US sanctions as highly probable in the next few weeks.

“Given the current situation and the likelihood of continued fighting, particularly in the Amhara region, I think we are likely to see the US implement targeted sanctions soon, maybe around the end of the month,” Mr Davison told The National.

The expert said commanders from the warring sides are likely targets.

“For the next few weeks at least, the parties are locked into more conflict and that’s what makes it likely that commanders on all sides will soon face sanctions.”

Asked if such penalties would change the calculus on the ground, Mr Davison said not immediately.

“The immediate reaction to the sanctions will most likely be defiance from the federal government. I do not think it will change its policy on the war. By and large, that goes for the other actors in the conflict as well when their commanders are sanctioned,” he said.

For the calculations to change, “the overall pressure has to increase, on the security, political and economic fronts, in such a way that more people in the Ethiopian government and society start to think that the trajectory that the country is on is very worrying and needs to be altered,” he argued.

OCTOBER 14, 2021  ETHIOPIANEWSTIGRAY

Source: Canadian dimension

CANADIAN POLITICSAFRICAWAR ZONES

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa in an attempt to shore up support for a seat for Canada on the United Nations Security Council, February 7, 2020. Photo from Twitter.

In the final weeks of September, images began to emerge of severely malnourished children from Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia, home to around seven million people. These pictures provided visual proof of the humanitarian calamity the United Nations has long been warning about.

Tigray is currently suffering the worst famine anywhere in the world, with millions in dire need of food. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs revealed that 400,000 people in Tigray are suffering from catastrophic hunger while USAID puts the number at nearly one million. According to UNICEF, over 100,000 children in Tigray are at risk of starvation-induced deaths, while the UN is recording “unprecedented” malnutrition (now over 22 percent) particularly among children, pregnant women, and new mothers.

Terrible stories from the region, of people going for days without eating or subsisting on leaves to survive, underscore the severity of the famine, which has already killed hundreds, if not thousands. All the more horrific is that this famine, which threatens the lives of millions, is not the result of drought or a natural disaster. It is a man-made famine, brought on by the systematic and deliberate campaign of destruction unleashed on Tigray by the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea since November 2020 in their military offensive against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).

On November 4, 2020, while much of the world was engrossed in the outcome of the US presidential elections, Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared war on Tigray. This declaration followed years of escalating political tensions between the Ethiopian federal government and the regional government in Tigray. While ostensibly declaring it a domestic law and order operation, Abiy invited forces from Eritrea and the neighbouring Amhara region to launch a brutal offensive against the people of Tigray.

Despite the communications blockade imposed by the Abiy regime since November, news began to emerge of atrocities carried out by the Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Amhara forces in Tigray, including hundreds of massacres, pervasive sexual and gender-based violence, and attacks on religious sites, all of which have decimated the region’s health, food, and education infrastructure and displaced millions. The atrocities perpetrated by the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and bear the hallmarks of genocide.

The man-made famine is a central component of Abiy’s campaign in Tigray. With roads in and out of the region closed, trade and commerce halted, and humanitarian organizations prevented from accessing the north of the country, there were warnings of famine as early as January of this year. Reports show that Ethiopian and Eritrean forces destroyed and looted crops, killed livestock, burned food supplies, banned farming, and blocked humanitarian access into Tigray in a deliberate attempt to create and exacerbate the starvation crisis. Since being pushed out of many parts of Tigray in late June, the Ethiopian government has continued to besiege the region, cutting off its inhabitants from electricity, transportation, communication, and enacting a de facto aid blockade.

Recognizing that the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe from the war on Tigray is too grave to ignore, the United States and the European Union (as well as the United Kingdom) have been working to facilitate a cessation of hostilities. On September 17, US President Joe Biden signed an executive order authorizing a wide-ranging sanctions regime on Ethiopia. Similarly, on October 7, the EU parliament adopted a resolution calling for sanctions and an arms embargo on Ethiopia. Many other states, international organizations and humanitarian agencies have similarly been vocal in their calls for an end to the hostilities.

There is, however, one notable absence among the chorus of voices holding Mr. Abiy’s regime to account: Canada. Since November, beyond issuing a few half-hearted statements, the Trudeau government has not taken any meaningful steps to utilize the tools at its disposal to facilitate an end to the conflict. The Canadian response has been weak and ineffective, which is surprising given the significant leverage at Canada’s disposal. Ethiopia is one of the largest recipients of Canadian development assistance, having received nearly $2 billion between 2010 and 2019. Moreover, in 2018 alone, trade between Canada and Ethiopia peaked at over $170 million.

Canada has a strong economic relationship it could use to push for a meaningful ceasefire and the opening up of aid access into Tigray. Yet, not only has Justin Trudeau’s government shown its unwillingness to move beyond tepid statements, but it has also continued to provide financial support to the Ethiopian government, which stands accused of atrocities and helping to spur the world’s worst famine crisis in a decade.

Justin Trudeau and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, February 8, 2020. Photo from Twitter.

While it is easy to dismiss the humanitarian catastrophe in Tigray as just another war in a remote part of the world, this crisis should be at the centre of Canadian foreign policy discourse for two key reasons. First, Canadian presence across the world needs to live up to the values its leaders claim to espouse. As early as 2015, Prime Minister Trudeau promised to bring Canada’s “compassionate and constructive voice” back to the world stage. However, with respect to Tigray, the Trudeau government has been neither compassionate nor constructive. In fact, in so far as it has had a discernable voice at all, it has raised it in defense of a regime that has been accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts of genocide. The complete disjuncture between Canadian foreign policy rhetoric and practice should be alarming and disconcerting to all.

Second, and more disturbingly, reporting by The Breach has revealed that Canadian mining companies have been investing heavily in Tigray since November 2020. At least six Canadian firms are either already in or have licenses to operate in Tigray, while two Canadian companies have worked closely with the Ethiopian government amid the war. The reporting suggests that the Canadian government’s lacklustre response to the humanitarian catastrophe may be influenced by its desire to protect the millions of dollars it has spent to reform the mining sector in Ethiopia and protect the investments of domestic mining companies that believe the region “holds billions of dollars in gold.”

