Friday, 17 July 2020 05:26

Radio dimtsi Harnnet Kassel 16.07.2020

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ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

ኣብ ዝሐለፈ ወርሒ ሰነ 2020 “ሓባራዊ መግለጺ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ ብዝብል ናይ ህዝብና ሃንቀውታ ኣብ ግምት ዘእተወ ናይ ብስራት ኣዋጅ ምውጽኡ ዝዝከር እዩ። ከምቲ ዝርዝር ትሕዝቶ ናይቲ መግለጺ ሃገርና ኤርትራ መዳርግቲ ብዘይብሉ መስዋእ ናጽነታን ልዑላውነታን ዘውሓሰት ሃገር እነተዀነት፣ እቲ ብኢደ ወነኑ ኣብ ስልጣን ተወጢሑ ዓሰርተታት ዓመታት ብዘይቅዋምን ሕግን ንህዝብና እናድመየን እናበታተነን ክገዝእ ዝጸንሐን ዘሎን ስርዓት፡ ሃገርና ናብ ጐደና ጥፍኣት ይመርሓ ምህላዉ ኩሉ ዝፈልጦ ሓቂ እዩ።” ኢሉ ዝጀመሮ፡ ኣብዚ ጭቆና ህግዲፍን ኮሮናቫይረስን ኣንጻሮም ሓድነት ዝፈጠርሉ እዋን፡ ሃገርናን ህዝብናን ኣብ ከመይ ዝኣመሰለ ኣጨናቒ ደረጃ ከም ዘለዉ ምርድኡ ዘጸገም ኣይኮነን። እዚ መግለጺ ደንጉዩ ዝወጸኳ እንተኾነ፡ ሕጂ’ውን “ክንብል በለ’ምበር ኣይተኻዕወን” እዩ እሞ፡  እምብዛ ግዜ ዝሓለፎ ናይ ተስፋ ደወል ኣይኮነን።

እዚ ስምምዕዚ ናብቶም ክመጸሎምን ከይመጾምን ብሓጐስን ስግኣትን ክጽበይዎ ዝጸንሑ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ጉጅለ ህግዲፍን ዘመሓላልፎ መልእኽቲ ኣለዎ። እቲ ክመጸሉ ክጽበዮ ዝጸንሐ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ በዚ ተበጺሑ ዘሎ ናይ ኤርትራዊ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ስምምዕ ተስፋኡ ከም ዝጥጥዕን ናይ ቃልሲ ንያቱ ክብ ከም ዝብልን ዘጠራጥር ኣይኮነን። ብኣንጻሩ እቲ ሓድነትና ከይስስን ከም ቁርን ኣስሓይታን ክፈርሖ ዝጸንሐ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍን መዳምቕቱን  ከም ዝስንብዱን እተተኻኢልዎም  ክኾልፍዎ፡ እንተዘይከኣሉ ከኣ ከደናጉይዎ ብምሉእ ዓቕሞም ካብ ምሕላን ንድሕሪት ከምዘይብሉ፡ ካብ ዝሓለፈ ተመኩሮና እንግምቶን እንጽበዮን እዩ። ኣብዚ ጥምጥምዚ እቲ ኣብ ቅድሜና ዘሎ መዋጸኦ  ዝርህርህ ልቢ ንዘየብሉ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ  ልቢ ክሰኩዕ ምጽባዩ ዘይኮነ፡ ናይ ሓባር ዓቕሚ ደሊብካ ምስዓሩ ጥራይ እዩ። ሓድነት ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ ኣብ ድልዱል ባይታ ክረግጽ ምብቅዑ ከኣ ካብቲ ቀንዲ ነቲ  ካብ ምፍልላይና ዝዕንገል ንሓድነትና ከም ቁርን ኣስሓይታን ዝፈርሖ  ርጉም ሓይሊ እንስዕረሉ መሳርሒና እዩ።

እዚ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትና በጺሐምዎ ዘለዉ  ናይ ሓቢርካ ኣንጻር ህግዲፍ ምቅላስ ስምምዕ፡ ነቲ ዝተርፈና ሓባራዊ ዓቕምኻ ናይ ምትርናዕ ዕማም መሰረት ዘንጽፍ ምዃኑ ፍሉጥ እዩ። ብኣንጻሩ እቲ ኣብቲ እንደልዮ ንምብጻሕ ዝሓተና መጻኢ ተወፋይነትን ጻዕርን ካብቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዝኸፈልናዮ ዝበዝሐን ዝኸበደን እንተዘይኮይኑ ዝቐለለን ዝወሓደን ከምዘይኮነ ዘንጊዕና ከነራጥጥ ኣይግበኣናን። ናይቲ ቅድሚዚ ሎሚ በጺሕናዮ ዘለና ስምምዕ ዝነበረ ብሓባር ናይ ምስራሕ ተመኩሮታትና ናይ “ስርሕ-ፍንጥሕ” ኣካይዳ ምንባሩ ተኣሚንና ክንመሃረሉ እምበር ንዓኡ ናፊቕና ንድሕሪት ከነማዕዱ ኣይግበኣናን። ቀንዲ ጠንቂ ናይቲ ክንመሃረሉ ዝግበኣና ዝሓለፍናዮ መንገዲ ስንኩፍነት ኣብ ዘይድልዱል፥ ዘይሓላፍነታውን  ኩነታት ኤርትራ ብኹሉ መዳያቱ ብግቡእ ዘይዳህሰሰን ባይታ ይድኮን ስለ ዝነበረ እዩ። ሎሚ ክንሓስቦም እንከለና ዘጣዕሱናን ክንመሃረሎም ዝግበኣናን ተዘክሮታት ኣለዉና። ናይቲ ናብዚ ሎሚ በጺሕናዮ ዘለና ስምምዕ ንምብጻሕ ዝተኸደ መስርሕ ንውሕ ዝበለ ግዜን ዓሚቕ ትዕግስትን ምሕታቱን ኣብ ቀጻልነት ናይዚ ስምምዕ እምነትን ተስፋን ከነሕድር ዘተባብዓና እዩ።

እቲ ናይ ቅድም ምፍልላይና ኮነ እዚ ሎሚ ኣብ ዘሰማምዕ ምብጻሕና ካብ ውልቃዊ ኮነ እኩብ ኣተሓሳስባና እዩ ዝነቅል። እዚ ሎሚ በጺሕናዮ ዘለና ስምምዕ ተተግቢሩ ናብ ክብ ዝበለ ሓቢርካ ናይ ምስራሕ ደረጃ ከደይበና ተስፋ እነንብረሉ፡ ኣብ ኣተሓሳስባና ካብ ተመኩሮና ተማሂርና ካብቲ ዝጸንሐ ዝሓሸ ለውጢ ኣምጺእና ኣለና ካብ ዝብል እዩ ዝነቅል። ኣብ ኣተሓሳስባና ለውጢ እንተዘየጥሪና ግና እዚ ናይ ሎሚ ስምምዕና እውን ከምቲ ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ናይ ምኹላፉ ዕድል ክፉት እዩ። ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ለውጢ ኣጥሪና ኣለና ክንብል እንከላና፡ ናይ ሸቶታት ቀዳምነትና ኣነጺርና፡ ፍልልያትናን ስምምዓትናን ተገንዚብናን በብደረጀኦም ኣመሓዲርናን። ካብዚ ሓሊፍና ኪኖ ውልቃዊ፡ ውድባዊ ወይ ሰልፋዊ ህልውና ኣማዕዲና፡ ህልውናን ቀጻልነትን ህዝብን ሃገርን ከም ዝቕድም ኣስተውዒልና ኣለና ማለት እምበር፡ ካልእ ተኣምር ሰሪሕና ማለት ኣይኮነን።

