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Radio Dimtsi Harnnet Kassel 10.12.2020

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DECEMBER 10, 2020  ETHIOPIANEWS

Source: Reuters  – Note the full draft resolution is below.

U.S. senators seek possible sanctions over Ethiopia conflict abuses

The proposed resolution was introduced on Wednesday by Senator Ben Cardin, a Democrat, and Senator Jim Risch, a Republican.

It was the first such call by U.S. lawmakers since war between Ethiopian federal forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) broke out on Nov. 4.

The conflict is thought to have killed thousands and displaced more than 950,000 people, according to United Nations estimates, about 50,000 of them into Sudan.

Concern has mounted over reports of civilians targeted by both sides, posing a policy dilemma for the United States, which considers Ethiopia an important ally in a volatile region.

The government has said it will investigate any reports of atrocities or mass killings, but will only allow independent investigations if the government was not able to do so.

Accounts from all sides are difficult to verify because most phone lines and internet connections to the region have been down since the conflict broke out. Foreign journalists are required to have permits to leave the capital city.

The Ethiopian army has captured Tigray’s regional capital Mekelle and declared victory but TPLF leaders say they are fighting back on various fronts around the highland city.

The Senate resolution introduced by Cardin and Risch also called on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and the TPLF to cease hostilities and pursue a peaceful resolution to the war.

“The ongoing fighting in Tigray has already cost thousands of lives and created a humanitarian crisis of disastrous proportions, threatening the long-term stability not only of Ethiopia, but the entire region,” Cardin said in a statement after the resolution was introduced.

Civilians fleeing fighting in Tigray last month told Reuters that they witnessed bombing by government warplanes, shooting on the streets, and people being hacked to death with machetes.

Rights group Amnesty International said scores and probably hundreds of people were stabbed or hacked to death in the town of Mai Kadra in Tigray less than a week after the war began.

Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights commission’s initial report found that an estimated 600 civilians were killed in that attack.

RESTORING ORDER

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in Geneva on Wednesday that events in Tigray were still “worrying and volatile”.

“There is an urgent need for independent monitoring of the human rights situation in the Tigray region, all necessary measures to protect civilians, and accountability for violations,” Bachelet said.

Abiy’s spokeswoman Billene Seyoum responded that there was

“nothing volatile about Tigray or Ethiopia”.

“The federal government is well equipped and able to restore order and is undertaking such activities as cities and towns slowly return to regular activities,” she said.

Meanwhile aid groups are pressing for safe access to the northern region, which is home to more than 5 million people and where 600,000 relied on food aid even before the conflict.

The government has said it was delivering aid in areas that it controlled, but relief agencies are increasingly frustrated.

A United Nations team visiting refugees in Tigray was shot at over the weekend. The government said it had failed to stop at two checkpoints.

In response to that, another U.S. Senator, Bob Menendez said in a tweet: “Attacks on humanitarians must STOP. Refugees & all civilians must be PROTECTED.”

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres acknowledged the problems on Wednesday and said Ethiopia and the United Nations had now agreed on joint missions to assess humanitarian needs.


Source: US Senate

RISCH, CARDIN INTRODUCE RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING PEACEFUL RESOLUTION TO TIGRAY CONFLICT IN ETHIOPIA

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee that oversees civilian security, democracy and human rights, today introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front to cease all hostilities, protect the human rights of all Ethiopians, and pursue a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

“The conflict in Tigray presents a dire humanitarian situation and a direct threat to Ethiopia’s historic transition to democracy,” said Risch. “This bipartisan resolution encourages the Ethiopian federal government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front to engage in dialogue that will address grievances and pursue a peaceful and sustainable end to the conflict. A stable and democratic Ethiopia is critical to the security of the broader region, and the United States will continue to be supportive of good-faith efforts to further democratic progress.”

“The ongoing fighting in Tigray has already cost thousands of lives and created a humanitarian crisis of disastrous proportions, threatening the long-term stability not only of Ethiopia, but the entire region,” said Cardin. “For the sake of the Ethiopian people and their loved ones across the diaspora, many of whom I’m proud to represent in Maryland, the violence must stop. All parties to this conflict must work together towards reconciliation, justice, and lasting peace.”

Full text of the resolution can be found here.

US Senate Resolution on Ethiopia and Tigray

DECEMBER 9, 2020  ETHIOPIANEWS

Three reports below: AP, Reuters and CNN

Source: Associated Press

UN: Ethiopia’s conflict has ‘appalling impact on civilians’

Tigrayans who fled the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, start wood fires to prepare dinner, in front of their temporary shelters at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s situation is “spiraling out of control with appalling impact on civilians” and urgently needs outside monitoring, the United Nations human rights chief warned Wednesday, but Ethiopia is rejecting calls for independent investigations into the deadly fighting in its Tigray region, saying it “doesn’t need a baby-sitter.”

The government’s declaration came amid international calls for more transparency into the month-long fighting between Ethiopian forces and those of the fugitive Tigray regional government that is thought to have killed thousands, including civilians. At least one large-scale massacre has been documented by human rights groups, and others are feared.

Senior government official Redwan Hussein told reporters on Tuesday evening that Ethiopia will invite others for assistance only if it feels that “it failed to investigate.” To assume the government can’t carry out such probes “is belittling the government,” he said.

Frustration is growing as the northern Tigray region remains largely cut off from the outside world, with food and medicines desperately needed by the population of 6 million — some 1 million of them now thought to be displaced.

The lack of transparency, with most communications and transport links severed, has complicated efforts to verify the warring side’s claims.

It also hurts efforts to understand the extent of atrocities that have been committed since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Nov. 4 announced that fighting had begun with the TPLF, which dominated Ethiopia’s government and military for nearly three decades before he came to power and sidelined it.

Each government now regards the other as illegal, as the TPLF objects to the postponement of national elections until next year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and sees Abiy’s mandate as expired.

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said the situation is “exceedingly worrying and volatile” with fighting reported to continue in areas surrounding the Tigray capital, Mekele, and the towns of Sheraro and Axum, “in spite of government claims to the contrary.”

“We have corroborated information of gross human rights violations and abuses including indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian objects, looting, abductions and sexual violence against women and girls,” Bachelet told reporters. “There are reports of forced recruitment of Tigrayan youth to fight against their own communities.”