As is well known, Canadian mining companies have been widely criticized for their conduct across the Global South, which includes environmental disasters, gross human rights abuses, and attacks against Indigenous peoples. The link emerging between Canadian mining interests in Tigray and Canada’s ongoing support for the Ethiopian government could be the newest addition to this roster of injustices. That this is happening under a government that prides itself on its feminist credentials and espouses noble values about Canada’s benevolence makes it all the more hypocritical.

If Prime Minister Trudeau wants to bring Canada’s compassionate and constructive voice back to the world stage, this is the time to do so. The Abiy government’s war in Tigray represents a decisive moment for Canada to affirm the values it proclaims guide its presence in the world, by deploying all of the economic, political, and diplomatic tools at its disposal to help bring a swift end to the humanitarian crisis before it spirals out of control.

Fifi H. is a graduate student in the field of international political economy. Her research focuses on the political economy of development and urbanization in the African context.

“Senior Western officials broadly confirmed Tigrayan accounts that the assault, which had been anticipated for weeks, started in the Amhara region, which borders Tigray to the south. “

Source: New York Times

Western officials confirmed Tigrayan reports of an assault on several fronts. Aid workers said it will intensify a dire humanitarian crisis.

Lining up for food aid in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia on Sunday.Lining up for food aid in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia on Sunday.Credit…Jemal Countess/Getty ImagesDeclan Walsh

By Declan WalshOct. 12, 2021

NAIROBI, Kenya — The conflict in northern Ethiopia has escalated sharply in recent days, as Ethiopian forces began a sweeping offensive in a bid to reverse recent gains by Tigrayan rebels, Western officials and Tigrayan leaders said.

U.N. officials said the attack will deepen the humanitarian crisis in a region that is plunging into the world’s worst famine in a decade. With the Ethiopian government blocking aid shipments, some starving Tigrayans are eating leaves to survive.

Senior Western officials broadly confirmed Tigrayan accounts that the assault, which had been anticipated for weeks, started in the Amhara region, which borders Tigray to the south. But beyond that, it is hard to get a clear picture of the situation.

A strict communications blackout imposed by the government means few details about the fighting can be independently confirmed. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was sworn in for a second term last week, has declined to comment in recent days.

His spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.

Speaking by phone, Gen. Tsadkan Gebretensae, a member of the central command of the Tigray forces and its leading strategist, said Ethiopian forces had begun the military operation on Friday with a bombardment of Tigrayan positions using warplanes, artillery and drones.

On Monday, the Ethiopians switched to a ground offensive led by thousands of fighters, to be met by a Tigrayan counteroffensive, he said.

“The enemy has been preparing for months, and so have we,” said General Tsadkan, who previously commanded Ethiopia’s armed forces for a decade. He predicted the coming battle would be a “decisive moment” for the country.

“The ramifications will be military, political and diplomatic,” he said. “I don’t think this will be a protracted fight — a matter of days, most probably weeks.”

Ethiopian soldiers training in Dabat last month. Government forces have been preparing for the recent move against the Tigrayan rebels for months.Ethiopian soldiers training in Dabat last month. Government forces have been preparing for the recent move against the Tigrayan rebels for months.Credit…Amanuel Sileshi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

For Mr. Abiy, winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, the offensive is an effort to wrest control of a brutal 11-month war that has ruined his reputation as a peacemaker and slipped beyond his grip as the fighting spread to new areas in recent months.

Mr. Abiy has appeared increasingly isolated from international support as the United States threatens him with the prospect of sanctions, and he clashes with the U.N. leadership. Only a few African leaders have continued to support him.

This month, Ethiopia expelled seven senior U.N. officials it accused of “meddling” in the nation’s internal affairs and diverting aid to the Tigrayan rebels. The U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres denied those charges in unusually sharp language, telling Mr. Abiy the expulsions had no legal basis.

Likening the situation to the devastating Somalia famine of 2011, Mr. Guterres said he warned Mr. Abiy that Ethiopian restrictions on the delivery of aid had created a humanitarian crisis that was “spiraling out of control.”

Over five million Tigrayans urgently need relief aid, and at least 400,000 are in famine-like conditions, the U.N. says. But barely one-tenth of required aid has reached them because Ethiopia has blocked the routes into the region, officials said.

The Biden administration has tried to force Mr. Abiy and the Tigrayans into peace talks by threatening sanctions against “officials and entities” who block humanitarian aid and refuse to stop fighting.

With his latest attack, however, Mr. Abiy seems to be gambling that he can prevail using force.

Western officials said the Ethiopian leader had been preparing the offensive for months. He amassed new weapons from foreign suppliers and recruited tens of thousands of young Ethiopians to help fight Tigrayan forces he has described as “cancer” and “weeds.”

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during his inauguration ceremony in Addis Ababa last week, where he was sworn in for a second five-year term.Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during his inauguration ceremony in Addis Ababa last week, where he was sworn in for a second five-year term.Credit…Mulugeta Ayene/Associated Press

One Western official said Mr. Abiy had acquired new drones built in Iran, Turkey and China, although it is unclear who supplied them to Ethiopia. Websites that track international air traffic have recorded dozens of cargo flights from the United Arab Emirates, and a handful from Iran, into Ethiopian air force bases in the past six weeks.

Tigrayan leaders have accused the U.A.E. of sending armed drones to help Mr. Abiy during the early weeks of the war last November; Emirati officials have refused to comment. Airstrikes took out most of the Tigrayan artillery and forced its troops to retreat into the remote countryside.

