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Thursday, 08 July 2021 17:44

What to expect from today’s UN Security Council meeting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

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JULY 8, 2021  ETHIOPIA, NEWS, TIGRAY

The draft text apparently calls for the three parties concerned to pursue a negotiated solution and to reach a binding agreement within six months; rejects unilateral actions, including the filling of the dam; and suggests that third parties which are currently observers to an ongoing AU-led tripartite negotiation process (such as the EU and the US) play a more active role.

Source: In the Blue

Meeting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Regional Relations

Tomorrow (8 July) afternoon, the Security Council will convene for an in-person briefing on an ongoing disagreement involving Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), under the agenda item “Peace and security in Africa”. The expected briefers are the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga; the Executive Director of the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen; and a representative of the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the UN, as the chairperson of the AU. Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan are expected to participate in the meeting and will be represented at ministerial level by Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry; Ethiopian Minister for Water, Irrigation and Energy Eng Seleshi Bekele; and Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi.

The dispute over the dam dates back to 2011, when its construction commenced. The hydroelectric structure is said to be the largest in Africa and, once filled, will reportedly double Ethiopia’s power supply. Egypt and Sudan, as countries located downriver from Ethiopia, have repeatedly voiced concern that the dam is threatening their own water supply. On 23 March 2015, the three countries signed a Declaration of Principles on the GERD in Khartoum. The agreement was built around ten principles, which included prioritising cooperation, agreeing not to cause significant harm, peaceful settlement of disputes, and equitable and reasonable utilisation, among other things. The agreement also called for Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan to agree on guidelines and rules on the first filling of the GERD. While that was seen as a positive step, it did not translate into technical agreements that would have a practical impact.

In June 2020, an AU-led tripartite process was put in place aimed at finding an agreement between the three countries. The latest meeting took place in Kinshasa between 3 and 6 April but concluded without any concrete outcomes. In recent weeks, Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have been bringing developments surrounding the GERD to the Security Council’s attention, as Ethiopia has signalled that it expects to start the second filling of the dam during this year’s rainy season. According to media reports, Ethiopia conveyed to Egypt on 5 July that it had started the second filling of the dam.

Tomorrow’s meeting will be the second time the Security Council meets to discuss the GERD, having last convened on 29 June 2020. At that time, non-Council member Egypt had requested the meeting by invoking article 35 of the UN Charter, allowing any UN member state to “bring any dispute, or any situation referred to in article 34 [that is, one that may lead to international friction or give rise to a dispute] to the attention of the Security Council or of the General Assembly”. Council member Tunisia requested tomorrow’s meeting and circulated a draft resolution on the issue on 2 July. The draft text apparently calls for the three parties concerned to pursue a negotiated solution and to reach a binding agreement within six months; rejects unilateral actions, including the filling of the dam; and suggests that third parties which are currently observers to an ongoing AU-led tripartite negotiation process (such as the EU and the US) play a more active role. It seems that the draft text further states that the Council remains seized of the matter. If a draft resolution including this sentence is adopted, it will officially place the dispute on the Council’s agenda. The first round of negotiations on the draft text was held on 6 July, and a second round is planned for tomorrow (8 July).

At tomorrow’s meeting, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are likely to echo views they have conveyed in recent weeks in numerous letters they have sent to the Security Council. In its letters, Egypt has said that previous negotiation efforts involving Ethiopia had been “fruitless”; stated that Addis Ababa had not consulted with downstream countries; and highlighted Egypt’s dependency on the Nile River for the “livelihood and for the survival of its 105 million citizens”. Egypt called for a Council meeting in a letter dated 25 June.

Echoing similar views, Sudan in its letters informed the Council of the possible adverse effects of the dam’s filling; denounced Ethiopia for proceeding without having reached an agreement with the downstream riparian countries or having devised “cross-border environmental and social management and plans to mitigate harms”; and assessed that such action presents a risk to regional security and stability. It also highlighted that the curtailing of water streams through the dam has had negative effects on its own dams and water supply. In a letter dated 21 June, Sudan called on the Council to seize itself of the matter under Chapter VI of the UN Charter, which addresses the peaceful settlement of disputes. Egypt and Sudan both stated in their correspondence that Ethiopia is disrupting an AU-led tripartite negotiation process.

In response, Ethiopia has written several letters to the Council, saying that Egypt and Sudan are unwilling to continue the AU-facilitated process. Addis Ababa further claimed that it was under no obligation to seek consent of the lower riparian countries to fill the dam and that the GERD would “augment regional socio-economic integration and support peace and stability in the entire region”. In its 23 June letter, Ethiopia criticised the request for a Council meeting, expressing hope that the Council will defer the matter to the AU for continued tripartite talks. It also suggested the appointment of focal points in the respective countries for enhanced data-sharing on matters relating to the GERD.

The League of Arab States (LAS)—which includes Egypt, Sudan and Tunisia among its members—has also been active on the matter. Following a 15 June meeting on the GERD in Doha, the organisation adopted a resolution calling for Security Council action.

During tomorrow’s meeting, the representative of the DRC may brief Council members about the status of the AU-facilitated talks and call for a return to negotiations under AU auspices. Since Egypt, Sudan and Tunisia are members of both the AU and the LAS, finding common ground between the positions of both regional organisations may prove difficult. This dynamic might be reflected in efforts to find a common “A3 plus one” (Kenya, Niger, Tunisia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) approach to the matter.

As was the case during the Council’s last meeting on the GERD in 2020, several members may express their preference for the AU to address the matter. Several Council members, including the European members, are likely to call on the three disputing parties to pursue a negotiated solution to the issue. In a 1 July press conference, Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière (France) noted that the Council’s role was that of a convener and said that its members should encourage a return to the negotiation table. The US is likely to echo this position. In a 6 July press encounter, a spokesperson for the US State Department said that the US supported collaborative efforts by the three parties and expressed support for the AU-led process.

Thursday, 08 July 2021 09:21

ነቲ ዘራኽበና፡ እንተነቐድምን እንተነሐይልን

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ነቲ ዘራኽበና፡ እንተነቐድምን እንተነሐይልን

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

ኤርትራ ናይ ኩልና ኤርትራውያን እያ። ምእንቲ ናጽነታ ብሓባር ሳላ ዝተቓለስና ተዓዊትና። ንቐጻልነታን ሓለዋኣን ሓቢርና ክንስለፍ ድማ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ንዕቤታ፡ ሰላማ፡ ልምዓታን ክብሪ ህዝባን  ከኣ፡ ብዘይካ ውሑዳት ኣብ ክንዲ ናይቲ “ኣነ ምእንታኺ ኤርትራ” ዝበለ መላእ ህዝባ፡ “ናይ ውሑዳት ዘረግቲ”  ክትከውን ዝድግፉ፡ ኩልና ንቃለሰላ ኣለና። ክሳብ ሎሚ ኣብ ክንዲ ድሌት፡ እምንቶን ምርጫን ናይ ህዝብና ናይቶም ውሑዳት ጸበብቲ ህርፋን ክብርኽ ክንዕዘብ ጸኒሕና። ሎሚ እውን ጌና እዚ ብቃልሲ ክቕየር ዝግበኦ ንኤርትራና ዘይምጥን ሚዛን ኣይተቐየረን። እዚ ክኸውን ዘይነበሮ ሚዛን ብሰንኪ ናይቶም ብዙሓት ነቲ ዘራኽበና ኣቐዲምና ከነሕይሎ ዘይምኽኣልና ዘጋጥም ዘሎ ዘይንቡር እዩ። እቲ ኣዝዩ ዘገርም ከኣ ሳዕቤን ናይቲ ከምቲ ክንኮኖ ዝገባና ዘይምዃና እንታይ ከም ዝኸውን እንዳተረዳእናዮ ከነእርሞ ዘይምብቃዕና እዩ።

