ጉጅለ ህግድፍ ኣብ ዝምድናዊ መዳይ ካብ ዝልለየሎም ተግባራት፡ ኣብ ሓጺር ግዜ ስልጣኑ ምስ ኩለን ጐረባብቲ ሃገራት ኣብ ውግእ ምእታዉ እዩ። ምስ ገሊአን ካብተን ጐረባብትና ሃገራት፡ ካብ ሓደ ግዜ ንላዕሊ ከም ዝተዋግአ ኩልና ዘይንርሰዖ እዩ። እዚ ጉጅለ ኣብ ዝተወሰነ ግዜ ምስ ኩለን እዘን ዝተዋግአን  ሃገራት ናይ ሓጺር ግዜ ፍቕሪ ከም ዝነበሮ ኣብ መስርሕ ዝተዓዘብናዮ እዩ። ካብ ናይቲ ምስ ጐረባብቲ ሃገራት ዝተኻየደ ውግኣት ጠንቅታት፡ እቲ ቀንዲ ናይቲ ጉጅለ ኣደልዲሉ ዘይረገጸ መሕደሲ ግዝያዊ ጠቕሚ ዝቕርም ስንኩፍ ዲፕሎማሲያዊ ስልቲ እዩ።

ብግብሪ ክንርእዮ ከም ዝጸናሕናን ዘለናን፡ ዝምድና ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ምስ ናይ ርሑቕ ይኹን ናይ ቀረባ ሃገራት ቀልጢፉ ዝፈሽል፡ ክስረት እንከሎ እውን፡ ብትዕግስትን ኣርሒቕካ ምርኣይን  ዘይተነድቀ፡ ናይ ህዝቢ ረብሓ ዘየቐድም ስለ ዝነበረ እዩ ዘበርዕን። እዚ ጉጅለ ዝምስርቶ ዝምድናታት ኩሉ እንተተዓዚብና ኣብ ኣዝዩ ጸቢብ ናቱ ረብሓኡ ዝተሰረተ እዩ። ኣብቲ መጀመርያ ግዜ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ምስ የመን ጽቡቕ ዝምድና ነይርዎ። እቲ ጉጅለ ነዚ ተጠቒሙ ሓያሎ ኣብ ቤተመንግስቲ ዘገልግላ ዘመናዊ ተሽከርከርቲ ካብ መንግስቲ የመን ከም ዝረኸበ ኣብቲ ሽዑ እዋን ዝዝረብ ዝነበረ  እዩ። እዚ “ዝበለዓሉ ጻሕሊ ዝሰብር”  ጉጅለ ጸቢብ ረብሓኡ ምስ ጐደሎን ዓቕሉ ምስ ጸበቦን ከኣ ነቲ ዝምድና ኣዳኺምዎ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ናብ ውግእ እውን ኣትዩ። ደሓር ኣብ ቅድሚ ቤት ፍርዲ ቀሪቡ ተረቲዑ ንደሰታት ሓንሽ ኣረኪቡ መልሓሱ ሓይኹ።

ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ምስ ኢህወደግ ካብ ግዜ ቃልሲ ኣንጻር ደርግ ዝነበሮ  ዝምድና መዝሚዙ፡ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘይርበሓሉ፡ ዘይፈልጦን ዘይሕጋውን ዘይትካላውን ንግዲ (ኮንትሮ ባንድ) የካይድ ነይሩ። ከም ውጽኢት ናይዚ ከኣ ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ቡን፡ ሰሊጥን ወርወር ቀላሚጦስን ናይ ኤርትራ ኣምሲሉ ናብ ዝተፈላለያ ሃገራት ልኢኹ ካዝናኡ የሰውድ ነይሩ። እዚ ኣብቲ እዋኑ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያውያን ዝፈጠሮ ቅርሕንቲ ቀሊል ኣይነበረን። ምንቅስቓስ እቲ ጉጅለ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ምስ ረብሓን ራኢን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘይከይድ፡ ኣብ ህልኽን ሕነ ምፍዳይን ዝተመርኮሰ ምንባሩ፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ልዕሊ ብዙሓት ንመሰል ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝቃለሱ ዝነበሩ ተጋደልትን ንጹሃት ኤርትራውያንን ናይ ቅንጸላ ስጉምቲ ወሲዱ እዩ። ብሰንክዚ ናይ ህግዲፍ ዕንደራ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝተኣስሩ፡ ዝተቐትሉ፡ ዝተጨውዩን ዝተሰጉን ብዙሓት እዮም። ነፍሰ-ሄራት ተስፋሚካኤል ጆርጆ፡ ገብረብርሃን ዘርኣን ዝካርያስ ንጉሰን ከኣ ናይዚ ግዳይ ኣብነት እዮም።