A more consequential question now is whether Eritrea will again rally to Mr. Abiy’s side. Eritrean troops offered crucial support in the first phase of the war, until June, and faced many of the worst accusations of atrocities against civilians. The Eritreans are currently occupying Humera, a town in western Tigray, and some have deployed to Amhara, two western officials said.

But it’s unclear if they are participating in the latest fighting.

Tigrayan forces scored a series of surprise victories that forced Ethiopian forces out of Tigray. In July, the Tigrayans pushed into the Amhara region, where the fighting has been centered ever since.

A long-running dispute between Amhara and Tigray over a swath of disputed land drew Amhara militias into the fight against Tigray last November. The Tigrayans say those fighters are also participating in the latest offensives, along with regular Ethiopian troops and young men from across Ethiopia drawn by Mr. Abiy’s appeal for recruits during the summer.

But General Tsadkan, the Tigrayan commander, said he considered the autocratic leader of Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki, who is an old foe of the Tigrayans, as his greatest threat.

“Isaias and his army are the major spoiler in the region,” he said. “If the international community is earnestly looking for a peaceful solution, a settlement will not happen without taking care of Isaias.”

In Amba Giorgis, in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, last month.In Amba Giorgis, in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, last month.Credit…Amanuel Sileshi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Both sides face intense pressures. The Tigrayans, surrounded by enemies, risk running out of supplies soon. Mr. Abiy is wrestling with a steep economic slide that has led to soaring food prices and foreign currency shortages, which American sanctions could soon make worse.

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s biggest airline and Ethiopia’s flagship economic success, last week denied a report on CNN that its aircraft had been used to ship weapons and soldiers for the war in Tigray.

On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with the newly appointed African Union envoy to Ethiopia, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, to discuss the crisis.

Some African leaders are standing by Mr. Abiy. Six heads of state, mostly from the region, attended his inauguration celebrations in Addis Ababa last week. But several of the congratulatory speeches included expressions of growing concern, and urged Mr. Abiy toward peace talks.

“Ethiopia is our mother,” said President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya. “If our mother is not at peace, neither can the family be at peace.”

The criticism of Mr. Abiy in the West is growing increasingly strident. Last week an essay by Mark Lowcock, a former British diplomat and until recently the U.N.’s humanitarian chief, accused Mr. Abiy of trying to starve the people of Tigray “either into subjugation or out of existence” and warned he risked causing his country to collapse.

“Abiy’s game plan cannot work,” Mr. Lowcock wrote, citing what he said was a growing expert consensus. “If he tries and fails to destroy Tigray, he will be destroyed himself. If he succeeds, he will never survive the backlash that will follow.”

OCTOBER 12, 2021  ETHIOPIANEWSTIGRAY

Maureen Achieng – head of United Nation’s migration agency in Ethiopia – withdrawn after she called the TPLF “dirty” and “vicious”, vowing never to return to Tigray.

Source: AFP

Robbie COREY-BOULET

Mon, 11 October 2021, 8:27 pm·3-min read
 

The departure of Maureen Achieng, confirmed in a letter dated Monday and seen by AFP, risks further undermining an aid response still shaken by Ethiopia’s decision last month to expel seven other senior UN officials for allegedly “meddling” in its affairs.

It comes more than 11 months into a brutal war in northern Ethiopia that has driven hundreds of thousands of people into famine-like conditions, according to UN estimates, and sparked mounting global concern.

Last week, multiple recordings surfaced online of Achieng and another senior UN official granting a lengthy interview to Jeff Pearce, a writer who has published multiple articles defending the government’s conduct of the war against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).

In the recordings, Achieng, the International Organization for Migration’s chief of mission to Ethiopia, tears into colleagues who “descended on” Addis Ababa after the war erupted last November and, in her telling, sidelined officials on the ground.

She also calls the TPLF “dirty” and “vicious”, vowing never to return to Tigray.

At one point she accuses the rebels of plotting to have Tigrayan migrant workers facing deportation from Saudi Arabia sent to Rwanda.

“And then you don’t know what guerrilla movement starts from Rwanda. I mean, it’s dirty,” she says.

In an internal note to colleagues last week, also seen by AFP, Achieng said she was “deeply disturbed and disappointed” by the audio, which she said had been “surreptitiously recorded and selectively edited.”

However at several points during the interview the participants openly discuss that it is being recorded.

– ‘We do not take sides’ –

On Monday Antonio Vitorino, director general of IOM, wrote a letter distancing the agency from Achieng’s comments.

“The opinions attributed in the audio recordings to the staff member do not correspond to IOM’s principles and values and should not in any way be considered as expressing IOM’s positions,” it said.

The letter, which does not refer to Achieng by name, says she was “immediately recalled” and “put on administrative leave” pending an investigation.

Her interview violated the IOM’s values and code of conduct, Mohammed Abdiker, the agency’s regional director for the East and Horn of Africa, told AFP.

“In all our operations we try to be impartial and neutral in our work. We do not take sides in a conflict,” Abdiker said, adding that Achieng’s comments raised security concerns for staff members on the ground, including in Tigray.

The dust-up comes amid fears fighting is about to intensify again, with the TPLF saying Monday that government troops had launched ground offensives “on all fronts” including in the northern region of Amhara.

Ethiopian officials have not confirmed the new offensive, though a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the government had “a responsibility to protect its citizens in all parts of the country from any acts of terrorism”.

Humanitarian and rebel sources told AFP over the weekend that Ethiopian troops had launched air and ground strikes as part of the first phase of an offensive which — if confirmed — would come just one week after Abiy was sworn in for a new five-year term.

A US State Department spokesperson told AFP Monday that Washington was considering “the use of targeted economic sanctions to hold accountable those responsible for, or complicit in, prolonging the conflict”.

OCTOBER 12, 2021  ETHIOPIANEWSTIGRAY

“Prominent members of the Ethiopian government or pro-government activists have been ramping up anti-Tigrayan rhetoric, as well as anti-journalist, anti-activist, inflammatory rhetoric targeting anyone who might be deemed critical of the Ethiopian government or critical of the Ethiopian government’s narratives. This has more or less normalized the state violence that’s been targeting ethnic Tigrayans over the course of the past 11 months, instilled a degree of fear amongst Ethiopian population.”