ኤርትራውያን፡  ለውጢ ንደልየሉን ምእንታኡ ንቃለሰሉን ዘለና ምኽንያትን  ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ምምርማር ዘድልዮ ዘይኮነ፡ ኣብ ገገዛናን ዕለታዊ ህይወትናን ዘሎ ሓቂ እዩ። ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ቃልሲ ምእንቲ ለውጢ ዝድርኽ ሓቂ፡ ኣይኮነንዶ ንዓና ነቶም ንቃለሰሉ ዘለና ሰብ ዋኒንን ህዝብናን፡ እቶም ክሓብእዎ ዝደልዩ ጸረ ለውጢ ሓይልታት እውን ክኸውልዎ ኣብ ዘይክእልሉ ደረጃ ዝበጸሐ ምዃኑ ንጹር እዩ። ሎሚ “ደጋፊ ህግደፍ እየ” ዝብል ኣካል እውን ካልእ ኮለልን ዕባራ ምኽንያትን ደኣ የምጽእ እምበር፡ ኣፉ መሊኡ “ኣብ ምምሕዳር ህግደፍ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ጽቡቕ ኣለዉ” ዘብል ሞራልን ድፍረትን የብሉን። ሓደ ካብቲ ዕባራ ምኽንያታት ከኣ፡ ንኤርትራ ምስ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣጣቢቕካ ምርኣይን፡ ህግደፍ ዝፍጽሞ ንረብሓ ኤርትራዊ ልኡላውነት ከም ዝኾነ ኣምሲልካ ምቕራብን እዩ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ነዚ ናይ ግሩሃት ዕባራ ምኽንያታት መዝሚዙ ካብቲ ርኡይ ገበናቱ ንምህዳም፡ ምስ ግዜን ኩነታትን ዝቀያየር መዳህለልታት ኣብ ምምሃዝዩ ዝጽመድ። ህዝብና ኣብ ክንዲ ኣብቲ መሰረታዊ ብቐጥታ ዝምልከቶ ኤርትራዊ ዘቤታዊ ዛዕባኡ ኣትኪሉ ስኑ ነኺሱ ዝቃለስ፡ ካልእ መላገሲ ምፍጣር ሓደ ካብ ሜላታት ናይቲ ጉጅለ እዩ። ህዝቢ ቀዳምነቱ ዘይኮነ ጉዳይ ጐረቤት ከቐድም ዝግበር ድፍኢት እውን ብመጽርዚ ዝረአ እዩ። እዚ ሎሚ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብ ውግእ ትግራይ ተሸኺልዎ ዘሎ ከኣ ንኣብነት ዘይጥቀስ ኣይኮነን። እቲ ዘሕዝን ከኣ ነቲ ዋጋ ዝኸፍል ዘሎ እቲ ጉጅለ ዘይኮነ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምዃኑ እዩ።

ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ሰለምንታይ ከምዚ ዓይነት ካብ ኤርትራዊ መስርዕ ዘውጽእ መንገዲ ይመርጽ ኣሎ፡ መግለጺ ጸረ ህዝብን ኣብ ዘይጉዳይካ ምድኻርን ባህሪኡ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ እንቃለሶ እምበር፡ ከም ሓድሽ ተርእዮ እንግረመሉ ኣይኮነን። እቲ ክንግረመሉ ዝግበኣና ናይቶም ምእንቲ ለውጢ ንቃለስ ዘለና ኣብ ክንዲ ነቲ ዘራኽበና እነቐድምን እነሕይልን ነቲ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ቀዳምነትና ክኸውን ዘይግበኦ ኣጀንዳታት ከነቐድም ተረሓሒቕና ኣደዳ ናይቲ ጉጅለ ንኸውን ምህላውና እዩ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ናይ ህልውናኡ ጉዳይ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ቀጻልነቱ ከረጋግጽ ከይደቀሰ ዝሓድር ምዃኑ ብሩህ እዩ። ቀንዲ ዋሕስ ቀጻልነቱ ግና ናትና ናይቶም ተቓሊስና ክንስዕሮ ዝግብኣና ናይ ለውጢ ሓይሊ ድኽመት ምዃኑ  ክንእመነሉ ዝግበኣና እዩ። ነዚ ብዘይዕጥይጥይ ክንእመን ምኽኣል ኣብ ኣሳልጦ ቀጻሊ ቃልስና ቦታኡ ዕዙዝ እዩ። ከምቲ “ሓባእ ቁስሉስ ሓባእ ፈውሱ” ዝበሃል ናትና ሕጽረት ኣቐሚጥና ኣብ ምርጋም ነቲ ባዕሉ ጸረ ህዝባውነቱ ዝኣወጀ፡ ዓቕምናን ግዜናን ምብኻን መፍትሒ ኣይኮነን። እዚ ማለት ግና ሃገር ከድሕን ዝኽእል እጃምና ንግበር ንምባል እንተዘይኮይኑ፡  ገበናት ናይቲ ጉጅለ እናተኸታተልና ምቅላዕ ኣይጉዳይናን’ዩ ማለት ኣይኮነን።

ርግጽ እዩ ኤርትራውያን ብእምነታት፡ ኣውራጃታት፡ ብባህልታት፡ ብቋንቋታትን ካልእን ንፈላለ ኢና። ኩሉዚ ግና ብዙሕነታዊ ድምቀትናን መልክዕናን እምበር፡ ኣብቲ ንኹልና ዝምልከት ብሓባር ክንጐዓዞ ዝግብኣና መስርዕ ቃልሲ ከይንስለፍ ዝዓግተና ኣይኮነን። ብዙሕነትና ዘሕይለና ምእንቲ ክኸውን ድማ ብልቦናን ብሓላፍነትን ከነመሓድሮ ዘኽእለና ኣተሓሳስባ ክንውንን እንከለና ጥራይ እዩ። ድሌትና ካብ ምውጋድ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ጀሚርካ ክሳብ መድረኽ ድሕረ-ህግደፍ ብዙሕ ምዃኑ ንጹር እዩ። ከምቲ ብዝሑ ብሓንሳብ ዓትዒትና ሒዝና ከነዕውቶ ከምዘይንኽል ከኣ ክንግንዘብ ይግበኣና። ነዚ ክንበቅዕ ድማ  ናይ ዕማምና ቀዳምነታት ሰሪዕና፡ ዝተጸንዐ ንኹልና ዘማእክልን ዘሳትፍን ክኸውን ይግበኦ። ቀዳምነትና ከይሰራዕና ብሓንሳብ ናብ በበይኑ ኩርነዓት ኣብ እንቋምተሉን ግና ኣይክንዕወትን ኢና። ኣይንዕወትን ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ኣብቲ ዕንይንይ ብቐሊሉ ንህግደፋዊ ኣዕናዊ ንፋስ እንጥቃዕ ኢና ንኸውን።

