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Thursday, 26 August 2021 19:07

UN Security Council Today: Tigray Briefing and Consultations

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AUGUST 26, 2021  ETHIOPIA, NEWS, TIGRAY

“The meeting was requested by Estonia, France, Ireland, Norway, the UK, and the US…The fact that the meeting was proposed under the “Peace and Security in Africa” agenda item – which is the result of a compromise achieved between the “A3 plus one” (Kenya, Niger, Tunisia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) and the proponents of the 2 July briefing – also likely made reaching agreement on tomorrow’s meeting less fraught.”

Source: In the Blue

Ethiopia (Tigray): Briefing and Consultations

Tomorrow (26 August), the Security Council will convene in person for an open briefing and closed consultations on the situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia under the “Peace and Security in Africa” agenda item. Secretary-General António Guterres will brief the Council during the open session, while Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths is expected to brief during the closed consultations. The meeting was requested by Estonia, France, Ireland, Norway, the UK, and the US. A representative of Ethiopia is expected to participate in the open briefing under rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure.

The security situation in Tigray is a likely focus of tomorrow’s meeting. Although the Ethiopian government declared a unilateral ceasefire on 28 June after the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF)—a rebel military force that includes members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the region’s former ruling party—retook the Tigrayan regional capital Mekelle, violence on the ground has persisted. On 10 August, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called on all eligible civilians to join the army to fight against the forces led by the TPLF. Two days later, the Oromo Liberation Army—an armed group which seeks self-determination for the Oromo people, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, and is designated as a terrorist organisation by the Ethiopian government—and the TPLF announced the formation of an alliance to fight the Ethiopian government.

On 23 August, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the US is concerned that large numbers of Eritrean Defence Forces have re-entered Ethiopia, after having withdrawn in June. In addition, according to international media reports, an internal memorandum by EU diplomats noted that Eritrean troops have deployed to the western part of Tigray and have taken up defensive positions with tanks and artillery. At tomorrow’s meeting, some Council members may call on Eritrean forces to withdraw from Ethiopia.

International interlocutors, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok—the current president of the Inter-governmental Authority for Development (IGAD)—have recently offered to serve as mediators between the sides to the Ethiopian conflict. However, it appears that thus far these offers have not been accepted by Ethiopia. Tomorrow, members may also be interested in hearing from Guterres about prospects for finding a mediator who will be acceptable to the conflict parties.

The dire humanitarian situation in Tigray and neighbouring regions is another likely topic of discussion at tomorrow’s meeting. According to a 19 August OCHA situation report, while “access in large areas inside Tigray is now feasible and secure”, other areas remain inaccessible. Furthermore, the report notes that insecurity along the only accessible road into the Tigray region, as well as “extended delays with clearances of humanitarian supplies”, have resulted in the provision of only a fraction of the necessary humanitarian aid. The conflict’s spill-over into Tigray’s neighbouring regions has caused increased displacement both internally and externally.

During a 19 August press stakeout, Guterres described the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia as “hellish”, with many in need and widespread destruction of infrastructure. He also expressed grave concern about the “unspeakable violence” perpetrated against women. At tomorrow’s briefing, he may reiterate some of the messages he conveyed during the press stakeout, including his call for an immediate ceasefire, the granting of unrestricted humanitarian access, and the re-establishment of public services in all affected areas. During the stakeout, Guterres further stressed that all parties need to recognise that “there is no military solution” to the conflict and called for the establishment of conditions allowing for “an Ethiopian-led political dialogue” to address the crisis. At tomorrow’s open briefing, Council members may be interested to hear from Guterres whether there has been progress on these points.

During tomorrow’s closed consultations, Griffiths is likely to provide an update on the humanitarian situation in the conflict-affected areas of Ethiopia and address the challenging conditions under which aid workers are operating. He is expected to provide details of his six-day visit to Ethiopia, which took place between 29 July and 3 August. During the visit, which was Griffiths’ first official visit since he assumed the role of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs in mid-July, he held a series of meetings with various Ethiopian officials, including Abiy Ahmed. Griffiths also travelled to Tigray, met with the TPLF leadership and observed the relief efforts on the ground.

On 19 August, Samantha Power, the Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), blamed the Ethiopian federal government for the insufficient delivery of aid into Tigray, noting that there is a food shortage “not because food is unavailable, but because the Ethiopian government is obstructing humanitarian aid and personnel, including land convoys and air access”. Council members may be interested to hear about what commitments Griffiths obtained during his visit and about his engagement with the various actors on improving humanitarian access since his return.

While tomorrow’s meeting will be the eighth time the Security Council has discussed the situation in Tigray since the crisis erupted in November 2020, tomorrow’s briefing will be only the second open Council session on this issue. The first five meetings were held under “any other business”. These meetings were followed by an informal interactive dialogue on 14 June and an open briefing on 2 July.

While Council dynamics on Tigray appear not to have substantially changed since the 2 July open briefing, a combination of factors may have caused a subtle shift. The lack of progress towards a negotiated ceasefire in Ethiopia, the continuing insufficient humanitarian access and the risk of a further widening of the conflict seem to have contributed to rendering the process of agreeing on having a meeting comparatively smoother than in the past. The fact that the meeting was proposed under the “Peace and Security in Africa” agenda item – which is the result of a compromise achieved between the “A3 plus one” (Kenya, Niger, Tunisia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) and the proponents of the 2 July briefing – also likely made reaching agreement on tomorrow’s meeting less fraught.

During tomorrow’s meeting, many Council members are likely to echo the Secretary-General’s remarks during his 19 August press stakeout, emphasising the need for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access and calling for a political dialogue between the parties. The “A3 plus one” may also stress regional cooperation and the importance of finding “African solutions to African challenges”. During July’s open meeting, Kenya, delivering a statement on behalf of the “A3 plus one”, noted that this should involve “Ethiopian solutions starting in the order of ceasefire, humanitarian delivery, dialogue, reconciliation and responsibility”.

The European members of the Council and the US may stress the importance of investigations into violations of international humanitarian and human rights law and emphasise the need for accountability for crimes committed during the ongoing conflict. On 23 August, the US Department of Treasury imposed sanctions on the Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces, General Filipos Woldeyohannes, for leading forces accused of committing “serious human rights abuse” in Tigray. Some members might also refer to the 11 August Amnesty International report on rape and other sexual violence in the conflict in Tigray.

