ኣባላት ፓርላማ ኤውሮጵ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ውግእ ክሳብ መወዳእታ ወርሒ ጥቅምቲ 2021 እንተዘይተመሓይሹ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣካላት ናይቲ ውግእ እገዳ ክውሰን ብ7 ጥቅምቲ 2021 ኣብ ዘካየዶ ኣኼባ ሓቲቱ።

ብመሰረትዚ ብብዙሓት ማዕከናት ዜና ዝተቃልሐ መጸዋዕታ ኣባላት ባይቶ ኤውሮጳ እቲ እገዳ ኣብ ልዕሊ መንግስታት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን፡ ብህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ ዝምራሕ ክልላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይን ኣብ ምግዳድ እቲ ውግእ ኢድ ዘለዎም ኣካላትን እዩ። እቶም ኣባላት ባይቶ ኤውሮጳ ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ፡ ንምቕራብ ሰብኣዊ ረዲአት ዘተዓናቕፉ ኣካላት ብቕልጡፍ እዚ ተግባሮም ከቋርጹ፡ ኣብ ትግራይ ሕገመንግስታዊ ኩነታት ናብ ንቡር ክምለስን ተኹሲ ጠጠው ናይ ምባል ስምምዕ ክብጻሕን ጸዊዖም። ከምኡ እውን ኣብ ካለኦት ከባብታት ኢትዮጵያ ዘሎ ቅልውላው እንዳበኣሰ ይኸይድ ምህላዎም ኣብዚ ኣኼባኦም ኣመልኪቶም።

እዚ ብ618 ድምጺ ዝተደገፈ፡ ብናይ 4 ድምጺ ተቓውሞን 58 ተዓቅቦን ብብዝሒ ድምጺ ዝተወሰነ ውሳነ ኣባላት ባይቶ ኤውሮጳ፡ እቲ ቀረብ መድሃኒት፡ ነዳድን ካልእ መሰረታዊ ነገራትን ዝኽልክል ዘሎ ዘይዕላዊ ውሳነ ክለዓል፡ እቲ ጉዳይ ናብ ዝምልከቶም ኣካላት መጸዋዕታ ኣቕሪቡ።  

መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ዋላኳ እንተዘይተቐበሎ፡ ሰብኣዊ ረዲአት ናብ ትግራይ ከይቀርብ ከም ዝዕንቅፍ ብዝተፈላለዩ ወገናት ክኽሰስ ከም ዝጸንሐ ዝፍለጥ እዩ። ክልላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ ብወገኑ  መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ኮነ ኢሉ ንህዝቢ ትግራይ ናብ ጥምየትን ካልኦት ሰብኣዊ ቅልውላዋትን ንምእታው ኣብ ክባ ከም ዘእተዎ ብምጥቃስ እዩ ዝኸስስ።

ኣባላት ባይቶ ኣውሮጳ ኣብቲ ናይ 7 ጥቅምቲ 2021 ኣኼብኦም ኣብ ክልላት ኣምሓራን ዓፋርን እውን  ሰብኣዊ ረድኤት ክግበር ኣዘኻኺሮም፡ ኣብቲ ውግእ ዝሳተፉ ዘለዉ ኣካላት ንሰላማውያን ዜጋታት ዒላማ ምግባሮም  ኮኒኖም። ትሕቲ ዕድመ  ህጻናት ናብ ኲናት ምምልማል ከምኡ’ውን ኣብቲ ኲናት ንዝፍጸሙ ጾታዊ ዓመጽን ካለኦት ግፍዕታትን እውን ተቓዊሞም።

እቲ ኣኼባ ኣባላት ፓርላማ ኤውሮጳ ጎረባብቲ ሃገራት ነቲ ኲናት ዘጓሃህር ተግባራት ካብ ምፍጻም ክዕቀቡ ብምምሕጻን፡ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ድሕነት ናይቶም ብሰንኪ ውግእ ዝተመዛበሉ ወገናትን ናይቶም ዛጊት ደሃዮም ዘይተፈልጠ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣመት ክገብር ተማሕጺኑ።

ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ፡ ዋና ጸሓፊ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣንተኒዮ ጉተረዝ ብ6 ጥቅምቲ 2021 ንኣባላት ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ብዛዕባቲ ብሓፈሻ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ብፍላይ ከኣ ኣብ ትግራይ ዘሎ ኩነታት መብርሂ ሂቦም። ኣብ መብርሂኦም፡ ኣብ ትግራይ ብሰንኪ ጥምየት ዘጋጥም ዘሎ ሞት ብዝምልከት ዝወጹ ዘለዉ ዘሰንብዱ መረዳእታታት ይውስኹ ምህላዎም ኣመልኪቶም። ህይወት ንምድሓን ናብቲ ክልል ረዲአት ከይበጽሑ ይሰናኸሉ ምህላዎም እውን  ነቲ ቤት ምኽሪ ኣረዲኦም።

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6 ጥቅምቲ 2021

ካብ ሞንጎ ኣባላት ካቢኔ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስትር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ
 

ካብ ሞንጎ ኣባላት ካቢኔ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስትር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ

ቀዳማይ ሚንስትር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ ኣባላት ካቢኔ ንቤት ምክሪ ተወከልቲ ህዝቢ ኣቕሪቡ ክሽየሙ ገይሩ።

ብመሰረት ሕገ-መንግስቲ እታ ሃገር፡ ኣብ ቤት ምኽሪ ተወከልቲ ህዝቢ ኣብዝሓ ድምጺ ዝረኸበ ፖለቲካዊ ውድብ፡ ፈጸምቲ ሕጊ ይውድብን ይመርሕን ክብል ፖለቲካዊ ስልጣን ይህብ።

በዚ መሰረት፡ ሰልፊ ብልጽግና ንቀዳማይ ሚኒስትርነት ተሓጽዩ ብኣባላት ቤት ምኽሪ ተወከልቲ ህዝቢ ዝተሾመ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስትር ኣብዪ ኣባላት ካቢኒኡ ናብ ባይቶ ወከልቲ ህዝቢ ኣቕሪቡ ክሽየሙ ገይሩ።

ሻድሻይ ቀዳማይ ዓመት ፍሉይ ኣኼባ ቤት ምኽሪ ተወከልቲ ህዝቢ ድማ ነቶም ዝቐረቡ ሹመታት ተቐቢሉ ኣጽዲቑ ኣሎ።

ኣብቲ ሎሚ ዘጣየሶ ካቢነ፡ ሰለስተ ኣባላት ተቓወምቲ ውድባት ሚኒሰተራት ኮይኖም ከገልግሉ ብምሕራይ ሽመቶም ኣብ ቤት ምኽሪ ወከልቲ ህዝቢ ኣጽዲቑ፡፡

እቶም ዝተመረጹ ኣባላት ተቓወምቲ ውድባት፡ መራሒ ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ዜጋታት ንማሕበራዊ ፍትሒ (ኢዜማ) ፕሮፌሰር ብርሃኑ ነጋ፣ ኣቦ መንበር ብሄራዊ ምንቅስቓስ ኣምሓራ (ኣብን) ኣቶ በለጠ ሞላን ምክትል ኣቦ መንበር ግንባር ሓርነት ኦሮሞ (ኦነግ) ኣቶ ቀጀላ መርዳሳን እዮም፡፡