However, she said, with communications limited, “we have been unable to access the worst affected areas.”

Ethiopia’s government is pushing back against what it calls outside “interference,” from efforts at dialogue to delivering aid, drawing on its history as the rare African country never colonized, a source of deep national pride.

The government wants to manage aid delivery, and on Tuesday it said its forces had shot at and detained U.N. staffers who allegedly broke through checkpoints while trying to reach areas where “they were not supposed to go.”

The shooting incident “is really costly” because it further delays humanitarian operations for people in Tigray who have been waiting five weeks for aid, U.N. humanitarian spokesman Saviano Abreu told The Associated Press.

He said the six-member U.N. team, which was detained in Humera and released two days later, was the first sent into Tigray and was carrying out security assessments along roads that had been previously agreed upon with Ethiopia’s government. Such assessments are crucial before aid can be moved in.

“Now we have to work out additional operational details with the government,” especially on security, Abreu said, repeating the U.N.’s call for unfettered, unconditional access.

The shooting occurred a week after the U.N. and the government signed a deal to allow humanitarian access. The deal, crucially, allows aid only in areas under federal government control.

The need for aid is critical. Mekele, a city of a half-million people, is “basically today without medical care,” the director-general of the International Committee for the Red Cross, Robert Mardini, told reporters on Tuesday. The city’s Ayder Referral Hospital has run out of supplies, including fuel to power generators.

“Doctors and nurses have been forced to make horrible life and death decisions,” Mardini said. “They suspended intensive care services and are really struggling to take care like delivering babies or providing dialysis treatment.”

A joint ICRC-Ethiopian Red Cross convoy with supplies for hundreds of wounded people is ready to go to Mekele, pending approval, he said. It would be the first international convoy to reach the city since the fighting began.

While the risk of insecurity remains in the Tigray capital, there is no active fighting, Mardini said.

Overall, he said, “People in Tigray have been cut off from services for nearly a month. They have had no phone, no Internet, no electricity and no fuel. Cash is running out. This of course adds to the tension.”


Source: Reuters

Ethiopia volatile with fighting, ethnic profiling of Tigrayans – U.N. rights boss

GENEVA (Reuters) – The situation in Ethiopia is “worrying and volatile” as fighting in the Tigray region continues amid reports of ethnic profiling of Tigrayans including in Addis Ababa, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday.

“We have reports that particularly areas surrounding towns like Mekelle, Sherero, Axum, Abiy Addi, and the borders between the Amhara and Tigray regions, fighting continues between federal forces and the TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front), and affiliated militias on both sides,” Bachelet told a news conference in Geneva.

“There is an urgent need for independent monitoring of the human rights situation in the Tigray region, all necessary measures to protect civilians, and accountability for violations.”

Reuters has been unable to verify claims by either side in the conflict since phone and internet connections to the Tigray region are down and access to the area is strictly controlled.


Source: CNN

CNN uncovers reality for refugees on the Ethiopia-Sudan border

CNN hears testimony from refugees at the Sudan-Ethiopia border, all of whom say they were targeted because of their Tigray ethnicity. CNN also heard from a member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front that the majority of the forces operating in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are from Eritrea, suggesting that one of the international community’s biggest fears – regional contagion – is already happening. CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports.
Wednesday, 09 December 2020 15:58

“Eritrean troops seen in Ethiopian uniforms”

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DECEMBER 9, 2020  ETHIOPIANEWS

Source: Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-08/suspected-eritrean-troop-sightings-suggest-wider-ethiopia-war?utm_source=url_link

Possible Eritrea Troop Sightings Signal Wider Ethiopia Fight

Bloomberg News8 December 2020, 13:05 GMTUpdated on 8 December 2020, 13:30 GMT

  • UN teams saw soldiers dressed in Eritrean uniforms in Tigray
  • Eastern neighbor at odds with Tigrayans since 1998 border war

United Nations security teams evaluating the situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have observed troops wearing Eritrean uniforms moving in the area, according to people familiar with the matter.

The observations follow claims by Tigrayan leaders that they’ve been battling Eritrean soldiers inside their territory since clashes between Ethiopian government forces and Tigrayan fighters erupted last month. The presence of Eritrean troops would suggest the conflict, which the Ethiopian government has characterized a domestic issue, has gone regional.

UN teams saw troops dressed in Eritrean military outfits last week in western Tigray, en route to the town of Shire, one of the people said, asking not to be identified because they’re not authorized to speak to the media. A second person said soldiers wearing Eritrean uniforms were seen in the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle, and west of the city, though the observers couldn’t fully verify their findings.

A third person said regional security sources had also reported Eritrean troops on the roads that lead from Eritrea’s border to the northern Tigray towns of Adwa and Adrigat.

‘False Claims’

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s spokeswoman, Billene Seyoum, didn’t respond to a request for comment sent by email. At the onset of the conflict, Abiy accused the Tigray People’s Liberation Front of manufacturing uniforms resembling those of Eritrea’s army to “implicate the Eritrean government in false claims of aggression against the people of Tigray.”

Eritrea’s government hasn’t commented on whether its forces are involved in the conflict and Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel didn’t respond to emailed questions. Catherine Sozi, the UN resident coordinator in Ethiopia, said she couldn’t immediately comment as she was unaware of the security-team reports.

A foreign diplomat and a humanitarian-aid official said Eritrean troops are suspected to have entered Ethiopia to abduct refugees at four camps in Tigray that house Eritreans suspected of being anti-government activists. Last month, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told reporters in Sudan that such treatment of refugees would constitute “major violations of international norms.”

Meron Estefanos, director of the Eritrean Initiative on Refugee Rights, said by phone she had spoken to at least one refugee who said they had been taken by Eritrean forces across the border to a hospital in Eritrea and were not allowed to return to Tigray.

Counter Narrative’

Abiy has stressed that the conflict in Tigray is an “internal affair,” and described the incursion into Tigray as a “law-enforcement operation.”

Any Eritrean involvement would run “counter to the entire narrative that the Abiy government has sought to create around this conflict: that it is limited in scope, that it is law-enforcement only and that it is entirely domestic,” said Cameron Hudson, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center.