China and Russia are likely to emphasise Ethiopian sovereignty and maintain that the crisis in Tigray should be understood as an internal issue. At July’s meeting, Russia expressed regret about the format of the meeting and cautioned other Council members “against using [the open meeting format] to further destabilize an already complex situation in Tigray and weaken the political position of federal authorities”.

At the time of writing, a Security Council product on Tigray is not expected. Thus far, the Council’s only product on Tigray is a press statement which was issued on 22 April.

Thursday, 26 August 2021 19:01

Twenty years on: imprisoned without trial, but never forgotten: Astier Yohannes

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AUGUST 26, 2021  NEWS, POLITICAL PRISONERS

IN THE WAKE OF THE TRAGIC FAILURE OF ERITREA’S 1998-2000 BORDER WAR WITH ETHIOPIA, SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE ERITREAN GOVERNMENT BEGAN A CAMPAIGN TO BRING ABOUT THE DEMOCRACY THAT THE 30 YEAR WAR OF LIBERATION HAD BEEN FOUGHT FOR.

They formed the G-15: men and women who challenged President Isaias to give the Eritrean people the freedoms they had been promised. In dawn raids on 18 and 19 September 2001 the president’s notorious security forces rounded them up and jailed them. None have ever been taken before a court or convicted of any crime. They have rotted in prison ever since.

At the same time independent newspapers were closed and journalists arrested. The nightmare of repression which has hung over Eritrea ever since had begun.

Now, on the 20th anniversary of these terrible events, we recall those who have been in Eritrea’s jails ever since. Their families have been deprived of them; their friends have lost them. But they have never been forgotten. Nor has the flame of hope that they ignited – of a proud, free and democratic country.

We have profiles of these brave men and women – and will share them daily.

Astier Yohannes

Astier Yohannes

While studying Engineering at the University of Addis Ababa, Astier joined a clandestine Eritrean cell working to support the Eritrean struggle for independence. The underground cell was uncovered by the Ethiopian secret services and Astier and her comrades had to leave Addis to join the struggle.

In 1979, Astier joined the EPLF and received a six-month military and political training in Arag and then took part in various battles against the Ethiopian army. She met fellow freedom fighter Petros Solomon and got married and have four children; Zerai, Hanna, Simon and Maaza. Life was very difficult as a fighter but to also be a mother at the same time took special grit and dedication.

Following independence in 1991 Astier worked in various government departments, including the Department of Fisheries and Marine life but she had a desire to complete her university degree which she had abandoned to fight for her country. In 2000, she was awarded a UNDP scholarship to study at the University of Phoenix, USA. It was not an easy decision to leave behind her young children and husband but she felt compelled to carry on with her studies to help rebuild her new country.

On 18 September 2001, while Astier was still in the US, her husband, Petros Solomon, along with his G-15 comrades were arrested by the Eritrean security services for demanding the Eritrean President convene the parliament, implement 1997 ratified Constitution and put in place proper governance and accountability.

Astier’s children were taken care of by their grandmother, Weizero Mezgeb, and Astier tried to continue with her studies but she found it tough. Eventually, she decided to return home despite friends and family advising against it. She did so after receiving assurances of her safety from the Eritrean Ambassador to the US, Girma Asmerom, who also bought her return ticket so that she could return safely. On her arrival at Asmara International Airport on 11 December 2003 she was arrested and driven away while her children were waiting at the reception hall.

Astier is believed to be imprisoned at Karsholi (unit number 31) where she is allowed 15 minutes a week exercise. She was never brought to court and she is not allowed food and clothing from her family. The regime has not even acknowledged her incarceration.

Thursday, 26 August 2021 10:07

بيان األجتماع الدوري الثالث للمجلس المركزي بحزب الشعب الديمقراطى األرترى

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Thursday, 26 August 2021 09:50

እቲ እገዳ ስማዊ ከይከውን

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እቲ እገዳ ስማዊ ከይከውን

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝጸልኦን ዘውግዞን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ኣብ ከባቢና እውን “ደሓን እቶ” ዝብሎ ከም ዘየብሉ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ግዜ ሂብና ዝገለጽናዮ እዩ። እቲ ጉጅለ እውን ከምኡ ከምዝኾነ ዘይስሕቶ እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ  ዝጸልኦ ብዘይምኽንያት ኣይኮነን። ዋጋ መስዋእቱ ስለ ዝጠለሞ፡ ሕድሪ ስዉኣት ደቁ ስለ ዘየኽብር፡ ንህዝቢ ዝኣተዎ ቃል ስልጣኑ ምስ ኣጣጠሐ ኣይፈልጠካን ስለ ዝበሎ፡ ዝነበሮ ክብርን ሞጎስን ገፊፉ ኩሉ መሰላቱ ስለ ዝገሃሶ፡  ኮታ “መኒኻ በሃላይ” ዘየብሉ ብዘይ ሕገመንግስቲ  ብዓመጽን ምፍርራሕን ይገዝኦ ስለ ዘሎ እዩ። ቁጠዐ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣንጻር ስርዓት ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ብጽልኢ ጥራይ ዝግለጽ ዘይኮነ፡ ነቲ ዝተጠልመ ኩለመዳያዊ መሰሉ ንምዕቃብ ብዝገብሮ ዘሎ ቃልሲ ውን ዝግለጽ ኢዩ።

ምስ ጐረባብቲ ሃገራት ዝገብሮ ምርጻማት ምስ እንርኢ እውን፡ ናብ ከምኡ ዝኣመሰለ ስጉምቲ ክኸይድ ዘገድድ ምኽንያት ኣብ ዘየብሉ፡ ንውሽጣዊ ኤርትራዊ ጉዳይ ኣብ ክንዲ ዘተኩር፡ ብደጋዊ ምህዞታት ሸፊኑ ኣድህቦ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንምጥምዛዝ በብግዜኡ ክምህዞ ዝጸንሐ ረጽምታት ከም ጻሕታሪ ሽግራት ከቑጽሮ ጸኒሑ ኢዩ። ሱዳን፡ ጅቡቲ የመንን ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ  ተመኩሮ ሸፋጢ ተግባራት ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ቅድሚት ዝስረዓ ግዳያት እየን። ኣህጉራዊ ሕብረተሰብ እውን ነዚ ብኣህጉራዊ ውዕላትን ስምምዓትን ዘይቅየድን ብጥሕሰት መሰላት ዝኽሰስን፡ ካብ መንግስቲ ክትብሎ በረኸኛ ምባሉ ዝቐልል ጉጅለ ኣይድግፎን እዩ። ክንድቲ ዘይድግፎ ምዃኑ ብተመጠጣኒ ደረጃ ዘይቀጽዖ ምዃኑ ግና ዘየገርም ኣይኮነን።

