Reports from the field say the Tigray forces have held off the first wave of the new federal offensive and may be gaining ground

Into the hell of war, again

21ST OCTOBER 2021

Copyright © Africa Confidential 2021

In the run-up to the first year’s anniversary of the war in Tigray, no clear victor has emerged and there is a high risk that the conflict, devastating lives and the economy, could rumble on for many more months with each side claiming periodic breakthroughs.

Hopes that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed‘s election victory, alongside the country’s falling economic growth and investment, might prompt a serious bid to open negotiations with the Tigrayan leaders have been thwarted again.

Both sides are digging in for a more drawn-out fight. After restocking the army, recruiting and training thousands of new soldiers, and importing military supplies from overseas allies, the Ethiopian National Defence Force launched a new offensive against the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) in the first week of October. The Tigray forces claim to have thrown back the offensive, destroyed entire divisions of ENDF soldiers and inflicted thousands of casualties on ‘human wave’ attacks, according to General Tadesse Werede Tesfay, the TDF commander, speaking on Tigray state television on 16 October. A further official statement on 18 October by Tigray spokesperson Getachew Reda claimed that the ENDF had collapsed entirely and no longer existed as an organised force.

The Tigrayans also claim that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has secretly contacted them for negotiations. The government in Addis Ababa has not released its account of how the offensive has fared or commented on these claims.

The TDF appears to have made critical gains in the Wollo area, eastern Amhara. If these reports are correct, the rebels will have added to the pressure on Abiy’s administration to make peace.

Attacks by the Ethiopian Air Force on TDF positions opened Abiy’s new offensive on 11 October, followed by a ground offensive. After defending strongly, Tadesse said, the TDF counter-attacked, occupying high ground to the north of Dessie, and taking the town of Chifra, which is 27 miles from the main Addis Ababa-Djibouti road, a vital transport artery, and inflicting enormous casualties.

International organisations are backing the mission of the African Union’s new special envoy to the Horn, Nigeria‘s former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is expected to get mediation under way.

United States President Joe Biden is ready to impose sanctions on federal, Amhara, Tigray and Eritreancommanders if fighting does not cease and humanitarian aid is not allowed to reach affected populations (AC Dispatches 7/9/21, Nigeria’s Olusegun Obasanjo takes on mediating role in war as brickbats fly on both sides). The US sanctions could target military commanders, government officials and state institutions. Even the national carrier, Ethiopian Airlines – which US cable news networks accused of transporting arms – could be targeted. European governments want to keep channels open to Abiy’s new government, while urging moderation, of which there is little sign in Addis Ababa (see accompanying feature, Abiy’s war party digs in).

As the TDF fights the ENDF, the rebellious Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has opened a new front against the federal government in the south (AC Dispatches 16/8/21, A nightmare scenario for Premier Abiy Ahmed as regional opponents coordinate against the federal government). A Tigrayan official said they have been co-ordinating their attacks with the OLA, which clashed with the government forces and Amhara militias in southern Oromia on 4 October. Affected areas include West and North Shewa, near Addis Ababa.

Abiy had been telling Western diplomats that no peace efforts could be made until his new government took office, but they believed this was only intended to buy time before the launch of the latest offensive.

On 5 October, ENDF formations approached Gashena, which lies on the main road west of the TDF-occupied city of Weldiya, but the TDF, which holds the high ground around Arbit and Bego Chereka, west of Gashena, was able to throw them back, security sources said. Gashena lies close to the world-famous rock churches of Lalibela, also controlled by the TDF. As of 17 October, fighting continued around the town, with ENDF units receiving air support, the sources added. The Tigrayans claim that they mounted devastating ambushes on the federal forces (AC Vol 62 No 18, Lies, damned lies and statistics).

Counter-attacks
Tadesse, who once headed the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei, a flashpoint of conflict between Sudan and South Sudan, said that initially federal forces cut the Weldiya-Debre Tabor road at Hamusit village, leaving TDF forces in Gashena potentially exposed, but this ‘challenging’ offensive was eventually repulsed by TDF counter-attacks. ‘We were then able to completely destroy the four divisions that were in the area,’ he said. An ENDF infantry and mechanised convoy proceeding through Wurgessa and Wichale, adjacent to each other on the north-south main road that links Weldiya to Dessie, was ambushed by the TDF and dispersed.