Source: National Public Radio

A whistleblower says Facebook’s algorithms could be stoking tensions and fanning ethnic violence in Ethiopia.

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

Hate and division on Facebook are not just a problem in the U.S. That’s one of the messages whistleblower Frances Haugen took to Congress last week, where she accused Facebook’s algorithms of quote, “literally fanning ethnic violence in Ethiopia,” a country that’s endured nearly a year of civil war.

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FRANCES HAUGEN: My fear is that without action, divisive and extremist behaviors we see today are only the beginning. What we saw in Myanmar and are now seeing in Ethiopia are only the opening chapters of a story so terrifying, no one wants to read the end of it.

CORNISH: The United Nations says millions of people have been forced from their homes. Hundreds of thousands are facing famine-like conditions because of the conflict between the Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels. Freelance journalist Zecharias Zelalem has been reporting extensively on Ethiopia, and he says he agrees with Haugen’s assessment. And we’ll pause here to note that Facebook is among NPR’s financial supporters.

Now, earlier, Zelalem described the role of social media in the conflict.

ZECHARIAS ZELALEM: Just looking at the instances of documented evidence over the course of the past three years in which prominent Facebook posters would post unverified, often inflammatory posts or rhetoric that would then go on to incite mob violence, ethnic clashes, crackdowns on independent press or outspoken voices.

CORNISH: Who were some of the perpetrators of this kind of violence? I mean, when you say someone posts misinformation, what could that look like that could start a mob?

ZELALEM: Well, in recent times, if we’re going to make reference to the ongoing conflict now, prominent members of the Ethiopian government or pro-government activists have been ramping up anti-Tigrayan rhetoric, as well as anti-journalist, anti-activist, inflammatory rhetoric targeting anyone who might be deemed critical of the Ethiopian government or critical of the Ethiopian government’s narratives. This has more or less normalized the state violence that’s been targeting ethnic Tigrayans over the course of the past 11 months, instilled a degree of fear amongst Ethiopian population.

CORNISH: The Ethiopian government has denied ethnic cleansing accusations. Can you talk about how the conflict is upending the lives of civilians?

ZELALEM: Well, I mean, the ethnic cleansing accusations are something that are very well-documented and corroborated by dozens of credible media sources and diplomatic sources, human rights organizations. At this point, 11 months into the conflict, it’s not really something that’s up for – it’s not really something that’s up for debate anymore.

CORNISH: Facebook has responded to Haugen’s criticisms by saying, quote, “to suggest we encourage bad content and do nothing is just not true.” They also talk about the idea of having to balance freedom of expression in places where people use the platform. What, if anything, is this conversation like in Ethiopia? Is anyone talking about Facebook? From your position, are they doing what they say?

ZELALEM: Well, with regards to your second question, Ethiopia being a relatively authoritarian society, critical conversation is not something that’s encouraged. It’s something that could wind you up behind bars. So there isn’t that much of an open societal debate. But I can quite honestly say that Facebook has – if it has done anything, it’s not nearly enough, at least, because there have been more than enough documented incidents.

I know of a very recent instance where a media outlet posted an inflammatory post blaming members of an ethnic minority for carrying out the murders and kidnappings that took place on September 27. And this Facebook post got hundreds of shares, hundreds of likes, all sorts of reaction. And a day later, on the 28 of September – so just barely two weeks ago – the village cited in the Facebook post was ransacked, burnt to the ground, inhabitants murdered. Like I said, this is very recent. This is barely two weeks ago. And despite multiple efforts to report the post, it remains up and live as of this moment.

CORNISH: We’ve been speaking to journalist Zecharias Zelalem. Thank you for sharing your reporting.

ZELALEM: Thank you for having me.

CORNISH: We reached out to Facebook. They told NPR that Ethiopia is a company priority and that it has worked to improve proactive detection to remove more harmful content at scale.

ጸሓፊ ወጻኢ ጉዳያት ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካ ኣንቶኒ ብሊንከን፡ ብ12 ጥቅምቲ 2021 ምስ ኦሉሰንጎ ኣባሳንጆ ብዛዕባ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ተፈጢሩ ዘሎ ቅልውላው ተዘራሪቦም። ኣብ ዝርርቦም ፍሉይ ልኡኽ ኣሜሪካ ኣብ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ጀፈሪ ፈልትማን እውን ከም ዝተሳተፊ፡ ንወሃቢ ቃል ነድ ፕሪሰ ብምጥቃስ ኣብ ዕላዊ መርበብ ሓበሬታ መንግስቲ ኣሜሪካ ዝወጸ ዜና ይሕብር።

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ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ፡ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካ፡ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ፡ ፈረንሳ፡ ጀርመንን ዓብይ ብሪታንያን፡ ኣካላት ናይቲ ውግእ ነቲ ኣጋጢሙ ዘሎ ዓመጽ  ጠጠው ከብልዎን ናብ ተኹሲ ምቁራጽ ዘብጽሕ ዘተ ክኣትዉን፡ በዚ  ኣቢሎም ከኣ  ሰፊሕን ንኹሉ ዘሳትፍን ምይይጥ ዘብጽሕን ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ናብ ሰላም ዘብጽሕን ሓድነት ሃገረ ኢትዮጵያ ዘውሕስን ባይታ ክፈጥሩ ጸዊዖም።

 እዞም ተሳተፍቲ ናይቲ ርክብ፡ ኩሎም ዝምልከቶም ናይቲ ውግእ ተሳተፍቲ ዓለም ለኻዊ ሕግታት ተቐቢሎም፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ናብ ኩሎም ዝምልከቶም  ኣካላት ሰብኣዊ ረዲአት ንክበጽሕ ክምእዘዙ ጸዊዖም።