ርግጽ እዩ ቅድሚ ዓሰርተ ሓደ ዓመት ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣብ ልዕሊ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ እገዳ ወሲኑ ምንባሩ ዝርሳዕ ኣይኮነን። እንተኾነ እቲ ንናይ ሽዑ እገዳ ከም ምኽንያት ኮይኑ ዝቐረበ፡ እቲ ጉጅለ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብሰንኪ ዘውርዶ በደላትን ግህሰታትን ኣይነበረን። ብኣንጻሩ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካን ካለኦት ሓያላት ሃገራትን ንምሕጽንተአን ነጺጉ ኣብ ጉዳይ ሶማልያ ንኣልሸባብ ብምድጋፍ ኢዱ ኣእትዩ ብዝብል እዩ እቲ እገዳ ነይሩ። እቲ ከምኡ ዓይነት ኢድ ኣእታውነት ንእገዳ ኣየቃልዖን ነይሩ ማለትኳ  እንተዘይተባህለ፡ እገዳ ክውሰኖ እንከሎ፡  ኤርትራዊ ዘቤታዊ ገበናቱ ብግቡእ ኣብ ግምት ዘይምእታዉ ግና ንብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ኣዘራሪቡን ኣቖጢዑን ዝነበረ እዩ። እንተኾነ እቲ ዝርካቡ እውን እገዳ  ተባሂሉ እምበር ስለ ዘይተተግበረ ፋይዳ ኣይነበሮን። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ እውን እቲ እገዳ ካብ ክገብሮ ዝደለየ ስለ ዘየብኮሮ “ጸርፊ ክዳን ኣይቀድድን እዩ” ብዝዓይነቱ ኣሽካዕላል እዩ ወሲዱዎ። ደሓር ድማ ኣብቲ ዝነበረ ናይ 2018 “ምሕዳስ ዝምድና ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን” ናይ ዝተባህለ ተዋስኦ መድረኽ እቲ እገዳ  ብዘይፍረ ተላዒሉ።

ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ካብ ከምዚ ዓይነት ተመኩሮ ክመሃር ባህሪኡ ኣይፈቕደሉን እዩ። ከምኡ ስለ ዝኾነ ከኣ በቲ ኣብ ሶማሊያ ኢዱ ዘእተዎ እሞ ንስማዊ እገዳ ኣቃሊዕዎ ዝነበረ ኣይተማህረን። ብኣንጻሩ ብፈኸራን ብደዐን ብዝተሰነየ ኣብ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ኢዱ ኣእትዩ፡ ኣብቲ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ውግእ መሪሕ ቦታ ሒዙ ይዋሳእ ኣሎ። ክሳብ ሕጂ ከኣ ኣብ ርእሲቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ትግራይን ንብረቱን ዝፈጸሞ  ነውራም  በደላት ዓሰርተታ ኣሸሓት ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ከምዝሃለቐ’ውን ኣብ ብዙሕ ኣጋጣምታት ዝዝረበሉ ዘሎ እዩ።  ኣብ ከባቢ ጐንደርን ሑመራን  ይካየድ ኣብ  ዘሎ ውግኣት  ኤርትራውያን ወተሃደራት ተማሪኾም ዝብል ወረ ምስማዕ እውን ንቡር ኮይኑ ኣሎ። 

እገዳ ናይ ምውሳን ስልጣን ዘለወን ሃገራት ነናብ ረብሓአን ስለ ዘዳልዋ፡ ክሳብ ሎሚ ብደረጃ ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣብ ልዕሊ ዲክታተር ኢሳያስን መጻምዱን መቕጻዕቲ ኣይወሰናን። ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካ ግና  ኣብ ልዕሊ መራሕቲ ጉጅለ ህግደፍን ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያን ዝርዝሩን ዕምቆቱን ንጹር ዘይኮነ ባይናዊ  ናይ ጉዕዞ እገዳ ወሲና ኣላ። ኣብዚ ቀረባ መዓልታት ከኣ ኣሜሪካ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ትግራይን ንብረቱን ብዘብጽሕዎ ጉድኣት፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሓለቓ ስታፍ ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ ጀነራል ፍሊጶስ ወልደዮሃንስ ቁሩብ ትርር ዝበለ ዝመስል እገዳ ወሲና ኣላ።

እዚ እገዳ ምስቲ ቅድሚኡ ዝነበረ ክወዳደር እንከሎ ዝነጸረን ንብረትን ገንዘብን ናይቲ ጀነራል ዝእግድን ንኣተገባብርኡ ብዝምልከት ናብ ዝቆጻጸር ኣካል ዝተመሓላለፈን እዩ። እዚ እውን ብፍላይ ብመጽርቲ እዚ ጀነራል ካብ ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ ብዘይፍለ ክብደት ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝፍጽሞ ዘሎ በደላት ዝምጥኖ ኣይኮነን። ዝርካቡኸ ኣብ ግብሪ ክውዕል ድዩ ኣይፋሉን እውን ኣዛራቢ እዩ። ስለዚ እቲ ቀንዲ ፍታሕ  ኣባና ኣብ ኢድ ዋናታቱ ዘሎ ኮይኑ፡ እቲ እገዳ ዝርካቡ “ስማዊ ጥራይ” ኮይኑ ከይተርፍ ኣብ ዝተረኽበ ኣጋጣሚ ክንደፍኣሉ ከድልየና እዩ። በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ነቲ ማዕቀብ ዝወሰነ ኣካል’ውን ውሳነኡ ስማዊ ጥራይ ኮይኑ ከይተርፍ ንካለኦት ዓመጸኛታት’ውን ኣብነታዊ ትምህርቲ ክህብ ብዝኽእል ደረጃ ተኸታቲሉ ከተግብሮ ነማሕጽን።