The TPLF, the ruling party in Tigray until last month’s incursion, has repeatedly accused Eritrean forces of crossing the border and aiding the Ethiopian federal army. Tigrayan forces fired ballistic missiles at Eritrea in retaliation on at least two occasions since the conflict began.

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has been at odds with the TPLF since 1998, when a dispute over territory sparked a two-year war with Ethiopia. The fighting left tens of thousands of people dead and didn’t officially end until two years ago, when Abiy signed a peace accord with Isaias — an action for which Abiy received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Prior to that conflict, Eritrean and Tigrayan forces fought together to overthrow the Marxist Derg regime that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 until 1987.

In addition to sharing a border, Tigray and Eritrea have a similar language and culture. While there have been calls for a greater Tigrinya-speaking nation by Tigrayans in the past, Eritrea’s government is opposed to the idea.

— With assistance by Paul Richardson

US official among sources saying soldiers from Eritrea are fighting in operations against Tigray People’s Liberation Front

A woman at Um Raquba refugee camp in Gedaref, eastern Sudan, balancing matting, a blanket and a box on her head as she walks past white tents
A refugee who fled the Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict carries distributed supplies at Um Raquba refugee camp in Gedaref, eastern Sudan. Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

A US official and other diplomatic sources have backed accusations that Eritrean soldiers are fighting alongside Ethiopian troops to help Abiy Ahmed’s government in the war on the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), complicating an already dangerous conflict.

The claims made to Reuters, which interviewed several unidentified diplomats in the region and a US official, follow mounting allegations by Tigrayan leaders that Eritrea, long a rival of Ethiopia, had joined with Ethiopian forces against a common enemy despite denials from both nations.

According to some accounts, thousands of Eritrean troops have joined the conflict during the last month of fighting, while Tigrayan forces have admitted rocketing the Eritrean capital, Asmara.

While refugees crossing into Sudan have also made similar claims, confirmation has been complicated by the lack of access for outsiders, including media, and the cutting of communications to the region.

Earlier this month the regional president of Tigray, Debretsion Gebremichael, accused Eritrean forces of mass looting.

According to the report, evidence of Eritrean involvement cited in the US view of the month-long war includes satellite images, intercepted communications and anecdotal reports from the Tigray region.

“There doesn’t appear to be a doubt anymore. It’s being discussed by US officials on calls – that the Eritreans are in Tigray – but they aren’t saying it publicly,” the US government source, who has been privy to the internal calls, told Reuters.

The latest allegations follow an incident on Sunday when a UN security team attempting to visit a camp for those displaced in the fighting reportedly encountered uniformed Eritrean troops during an incident in which they were shot at and detained.

Troops suspected of being Eritrean have also allegedly been spotted in the regional capital Mekelle, said a resident and two diplomats in touch with the city’s inhabitants.

Some were reported to be in Eritrean uniforms, one of the diplomats said. Others wore Ethiopian uniforms, but spoke Tigrinya with an Eritrean accent and drove trucks without license plates, the resident told Reuters.

The US assessment creates a potential policy predicament as Washington views Ethiopia as a major ally in the volatile Horn of Africa but accuses Eritrea of severe rights abuses.

A senior diplomat from another country concurred, saying “thousands” of Eritrean soldiers were believed to be engaged.

The US state department did not confirm the US conclusions, although a spokesman said it would view any proven Eritrean involvement with great concern and that its embassy in Asmara was urging restraint to officials.

Contacted on Saturday, Eritrea’s foreign minister, Osman Saleh Mohammed, said: “We are not involved. It’s propaganda.”

Claims by all sides are near-impossible to verify because most communications to Tigray are down, and the government tightly controls access.

Abiy won a Nobel peace prize last year for making peace with Eritrea, but the presence of Eritrean troops on Ethiopian soil would alarm western allies. Ethiopia hosts the African Union, its security services work with western allies, and its troops serve in peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and Somalia.

Eritrea has for years faced accusations of large-scale rights abuses, including jailing opponents and forcing citizens into lengthy military or government service. It accuses western powers of smear campaigns and luring Eritreans abroad, which they deny.

Ethiopia-Eritrea ties were mostly icy under the TPLF-dominated government that ruled Ethiopia for nearly three decades in increasingly autocratic fashion before Abiy took office in 2018.

The TPLF claims to have killed and captured large numbers of Eritrean troops in the last month, but has provided no evidence.

It has fired rockets into Eritrea at least four times, the US state department says. Eritrean troops are believed to have entered Ethiopia in mid-November through three northern border towns: Zalambessa, Rama and Badme.

The diplomatic sources and the US government source did not have information on the numbers Washington believes have crossed, nor on their weapons or role in the war.

Ethiopian officials have accused the TPLF of manufacturing fake Eritrean uniforms to bolster their claims and increase pressure on the government to accept international mediation. The TPLF denies this.

Source=Diplomats back claims Eritrean troops have joined Ethiopia conflict | Ethiopia | The Guardian

DECEMBER 7, 2020  ETHIOPIANEWS

Eritrean refugees are pouring out of the UN camps in which they have been living, to escape being engulfed in the fighting in Tigray.

They have been targeted by Eritrean forces who are fighting alongside the Ethiopian Federal forces. Eritrean refugees are reported to have been forcibly returned to Eritrea, or even put into uniform and sent to the frontline.

Reports from the Adi Harush refugee camp says that many fear for their safety. They are staying up all night, to try to prevent attacks and abductions from the camp.

Adi Harush is the most southerly of the camps in Tigray and was home to over 32,000 Eritrean refugees before the fighting, who fled from their country to escape its repressive conditions.

Four camps held 96,000 refugees before the fighting began on 4th of November; it’s unclear how many remain. There are few remaining supplies of food, and fuel and water are scarce.

Some of those leaving the camps are heading for Gondar, others for Bahir Dar – the capital of the neighbouring Amhara region, and then finally on to Addis Ababa.

To get as far as Gondar they each pay 200 birr for a car.  Those that cannot afford the fare are having to walk.

Eritrean refugees – some from the camps and others who were integrated into the Tigrayan – are also making their way to Addis Ababa. Hundreds have already arrived and are having to find homes and support to get by.