ሃገር፡ ኩሉ ክሓልፍ እንከሎ ንሳ ግና ዘይትሓልፍ ናይ ኩሎም ደቃ ጸጋ  እያ። ሃገር ብምስሊ ኣደ እንሕልዋ እምበር፡ ንሳ ክትገብረልና እንጸባጸባ ኣይኮነትን። “ሃገረይ እንታይ ክገብረልኪ እምበር፡ እንታይ ትገብርለይ ኣይትበል” ዝብል ዓሚቕ ምሳልያዊ ኣበሃህላ ከኣ ካብዚ እዩ ዝነቅል። ሃገር ተስፋን ጽላልን እትኸውን ከኣ ብህዝባ ክትምዕርግ እንከላ እያ። ሃገር ብዘይህዝቢ፡ ህዝቢ ብዘይሃገር ትርጉም የብሎምን እንብልን ብሓደ ዓይኒ ክንርእዮም ዝግበኣናን ከኣ ካብዚ ነቒልና ኢና። ምእንቲ ህዝቢ ወይ ምእንቲ ሃገር ምውፋይ ፈላሊና ዘይንርእዮ እውን ካብዚ ዘይከሓድ ሓቂ ስለ እንነቅል ኢና። ህዝብን ሃገርን፡ ዘዝመጸ ስርዓት ተቐቢሎም እናፋነዉን ንሓድሽ ከኣ እናተቐበሉን፡ ህልውናኦም  ግና ቀጻሊ እዩ።

ሃገር እትዕቀብን እትቀስንን  እቲ ካብኣ ዝተፈልየ ህልውናን ዕድልን ዘየብሉ ህዝባ ብጸጋታታ ብማዕረ ብግቡእ ተጠቃሚ ክኸውን እንከሎ እዩ። እዚ ግብራዊ ዝኸውን ድማ፡ ሃገር በቲ ሓደ ወገን ምስ ህዝባ ኮይኑ ዝሕልዋ፡ በቲ ካልእ ወገን ከኣ ህዝባ ብጸጋታት ሃገሩ ክጥቀም ዘኽእል፡ ህዝቢ ዝዋንኡ  ዝተወሰነ ግዜ ኣገልጊሉ ዝሓልፍ ስርዓት ክህልዋ እንከሎ እዩ። ሓደ ስርዓት ነዚ ክበቅዕ ምስታ ዝሕልዋ ሃገርን  ዘመሓድሮ ህዝብን   ውዕል ክህልዎ ናይ ግድን እዩ። እዚ ውዕልዚ ነቲ ዝመሓደር ህዝቢ ኮነ ነቲ ዘመሓድር ስርዓት ነፍሲ ወከፎም እንታይ ይገብሩን እንታይ ኣይገብሩን ዝድርት እዩ። እዚ ውዕል ብብዙሕ መልከዓት ዝግለጽ ኮይኑ፡ ሕገ-መንግስቲ ካብቲ ቀንድን ንቡርን መዛመዲ እዩ።

ሃገርን ህዝብን ንምምሕዳር ዝቖሙ ስርዓታት ብዝተፈላለዩ ኣገባባት ክመጹ ይኽእሉ። ዝተፈላለዩ መልከዓትን ባህርያት’ውን ይህልዎም። እቲ ቀንዲ ዝምዘንሉን ዝዕቀንሉን ከኣ ንህዝብን ሃገርን ብዝህልዎም  ክብሪን ብዝህብዎ ፍትሓዊ መሪሕነታዊ ኣገልግሎትን እዩ። ስርዓታት ነዚ ሕድሪዚ እንተዘየኽቢሮም ግና፡ ዝመጽሉ ኣገባብ፡ ዝኽተልዎ ስልቲ፡ ዝጽውዕሉ ስምን ዝሕዝዎ ቅርጽን ብዘየገድስ ቅቡልነት የብሎምን። ንኣብነት ሎሚ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘመሓድር ዘሎ ስርዓት ዝመጸሉ ናይ ሃገራዊ ሰውራ መንገዲ  እንተኾነ’ውን ፡ እቲ ቀንዲ መምዘኒኡስ ምስ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝኣተዎ መቆጻጻሪ ውዕል ዘየብሉ ዓንዳሪ ምዃኑ እዩ።

ህዝቢ ንሃገሩ ብዘለዎ ፍቕሪ ጥራይ ኣይነብርን እዩ። ኣብታ ዝፈትዋ ሃገሩ ሰላም ዘውሕሰሉ፡ ምዕሩይ ቁጠባዊ ተጠቃምነቱ ዘረጋግጸሉን ትርግታ ልቡ ዝርደኣሉን ስርዓት የድልዮ። ነዚ ዝበቅዕ ስርዓት ከማለኦም ካብ ዝግበኦ መሰረታዊ መምዘንታት ከኣ ብፈቓድን ኣፍልጦን ናይቲ ዝምራሕ ህዝቢ ናብ ስልጣን ዝደየበ ክኸውን ናይ ግድን እዩ። ብቃሕትኡ መጺኡ ከም ድላዩ ዝዕንድር ቀይዲ በተኽ ስርዓት ግና ሃረርታ ልቢ ህዝቢ ከማልእ ባህርያቱ ኣይፈቕደሉን እዩ። ህልዊ ዝምድና ህዝቢ ኤርትራን እቲ ንኤርትራ ዘመሓድራ ዘሎ ጉጅለን ከኣ በዚ ዝምዘን እዩ። ናይ ለውጢ ቃልስና ቀንዲ ምኽንያት ከኣ ነዚ ኣብ መንጎ ጊላን ጎይታን ዝመስል ዝንቡዕ ዝምድና ሃገር፡ ህዝብን ስርዓትን ብግቡእ ንምምእዛን እዩ።