Tadesse said the TDF controlled Bizen, the highest mountain in the Ambassel range, where peaks reach over 3,200 metres above sea level. Around Wegel Tena, between Gashena and Wichale, federal ‘human wave’ attacks had been taking place on 16 October, and around Geregera, he said. He said the corpses of the federal soldiers lay so thick on the ground that he was reluctant to let video footage be shown. He said he had never seen such horrendous losses in his entire military career.

The TDF claimed to have taken both Wegel Tena and Wichale on 17 October, and said it was poised to capture Dessie and Kombolcha. Ten miles south-east of Dessie, Kombolcha and its major fuel depot is a strategic objective. There have been suggestions, not from the TDF, of further TDF incursions towards Dessie, and unconfirmed reports that the ENDF was withdrawing from the city.

North of Chifra, on the Amhara-Afar border, the TDF has also been in action against the ENDF, the security sources say, and controls the Agamsa and Boren hills, where the highlands descend to the flatter ground of Afar. ENDF has been firing heavy artillery and ordering drone strikes in these areas. As the fighting intensified 10 fuel trucks heading from the Afar capital of Semera to the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle via Abala were turned back.

ENDF ambitions to control vantage points between Weldiya and Gashena, such as Ambassel, Weshebo, Kon and Geregera, have been stopped but officially the command is blaming ‘unanticipated circumstances and logistical bottlenecks’, security sources said. ENDF reportedly lost 13 armoured personnel carriers and almost 1,000 troops, with another 900 missing. Horrendous as these losses have been, neither side says that it thinks a breaking point in the conflict will come any time soon. More hopeful voices in Tigray suggest that Abiy’s flair for unpredictability, as well as growing internal pressures, might prompt him to make enough political concessions to unlock the first stage of some negotiations

ለውጢ ናይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ናይ ሓባር ጭረሖ ካብ ዝኸውን ነዊሕ ግዜ ኮይኑ። ምጭራሕ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ኣብ ትሕቲዚ ወጽዓ ዝወለዶ ጭረሖ ተወዲብካ ምቅላስ ካብ ዝጅመር እውን ነዊሕ ግዜ ገይሩ። ለውጢ ንኤርትራውያን ካብዚ ብሰንኪ ህግደፍ ዘጋጥሞም ዘሎ ብዙሓት መልከዓትን ዓሚቕን ምረት ዘለዎ ወጽዓ ዘወግድ ኩነታት  ምምጻእ ማለት እዩ። እንተኾነ ለውጢ ክንድቲ ዝበሃጎ ኣብ ሓጺር ግዜ ዝረጋገጽን ቀሊል ዝዋግኡን ከም ዘይኮነ ብግብሪ ንርእዮ ዘለና እዩ ኮይኑ። እዚ ማለት ግና ከምቲ ገለ ወገናት ዝግምትዎን እቲ ጉጅለ ዘተባብዖን ንሓዋሩ ኣይመጽእን እዩ ማለት ኣይኮነን።