ኣባላት ሓድሽ ካቢነ ዝኾኑ መራሕቲ ተቓወምቲ ሰልፍታት

ፕሮፌሰር ብርሃኑ ነጋ (ጸጋም)L ኣቶ በለጠ ሞላ (ማእከል): ኣቶ ቀጀላ መርዳሳ (የማን)

በዚ መሰረት ፕሮፌሰር ብርሃኑ ነጋ ሚኒስተር ትምህርቲ፣ ኣቶ በለጠ ሞላ ሚኒስተር ኢኖቬሽንን ቴክኖሎጅን ከምኡ ድማ ቀጀላ መርዳሳ ሚኒስተር ባህልን ስፖርትን ኮይኖም ተሸይሞም ኣለዉ፡፡

ካብቶም በቲ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ዝቀረቡ ኣባላት ካቢነን ሓላፍነቶምን እዞም ዝስዕቡ እዮም።

ኣባላት ካቢኔ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስትር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድን ዝተዋህቦም ሓላፍነትን

1. ደመቀ መኮንን - ምኽትል ቀዳማይ ሚንስተርን ሚኒስትር ጉዳያት ወጻእን

2. ኣብርሃም በላይ (ዶ/ር) - ሚኒስትር ምክልኻል ሃገር

3. ኣሕመድ ሽዴ - ሚኒስትር ገንዘብ

4. ሙፈሪያት ካሚል - ሚኒስትር ስራሕን ክእለትን

5. ዑመር ሁሴን ኦባ - ሚንስትር ሕርሻ

6. ኣይሻ መሓመድ (ኢንጂነር) - ሚኒስትር መስኖን ከባቢታት ቆላን

7. ሃብታሙ ኢተፋ ገለታ (ኢንጂነር) - ሚኒስትር ማይን ኢነርጅን

8. ብርሃኑ ነጋ ቦንገር - ሚኒስቴር ትምህርቲ

9. ዳግማዊት ሞገስ በቀለ - ሚኒስትር መጓዓዝያን ሎጀስቲክስን

10. ገ/መስቀል ጫላ ሞጣሎ - ሚኒስትር ንግድን ዞባዊ ምትሕብባርን

11.መላኩ አለበል - ሚኒስትር ኢንዳስትሪ

12. ብናልፍ አንዱዓለም - ሚኒስትር ሰላም

13. ጌዲዮን ጢሞቲዮስ (ዶ/ር) - ሚኒስትር ፍትሒ

14.ዶ/ር ሊያ ታደሰ ገ/መድህን - ሚኒስትር ጥዕና

15. በለጠ ሞላ ጌታሁን - ሚኒስትር ኢኖቬሽንን ቴክኖሎጅን

16. ኣምባሳደር ናሲሴ ጫሊ - ሚኒስትር ቱሪዝም

17. ላቀ አያሌው አንተነህ - ሚኒስትር እቶት

18. ጫልቱ ሳኒ ኢብራሂም - ሚኒስትር ልምዓት ከተማ

19. ታከለ ኡማ በንቲ - ሚኒስትር መዓድን

20.ፍጹም ኣሰፋ ኣዴላ (ዶ/ር) - ሚኒስትር ልምዓት ፕላን

21. ኤርጎጌ ተስፋዬ - ሚኒስትር ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ማሕበራዊ ጉዳይን

22. ቀጀላ መርዳሳ ቱሉ - ሚኒስትር ባህልን ስፖርትን

ቀዳማይ ሚኒስትር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ ኣብ ዘጽደቖ ሓድሽ ካቢኔ ሰለስተ ኣባላት ተቓወምቲ ሰልፊታት ብሚኒስትርነት ከገልግሉ ነቲ ባይቶ ብምቕራብ ክሽየሙ ገይሩ'ዩ።

በዚ መሰረት ኣቦ መንበር ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ዜጋታት ንማሕበራዊ ፍትሒ [ኢዜማ] ፕሮፌሰር ብርሃኑ ነጋ፣ ኣቦ መንበር ምንቅስቓስ ብሄረ ኣምሓራ ኣቶ በለጠ ሞላን ምኽትል ኣቦ መንበር ግንባር ሓርነት ኦሮሞ ኣቶ ቀጀላ መርዳሳን ተሸይሞም።

ፕሮፌሰር ብርሃኑ ነጋ ሚኒስትሪ ትምህርቲ፣ ኣቶ በለጠ ሞላ ሚኒስቴር ኢኖቬሽን ቴክኖሎጂ፣ ኣቶ ቀጀላ መርዳሳ ድማ ሚኒስትር ባህልን ቱሪዝምን ኮይኖም ኣብቲ ካቢኔ እቲ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስትር ኣትዮም ኣለው።

ብተመሳሳሊ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሰሙን ከንቲባ ምምሕዳር ኣዲስ ኣበባ ኣዳነች ኣበቤ ዘለውዋ 26 ኣባላት ካቢኔ ኣቕሪባ ክተሽይም እንከላ ክልተ ኣመራርሓ ሰልፊ ተቃውሞ ክካተቱ ገይራ እያ።

ኣባል ኢዜማ ዝኾነ ኣቶ ግርማ ሰይፉ ሓላፊ ቢሮ ኢንቨስትመንት ኮይኑ ክሽየም እንከሎ ምኽትል ኣቦ መንበር ኣብን ዮሱፍ ኢብራሂም በዓል መዚ ምምሕዳር ንብረት መንግስቲ ኮይኑ ተሸይሙ።

መንግስቲ ክልል ኦሮሚያ'ውን ኣቦ መንበር ግንባር ሓርነት ኦሮሞ ኣቶ ኣራርሳ ቢቂላ ሓላፊ ቢሮ ሰራሕተኛን ማሕባራዊ ጉዳይን ኮይኑ ክልል ኣምሓራ'ውን ንኽልተ ኣባላት ተቓወምቲ ሰልፊታት ኣብንን ምንቅስቓስ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሓይሊ ኣምሓራን ሹመት ሂቡ'ዩ።

OCTOBER 7, 2021  ETHIOPIANEWSTIGRAY

I cannot think of a previous occasion when a UN Secretary General told a member state – to its face – that he didn’t believe it.

Yet that’s effectively what Antonio Guterres did on Wednesday. He challenged Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to provide evidence of UN staff wrongdoing.

“It is my duty to defend the honor of the United Nations,” Guterres told reporters after the rare public exchange with Ethiopia’s U.N. ambassador, Taye Atske Selassie Amde, at the end of the council meeting on the situation in the country.

“Twice, I asked … the prime minister. Until now, I had no response to these requests,” Guterres said. “The people of Ethiopia are suffering. We have no other interest but to help stop that suffering.”

Full report below, with another report on the stand of the European Union and a third on the current humanitarian situation.

Martin


Source: Reuters

U.N. chief takes on Ethiopia over expelled staff: show me proof

Ethiopian porters unload food aid bound for victims of war after a checkpoint leading to Tigray in Mai Tsebri town, Ethiopia June 26, 2021. Picture taken June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 6 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hit back at Ethiopia on Wednesday over the government’s expulsion of seven U.N. staff, demanding proof of accusations against them raised by Ethiopia’s U.N. ambassador during a Security Council meeting.

“It is my duty to defend the honor of the United Nations,” Guterres told reporters after the rare public exchange with Ethiopia’s U.N. ambassador, Taye Atske Selassie Amde, at the end of the council meeting on the situation in the country.

The Ethiopian government last week expelled seven senior U.N. officials for meddling in internal affairs. Selassie expanded on that on Wednesday, accusing the U.N. staff of making up data, falsely claiming hunger was used as a weapon of war and that people had died from hunger, and of supporting government foe – the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).