Eritrean aid agencies are calling on the UNHCR to extend protection and assistance to the refugees wherever they flee to.

The camps are increasingly unsafe – a point underlined when UN security team came under fire today while in the vicinity of a camp.

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ኤርትራውያን ን30 ዓመታት መሪር  ቃልሲ ኣካይድናን ኩሉቲ ቃልሲ ዝሓቶ ዋጋ ከፊልናን ነጻነትና ኣውሒስና። ሞሳቲ ዝኸፈልናዮ ከቡር ዋጋን መሪር ቃልስን ግና ኣይረኸብናን። እኳ ደኣ ድሕሪ ናጽነትና እውን ደረጃታቱ ደኣ ይፈላለ እምበር ብሰንክቲ ሕድሪ ሰማእታትን መብጸዓ ህዝብን ጠሊሙ ስልጣን ዝበሓተ ጉጅለ ካብ ግዜ ናብ ግዜ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ኣይቀሰናን።

ከምቲ “ንበዓል ነጐዳስ ሓዊ ደብሶ” ዝበሃል፡ ህዝብና እቲ ተጻዒንዎ ዘሎ በደል ውሒድዎስ፡ እነሆ ሎሚ እውን ኣብ ክንዲ ካብ ተመኩሮኡ ዝመሃር ንግጉይ መሊሱ ዝደገም ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ፣ ኣብቲ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝካየደ ዘሎ ውግእ ስለ ዝኣተወ ሻቕሎትን ስእነትን ህዝብና ዝያዳ ዓሪጉ ኣሎ። እዚ ናይ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ኣብቲ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ውግእ ኣዳዕዲዑ ምስታፉ፡ ወዮ ደኣ “ኮይኑ” ክብሉኻ እንከለዉ ምስንባድ ንቡር ኮይኑ እምበር፡ ብፍላይ ንዓና ነቶም ኣንጻር ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ንሕያሎ ዓመታት ክንቃለስ ዝጸንሕና ኣካላት ዝተጸበናዮ ደኣ እምበር ሃንደበት ኣይኮነን። እቲ ጉጅለ እውን ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንዒቕዎ ዲዩ፡ ወይስ እንታይ ይብል ከምዘሎ ጠፊእዎ፡ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ዘቤታዊ ሓላፍነቱ ጠንጢኑ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያዊ ዛዕባ ኣጓድ ሓዊ ምዃኑ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ መድረኻት ነጊሩና እዩ። ብግብሪ ከኣ ዓለም ብግብሩ ትግረም ኣላ። ካብ እቶም ዝሕግዞም ዘሎ ዝመስሎም ዝነበረ ኢትዮጵያውያን እውን ብዙሓት በቲ ተግባሩ የጉረምርሙ ኣለዉ።

ናይ ጉጅለ ኢሳያስ ኣብዚ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ውግእ ኢድ ምእታው ሳዕቤኑን ማህሰይቱን ብብዙሕ መዳያት ዝግለጽ እዩ። ንዕምቆቱ ብዝምልከት ከኣ ብዓብይኡ ንኤርትራዊ ልኡላውነት ኣብ ሓደጋ ዘእቱን ስዑራት ንዝነበሩ ገዝእቲ ኤርትራ፣ መሊሶም ክበራበሩ ዘተባብዕን እዩ።  ካብቲ ሳዕቤናት ሓደን ኣዛራቢ ኮይኑ ዘሎን  ከኣ፡ ብሓፈሻ ጉዳይ ኤርትራውያ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ፡  ብፍላይ ከኣ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝጸንሑን ዘለዉን ኤርትራውያን እዩ። ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዘለዉ፡ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ነቲ ብዶ/ር ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ዝምራሕ ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ተጐዝጒዙን ኣደናጊሩን ክሃስዮም ዝደሊ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ደረጃታት መነባብሮ ዝርከቡ እዮም። ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ነዊሕ ዓመታት ዝተቐመጡን ቁጠባውን ማሕበራውን ህይወቶም ዝመርሑ ዘለዉ ምናልባት እውን ኣብኡ ዝተወልዱ እሞ ንምምሕዳር ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ዘይፈልጥዎ ብዙሓት እዮም። ኣብ ሃገሮም ኣተሓሳስባኦም ከየንጸባርቑ ዝተነፍጎም ናይ ዝተፈላለያ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን ሰልፍታትን ኣባላት እውን ኣለዉ። ስደተኛታት ኮይኖም በቲ ቅድም ዝነበረ ፖሊሲ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ጉዳይ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ተፈቒድሎም ኣብ ዝተፈላለያ ከተማታት ኢትዮጵያ ዝነብሩን ኣብ ዩኒቨርሲቲታት ዝመሃሩን ስደተኛታት እውን ኣካል እዚ እዮም። ብዓብይኡ ከኣ ኣብተን ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዘለዋ 6ተ መደበራት ስድተኛ ኣብ ትሕቲ ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ዝተዓቖቡ ኣለዉ።

ካብተን 6ተ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዘለዋ መደበር ስደተኛታት ኤርትራውያን፡ ሽመልባ፡ ሕንጻጽ፡ ማይ ዓይንን ዓዲ ሓርሽን ኣብ ትግራይ እሞ ድማ ኣብቲ ሓያል ውግእ ዝተኻየደሉን ገና ዘይዓረፈን ከባቢ እየን ዝርከባ። ነዘን መደበር ስደተኛታት ዘመሓድሩን መሰረታዊ ጠልባት ዘቕርቡ ዝነበሩ ሰራሕተኛታትን በቲ ውግእ ስለ ዝተጸልዉ ነብሶም ከውጽኡ ነተን መደበራት ገዲፈምወን ከይዶም እዮም። ኣብዚ መደበራት ብሰንኪ እቲ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ውግእ ኩሉ ዓይነት መራኽብታት ስለ ዝበኾረ፡ ቤተሰብ ስደተኛታት፡ ሓለፍቲ ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት፡ ሰብ መዚ ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ዓለም ለኸ ማሕበር ቀይሕ መስቀልን ሓያሎ ተሰማዕነት ዘለወን ሃገራትን ሻቕለቶም ይገልጹ ኣለዉ። መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ናብቶም ስደተኛታት ዘብጽሕ መንገድታትን ናይ ርክብ መሳለጥታትን ክኸፍት ብብዙሕ ኩርነዓት ምሕጽንታ ቀሪብሉ ክነሱ ተግባራዊ ምላሹ ኣዝዩ ዘገምታዊ ኮይኑ ኣሎ። 