ህዝባዊ ቃልሲ ምዕዋቱ ግድን’ኳ እንተኾነ፡ ዘይምኽኑይ ግዜ ነባኽን ምህላውና ዘሰክፍ ኢዩ። ህዝብና ከምዚ ክዕዘብ እንከሎ፡ ኣብ ልዕሌና ዝነበሮ እምነት የጉድል፡ ቃልስና ይተሓላለኽ፡ ዓወትና’ውን ይደናጐ። ከምዚ ንርእዮን ንዕዘቦን ዘለና  ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንኤርትራዊ ኣጀንዳ ረጥሪጡ፡ ዕድመ ስልጣኑ ንምንዋሕ እንተዘይኮይኑ፡ ብመንጽር ባህጊ ህዝብና ምስ ዝረአ፡ ኤርትራዊ ፋይዳ ዘየብሉን ቀዳምነት ዘይወሃቦን መኣዝን ቃልሲ ዘስሕት፡ ዓንቃፊ ኣጀንዳታት ይድርብየልና። ብብዙሕ መልከዓት ዝግለጽ ኤርትራዊ ክብርን ንብረትን ከኣ ኣብ ዘይቦታኡ ይባኽን። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ውግእ ትግራይ ዝሃልቕ ዘሎ ኤርትራዊ ህይወት፡ ዝባኽን ዘሎ ንብረትን ዝጽየቕ ዘሎ ኤርትራዊ ምስልን ካብዚ ወጻኢ ዝረአ ኣይኮነን። እቲ ዘሕዝን ከኣ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብዚ መዳይዚ ዝፍጽሞ ዘሎ ገበናት ምቅላዕ ማለት ኤርትራዊ ክብሪ ከም ምግሃስ  ወሲዶም ንተግባራት እቲ ጉጅለ ከጸባብቑ ዝደኽሙ ኤርትራዊ ወገናት ምህላዎም እዩ።

ከምቲ እንሓስቦ ኣንጻር ህግደፍ ተዓዊትና ህዝብና ሓራ ከነውጽእ ናይ ዘይምኽኣልና ምስጢር፡  ነቲ ዘራኽበና ከነቐድምን ከነሕይልን ዘይምብቃዕና ምዃኑ እሙን እዩ። ካብዚ መዋጸኦ ዝኾነና ከኣ ኣብ ኢድና ዘሎ እምበር፡ ካብ ካልእ እንጽበዮ ውህብቶ ኣይኮነን። “እሞ እቲ ሕማም ካብ ተፈለጠ፡ መድሃኒቱ’ውን ኣብ ኢድና ካብ ሃለወ ደኣ ተፈዊስና ዘይንሓውየሉ ምኽኒያት እንታይ እዩ?” ኢልና ንሕተት። መልሱ ነቲ ዘራኽበና ጉዳያት ከነቐድምን ከነሐይልን ዘይምኽኣልና ምዃኑ ድማ ንተኣመን።

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ኮሚሽነር ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኢትዮጵያ፡ ዶ/ር ዳንኤል በቀለ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዘጋጠመ ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት መንቀሊኡ ኣብታ ሃገር  ዘሎ ዘይተፈትሐ ፖለቲካዊ ጸገም ምዃኑ ገሊጾም። ዶ/ር ዳንኤል ኣብ ዝሓለፈ 3 ዓመታት ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ብሰንኪ ዘጋጠመ ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰል ብዙሓት ላዕለዎት ፖለቲከኛታትን ስቪል ኣባላትን ኢትዮጵያውያን ከም ዝእሰሩ ጠቒሶም፡ ኣብ ክልል ትግራይ ዘሎ ግህሰት መሰላት ምስ ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ብሓባር ኮይኖም የጽንዕዎ ከም ዘለዉ እውን ኣረዲኦም።

እቶም ኮሚሽነር ምስ ማዕከን ዜና ቢቢሲ ኣብ ዝነበሮም ርክብ፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲካዊ ቅልውላው ዝጠንቁ፡ ናይ ብዙሓት ንጹሃት ሰባት ሞት፡ ምምዝባልን ምብራስ ንበረትን ከም ዘስዓበ ኣብሪሆም። ምስዚ ኣተሓሒዞም ሕጂ እውን እቲ ፖለቲካዊ ጸገም ስለ ዘይተፈትሐ እቲ ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት እውን ቀጻሊ ከም ዘሎ ኣቃሊዖም። ብፍላይ ኣብ ትግራይ ብዛዕባ ዘሎ ኩነታት እቲ ዝተፈጸመ  ግህሰት ዘለዎ ክብደትን ተሓታትነት ፈጸምቱን ብዝምልከት ኣብ ምጽናዕ፡ እቶም ነቲ መጽናዕቲ ዘካይዱ ዘለዉ ኣካላት ኣብ ትግራይ ንዝተፈላለዩ ክፍልታት ሕብረተሰብ የዘራርቡ ከም ዘለዉ  ኣፍሊጦም። እቲ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝካየድ መጽናዕቲ ኣብ 3 ኣዋርሕ ክወዳእ መደብ ከም ዝነበረ፡ እንተኾነ ብጸጣዊ ምኽንያት ሓደሓደ ቦታት ምብጻሕ ስለ ዘጸገመ ካብቲ ዝተባህሎ ከይድንጒ ስኽፍታ ከም ዘለዎም ኣፍሊጦም።

ዶ/ር ዳንኤል በቀለ ኣብ ትግራይ ዘሎ ጥሜት ብዝምልከት፡ እቲ ጉዳይ ዝምልከቶም ኣካላት ብውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ብኣሃዛት ኣሰንዮም ዘቕረብዎ ኣሰካፊ ጸብጻባት ኩሎም ዝምልከቶ ኣካላት ክቕበልዎ ከም ዝግባእ ጠቒሶም። ኣብ ትግራይ ኣብ ዝርከባ ሆስፒታላት ብዋሕዲ መግቢ ዝሳቐዩ ህጻናት ከም ዝተዓዘቡ ኣይሓብኡን።  ንክልል ኦሮምያ ኣብ ዝምልከት ከም ዝሓበርዎ ከኣ፡ ኣብቲ ክልል ሕማቕ ኣተሓሕዛ ኣብያተ-ማእሰርትን ኣብያተ-ፍርድን ከም ዘሎ ኣረጋጊጾም። ንጹሃት ስባት ብተኸታታሊ ብዝተዓጥቁ ሓይልታት ከም ዝቕተሉ’ውን ሓቢሮም።