መስርሕ ሓድነት ብሓደ ኩበዖ ዝብጻሕ ዘይኮነ፡ ብመስርሕን ደረጃታትን ዝምዕብል እዩ። ብመንጽር’ዚ  በጺሕናዮ ዘለና ተወሃሂድካ ኣንጻር ህግዲፍ ናይ ምቅላስ ቅሩብነት፡ መበገሲና ኮይኑ፡ ናብ ቀጻሊ ዝሰጠመ ሓድነት ሓይልታት ለውጢ ዘመዓዱ እዩ። እዚ ተበጺሑ ዘሎ ደረጃ ስምምዕ፡ ከምቲ ኣብ ወረቐት ሰፊሩ ዘሎ ኣብ ባይታ እንተ ኣድሚዕናሉ፡ ናብቲ ዝለዓለ ብርኪ ሓድነት ክንበጽሕ ውሕስነት ዝህብ እዩ። ኣብቲ ኣብ ኢድና ዘሎ ከየድማዕና፡ ናብቲ ብመስርሕ ክንበጽሖ ዝግበኣና ምምጥጣር ግና ትምኒት ጥራይ ኮይኑ እዩ ዝተርፍ።

እቲ ስምምዕ ከምቲ ተኸቲምዎ ዘሎ ክትግበር ዕማምን ሓላፍነትን ናይተን ዝኸተማ ግንባራት፡ ሰልፍታትን ውድባትን ኣዝዩ ዝለዓለ ምዃኑ ርዱእ እዩ። ዘተኣማምን ምሉእነት ንክህልዎ ግና፡ ከምቲ ብብዙሓት ወገናት ተስፋ ተነቢርሉ ዘሎ፡ ኣበርክቶን ምትብባዕን ኤርትራዊ ማሕበራት፡ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓሳትን ዝተፈላለዩ ውዱባት ኣካላትን ኣገዳሲ ምዃኑ ክሰሓት የብሉን። ዝተፈላለዩ ወገናት ነዚ ብኤርትራዊ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ተበጺሑ ዘሎ ስምምዕ ዘሕይል፡ ደገፍን መተባብዕን ብምቕራብ እምበር ንድሕሪት ብዝመልስ ቅኒት ከይርእይዎ ሓላፍነት ኣለዎም። እዘን ስምምዕ ከቲመን ዘለዋ ኣካላት እውን “ኩሉቲ ንህልዊ ኩነታት ኤርትራ ዝምልከት ዳህሲስና ንህልዊ ኩነታት ኤርትራ ዝምጥን ውዱእ ስምምዕ በጺሕና ኣለና” ኢለን፡ ኣፍደገ ኣብ ክንዲ ምዕጻው ሃናጺ ሓሳባት ናይ ምቕባል ድልዉነትን ትዕግስትን ክውንና ናይ ግድን እዩ።

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ከምቲ ኣብ ናይ 2017 ናይ ሓቢርካ ምስራሕ መጸዋዕታ እማመኡ “1፡ ምዕቃብ ልኡላዊ ግዝኣት ኤርትራ፡ 2፡ ምውዳቕ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ህግደፍን ምልጋስ መሓውራት ጭቆናኡን፡ 3፡ ድሕሪ ውድቐት ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብዝሓ ሰልፋዊ ስርዓት ዝሰረቱ ህዝባዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ምቛም፡ 4፡ ግዝኣተ ሕግን ዲሞክራስያዊ መሰላትን መላእ ሓርነታትን ህዝቢ ምቕባል።” ዝብሉ መሰማምዒ ይኹኑ እዮም ዝበሎም ሓሳባት ሒዙ ዝነቐሎ፡ ነዚ ሎሚ ተበጺሑ ዘሎ ስምምዕ ኣብ ምትግባሩን ናብ ዝበረኸ ደረጃ ምድያቡን ብዘለዎ ዓቕሚ ክጽዕት ቅሩብ ኣሎ። ብሓባር ምስራሕ ብድሌትን ጻዕርን ናይ ዝተወሰነ ኣካል ጥራይ ዝረጋገጽ ዘይኮነ፡ ናይ ኩሎም’ቶም ሰብ ጉዳይ ኣበርክቶ ዝሓትት እዩ። ሰዲህኤ ነዚ ብምርዳእ ናብቲ እንደልዮ ንምብጻሕ ናይ ኩሎም ፈረምቲ ኣካላትን ኣብ ለውጢ ዝግደሱ ኤርትራውያንን ቅሩብነት ከም ዝህሉ እምነቱ ልዑል  እዩ።

ኩለ-መዳያዊ ህይወትና እኩብ ድምር ናይ ትማልን ሎሚን ምዕባለታት እኩብ ድምር ውጽኢት ኮይኑ፡ ዝያዳ ናብ ጽባሕ ዝጥምት እዩ። ህይወትናን ከባቢናን ብቐጻሊ ማዕባሊ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ትማሊ ንሓደ ጉዳይ ዝመዘናሉ መለክዒ ሎሚ ዝተፈልየ ክኸውን ናይ ግድን እዩ። ናይ ሎሚ ሚዛንና ንጽባሕ እውን ከምኡ ዝምዕብል እምበር፡ ኣብቲ ዘቐመጥናዮ ኮፍ ኢሉ ዝጽበየና ኣይኮነን። ንትማሊ፡ ንሎሚን ንጽባሕን ብዝተፈላለዩ ናይ ግዜ ንውሓት ንገልጾም እምበር፡ ኣብ ቀዳም ኮይና ንዓርብን ሰንበትን ጥራይ ንገልጸሉ ኣይኮነን። ንኣብነት ኣብ ቃልስና ነቲ ምእንቲ ናጽነት መሪር ቃልሲ ዘካየድናሉ መድረኽ ትማሊ እንተ ኢልናዮ፡ ነዚ ናይ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ናይ ሓርነት ቃልሲ ነካይደሉ ዘለና መዋእል ከኣ ሎሚ ንብሎ። እቲ ድሕሪ ምውጋድ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍን ጸረ-ህዝቢ ኣተሓሳስባኡን ዝመጽእ ናይ ራህዋን ህንጸትን ግዜ ከኣ ጽባሕ ክንብሎ ንኽእል። ኣብዚ ነካይዶ ዘለና ናይ ለውጢ ቃልሲ እውን ትማሊ፡ ሎሚን ጽባሕን ኢልና ንገልጾም ንኡሳን ምዕራፋት ክንቀርጽ ንኽእል። ኮታ ንተኸታተልቲ ዕለታት፡ ሰሙናትን ወርሓትን ጥራይ ንገልጸሉ ዘይኮነ፡ ንሓደ ነዊሕ መስርሕ ብብርክታት መዲብና እንርእየሉ ናይ ግዜ መዕቀኒ እዩ።