ጉዳይ እገዳ ክለዓል እንከሎ እቲ ወትሩ ዝመጽእ ኣዛራቢ ዛዕባ፡ “ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራን ህዝባንከ ዘሕድሮ ሳዕቤን ኣለዎዶ የብሉን?” ዝብል እዩ። ኣብዚ ቅድሚ ካብ ነዊሕ ግዜ ጀሚሩ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብምልኡ ኣብ ትሕቲ ተሪር እገዳ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ይነብር ከምዘሎ ምስትብሃል ናይ ግድን እዩ። እቶም እገዳ ኣብ ልዕሊኦም ዝተወሰኖም ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ይኹን ኣካላቱ እቲ ስጉምቲ  ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከም ዝተወስደ ውሳነ ኣምሲሎም የቕርብዎ እሞ ንብዓት ሓርገጽ እንዳነብዑ፡ ህዝባዊ ደገፍ ክረኽብሉ  ካብ ምጽዓር ዓዲ ኣይውዕሉን እዮም። ነቲ ባዕላቶም ደም ዘንብዕዎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድማ ኣብ ከምዚ ንዓኣቶም ዘድልዮም ወሳኒ ኩነታት “ማህሰይትና ማህሰይትኻ እዩ” ዝብል መዝሙር ከዘምርዎ ህርድግ ይብሉ። ንክብሩን ንክብሪ ሃገሩን ክትንስእ እውን ይሽሕጥዎ። ሎሚ ደኣ ይንኪ ኣሎ እምበር፡ በዚ ብምዓር ዝተቐብአ ዕረ ስብከቶም ተዓሽዩ “ኣለኹ ምሳኻትኩም” ዝብሎም ኣይስእኑን እዮም። ናይቲ ብኸምዚ ምዕሻዎም ጠንቂ ከኣ ነቲ ዘይሓልፍ ህዝብን ሃገርን ካብቲ ጽባሕ ዕምሩ ኣኺሉ ዝፋኖ ምምሕዳር ህግደፍ ፈሊኻ ዘይምርኣይ እዩ። ነቲ ናይ ክሳብ ሕጅን ንመጻኢ እንጽበዮን እገዳታት ከኣ ብመንጽርዚ ንሃገርን መደናገሪ ምምሕዳር ህግደፍን ፈላሊና ኢና ክንርእዮም ዝግበኣና

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Wednesday, 25 August 2021 21:44

Twenty years on: imprisoned without trial, but never forgotten: Kiros Tesfamichael

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AUGUST 25, 2021  NEWS, POLITICAL PRISONERS

In the wake of the tragic failure of Eritrea’s 1998-2000 border war with Ethiopia, senior members of the Eritrean government began a campaign to bring about the democracy that the 30 year war of liberation had been fought for.

They formed the G-15: men and women who challenged President Isaias to give the Eritrean people the freedoms they had been promised. In dawn raids on 18 and 19 September 2001 the president’s notorious security forces rounded them up and jailed them. None have ever been taken before a court or convicted of any crime. They have rotted in prison ever since.

At the same time independent newspapers were closed and journalists arrested. The nightmare of repression which has hung over Eritrea ever since had begun.

Now, on the 20th anniversary of these terrible events, we recall those who have been in Eritrea’s jails ever since. Their families have been deprived of them; their friends have lost them. But they have never been forgotten. Nor has the flame of hope that they ignited – of a proud, free and democratic country.

We have profiles of these brave men and women – and will share them daily.

Kiros Tesfamichael (a.k.a. Awer)

Kiros Tesfamichael

While at Secondary school, Kiros Tesfamichael became an active member of an Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) underground cell.

In 1973 Kiros joined the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), undertaking his military and political training before he joined the frontline. This was a period during which a group of reformists (Menqa’e) demanded proper governance and accountability from the EPLF leadership. They were brutally executed by the EPLF.

From frontline, Kiros moved to become a barefoot doctor and worked as a medic caring for wounded EPLF fighters but he was discharged on health grounds and became the chief librarian of Orotta Hospital.

Following the capture of Asmara In 1991 and after independence in 1993, Kiros became Head of the Examination Centre at the University of Asmara before moving to the Referendum Commission in an administrative capacity and then joined the Office of National Service programme. In 1994, when the Eritrean Ministry of Information was founded, Kiros became the Director General of the Department of Administration.

In 2001, Kiros joined another democratic reform; the G-15 – composed of Central Committee members, Ministers, Generals, Ambassadors and high level cadres. The G-15 agenda focused on changing the leadership style of President Isaias Afwerki. They demanded the establishment of a democratic government and transfer of power to a democratically elected constitutional government. Eleven members of the G-15 were subsequently arbitrarily detained, one recanted and three were abroad. The eleven arrested on 18 September 2001 have been languishing at Ira-Ero prison without the due process of the law.

The climate in Ira-Iro is unbearably hot and the prisoners including Kiros have not been seen or heard from since their incarcerations. The Eritrean government and President Isaias Afeworki in particular, is responsible for their fate, along with countless of other Eritrean prisoners.

Wednesday, 25 August 2021 21:40

US, EU warn of influx of Eritrean troops in Ethiopia’s Tigray

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AUGUST 25, 2021  ETHIOPIA, NEWS, TIGRAY

US secretary of state raises concerns that large numbers of Eritrean forces have ‘re-entered Ethiopia after withdrawing in June’.

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US, EU warn of influx of Eritrean troops in Ethiopia’s Tigray

US secretary of state raises concerns that large numbers of Eritrean forces have ‘re-entered Ethiopia after withdrawing in June’.

25 Aug 2021

The United States and European Union are raising alarm over the recent deployment of troops from Eritrea to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where nine months of war have killed thousands of people and sparked a worsening humanitarian crisis.

Forces from Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray recaptured much of the territory in June, in a major setback for Ethiopia’s government. But the new Eritrean deployments, which come months after Ethiopia said foreign troops were pulling out, raise the prospect of an escalation of fighting.

“The United States is concerned that large numbers of (Eritrean Defence Forces) have re-entered Ethiopia, after withdrawing in June,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Monday.

Those remarks came as the Treasury Department announced sanctions against a leading Eritrean official it accused of human rights abuses during the war in Tigray. Eritrea said the allegations are baseless.

EU diplomats, meanwhile, wrote in an internal memorandum on August 20 that Eritrea was sending reinforcements across the border into Tigray.

The document, seen by Reuters news agency, said Eritrean troops had deployed to the already heavily militarised and contested western part of Tigray and “taken up defensive positions with tanks and artillery” around the towns of Adi Goshu and Humera.