ኩልና ከም እንዝክሮ’ ኣብ ኤርትራ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ 30 ዓመታት ክፍጸም ዝጸንሐን ጌና’ውን ዝፍጸም ዘሎን ዘስካሕክሕ ኩሉ ዓይነት ግህሰታት ብሰንኪ ኣብታ ሃገር  ግሉጽነትን ናጻ መራኸብታትን  ዘይምህላው ዝዛረቡ ኣካል ከምዘየለ ዝዝከር እዩ።

Tuesday, 06 July 2021 10:09

Ethiopia: ‘Opportunity Must Not Be Lost’ – Five Former U.S. Ambassadors to Ethiopia on Events in Tigray

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JULY 5, 2021  ETHIOPIA, NEWS, TIGRAY

Ethiopia: ‘Opportunity Must Not Be Lost’ – Five Former U.S. Ambassadors to Ethiopia on Events in Tigray

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The UN and human rights groups have warned seven months of fighting has hampered food security in Tigray with a real risk of famine.
30 JUNE 2021

By Ambassadors David H. Shinn, Vicki J. Huddleston, Patricia M. Haslach, Aurelia E. Brazeal and Tibor P. Nagy

Washington, DC — This statement was provided to AllAfrica by five former American ambassadors who led U.S. representation in Ethiopia for 13 of the past 25 years. The career diplomats welcome the cease-fire declaration by the Ethiopian government and issue an urgent call for humanitarian relief to the strife-torn Tigray region.

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We the undersigned former U.S. Chiefs of Mission to Ethiopia, having closely followed the tragic conflict in Tigray which erupted in November 2020, were greatly relieved at the chance for an end to the suffering and a hope for peace offered by the Ethiopian Government’s declaration of a cease fire on June 28, 2021.

We believe this is an opportunity which must not be lost, and in that regard urge the following:

  • All sides involved in the conflict should immediately accept the offered cease fire.
  • Immediately open all areas which suffered conflict to humanitarian relief agencies to provide assistance to those in need.
  • Withdrawal of all outside forces from the conflict zone.
  • All sides involved in the conflict should also use the opportunity offered by the cease fire to undertake serious discussions to make peace permanent, and also negotiate the future status of Tigray acceptable to all parties.
  • Strongest support possible to advance peace and reconciliation from the international community including bilaterally from all of Ethiopia’s partners and neighbors and from multilateral institutions and civil society.  In this regard, as soon as peace is established, we call for an international conference to bring together all stakeholders to discuss joint relief and rehabilitation efforts in all areas which have been impacted by the conflict.
  • Encourage the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to move forward quickly with their joint investigation into the human rights violations and abuses allegedly committed by all parties in the Tigray conflict.
Tuesday, 06 July 2021 08:17

ሻቕሎት 5 ነባራት ኣንበሳድራት ኣሜሪካ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ

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ሻቕሎት 5 ነባራት ኣንበሳድራት ኣሜሪካ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ

ኣብ  ዝተፈላለዩ ግዝያት ኣንበሳደር ኣሜሪካ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ኮይኖም ዘገልገሉ 5 ግዱሳት፡ ብዛዕባ ህልዊ ኩነታት ትግራይ ዝሓደሮም ሻቕሎት ከም ዝገለጹ ኤርትራዊ ማእከል ዝተባህለ ማዕከን ዜና ሓቢሩ። እቶም ነባራት ኣንበሳድራት ዳቪድሺን፡ ቪክ ጀይ ሃድለስቶን፡ ፓትሪክ ኤም ሃስላች፡ ኣውረሊያ ኢ ብራዚልን ቲልቦር ፒ ናጂን፡ ዝተባህሉ እዮም። እዞም ኣንበሳድራት ካብተን ንሓለፋ 25 ዓመታት ኣብተን 13 ዓመታት ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዘገልገሉ ኣንበሳድራት መግለጺ ከውጽኡ እንከለዉ ተበግሶኦምኳ ንኣፍሪቃ ብዝምልከት እንተነበረ፡  እንተኾነ ዝያዳ በቲ ኣብ ትግራይ ክካየድ ዝጸንሐ ውግእ ክግደሱ ከም ዝተገደዱ ሓቢሮም።

ንሳቶም ኣብቲ መግለጺኦም፡ “ንሕና እዞም ኣስማትና ዝተጠቕሰ በብግዜኡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ንኤሜሪካዊ ዲፕሎማስያዊ ስረሓት ዝመራሕና፡ ነቲ ኣብ ትግራይ ዘሎ ኩነታት ክንከታተሎ ጸንሕና ኣለና” ኢሎም። ኣተሓሒዞም ከኣ እቲ ኣብ ትግራይ ዘሎ ጸገም ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሕዳር 2020 ከም ዝጀመረ ብምጥቃስ፡ እቲ ጸገም በቲ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ኣውጅዎ ዘሎ ተኹሲ ጠጠው  ምባል  ክውዳእ ዘለዎም ተስፋ ኣስፊሮም። ኣከታቲሎም ከኣ እዞም ዝስዕቡ መፍትሒ ዝበልዎም ንክትግበሩ ተማሕጺኖም።

  • • ኩሎም ኣብ ውግእ ትግራይ ክሳተፉ ዝጸንሑ ኣካላት ነቲ ተኹሲ ተጠው ናይ ምባል ኣዋጅ ብዘይውልውል ክቕበልዎ።
  • • ኩሎም ሰብኣዊ ትካላት ንጽጉማት ህጹጽ ሓገዝ ከየቕርቡ ዝዓግትዎም ምስሕሓባት ቀልጢፎም ክፍትሑ።
  • • ናይ ወጻኢ ሓይልታት ካብቲ ናይ ጐንጺ ዞባ ቀልጢፎም ክወጹ።
  • • ኩሎም ኣብቲ ጐንጺ ተሳተፍቲ ኣካላት፡ ነቲ ተኹሲ ጠጠው ናይ ምባል ዕድል ተጠቒሞም ብዛዕባ ቀጻሊ ሰላም ምውሓስን መጻኢ ዕድል ትግራይን ክመያየጡ።
  • • ሰላምን ዕርቅንን ንክፍጠር ብዓለም ለኻዊ ማሕበረሰብን፡ ተደራራቢ ሓላፍነት ካብ ዘለዎም ሲቪላዊ ትካላት፡ እንተላይ ብኣዕሩኽን ጐረባብትን ኣድላይ ምትሕግጋዝን ምድግጋፍን ክግበር። ሰላምን ምርግጋእን ምስ ተረጋገጸ ከኣ፡ ቀልጢፍካ ኮንፈረንስ ወዲብካ ክልቲኦም ሰብ ጉዳይ  ናይ ሓባር መሊስካ፡  እግሪ ምትካልን በቲ ጸገም ዝተሃስዩ መዳያት ናብ ንቡር ምምላሶምን።
  • • ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ሰብኣዊ ኮምሽንን ቤት ጽሕፈት ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰልን፡ ኣብ ትግራይ ብኹሎም ኣካላት ዝተፈጸመ ግህሰታትን ዓመጻት ብሓባር ናይ ምጽራይን ምምርማርን ዕማማት ንከካይዱ ምትብባዕ።
Monday, 05 July 2021 10:40