ብዘይፈቓድ ህዝቢ ተኾይጦም ዕድመ ስልጣኖም ከናውሑ ዝጽዕቱ ስርዓታት፡ እቲ ቀንዲ ዝጥቀምዎ ሜላ ንህዝቢ ምትላል፡ ዘይትግበር መብጸዓ ምእታውን ምድህላልን እዩ። እዚ ተደሚሩ ዘይኮንዎ መሲሎም ንምቕራብ ዘካይድዎ ሃቐነ እዩ። ካብቲ ሃቐነታቶም እቲ ቀንዲ ከኣ ፈታዊ ሃገር መሲልካ ምቕራብ እሞ ህዝቢ “በዛ ዘይትምጻእ መጺኦሙኒ” ኢሉ “ፈታው ሃገረይ ካብ ኮነስ ክድግፎ” ብዝብል ፈሊጥ፡ ዕድመ ከንውሓሎም ምጽዓር እዩ። እዚ ማለት ህዝቢ ኣብቲ “ሃገርን ህዝብን ኣይሓልፉን እዮም፡ ስርዓታት ግና ሓለፍቲ እዮም” ዝብል ኣምር ንቁሕ እምነት ከይሕዝ እሞ ካብታ ዘይትሓልፍ ሃገር ፈልዩ “ከይነጽጎም”  ዘይፍንቅልዎ ኣእማን የብሎምን።

እዚ ምስቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንዘለዎ ልዑል ፍቕሪ ሃገር ንምምዝማዝ ዝጥቀምዎ ተንኮል ብቐጥታ ዝዛመድ እዩ። ውሑዳት ግሩሃት ኤርትራውያን እቲ ጉጅለ ክንቀፍን ተቓውሞ ከጋጥሞን እንከሎ፡ ሃገርን ምእንተኣ ዝተበጀዉ ሓርበኛታትን ከም ዝተተንከፉ ጌሮም ዝወስዱ ኣለዉ። እዚ ተረድኦዚ ብሰንኪ እቲ ጉጅለ ዝመሃዞ ሓደገኛ ተንኮል ዝሓደሮም እዩ። እንተ ኤርትራውያን ጀጋኑ ዝተሰውኡን ዝተበጀዉን ምእንትዞም ዘይሓልፍ ሃገርን ህዝብን እምበር፡ ምእንቲ ኩንትራቱ ወዲኡ ዝሓልፍ ስርዓት ኣይኮኑን።

ህዝቢ ንሃገሩ ዘለዎ ፍቕርን ክብርን ንምግላጽ፡ ቅድሚ ኩሉ “ነታ ዝሕልዋ ሃገርን ብሰንኪ ኣዕናዊ ተግባሩ   ክቃወሞ ዝግበኦ ስርዓትን ከይሓዋውስ” ክጥንቀቕ ይግበኦ። ነዚ መሰረታዊ ተረድኦዚ እንተዘየነጺሩ ግና፡ ነቲ ስርዓት ክድግፍ ክብል ነታ በጃ ዝሓለፈላ ሃገር ኣብ ሓደጋ ዘውድቐሉ ኩነታት ከጋጥም ይኽእል። ከይተፈለጦ ኣንጻርታ ከም ናይ ዓይኑ ብሌን ብናይ ኣደ ተምሳለት ክሕልዋ ዝግበኦ ሃገር ክኸውን ይኽእል እዩ። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ብዘይምኽኑይ ፍቕሪ ህግደፍ ልቦም ዝተሰልበ ወገናት “ንኺድ ጥራይ” እንዳበሉ ኣንጻር ልኡላዊነት ሃገሮም ኮይኖ ኣበይ በጺሖም ከም ዘለዉ ከነስተብህልሉ ይግበኦም። ህዝቢ ኣብ ገዛእ ሃገሩ፡ እሞ ድማ ኣብ ከም ኤርትራ ዝኣመሰለት ብኣዝዩ ክቡር ዋጋ ዝመጸት ሃገር፡ ንዘይማእመኦ ስርዓት ምቅዋም መሰሉ እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ነዚ መሰሉ ከውሕስ ክትንስእ እንከሎ፡ እቲ ምብርባር ህዝቢ ክዕዘብ እንከሎ “ዓይኑ ደም ዝመልኦ” ጉጅለ ከፍቅደሉ ክጽበ ከምዘይግበኦ ክርዳእ ግድን እዩ። ከምኡ እንተዘይገይሩ ግና ነቲ ወጽዓ ርዒምዎ፡ ነቲ ጉጅለ ከኣ ከም ድላዩ ክኸውን ኣፍቂድሉ’ሎ  ማለት እዩ። እቲ ጸገም ግና  ርኢኻ ከምዘይረኣኻ ምጽቃጥ ጥራይ ኣኮነን። ካብቲ ስርዓት ተስፋ ዝቖረጹ፣ ንዓኡ ዘረኸቡ መሲልዎም፡ ብኻልእ መልክዕ ህልውናን ቀጻልነትን ሃገር ኣብ ሓደጋ ዘእቱ፡ ከይሳዕረረ ክኹለፍ ዝግበኦ ናይ ዘይደሓን መንገዲ ዝመረጹ ውሑዳት ኤርትራውያ’ውን ኣለዉ። ናይዚኣቶም ከኣ ኣብ ቅድሜና ንዘሎ  ሃገር ናይ ምዕቃብ ብደሆ መሊሱ ዘኽብዶ እዩ።  

ብጥምሮ ኣብያተ-ጽሕፈት ውደባ፡ ደቂ ኣንስትዮን መንእሰያትን ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ዝተዳለወ ጐስጓስ ንተሳትፎ መንእሰያት፡ ዝምልከት ኣስተምህሮ ብ9 ጥቅምቲ 2021 ተዋሂቡ። ኣብዚ ሓያሎ ኣባላት ሰዲህኤ ዝተሳተፍዎ፡ ብመንገዲ ዙም ዝተኻየደ ኣስተምህሮ፡ ብጾት ያሲን ኢብራሂም፡ ኣስገደት ምሕረተኣብን ደስበለ ካሕሳይን ንኩነታት መንእሰያት ኤርትራ ኣብ ስደት መጽናዕታዊ ጽሑፍት ኣቕሪቦም።