እቲ ህዝብና ካብ ነዊሕ ግዜ ጀሚሩ ዝብህጎን ንቃለሰሉ ዘለናን መሰረታዊ ረብሓ ህዝቢ ዝማእከሉን ለውጢ፡ በቲ ንደልዮ ቅልጣፈን ኣገባብን ናይ ዘይምርግጋጹ ምኽንያት ድኽመት ናይቶም ለውጢ ንብህግን ምእንታኡ ንቃለስ ዘለናን ድዩ ወይስ፡ ብርታዐን ተሰማዕነትን ናይቲ ጨቋኒ ኣካል እዩ? ዝብል ናይ ብዙሓት መዛረቢ ኮይኑ ዝጸንሐን ዝቕጽል ዘሎን እዩ። እቲ ጨቛኒ ጉጅለ ዕድመኡ ዘንውሕ ኣርዑት ጭቆናኡ ብምትራር እምበር ብህዝባዊ ተቐባልነት ከምዘይኮነ ባህሪኡን ተግባሩን መስከርቲ እዮም።  ኩሉቲ ዝገብሮ ከኣ ነዚ ናይ ምንባሩ ቀንዲ ረቛሒ ዝኾነ ናይ ጭቆና በትሩ መመሊሱ ብምሕያል እዩ። ስለዚ እዩ ድማ እዚ ሓደገኛ ሓይሊዚ ክርህርህን ጻዋዒት ህዝቢ ክሰምዕን ዘይትጽበዮ። ብኣንጻሩ ከምዚ ዝገብሮ ዘሎ ጸማም እዝኒ እናሃበ፡ እቲ ጌጋ ናይቶም ንዘይመጽእ  ዝጽበዩ እዩ ዝኸውን።  እቲ ካብ ወጻዒና ክትኮበልና  እንሓልሞ ለውጢ ዝረጋገጽ፡ ካባናን ብኣናን ምስ መላእ ህዝብና ጥራይ ምዃኑ ተኣሚንና ኢና ክንተሓሕዞ ዝግበኣና።

ሎሚ እቲ “ንህግደፍ ዝኣመነ ማይ ዝሓቖነ” ዝብል ኣረዳድኣ ናይ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ካብ ዝኸውን ነዊሕ ግዜ ኮይኑ እዩ። ብዘይካ ኣዝዮም ውሑዳት ኣብታ ናበይ ከምትወስዶም ከይፈለጡ ዝተሳፈርዋ ናይ ህግደፍ መርከብ ዝነበሩ እውን  ወሪዶም እዮም። እዚ ናይ ብዙሓት ካብታ መርከብ ጥፍኣኣት ምውራድ ሓደ ስጉምቲ ንቕድሚት ኣብ ጉዕዞ ናብ ለውጢ ኢዩ። እንተኾነ ግን እቲ ቀንዲ ኣብ ክንዲ ነቲ ጸዊዕካዮ ከምዘይሰምዓካ ደጋጊሙ ዝነገረካን ብግብሪ ዘርኣየካን ብፍላይ ድማ ሎሚ ካልእ ዘይኤርትራዊ ዋኒን ሒዙ ዘሎ ኣካል ከይተጸበኻ፡ ባዕልኻ ክትዓሞ ግብራዊ ስጉምቲ ምውሳድ ናይ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ግዜ ዘይህብ ግደታ እዩ። እዚ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ግንዛበ ረኺቡ ዘሎ እዩ። ካብዚ ግንዛበዚ ነቒሎም እዮም ከኣ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ብደረጃ ውድብ፡ ሰልፊ፡ ማሕበርን ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓስን መሰረታዊ ለውጢ ንምርግጋጽ  ዝቃለሱ ዘለዉ። ሎሚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ለውጢ ንምምጻእ ምውዳብን ተወዲብካ ኣድማዒ ስጉምቲ ምውሳድን ካብቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ጭቆና ዝነቅል ግደታ እምበር፡ ካለኦት ገበርዎ ኢልካ ዝካየድ ምርጫ ኣይኮነን።