“To use their own words, they were looking to create a Darfur-like situation,” said Selassie. “They, suddenly and overnight, created one million victims of health disaster.”

Guterres responded in the council, saying he had not seen any information from Ethiopia about these claims. He said he told Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed twice that if there were any concerns about the impartiality of U.N. staff then Abiy should share the information so Guterres could investigate.

“Twice, I asked … the prime minister. Until now, I had no response to these requests,” Guterres said. “The people of Ethiopia are suffering. We have no other interest but to help stop that suffering.”

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield described the Ethiopian move to expel the U.N. officials as “reckless,” adding: “There’s no justification for the government of Ethiopia’s action, none at all.”

“The U.N. is impartial. The U.N. is neutral,” she told the 15-member council. “U.N. personnel barred from Ethiopia must be allowed to return immediately.”

‘CHILDREN ARE STARVING’

War broke out 11 months ago between Ethiopia’s federal troops and forces loyal to the TPLF, which controls Tigray. Thousands have died, millions have fled their homes and the conflict has spilled into neighboring Amhara and Afar.

Guterres said up to 7 million people in Tigray, Amhara and Afar need help, including 5 million in Tigray where some 400,000 people are estimated to be living in famine-like conditions.

“Our colleagues on the ground are sharing increasingly alarming eye-witness testimony of the suffering – including growing accounts of hunger-related deaths,” Guterres said earlier in the council meeting.

“In locations where screening has been possible, we are seeing acute malnutrition rates that remind us of the onset of the 2011 Somalia famine,” he said.

He called on the government to allow the urgent delivery of aid “without hindrance” and the “unrestricted movement of desperately needed fuel, cash, communications equipment and humanitarian supplies” into Tigray, Amhara and Afar.

“Ethiopian children are starving. People are dying because they cannot access food, water and basic health care. This is not a situation caused by natural disaster. It is caused by those who continue to choose the path of war,” Ireland’s U.N. Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason told the council.

Guterres urged the Security Council to back U.N. aid efforts. However, any strong action by the body – such as sanctions – is unlikely as Russia and China have made clear they believe the Tigray conflict is an internal affair for Ethiopia.

China’s U.N. Ambassador Zhang Jun on Wednesday called for “quiet diplomacy in order to prevent a deadlock” over the expulsion of the U.N. officials.


Source: Global News

EU Commissioner: Ethiopia’s Narrative ‘Dangerous’, Condemns Expulsion of UN Officials, Calls for Enhanced Collective Pressure

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The EU commissioner for international partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen condemned Ethiopia’s blockade on Tigray and the expulsion of 7 UN representatives who were mainly coordinating the humanitarian responses and engaged in the investigation into the atrocities in Tigray.

The commissioner in her speech at the European Parliament Plenary Debate on the Humanitarian Situation in Tigray On Tuesday, October 5, called on Europe for an ‘enhanced action and collective pressure for immediate and unhindered humanitarian access’.

Urpilainen said that the government of Ethiopia has sealed off Tigray making humanitarian aid delivery difficult while the needs are rising. The commissioner said that malnutrition in Tigray is raising and that to according to the commission’s estimates, closer to a million people in Tigray are now in famine condition.

In her speech, Urpilainen called Ethiopia’s governments narrative towards relief organizations “negative and dangerous”.

The commissioner concluded that Eu should press for respect of international humanitarian law are needed towards the Ethiopian authorities and all parties to the conflict for respect of international humanitarian law.


Beneath is the Full Textof the Commissioner’s Speech:

” It is since the beginning of the crisis last November that we have repeatedly raised our voice about the situation in Tigray.

The EU has been at the forefront of the diplomatic action and engaged with its Member States, likeminded-partners as well as Bretton-Wood Institutions to advocate for a concerted response. The EU has postponed budget support disbursements already last December.

Despite our and some other international actors’ efforts almost a year into the conflict, the situation does not improve. On the contrary, the tragic humanitarian crisis unfolding in Tigray is reaching dramatic levels and is increasingly posing considerable implications to the wider Horn of Africa.

Close to one year into the conflict, over 5 million people are in need of urgent assistance and 2.1 million people are displaced. The Famine Review Committee (FRC) predicted in June that there were 400,000 people at risk of famine. We believe this number is probably closer to 1 million people and we have now evidence that the number of malnourished children has dramatically increased.

Colleagues,

No meaningful humanitarian aid in Tigray has reached the region since mid-July. While seventy-five percent of the Tigray territory is now accessible for the humanitarian staff and supplies that are already inside Tigray, the Ethiopian government has sealed off the region.

Humanitarian aid entering Tigray is anecdotal compared to the needs, while on another scale, needs are increasing in Amhara and Afar as the Tigray conflict spills over into these regions.

The operating conditions for humanitarians have deteriorated sharply in the past two months, with organisations running out of supplies, fuel and cash and suffering from severe administrative access impediments.

Furthermore, the narrative of the Ethiopian Government towards relief organisations is becoming increasingly negative and dangerous.

In a shocking move, seven senior UN officials were declared “Persona Non Grata” last week, having to leave Ethiopia within 72 hours. One of them is involved in the investigation on possible war crimes and human rights violations. Two major humanitarian organisations were suspended this summer.

The gap left behind is unbridgeable. This results in a climate of fear and self-censure of relief actors.

Faced with this situation, the EU continues supporting civilians affected by the conflict through our humanitarian response efforts. Our absolute priority now is pushing for access to ensure that significant humanitarian aid reaches all those in need.

Enhanced action and collective pressure for immediate and unhindered humanitarian access and for respect of international humanitarian law are needed towards the Ethiopian authorities and all parties to the conflict. Our discussions next week during the high-level geopolitical dialogue with the EP on future cooperation under NDICI are also part of these efforts.”


Source: The Guardian

Ethiopia is facing an ‘immense humanitarian crisis’, UN chief warns

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 An aid worker screens a child for malnutrition in Adikeh, in the Wajirat district of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on 19 July, 2021. Photograph: Christine Nesbitt/AP
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Ethiopia is facing an “immense humanitarian crisis” amid civil war and famine, United Nations secretary general António Guterres has warned.

The UN chief made the comments during an emergency meeting of the security council on Wednesday, calling for Addis Ababa to grant “unhindered” aid access, a week after the country expelled seven UN officials.

It is the second emergency meeting in a week to address the expulsion of seven UN officials from Ethiopia as conflict and famine-like conditions plague the north of the country.

The UN estimates conflict has driven 400,000 into famine-like conditions with up to seven million people in need of food assistance in regions such as Tigray, Amhara and Afar.

“The country is facing an immense humanitarian crisis that demands immediate attention,” Guterres said. “All efforts should be squarely focused on saving lives and avoiding a massive human tragedy.”

The secretary general described the decision by the Ethiopian government to expel seven senior UN officials – most of them humanitarian staff – as “particularly disturbing”.

“This unprecedented expulsion should be a matter of deep concern for us all as it relates to the core of relations between the UN and member states,” Guterres added.

He urged Ethiopian authorities to allow the UN to deliver humanitarian aid “without hindrance and to facilitate and enable our work with the urgency that this situation demands” and criticised the country for not following the procedures in place in case of problems with UN officials within countries.

US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, also called on the Ethiopian government, the TPLF, and regional militias to “end the fighting now, allow humanitarian access, and move toward a negotiated ceasefire immediately” in a series of tweets on Thursday.