It also said that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited Eritrea’s capital Asmara on August 17, a visit that was not announced by his office, while en route to an official meeting in Turkey.

Spokespeople for Eritrea’s information ministry, Ethiopia’s prime minister and Ethiopia’s military did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

War broke out last year between Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls the Tigray region, and more than two million people have since been forced to flee their homes.

Eritrean troops entered Tigray to fight alongside federal forces in a conflict marked by abuses, including rapes, according to investigations by the UN and rights groups.

The Ethiopian government said in April that Eritrean troops had begun withdrawing.

However, the spokesperson for the Tigrayan forces has repeatedly said that the Eritrean soldiers have remained. He was not immediately reachable for comment on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 24 August 2021 21:58

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ጨንፈር ቁ.2 ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ ሃገር ሽወደን ስሩዕ ኣኼባኡ ኣካይዱ

ብዕለት 21 ነሓሰ 2021 ስሩዕ ኣኼባ ናይ ኣባላት ጨንፈር ቁ.2 ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ ብኤሎትሮኒካዊ መራኸቢ ብዙሓን ዙም ዕዉት ኣኼባኦም ኣሳላሲሎም። ኣቦ መንበር ጨንፈር  ድሕሪ ንገለ  ኣዋርሕ ምስ ብጾትና ጨንፈር ቁ.1 3ተ ሓባራዊ ርክባት እኳ ንግበር እምበር ናይ በይንና ዘንጊዕና ብጽናሕ ሎሚ ብምሉእ ጥዕና ምርኻብና ደስ ዘብል እዩ ብምባል ኣኼባ ከፈቶ። ተሳታፍነት ኣባላት በዘይካ ገለ ኣባላት ብብቁዕ ምኽንያት ኣይተሳተፉን እምበር ምልኣት ነይሩዎ። ኣኼባ ብኣቀዲሙ ዝተላእኸ ኣጀንዳ 

  1. ድሕሪ ሰላም ሌላ ሓደስቲ ኣባላት
  2. ሃለዋት ጨንፈር ቁ.2 ምጽራይ ንጡፋት ኣባላት ፡
  3. ምጣኔ ሃብታዊ ተሳታፍነት ብተሓዝ ገንዘብ፡
  4. ጸብጻብ ንዞባ ኤውሮፓ ምድላው፡ በየከተማ ዘሎ ንጥፈታት ምሕባር፡
  5. መጻኢ ኣኼባና ብስሩዕ ንምቅጻል ኣብ 2 ዶ 3 ወርሒ ፡ ንጉባኤ ጊዜ ምዉሳን፡ ዝብሉ ብቀደም ተኸተል ብምክታዕ፡ ፡ ተሓዝ ገንዘብ ጨንፈር ዝርዝር ወርሓዊ ዊጺኢትን ኣታዊ ወፈያን  ምስጉን ተሳታፍነት ኣባላት ብምቅራብ ኣዝዩ ሰፊሕ ሃናጺ ርእይቶን ለውባን ብምቅራብ ፡ ህልዊ ኩነታት ህዝብናን ከባኢናን ቅልጡፍ ለውጥታት ይርእዩ ስለ ዘሎዉ ከኣ ቅልጡፍን ቀጻሊ  ርክብ ከም ዘድሊ ኣስሚረምሉ። ሽማገለ ጨንፈር ከኣ ከምቲ ልሙድ መደብ ኣኼባታት ሰሪዓ ክትልእክ ተላብዮም። ኣኼባ ንዕዉት 3ይ ኣኼባ ማእከላይ ባይቶ ሰልፍና ጭርሖኡ …ንቅዋማዊ ምሕደራ፡ ንዲሞክራስን ንምዕባለን ንቃለስ !!! ኣድኒቁ  ንዉሳኔታቱን ጸዊዒቱን ሓዳሽ መሪሕነቱን መርሓባ ብምባል ኣስሚሩሉ። ብተወሳኺ ብኣባል ባይቶን ጠቅላል ተቋጻጸርን ርጡብ ኣታባባዒ መብርህታት ብምሃብ ንኣኼባ  ብምህታም ድሕሪ ናይ ክልተ ሰዓታት ኣኼባ ዓወት ተዛዚሙ።
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 ካብ ተላባዒ ሕማም ኮቪድ-19 ንምድሓን ክንገብሮ ዘሎና ጥንቃቐ

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ብዛዕባ ኮቪድ-19 ንኻልኣይ ጊዜ መግለጺ ከነውጽእ ቀንዲ ምኽንያት ዝዀነ፡ ሓደ ሓው ኣብ መርዓ ኤርትራውያን ኣምስዩ ንገዝኡ ምስተመልሰ ብኮቪድ-19 ከምዝተለኽፈ ፈሊጡ ን20 መዓልታት ተውሺቡ ጸኒሑ ምስሓሾ: “ካባይ ተመሃሩ” ዝብል ዘዋሪ መልእኽቲ ጌሩ ዘጋጠሞ ሓቢሩ። ካብቶም ኣብቲ መርዓ ዝተሳተፉ 15 ሰባት ዝተለኽፉ፣ እቶም 3 ካብ ሓደ ስድራቤት እዮም። ክሳብ ሕጂ ሞት ኣየጋጠመን ስለዘሎ፣ ኵሎም ሓውዮም ናብ ንቡር ጥዑይ ሂወቶም ክምለሱ ንምነየሎም።