እዚ ክበሃል እንከሎ ግና ኣዝዮም ውሑዳት ገለን ከይተረድኦም ገለን ድማ ለውጢ ንረብሓኦም ከምዘይኮነ ዝሓስቡ ምስቲ ጉጅለ ዝተላሕጉ ኣለዉ። ካብዚኣቶም ኣዝዮም ውሑዳት ብረብሓ ዝመሰረቱ ስልጣን ምስቲ ዲክታተር ከም ቁርዲድ ዝተጣበቑ  ሰብ ላዕለዋይ ወተሃደራዊ መዓርግ ኣለዉ። ጽባሕ ዝወግሕ ዘይመስሎም ንዓኣቶም ዝተጐዝጐዙ ናብ ዝደለይዎ ናይ “ይሕለፍ ወረቐት ዘለዎም” ተለኣኣኽትን   ኣሳሰይትን እውን ኣለውዎም። እዚኣቶም ተሓተትቲ እውን ስለ ዝኾኑ ክሳብ ወሪደ-መቓብር ካብቲ ጉጅለ ዘይፍለዩ ክኾኑ ይኽእሉ። ብኣንጻሩ ናይቲ ጉጅለ “ደገፍቲ” ዝብል  ዝለጠፉ፡ ከጸባብቕዎ ከይደቀሱ ዝሓድሩ ብግብሪ ግና ናይቲ ጭቆና ግዳይ ዝኾኑ ወገናት ኣለዉ። እዚኣቶም እቲ ጭቆና ዝያዳ ሳዕሪሩስ ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ናብ ዝህድደሉ ደረጃ እንዳደየበ እንከሎ፡ ሳዕቤኑ ከይተረድኡ ኢሳያስ መምስ ዝተዓራረኾም ኣብ ዘይጉዳዮም ባንዴራ ኤርትራ ዘውለብልቡ እዮም። እንተ’ቲ ጽባሕ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝረጋገጽ ለውጢ፡ ንረብሓ ተቓወምቲ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ብኣውርኡ ናይ መላእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምዃኑ ደገፍቲ ኢና በሃልቲ’ውን ክግንዘብዎ ምተገብአ።

ዕድል ረኺብካ ነዞም ኣካላት ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ወጽዓን ከኸትሎ ዝኽእል ሳዕቤንን ክትዝርዝረሎም እንከለኻ  ይኣምንዎ እዮም። እዚ ክልወጥ ኣለዎ ንዝብል እውን ኣይቃወምዎን። እንተኾነ ብናይቲ ጉጅለ ረቂቕ፡ መርዛምን ጥበበኛን ግሁድን ዘይግሁድን መደናገሪ ስልቲ ተዳህሊሎም “ኩሉ እቲ ጉጅለ ዝብሎ ቅኑዕን መድሕን ሃገርን እዩ” ብዝብል ስለ ዝተመረዙ ኣፍ ኣውጺኦም ኣንጻሩ ኣየቕንዑን። ኣብ ክንዲ ዝረግምዎ ክምርቕዎ ዘይሓንኩ እውን ኣለዉ። እቲ ኣዝዩ ዝገደደ ከኣ ኢሳያስ ኣብ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ኣትዩ ንዝዘርጎ ዘሎ፡ ከም ናይ ሓርበኛነቱ መግለጺ ገይሮም ዘቕርብዎ’ውን ኣለዉ።  ከምቲ ከለቅሕ ዘይደሊ ወሃቢ ኣገልግሎት፡ “ልቓሕ ጽባሕ” ዝብል ጥቕሲ ኣመላኺዑ ዝሰቅል፡ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ከኣ ለውጢ ከም ዘተኣታቱ መሲሉ ግና ድማ ሎሚ ከምዘይከኣል ንምምሳል ንኤርትራ ዝምልከታን ዘይምልከታን ምኽንያታት እንዳጸብጸበ “ለውጢ ጽባሕ” ዝብል ዘይትግበር መብጸዓ ይኣትወሎም’ሞ ንሳቶም ከኣ  ከም ሓቂ ይወስድዎ።  “ንዘይመጽእ ናይ ምጽባይ መኻን ተስፋ” ዝበልናዮ ከኣ እዚ እዩ። ግደ ሓቂ ንምዝራብ  “ንህደፍ ዝኣመነ ማይ ከም ዝሕቖነ” እዩ።