መግለጺ ፍሉይ ኣኼባ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ሰዲህኤ

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መግለጺ ፍሉይ ኣኼባ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ሰዲህኤ

ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ነዚ ድሕሪ ናይ 8 ኣዋርሕ ጽዕጹዕ ውግእ: ኣብ ትግራይ ተኸሲቱ ዘሎ ሓድሽ ምዕባለ ብዕቱብ ንምምዛን ብ3 ሓምለ 2021 ፍሉይ ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ። ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ኣብዚ ኣኼብኡ ቅድሚ ናብ ዝርዝር ምእታዉ: ንህዝብን ሓይልታት ምክልኻልን ትግራይ: ስለ’ቲ ዘርኣይዎ ጽንዓትን ዘመዝገብዎ ዓወትን ናይ እንቋዕ ሓጎሰኩም መልእኽቱ ኣመሓላሊፉ።

ፍሉይ ኣኼባ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ነዚ ናይ ሎሚ ሚዛኑ ምስቲ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ነዚ ጉዳይዚ ብዝምልከት ዝነበሮ ሚዛን ምዝማዱ ኣገዳሲ ምዃኑ ብምርኣይ፡ ማእከላይ ባይቶ ሰዲህኤ ብ21 ሕዳር 2020 ኣብ ዘካየዶ ፍሉይ ኣኼባ ምስ ውሳኔታት 3ይን ሓድነታዊ ጉባኤናን ተዛመድቲ ፖሊሲታትን ሰዲህኤ ኣገናዚቡ ውሳኔታት ኣመሓላሊፉ ከምዝነበረ ዘኪሩ። በዚ መሰረት ምልካዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ኣብ ውሽጣዊ ጕዳያት ኢትዮጵያ ኢድ ብምእታው፡ ነቲ ኣብ መንጐ ክልል ትግራይን ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያን ዝተኸስተ ግርጭታት ንምብላሕ ዝተኽተሎ ንሉኣላውነት ኤርትራ ኣብ ሓደጋ ዘውድቕን ዘይሓላፍነታውን ሻራዊ ፖሊሲ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ኰኒኑ ምንባሩ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ኣስተብሂሉ።

ኣብዚ ናይ 3 ሓምለ 2021 ዳህሳሱ እምብኣር እቲ ሰልፍና ካብ ቅድም ሓደግኡ ርእዩ ዝነጸጎ ኢድ ኣእታውነት መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብቲ ን8 ኣዋርሕ ዝተኻየደ ኣዕናዊ ውግእ ብግብሪ ተራእዩ፡ ብዓወት ህዝብን ሓይልታት ምክልኻልን ትግራይ ምዝዛሙ ተመልኪቱ። ይኹን’ምበር ክሳብ ሕጂ ዘኸተሎ ዕንወትን ሃሰያታትን ብምግምጋም፡ ደጊም ኣብቂዑ ማለት ስለ ዘይኰነ፡  ኣብ ቀጻልነት ውግኣት ዘለዎ ሻቕሎት ኣመዝጊቡ። እዚ ውግእዚ እንተድኣ ቀጺሉ ማህሰይቱ ኣብ ትግራይ-ኢትዮጵያ ከይተደረተ ንዞባናን ከባቢናን ብሓፈሻ፣ ንሃገርና ከኣ ብፍላይ ኣዝዩ ሓደገኛ ከምዝኸውን ኣብ ግምት ኣእትዩ። ቅድሚ ሕጂውን ማእከላይ ባይቶ ሰልፍና ካብዚ ስግኣትዚ ነቒሉ ኣብቲ ናይ 21 ሕዳር 2020 መግለጺ እዚ ዝስዕብ ዝርከቦ ውሳኔታት ወሲኑ ከምዝነበረ  ዝዝከር እዩ።

  1. ናይ ዶ/ር ኣቢዪን ኢሳያስን ሽርክነት ውግእ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብን መንግስትን ትግራይ ንኹንን። ኣብ ውሽጢ ኢትዮጵያ ተኸሲቱ ዘሎ ውግእ መበገሲኡ ቅዋማውን ፖለቲካውን ስለዝዀነ፡ ፖለቲካዊ ፍታሕ ክግበረሉ ንጽውዕ።

 

  1. ብዝተፈላለዩ ኣህጉራውን ዞባውን ትካላት፡ መንግስታት፡ ሃይማኖታዊ ትካላትን ተጣበቕቲ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ዝዀና ማሕበራትን ነዚ ውግእ ጠጠው ንምባል ዘቕረብዎ ጻውዒት ሰላም እናደገፍና፣ ብፍላይ ድማ እዚ ሕጂ ውድብ ሓድነት ኣፍሪቃ ወሲዱዎ ዘሎ ናይ ዕርቂ ተበግሶ ኩሎም ወገናት ክቕበሉዎ ነማሕጽን። ኣብ ክሊ እዚ ምዕባለታት ውግእ ተፈጢሩ ንዘሎ ኩነታት ስደትን ምዝንባልን ኣህጉራዊ ማሕበረሰብ ዕቱብ ኣቓልቦ ክህበሉ፣ ንኹሎም ስደተኛታት ዝምልከት ሓልዮትን ሰብኣዊ ረድኤትን ድማ ከበርክት ማእከላይ ባይቶ ምሕጽንትኡ የቕርብ፡ ዝብል ነበረ።

ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ሰዲህኤ ድማ ኣብዚ ናይ 3 ሓምለ 2021 ኣኼብኡ  “ንመጻኢኸ ካብ ተወሳኺ ዕንወት ንምድሓን እንታይ ክግበር ይግባእ?” ኣብ ዝብል ሰፊሕ ዘተ ድሕሪ ምክያድ ነዞም ዝስዕቡ ኣስፊሩ ኣሎ።