ትማሊ ዝሓልፍናዮ ተመኩሮ ናይ ንሎሚ መምህርና እዩ። ናይ ሎሚ ተግባርና እውን ናይ ጽባሕ መምሃሪና ክኸውን እዩ። ጽባሕ ካብ ናይ ሎሚ፡ ሎሚ ከኣ ካብ ትማሊ ዝመሃረሉ መስርሕ ኣዝዩ ሰፊሕን ብዙሕ መልክዓት ዘለዎን እዩ። ክጠቓለል እንከሎ ድማ ካብቲ ዝሓለፍካዮ ነቲ ኣውንታ ምውሳድን ዝያዳ ብምሕያልን ምምዕባልን እቲ ሓደ ገጹ እዩ። እቲ ካልእ ገጹ ከኣ  ነቲ ግጉይ ጐድኒ ተመኩሮና ምእራሙን ነቲ ክእረም ዘይክእል ድማ ምውጋዱን ብዝብል’ዩ ዝግለጽ። እዚ ሃናጺ መስርሕ ካብ ተመኩሮ ብምምህሃር ነቲ ቀጻሊ ምዕባለ ብኣውንታ ክመርሕዎ ናይ ዝደልዩ እዩ እምበር፡ ኣብ ክንዲ ኣብ ሎሚ ኮይኖም ካብቲ ናይ ትማሊ ዝመሃሩ፡ ኮነ ኢሎም ነቲ ናይ ትማሊ እከይ ተግባሮም መሊሶም ሎሚ ዝደግምዎን ጽባሕ’ውን ከም ዝቕጽልዎ ዝእምቱ  ሰብ እከይ ግብሪ ወገናት የለዉን ማለት ኣይኮነን። እቲ ኮነ ኢሉ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብናን ሃገርናን፡ ወጽዓ ኣብ ርእሲ ወጽዓ፡ ቅትለት ኣብ ርእሲ ቅትለት፡ ግህሰት ኣብ ርእሲ ግህሰት እንዳደረበ ዝቕጽል ዘሎ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብ ሎሚ ኮይንካ ካብ ናይ ትማሊ ናይ ዘይምምሃር ኣብነት እዩ።

ከምቲ ኣብ ሎሚ ኮይና ትማሊ ሓሊፉ ጽባሕ’ውን ከም ዝመጽእ እንእመን፡ ሎሚ እንኸዶ መንገዲ እንተላይ ብመንጽር ጽባሕ ክምዕብል ዝኽእል ጽልዋኡ ከነጽነዖ ይግበኣና። ሎሚ ዘይረኣናዮ ጽባሕ ሃንደበት መጺኡ ብዝወጠናዮ ከይንቕጽል ዝዕንቅጽ ሓድሽ ተረኽቦ ክኸውን ከም ዝኽእልኳ ርዱእ እንተኾነ፡ ብዝከኣለና መጠን ከምቲ ብዛዕባ ሎሚ እንጭነቖን እንጥንቀቖን ኣብ ሎሚ ኮይና ጽባሕ ብግቡእ ንምርኣይ እውን ክንጭነቕ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ኣብ ኣዝዩ ቁንጹብ ብናይ ሎሚ ጥራይ ዝድረት ናይ “ካብ ኢድ ናብ ኣፍ” ኣተሓሳስባ ዝተሻበብና እንተኮይና ግና ናይ ጉዕዞና ኣጀንዳታት ወትሩ ኣብ ሓድሽ ጥራይ ዝጽመድ፡ ኣካይዳና ከኣ ሰንሰለታዊ ዋሕዝን ናይ ተመኩሮ ምምግጋብን ዝጐደሎ እዩ ዝኸውን። ኣብዚ ክንጥንቀቐሉ ዝግበኣና ካልእ ኣገዳሲ ናይ ትማሊ ተመኩሮና፡ ናይ ሎሚ ተግባርናን ናይ ጽባሕ መጻኢ መደባትናን ውሁዳት እምበር ሓደ ነቲ ካልእ ዝዕንቅፍ ምድብላቕ ከይፍጠር ክንጥንቀቕ ይግበኣና።

ኣብ ተመኩሮና ከም ኤርትራዊ ናይ ተቓውሞ ሓይሊ፡ ኣብቲ ንጉጅለ ህግዲፍን ኣተሓሳስባኡን ስዒርና  ዝሓሸ ህይወት ህዝብናን ሃገርናን ዘረጋግጽ ለውጢ ንምውሓስ ከነካይዶ ዝጸናሕና፡ ነካይዶ ዘለናን ጽባሕ እውን ክሳብ ዓወት እንቅጽሎን ቃልሲ ዘጋጥሙና ብደሆታት ብዙሓት እዮም። ሓደ ካብቲ ብደሆታት ከኣ ነቲ ዘለና ሓባራዊ ለውጢ ናይ ምምጻእ እምነትናን ትጽቢትናን ዝምጥን ውዱብ ናይ ሓባር ሓድነታዊ ጉዕዞ ከነውሕስ ዘይምኽኣልና ምዃኑ ኩልና እንዛረበሉን እንሻቐለሉን ዘለና እዩ። እቲ ሓባራዊ ናይ ለውጢ ድሌት ኣብ ኢድና እዩ ዘሎ። እቲ መፍትሒ’ውን ካባና ክነሱ፡ ብሰንኪ ናእሽቱን ዘይመሰረታውያንን ፍልልያት ነቲ ፍሩያት ዘቀራርባና ኣብ ባይታ ከነዕኩኾ ዘይምብቃዕና ከኣ ጸገም ካብ ምዃን ሓሊፉ ዘይፍታሕ ሕንቅልቅሊተይ ኮይኑና ጸኒሑ። ናይዚ ሕመረት ከኣ ካብ ናይ ትማሊ ተመኩሮና ክንመሃር ዘይምኽኣልና ዘመልክት እዩ።

ሎሚ ግና ካብ ተመኩሮና ናይ ምምሃር  ምልክት ነርኢ ኣለና። ካብ ምልክት ሑሊፉ በሪኹ ክረአ ከኣ ቀጻልን ዝተጸንዐን ቃልሲ ይሓተና። ኣብዚ መስርሕዚ ካብ ተመኩሮኻ ምምሃር፡ ሓያልን ድኹምን ጐድንታትና ክንርኢ ኢና። ቀንዲ ጐሊሑ ዝረኣየና፡ ቅድም ኣብ ሎሚ ኮይና ብዛዕባ ጽባሕ ዝነበረና ናይ ምምዕዳው ዓቕሚ ውሱንን ኣብ ባዕላውነት ዝተሰረተን ምንባሩ እዩ። ዝያዳ ክስቆረና ዝግብኦ ከኣ ኣብ ሎሚ ኮይና ካብቲ ናይ ትማሊ ተመኩሮና ክንመሃር፡ ዓቕምና ክንመዝንን መጻኢ ሳዕቤኑ ከነማዕዱን ክንድቲ ዝድለ ዘይምብቃዕና እዩ። እዚ ማለት ካብቲ ትማሊ ዘየዕወተና መንገዲ ንገሊኡስ ክንደገሞ ምጽናሓና እዩ። ኣብ ምምዛን ዓቕምና እቲ ኣብ ቅድሜና ዘሎ ለውጢ ኣረጋጊጽካ ህዝብን ሃገርን ናይ ምድሓን ብደሆ ንምብዳህ፡ ብሓደ ወይ ውሱናት ውድባት፡ ሰልፍታትን ግንባራትን ዘይዕመም ክነሱ፡ ነቲ ሓቢርካ ምቅላስ ክንድቲ ዝግበኣና ግምትን ክብደትን ክንህቦ ኣይጸናሕናን። ኣብ ምጥርናፍ ሓይልታት ለውጢ ምግዳስ ማለት ብዛዕባ ሓድነት ሓቢርካ ምጭራሕ፡ ምእዋጅን ምጭናቕን ዘይኮነ፡ ብግብሪ ኩሉ ዓቕምኻ ኣወሃሂድካ ወይ ኣላፊንካ፡ ክኽፈል ዝግበኦ ዋጋ ምኽፋልን ንሕድገትን ምክእኣልን ናተይ ኢልካ ምርዓምን እዩ።