ስለዚ ቃልስና ምእንቲ መሰረታዊ ለውጢ ከምቲ ዝድለን ኣብቲ ዝድለ ግዜን ስለ ዘይተረጋገጸ ወጽዓ ህዝብና መመሊሱ ዝገደሉ ዘሎ ቀንዲ ምኽንያት ናይቲ ጉጅለ ጥልመትን ጭካነን ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ሓይልታት ለውጢ በቲ ክንከዶ ዝግብኣና ኣገባብን ቅልጣፈን ናይ ዘይምኻድና ድኽመት እዩ። ነዚ ናትና በዓል ቤታዊ  ሕጽረት ኣቐሚጥና ናብ ካልእ ምልጋብን ምርጋምን መፍትሒ ከምጸኣልና ኣይክእልን እዩ። ድኽመት ሓይልታት ለውጢ ካብ ዝግለጸሉ ብዙሕ መዳያት እቲ ቀንዲ ናይ ሓባር ጸላኢና መን ምዃኑን ንዓኡ እንስዕረሉ መንገዲ ንጹር ክነሱን ብሓባር ክንስጉም ዘይምብቃዕና እዩ። ሕጂ እውን ኣብ ክንዲ“ዘይመጽእ ናይ ምጽባይ መኻን ተስፋ”፡  ዘሎ ዓቕምና ኣከኣኢልናን ኣብ ትሕቲ ሰፊሕ ጽላል ጠርኒፍናን ኣንጻር ናይ ሓባር ጸላኢና ካብ ምኽታት መተካእታ የብልናን። ብቐጥታ ንዝምልከተና ኤርትራዊ ዛዕባን ንዝጸልወና ከባብያዊ ጉዳይን እንህቦ ደረጃ ኣድህቦ  ምንጻር ከኣ ሓጋዚ እዩ።

ኣወስትራልያ እቲ ኣብ ዋና ከተማ ክልል ትግራይ መቐለ  ዝተፈጸመ ደብዳብ ነፈርትን ኣብ ሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ዘሎ ውግእ እናዐረገ ምምጽኡን ከም ዘሻቕላ ብምጥቃ ብ20 ጥቅምቲ 2021 መግለጺ ኣውጺኣ። ኣወስትራልያ ኣብዚ መግለጺኣ ነቲ ዝቕጽል ዘሎ ውግእ፡ ጾታዊ ዓመጽን ምኽልካል ሰብኣዊ ተበጻሕነትን ከም እትኹንን ጠቒሳ። እቲ መግለጺ እቲ ውግእ ዓመቱ ክመልእ ኣብ ዝተቐራረበሉ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሲቪላውያን ኣዕናዊ ተጽዕኖ የሕድር ከም ዘሎ ብተወሳኺ ገሊጹ።

ሃገረ ኣወስትራልያ ኣብዚ መገልጺኣ፡ ኩሎም ኣካላት ናይቲ ውግእ፡ ካብ ምቕጻልቲ ውግእ  ክዕቀቡን ጥሕሰታት ከወግዱን ጸዊዓ። ምስዚ ብምትሕሓዝ ኣወስትራልያ፡ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያን ሕዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይን ብህጹጽ ህውከት ጠጠው ኣቢሎም፡ ብቕልጡፍ ተዛትዮም ምእንቲ ምርግጋእ ህዝብን ሃገርን ኣብ ፍታሕ ክበጽሑ ጸዊዓ።

ኣብ መወዳእታ እቲ መግለጺ ብዙሓት ኣወስትራላውያን ምስ ኢትዮጵያውያን ዝምድና ከም ዘለዎም ብምሕባር፡ ምስቶም  በዚ ኩነታት ዝተገድኡ ኣዕሩኽን ቤተሰቦምን ዘለዋ ምድንጋጽ ገሊጹ

Thursday, 21 October 2021 22:59

Dimtsi Harnnet Kassel 21.10.2021

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  • Ministerial statement
Senator the Hon Marise Payne
 
20 October 2021

Australia is deeply concerned at reports of airstrikes on the Tigray capital, Mekelle, and the escalation of conflict in northern Ethiopia.  Australia condemns the ongoing fighting, use of sexual violence and severe restrictions on humanitarian access.

As the conflict nears its one-year anniversary it continues to have a devastating impact on the lives of civilians.

Australia calls on all parties to the conflict to exercise restraint and end the violence.  Humanitarian agencies must also be allowed to provide urgent life-saving support to the millions of people impacted.

Australia urges the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front to immediately end hostilities and reach a negotiated solution for the people of Ethiopia and the country’s stability.

Many Australians have close ties to Ethiopia. I extend my deep sympathies to those who have family and friends affected by the conflict.