እዚ ጥራይ ኣይኮነን፡ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ኣብቲ ብናይ ኢትዮጵያ ገንዘብ ብር ዝጥቀመሉ ዝነበረ ግዜ፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ሓደ ዶላር ብ5 ብር ክሽረፍ እንከሎ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ከኣ ከምቲ “ብዕራይሲ ዝበልዖ ሳዕሪ እምበር ዝጽበዮ ገደል ኣይርእን እዩ” ዝበሃል፡ ሳዕቤኑ ብዘይምስትውዓል፡ ሓደ ዶላር ብ7 ብር ይሽረፍ ነይሩ። ብዘይካዚ ናይ ኤርትራ ገንዘብ ናቕፋ ተሓቲሙ ኣብ ዕዳጋ  ምስ ኣተወ “ክልቲኡ ናቕፋን ብርን ብማዕረ ሚዛን ኣብ ክልቲኡ ሃገራት ክሰርሕ ኣለዎ” ዝብል በይናዊ መደምደምታ በጺሑ፡ ንመንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ እውን ክቕበሎ ከገድዶ ፈቲኑ። “እዚ ኣይከውንን እዩ” ምስ ተባህለ ከኣ ነቲ ተረኽቦ ጸይሩ፡ ብናይ “እሂን ምሂን” መስርሕ ክፈትሖ ዘኽእል ትዕግስቲ ስለ ዘይነበሮ፡ ናብቲ ዝለመዶ ዕብድብድን ንፍልልይ ብጐንጺ ናይ ምፍታሕን ጽላለኡ ኣትዩ፡ ውግእ ከፊቱ ተሳዒሩ ከኣ። እዚ ኩሉ ተደሚሩ ዘርኣየና እምበኣር፡ ናይ ኩሉቲ ውግኣት ጠንቂ ጸቢብ ረብሓ ናይቲ ጉጅለ ኮይኑ፡ እቲ ክዋጋእን ክሳራ ውግእ ክስከምን ዝጸንሐ ግና ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዩ። ኢሳያስ ግና እቲ ናይ ህዝቢ ክሳራ ክሳራኡ ስለ ዘይኮነን፡ ነዚ እውን ኣብ ማእከል ኣዲስ ኣበባ ደጋጊሙ ኣፍልቡ እንዳወቐዐ “ኣይከሰርናን” ኢልዎ።

 ድሕሪቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ “ከምዚ እዩ” ኢልካ ክትጽብጽቦ ዘጸግም ዝኸሰረሉ፡ ኢሳያስ ግና ኣይከሰርናሉን ዝበሎ ውግእ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን፡ ቅድሚ ክልተ ዓመታት ኣብ መንጎ ዲክታቶር ኢሳያስን ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኢትዮጵያ ዶ/ር ኣብይ ኣሕመድን ኣዝዩ ውዕዉዕ ዝመስል ዕርክነትን ወደኽደኽን ተራእዩ። ንሓያሎ ተጋላባጢ ባህርያት ኢሳያስ ክከታተሉ ዘይጸንሑ ወገናት እውን ኣዕሽይዎም እዩ። እዚ ናይ ቅድሚ ክልተ ዓመታት ናይ ኢሳያስ ተበግሶ፡ ከምቲ ልማዱ ረብሓን ክብርን ህዝብን ሃገርን ኤርትራ ዘበገሶ ከም ዘይነበረ ብግብሪ ዝረአ ዘሎ፡ ፈሊሑ ዝገረረ ሓቂ እዩ። ከም ውጽኢት ናይዚ ዳንኬራ ዝተወቕዓሉን ንሕና ግና “ኣየ እንቀዓ መሸላ ዘይውደኣ ይመስላ” ዝበልናዮን ዝምድና ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ኩሉ መዳይ ህይወቱ ዘይተጠቕመሉን ተዓጽዩ ዝነበረ ኣፍደገታት ሕጂ’ውን ዕጽዊ ምህላዉን ግብራዊ ምስክር እዩ። ኢሳያስ ቀንዲ ነዚ  ዝምድና ምስ ዶ/ር ኣብይ ዝጐየየሉ ምኽንያት፡ ነቲ ኣብ መንጎ ማእከላይ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያን ክልላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ ዝተፈጥረ ኢትዮጵያዊ ውሽጣዊ ምስሕሓብ መዝሚዙ ናይ ውልቁ ዝናን ሕነ  ምፍዳይን ህንጡይነቱ ንምርኣይ ጥራይ እዩ ነይሩ። እሞ ሰሚርሉዶ ኣይሰመረሉን፡ ውጽኢቱ እዚ ንዕዘቦ ዘለና ናይ ኢሳያስ ቀንፈዘው’ዩ።

ኣብቲ ዝምድና ዝፈጠረሉ እዋን መሪሕ ጭረሖ ንቕሎ ኢሳያስ ናብ ኢትዮጵያ “ናይ ወያነ ጸወታ ተወዲኡ (game is over)“ ዝብል ምንባሩ ጥራይ ክሳብ ክንደይ እቲ ደፋኢ ምኽንያት ቅርሕንቲ፡ ኣብ ዘይጉዳይካ ምእታውን ሕነ ምፍዳይን እምበር፡ ረብሓ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምዕቃብ ከምዘይነበረ ምርዳእ ይከኣል። ከምቲ “ተጋግዮም የጋግዩኻ” ዝበሃል፡ ኢሳያስ ንርእሱ ግጉይ መንገዲ መሪጹስ፡  ነቲ ጥዑይ ሰብ መሲልዎ ምስኡ ዝተዓራረኸ ዶ/ር ኣብይ ኣሕመድ እውን ኣጋግዩ፡ ኣብ ዘይምልከቶ ጉዳይ ኤርትራ ዘይዝረብ ኣዛሪብዎን ዘይክተም ኣኸቲምዎን። እዚ ከይኣክል ብኣዝዩ ዕሙት ኣመዛዝና “ኢሳያስን ምምሕዳሩን ናይ ልምዓትን ሰላምን’ዩ” ክሳብ ምባል ግጉይ ምስክርነት ኣብጺሑ ኣብ ትዕዝብቲ ብዙሓት ንኢሳያስ ዝፈልጡ ኣውዲቕዎ። ከምቲ “ደድሕሪ ኣድጊ ዝኸደስ ህላ እንተዘይለመደ …… ለመደ” ዝበሃል፡ ወዮ ኢሳያስ ደኾን በቲ ኣብ ግዜ ዕርክነቶም ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝነበረ ገለ ለውጥታት ይጽለው ዝበሃል ዝነበረ ግምት፡ ብግልባጡ ኮይኑ ዶ/ር ኣብይ ብኢሳያሳዊ ኣበሳ ናይ ምጽላው ምልክት ምርኣዩ ዘገርም ኮይኑ ኣሎ።