ትማሊ በበይንኻ ብምዃንካ ዘይምድማዕካ እንተመዚንካ፡ ሎሚ እቲ መፍትሒ ብሓባር ኮይንካ ምቅላስ ምዃኑ ብሩህ እዩ። ነቲ ናይ ትማሊ መዚንካ ዘዋህለልካዮ ሃናጺ ሓቂ ሎሚ ዘይትጥቀመሉ እንተኮይንካ ሚዛን ምክያድ እቶት የብሉን። ነቲ ናይ ትማሊ ተመኩሮ ተማሂርካሉ ማለት፡ ነቲ ዘየቃድወካ ዝነበረ፡ ናቱ እሱር ደኣ ኣይትኸውንን እምበር፡ ደፊንካዮ ትሓልፍ ማለት ኣይኮነን። ኣጐልቢብካ እንተ ሰጊርካዮ፡  ናብቲ “ሓሊፈዮን ተማሂረሉን” ዝበልካዮ ናይ ምምላስ ሓደጋኡ ክፉት እዩ። ነቲ ትማሊ ብሓደ ከይትኸውን ዝዓንቀፈካ ምድህሳሱ ማለት፡ መሊስካ ነቲ ዝሓወየ ዝመስል ግና ክድገስ ዝኽል ስንብራት ንከይምለስ ምፍዋሱ ማለት እዩ።

JULY 13, 2020  NEWS

Source: Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE)

What is happening in Eritrea during the COVID-19 outbreak? No one really knows. According to government “information”, the first case was confirmed on 21st March, and, to date, the total cases allegedly number 251, with no confirmed deaths. The world is used to hearing optimistic claims from Eritrean authorities, but very few experts trust their statistics, particularly regarding the absence of any Covid-related deaths. The government claims to have 41 quarantine centres, but has not disclosed their locations. The Minister of Health has not briefed the nation since the beginning of the pandemic, which hardly inspires confidence in the veracity and transparency of government information and policy.

The “Lockdown” period, initially announced to last for 21 days, has been extended indefinitely. It has now been more than three and half months since it was initially implemented.  “Lockdown” guidelines are strictly enforced, and people who attempt to leave their homes in search of food are assaulted by the armed forces. The Army and Police are dispatched to any place where citizens appear in public. This is one of the most extreme enforcement regimes in the world. Experience from other African countries suggests the negative effects of army mobilization. Information on the activities of the army in Eritrea is very scarce, as usual.

The Eritrean regime is forcibly collecting money from citizens inside Eritrea, supposedly to fight the virus. According to information from inside the country, this measure is not voluntary but by decree. But what is being done with this extorted money? There is supposedly a Covid-19 “Task Force”: but what is it doing? No-one has any evidence of its activities. What then is the role the government is playing? No one knows.

In the rest of the world, governments issue advice during lockdown, exhorting their citizens to “Stay Home; Stay Safe”. But how can Eritreans dependent on day labour stay home with no income and no food? Starvation and death await them if they adhere to such advice. The other advice during this worldwide pandemic is to “keep washing your hands with soap and water to avoid the virus”. How does an Eritrean without running water, and particularly in Asmara, faced with acute water shortages, implement such advice? Health services are hugely disrupted, and there is no effective medical care for children, the old, and pregnant mothers. Even greater difficulties face the estimated 10,000 prisoners of conscience incarcerated in filthy, unhygienic and overcrowded prisons, without proper washing or toilet facilities. “Maintain 2 (or 1) metres distance from other adults at all times,” we are exhorted across the world. But in Eritrean prisons, with 100 to 400 persons in a prison cell, and 20-30 crammed into a shipping metal container, how does anyone maintain social distancing and avoid infection?

Eritrea has no welfare system, and over 2 million people have no food to eat. Businesses are shut, all economic activity is ended, streets are locked-down, and unemployment, which was already high, is now universal. How are people to find food to eat? An exceedingly cruel and callous national policy of enforced hunger and starvation is being deliberately implemented.

We urge the international community to wake up to the gravity of what is happening in Eritrea; and to ask the Eritrean authorities the following:

  • If the government’s COVID-19 statistics are accurate, why is the nationwide lockdown still in place? Why are people being left to be starved and some dying from starvation? Why are the starving citizens not allowed to find work and food?
  • Why is the government not using some of the funds it received from foreign mining companies operating in Eritrea, which are kept in secret bank accounts abroad, to feed and heal the helpless in a hurting nation
  • Why is the government turning deaf ears and blind eyes to the suffering of its citizens?

The Eritrean government must also stop extorting money from desperate citizens inside the country, and release the 10,000 or more prisoners of conscience from over 350 prisons scattered across the country before mass infections and a plague of deaths occurs when Covid-19 sweeps through these detention centres.

The world must hold the Eritrean leader and his government accountable for allowing Eritrean people to die of starvation during a crisis worse than any other the world has faced.

Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE)

ውልቀ መላኺ ስርዓት ኢሰያስን ኰራኹሩን፡ ንሃገርን ህዝብን ኤርትራ ብቅኑዕ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ምሕደራ የመሓድርዋ ኣለዉ ዶ? ንዝብል ኩልና ኤርትራውያን ሓቢርና ክንምልሶ ዝግባእ ሓደ ካብቲ ቀንዲ ጉዳይና እዩ። ከመይሲ እዛ ሃገረ ኤርትራ ብመስዋእቲ ሓርበኛታት ሰማእታትና ዝተረኽበት ስለዝኾነት። እቶም ካብ ምጅማር ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ክሳብ ናጻ ሃገር ምውሓስ ዓጽሞም ከስኪሶም ደሞም ኣፍሲሶም ዝተዋጉኡላ ደቂ ኤርትራ፥ ንመላእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክርህዎን መን ኢኻ ዘይበሃለሉን ቀሲኑ ክነብር እምበር፡  ልዕሊ ደጋፋይን  ተቓዋማይን ኮይኑ ምምቕቓሉ ጨቋኒ ስርዓት ብዝፈጠሮ ምክፍፋል ኣብ ምንቋት ንምንባር ኣይተቓለሱን።

ኩሎም ተጋደልቲ ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ይኹን ህዝባዊ ግምባርን ካልኦት ውድባትን ንመግዛእቲ ካብ ገጽ መሬት ኤርትራ ሰጒግካ ናይ ባዕልኻ ኤርትራዊ ምሕደራ ንምምስራት እዩ ነይሩ ዕላማ ቃልሶም። ይኹን እምበር ኩለን ውድባት ኣብ ከመይነት ምሕደራ ኤርትራ ነናተን ናጻ ሓሳብ  ክህልወን ንቡር ስለዝኮን፣ ሽዑ ነይርወን ሕጂ’ውን ኣለወን። ይኹእምበር ነዚ ፍልልያት ናይ ሓሳብ እዚ ብህድኣትን ብጽሞናን ተመራሚረን ዝሓሸን ንህዝቢ ከርብሕ ዝኽእል ሓባራዊ ጠርናፊ ሓሳብ ከመንጭዋ ኣይከኣላን። ኣብ ክንድኡ እቲ ናይ ምልኪ ኣተሓሳስባ ስለዝሳዕረረ ኣብ ንሕናን ንሶምን ስለዝተኣትወ ነቲ ኮፍ ኢልካ ምዝታይን ምዕቡል ኣገባብ ምኽታልን ናብቲ  ኣዕናዊ ፍልልያት ኣድሃባ።