Media enquiries

OCTOBER 19, 2021  ETHIOPIANEWSTIGRAY

Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, from Eritrea, is one of the world’s most notorious and cruellest people smugglers.

He is wanted by a large-scale international investigation into migration crime that is being conducted from the Netherlands.

On 19 October 2021, he was placed on the Dutch National Wanted List.

Source: Politie

Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam

Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, from Eritrea, is one of the world’s most notorious and cruellest people smugglers. He is wanted by a large-scale international investigation into migration crime that is being conducted from the Netherlands. On 19 October 2021, he was placed on the Dutch National Wanted List.

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Kidane is the head of a camp in Libya where thousands of migrants are living. He is suspected of leading a criminal organization that seeks to make as much money as possible on the backs of migrants. His victims are subjected to severe beatings, kidnapping, rape, and/ or unlawful deprivation of liberty. Many do not survive the journey to Europe, and even if they do make it to the Netherlands, he extorts money from them by making them pay him for the next member of their family who is on their way to Europe.

Where is Kidane?

Kidane escaped from a court in Ethiopia earlier this year, and has been missing without trace ever since. The investigation team want to know where he is.

Who has information?

Some of the Eritreans now in the Netherlands were subjected to Kidane’s practices on their journey here. It is likely that there are people in the Eritrean community who have information about his current whereabouts. The investigation team have made a short film in the Eritrean language Tigrinya, to try to reach them.

Where can you pass on tips?

There is a special number for Eritreans to contact, where they can leave a voice message safely, confidentially, and for free (via Whatsapp or Viber messenger): +31 6 57 72 55 80. Messages can also be left in Tigrinya. It is also possible to send an email about Kidane’s whereabouts to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

How can you help?

Anyone who has contact with people from Eritrea can help. Tell any Eritreans you know that Kidane is on the wanted list, and that it is important for the criminal investigation and prosecution that people share any information they have with the investigation team.

ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ብዛዕብቲ ብ18 ጥቅምቲ 2021 ዘካየዶ ናይ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሚኒስተራት ኣኼባኡ ብዝምልከት፡ ላዕለዋይ ወኪሉ ጆሰፍ ቦረል ንጽባሒቱ ኣብ ዝሃብዎ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ ካብ ኣጀንዳታት ናይቲ ኣኼባ ሓደ ብዛዕባ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ከም ዝነበረ ምጥቃሶም ማእከል ዜና ኤርትራ ሓቢሩ። ኣብቲ መግለጺኦም፡ ንኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ዝምልከት ኣጀንዳ፡ እቲ ኣኼባ “ቀዳማይ ዓመት ዝኽሪ ምጅማር ውግእ ኣብታ ሃገር ብሓዘን ንዝክሮ ኣለና” ከም ዝበለ ኣስፊሮም።

እቲ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ  ኣተሓሒዙ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ውግእ ካብ ዝጅመር፡ ንገበን ኣንጻር ሰብኣውነት ከም ናይ ውግእ መሳርሒ ክጥቀሙ ብዝጸንሑ ዕጡቓት ኣካላት፡  ሜላዊ ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰል ከም ዝተዘውተረ ተጠቒሱ

ኣብቲ ኩነታት ሰብኣዊ ረዲአት ክኽልከል ጸኒሑ እዩ፡ ነዚ ብዝምልከት ባሕቲ ሕዳር 2021 ብመንገዲ ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ንዝቐርብ ናይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ጸብጻብ ዘድሊ ባይታ ነጣጥሕ ኣለለና  ዝብል ሓሳብ ኣብቲ መግለጺ ተጠቒሱ። እቲ ብሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝቐርብ ጸብጻብ እገዳ ብምውሳን ዝጅምር ነቲ ኩነታት ግቡእ መልሲ ዝህብ ክኸውን ከም ዝጽበዩ እውን ኣብቲ መግለጺ ተመልኪቱ።