ኣብዘን ዝሓለፋ ክልተ ዓመታት፡ ቀንዲ ኣዕሩኽ ኢሳያስ ካብ ዝጸንሑ መንግስታት፡ ሕቡራት ኢማራት ዓረብ ብኣብነት እትጥቀስ እያ። ኣብዚ ቀረባ መዓልታት ብማዕከናት ዜና ይስማዕ ከም ዘሎ፡ መንግስቲ ሕቡራት ኢማራት ዓረብ ኣብ ከባቢ ወደብ ዓሰብ ብዓጸቦ ይልለዉ ንዘለዉ ዜጋታትና ሓገዝ ልኢኻስ፡ ምምሕዳር ህግዲፍ ነቲ ሓገዝ ከምቲ እኩይ ልማዱ ተሓሲምዎ። ወያ ሓገዝ ዝጸዓነት መርከብ ከኣ ተመሊሳ ዝብል ወረ ይናፈስ ኣሎ። እዚ ከኣ ሓድሽ ናይ “ጥዕም ግድፍ ዝምድና ህግዲፍ“ ኣብነት እዩ።

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Liberty Magazine Issue #64

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Liberty Magazine Issue #64

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Bi-monthly English Organ of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party

“To [the Saudis] or even to Abiy, it’s like we’re ants. When we die, it’s as if an ant died, no one cares or pays attention,” the man added, referring to Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Source: Daily Telegraph

‘The guards just throw the bodies out back as if it was trash,’ said one

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“Plenty of inmates are suicidal or suffering from mental illnesses as a result of living this for five months,” said one prisoner 
“Plenty of inmates are suicidal or suffering from mental illnesses as a result of living this for five months,” said one prisoner  CREDIT: Telegraph exclusive

Saudi Arabia, one of the wealthiest countries on earth, is keeping hundreds if not thousands of African migrants locked in heinous conditions reminiscent of Libya’s slave camps as part of a drive to stop the spread of Covid-19, an investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has found.

Graphic mobile phone images sent to the newspaper by migrants held inside the detention centres show dozens of emaciated men crippled by the Arabian heat lying shirtless in tightly packed rows in small rooms with barred windows.

One photo shows what appears to be a corpse swathed in a purple and white blanket in their midst. They say it is the body of a migrant who had died of heatstroke and that others are barely getting enough food and water to survive.

Another image, too graphic to publish, shows a young African man hanged from a window grate in an internal tiled wall. The adolescent killed himself after losing hope, say his friends, many of whom have been held in detention since April.

The migrants, several displaying scars on their backs, claim they are beaten by guards who hurl racial abuse at them. “It’s hell in here. We are treated like animals and beaten every day,” said Abebe, an Ethiopian who has been held at one of the centres for more than four months.

“If I see that there is no escape, I will take my own life. Others have already,” he added via an intermediary who was able to communicate on a smuggled phone.“My only crime is leaving my country in search of a better life. But they beat us with whips and electric cords as if we were murderers.”

The images and testimony have sparked outrage among human rights activists, and have particular resonance in light of the global Black Lives Matter protests.

“Photos emerging from detention centres in southern Saudi Arabia show that authorities there are subjecting Horn of Africa migrants to squalid, crowded, and dehumanising conditions with no regard for their safety or dignity,” said Adam Coogle, deputy director of Human Rights Watch in the Middle East, after being shown the images by The Sunday Telegraph.

“The squalid detention centres in southern Saudi Arabia fall well short of international standards. For a wealthy country like Saudi Arabia, there’s no excuse for holding migrants in such deplorable conditions,” Mr Coogle added.

Oil-rich Saudi Arabia has long exploited migrant labour from Africa and Asia. In June 2019, an estimated 6.6m foreign workers made up about 20 per cent of the Gulf nation’s population, most occupying low paid and often physically arduous jobs.

The migrants work mainly in construction and manual domestic roles that Saudi nationals prefer not to do themselves. Many are from South Asia, but a large contingent come from the Horn of Africa, which lies across the Red Sea.

The detention centres identified by The Sunday Telegraph house mainly Ethiopian men and there are said to be others packed with women.

Over the last decade, tens of thousands of young Ethiopians have made their way to the Gulf state, often aided by Saudi recruitment agents and people traffickers, in a bid to escape poverty back home.