ምዕቡልን ስልጡንን ኣተሓሳስባ ስለዘይወነና ድማ እነሆ እቲ ባህሊ ናይ ኮፍ ኢልካ ምርድዳእን ዝሓሸ ሓሳብ ወሲድካ ፍትሓዊ ዝኾነ ስርዓት ንምቋም ኣብክንዲ ንሰርሕ፥ ኣብ ተቓወምትን ደገፍትን ዝብል እዃ እንተተኻኸፍፊልና እቲ ዝኸፍኤ ኣብዘየድሊ ምስሕሓባት ምህላውና እዩ። ኤርትራ ግን ናይ ሓባርና እያ። እታ ሃገር ናይ ኩልና ማለት ናይ ተቓወምትን ደገፍትን ክንሳ ግን፥ ንገለና ዝያዳ ክምትብጻሓና ብኡ መጠን ድማ ሓይለይትን፡ ንገለና ድማ ዘይትብጻሓን እሞ ኣፍረስትን ኰና፣ ዝጨበጥናዮ ኣብዘይብልና ንሓድሕድና ክንወጋገድ ንውዕል ኣሎና። እዚ ድማ እምበርዶ እዛ ኤርትራስ ናይ ኩልና ኮይናስ፣ ናይ ሓባር ዝባሃል ጉዳይ ኣሎና እዩ ኣብ ዝብል ምጥርጣር የእትወካ።

ስርዓት ኢሰያስ፡ ንሃገርና ኤርትራ ሓሚሱ፥ ካብቲ ዝነበረቶ ኣፍደገ  ምዕብልና ንድሕሪት መሊሱ፡ ምስሊ ኤርትራ ይድውን ህዝቢ ውን ይጽንት ከምዘሎ፣ ንደገፍትን ዝስወር ንተቓወምትን ዝጋሃድሲ፡ እዚ ኣብ ባይታ ዘሎ ሓቂ ሓባራዊ ጉዳይና ኣይኮነን ድዩ? ዘየብል ድማ ኣይኮነ። ደቅና ተማሂሮም ኣብ ስራሕ ዘይወፍሩሉ፥ ሓረስታይ ሓሪሱ ንርእሱን ንዕዳጋ ዘበርክተሉን ምህርቲ ዘይሓፍሰሉ፥ ከመይ ገርና ኢና ሃገርና ጽቡቕ ኣላ ክንብል ንደፍር? እስከ እቲ ራህዋን ደስታንስ ይተረፍ፥ እቶም ዝወለድናዮም ደቅና ኣብ ቅድሚ ዓይንና እናተረሸኑ፥ መንእሰይ ስራሕ ኣልቦ ኮይኑ ሃገሩ ጠንጢኑ ሃጽ ከምዝብል እናገበረ፥ እቲ ኣነስ ኣብ ሃገረይ ምስ ህዝበይ ዝበለ መንእሰይ ድማ ወግሐ ጸብሐ ውግእ እናጻሕተረ ከጽንቶን፥ ነታ ሃገርውን ኣብ መቐራቕሮ ከእትዋ እንዳረኣናስ፡ ነዚ ስርዓት እንድግፍሲ እምበርዶ ከም ሰባት ህድግለነ ኣለዎም እዩ ኣየብልን ዶ?

ሎሚ ድማ ዝገደደ ብሕማም ለበዳ ከሮና ኣመሳሚሱ  ዝብላዕ የለ፣ ዝስተ ጽሩይ ማይ የለ፣  ሕዝቢ ኤርትራ ብኮሮና ዘይኮነስ ብጥሜትን ጽምእን ንህልቂት ተዳሪጉ ኣሎ። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ እምበኣር፣ ክልእ ኩሉ ገዲፉ እቲ ደጋፍ እየ ዝብል፣ ወረ  እቲ ህዝብን ሰራዊትን  ዝብላዕን  ዝስተ ጽሩይ ማይን  ስለምንታይ ዝስእን ኢሉ  ዘይሓትትከ እንታይ እዩ ወሪድዎ?  ህዝቢ ካብ ብከብዱን ብጎረርኡን ምትሓዝ ንላዕሊ እንታይ ክመጾ ኢዩ ዝጽበ ዘሎ።? እቶም ኣብ ደገ ኮይኖም ነቲ ስርዓት ጽቡቕ ኣሎ እንዳበሉ ክውድስዎን ከዳኽሩሉን ከለውኸ ንህዝቦም ተወጺዕና ኢሉ ንኸይዛረብን ይዶቕስዎን ኣፉ ከምዝልጎም ይግበርዎ ከምዘለዉን ይዝንግዑ ዶ ይኾኑ?

እቲ ዝገርም ድማ፡ መላእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድከቱ ክሰትን ኣደዳ መከራን ውርደትን ተሳጢሑን እናሃለወ፡  ስቕታ ደገፍቲ እቲ ስርዓት እንታይ ገደሰኒ ዶኾን ይኸውን ወይ እቲ ውልቃዊ ረብሓታት ዓዚዝዎም። እዚ ውልቀ መላኺ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ መረትን ህዝብን ኤርትራ ዝፍጽሞ ዘሎ ኣሽካዕላልን፥ ንኤርትራ ኣብ መዓሙቚ እናደቕደቓ ከሎስ ብዘይክኡ ንሃገር ዝከላኸል የለን፥ ሳልኡ እያ ኤርትራ ደው ኢላ ዘላ  ክብሉ ከለዉኸ  ናይ ህልኽ ዲዩ ወይ ኩልና ናይ ሓባር ጉዳይ ስለዘይብልናዩ።  ስለምንታይ ከ ነቲ ስርዓት ብዕሉ ኣፍ ኣውጺኡ ክፍኡን ፍሽለታቱን እንዳገለጸ እንከሎ፣ ኣይፋልካን ህዝብና ይጸንት ኣሎ፥ ሃገርውን ካብ ምዕብልና ናብ ዕንወት፡ ካብ ብልጽግና ናብ ድኽነት ተንቆልቆል ኣላ ዘይብሉ። ከሳዕ መዓስ ከ ኢዮም ነታ ሓቂ ደፊኖም ኣብ ባይታ ንዘሎ ዓቢጦም ነቲ ስርዓት ብምክልኻል ንጨቆናን ዓፈናን ህዝቢ ዝቃለል ዶኮን ይመስሎም ይኸውን። ናይ ኣንክሒራ እንተኮይኑ’ውን እስከ ሕራይ፡ ንደምበ ተቓወሞስ ይንጸግዎ፥ ህዝብና ዝሓሸ ናብራን ብቅኑዕ ምሕደራን ክህልዎ ከ ስለምንታይ ዝጻረሩ። ካብ ኩሉ እቲ ዝኸፍአ ድማ ንደቅናስ እንታይ ዓይነት ባህሊ ኢና ነውርሶም ዘለና ኢሎም ዘይሓስቡ። እናተጨቘኑ ከምዘይተጨቘኑ፥ ደንቚርም ከምዘይደንቆሩ  ሰላምን ምክብባርን ገዲፎም ኣብ ምፍልላይን ምንዕዓቕን ዲዮ ክውርስዎም። ነቲ ንቕድሚት ዝውንጨፍ ናይ ሰላም ብርሃን ገዲፎም ናብቲ ንኣእምሮኦምን ኣተሓሳስባኦምን ዘጸልምት ፍልልያትን ምግርጫዋትን ከማዕብሉ ዲዩ ሕልሞም።