ኣብ 14 መጋቢት 2020 ኣብ ሕታምና ቁጽሪ 1፡ ካብ ተላባዒ ሕማም ኮሮናቫይሩስ (ኮቪድ-19)፣ ማለት ነዚ ብዘይርአን ዘይስማዕን ደረት-ዶብ ዘይክልክሎ ዝለክፍ ድቀ-ፍጥረት (ቫይሩስ) እንተዘይ ተኸላኺልካዮ ንህዝቢ ዓለም ከጥፍእ ተኽእሎ ከምዘለዎ ዝፍራሕ ስለዝዀነ፡ ኣህጉራዊ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዓለም፣ ተላባዒ ሕማም “ኣህጉራዊ ፓንደሚክ” ሰምዩ፣ ንምክልኻሉ ዘድሊ ሓበሬታን መምርሒታትን ሂቡ ከምዝነበረ ሓቢርና ኔርና። ካብ ዝሃቦ ህጹጽ መምርሒታት፡ ህዝባዊ ኣኼባታት፣ ኣብያተ ትምህርትን ናይ መዘናግዒ ንግዳዊ ከባብታትን ተዓጽዩ መገሻ ብህዝባዊ መጐዓዝያታት (ብነፋሪት፣ መርከብ፣ ኣውቶቡሳትን ወዘተ) ብኣዋጅ ዝኽልከል ነይሩ። እዚ ንማሕበረ-ቁጠባዊ ሂወት ህዝብን ሃገርን ብኸቢድ ዝጐድእ ምዃኑ ርዱእ እኳ እንተዀነ። ቁጠባዊ ዕብየት ድሕሪ ጥዕና ማሕበረ-ሰብ ስለዝስራዕ፣ ድሕነትን ጥዕናን ህዝቢ ምስተረጋገጸ፣ ቁጠባ ናብ ቦትኡ ዝምለስ ምዃኑ’ውን ኣብሪሁ ነይሩ።

መራሕቲ፣ ሓለፍትን ኣካየድትን ትካላት ናይ ብዙሓት ሃገራት፣ ንምምሕዳራዊ ዕማማቶም ኣወንዚፎም፣ ብቐዳምነት ድሕነት ህዝቢ ንምርግጋጽ፡ ኣብ ሓበሬታ፣ ምንቕቓሕን መምርሕታትን ምሃብ ኣትኵሮም ብምንጣፍ፣ ኮቪድ-19 ንምጥፋእ፣ መድሃኒት ክታበት (ቫክሲን) ምምሃዝ ወሳኒ ምዃኑ ብምንጻር፣ ዓቕምን ተኽእሎን ዘለወን ሃገራት ኣብ ውሽጢ ሓደ ዓመት ብዘካየድዎ ንጡፍ ድህሰሳን ምርምርን መድሃኒት ክታበት ቫክሲን ብ11 ታሕሳስ 2021 ተዳልዩ። ዳርጋ ልዕሊ ፍርቂ ህዝቢ መብዝሕትአን ሃገራት ተኸቲቦም ነቲ ብናህሪ ዝለክፍን ዝቐዝፍን ዝነበረ ቫይሩስ ብምቁጽጻር፡ ኣብያተ ዕዮ፣ መገሻታትን ኣብያተ ትምህርትን ስሩዕ ስርሑ ከካይድ ይርከብ። እንተዀነ ግን ዴልታ ቫርያንት ዝተባህለ ካብቲ ናይ ቅድም ዝተፈልየን ዝሓየለን ቫይሩስ ክለክፍን ክቐዝፍን ምስተራእየ፤ ዝያዳ ጥንቃቐ ምግባር ከምዘድልን ንዕኡ ንምክልኻል ድማ ተወሳኺ ክታበት ብቡስተር ዝፍለጥ ከምዘድሊ ተፈሊጡ፡ ብ23 ነሓሰ 2021 ተዳልዩ ብሓለፍቲ ትካላት ጥዕና ኣብ ግብሪ ክውዕል ተፈቒዱ፡ ንካብ 17 ዓመት ንላዕሊ ዝዕድሚኦም ክወሃብ ክጅመር ምዃኑ፡ ካብ 12 ክሳብ 16 ዓመት ዝዕድሚኦም ድማ ድሕሪኦም ክቕጽል ምዃኑ ተሓቢሩ ኣሎ። ነቶም ቅድሚ ሎሚ ዝተኸትቡ ሰባት ተወሳኺ ቡስተር ክታበት ዘድልየሉ ምኽንያት፣ ሓይሊ ዓቕሚ ምክልኻል ናይቲ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተዋህበ መድሃኒት እንዳጐደለ ስለዝኽይድ እዩ።

ምንጪ ሓበሬታ መግለጺና ካብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣመሪካ ዝተረኽበ እዩ። ሓደ ካብ ዘገርም ኣብ ኣመሪካ ክታበት ዝቃወሙ ኣለዉ። ትካል ጥዕና ዘቕረቦ መጽናዕቲ እቶም ብዴልታ ቫርያንት ዝልከፉ ዘለዉ 90% ዘይተኸትቡ እዮም፡ ገለ ካብ ዝተኸትቡ እሞ ዝተለኽፉ 7 ካብ 100,000 እዮም፡ ተጽዕኖ ኮቪድ-19 ኣብ ዝተኸትቡ ከቢድ ከምዘይኰነ’ውን ኣፍሊጦም።

ብማሕበራዊ ጉዳያት ቤት ጽሕፈት ናይ ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንድሕነት ኣባላቱን ህዝብን በቲ ዝርድኦ ቋንቋ በብእዋኑ ንዝምዕብል ሓበሬታን መምርሕን ክህብ ተበግሶ ምውሳዱን ምቕጻሉን እንዳሓበርና፣ ኣብዚ ዕማም’ዚ ብፍላይ እቶም ናይ ሕክምና ኣፍልጦን ሞያን ዘለኩም ሰባት ክትሳተፉ ንዕድም። 

እዚ ዝስዕብ እዋናዊ ሓበሬታ ነስፍር፡

  • ብኮሮናቫይሩስ ዝተለኽፈ ዘርእዮ ምልክታት፡ ምስዓል፣ ረስኒ፣ ሕጽረት ትንፋስ፣ ሕማም ርእስን ኣካላዊ ድኻምን ወዘተ ይኸውን። እቲ ሕማም ኮቪድ-19 እንተዀይኑ ብመርመራ ክፍለጥ ዘለዎን ናይ ምድሓንን ንኻልኦት ንኸይልክም ምክልኻልን ዘድሊ ስጉምታት ብዝምልከቶም ናይ ሕክምና ሰበ ስልጣን ዝውሰድ እዩ፡ 
  • ዝተጠቕሰ ምልክታት ናይ ካልእ ዓይነት ሕማም ክኸውን ስለዝኽእል ብመርመራ ምስተፈልጠ ንዕኡ ዝግባእ ክንክን ይግበረሉ። 
  • ብኮቪድ-19 ዝተለኽፈ ሰብ ብዝግበረሉ ግቡእ ሕክምናዊ ምእላይ ክድሕን ዕድል ስለዘለዎ፣ ክስንብድ የብሉን