They have been trapped partly as a result of the pandemic but also by the ‘Saudization’ of the kingdom’s workforce, a policy introduced by Muhamad Bin Salman, the Crown Prince who took power three years ago.

Dozens of emaciated men crippled by the Arabian heat inside one of Saudi Arabia's detention centres
Dozens of emaciated men crippled by the Arabian heat inside one of Saudi Arabia’s detention centres CREDIT: Telegraph exclusive

The testimonies gathered by The Sunday Telegraph directly from migrants on encrypted channels about the conditions they now find themselves in are harrowing.

“Plenty of inmates are suicidal or suffering from mental illnesses as a result of living this for five months,” said one. “The guards mock us, they say ‘your government doesn’t care, what are we supposed to do with you?”

“A young boy, about sixteen, managed to hang himself last month. The guards just throw the bodies out back as if it was trash,” said another.

When the pandemic struck in March, the Saudi government in the capital Riyadh feared the migrants, who are often housed in overcrowded conditions, would act as vectors for the virus.

Almost 3,000 Ethiopians were deported by the Saudi security services back to Ethiopia in the first ten days of April and a leaked UN memo said a further 200,000 were to follow.  A moratorium was then placed on the deportations after international pressure was brought to bear on Riyadh.

The Sunday Telegraph has found many of the migrants who were slated for deportation five months ago have been left to rot in disease-ridden detention centres.  “We have been left to die here,” said one, who said he has been locked in a room the size of a school classroom and not been outside since March.

“Covid19? Who knows?, he added, “There are a lot of diseases here. Everyone is sick here; everyone has something.”

The images smuggled out show many of those held are plagued by disfiguring skin infections. They claim they have received no medical treatment.

“We eat a tiny piece of bread in the day and rice in the evening. There’s almost no water, and the toilets are overflowing. It spills over to where we eat. The smell, we grow accustomed to. But there’s over a hundred of us in a room, and the heat is killing us,” said another young Ethiopian man.

A short video clip smuggled out shows several rooms covered with filth from an overflowing squat toilet. One Ethiopian man can be heard shouting out: “The toilets are clogged. We tried unblocking them, but we’re unable to. So we live in this filth, we sleep in it too.”

“To [the Saudis] or even to Abiy, it’s like we’re ants. When we die, it’s as if an ant died, no one cares or pays attention,” the man added, referring to Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Saudi Arabia is deeply stratified by race and cast. African migrants enjoy few legal rights and many complain of exploitation, sexual and racial abuse from employers.

New laws further limiting the rights and employment prospects of foreign labourers were introduced in 2013 and crackdowns have continued under the rule of the young Crown Prince Muhamad Bin Salman, who took power in 2017.

The Sunday Telegraph was able to geolocate two of the centres. One is in Al Shumaisi, near the holy city of Mecca and one is in Jazan, a port town near Yemen. There are believed to be others housing thousands of Ethiopians.

Migrants in each of the centres said there were hundreds of them in each room. Satellite imagery shows there are several buildings at both centres, meaning there may be far more migrants in each centre who are uncontactable.

Several of the migrants said they had been rounded up from their homes in various Saudi Arabian cities before being placed in the camps. Others are African refugees from war-torn Yemen.

Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch reported that Houthi forces used Covid-19 as a pretext to expel thousands of Ethiopian migrants into neighbouring Saudi Arabia.

Testimonies gathered by the NGO say that the Houthis killed dozens of Ethiopians and forced others at gunpoint over the Saudi border. Saudi border guards then fired on the fleeing migrants, killing dozens more.

“Saudi Arabia, a wealthy country, has long held undocumented migrants including many from the Horn of Africa in conditions that are so crowded, unsanitary, and appalling that migrants often emerge traumatised or sick,” said Mr Coogle.

“It’s fair to question whether Saudi authorities are purposefully allowing these detention conditions to exist in order to punish migrants,” he added.

The Sunday Telegraph approached the Saudi Arabian embassy in London for comment but had not received any at the time of going to press.

A representative of the Ethiopian government in the Middle East was also unsuccessfully approached for comment.

*Migrants’ names have been changed to protect their identity 

Source=https://eritreahub.org/investigation-african-migrants-left-to-die-in-saudi-arabias-hellish-covid-detention-centres

Abiy Ahmed came to power promising radical reform, but 180 people have died amid ethnic unrest in Oromia state

Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, centre, arrives at an African Union summit in Addis Ababa in July.

Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, centre, arrives at an African Union summit in Addis Ababa in July. Photograph: AP

Ethiopia faces a dangerous cycle of intensifying internal political dissent, ethnic unrest and security crackdowns, observers have warned, after a series of protests in recent weeks highlighted growing discontent with the government of Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel peace prize winner.

Many western powers welcomed the new approach of Abiy, who took power in 2018 and promised a programme of radical reform after decades of repressive one-party rule, hoping for swift changes in an emerging economic power that plays a key strategic role in a region increasingly contested by Middle Eastern powers and China. He won the peace prize in 2019 for ending a conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.

The most vocal unrest was in the state of Oromia, where there have been waves of protests since the killing last month of a popular Oromo artist and activist, Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, in Addis Ababa, the capital. An estimated 180 people have died in the violence, some murdered by mobs, others shot by security forces. Houses, factories, businesses, hotels, cars and government offices were set alight or damaged and several thousand people, including opposition leaders, were arrested.