ስለዚ ንሕና ኩልና ኤርትራውያን ተቓወምቲ ኮነ ደገፍቲ ካብ ሓድሕድ ምትህልላኽ ወጺእና፥  ንሃገራዊ መንነትና ዘዕኲኽ ናይ ሓባር ጉዳይ ከምዘሎና ኣዳቒቕና ክንፈልጥ ይግባእ።  እዚ ጨቋኒ ስርዓት እዚ ነባሪ ኣይኮነን፥ ኤርትራ ግን ነባሪት እያ፣  እዛ ሃገር ነጻግን ተነጻግን ዘይብላ ናይ ሓባር ሃገር ንኽትከውን፥ ደገፍትን ተቓወምትን ነቲ ናይ ሓባር ረብሓና ዘደልድል፥ ንጸጋታት ሃገርና ብማዕረ ክንጥቀም፡ ንኹልና ብሕጊ ዝተሓቛቚፍን ዝዳንን ህዝባዊ መንግስቲ ናይ ምምስራት ዕማም ናይ ሓባር ጉዳይና ምዃኑ ኣይንዘንግዕ። ሰራዊት ምክልኻል እንተኾነ እውን ኣካል እቲ ውጹዕ ህዝቢ ብምዃንካ  ኣብ ጎድኒ ውጹዕ ህዝቢ ደው  ምስ እትብል ጥራይ እዩ ተኸላኻሊ ሃገር ክትክውን እትበቅዕ። በዚ መሰረት ንዲሞክራሲያዊ ለውጢ ኣብ ዝግበር ቃልሲ ንስኻ ሰራዊት ምክልኻል ሃገር ምስቲ ጨቋኒ ዘይኮነስ ምስቲ ህዝቢ ወጊንካ ነቲ ለውጢ ክተቐላጥፎ ኣካል ናይቲ ናይ ሓባር ጉዳይና ኢኻ።

SUNDAY JULY 12 2020

Abiy

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed delivers a speech at the House of Peoples' Representatives of Ethiopia on the current political and economic issues of the country on February 3, 2020, in Addis Ababa. PHOTO | MICHAEL TEWELDE | AFP

Summary

  • Two weeks ago, popular singer and activist Hachalu HundesSa was gunned down in Addis Ababa, sparking protests mainly in his native Oromia region.
  • The singer, popular in Ethiopia and the diaspora, became a leading activist for the Oromo, Ethiopia’s biggest ethnic group of about 40 million. No member of the community had tasted power till Abiy’s ascent.
  • Some of Abiy’s critics say he failed to read history where he would have learnt what to avoid.

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By AGGREY MUTAMBO

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is rarely described as a man under siege.

The first Oromo to become Prime Minister, he also became the first Ethiopian to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Those accolades came as Abiy attempted to reform the country’s political system, freed prisoners and allowed banned entities to operate freely. Two years later, his reformist credentials are facing uncertainty.

Two weeks ago, popular singer and activist Hachalu Hundesa was gunned down in Addis Ababa, sparking protests mainly in his native Oromia region.

Abiy’s office issued a lengthy statement on Friday, pledging to bring the musician’s killers to book, but chastised his opponents “for taking advantage of the incident to sow seeds of discord”.

There is an attempt to paint a wrong picture of the political situation by highlighting piecemeal information, with little effort to delve into what really happened,” Abiy’s office said.

Source=https://www.nation.co.ke/kenya/news/africa/pm-abiy-faces-haunting-past-in-an-attempt-to-reform-political-system-1556066

Saturday, 11 July 2020 23:21

Radio Dimtsi Harnnet Sweden 11.07.2020

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ኣብ መንጐ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ናይ ሰላም ስምምዕ ተኸቲሙ ድሕሪ ምባሉ፡ ትጽቢት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ህዝቢ ኢትዮጵያን ኣህዛብ ዓለምን ናይ ብሓቂ ሰላም ሰፊኑ፡ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ መዳይ ልምዓት፡ ፍትሒ፡ ብልጽግናን ኣብ ጐደና ምኽባር ፖለቲካውን ሰብኣውን መሰላት ንቕድሚት ዝምርሻሉ መዋእል ክኽሰት’ዩ ዝብል’ዩ ነይሩ።

ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኢትዮጵያ፡ ዶር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ፡ እሱራት ክፈትሕ፡ ኣብ ግዳም ዝነበሩ ተቓወምቲ ውድባት ኢትዮጵያ ናብ ሃገሮም ተመሊሶም ብሰላማዊ ኣገባብ ክወዳደሩ ምፍቃዱ፡ ዶባት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ብመሰረት ውዕልን ብይንን ኣልጀርስ ክፈትሕ ምቕባሉን ዶባት ናይ ክልቲኦም ሃገራት ምኽፋቱን ዓቢ ተስፋን ደገፍን ናይ ህዝብታት ኢትዮጵያን ኤርትራን ረኺቡ ነይሩ’ዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ይኹን ኣህዛብ ዓለም ድማ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ተመሳሳሊ ስጕምቲ ክውሰድ’ዩ፡ እሱራት ክፍትሑ ኢዮም፡ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ደረት ክግበረሉ ኢዩ፡ ተቓወምቲ ውድባት ኤርትራ ናብ ሃገሮም ተመሊሶም ክወዳደሩ ዕድል ክውሃቦም’ዩ ተጸብዩ።

ኣብ ኤርትራ፡ ነቲ ተነቢሩ ዝነበረ ተስፋ ዘጸልምት እንተዘይኰይኑ፡ ተስፋ ዝህብ ዝዀነ ይኹን ለውጢ ኣይተገብረን እኳ ደኣ እናበኣሰ ክኸይድ’ዩ ተራእዩ። እቲ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ተጀሚሩ ዝነበረ መስርሕ ድማ ተቖጽዩ፡ ስእነተ-ሰላም ሰፊኑ፡ ዓሌታዊ ጐንጺ፡ ምፍንቓል፡ ሕድሕድ ምቅትታል፡ ማእሰርቲ ብጅምላ፡ ናይ ህጹጽ ኵነት ኣዋጅን  ውግእን ወረ ውግእን ዕለታዊ መነባብሮ ህዝብታት ኢትዮጵያ  ኰይኑ።

እቲ ንሓጺር እዋን ተኸፊቱ ዝጸንሐ ዶባት ተዓጽዩ። ናይ ናቕፋን ብርን ሸርፊ ምምጥጣን ምስ ተገብረ፡ ሰብን ኣቝሑትን ብሕጋዊ ኣገባብ ዝንቀሳቕስሉ ቅጥዕታት ምስ ተዳለወ ዶባት ክፍታሕ ኢዩ ዝብል ናይ ሓሶት ወረ እውን ተዘርግሐ። ብግብሪ ዝተራእየ ከኣ እሞ፡ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ኣብ ውሽጣዊ ጕዳያት ኢትዮጵያ ኣትዩ፡ …..ናይ ወያነ ጕዳይ game over ኰይኑ’ዩ: ንሕና ኢድና ኣጣሚርና ስቕ ኢልና ኣይንርእን ኢና…ወዘተ እናበለ ክፍክርን ሰራዊቱ ንወያነ ንምህዳድ ናብ ዶባት ከጓዓዕዝን ኢዩ ተራእዩ። ብተረድኦና ዝምድና ኢትዮጵያን ኤርትራን ካብ’ቲ ቅድም ዝነበሮ ኣይሰላም ኣይውግእ ኵነታት ዝተቐየረ የለን። እታ ሓንቲ ተቐይራ ዘላ፡ ጕጅለ ኢሳያስ፡ ከምኡ’ውን እቶም ዓቕሚ ዘለዎምን ፍቓድ ስርዓት ኣስመራ ዝረኸቡን ውሑዳት ኤርትራውያን ዜጋታትን ካብን ናብን ብነፈርቲ ክመላለሱ ምኽኣሎም ጥራይ ኢዩ። እንተዘይኰይኑ፡ ህዝቢ ዳግማይ ውግእ ከይኽፈት ብምስጋእ ብፍርሒ መዓንጡ ሒዙ’ዩ ዝጽበ ዘሎ።