  1. ህዝቢ ትግራይ ብውሽጥን ብደገን ሓደ ኣካል ሓደ ኣምሳል ኮይኑ ብዘርኣዮ ሓድነትን ናይ ቃልሲ ጽንዓትን ንሓይልታት ምክልኻል ሰራዊቱ ወዲቡን ኣሓይሉን ነቲ ወሪዱዎ ዝነበረ ከቢድ ግፍዒ ፈንጢሱ፡ ባዕሉ ንዝመረጾ ሕጋዊ መንግስቱ ናብ ቦትኡ ክመልሶ ምብቅዑ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ሰዲህኤ ደጊሙ እንቋዕ ሓጎሰካ ይብል፤
  2. ህዝባዊ ተጠቃምነት ንምጉዳእ ስርሖም ከምዘቋርጹ ተጌሮም ዘለዉ ኣገልግሎታት ከምኒ ሓይሊ መብራህቲ፣ ኣገልግሎት ማይ፡ መስመር ተሌፎንን ኢንተርነትን፣ ባንክ፣ መጓዓዝያታት… ዝኣመሰሉ ትካላት ኣገልግሎት ብህጹጽ ናብ ንቡር ተመሊሶም ኣገልግሎት ከምዝህቡ ክግበር፡ ጸዋዒቱ ኣቕሪቡ። ብተወሳኺ ህዝቢ ትግራይ ካብ ኣህጉራዊ ሕብረተሰብ ዝልኣኸሉ መሰረታዊ ረድኤት ኣብ እዋኑ መታን ክበጽሖ ኩሉ ኣገባብ መጓዓዝያን ካልእ መሳለጥያታትን ብህጹጽ ክቐርበሉ፡ ኣህጉራዊ ትካላትን፡ ግብረሰናይ ማሕበራትን ብትኹረት ክሰርሑሉን፡ ናብ ኩሎም ዝምልከቶም ወገናት ኣድላዪ ተጽዕኖን ምክትታልን ክገብሩን፡ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ጸዊዑ።
  3. ውግእን ወረ ውግእን ጨሪሽካ ብምጥፋእ ነባሪ ሰላም ምእንቲ ክፍጠር ንኹሎም ኣብቲ ውግእ ዝተሳተፉ ኣካላት ዝሓቁፍ ሓፈሻዊ ቶኽሲ ደው ናይ ምባል ስምምዕ ክግበር፤ ኣብ  ክንዲ ውግእ ከኣ ኣብ ልዝብ ዘትከለ ፖሊቲካዊ ፍታሕ ክናደ ከም ዝግባእ እምነቱ ደጊሙ ኣረጋጊጹ።
  4. መንግስቲ ክልል ትግራይ ኰነ ሰራዊት ምክልኻል ትግራይ፡ ዝነበሮም ብልጫ፡ ልዑላውነትን ናጽነትን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምእማን መለለይኦም ገይሮም ምቕጻሎም ምዃኑ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ሰዲህኤ ዘኪሩ። ኣብ ትሕቲ’ዚ ሓድሽ ፖሊቲካውን ወተሃደራውን ምዕባሌታት እውን፡ ከም ቀደሞም፡ ንልዑላውነትን ናጽነትን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣኽቢሮም ክጐዓዙ፡ ምስ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ጸረ ምልካዊ ሓይልታቱን ከኣ ምትሕብባሮም ክቕጽሉ ኣዘኻኺሩ።
  5. እቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ትግራይን ኣብ ዝተፈላለያ መደብራትን ካብ መደብራት ወጻእን ዝርከቡ ስደተኛታት ኤርትራውያንን ዝተፈጸመ ሰፊሕ ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ከይድገም፤ እቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ተፈጺሙ ዘሎ ከኣ ብነጻ ኣካል ተጻርዩ ኩሎም እቶም ኣብቲ ገበን ዝተሳተፉ ኣካላት ብዝፈጸሙዎ ግፍዕታትን ግህሰታትን ናብ ሕጊ ቀሪቦም ክሕተቱ፤ ከምኡ’ውን ኩሎም ምሩኻት ብመሰረት ኣህጉራዊ ውዕላትን ሕግታትን ክትሓዙ፣ ካብ መንጎኦም ብገበን ዝጥርጠሩ እንተለዉ ከኣ ጉዳዮም ብነጻ ኣካል ክሳብ ዝጻረ ዝኾነ ይኹን ሕጋዊ መሰሎም ከይጓደል ኩሎም ኣካላት ዝከኣሎም ክገብሩ ጸዊዑ።
  6. በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ እቶም ኣብ ትግራይን ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ቦታታት ኢትዮጵያን ፋሕ ኢሎም ኣብ ዘይምልከቶም ውግእ ዝኣተዉ፣ እቶም ብስርዓት ህግደፍ ተላኢኾም ድራር ጥይት ኮይኖም ኣብ ፈቐዶ ሩባን ኩርባን ወዲቖም ድራር ኣራዊት ዝኾኑ፣ ከምኡ’ውን እቶም ዝሰንከሉን ዝተማረኹን ደቁ “ኣበይ ኣትዮም” ኢሉ ክሓትት ንጽውዖ። ምስዚ ብዝተሓሓዘ ነዚ ኩሉ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝተፈጸመ ግፍዒ ዝካየደ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ንምስዓርን፡ ንመራሕቱን ገበነኛታት መጋበርያታቱን ብመጠን’ቲ ዝፈጸምዎ ተግባራት፡ ኣብ ቅድሚ ሕጊ ንምቕራብን፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሓድነቱ ኣደልዲሉ ዝከኣሎ ዘበለ ጻዕሪ ክገብር ጸዊዑ።

ኣብ መወዳእታ፡  ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ከም መቐጸልታ ናይቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ክፍጽሞ ዝጸንሐን ዝፍጽሞ ዘሎን በደላት ንሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ ኣብ ዘይምልከቶ ኣዕናዊ ውግእ ኣእትዩ ምስ ሓውና ህዝቢ ትግራይ ኣብ ክንዲ ብሰናይ ጉርብትናን ብምትሕብባርን ብሰላም ንነብር ብዘይድልየትናን ባህግናን ንክልቲኡ ህዝቢ ኣብ ዘይረብሓሉ ጽልኢ ከእትዎ ዝከኣሎ ኩሉ ጌሩ እዩ። እንተኾነ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከምዘይውክልን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብገበናት ናይ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ከምዘይሕተትን ግንዛበ ክረክብ ዝግብኦ እዩ። ክልቲኦም ህዝብታት ነንሕድሕዶም ክተፋነኑ ዘይኮነስ ኣንጻር ናይ ሓባር ጸላኢኦም ህግደፍ ኣብ ዝግበር ቃልሲ ክደጋገፉ እዋኑ ሕጂ እዩ።

በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምእንቲ ድሕነት ህዝብን ቀጻልነት ሃገርን ክብሉ መላእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ኩሎም  ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ሓይልታትን ጸረ ምልኪ ሓድነት ፈጢሮም ብሓባር ንምቅላስ ብሓድሽ ተበግሶ ክልዓሉ ይጽውዕ። በቲ ካልእ ወገን ድማ ኩሎም ግዳማውያን ፈተውቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ጐኒ ፍትሓዊ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክስለፉን ዝከኣሎም ኩሉ መዳያዊ ሓገዞም ከወፍዩን፤ ከምኡውን ተጽዕኖኦም ኣብ ጨቋኒ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ከሐይሉ ይጽውዕ።

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ክልላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ፡ ነቲ ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ብ27 ሰነ 2021 ዝኣወጆ በይናዊ ተኹሲ ጠጠው ምባል መልሲ ሂብሉ። እቲ ድሕሪ ናይ 8 ኣዋርሕ ቀጻሊ ውግኣት ናብ ቦታኡ ከም ዝተመልሰ ብዕሊ ኣፍሊጡ ዘሎ መንግስቲ ክልል ትግራይ፡ ብ3 ሓምለ 2021 መልሲ ከም ዝሃበሉ፡ ማዕከን ዜና ቢቢሲ ኣፍሊጡ። ቢቢሲ ከም ዝበሎ ሓለፍቲ ትግራይ ነቲ ኣዋጅ ብዝምልከት ኣብ ዝሃብዎ መግለጺ፡  መንግስቲ ትግራይ ንመሰረተ-ሓሳብ ጠጠው ምባል ተጻብኦታት ደጊፉ፡ ነቲ ብመንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ዝተኣወጀ በይናዊ ተኹሲ ጠጠው ምባል ኣብ ዝምልከት 7 ነጥብታት ዝሓዘ ቅደመ-ኩነት ኣቕሪቡ ከም ዘሎ ሓቢሩ።