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Further protests last week prompted a new wave of repression and left at least 11 dead. “Oromia is still reeling from the grim weight of tragic killings this year. These grave patterns of abuse should never be allowed to continue,” said Aaron Maasho, a spokesperson for the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission.

The Oromo community have long felt excluded from power and the benefits of Ethiopia’s booming economy. The Oromo protest movement gained momentum from 2015 and contributed to the appointment of Abiy, an Oromo from the ruling party, who promised democracy and prosperity for all.

“We are seeing a continuation of that movement, and also signs that the government’s response will be equally forceful. Once people are shot and arrested then that becomes a rallying cry,” said William Davison, an analyst based in Addis Ababa for the International Crisis Group.

The decision to indefinitely delay elections due later this year because of coronavirus – which has caused 600 deaths in the country of 100 million so far – has also worried diplomats and other international observers.

The protests in Oromia last week began amid claims that Jawar Mohammed, an Oromo opposition politician and one of Abiy’s most outspoken critics, was being denied medical attention in prison.

Young protesters described being “hunted down, shot in the streets” in the Oromia town of Aweday.

“Soldiers shot at us so I ran as fast as I could. I witnessed people getting shot in the back as they fled,” said Kedir, who took part in a demonstration on Tuesday.

Haacaaluu Hundeessaa performing in Addis Ababa in July 2018.
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Haacaaluu Hundeessaa performing in Addis Ababa in July 2018. He was known for his activism and political lyrics. Photograph: EPA

Aliyyi Mohammed, a 22-year-old from Hirna, was taken to hospital after being shot in the thigh on Monday. Relatives said he had been “nowhere near” the protests when injured and now feared for his safety. “There are police waiting outside the hospital … We have heard that they want to arrest him as soon as he’s recovered. We can only pray they leave him alone,” said a member of the family who requested anonymity.

Officials have denied such claims. “There has been violence, but we are yet to confirm reports of any killings by state forces,” said Getachew Balcha of the Oromia region’s communication affairs office.

But claims of mistreatment by security forces are fuelling the cycle of unrest in Oromia. Graphic images of 21-year-old Durassa Lolo were widely shared on social media after relatives claimed he had been tortured in the town of Asasa by soldiers who had asked him for his name.

“My brother did nothing wrong. When they heard an Oromo-sounding name, his fate was sealed. They took him to a military camp and inflicted on him unbelievable savagery. [He] is fighting for his life in hospital. This is why there are protests. The government sees us as expendable,” Durassa’s brother, Abdisa Lolo, said.

The government says Haacaaluu was murdered by Oromo nationalist militants as part of a wider plot to derail its reform agenda. The ruling party has also suggested that its rival in the northern region of Tigray, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), masterminded the conspiracy. The TPLF dominated the ruling coalition until Abiy took office. It has since joined the opposition, accusing the prime minister of planning to replace the ethnic-based federal system with a more centralised state.

The aftermath of angry protests in Shashamene after Haacaaluu Hundeessaa was assassinated.
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After Haacaaluu Hundeessaa was assassinated in July, there were angry protests in towns such as Shashamene. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Government policy has also led to fallouts within the ruling party. The defence minister, Lemma Megersa, an ally turned critic of Abiy, was last week fired and placed under house arrest. State media reported Lemma’s dismissal from the ruling party being due to his “violating party discipline”.

Analysts say it was important to recognise that recent unrest has been limited to Oromia and that there was credible evidence suggesting violence over the previous months had not simply been inflicted on protesters by the security forces but also had occurred between ethnic communities.

The office of Ethiopia’s attorney general last week defended the government’s response to the unrest, saying in a statement that investigations would reflect a “commitment to human rights”.

Abel Abate Demissie, an Addis Ababa-based analyst with London’s Chatham House, said Ethiopia’s political polarisation has deep roots, with structural problems that have been insufficiently addressed under Abiy: conflicting narratives about Ethiopia’s history, an unfinished federal project and tensions over the division of power between the centre and the regions.

“Two years down the line [after his appointment], and you find every major political group is disappointed with Abiy,” he said.

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ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

እነሆ ናብ መበል 59 ዓመት (1961-2020) ዝኽሪ ባሕቲ መስከረም ባሕቲ መኸተ በጺሕና። ኣይኮነንዶ ንከም ባሕቲ መስከረም ዝኣመሰለ ቀያሪ ታሪኻዊ ኣጋጣሚ;፡ ንካልእ ኣውንታዊ ተመኩሮ ዝተመዝገበሉ ኣጋጣምታት እውን ምምጓስን ሰናይ ምምናይን ልሙድ እዩ እሞ “ዮሃና እንኳዕ ናብዛ ታሪኻዊት ዕለት ባሕቲ መስከረም ኣብጸሓና” እናበልና ንኣብ ውሽጥን ወጻእን ዘሎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሰናይ ትምኒትና ንገልጽ።