ኣብዚ መደበር ስደተኛታትን ከባብታትን ውግእ ስለ ዝተኸፍተ በቲ ውግእ ዝሞቱን ዝተወግኡን ስደተኛታት ከም ዘለዉ ተረጋጊጹ ኣሎ። ናይቶም ስደተኛታት ሞባይላት፡ ስልማት ወርቅን ካልእ ክቡር ናውትን በቶም ኣብቲ ከባቢ ዘለዉ መንነቶም ዘይተፈልጡ ከም ዝተራሰየ እውን መርተዖታት ኣለዉ። ካብቶም ስደተኛታት ብዙሓት ገሊኦም ናብ ሱዳን ገሊኦም ከኣ ናብ ማእከል ኢትዮጵያ ዝሃደሙ ኣለዉ። ኣብ ጉዕዝኦም ግዳያት ዝኾኑ እውን ኣለዉ። ብዕድመ ዝደፍኡን ኣዴታትን ህጻናትን ከኣ ዓቕሚ ስኢኖም ብዓቕሊ ጽበት ተዋሒጦም መፍትሒ ይጽበዩ ኣለዉ።

እቲ ስግኣት ውግእን ኣብተን መደበራት መሰረታዊ ቀረብ ምብኳርን ጥራይ ኣይኮነን። ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ እውን ምስ ወተሃደራት ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ተሻሪኹ፡ ንስደተኛታት ዝምልከት ፖሊሲ ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ጉዳይ ስደተኛታትን ጥሒሱ፡ ነቶም ብሰንኩ ዝተሰዱ ኤርትራውያን ብሓይሊ ናብ ኤርትራ ክመልሶም ይንቀሳቐስ ኣሎ። ዝተፈላለየ ኣሃዛት እንዳጠቐሱ እቲ ኣገዲድካ ምምላስ ከም ዝተተግበረ ዝእምቱ ወገናት እውን ኣለዉ። ብዶ/ር ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ዝምራሕ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ከኣ፡ ልቃሕ ናይቲ ኢሳያስ ዝዘረየሉ ዘሎ ክመልስ ክብል፡ ርእዩ ከምይዘይረኣየ ኮይኑ ንጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ከምዘይዕንቅፎ ርዱእ እዩ።

 ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ወትሩ ጉዳይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጉዳዩ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሰሙናት ኣብ ዘካየዶ ህጹጽ ኣኼባ ማእከላይ ባይቶኡ፡ “ነዚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ወሪዱዎ ዘሎ ሕሰም ተረዲኦም ዓቕሞም ዝፈቕዶ ሓገዝ ካብ ዝገብሩ ገበርቲ ሰናይ ጐረባብቲ መንግስታት ኢትዮጵያን ሱዳንን ዝጥቀሳ እየን። ብፍላይ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ብዝሒ ዘለዎም ዜጋታትና ኣብ ዝተፈላለያ ከተማታትን ዞባታትን ተበቲኖም ምህላዎም ዝፍለጥ ኰይኑ፡ እቶም ዝበዝሑ ድማ ኣብ ትግራይ ኣብ ዝርከባ ዝተፈላለያ መዓስከራት ኢዮም ዝነብሩ ዘለዉ።  ምስ ተፈጢሩ ዘሎ ሓድሽ ናይ ውግእ ኩነታት ሃለዋት ዜጋታትና ኣብ ከቢድ ፈተና ከምዝወደቐ ዘጠራጥር ኣይኰነን። ኢሉ ኣሎ። ስለዚ ሕጂ እውን ደጊምና እቲ ሓድገኛ ጉጅለ ነዚ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ተፈጢሩ ዘሎ ዕግርግር ተጠቒሙ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝነብሩ ኤርትራውያን በደልን ጭውያን ከየካይድ ግቡእ ሓለዋ ንክገብር ንፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ኣትሪርና ንምሕጸን። እዚ ጉዳይ ዝምልከቶም ዞባውን ዓለምለኻውን ሰብኣዊ ትካላት ከምቲ ጀሚረምዎ ዘለዉ፡ ብዘለዎም ዓቕሚ መሰል ኤርትራዊ ዜጋታትን ስደተኛታትን ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ክሕለው ክጽዕቱ ንጽውዕ። ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ከኣ ብንዋታዊ ሓገዝን ሞራላዊ ምትብባዕን ኣብ ጐኒ እዞም ኣብ ጨንቂ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ክንስለፍ ግቡእና ምዃኑ ደጊምና ነዘኻኽር።

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ገድሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ባዕዲ ንናጽነትን ሓርነትን ኢሉ ን 30 ዓመታት ክኸይድ ከሎ፡ ኣብ 1975-1976 ኣቢሉ ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ትግራይ ደሓር ህወሓት ኣብ ውሽጢ መሬት እየን ቓልሰን ብሓገዝ ጀብሃ ኣንጻር ደርግ ዝጀመራ።ናይ እቲ ግዜ ዝዓበየ ስፍሓት ዝርጋሔ ምንቕስቓስ  ስለዝነበራ ተሓኤ ኣብ ከባቢ ባድመ እቲ ህወሓት ክኣትውዎን ነቲ ተቐማጢ ህዝቢ ከማሕድርዎን ብምድላይ ዘይምርድዳእን ናብ ጎንጺ ዘምረሐ እዩ ነይሩ ኣብ መወዳእታ 1979።

  እዝን ካልእን ዘይምርድዳእ ዝነበሮም ምኽንያት ብምግባርን፡ እታ ኢሰያስ ዝመርሓ ህ ግንባር ነዛ ነቓዕ ብምስትብሃል ሓድሽ ዝምድና ምስ ህወሓት ዝተጀመረሉ እዩ ነይሩ። ብእኡ መሰረትዩ ኢሰያስ ከም ሜላ ነታ ባድመ ህወሓት ከመሓድርዋ ዝሃቦም። ስዒቡ እውን ብ 1985 ብመሰረት ሓበሬታ ካብ እቶም ማእከላይ መሪሕነት ህዝባዊ  ግንባር ዝነበሩ ዝበሉ ብዕሊ ባድመ ንህወሓት ከም እተዋህበት ብኢሰያስ ተገሊጹሎም። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ነታ ግንቦት 24 1991 ናጽነቱ ክብሰር እንከሎ ፡ ግቡእ እዩ'ውን ክሕጎስ። እንተኾነ ጎደሎ ባድመ ኢና ነጻነት ዝረኸብና፡ስለምንታይ?