ኣብዚ ብኣላይነት ብጻይ መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ሓላፊ ቤት ጽሕፈት ውደባዊ ጉዳያት ሰዲህኤ ዝተዋህበ ኣስተምህሮ፡ ሓው ያሲን ኢብራሂም ሓላፊ ቤት ጽሕፈት ጉዳይ መንእሰያት ኣገዳሲ መበገሲ ነጥብታት ኣቕሪቡ። ብጻይ ያሲን ኣብ መብገሲ ሕሳቡ፡ ኣገዳስነት ምክያድ መጽናዕቲ ብዛዕባ ጐስጓስን ተሳትፎን መንእሰያት ኤርትራ፡ መንእሰይ ካብቲ ካልእ ክፍልታት ሕብረተሰብ ብፍሉይ ዝረአየሉ ምኽንያት፡ ኣመዓባብላ ፖለቲካዊ ኣረአእያ መንእሰይ፡ ብሓፈሻ ኣብ ምብራቕ ኣፍሪቃ ብፍላይ ከኣ ኣብ ኤርትራ ኩነታት መንእሰያት ኣብ ዝብሉ ዛዕባታት ብዝተፈላለዩ ክኢላታት ዝተኻየዱ መጽናዕትታት ብምጥቃስ ኣገዳሲ ዝርዝር መብርሂ ሂቡ።

ብጻይቲ ኣስገደት ምሕረተኣብ ኣባል ማእከላይ ባይቶ ሰዲህኤ ከኣ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ተወሊዶምን ዓብዮምን ብዝተፈላለዩ ምኽንያታትን ኣገባባትን ካብ ኤርትራ ወጺኦም፡  ኣብ ወጻኢ ሃገራት ብዛዕባ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ወኸሳታት ዘሰነዮ  መጽናዕቲ ኣቕሪባ። እዞም ኣብ ወጻኢ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ካብ ኣወጻጽእኦም ካብ ሃገር ጀሚርካ ዝተፈላለየ ተመኩሮታት ዘለዎም፡ ብኣዝዩ ጽንኩር ኩነታት ዝሓለፉ ምዃኖም ገሊጻ። ብፍላይ እቶም ድሕሪ ናጽነት ዝተወልዱ ብዛዕባ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንናጽነት እኹል ኣፍልጦ ዘየጥረዩ፡ ብዘይካቲ ክስደዱ ዘገደዶም ጉጅለ ህግደፍ  ብዛዕባኡ ዝነገሮም እንተዝይኮይኑ፡ ብዛዕባ ግደ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ካለኦት ውድባት ምሉእ ኣብፍልጦ ከምዘይብሎምን ነተን ካለኦት ውድባት በቲ እቲ ጉጅለ ዘስረጸሎም ግጉይ ኣተሓሳስባ “ሓሙሻይ መስርዕ” ኢሎም ካብ ምጽዋዕ ሓሊፎም ካልእ ግንዛበ ከምዘየብሎም ኣስፊራ። ብዘይካዚ ንጉዳያት ኣስፊሕካ ብምራኣይ ኣብ ከም ዘይጐነጻዊ ኣገባብ ቃልሲ ዝኣመሰሉ ኣምራት ዘለዎም ኣረኣእያ ኣዝዩ ድሩት ምዃኑ ብኣብነታት ኣሰኒያ ገሊጻ። ኣብ መወዳእታ ከኣ ናይቲ መንእሰይ ኣተሓሳስባ ክሰፍሕን ኣብቲ ቃልሲ ክሳተፍን ቀጻሊ ኣስተምህሮ ምሃብን ነቲ ንሱ ዝኣምነሉ ኣተሓሳስባ ቀሪብካ ምርዳእን ከም ዘድሊ ሓቢራ።

ብጻይ ደስበለ ካሕሳይ ኣቦመንበር ዞባ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ሰዲህኤ ብወገኑ፡ ኣብ ወጻኢ ተወሊዶም ዝዓበዩ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ኣብ ዝምልከት ተመሳሳሊ መጽናዕቲ ኣብቲ ኣስተምህሮ ኣቕሪቡ። ብጻይ ደስበለ ከም መወከሲ ዝወሰዶም ካብ 25 ክሳብ 40 ዝዕድሚኦም ዕባይ ዲያስፖራ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት መብዛሕትኦም ናይ ምምሃር ዕድል ዝረኸቡ ምዃኖም ኣረዲኡ። ምስዚ ኣተሓሒዙ ከኣ ናይዞም መንእሰያት ስድራቤት ናይ ስደት ተመኩሮን ኣብቶም መንእሰት ዘሕድሮ ጽልዋን ኣገንዚቡ። ኣተሓሒዙ፡ እዞም መንሰያት ኣብ ፖለቲካ ሃገሮም ከይሳተፉ ጽልዋ ካብ ዘሕድርሎም ካብ መጀመርታ ምስ ኤርትራዊ ኩነታት ዘላልዮም ኣብ ወጻኢ ሓያል ኤርትራዊ ማሕበረሰብ ዘይምንባሩ ከም ሓደ ምኽንያት ጠቒሱ። ኣብ መወዳእታ ከኣ ኣብ መንእሰያት ኤርትራ ከይተሓጽረ ብኣህጉራዊ ደረጃ ንመንእሰያት ኣብ ዝምልከት ናይ ዝተኻየዱ መጽናዕትታት ከም ኣብነታት ንተሳተፍቲ ገሊጹ። ከምኡ እውን መንእሰያት ኣብ ቃልሲ ተሳቲፎም ናይ ምስግጋር ትውልዳዊ ሓላፍነቶም ንክፍጽሙ ክግበሩ ብዛዕባ ዝግበኦም ጻዕርታትን ጐስጓሳትን ኣስፊሩ።