እቶም ላዕለዋይ ተወካሊ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ኣብዚ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺኦም፡ ብመሰረት እቲ ንሰብኣዊ ግህሰት ብዝምልከት በጺሑና ዘሎ ጸብጻብ ነቲ መስርሕ ከነቐጽሎ ንሰርሕ ኣለና እውን ኢሎም። ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ ብዛዕባ ንኢትዮጵያ ዝወሃብ ናይ ልምዓት ሓገዝ ብኸመይ ኩነታት ከም ዝቕጽል  ከም ዝምርመር ከኣ ኣስፊሮም።

ብመሰረቲ እቲ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ፡ ናይቲ ሕብረት ኮሚሽነር ዓለም ለኻዊ ምሕዝነት ጁታ ኡርፒላይነን ምስ ፍሉይ ተወካሊ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ኣነተ ወበር  ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ከም ዝገሹ ሓቢሮም። ዕላማ መገሻኦም ናብ ኢትዮጵያ  ንጹር መልእኽቲ ኤውሮጳ ብዛዕባ ኣገዳስነት ምትግባር ተኹሲ ምቁራጽን ምጅማር ኩሎም ተዋሳእቲ ዝሳተፍሉ  ሃናጺ ፖለቲካዊ መስርሕን ምብጻሕ ምዃኑ ኣመልኪቶም።  ምስዚ ኣተሓሒዞም ድማ ፍሉይ ልኡኽ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ናይ ቅድም መራሒ ናጀርያ ኤለሰንጎ ኦባሳንጆ ናይ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ምሉእ ደገፍ ከም ዝህልዎም ገሊጾም

OCTOBER 19, 2021  ETHIOPIANEWSTIGRAY

Source: European Union

Foreign Affairs Council: Remarks by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the press conference

Luxembourg, 18/10/2021

“The third issue was Ethiopia. We are marking a sad anniversary, the “first anniversary” of the conflict in Tigray.

Since then, Tigray has been shattered by systematic violations of human rights by armed groups that use war crimes and crimes against humanity as a weapon.

Humanitarian aid has been prevented to arrive, and we will prepare the ground in view of the upcoming United Nations report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Human Rights expected on 1 November, to give an adequate response, that can start by preparing sanctions.

I am tasking my services to take this forward once we have the Human Rights Abuses Report. At the same time, we need to examine how to continue development assistance to Ethiopia.

Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, will travel together with my Special Representative for the Horn of Africa to Ethiopia [Annette Weber], to send a clear message on behalf of the European Union, on the need to implement a ceasefire and the start of a political process, engaging all actors into a constructive political process.

And certainly the African Union Special Envoy former President [of Nigeria, Olusegun] Obasanjo will have our full support.”

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ከተማ መቐለ  ብ18 ጥቅምቲ 2021 ክልተ ግዜ ብነፈርቲ ከም ዝተደብደበት ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ክልላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ ሓቢሮም። እንተኾነ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ብመንገዲ መንግስታዊ  ወሃብ ቃሉ ነቲ ደብዳብ ነፈርቲ ኣየካየድኩዎን ኢሉ። ብኣንጻሩ  መንግስታዊ ትካል ፕረስ ኢትዮጵያ ንዝተፈላለዩ ወገናት እቲ ደብዳብ ብሓይሊ ኣየር ኢትዮጵያ ከም ዝተኻየደን እቲ ዝድለ ዒላማ ከም ዝወቐዐን ተኣሚኑ። እዚ ከምዚሉ ኢንከሎ ወተሃደራዊ ወሃብ ቃል ኢትዮጵያ ብዛዕባዚ ተረኽቦ ዝበሎ የለን።

ብዙሓት ተዓዘብቲ  ኣብቲ ተግባር ብመንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ተገራጫዊ ሓሳባት ከም ዝተዋህበ ይገልጹ ኣለዉ። ነዚ ደብዳብ ብዝምልከት ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ክልላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ፡ ንማዕከን ዜና ቢቢሲ ክሕብሩ እንከለዉ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝርከቡ ሰራሕተኛታት ሰብኣዊ ረዲአት ከኣ እቲ ደብዳብ ከም ዝተኻየደ ተኣሚኖም ንሮይተርስ ኣረጋጊጸምሉ።