 እቲ መስርሕ ረፈረንዱም ተባሂሉ ንክልተ ዓመት ዝኸደ ጉዕዞ ኣብ ክንዲ ሃገራዊ ዕርቒቂ ፈጢርካ ሃገራዊ ሓድነት ዝፍጠር ነቶም ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ዝኣተዉ ስልጣኖም ንኸደልድሉ፡ ብካልኣይ እዛ ነጻ እትኸውን ዘለ ኤርትራ በቲ ግዚያዊ ቕዋም ኢትዮጵያ ዝንደፍ ዘሎ ምርኩስ ብምግባር፡ኤርትራ ካብ ዓባይ ኢትዮጵያ ከም እትግንጸል ዘላ ብዘስምዕ ነቲ ገዛኢ ሓይሊ ኢትዮጵያ ( ህወሓት) ጉልባብ ክኾኖም ዝብል ድራማ ተኻይዱ 1993  ውጽኢት ረፈረንዱም ኤርትራ ኣህጉራዊ ተፈላጥነት ረኺባ ተባሂልና። እዚ'ኣ እውን ካልኣይቲ ጌጋ ጎደሎ ልዕላዊት መሬት ባድመ ተፈጺሙ፡ስለምንታይ?

    ኣብተን ሸውዓተ ዓመታት ዝኸደ ጉዕዞ ግዝያዊ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ብዙሕ እዃ እንተ ዘይተኻየደ ሓደ ካብ'ቲ ዝልለ ምምስራት ናይ ቕዋም ኮሚሽንን መስርሑን ኣብ መወዳእታ'ውን ከም'ቲ ዝረኣናዮ ኣብ ተግባር ክትውዕል ኣይተኻእለን፡ስለምንታይ?

  እቲ ኩሉ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘይተጸበዮ ድቦላ ውግእ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ብምኽንያት ባድመ ብዘስምዕ ተወሊዑ። ኩሉ ሳዕቤን ናይ ውግእ ርእይናዮ ልዕሊ 20 ሽሕ መንእሰይና ኣጥፊእና። ኣማኢት ኣሻሓት ህዝብና ካብ ቦታኡ ተዘናቢሉ።ኣብ መወዳእታ ከም'ቲ ኩሉ ግዜ ኣብ ጣውላ ኮፍ ኢልካ ዝፍታሕ እቲ ጉዳይ'ውን ስምምዕ፡ ኣልጀርስ ይሕብረና። ብመሰረት እዚ እውን ናይ ዶብ ኮሚሽን ኣብ 2002 ናይ መወዳእታን ቐያድን ዝብል ውሳኔ ኣሕሊፉ እዚ'ውን ከይጀመረ ጸገማት ክርኤ ጀሚሩ። ከም'ቲ ዝረእናዮ ብዘየገድስ ኣበይ ከይዱ መስመራት ምሕንጻጽ ዶባት ነቲ ውሳኔ እንተ ዘይተቐበልኩሞ ንዘተ ኣይኮንኩን ድሉው ክብል ከሎ ብወገን መንግስቲ ኢሰያስ፡ እቲ በውገን ኢትዮጵያ ዝመርሕ ኢህወደግ ብፍላይ ኢቲ መለስ ዝመርሖ ጉጅለ  ህወሓት  እቲ ተበይኑ ዘሎ ዓድን ቤተ-ክርስትያን፣ መቓብርን ዝስንጥቕ ስለዝኾነ መጀመርታ ኮፍ ክንብል የድሊ ዝብል ነጥቢ የልዕሉ ነይሮም።እዚ ክልተ ነገራት ግን ብሰፊሑ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብፍላይ ድማ ንመንእሰይ ኤርትራ ሃሳይ ኮይኑ ደረት ዘይብሉ ኣገልግሎት ( ባርነት) ነዚ ንምብንጣስ ድማ እንቢ ኢሉ ሃጽ ኢሉ ናብ ጎረባብትን ርሑቕ ሃገራትን ብኣሽሓት ክስደድ ተራእዩ።

  ኣብ'ዚ ክልተኦም መንግስታት ኣብ ሓደ ነጥቢ ነይሮም። ኢሰያስ ነታ መለስ ዝሓዛ መርገጽ ብምምዝማዝ ከይወጹ ኣይንዛተን ኢሉ ነቲ ሰፊሕ ዝተደናገረ ህዝቢ ከሲቡዎ ፡ከም መጻልኢ ፖለቲካ ሰሪሑላ፡እዚ'ኣ እያ እታ ሎሚ ሕራይ ገበሮም ኣብይ ዝብል ሸነኽ ዘሎ፡ እቲ ብወገን መለስ ( ህወሓት) ነዚኣ እንተ ተቐቢልናያ ንኢሰያስ ኣንበሳ ክንገብሮ ማለት እዩ ዝብልን፡ኣብ ውሽጢ ኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲካ ድማ ነቲ ውግእ ባድመ ክሳብ ኣስመራ ዘይኣተኹም ኢሎም ዝኸሱዎም ጉጅለ ኣምሓራን ሎሚ ምስ ዶክተር ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ዘለው ካልኣይ ከይክሰሱ ኣይ ውግእ ኣይ ሰላም ንህዝብና ሸኸም ኮይኑዎ ጸኒሑ።

  እቲ ኢትዮጵያ ካብ 1991 ጅሚሩ ክሳብ ምምጻእ መንግስቲ ኣብይ፡ ምስ ናትና ከነነጻጽሮ ከለና ሰማይን ምድርን ክኸውን ከሎ፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ብዙሕ ምዕብልናታት ዘርኣየት ብኹሉ መዳያት ከም ምዃና ኩሉ ተዓዛቢ ዝምስክሮ እዩ። ዋላ ኢሰያስ 'ውን ኣብ መገሻኡ ናብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ፣ ኣዋሳ ከምኡውን ባህር ዳር ከረጋግጾ ዝኽእል ምዃኑ ብሩህ እዩ።