ባሕቲ መስከረም ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምእንቲ ምሉእ ናጽነት ዝተጀመረላ ዕለት ጥራይ ዘይኮነት፡ እቲ ተኸታታሊ ቃልሲ ናብ ሓድሽ ምዕራፍ ዝተሰጋገረላን እቲ ዝበለሐ ብረታዊ ኣገባብ ቃልሲ ዝተበሰረላን ሽግ ዓወት ዝወለዐትን እያ። ኣብቲ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ፡ ኣንጻር ብዓቕሙን ሓያል ዘራዩን ኣዝዩ ዝበልጸካ ኣካል፡ ኣይኮነንዶ ደፊርካ ክትጅምሮ ክትሓስቦ እውን ዘጸግመሉ ዝነበረ ኩነታት “ንናይ ጽባሕ ብርሃን፡ ናይ ሎሚ ጸልማት ተቓሊስካ ምስዓር።” ብዝብል ኒሕ ንዘበሰርዎ ጅግና ሓምድ እድሪስ ዓዋተ ዝመራሒኦም ጀጋኑና ዘለና ዘይሃስስ ክብሪ፡ ኣብዚ ኣጋጣሚ ምዝካሩ ኣዝዩ ኣገዳሲ እዩ እሞ “ክብርን ዘለኣለማዊ ዝኽርን ንዓኣቶም ይኹን።”

ከምቲ ዘይተጀመረ ኣይውዳእን እዩ ዝበሃልን፡ ሀንሪ ዎድስን ዎርዝ ሎንግ ፌለው ዝተባህለ ፈላጥ፡ “ምጅማር ዓብይ ብቕዓት እዩ፡ ዝጀመርካዮ ምፍጻም ከኣ ኣዝዩ ዝዓበየ ብቕዓት እዩ።” ዝበሎን እቶም ኣሰር ናይቶም ጀመርቲ ስዒቦም ሓደ እንዳወደቐ እቲ ካልእ እንዳተተከአ ብኣዝዩ ኩርኳሕ ዝመልኦ መንገዲ ተጓዒዞም፡ ክሳብ ብርሃን ናጽነትን ልኡላውነትን ኤርትራ ዘቐጸሉ፡ ህሉዋት ሓርበኛታትን ሰማእታትን ኤርትራ እውን ኣብዚ መበል 59 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ባሕቲ መስከረም ባሕቲ መኸተ ንዝክረሉ ዘለና ክምጐሱ ንቡር እዩ። በቲ ብሰንኪ ጥልመት ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ ሕድሪ ጀጋኑና ብኸምቲ ዝተጸበይዎ ዘይምትግባሩ ከኣ ንሓዝን። ሓዘን መፍትሒ ስለ ዘይኮነ ከኣ፡ ዝተጠልመ ሕድሮም ናብ ቦታኡ ክንመልስ ዝጀመርናዮ ቃልሲ ክንቅጽሎ ምዃና ባሕቲ መስከረም ቃልና እነሕድሰላ ኣጋጣሚ እያ።

ዓመት መጸት ንባሕቲ መስከረም ክንዝክር እንከለና፡ ነቲ ዝሓለፈ፡ መሪርን ዝከኣል ዘይመስል ዝነበረ ዘኽኣለን ጉዕዞ ቃልሲ ከነቕልበሉኳ ንቡር እንተኾነ፡ ቀንዲ ጠመተናስ ናብዚ ዘለናሉ ሃለዋትን ዝጽበየና ዘሎ ዕድላትን ብደሆታትን እዩ ዝኸውን።  እዚ ማለት ነዚ ኣጋጣሚ ተጠቒምና ንዘለናሉ ኩነታት ብግቡእ ምምዛን፡ ካብዚ ሚዛን ነቒልና ከኣ መጻኢ ዕማማትና ምንጻርን ንምትግባሩ ዘይጥለም ቃል ምእታውን ዓቕሚ ምጥራይን እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ምትላም ብዘይተመጣጣኒ ተግባር ትርጉም ስለ ዘየብሉ።

ሃለዋትና ብመንጽርቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ኩሉ መዳያት ብጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ብፍላይ ከኣ ብውልቀ-መራሒኡ ዝወርዶ ዘሎ ኣደራዕ በቲ ሓደ ወገን፡ ብመንጽር ነዚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ወጽዓን በደልን ስዒርካ ናብ ሰናይ ዘበን ንምስጋር ዝግበር ዘሎ ናይ ለውጢ ቃልሲ ከኣ በቲ ካልእ ወገን ክድህሰስ ይግበኦ። ህልዊ ኩነታትና  ሓጺናዊ ኣርዑት ወጽዓ መግዛእቲ ህግዲፍ መሊሱ ዝተረረሉ፡ ቃልሲ ሓይልታት ለውጢ ከኣ ካብቲ ዝጸንሖ ዝያዳ ኣብ ዝበረኸሉ፡ ግና ከኣ ኣብቲ ክኾኖ ዝግበኦ ደረጃ ኣብ ዘይበጻሓሉ ምህላውና እዩ ዘርኢ። ስለዚ ቀንዲ ቆላሕታና ናብቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዘመዝገብናዮ ውጽኢት ዘይኮነ፡ ናብቲ ዝተርፈና ምምጥጣር ክኸውን ይግበኦ። ባሕቲ መስከረም ከኣ ንከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ዓበይቲ ዕማማት ንምዕዋት  ቃልናን ቅርቡናትናን ደጊምና እነሕድሰላ ኣጋጣሚ እያ።