ጕዳይ ዶብ ከኣ’ሞ ካብ ቀደሙ እውን ንኢሳያስ ዘገድሶ ጕዳይ ከምዘይነበረ ፍሉጥ ኢዩ። እቲ ውግእ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን እውን ብጉዳይ ዶብ ከምዘይነበረ ሎምስ ቍልጭ ኢሉ በሪሁ ኢዩ። ኢሳያስ ኣፍወርቂ ሕልሙ ንኢትዮጵያን ኤርትራን ምምራሕ ስለዝነበረ ካብ ብጒሓቱ …..ንዓይ እኳ እዚ ዶብ ዝብሃል ነገር ትርጉም የብሉን፡ ኣይርድኣንን ኢዩ፤ ዶብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ናብ ትርጕም ዘይብሉ ብርኪ ክንቅይሮ ኢና፤…. ክብል ዝስማዕ ዝነበረ። ምስ ቀዳማይ ሚንስተር ኣብዪ ናይ ሰላም ስምምዕ ውዕል ምስ ከተመ ከኣ እሞ፡ ስምዒታቱ ምቍጽጻር ስኢንዎ፡ ንሕልምታቱ ሓንቲ ከይገደፈ፡ ኣብ ጽርግያ ኵዕው ኵዕው ከብሎ’ዩ ተራእዩ። ….ኣብዪ ሓወይ ክሳብ እግሪ ዝተክል ናይ ዶብ ጕዳይ ከነሰጋግሮ ኢና፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ክልተ ህዝቢ ኢዮም ኢሉ ዝሓስብ ሓቂ ዘይፈልጥ ኢዩ፡ ንህዝቢ ኣምሓራ ከይተረድኣኒ በዲለዮ ኢየ፡  ኣይከሰርናን ኵሉ ንብረትና ተመሊሱልና ኢዩ፡ ንኣብዪ ክመርሓና ወኪለዮ ኣለኹ ኣነ ድማ ተኸታሊኡ ክኸውን’የ…… ብምባል ንሃገርናን ልዑላውነታን ኣሕሊፉ ክህብ ዓለም ብዓለማ ዝተዓዘበቶ።

ነዚ ዘሕንኽ ጥልመታት’ዚ ንምምልኻዕን ካብ’ቲ ሸታሕታሕ ኢሉ ዝተሸመመሉ ዓዘቕቲ ንምውጻእን ተባሂሉ’ዩ፡ ኢሳያስ ኣፍወርቂ ብኣጋጣሚ ሓድሽ ዓመት ኣብ ዝገበሮ ቃለ-መሓትት፡ …ሰለስተ ወለዶታት ከም እተኸስረ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ን80 ዓመታት ኣንጻር መግዛእቲ ኢትዮጵያ  ከም እተቓለሰ… ክገልጸልና ዝፈተነ። ህዝቢ ግን፡ ሽዓ ከምዝተጠልመ ብግልጺ ስለዝበርሃሉ፡ ይኣክል ኢሉ ሓሪኑ ነቲ ስርዓት ካብ ሱሩ ክብንቁሶ’ዩ ተበጊሱ ዘሎ። ነዚ ዝተረድአ የማነ ቻርሊ ድማ፡ ኣሰር ናይ ጐይትኡ ተኸቲሉ "ስምምዕ ሰላም ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን፡ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክልተ ዓበይቲ ትርጉማት ኣሎዎ። 1ይ. ደድሕሪ ናጽነት ዝስራዕ፡ ዳግማይ ዓወት'ዩ። 2ይ. ሰላም ምስታ ን50 ዓመታት ብደገፍ ዓበይቲ ሓይልታት ኩናት ዘካየደትልና፥ ን80 ዓመታት ኣብ ግጭት ዝጸመደትና ጎረቤት" ብምባል፡ ኣብ’ዚ ዝኽሪ ናይ 2ይ ዓመት ስምምዕ ሰላም ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ብትዊተር ከቃልሖ ዝሰማዕናዮ። እታ ጥልመት  ብቻርሊ ትጽገን ወይ ትዕረ ጌጋ ኣይኰነት። ክትምለስ ብዘይትኽእለሉ ኣገባብ ናብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ በጺሓ’ያ።

እቲ ዶብ ከይተሓንጸጸ ዝዀነ ይኹን ምምሕያሽ ዝምድና ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ኣይግበርን ኢዩ ዝብል ዝነበረ ስርዓት ኣስመራ፡ መበል ካልኣይ ዓመት ውዕል ሰላም ኢትዮጵያን ኤርትራን ኣብ ዝዝክረሉ ዘሎ ኣጋጣሚ፡ ሎምስ ለሚዶሞ’ዮም ግዲ ኢሉና ኰይኑ፡ ዶባት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ከይተሓንጸጹ 2 ዓመት ምግባሩ ብዓይኒ ታሪኽ ክርአ እንከሎ ነዊሕ ግዜ እኮ ኣይኰነን ክብለና ተሰሚዑ። እወ፡ ንሰበስልጣን ኤርትራ፡ 2 ዓመታት ሓጺር ክኸውን ይኽእል ኢዩ። ነቲ ካብ መረበቱ ዝተፈናቐለ፡ ዝተሰደ፡ ዝተሰውአን ግን፡ ክሳብ ክንደይ መሪርን ነዊሕን ምዃኑ ይስቆሮም’ዶ እምበር’ዩ። በማእት ኣሽሓት ዝቝጸር ህይወትን ንብረትን ዜጋታት ክልቲኡ ሃገራት ከይበረሰ፡ ኣህዛብ ክልቲኡ ሃገራት ከይተፈናቐሉን ከይተሰደዱን ከለዉ ዋላ ንሓሙሽተ ዓመታት ይኹን ካብኡ ንላዕሊ ዝነውሕ ግዜ ብህድኣትን ብሰላምን ነቲ ጐንጺ ክትፈትሕ ምጕያይ’ዶ ኣይምሐሸን ነይሩ!!!!? ሽዓ ደኣ፡ ከመይ ኢላ ኢያ መሬት ጸቢባቶም ንክልኢት ትኸውን ግዜ እውን ዕድል ከይሃቡ ናብ ፈኽራን ከበሮ ውግእ ምህራምን ዘምርሑ።

የማነ ቻርሊ ቀጺሉ …. "ምስ ሱዳን፡ ሶማል፡ደቡብ ሱዳንን ምትሕግጋዝና ክነዕቢ፥ ንዞባዊ ምትሕባብር ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ድማ ክንተግህ ኢና። ተጻብኦ ገና ንዘይበለየሎም፡ ሰላምና ዕረ ዝጠዓሞም፡ ኤርትራ ዲል ከይትረክብ ድቃስ ንዝስእኑ፡ በቲ ፍቱንን ዕዉትን መገድና ክንምክቶም ኢና" ኢሉ……። ተጻብኦ ዘይበልየሉ መን’ዩ? ንጅቡቲ ካብ ሱዳን፡ ሶማልን ደቡብ ሱዳንን  ዝርከብኦ ዞባዊ ምትሕብባር ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ከውጽኣ ዝጽዕር ዘሎ መን’ዩ? እቲ ጌና ተጻብኦኡ ንጅቡቲ ዘይበለየሉ ስርዓት ኤርትራ’ዶ ኣይኰነን? ብኸም’ዚ መንፈስ ናይ ምትህልላኽ’ከ ከመይ ጌርካ’ዩ ደራኺ ናይ ዞባዊ ምትሕብባር ክትከውን ትኽእል።

Saturday, 11 July 2020 14:47

Ethiopian Naval Ambitions

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Ethiopia is gradually and steadily opening up doors and minds to international relations. Testament to this was when French President Macron sealed a deal with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed when they met in March 2019. The French signalled plans to invest 2.8 Billion Euros in  hopes of awakening a sleeping African giant that Ethopia is. The agreement also includes a military component which includes provisions air-force cooperation, joint exercises, equipment purchases and as well as, most ambitiously, goals to reconstruct an Ethiopian Navy. But, there is just one problem, Ethiopia is a landlocked nation.