The explusions of Unicef, UNOCHA, and UN human rights staff were “an affront to the security council, she said. “There is no justification for the Ethiopian government’s actions. None at all,” she added.

Officials from Ethiopia were due to take part in the UN meeting.

On Friday, the security council met to discuss the expulsion of officials who were accused of “meddling” in Ethiopia’s internal affairs and of political manipulation of humanitarian aid.

Following the 30 September decision, the UN wrote to the Ethiopian government, stating that declaring a staff member persona non grata, and demanding they leave the territory, is inconsistent with a country’s obligation under the UN charter.

In a letter seen by Agence France-Presse, the UN says it has not been given “any information” on the officials’ alleged actions.

A UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said on Tuesday that Ethiopia has not provided any additional information.

The meeting on Wednesday was requested by the United States, Ireland, Estonia, Norway, Britain and France.

On Friday, the security council could not agree on a statement proposed by Ireland due to opposition from China and Russia.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, an ambassador of a security council member state told AFP that “we should move on to political negotiations.”

The expulsions sent shockwaves through the UN, where such moves are rare.

The UN’s humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, whose recent statements about the “blocking” of humanitarian aid and a growing risk of famine could be behind the decision, dismissed the allegations against the UN as false at the security council meeting on Friday, but did not say what they were, another ambassador of a council member told AFP.

The ambassador also said that the expulsions in Ethiopia could set a dangerous precedent for conflicts in Myanmar or Afghanistan.

“If we don’t resolve the situation in Ethiopia, it could create a snowball effect,” the ambassador added.

OCTOBER 6, 2021  ETHIOPIANEWSTIGRAY

Source: In the Blue

Tomorrow (6 October) afternoon, the Security Council will hold an open briefing on the situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, under the agenda item “Peace and Security in Africa”. Secretary-General António Guterres is expected to brief. The meeting was requested by Estonia, France, Ireland, Norway, the UK, and the US. A representative of the Ethiopian government is likely to participate.

Tomorrow’s meeting will be the tenth time that Council members have discussed the situation in Ethiopia since the crisis erupted in the Tigray region in November 2020. It will be the second Council meeting following the Ethiopian government’s 30 September announcement that seven UN officials from UNICEF, OCHA and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) had been declared “persona non grata” and given 72 hours to leave Ethiopia. The Council discussed this development in a 1 October meeting under “any other business”, also at the request of Estonia, France, Ireland, Norway, the UK, and the US.

It seems that Ireland proposed a draft press statement following the 1 October meeting, but it did not garner the necessary support. The statement would have expressed Council members’ shock at the Ethiopian government’s announcement, reiterated their expectation of full cooperation between Ethiopia and the UN and called on all parties to allow unimpeded humanitarian access. However, it appears that the “A3 plus one” (Kenya, Niger, Tunisia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), China and Russia perceived the statement as unhelpful at a time in which Ethiopia and the UN needed to find a way forward.

Following the Ethiopian government’s announcement, the UN engaged with the Ethiopian authorities to persuade them to reverse the decision to expel the officials. As explained on 1 October by Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary‑General Farhan Haq, the UN’s legal position is that the doctrine of “persona non grata” applies to “diplomatic agents accredited by one state to another state” and not to UN officials. The UN has conveyed this position to the Ethiopian authorities, including through a 1 October note verbale from the UN Office of Legal Affairs and during a call the same day between Guterres and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Guterres also addressed a letter to the President of the Security Council in which he said that Ethiopia’s decision to expel the seven officials “creates yet another obstacle to reaching Ethiopians, at a moment when all efforts should be focused on working together to save and protect lives, protect human rights and avert a humanitarian catastrophe”. The letter further notes that “[a]ttempts to politicize humanitarian assistance” undermine the UN efforts to support the people of Ethiopia.

In a communiqué dated 1 October, the Ethiopian government urged the UN to “expeditiously replace” the seven officials. This request was reiterated in a 4 October tweet by Ethiopia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Taye Atske Selassie. In the communiqué, the Ethiopian government accused the officials of “diversion of humanitarian assistance” to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and of “dissemination of misinformation and politicization of humanitarian assistance”. The UN has denied these accusations, with Haq stressing during a 4 October press briefing that the organisation stands by “the neutrality and the even‑handedness and professionalism” of its staff. At the same press briefing, he confirmed that none of the seven officials are currently in Ethiopia, some of them having already been outside the country when the government made the announcement, and the rest having been “moved from the country to ensure their safety”. In response to the question of whether the UN will replace the officials, Haq said that: “we believe that the staff that the Secretary‑General and the UN Secretariat have deployed are the people who are fit for the job, and we believe that they should be allowed to go about their work without hindrance”.

On 4 October, UK Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Simon Manley delivered a statement on behalf of over 40 states expressing shock at the Ethiopian decision and calling for its reversal to allow the officials to return to Ethiopia to continue their work. The statement notes that the OHCHR official who was expelled was working on the joint investigation by OHCHR and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission into alleged violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law committed by all parties to the conflict in Tigray. The report of the joint investigation is due by 1 November.

At tomorrow’s meeting, Guterres and several members are expected to underscore their serious concern at the expulsion of the seven UN officials. The meeting is also likely to focus on the worsening humanitarian and security conditions in northern Ethiopia. OCHA reported that as at 4 October, 5.2 million people in Tigray required food assistance, of whom 400,000 are living “in famine-like conditions”.

On 4 October, Ahmed was sworn in for a new five-year term following elections that were held in June and September. (Elections were reportedly boycotted by some opposition groups and did not take place in Tigray, which is controlled by forces opposed to the federal government.) According to media reports, Ahmed promised in his inauguration speech that he would shield the country from foreign interference. In addition, according to a 5 October Sky News article, “thousands of troops” were observed near the city of Dessie in the northern Ethiopian region of Amhara, giving rise to concerns of an imminent new offensive by the federal government.

At tomorrow’s meeting, Council members may emphasise the need for the government to begin sustained negotiations towards a ceasefire and a political solution to the conflict. They may underscore the need for an immediate ceasefire and renew their calls for unfettered humanitarian access.

OCTOBER 5, 2021  ETHIOPIANEWS

Ethiopia: Investors in a Chinese-built industrial park in southern Ethiopia have hired international trade law firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg to push back against mounting calls to strip Addis Ababa of US trade preferences amid continuing violence in Tigray and beyond.

The firm is lobbying on “preserving AGOA eligibility for apparel from Ethiopia” on behalf of the Hawassa Industrial Park Investors Association, according to a new lobbying filing.

Lobbyists on the account include former Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.), a former member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Nicole Bivens Collinson, a former assistant textile negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

The registration comes as critics of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed are lobbying to suspend Ethiopia’s eligibility under the African Growth and Opportunity Act. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai raised the possibility in a virtual meeting with Ethiopian chief trade negotiator Mamo Mihretu this summer.

ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ቤት ምኽሪ ተወከልቲ ህዝቢ (ፓርላማ)፡ ብ4 ጥቅምቲ 2021 ኣብ ሰዓታት ናይ ንግሆ ኣብ ዘካየዶ 6ይ ዙር ምምስራት መንግስቲ፡ ንዶ/ር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ ዓሊ  ንቐጻሊ 5 ዓመታት፡ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኮይኖም ክቕጽሉ ሰይምዎም። እቲ ካብ 547 ኣባላቱ 425 ዝተሳተፍዎ፡  ብኣባላት ሰልፊ ብልጽግና ዝተዓብለለ ቤት ምኽሪ፡ ነቶም ኣፈባይቶ ኮይኖም ክሰርሑ ዝጸንሑ ኣቶ ታገሰ ጫፎ እንደጋና ኣቐጺልዎም። ወይዘሮ ሎሚ በዶ ዝተባህላ ፖለቲከኛ  ከኣ ምክትል ኣፈ ባይቶ ኮይነን ተመሪጸን። ኣብዚ ናይ ንግሆ ክፋል ኣኼባ፡ ወይዘሮ ሳህለወርቅ ዘውደ ፕረሲደንት ፈደራላዊት ረፐብሊክ ኢትዮጵያ ነቲ ናይ ክልቲኡ ኣብያተ-ምኽሪ ናይ ሓባር ኣኼባ ምስ ከፈታ፡  ብዛዕባ ኣብዚ  ቀጻሊ ዓመት ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ክዕመሙ ዝግበኦም መደባት ስፍሕ ዝበለ መደረ ኣቕሪበን።

ጐኒንጐኒ፡ ናይዚ  መስራቲ ኣኼባ ፓርላማ ዝተኻየደሉ ግዜ፡ ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ቤት ምኽሪ ፈደረሽን ኣኼባ ተኻይዱ። እዚ ኣኼባ ቤት ምኽሪ ፈደረሽን፡ ክሳብዚ ቀረባ መዓልታት ናይ ክልል ኣምሓራ ፕረሲደንት ንዝነበሩ ኣቶ ኣገኘሁ ተሻገር  ኣፈባይቶ ገይሩ መሪጽዎም። ምክትሎም ከኣ ኣብ ክልል ዓፋር በዓልቲ መዚ ዝነበራ ወይዘሮ ዛህራ ኡመድ መሓመድ ኮይነን።

ዶ/ር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ ዓሊ፡ ኣብቲ ኣብ ሰዓታት ንግሆ ኣብ ኣደራሽ ቤት ምኽሪ ተወከልቲ ቀዳማይ ሚንስተር ኮይኖም ብመንገዲ ወይዘሮ መኣዛ ኣሸናፊ ፕረሲደንት ጠቕላሊ ቤት ፍርዲ ኢትዮጵያ ቃለ መሓላ ፈጺሞምም።  ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ብወተሃደራዊ ሰልፍን ሙዚቃዊ ምርኢትን ተሰንዩ ኣብ መስቀል ኣደባባይ ብርክት ዝበሉ ዕዱማት ኣብ ዝተረኽብሉ ኣብ ዝቐጸለ ሰፊሕ ጽንብል፡ እቶም ቀዳማይ ሚኒሲተር  ኣብ ዘስምዕዎ መደረ፡ ንታሪኽ ኢትዮጵያን ንመስርሕ እቲ ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝተኻየደ ምርጫን ዝምልከት ስፍሕ ብዝበለ ገሊጾም። ንኣመዓባብላ ናይቲ ኣብ ትግራይ ተጀሚሩ ዝቕጽል ዘሎ ውግእ ዝምልከት እውን እቲ ልሙድ መርገጾም ኣንጸባሪቖም፡ ንምህናጽ ሓያል ሰራዊት ከም ዝቕጽልዎ’ውን ገሊጾም። ንተግባራት ምዕራባውያን መንግስታት  ጠቒሶም ከኣ ምትሕግጋዝን ምትሕብባርን ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ ጸዊዖም።

ኣብዚ ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ኣብ መስቀል ኣደባባይ ዝተኻየደ ጽምብል፡ መራሕቲ ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ፡ ዩወሪ ሞሰቪኒ ናይ ዩጋንዳ፡ ሳልቫኬር ማርደት ናይ ደቡብ ሱዳን፡ ዑመር ገለ ናይ ጅቡቲ፡ እሁሩ ከንያታ ናይ ኬንያ፡ መሓመድ ፎርማጆ ናይ ሶማልያ፡ ማሳኪ ናይ ሰኔጋል፡ ኣሕመድ ቡሃሪ ናይ ናጀርያን፡ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኮንጎን ተረኺቦም።

 እዚ ከኣ ብዘይካ ናይ ኤርትራን ሱዳንን ናይ ኩለን ንኢትዮጵያ ዘዳወበኣ ሃገራት መራሕቲ ከም ዝተሳተፉ  እዩ። ካብዞም ኣብቲ ጽንብል መደረ ዘስምዑ፡ መራሕቲ፡ ናይ ጅቡቲ፡ ኬንያን ደቡብ ሱዳንን፡ ብቐጥታ እኳ እንተዘይኮነ፡ ኣዝዩ ረቂቕ ብዝኾነ ውሕልነት፡ ዶ/ር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ ነቲ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ገጢሙ ዘሎ ወጥሪ፡ ብሰላም ክፈትሖ ኣተሓሳሲቦም፡ ኣብቲ መስርሕ ክተሓባበርዎ ቅሩባት ምዃኖም ዘመልክት መልእኽትታት ኣመሓላሊፎም።

ኣብ ቀጻሊ መዓልታት ዶ/ር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ ናይ ሓድሽ ካቢነኦም ኣባላት ናብቲ ቤት ምኽሪ ኣቕሪቦም ከጽድቑ ትጽቢት ኣሎ።

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

ኤርትራውያን ብዝተፈላለዩ መዐቀንታት ብዙሓት ኢና። ቁጽርና ከባቢ 4 ሚልዮን ምዃኑ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ብመንጽር ጾታና፡ እምነትና፡ ዕድመና፡ ደረጃ ትምህርትና፡ ቦታዊ ኣቀማምጣና፡ ባህልና፡ ቋንቋና፡ ብሄርናን ፖለቲካዊ ኣተሓሳስባናን ክረአ እንከሎ’ውን ብዙሓት ኢና። ብዙሕነትና ሎሚ ዝፍጠር ዘሎ ሓድሽ ተርእዮ ዘይኮነ፡  ኣብቲ ነዊሕ ተመኩሮ ቃልስና እውን ምሳና ክጐዓዝ ዝጸንሐ እዩ። ብዙሕነትና ብሃገራዊ ሓላፍነት ከነመሓድሮ እንከለና፡ ምንጪ ሓይልናን ብርታዐናን ከም ዝኸውን ብግብሪ ኣርእዩና እዩ። ናብ ዘይግቡእ መንገዲ ክንመጦ እንከለና ዝብትነናን ዘድክመናን ምዃኑ ድማ ኣብ ተመኩሮና ዝረኣናዮን ሎሚ እውን ከምዘይገደፈና ካባና ዝተሰወረ ኣይኮነን።

ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ኣተሓሳስባና ኣብዚ እዋንዚ፡ ባህሪ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ እንመዝነሉ መዐቀኒ፡ ነቲ ጉጅለ ንምውጋድ እንመርጾ ኣገባብ፡ ኤርትራ ድሕሪ ህግደፍ ክትመሓደረሉ ዝግበኣ ኣገባብ ኣብ ምትላም፡ ነዚ ተተሓሒዝናዮ ዘለና  ቃልሲ ኣብ ምዕዋት ኮነ መጻኢት ኤርትራ ኣብ ምህናጽ ምስ መንን በየናይ ደረጃን ንዛመድ ኣብ ዝምልከቱ ዛዕባታት ክንሓስብ እንከለና፡ ናይ ርእይቶ ብዙሕነት ከም ዘለና ንርእዮ ዘለና እዩ። ካብ ሓደ ንላዕሊ ውድባት ክንከውን ዝድርኸና እውን ንሱ እዩ።  እዚ ኩሉ ርእይቶታት ተደሚሩ ከኣ ናብ ሓደ ናይ ሓባር ጭቆና ንምውጋድን ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ንምህናጽን ዝጥምት እምበር በብዝወፈሮ ተፈላልዩ ዝነብር ክኸውን ኣይግበኦን። ናይ ሓባር መዋስኢ መድረኽ ዘድልየና ከኣ ምእንቲ’ዚ እዩ። ስለዚ እቲ ዘሰክፈና  ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ፍልልይ ምፍጣሩ ዘይኮነ፡  ነቲ ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ፍልልይ ከነመሓድሮን ሓባራዊ ኣቕጣጫ ከነትሕዞን ምብቃዕን ዘይምብቃዕን እዩ።

ምስዚ፡ ከምቲ “ሺሕ ፈልጺ መእሰሪኡ ልሕጺ”  ዝበሃል ቀይሕ መስመር ከይንሰግር እንጥንቀቐሎም እምበር፡ ክንፈላለየሎም ዘይግበኣና መሰረታዊ ኣዕኑድ ከም ዘለዉ  ምስትብሃል ናይ ግድን እዩ። ኤርትራዊ ሃገራዊ ልኡላውነትን መንነትን፡ ንኹልና ብማዕረ ዝብጸሓና፡ ብኹልና ከኣ ክዕቀብ ዝግበኦ እዩ። ከምቲ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ዛዕባታት ዝተፈላለዩ ሓሳብ ምንጽብራቕ ውሁብ’ዩ ዝበልናዮ፡ ኣብዚ ረዚን ዛዕባ ኤርትራዊ ሃገራዊ ልኡላውነትን መንነትን፡ እንተተፈላሊና ብመሰረቱ እውን እቲ ፍልልያትና ዓቂብና እንረግጾ መሬት ክጾረና ኣይክእልን እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ኣብ ኤርትራን ልኡላውነታን እንተተፈላሊና “ደቂ ሓንቲ ሃገር ኢና” ፡ ኢልና ምእንተኣ ሓቢርና እንስለፈሉ ቦታ ስለ ዘይህልወና። ስለዚ እቲ “ክንሰግሮ ዘይግበእ ቀይሕ መስመር”  ዝበልናዮ ነቲ ናብዚ ከይወስደና ክንጥንቀቐሉ ዝግበና ዘይጥዑይ ጐደና እዩ።

እቲ ክንዕቅቦ ዝግበኣና ኤርትራዊ ልኡላውነት ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ነቲ ናብኡ ዝበጻሕናሉ ሓርበኛውን ክቡር ዋጋ ዝተኸፍሎን ጉዕዞ ቃልሲ እውን ክብርን ሓለዋ ዘድልዮ እዩ። ነዚ ጉዕዞ ቃልሲ ምእንቲ ናጽነትን ልኡላውነትን ምንእኣስን ንሓርበኛታቱ ክብሪ ምንፋግን ማለት  ካብ ንልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ዘይምቕባል ተፈልዩ ዝረአ ኣይኮነን።

እዚ ክበሃል እንከሎ ግና ሓደ ኤርትራዊ ንልኡላውነት ሃገሩ ብዘይሃሲ፡ ብርኢቶኡ “እዚ እዩ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘዋጽእ” ኢሉ ዝኣመነሉ ኣተሓሳስባ ስለ ዝሓዘን ንዕኡ ንምስፋሕ ስለ ዝጐስጐሰን ዝወደበን ብሸፈጥ “ኣንጻር ልኡላውነት”  ዝብል ግጉይ ቅጽል ምጥቃን መሰል ምውዳብ ዝግህስ  እዩ። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ናይ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ደገፍቲ ኢና በሃልቲ ኤርትራውያን፡ ክብሪ ሃገሮምን ህዝቦምን ሓልዮም ኣንጻር  ናይ ህግደፍ ጨቋኒ ርኢቶ ንዝተሰለፉ ኤርትራውያን “ጸረ ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ እዮም” ክብሉ ምስማዕ ዝተለምደ እዩ። እዚ ኣበሃህላኦም ካብ ትርጉም ልኡላውነት ሃገር ጀሚርካ፡ ክሳብ ዋና ልኡላውነት መን ምዃኑ ዘለዎም ናይ ኣረዳድኣ ግጉይነት ዘመልክት’ዩ። ሓሓሊፍካ እውን “ሉኣላውነት ዝፈጠረ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ እዩ፡ ንሱ እንተዘየልዩ ከኣ ምስኡ ዝጠፍእ እዩ” ብዝዓይነቱ ስንኩፍ ኣተሓሳስባ፡ ዕድመ ህግደፍ ክነውሕ ዝጽልዩ ምእንቲ ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ምዃኑ ከመልክቱ ዝደልዩ ዘይሓፍሩ ኣለዉ። ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ግና ብሳላ ህግደፍ ዝዕቀብ ዘይኮነ፡ ብሰንኪ ህግደፍ ከይድፈርን  ከይህሰን ዘስግእ ዘሎ፡ ውጽኢት ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምዃኑ ተመኩሮና ዝምስክሮ እዩ።

ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ብኤርትራውያን እዩ ተዋሒሱ። ንመጻኢ እውን ብኤርትራውያን እዩ ዝዕቀብ። ምስ  ናይ ቀረባ ይኹን ናይ ርሑቕ ፈተውቲ  እንገብሮ ዝምድና ኣብ ርእሲቲ ናትና ዓቕሚ ተወሳኺ ክንድልብ  ኣምበር፡ ኤርትራዊ ጉዳይና ብኣኣቶም ንምውሳን ኣብ ሓደ መኣዲ ንቕረበሉ ኣይኮነን። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ነዚ ቅኑዕ ኣገባብ ኣጽኒዕና ብዘይመሓዝና ኣብ ዝምድናና ምስ ኢትዮጵያ-ትግራይ ዘለና ናይ ርእይቶ ፍልልይ ነቲ ቀንዲ ኤርትራዊ ኣጀንዳና ይጸልዎ ምህላዉ፡ ገሌና ክስገር ዘይግበኦ ቀይሕ መስመር ንሰግር ምህላውና ዘመልክት እዩ። ሎሚ ናይ ኤርትራ ባንዴራ ምስ ናይ ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ባንዴራ፡ ካርታ ኤርትራ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ከም ሓንቲ ሃገር ተላጊበን ኣብ ገለ ኣደባባያት ምርኣይ፣ ኣብ ገሊኡ ኣደባባያት ከኣ ምስ ባንዴራ ክልላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ ከተንበልብል  ምዕዛብ ዝተለመደ እዩ። ነዚ  ተርእዮታት’ዚ እቲ ኣባላት ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ ኣብ ከባቢ ጎንደር፡ ደሴ፡ ሑመራን ምጥፍኦም፡ ኣብ ዓላማኦም  ሞይቶም ዝብል ወረ ክውሰኾ እንከሎ “ኣበይ ኢና ዘለና?” ዘየብል ኣይኮነን። ኣብዚ ነቲ ማእዝኑ ዝሰሓተ ጫፋት ንቃወሞ ኣለና እምበር፡ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብ ዝኣተዎ ኣቲኻ ምቅላሱስ ኣብ ቦታኡ እዩ።