ተሳተፍቲ ናይዚ ኣገዳስን እውናውን ኣስተምህሮ ድሕሪቲ መግለጽታት፡ ዝተፈላለዩ ሕቶታት ኣቕሪቦም ብኣቕረብቲ ኣስተምህሮን ተሳተፍትን ግቡእ መልስታት ተዋሂቡን ነቲ መጽናዕትታት ዘሀብትም ተወሳኺ ሓሳባት ቀሪቡን። ብዘይካዚ ብዛዕባቲ ኣብቲ ኣስተምህሮ ዝቐረቡ ነጥባታ ኮነ ተዛመድቲ ዛዕባታት ብፍላይውን ኣብዚ ተኣፋፊ ህልዊ ፖለቲካዊ ኩነታት ሃገርናን ግደ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታቱን ብዝምልከት ብተሳተፍቲ ጠቐምቲ ለበዋታትን መተሓሳሰባታትን ቀሪቦም።

ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኢትዮጵያ፡  ነቲ ደቡብ ሱዳን ንመንግስቶምን ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሕሃርነት ትግራይን  (ክልላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ) ከተዛቲ  ብኢጋድ ዝቐረበ  ሓሳብ ከም ዝተቐበልዎ፡ ሱዳን ትሪቡን ብ8 ጥቅምቲ 2021 ኣብ ዝዘርገሓቶ ዜና ሓቢራ።

ደቡብ ሱዳናዊ ፕረሲዳንታዊ ወሃብ ቃል፡ ኣተኒ ወክ ኣተኒ ፡ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ ነቲ ብምብራቕ ኣፍሪቃዊ ዞባዊ ኣካል ኢጋድ ዝቕረበ ንደቡብ ሱዳን ነቲ ኣብ  ኢትዮጵያ ዝቕጽል ዘሎ ጸገም ንምህዳእ  ከም ብቕዕቲ  ኣዛታይት ዝመዘዘሉ  ሓሳብ ብወግዒ ከም ዝተቐበልዎ ዝሓለፈ ዓርቢ ዕለት 08: ጥቅምቲ 2021 ኣብ ዝሃብዎ ሓበሬታ ኣፍሊጦም።

እቶም ደቡብ ሱዳናዊ ፕረሲደንታዊ ወሃቢ ቃል፡ ኣብ ጁባ ንናይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት  ሬድዮ ኤፍ ኤም ከም ዝገለጽዎ፡ እቲ መስርሕ ዘተ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ብ4 ጥቅምቲ 2021 ናይ 2ይ ዙር መዝነቶም ምስ ተረከቡ ውሱን ዕለት  እዃ እንተዘይጠቐሱ  ብቐጥታ ከም ዝጅመር ሓቢሮም።

ሚራያ ከም ዝጠቐስዎ፡ ፕረሲደንት ሳልቫኬር ተቐባልነቶም ብኢትዮጵያ ዘረጋገጹ ኣብ ጽንበል ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ኣብ ዝተሳተፍሉ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ እዩ።  ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ወርሒ መስከረም 2021 እዋናዊ ኣቦመንበር ኢጋድ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ሱዳን ሓምዶክ፡ እቶም ብቑዕ ሰብ ነቲ ዘተ ፕረሲደንት ሳልቫኬር ምዃኖም ምሕባሮም ዝዝከር እዩ። ናይ ደቡብ ሱዳን ሚኒስተር ዜና ብወገኖም ቀዳማይ ሚንስተር ሓምዶክ ንፕረሲደንት ሳልቫኬር ዝመዘዝሉ  ምኽንያት  ምስ መራሕቲ ኢትዮጵያ ጽቡቕ ርክብ  ስለ ዘለዎም ነቲ ኣብ መንጎ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያን ትግራይን ዘሎ ጸገም ንምፍታሕ ብቑዕ እዮም  ብዝብል ምዃኑ ኣብቲ ዜና ተጠቒሱ።

እቲ ሓበሬታ ኣብ ሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ህውከት ዝተፈጥረ፡ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ውርሒ ሕዳር 2021 ምንቅስቓስ ክልላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ ንምቁጽጻር ሓይልታቶም ናብ ትግራይ ምስ ኣዋፈሩ እዩ ክብል፡ ንኣመዓባብላ ናይቲ ኩነታት ጠቒሱ። ድሕሪዚ እቲ ህውከት ምሉእብምሉእ ናብ ሰፊሕ ወግእ ማዕቢሉ ልዕሊ ክልተ ሚልዮን ህዝቢ ትግራይ ናብ ዝመዛበለሉ ደረጃ ከም ዝዓረገ  ገሊጹ። ምስዚ ኣተሓሒዙ ከኣ ቤት ጽሕፈት ትካል ሰብኣዊ ረዲአት ዝሃቦ ጸብጻብ ብምጥቃስ፡ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ  ካብ ክልል ኣምሓራ ከባቢ 250 ሺሕ ካብ ክልልዓፋር ከኣ ክሳብ 112 ሺሕ ዝበጽሑ  ሰባት ብሰንክቲ ውግእ ካብ መረበቶም ተመዛቢሎም ከምዘለዉ ኣስፊሩ።

ኣብ መወዳእታ  እቲ ከም ቅድመ-ኩነት ተኹሲ ንምቁራጽን ንዘተን ምውጻእ መልሻ ኣምሓራን ሰራዊት ኤርትራን ካብ ትግራይ ኣቕሪቡ ዝነበረ ክልላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ፡ ኣብዚ ፕረሲደንት ሳልቫኬር ክመርሖ ዝበሃል ዘሎ ዘተ ብዛዕባ ምስታፉ ዝተፈልጠ ከምዘየለ ጠቒሱ።

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