እዛ ናይ ሎም ዘበን ባሕቲ መስከረም፡ ባሕቲ መኸተ፡ ካብተን ካልኦት ናይ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ባሕቲ መስከረማት ፍሉይ ዝገብራ ኩነታት የንጸላሉ ኣሎ። እቲ መኸተ ፋይል ምእንቲ ናጽነትን ልኡላውነትን ኤርትራ ተዓጽዩ፡ ናይ ክብሪ ቦታኡ ሒዙ ኣሎ ኢልናዮ ዝነበርና፡ ብሰንኪ ህግዲፍ ሒዝዎ ዘሎ ናይ ዘርባዕባዕን ሓቢእዎ ዝጸንሐ ሸርሒ ንቕድሚት ምምጻእን ዳግማይ ከይክፈት ኣብ እንስከፈሉ ህሞት ምህላውና ፍሉይነት ኣለዋ። ከምቲ “ዘፋነኻዮ ጋሻስ ኣይመለስካ” ዝበሃል፡ ብሰንክቲ ኢሳያስ ሓቢእዎ ዝጸንሐ እኩይ ብልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ዝጣላዕ መዛግብ ውዲት ክግንጽል ምፍታኑ ብጉዳይ ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ኣብ እንስከፈሉ እዋን ኢና ንመበል 59 ዓመት ባሕቲ መስከረም እንዝክራ ዘለና።

እዚ ከኣ ነቲ ለውጢ ናይ ምምጻእ ጸዓትና ከቢድን ተደራራብን ይገብሮ። እንተኾነ ዝያዳ ጽንዓትን ሓድነትን ደኣ ይሓተና እምበር፡ ሕዱር ተንኮል ኢሳያስን መዳኸርቱን ግብራዊ ኮይኑ፡ ዝተዓጽወ ፋይል ስዑራት ጸረ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ህይወት ክሰኩዕዩ ማለት ዘበት እዩ። ነዚ ተደራራቢ ብድሆታት ብተደራራቢ ትብዓትን ድልዱል ሓድነትን ከም እንብደሆ ዘመልክት ኣብ ቅድሜና ጋና ከነዕኩኾ ዝግበኣና ብሩህ ዕድላት ኣለና። ሓደ ካብቲ ዕድላት፡ ብሓፈሻ ብዝተፈላለዩ ደረጃ ውዳበታት ዝነጥፉ ዘለዉ ኤርትራዊ ሓይልታት ለውጢ፡ ብፍላይ ከኣ ምጥርናፍ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ፡ ካብ  ስምምዓት ኣብ ወረቐት ምኽታም ስምምዓት ሓሊፎም፡ ብግብሪ ዝዋስኡ ሓባራዊ ሓይልታት ዕማም ምምስራት ምብጸሖም ሓደ ካብ መግለጽታት መጻኢ ዕድል ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብሩህ ምህላዉ እዩ። ብዓቢኡ ከኣ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድሕሪ ሕጂ ብናይ ህግዲፍ ናይ ሓሶት ስብከት  ኣብ ዘይታለለሉ ደረጃ በጺሑ ምህላዉ ካልእ ኣብ ልዕሊ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ናይ ምዕዋትና ብሩህ ተስፋ እዩ።

 ከምቲ ኤርትራውያን፡ “ውሑዳትን ሰብ ውሱን ዓቕምን ክነስና፡ ንብዙሓትን ክሳብ ኣፍንጫኦም ዝተዓጥቁን ናይ ምስዓርና ምስጢር ሓድነትና እዩ” እንብሎ፡ ምስጢር መጻኢ ተዓዋትነትና’ውን ካብዚ ወጻኢ ኣይኮነን። ካብ ኢሳያስ ጀሚርካ ዘለዉ ናይ ርሑቕን ቀረባን ጸላእቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እውን፡ ነዚ ምስጢር ዓወትና ስለ ዝፈልጥዎን  ዝፈርሕዎን ንዓና ከፋፊሎም ንምስጢር ዓወትና ትርጉም ከስእንዎ ካብ ምህቃን ዓዲ ከምዘይውዕሉ ንዕዘቦ ዘለና እዩ። እዚ ከተንበርክኾ ንእትደሊ ሓይሊ ከም ቅድመ-ኩነት ሓድነቱ ናይ ምድኻም ተንኮል፡ ኣባና ጥራይ ዝፍተን ዘይኮነ ኣብ ብዙሕ ኩርነዓት ዝረአ ዘሎ እዩ። ስለዚ ሎሚ ኣብዚ ታሪኻዊ ኣጋጣሚ “ነቲ ሕልሚ ባሕቲ መስከረም ኣብ ምግሃድ ወሳኒ ግደ ዝነበሮን ኣብ መጻኢ ናይ ቃልስን ዓወትን ጉዕዞና እውን ወሳኒ ቦታኡ ንዘይስገር ሓድነት፡ ልዕሊ ኩሉ ጠሚትና በትብዓትን ጽንዓትን ክንሰርሓሉ ናይ ግድን  እዩ።

ዘለኣለማዊ ዝኽርን ክብርን ንሰማእታት ኤርትራ!

30 ነሓሰ 2020

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AUGUST 29, 2020  ETHIOPIANEWS

Programs that are on the chopping block include security assistance, counterterrorism and military education and training, anti-human trafficking programs, and broader development assistance funding, officials and congressional aides said.