ካብዚ ሓሊፉ፡ ንታሪኻዊ ኣመዓባብላ ኤርትራዊ ሃገራውነት ቅድመ-ምፍጣር ሃገራት ዝነበረ ታሪኽ ተሞርኲስካ ንናይ  ጐረባብቲ ማሕበረ-ባህላዊ ዝምድና፡ ሰማይ ኣዕሪግካን ልዕሊ ዓለም ለኻዊ ኣፍልጦ ዝረኸበ ናይ ሃገርነት መለክዒ ምስራዕን ንዕዘብ ኣለና። እዚ ብመሰረቱ ተመሳሳሊ ማሕበረ-ባህላዊ ርክባት ኣዛሚድካ “ሓድሽ ሃገር ክንፈጥር” ብዝብል፡ ናይዛ ህያው ኤርትራ ሓድነት ህዝብን መሬትን ምብታን ዘኸትል ምዃኑ ብንጹር ንርኢ ኣለና። እቲ ጉዳይ ዝያዳ ሓደገኛ ዝኸውን፡ ገለ ቁንጣሮ ኤርትራውያን ኢና ዝብሉ ወገናት ኣብ ንኤርትራዊ ልኡላውነት ዝምልከት ዛዕባ ምስ ኤርትራውያን ዘይኮኑ ወገናት ዝናበብሉ ዘለዉ ምዃኖም እዩ። ስለዚ ከምቲ ወለድና ከምዚ ከጋጥሞም እንከሎ፡ “ስግኣትና ትብዓትና ይግበረልና” ዝብልዎ፡ እዚ  ክስገር ዘይግበኦ ቀይሕ መስመር ዝደናደንን ተመዝሚዙ ዕድመ ህግደፍ ዘንውሕን ኣረዳድኣ ከይሳዕረረ ክንኮልፎ ዝግበኣና እዩ። በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ክንጸር እንደልዮ፡ እዚ ንልኡላውነት ዝጻባእ ሓደገኛ መንገዲ፡ ከም ናይ ኩሎም ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ጌሮም ከቕርብዎ ዝፍትኑ ወገናት ኣብ ግጉይ መንገዲ ከም ዘለዉ  ተገንዚቦም፡ ናብ ልቦም  ክምለሱ   ነዘኻኽሮም።

OCTOBER 3, 2021  NEWS

Eritrean families – many of whom have lived quiet lives in Libya for years hoping to finally reach Europe – have been rounded up in a huge “anti-drugs” raid.

Eritrean Refugees Arrested Libya

Eritrean refugees arrested Libya

statement from Dax Roque, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Libya Country Director, highlighted their plight.

“We are alarmed by reports of mass arrests of migrants in Tripoli this morning. We are hearing that more than 500 migrants, including women and children, have been rounded up, arbitrarily detained and are at risk of abuse and ill-treatment.

Migrants and refugees in Libya, particularly those without legal residency in the country, are often at risk of arbitrary detention. Torture, sexual violence, and extortion is rampant in Libyan detention centres. We believe this latest wave of arrests is part of wider crackdown by the Libyan authorities on migrants and refugees in Libya and the environment is becoming increasingly more restrictive.

We call on the Libyan authorities to immediately release those detained and to end the crackdown on migrants and refugees taking place across the country. Countries with ties to Libya, particularly European states must also scale up pathways for resettlement of refugees in Libya.”

As many as 4,000 are reported under arrest

RFI (Radio France International) carried this report.

Eritrean refugees arrested Libya

In Libya, a vast anti-drug operation was carried out on Friday October 1 in Tripoli. Libyan police arrested large numbers of migrants on the outskirts of the capital. In a statement, the Attorney General explains that these people are suspected of being involved in trafficking “drugs, alcohol and firearms.” The NGO Norwegian Refugee Council denounces an operation which aims above all to arrest migrants and refugees.

The head of the transitional government, Abdelhamid Dbeibah, greeted on Twitter “the heroes of the Ministry of the Interior” after this police operation.

”  This is among the largest arrests of migrants that we have seen in Libya in recent years,  ” reports Dax Roque, director of the Norwegian refugee council in Libya, reached by phone by  Gaëlle Laleix , of the Africa editorial staff: nearly 4,000 migrants have been arrested for the past two days in Libya.

“  Among those arrested, there are already registered refugees. We also know that there are women, some of whom are pregnant, and children. Images circulated on social media of dozens of people, hands tied, being taken away. This is not the first time that Libya has arrested a significant number of migrants. Throughout the year, refugees are held in detention centers. And it should be noted that their conditions of confinement are deplorable: the centers are overcrowded and unsanitary. 

We therefore call on the Libyan authorities to release the detained migrants. And we also call on countries, especially European countries which have close relations with Libya, to raise their voice on this issue because we all know that the situation of refugees in Libya has been worrying for too long.  

► At  the ire as :  “I want to leave” in Libya, the cruel treatment of migrants

Since the fall of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the country has become a preferred route for tens of thousands of migrants seeking to reach Europe. Libya has also become a living hell for the candidates for exile. Testimonies of torture, forced labor, beatings, and rape in official detention centers are plentiful. Last June, the NGO Médecins sans frontières thus decided to leave the migrant detention centers of al-Mabani and Abu Salim, in Tripoli, denouncing an “unbearable” situation.

Eritrean Refugees Arrested Libya

ቅድሚ ሸሞንተ ዓመት ብ3 ጥቅምቲ 2013 ሓሙስ ማዓልቲ፡ እቲ ንዓለም ምሉእ ዘንቀጥቀጠን ዘሰንበደን ህልቂት መንእሰያትን ህጻናትን ኤርትራ ኣብ ገማግም ደሴት ላምባዱዛ ዝተፈጸመሉ ናይ ሓዘን ማዓልቲ እዩ። ነዚ ናይ ሓዘን ማዓልቲ ክንዝክር እንከለና ግን፡ ናይ መጀመርታን ናይ መወዳእታን ሓዘን ኤርትራውያን እዩ ማለትና ኣይኰነን። ቅድሚኡን ድሕሪኡን ኣብ ምድረ በዳታት፡ ቀላያትን ባሕርታትን ዝሃለቑ መንእሰያትናን ህጻናትናን ማእለያ የብሎምን ጥራሕ ዘይኰነስ፣ ገናውን ዝቕጽል ዘሎ መርኣያ ሕሰምና ኰይኑ ዘሎ እዩ።

ኣብ ርእስ'ዚ፡ ንመንእሰያትና ዘጓንፎም ዘሎ  ዝተፈላለየ ኣሰቃቒ ተመኵሮታት ኣብ'ቶም ካብ'ዚ ህልቂትን ሞትን ዝተረፉ ደቕና፡ ኣሓትናን ኣሕዋትናን፣ ከምኡ'ውን ኣብ ቤተሰቦም ዘሕድሮ ኣሉታዊ ስነ-ኣእሙራዊ ስንብራት ንምፍዋሱ ቀሊል ዘይኰነ ጻዕርን ክብ ዝበለ ብቕዓትን ዝሓትት ምዃኑ ክዝንጋዕ ኣይግባእን። ስለ'ዚ ናይ ዝሞቱ ጥራሕ ዘይኰነ፡ ናይ'ቶም ብህይወት ዘለዉ እሞ ከቢድ ስነኣእሙራዊ ማህሰይቲ ዝወረዶም ዘሎ ዜጋታትና ሃለዋት ውን ከገድሰና ኣለዎ። 