ብፖለቲካዊ መዳይ ብፍላይ ክንርእዮ ከለና እቲ ኤትኒክ ፈደራሊዝም እንብሎ፡ ዋላ እኳ ብውሕዱ ንገለ ብሄራት መሰል ናይ ምምሕዳርን ዝዛረብኦ ቛንቃታት ልዕል ዝበለ ቦታ እንተ ተረኽበ ኣብ ሓደ ፍትሕን ዲሞክራስን ዝተመስረተ ቕዋም ብዘይምኽታሎም ብዙሕ ሓጎጽጎጽ ተራእዩን፡ብብልሽውና እውን ኣብ ልዕል ዝበለ ፖለቲካዊ ቕልውላው ኣብ 2015 ብዝያዳ ዝተራእየሉን ብዙሓት ፖለቲካ ባእታትን፣ ናይ መድያ ሓለፍትን ምእሰርትን ህዝባዊ ናዕቢ ዝተላዕለ ምምጻእ ናይ ኣብይ ኣሕመድ  መራሒ ኢህወደግ ክኸውን በቒዑ።

  ብወገን ኤርትራ  ድማ ሓደ እቲ ብመንግስቲ እቲ ዝምድና ኣይ ውግእ ኣይሰላም ብምንባሩ፡ እቲ ብወገን ደንበ ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ ኣብ ውሽጢ  ኢትዮጵያ ድማ ክልተ መድረኻት እዩ ሓሊፉ፡እቲ ሓደ ኣብ መንጎ ናይ መለስ ናይ ኢሰያስ መንግስትን ጽቡቕ ዝምድና ክሳብ እቲ ውግእ ባድመ ዝጅመር ስለዝነበረ ንገለ ኣባላት ውድባት መራሕትን ካድራትን ኤርትራ ንህግደፍ ኣሕሊፎም ስለዝሃብዎ ዝተሃድነን ዝተእስረን ነይሩ እዩ። እቲ ብድሕሪ ናይ ውግእ ናይ ክልቲኡ ሃገራት ግን ናይ መለስ መንግስቲ ንኤርትራዊ ደንበ ተቓውሞ ርኽክባትን ሓገዛትን ገይርሉ ኢዩ።ብፍላይ ድማ ነቲ ስደተኛ ኤርትራዊ ብዙሕ ሓገዝ ገይርሉ። ካልኣይ ነታ ኤርትራ ልዕላውነት ዝተቐበልዋ ኢዮም ነይሮም ብጀካ ሓደ ሓደ ዘንባዕ መርገጻት።ብኣጠቓላሊ ክርእዮ ከለኹ ንደንበ ተቓውሞ ኣብ ክንዲ ምድጋፍ መቓቒሎሞ፡ኣዳኺሞሞ፡በቲ ናቶም ፖለቲካ ኣተሓሳስባ "ኤትኒክ ፈደራሊዝም" ክሰርዕዎ ፈቶኖምን ንኻልኦት ሃገራውያን  ውድባትን ሰልፍታትን ወጋኒ መንገዲ ወሲዶም ነጺሎመን ዝብል እምነት ኣለኒ።

   እዚ ዝተረኽበ ሓድሽ ለውጢ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኢትዮጵያ ነቲ ፖለቲካ ስልጣን ዝለዓለ እጃም ዝነበሮ ህወሓት ካብ ማእከል መንግስቲ ኣልዩ ናብ ክልል ትግራይ ክሰግሮ ከሎ ኩሉ ሓጥያትን ብልሽውናን ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ተሸከምትን ተሓመይትን ክኾኑ ነቶም  ብፍላይ ብወገን ኣምሓራ ዝያዳ ዕድል ከፊቱሎም። እቲ ኢህወደግ ኣፍሪስካ ብልጽግና ሰልፊ ምምስራት'ውን ነቶም ዓባይ ኢትዮጵያ ወይ ኣሃዳዊ ክምስረት ኣለዎ ዝብሉ ሓደ ዝዕንቕፎም ሓይሊ ጥርኑፍን ናይ ህዝቦም ተቐባልነት ዘለዎም ህወሓት ስለ ዝኾኑ እዚኦም ክዳኸሙሉን ክንጽልዎም ጉጅለ ምዃኑ ዘብርህ ወይ ዝሕብር ምንባሩ ከም ኤርትራውያን ዝተዓዘብናዮ ጉዳይ እዩ።

ምምጻእ ናይ ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ኣብ 2018 ግን ብቐጥታ ንኤርትራ ዝጸሉ ብዘይ ቕድመ-ኩነት ነቲ ውዕል ኣልጀርስ ክቕበሎ እየ ብምባል ምስ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ናይ ሰላም ውዕላት ህዝቢ ብዘይፈልጦ ክሳብ ሕጂ ተኻይዱ።ኣብ'ዚ እታ ቐንዲ ነጥቢ ብጉዳይ ባድመ እንተ ዘይወጺእኩም ካብ ባድመ ኣይንዛተን ኢሉ ንመለስ መንግስቲ ዝሃቦ ቓል ኣብይ ኣሕመድ 'ውን ከይወጸ ናብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ፣ ኣዋሳ ጉዕዞ ርእይና፣ ብምቕጻል ኣብ ቲቪ- ኤረ ጉዳይ ባድመ ኣገዳሲ ኣይኮነን ድማ ኢሉ ነጊሩና።  ኣስዕብ ኣቢሉ ገይም ኢዝ ኦቨር ድርብይ ኣቢሉዋ።