Source: Foreign Policy

U.S. Halts Some Foreign Assistance Funding to Ethiopia Over Dam Dispute with Egypt, Sudan

Some U.S. officials fear the move will harm Washington’s relationship with Addis Ababa.

A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Guba in Ethiopia, on Dec. 26, 2019. EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has approved a plan to halt U.S. foreign assistance to Ethiopia as the Trump administration attempts to mediate a dispute with Egypt and Sudan over the East African country’s construction of a massive dam on the Nile River.

The decision, made this week, could affect up to nearly $130 million in U.S. foreign assistance to Ethiopia and fuel new tensions in the relationship between Washington and Addis Ababa as it carries out plans to fill the dam, according to U.S. officials and congressional aides familiar with the matter. Officials cautioned that the details of the cuts are not yet set in stone and the finalized number could amount to less than $130 million.

Programs that are on the chopping block include security assistance, counterterrorism and military education and training, anti-human trafficking programs, and broader development assistance funding, officials and congressional aides said. The cuts would not impact U.S. funding for emergency humanitarian relief, food assistance, or health programs aimed at addressing COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS, officials said.

The move is meant to address the standoff between Ethiopia and other countries that rely on the Nile River downstream that have opposed the construction of the massive dam project, called the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Egypt sees the dam’s construction as a core security issue given the country’s heavy reliance on the river for fresh water and agriculture, and in the past Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has hinted his country could use military force to halt the dam’s construction.

Some Ethiopian officials have said they believe the Trump administration is taking Egypt’s side in the dispute. President Donald Trump has shown a fondness for Sisi, reportedly calling him his “favorite dictator” during a G-7 summit last year. Officials familiar with negotiations said the Trump administration has not approved parallel cuts in foreign assistance to Egypt.

Administration officials have repeatedly assured all sides that Washington is an impartial mediator in the negotiations, which mark one of the few diplomatic initiatives in Africa that the president has played a personal and active role in. These officials pointed out that Egypt has accused the United States of taking Ethiopia’s side in the dispute as well.

“There’s still progress being made, we still see a viable path forward here,” said one U.S. official. “The U.S. role is to do everything it can to help facilitate an agreement between the three countries that balance their interests. At the end of the day it has to be an agreement that works for these three countries.”

But the move is likely to face sharp pushback on Capitol Hill, according to Congressional aides familiar with the matter. State Department officials briefed Congressional staff on the decision on Thursday, the aides said, and during the briefing insisted that the U.S.-Ethiopia relationship would remain strong despite a cutback in aid because the United States can have tough conversations “with friends.”

“This is a really fucking illogical way to show a ‘friend’ you really care,” one Congressional aide told Foreign Policy in response.

The administration’s mediation efforts started last year, when Sisi asked Trump for assistance during a visit to the United States. While the State Department handles diplomatic issues, Trump asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to lead the mediation. That arrangement has caused friction within the administration, with some State Department officials privately venting that the administration is mishandling its role in the negotiations by putting Treasury in the lead.

Source=https://eritreahub.org/u-s-halts-some-foreign-assistance-funding-to-ethiopia-over-dam-dispute-with-egypt-sudan

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ጥሒሶም መሰልን ክብርን ናይ ኤርትራውያን ዜጋታት።

ዘይተኣደነ ኩምራ ብረት ጠያይቲ

ካብ ድምጺ ዝቕልጥፋ ነፈርቲ

ዝድብድባ ብዘቃጽል ነተጕቲ

ጨካናት ሰራዊት መግዛእቲ

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ፍርዲ ኣልቦ ብጃምላ ኣህለቕቲ።

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ንጹር’ዩ ነይሩ መትከልና ዕላማና

መግዛእቲ ጸሪግና ጕሒፍና

ክንመልሶ ሰብኣዊ ክብርና መሰልና

ኣብ ፍትሕን ደሞክራስን ግን ኣይበጻሕናን ጌና።

ዘይተጸበናዮ መለሳ መግዛእትስ ምልኪ ተቐይሩ

ኢሳያስ ብሒትዎ ስልጣን፣ ገቢትዎ ብሃገሩ

ቅዋም የለ ደሞክራስያዊ ምርጫታት በዂሩ

ዓገብ ንዝበልዎ ቀቲሉ፣ ኣደስኪሉ፣ ኣሲሩ።

ብቕዋም ልዕልና ሕጊ ተመሪሕና

ብደሞክራስያዊ ምርጫታት ኣቢልና

ክንሃንጽ ከነማዕብል ዝፈረሰት ሃገርና

ክንነብር ብሰላም ብፍትሒ ብልጽግና

ዘይቅየር ዘልኣለማዊ ሕልምና ባህግና

ክንበጽሖ ኢና ብዘይሕለል ቃልስና።

ሓሳብና ይስመር፤ ቀላጽምና ይሕበር

ተጠርኒፍናን ተወዲብናን ብደረጃ ሃገር

ስርዓት ምልኪ ክንሰብር

ብሰላም፣ ፍትሕን ብልጽግናን ኣብ ሃገርና ክንነብር።

ልዑላዊት ኤርትራ ንዘልኣለም ትንበር

ክብርን ሞገስን ንሰማእታትና።

ፍስሃየ ሓጎስ / 1 መስከረም 2020

Thursday, 27 August 2020 21:31

Radio dimtsi Harnnet Kassel 27.08.2020

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