ህልቂት ላምባዱዛ እምባኣር፡ ሬሳታትና ካብ ባሕሪ ክዝቈቊ፣ ዋና ተሳኢንዎ፡ ኣብ መሬት ተደርብዩ ጸሓይን ንፋስን ክውቃዕ፣ ንቡር ቀብሪ ስኢኑ፡ ኣብ ሳናድቕ ተዓሺጉ ንምርኢት ዝቐረበ ክመስል ዝቐደመን ዝዳሓረን ሕስረትን ውርደትን ኤርትራውያን ንመላእ ህዝቢ ዓለም ዘቃልዐን ዘሕዘነን ብምንባሩ፤ ንብዙሓት ደገፍቲ ስርዓት ዝነበሩ ከይተረፈ ካብ ድቓሶም ዘበራበረ ብምንባሩ፡ ከመይ ኢልካ እዩ እሞ ክርሳዕ?!!!! ነዚ ከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ህልቂት ዝርስዕ እንተሎ፤ እቲ ካብ ተሕታትነት ክምልጥ ዝሓስብ ወይ ዝደሊ ጠንቂ ናይቲ ሕሰምን መከራን ዝኾነ፡ ሎሚ እውን ናብ ልቡ ዘይተመልሰ፡ መላኺ ስርዓትን መጋበርያታቱን ጥራሕ እዮም።

ስለ'ዚ ድማ'ዮም፡ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ህግዲፍን “ኣጆኻ በሃልቱን”፡ መንነት ኤርትራዊ ግዳያት ግዳያት ላምፓዱዛ ክሒዶም፤ ክሳብ ሎሚ ጠንቂ ስደቶምን ጥፍኣቶምን ንኻልኦት የሰክሙ ኣለዉ። ወትሩ ምዝመዛ ገንዘብን ጉልበትን ኤርትራውያን ዘተሃራርፎ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ፡ መንእሰያት ኤርትራ ብህይወት እንከለዉ፡ ብስም ኣገልግሎት፡ ኣብ ጉዕዞ ስደቶም ድማ ምስ ነጋዶ ደቂ ሰባት ብቐጥታ ይኹን ብተዘዋዋሪ ብምትሕብባር ዝበልዖም ገንዘብ ከይኣኽሎ፡ ሕንኽ ከይበለ ካብቲ መንነቱ ዝኸሓዶ ሬሳታት ክነግድን ገንዘብ ክእምርርን ምፍታኑ ኣዝዩ ዘስደምም ኢዩ ነይሩ። ካብ ከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ኤርትራዊ ስርዓት እንጽበዮ ኣውንታን እንፍደዮ ጽቡቕን ክህሉ ፈጺሙ ዘይሕሰብ እዩ። ወረ ሎሚስ ኣብ ዝገደደን ንህልውና ሃገር ናብ  ዘስግእ ተግባራት ዝመጣጠር ዘሎ እዩ።

እምበኣር፡ ኣብዚ ናይ 8ይ ዓመት ዝኽሪ ህልቂት ላምፓዱዛ ይኹን፡ ኣብ መጻኢ ናይ ዝኽሪ ዓመታት፡ “ብዝሓለፈ ህልቂት እንዳስቈርቈርና ዲና ክንነብር ወይ ነዚ ጠንቂ ናይ'ዚ ኵሉ ሽግራትና ዝዀነ ሓደገኛ ጉጅለ ሓንሳብ ንሓዋሩ ኣወጊድና፡ ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ሃኒጽና እፎይ እንብለላ ሃገር ክንውንን ኢና?” ዝብል ሕቶ ኣብ  እንምልሰሉ  ወሳኒ እዋን ከም ዘሎና ንዅላትና ብሩህ ኢዩ።

ኣብዚ ሎሚ እዋን ኤርትራ ከም ህዝብን ከም ሃገርን ኣብ ናይ ብርሰት ሓደጋ ኣብ እትርከበሉ ዘላ እዋን፡ ነፍስወከፍ ኤርትራዊ ከም'ቲ ኣብ ሓደ ኣጋጣሚ 4 ካቶሊካውያን ጳጳሳት ዝበልዎ፡ “ሓወይ ኣበይ ኣሎ? ሓብተይ ኣበይ ኣላ? ህዝበይ ከመይ ኣሎ?” ኢሉ ክሓትትን “ኣነ'ኸ እንታይ እገብርን ኣበይን ኣለኹ?” ኢሉ ምስ ነብሱ ክመራመርን ኢዩ ዝግብኦ። ከምዚ ዘይገብር ኤርትራዊ እንተዀይኑ ግን፡ ብፍላጥ ይኹን ብዘይፍላጥ ንጭቆና እቲ ጉጅለ ዘተባብዕ ኢዩ ክኸውን ዝኽእል ኢልካ ካብ ምሕላፉ ካልእ ትርጉም የብሉን። ኢጣልያዊ ገፋፍ ዓሳ ቪቶ ፍሎሪኖ (Vito Florino) እኳ፡ ኣባላት ሓለዋ ባሕሪ ኢጣልያን ምድሓን ግዳያት ላምፓዱዛን ዝነበሮም ግደ ክገልጽ እንከሎ፡ ኣብ ምቕራጽ ምስልታት ግዜ ወሲዶም ክብል ዝነቀፈስ፡ ገለ ኤርትራውያን ከኣ ንጠላም ተግብራት ናይቲ ጉጅለ ከጸባብቕዎ እንከለዉ ክትሰምዕን ክትዕዘብን እንከለኻ ዘደንጹ ጥራሕ ዘይኰነ፡ “ኣምበር'ዶኸ ሕልና ኣለዎም እዩ” ዘብለካ’ ውን እዩ።

        

በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ክለዓል ዘለዎ ሕቶ “ንመጻኸ እንታይ ይገበር?” ዝብል ኢዩ። ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ነዚ ኣብ ኤርትራውያን ሳዕሪሩ  ዘሎ ናይ ስደት ዋሕዚ ንምግታእ ክግበሩ ኣለዎም ዝብሎም ስርሓት እዞም ዝስዕቡ ይርከብዎም።

  • ናይቲ መሰረታዊ ጸገማት ጠንቂ ዝዀነ መላኺ ጉጅለ ህግደፍን ናይ ጭቆና መሓውሩን ኣወጊድካ ብዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ንምትካኡ ዝግበር ቃልሲ ምሕያል።
  • ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራን ናይ ርሑቕን ቀረባን መዛምድታ ዝፍጠር ርክብ ኤርትራዊ ረብሓ ዝማእከሉ ንኢድ ኣእታውነት ዘይቅበል ክኸውን ምጽዓት።
  • ኤርትራዊ ናይ ለውጢ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት፡ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓሳትን ማሕበራትን ብሓባር ኣንጻር ወጽዓ ህግደፍ ዝቃለስሉ ሰፊሕ ጽላል ንምፍጣር ዝካየድ ዘሎ ቃልሲ ምቅልጣፍ።
  • ብሓፈሻ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ሃገራት፡ ብፍላይ ከኣ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝርከብ ኣብ መደበራት ስደተኛ ኣብ ሓደገኛ ኩነታት ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ዝድሕንሉ ኩነታት ክፍጠር ቀጻሊ ጻዕሪ ምክያድን ናብ ዝምልከተን ትካላት ዝቐርብ ምሕጽንታ ኣሕይልካ ምቕጻሉ

ክብርን ዘልኣለማዊ ዝኽርን ንሰማእታትና