History is witness to Ethiopian naval ambitions and is also witness to the Ethopia’s loss of coastal territories to Eritrea, which is in the north of Ethopia. In a bitter border conflict that resulted in independent Eritrea, also spelled the dissolution of the Ethiopian Navy. Ever since, there was little reason to reconsider a navy but all that started to change in 2018.Sincecoming to office Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been putting his country’s affairs in order. He has worked on a peace deal with Eritrea and has been able to integrate Ethopia more closely with Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan. There has been significant process to liberalize parts of the economy, and all this has been doing while maintaining inter-ethnic tensions.

Nonetheless, the country still has a long way to go for Ethopia to rise from the ashes as an African a heavyweight power in East Africa. Their flourishing economy now ranks as Africa’s fastest growing and the vast human population of 102million citizens has grabbed the attention of great powers in line with the emerging role of Ethiopia the Prime Minister who wants to remake his country asa regional hub for commerce and trade. However, in order to reassure investors that the waters around the Horn of Africa are secure, especially considering the incidents of piracy, Adis Ababa feels obliged to step up and protect its maritime trading routes in order to perpetuate feelings of security and trust amongst its investors. This also happens to be one of Ethopia’s long-term geopolitical objectives.

What one can infer from the arguments presented above is that a naval entourage will carve the way forward for Ethopia. Re-establishing a maritime force to its overall drive will allow the country to push itself as a major player connecting Europe and Asia.

If Ethiopia believe they can convince European and Asian business by re-establishing a navy that the Horn of Africa is open for business at first glance it, they are mistaken. That is because a landlocked nation should seek a navy but, surprisingly, landlocked navies exist in many parts of the world. This is particularly relevant in countries where a river or a lake forms a national border. Thus, with the exception of the Caspian nations, landlocked navies operate strictly in major lakes or rivers. What makes Ethiopia’s case unique isthe fact that the State is seeking a blue water fleet to operate along the coast of the Horn of Africa. The Horn of Africa is spread over 727,000 mi².

An Ethiopian Navy would mean a win-win for the regional nations while the current coastal countries enjoy access to the world’s oceans but they lack the capabilities to patrol their waters and facilitate trade. Ethopia, however, has the opposite problem. It possesses the most resources but lacks a shoreline. Moreover, the regional coastal nations do not necessarily see an Ethiopian Navy as a threat but as a complementary force testament to this is acquisition of land in the island of Lamu as part of the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (Lapsset) project, a $24bn (£18bn) transport and infrastructure plan to link the Kenya and Ethopia. In short, the motivation for Ethiopia’s naval ambitions is it enables her to gain leverage in the regional maritime affairs and improve trading relations.

All things considered, Ethiopians would also have to develop the capabilities of their neighbors to reinforce their coastal entries so Ethiopia’s landlocked Navy would patrol and protect the waters of the Horn of Africa while also investing capital in stabilizing the coastal states. This trade-off would contribute to integrate the region economically and politically while reducing cross-border violence in an area that has been plagued for decades by territorial conflicts.

This geo-political manoeuvring is a welcomed change but we all know, talk is cheap. Constructing a navy from scratch is an expensive undertaking. If, the state of Ethopia could acquire a few dozen patrol boats and call it a day that is in fact what is most likely to occur in the next few years. And the patrol-only boats could be the Navy serving a symbolic purpose.

Eventually Addis Ababa will want a blue water Navy with military capabilities and that is when the real toil starts for it will require the state to train sailors, officers and commanders but also find suitable bases and procure larger vessels. This is a long-term project that will take decades to complete in the meantime the build-up of the Navy will be subject to future political and economic developments. And considering the long term commitment, that is required to construct a navy Ethiopia needs international partners.

The most immediate host for an Ethiopian Navy would be the Republic of Djibouti, the small but strategically important Nation which is already host to military bases from numerous countries including France, China and the United States of America. Djibouti also happens to enjoy close economic ties with Ethiopia. In fact, Ethiopia’s imports and exports go through the port of Doral, which is an extension of Djibouti port. However, the presence of foreign military bases in Djibouti means Ethiopian policymakers and Djibouti may not always have say over its own affairs and that is a security risk so even though Djibouti is where we will most likely see the first Ethiopian vessels set sail.

Adis Ababa would like to avoid putting all its eggs in one basket because if some political development results in the breakdown of relations between Ethiopia and Djibouti the Ethiopian Navy would be placed in a vulnerable position. So eventually, as the Ethiopian blue water navy becomes operational it will require basing rights in other countries convincing Eritrea will be difficult due to the their troublesome history that is still in living memory but basing rights in places like Misawa willbe necessary for the long term.

Nevertheless, in Somalia meanwhile relations between Addis Ababa andMogadishu have improved significantly and the Somalian ports of Kismayo and Pesasso are well suited for large navies. However, the activity of Al-Shabaab and the lack of infrastructure in Somalia impede close cooperation in the near future.

Countries such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran holding vested interests in the Horn of Africa, and also China and the United States there are however potential allies in the periphery such as France and the United Arab Emirates. France is the most obvious partner as its signed a deal to help re-establish the Ethiopian Navy and by doing so Paris is seeking to expand its influence beyond the francophone sphere into East Africa French multinational firms and a whole host of other defence corporations seeking to capitalize on the growing and liberalizing Ethiopian economy.

Another potential partner is the United Arab Emirates, which currently has a naval presence in Eritrea as well as unrecognized Somaliland. What is interesting here is that France operates a naval base in the United Arab Emirates, and the to maintain a strategic level of military cooperation with them.Since they operate in many of the same areas and if Addis Ababa, plays its cards right it could forge a lasting partnership with France. And the United Arab Emirates which would go along way in developing a capable Navy it goes without saying that Ethiopia’s pursuit of regional power could become a mega power in the region. This in turn would declare Prime Minister Abbey as scrupulous, hyper successful leader. He has embarked on a roadmap for reconciliation and restoration, as of now. But there remain pockets of secessionists across the country and social unrest continues to flare up from time to time as recently as June 2019, when there was a failed coup attempt. The armed forces tried to takeover a regional centre in the country.

The whereabouts of the rogue General who orchestrated the coup remain unknown. Events like these revealed that the central government still does not have full control over the domestic political situation despite all the progress being made. Therefore, beyond the obvious geographic shortcomings for a blue water navy of Ethiopia must stabilize its internal landscape or else the government may face a situation where it would be left with no choice but to hit the brakes on its ambitious naval project.

Source=https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/07/10/ethopian-naval-ambitions/