እቲ ሰላምን ስምምዕን ግን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ረብሓ ኣይረኸበሉን፣ እቲ ስምምዕ  " ናይ ጸላኢየይ ጸላኢ ፈታዊየይ" ዝብል ተኸቲሎም ክልቲኦም መራሕቲ ንህወሕትን ብምስዓብ 'ውን ህዝቢ ትግራይ ምንብርካኽ ዝተጠጀኤ ምዃኑ ብሩህ ዝገብሮ እዚ ሎሚ እንርእዮ ዘለና "ሕጊ ምኽባር" ብዝብል ምስምስ ሓደ መንግስቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ናቱ ህዝቢ ዝብሎ ኩናት ኣውጅሉ፡ ናይ ኤርትራ ኣብቲ ውግእ ምእታው እውን ደሓን  ይእቶ ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ኣብ መግለጺኡ ሳላ ዓቢ ሓገዝ ናይ ኤርትራ መንግስቲ ተዓዊትና ኢሉ ነጊሩና።

 ሕጂ እዚ ጉዳይ ናበይ ኢዩ ዝብል ኣካታዒ ኣርእስቲ ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራውያን ምህልዉ ጽቡቕ እዩ በሃላይ ክኸውን ከለኹ፡ እቲ ነጥቢ ክንሕዞ ዘለና ግን ካብ ውልቃዊ ነጥቢ ወጺእና ብሃገር ወይ ብኤርትራዊ ሃገራዊ ረብሓ ክንርእዮ ክንክእል ዝጽውዓና ግዜ እዩ ዘለናዮ። እቶም ክኢላታት ነዚ ኣርእስቲ፡ እቶም ተቓወምቲ ውድባትን ሰልፍታትን ሎሚ እዩ ነቲ እትቓልስዎ መስመር ወይ ኣብ ኤርትራዊ ረብሓ ዘለኩም ርእይቶን  ፖለቲካዊ መርገጽኩምን እተነጽርሉ፣ እቶም ባይቶ ይኣክል ድማ ናብ'ቲ ዝምልከተኩምን ዝውክለኩም ከተማ ንህዝቢ ዝተደናገረ ይኹን ዝቓወም ምልዕዓል ዘድልየኩም፡ እቲ ፖለቲካ ንዝምልከቶ እንተኾነ ካብ ምድብላቕ ንድሕን።

  ኣብ ምድምዳም እቲ ውግእ ናብ ትግራይ ዝተሓጽረ ጥራሕ ኣይኮነን፡እንታይደኣ እታ ኣሃዳዊት ኢትዮጵያ ትምስሊ ዝሰዓርናዮም ትምክሕታውያን ሎሚ ዓሰብ፡ ምጽዋዕ ናብ ዶብ ዝኸይድ ሰራዊት ብለይቲ/  ብኮቪድ-19 ምኽንያት ብምግባር ህዝቢ ኣጸልሚትካ፣ ነፈርቲ ብብዝሒ ንመዓልቲ ካብ ኢትዮጵያ ቱሪስትስ ዘይኮኑስ ወተሃደራት ዝራገፉላ፡ኣብ ጥቓ ዶባት ዘሎ ህዝብና ቦምብ ዝወድቐሎምን መግቢ ንወተሃደራት ኢትዮጵያ ዝገብርሉን፡ኣብ ውሽጢ ትግራይ ዝቖሰሉ ኤርትራውያን ወተሃደራት ብግሉጽ ዘሎ፡ እዚ ጉጅለ ኢትዮጵያ ብዝያዳ ነታ ዝኸሰራ ኤርትራ ንምምላስን፡እቲ ኣቶ ኢሰያስ " ክልተ ህዝቢ እዮም ኢሉ ዝሓስብን ዝዛረብን ታሪኽ ዘይፈልጥ እዩ" ዝበለና እታ ናይ ኩላትና ኤርትራ ልዕላዊት ሃገራዊ ረብሓ ካብ ናይ ህግደፍ ረብሓ  ዝዓበየ ብምዃኑ እቲ ናይ ብልጽግና ዕንደራ ቕድሚ ናብ ኤርትራ ምኻዱ ኣብ ትግራይ ክሰዓር ስለዘለዎ ረብሓና ህዝቢ ትግራይ ንጹር ናብ ነጻ (ሃገር) ትግራይ ክምስርት ኣለዎ ዝብል ምርጫ ጥራሕ እዩ ኣብ ቕድሚኦም ዘሎ እሞ ሕጂ'ውን ወስኑ።

DECEMBER 7, 2020  ETHIOPIANEWS

“United Nations security team seeking to visit a camp for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region was denied access and shot at.”

Source: Reuters

The incident occurred when the team tried to visit Shimelba, one of four settlements for Eritreans in the northern Tigray region, the sources told Reuters. They declined to give more details, saying the full circumstances were unclear.

Neither Ethiopia’s government nor the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), who have been at war since Nov. 4, immediately responded to requests for comment. Information from Tigray has been hard to verify because communications have been largely down and access has been tightly controlled.

There was no immediate comment from U.N. officials.


Source: Sudan Tribune

December 6, 2020 (GADAREF) – The flow of Ethiopian refugees continued towards the eastern Sudanese areas, bringing the total number of refugees who sneaked into Sudan to more than 50,000 people.

The reception centres for Ethiopian refugees fleeing the war between the federal army and the TPLF fighters received hundreds of newcomers on Sunday, humanitarian sources told Sudan Tribune on Sunday.

“The total number of Ethiopians increased to 50,530 refugees, including 34,184 refugees in Hamdayat camp, after the arrival of 553 refugees on Sunday,” the officials added.

According to the aid workers, the number of refugees inside Hashaba camp jumped to 16,264, of whom 11250 were transferred to Um Rakuba camp in the eastern Qallabat locality of Gadaref.

Despite the poor conditions in the camps, refugees say they feel safe of the continued fighting in several areas in Tigray Region.

Addis Ababa initially announced the end of the war after the capture of the regional capital Mekelle, but reports from the Tigray say the federal troops continue to clash with the TPLF elements in different areas.

Sudan which is the head of the IGAD region proposed to mediate between the two parties but Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declined the proposition which had been made during the first week of the fighting.

DECEMBER 6, 2020  ETHIOPIANEWS

These include a Kenyan minister and a general in Somalia.

There are reported to have been around 20 deaths in the fighting

This is another source:

It is in line with a trend reported by Rashid Abdi on 13 November.

It is also very much in line with the treatment of Tigrayans in other fields – like Ethiopian Airlines.

Ethnic profiling.

Very sad. Very discriminatory.

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