ኮቪድ-19 ብኸመይ ይለክፍ፡ 

  • ኮሮናቫይሩስ ካብ ሰብ ናብ ሰብ እዩ ዝመሓላለፍ። ዝተለኽፈ ሰብ ጥቓ ዘይተለኽፈ እንተቐሪቡ/ቀሪባ 
  • ኣብ ባህልና ድሕሪ ገለ እዋን ዝተራኸቡ ሰባት ሓቝፍካ ኣብ ምዕጕርቲ ምስዓም ዝውቱር’ዩ፡ ምስ ዝተለኽፈ ሰብ ከምኡ ምቕጻል ክትልከፍ ምዃንካ/ኪ ምርዳእ ስለ ዘድሊ ብናይ ማዕዶ ሰላም ክትካእ ኣለዎ
  • ምስዝተለኽፈ ሰብ ናይ ኢድ ምጭብባጥ ሰላምታ ድሕሪ ምግባር፣ እታ ዝተለኽፈት ኢድ ንኣፍ፣ ኣፍንጫ ወይ ዓይኒ እንተ ተንኪፋ፣ ኮሮናቫይሩስ ናብ ስርዓተ ምስትንፋስ ኣትዩ ናብ ደም ብምሕዋስ መጥቃዕቱ ይቕጽል
  • ብኮሮናቫይሩስ ዝሓመመ ሰብ፣ ብኢዱ ዝተንከፎ ንቑጽ ገጽ ጣውላ፣ ማዕጾ፣ ኩርሲ ከምኡ’ውን ካብ ኣፉ ይኹን ኣፍንጭኡ ዝወጽእ ፈሳሲ ዝሓደጎ፣ ብገርሂ ዝተንከፈ ሰብ እሞ ከይተሓጽበ ገጹ እንተደሪዙ ይልከፍ።

ከይንልከፍ ክንገብሮ ዘሎና ጥንቃቐን ምክልኻልን፡ 

  • እቲ ቫይሩስ ብቖርበት ኣይኣቱን እዩ። ብኣፍ፣ ዓይኒ ወይ ኣፍንጫ እዩ ናብ ሳንቡእ ዝኣቱ።
  • ቅድሚ ገጽና፣ ኣፍንጫና፣ ኣፍናን ዓይንናን ምትንካፍ ኣእዳውና ብሳምና ምሕጻብ፤
  • ናይ ኢድ ሳኒታይዘር ንባክተርያ ስለ ዝቐትልን ብኣኦም ንዝተሓላለፍ ሕማም ስለዝከላኸልን ምጥቃም
  • ነብስናን ከባቢናን ካብዚ ሕማም’ዚ ናጻ ክኸውን፡ መከላኸሊ ማስክ ዘይምፍላይ፣ 6 ጫማ ካብ ካልእ ሰብ ምርሓቕ
  • ብናይ ወጻኢ ቋንቋታት ኣብ ማሕበራዊ ሚድያ ዝውሃብ ሓበሬታ ክርድኡ ዘይክእሉ ቖልዑን ነቶም ብዘይካ ናይ ኣደ-ቋንቋኦም ካልእ ዘይርድኡ ኤርትራውያንን፣ ክርድኡን ምእንቲ ነብሶምን ስድራቤቶምን ክከላኸሉን ናይ ምሕባሮም ሕልናዊ ሓላፍነት ክንወስድ የድሊ
  • ብኮሮናቫይሩስ ዝተለኽፈ ኣባል ስድራ ወይ መሳርሕቲ ንኻልኦት ንኸይልክም ኣብ በይኑ ገዛ ንዓሰርተ ኣርባዕተ መዓልታት ወይ ካብኡ ንላዕሊ ከም ኣድላይነቱ ክውሸብ ኣለዎ/ዋ።
  • ቡስተር ቫክሲን ክወስዱ ተርትኦም ዝበጽሐ ብዘይምውልዋል ክወስዱዎ ይምረጽ።

Tuesday, 24 August 2021 10:05

ኣሚሪካ ኣብ ልዕሊ ጀነራል ፍሊጶስ እገዳ ወሲና

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Philipos

ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሓለቓ ስታፍ ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ  ጀነራል ፍሊጶስ ወልደዮሃንስ እገዳ ከም ዝወሰነት “ተስፋ ኒውስ” ዝተባህለ ማዕከን ዜና ብትዊተር ኣብ ዝዘርገሖ ሓበሬታ ኣፍሊጡ። ምኽንያት ናይዚ ኣብዚ ሳልስቲ ዝተወሰነ እገዳ ጀነራል ፍሊጶስ ዝእዝዞ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ኣብ ትግራይ ኣብ ጐኒ ሓይልታት ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኮይኑ ኣብ ዘካየዶ ኣንጻር ሰራዊት ትግራይ ኣብ ዘካየዶ ውግእ ብዝፈጸሞ ከበድቲ ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት እዩ።

መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ነዚ ብዝምልከት ኣብ ዝሃቦ ምላሽ፡ ኣሜሪካ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራ ከተቕርቦ ንዝጸንሐት ክስታትን ኣብ ልዕሊ ጀነራል ፍሊጶስ ንዝወሰነቶ እገዳን ኣነኣኢስዎ። ኣተሓሒዙ ከኣ ብመንግስቲ ኣሜሪካ ዝቐርብ ክስታት ሓድሽ ኣይኮነን ድሕሪ ምባል ነጺግዎ። ብመሰረት እዚ ናይ  እገዳ ውሳነ እቲ ጀነራል ኣብ ኣሜሪካ ዘቐመጦ ገንዘብን ንብረትን ካልእ ጠቕምታቱን ክስእን እዩ። ኣብ ግብሪ ንምውዓሉ ከኣ እዚ እገዳ ናብ ዝምልከቶ ተቖጻጻሪ ኣካል ከምዝመሓላለፍ እቲ ዜና ሓቢሩ።

እዚ ኣብ ልዕሊ ጀነራል ፍሊጶስ ወልደዮሃንስ ተወሲኑ ዘሎ እገዳ  “ማግነቲስት” ብዝበሃል ናይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ተሓታትነት” ብይን ኮይኑ፡ ብደረጃ ዓለም ኣብ ዝፍጸሙ ዓበይቲ ጥሕሰት መሰላትን ምጥፍፋእን ዝትግበር  እዩ። ናይ ኣሜሪካ ዓቃብ ገንዘብን ንብረትን ኣካል ከም ዝበሎ፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ትግራይን ኣብ ካልእ ከባብታት ዓለምን ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣብ ከቢድ ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ዝተሳተፉ ኣካላት ዝውሰድ ስጉምቲ ቀጻሊ ክኸውን እዩ።