ኣብ ከተማ መቐለ ዝርከብ መደበር ተለቪዥ ትግራይ ብወገኑ ሽዑንሽዑ ብዛዕባቲ ደብዳብ ተንቀሳቐሲ ምስሊ ኣሰንዩ ዜናዊ ሓበሬታ ዘርጊሑ። በቲ ዜና መሰረት እቲ ደብዳብ ዝተኻየደሉ ቦታታት ካብ ከተማ መቐለ ንወገን ሰሜን ኣብ መንገዲ ዓዲ ግራት መሰቦ ኣብ ዝበሃል በረኽቲ ቦታታትን ሓሬና ኣብ እትበሃል ቁሸትን  ኣብ  ማእከል ከተማ መቐለ ኣብ ጥቓ ፕላኔት  ሆቴልን ዝርከብ ዕዳጋ ሰኑይ እዩ። ብሰንኪ እዚ ደብዳብ 3 ሰባት ሞይቶም 9 ሰባት  ከኣ ከም ዝተወቕዑ መወከሲ ሆስፒታል  ዓይደርን ካለኦት ነቲ ኩነታት ዝተዓዘቡ ናይ ዓይኒ መሰኻክርን ሓቢሮም። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ዝተወሰኑ እንስሳ ዘቤት በቲ ደብዳብ ከም ዝተቐትሉ እውን ተፈሊጡ።

ብዙሓት ተዓዘብቲ እዚ ደብዳብ ምስቲ ኣብ ክልል ኣምሓራ ብፍላይ ከኣ ኣብ ዞባታት ወሎን ጐንደርን ኣብ መንጎ ሓይይልታት ምክልኻል ትግራይን ፈደራላዊ መንግስትን ዝካየድ ዘሎ ጽዕጹዕ ውግእ ዝተኣሳሰር ምዃኑ ይገልጽዎ ኣለዉ።

ሓደሓደ ናይ ማሕበራዊ መራኸብታት ከኣ እተን ዝደብደባ  ነፈርቲ ካብ መዓርፎ ነፈርቲ ኣስመራ እየን ነቒለ ዝብል ሓበሬታ ዘርጊሐን።

Published OCTOBER 18, 2021
Updated OCTOBER 18, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A tank damaged during the fighting between Ethiopia’s National Defense Force (ENDF) and Tigray Special Forces stands on the outskirts of Humera town. Photo: Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A tank damaged during the fighting between Ethiopia’s National Defense Force (ENDF) and Tigray Special Forces stands on the outskirts of Humera town. Photo: Reuters


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ADDIS ABABA -Rebellious Tigrayan forces accused the Ethiopian government of launching air strikes on the capital of Tigray region on Monday, and though a government official initially denied strikes, state-run media later reported the air force conducted an attack.

The reported raid follows intensified fighting https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ethiopian-offensive-two-northern-regions-intensifies-tigrayan-forces-say-2021-10-13 in two other Ethiopian regions, where the central government's military is trying to recover territory taken by the northern province's Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

Tigrai TV, controlled by the TPLF, said the attack on the city of Mekelle killed three civilians.

Ethiopia's government spokesman, Legesse Tulu, denied launching any attack. "Why would the Ethiopian government attack its own city? Mekelle is an Ethiopian city," he said.

"Terrorists are the ones who attack cities with innocent civilians in them, not government," Legesse added. He accused the TPLF of killing civilians in fighting in neighbouring regions.

But the state-run Ethiopian Press Agency said late in the day that Ethiopia's air force conducted an air strike and that it was aimed at communications infastructure in the city.

The infrastructure had belonged to the government but had fallen under the control of the Tigrayan forces, the report read. The strike destroyed a communications tower and other equipment, the report read.

Reuters was not able to verify any of the accounts in an area that is off-limits to journalists.

A resident of the city told Reuters one strike hit close to a market, behind a hotel. An aid worker and a doctor in the region also said there had been an attack and a diplomat shared pictures of what they said was the aftermath, including pools of blood and smashed windows.

All asked not to be named. Reuters could not confirm the authenticity of the images.
Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/world/mekelle-capital-ethiopias-tigray-hit-air-strikes-regional-tv

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