ካብቶም  ቅድመ-ኩነታት፡ ኣንጻር ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ትግራይ ክዋግኡ ዝጸንሑ፡ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ጠቕሊሉ ካብ ትግራይ ክወጽእን ፍሉይ ሓይሊ ኣምሓራ ከኣ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ሒዝዎ ዘሎ ቦታታት ኣረኪቡ፡ ናብቲ  ቅድሚ ውግእ ዝነበሮ  ክምለስ፡።

ኣብ መላእ ኢትዮጵያ ተዋፊሮም ዘለዉ ኣባላት ጸጥታ ኤርትራ ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ሃገሮም ክምለሱ።

ኣብ ትግራይ ብሰንክቲ ውግእ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሰላማውያን ሰባትን ንብረቶምን ወሪዱ ዘሎ በደላትን ዕንወትን ሻራ ብዘየብሉ ኣካል ክጻረን ክምርመርን። ተሓተቲ ኣብ ቅድሚ ሕጊ ክቐርቡ።

ኩሉ ኣብ ትግራይ ተቛሪጹ ዘሎ ከም  ሓይሊ ኤለክትሪክ፣ መጐዕዝያ፣ ቴለፎን ባንክን ትካላት ጥዕና ዝኣመሰለን ኣገልግሎታት ብዘይ ወዓል ሕደር ናብ ንቡር ክምለስ።

ሰብኣዊ ረዲአት ብዘይ ዝኾነ ይኹን ገደብ፡  ናብቲ ክልል ዝኣትወሉ መንገዲ ክጣጥሕን  ካብ መረበቶም ዝተመዛበሉ ዜጋትት ናብ ቦታኦም ክምለሱን።

ስሩዕ በጀት ክልል ትግራይ ከምቲ ናይ ቅድም፡ ካብ ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ክፍቀድን ትካላት ጸጥታ  ኢትዮጵያ ካብ ክልል ትግራይ ክወጹን ዝብሉ ይርከብዎም።

በቲ ካልእ ወገን ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ስለምንታይን ብኸመይ ኣገባን በይናዊ ተኹሲ ጠጠው ምባል ኣዊጁ ሰራዊቱ ካብ ትግራይ ዝሰሓበሉ ምኽንያትን ኣገባብን ኣዛራቢ ኮይኑ ኣብ  ዘለወሉ፡ ብዛዕባቲ ብክልል ትግራይ ቀሪቡ ዘሎ ቅድመ ኩነት ብቐጥታ ዝሃቦ መልሲ የለን። ምስዚ ግና ምክትል ቀዳማይ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተርን ናይ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሚኒስተርን ኢትዮጵያ ኣቶ ደመቀ መኮነን ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ንዘለዎ ኣምበሳድራት ኣብ ዝሃብዎ መብርሂ፡ ምስ ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ ክዘራረቡ ጸገም ከም ዘየብሎም ገሊጾም።

ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ሰራዊተይ ካብ ትግራይ ዝሰሓብኩሉ ምኽንያታት ዝብሎ ዘርዚሩ ፖለቲካዊ ውሳነ እዩ ክብል እዩ ገሊጽዎ።  ናይ ብዙሓት ትዕዝብትን እምንቶ መንግስቲ ክልል ትግራይ ግና እቲ ናይ ምስሓብ ምኽንያት ፖለቲካዊ ውሳነ ዘይኮነ፡ ወታደራዊ ወፍሪ ኣሉላ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሰራዊት ኢትዮጵያ ዘስዓቦ ስዕረት  ምዃኑ እዮም ዝገልጹ።

ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ትግራይ ዳርጋ ንብምልእታ ትግራይ ክቆጻጸር እንከሎ፡ ኣብ ምዕራብ ትግራይ ብወገን ሑመራ ኣንጻር ፍሉይ ሓይሊ ኣምሓራ፡ ብወገን ሰሜን ከባቢ ራማ ከኣ ኣንጻር ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ ውግእ ቀጻሊ ከም ዘሎ ይንገር።

ዶ/ር ደብረጼን ገብረሚካኤል ፕረሲደንት ክልል ትግራይ፡ ወ/ሮ ፈትለወርቅ ገበረ እግዘኣብሄር ምክትል ኣቦ-መንበር ህወሓትን ኣቶ ጌታቸው ረዳ ወሃብ ቃልን ኣማኻርን መንግስቲ ትግራይን ዝኣመሰሉ ላዕለዎት መራሕቲ ትግራይ ናብ መቐለ ተመሊሶም፡ ዝተፈላለዩ ንህዝቢ ዘረጋግኡ መግለጽታት ይህቡ ኣለዉ።

እዚ ከምዚሉ እንከሎ መንግስቲ ትግራይ ንዕምቆት ናይቲ ኣብ ግዜ ውግእ ኣብ ልዕሊ ትግራይ ወሪዱ ዘሎ ፖለቲካዊ፡ ማሕበራውን ቁጠባውን በደል ዘርኢ መግለጺ ብ4 ሓምለ 2021 ኣውጺኡ። በቲ ካልእ ወገን ከኣ ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ስለ ዝተቐበሎ፡ ትካል መግቢ ዓለም ካብ 5 ሓምለ 2021 ጀሚሩ ካብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ናብ መቐለን ሽረን ብነፈርቲ መግቢ የቕርብ።

Sunday, 04 July 2021 23:41

Food and fuel running out in capital of Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region

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JULY 4, 2021  ETHIOPIA, NEWS, TIGRAY

“Five UNICEF trucks with water, sanitation, hygiene, health and nutrition supplies are waiting to enter Tigray pending approval from federal authorities. There are still no flights in and out of the region though the Government of Ethiopia has today announced the possibility of UNHAS flights resuming this weekend.”

Source: CNN

By Nima Elbagir and Richard Roth, CNN

Updated 1314 GMT (2114 HKT) July 3, 2021

People try to shake hands with soldiers of Tigray Defence Force (TDF) as they arrive in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia, on June 29.

People try to shake hands with soldiers of Tigray Defence Force (TDF) as they arrive in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia, on June 29.

(CNN)Food and fuel is running out in the capital of Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region, a CNN producer on the ground in Mekelle reports.

A communications blackout in the region, in place since Ethiopian forces withdrew and announced a unilateral ceasefire last week, has made it difficult to determine the situation in Tigray and its capital Mekelle. But on Saturday, CNN was able to reach its producer on the ground who reports a blockade on Tigray by Ethiopian forces has been ongoing since June 25.
All air travel into Mekelle has been halted by the federal government and eyewitnesses tell CNN that Amhara militia and Ethiopian government forces are obstructing roads out of the city. There has been a full services blackout there — power, phone, internet — for nearly a week, CNN’s producer reports.
Because of the power outage most homes have no running water. Banks cannot operate as their network is down, so people have no access to their own money, CNN’s producer added.