ማእከላይ ባይቶ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ብ21 ሕዳር 2020 ኣብ ዘውጸኦ መግለጺ፡ ነዚ ኣብ ትግራይ ዘጋጠመ ውግእ ኣብ ዝምልከት “ሰልፍና ንዝኾነ ይኹን ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ዝግበር ዝምታን ሲቪላዊ ዓመጽን ኣይቅበልን። ስለዝኾነ ከኣ፡ ነዚ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ውግእ ጉልባብ ጌርካ ዝዝመት ንብረት ህዝቢ ምስዝህሉ ብገበን ዘሕትትን ውዒሉ ሓዲሩ እቲ ንብረት ናብ ዋንኡ ክምለስ ስለዝግባእን፤ ኣየናይ ሸነኽ ይገብሮ ብዘየገድስ ዝኾነ ሰብ ካብ ናይ ዝምታን ዓመጽን ተግባራት ክቑጠብ ኣጥቢቕና ነተሓሳስብ።” ኢሉ ከም ዝነበረ ዝዝከር እዩ።

Tuesday, 24 August 2021 09:05

عندما يتحول الضحية إلى جلاد تجاوزات وتهديدات التغراي

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عندما شن ابي أحمد وحلفاؤه حربهم على إقليم تغراي في نوفمبر الماضي وارتكبوا انتهاكات ضد المدنيين خصوصاً النساء والأطفال، وقف المجتمع الدولي بتكويناته المختلفة، المنظمات الدولية المعنية، وسائل الإعلام الدولية، الدول الديمقراطية ومدافعو حقوق الإنسان ضد تلك الانتهاكات وطالبوا بإيقافها ومحاسبة مرتكبيها وكذلك فعلت أغلب تيارات المعارضة الوطنية الإريترية.

الضغوط التي مُورست ضد حكومة ابي احمد لم يكن سببها الرئيس القدرات الدبلوماسية والإعلامية للوياني، فقدرات الحكومة الإثيوبية في المجالين تفوقها كثيراً، كان السبب الرئيس فيها هو طبيعة تلك الحرب الإثنية والأدوات والأساليب التي اُستخدمت فقد أثارت انتباه العالم وتخوفه من حدوث إبادة جماعية وتطهير عرقي لسكان إقليم تغراي.

بعد انتصارها عسكرياً واستردادها السيطرة على جزء كبير من أراضيها، شنت ولا تزال قوات دفاع تغراي هجمات على إقليمي الأمهرا والتغراي وتسببت في نزوح مئات الآلاف من المدنيين من منازلهم وارتكبت انتهاكات ضدهم.

رفض العالم للحرب على إقليم تغراي لا يعني إعطاء قيادة الإقليم الحق في ترويع مدنيين في أقاليم أخرى داخل بلادهم أو التهديد باجتياح بلد آخر. كل المبررات التي قدمها قادة التغراي لمهاجمتهم إقليم العفر غير مقبولة فالإقليم لم يشارك في الحرب ضدهم وحتى لو كان شارك فعمليات الانتقام لن يقبلها أو يقرها القانون الدولي، وإلا ستكون مبررات الديكتاتور أسياس أفورقي في الاشتراك في الحرب ضد إقليم تغراي أيضاً مقبولة.

أنا على قناعة بأن قيادة تغراي تريد الانفصال من إثيوبيا لكنني على قناعة أيضاً أن العائق أمام قيام دولة مستقلة في تغراي ليس فقط مأزق الإقليم الجيوسياسي إنما أيضاً عقلية العزلة لدى قيادته. مثلما أخطأ أسياس بتجاهل الاعتبارات القانونية، السياسية والإنسانية باشتراكه في الحرب على إقليم تغراي هم أيضاً يتجاهلون تلك الاعتبارات عندما يتحدثون أو يحرضون جيشهم ومواطنيهم ضد إريتريا. تحريض موطني التغراي ضد إريتريا لن يجلب لهم أية منفعة، هذا سيحولهم من ضحايا إلى جلادين.

تحتج قيادة تغراي أن جزءاً من أراضيها محتل من قبل الأمهرا. النزاع بين التغراي والأمهرا حول تلك المنطقة نزاع داخلي بينما النزاع بين إريتريا وإثيوبيا حول منطقة بادمي نزاع بين دولتين صدر بخصوصه قرار من جهة دولية مختصة اعتبر المنطقة تابعة لإريتريا لكن قيادة التغراي لا تريد الاعتراف بهذا القرار وفي نفس الوقت تريد الاعتراف لها بتبعية منطقة الولغايت بالاستناد إلى دستور أشرفت هي على صياغته وإقراره.

بدأت الضغوط الدولية لإيقاف الحرب في شمال إثيوبيا تشمل قيادة التغراي وما مطالبة الأمين العام للأم المتحدة بإيقاف إطلاق نار فوري سوى رفض ضمني لشروط التغراي لإيقاف النار. يعرف المجتمع الدولي أنه كما كان بإمكان قيادة التغراي تحريض واستنفار شعبهم عندما تمت مهاجمة الإقليم فإن بإمكان قيادات الأقاليم التي تهاجمها قوات التغراي أيضاً تحريض شعوبهم للدفاع عن أنفسها وهذا سيجعل البلاد في حالة صراعات إثنية وفوضى شاملة.

لقد ارتكب الديكتاتور أفورقي خطأً فادحاً بالمشاركة في حرب التغراي لكن هذا لا يعني إنه سيكون مقبولا لو شنت قيادة التغراي حرباً انتقامية ضد إريتريا. حتى لو تسببت التغراي في انهيار النظام في إريتريا فهذا لا يعني أنه سيكون بمقدورها السيطرة على البلاد أو حتى على أي جزء منها. ستطال الفوضى التي يمكن أن تتسبب فيها حرب ضد إريتريا المنطقة كلها بما في ذلك إقليم التغراي والسودان.

الحرب في إثيوبيا يجب أن تتوقف وعلى المجتمع الدولي ممارسة الضغوط على كل الأطراف للتوصل إلى وقف إطلاق نار فوري ومن ثم تسوية كل المشاكل بشكل سلمي وفي إطار القانون.

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