A destroyed bridge crossing the Tekeze River is seen in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Thursday, July 1.

A destroyed bridge crossing the Tekeze River is seen in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Thursday, July 1.
UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement on Friday the World Food Programme (WFP) had been able to resume some of its operations in Tigray after fighting halted the emergency response.
“However, serious challenges are threatening the entire humanitarian response in the region,” he said. “Electricity and telecommunications remain cut off and banking services are still not available. While road access from and to Tigray for humanitarian supplies remains blocked, staff movement from Mekelle to Afar was possible yesterday [Thursday],” Dujarric said.
“Meanwhile, five UNICEF trucks with water, sanitation, hygiene, health and nutrition supplies are waiting to enter Tigray pending approval from federal authorities. There are still no flights in and out of the region though the Government of Ethiopia has today announced the possibility of UNHAS flights resuming this weekend,” he added.
With the destruction of the Tekeze Bridge on Thursday, and the months-long destruction of farms and agricultural implements that prevent farmers from planting, by Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara militia forces — as attested to by the UN and other aid agencies — there are real worries that food will start to run out.

Ethiopian porters unload food aid bound for victims of war after a checkpoint leading to Tigray in Mai Tsebri town, Ethiopia June 26.

Ethiopian porters unload food aid bound for victims of war after a checkpoint leading to Tigray in Mai Tsebri town, Ethiopia June 26.
“The destruction and vandalization of vital infrastructure are seriously threatening the provision of humanitarian assistance to people in need and access of civilians to essential services, goods and livelihoods. All parties to the conflict must protect civilians and civilian infrastructure in compliance with international humanitarian law,” the UN spokesman urged following the destruction of the Tekeze bridge.

Risk of hunger

There are extensive fuel lines at the few gas stations across the city that are still open but most stations have already closed, CNN’s producer on the ground added.
“It is urgent to get additional staff and supplies into Tigray, restore electricity, telecoms, and ensure the availability of cash and fuel for the continuity of humanitarian operations,” a UN OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) spokesperson in Tigray told CNN on Saturday.
In a statement ahead of the UN Security Council’s first open meeting on Tigray on Friday, Oxfam said: “There are now more than 350,000 people in a hunger catastrophe in Ethiopia, and this is a crucial time for farmers to plant crops. If they aren’t safe to do so, it will continue the cycle of hunger and have deadly consequences for months to come.”
At the UN Security Council meeting on Friday, United States ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said: “Humanitarian workers are reporting that it is more difficult to reach desperate people in Tigray now than it was just a week ago. Such acts, if verified, are not an indication of a humanitarian ceasefire, but of a siege. The Ethiopian government can and should prove this analysis wrong by providing unhindered movement of humanitarian supplies, commodities, and personnel into, and throughout Tigray. If they do not we believe hundreds of thousands of people could starve to death.”
Thomas-Greenfield said “a meaningful ceasefire deal would affirm the redeployment of forces and the complete withdrawal of Eritrean troops, and Amhara regional forces, it would facilitate unhindered humanitarian access. It would affirm neither the internal nor external borders of Ethiopia will be changed by force, and in contravention of the Constitution, and it should lay the groundwork for discussions toward political solutions to the crisis.”
A UN Humanitarian official, Ramesh Rajasingham, told the Security Council: “WFP has enough food for only 1 million people for the next month in Mekelle. This is a fraction of what we need for the 5.2 million people who need food aid. However, we have also almost run out of health, water, sanitation and other non-food items kits. Food alone does not avert a famine. Water, sanitation and nutrition supplies are essential in such a response. We also desperately need to prevent a cholera outbreak or people dying from other communicable diseases.”
The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a Friday statement that the international community should urge Tigrayan forces to abide by the unilateral ceasefire, adding that Ethiopia cannot afford to guarantee the protection of humanitarian operators in Tigray “unless the terrorist element in the region is forced to accept the ceasefire.”
Meanwhile, Ethiopia’s Ambassador to the UN, Taye Atske Selassie, told the Security Council “the decision to cease military operation is hoped to create a conducive environment for humanitarian operations in Tigray and also pave the way for an inclusive national dialogue.”

Additional reporting by CNN’s producer on the ground in Mekelle, Ethiopia, whom we are not naming for their safety. Nima Elbagir reported from London. Richard Roth reported from New York. Sarah Dean wrote in London.

Sunday, 04 July 2021 00:45

Statement on Ceasefire in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, 02 July 2021

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News and Press Release Sources

 Posted2 Jul 2021 Originally published2 Jul 2021 OriginView original

02 July 2021

The Government of Ethiopia’s announcement of a unilateral ceasefire in the Tigray region is a positive step if it leads to an end to the violence and atrocities and enables unhindered humanitarian access, assistance, and protection.

The conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia precipitated a protection crisis marked by a disregard for the safety and security of civilians. Combat, targeted attacks, air raids and explosive remnants of war as well as the presence of new Improvised Explosive Devices have killed thousands of civilians, separated many children from their families, displaced an estimated two million people inside the country and pushed more than 63,000 to flee to neighbouring countries. T he Global Protection Cluster continues to be alarmed by reports of increasing violence against women and girls – including harrowing accounts of gender-based violence, as a result of conflict and insecurity, amid severely limited access to life-saving services, including health care. Widespread looting and destruction of private and public property including health facilities and schools persists, severely hindering access to critical services. Food insecurity threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians. There remains major concern over the impact of the conflict on the mental well-being of children, families and other civilians.

Considering the opportunity that the ceasefire brings for protection and humanitarian access. First, we remind parties to the conflict that:

Taking reprisals against civilians during the conduct of hostilities is prohibited by international humanitarian law. All forms of sexual violence are prohibited under international humanitarian and human rights laws and may also constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity. Impunity must end.

The parties to an armed conflict should do everything feasible to verify that the objectives to be attacked are neither civilians nor civilian objects and are not subject to special protection, as is the case for schools, medical personnel, infrastructures, units and transports.

The parties to the conflict must allow and facilitate access for humanitarian relief to civilians in need. The rights of the wounded and sick must be respected in all circumstances.

Second, we call on all parties:

To adhere to their obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and commit to unhindered humanitarian access, permitting the freedom of movement and safety of humanitarian organisation personnel.

To respect and maintain the civilian and humanitarian character of sites and other infrastructure like hospitals and schools - where displaced populations forced to flee the conflict find shelter and access humanitarian assistance.

To commit themselves not to make civilians the subject to reprisals.

To ensure the protection of women and girls from sexual and gender-based violence, in line with 1325 Security Council Resolution.

To refrain from creating conditions that lead to further displacement, ensure the protection of persons while in displacement and guarantee that any return is informed, voluntary and safe, as per the Kampala Convention ratified by Ethiopia in February 2020.

The paramount priority of all actors should be addressing the humanitarian and protection needs and risks. The Global Protection Cluster and its members will continue to stand alongside civilians victimized by and surviving the ongoing conflict and provide the urgently needed support.

For further information, please contact William Chemaly, Global Protection Cluster Coordinator. --ENDS--

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