ኤርትራን ህዝባን ካብዚ ንነዊሕ ዓመታት ጥሒሎሞ ዘለዉ ሰልሚ ብምውጻእ፡ ጌና እፎይ ኢሎም ዝቐስንሉ ግዜ ኣይረኸቡን። እምበርዶ ካብዚ ረገረግ’ዚ ወጺእና ንዝሓለፈ ኣልዒልና ካብ ምስትንታን ንመጻኢ ኣማዕዲና ንፋቐረሉን ንሳነየሉን ዘበን ይመጽእ ይኸውን? እናበሉ ለይቲ ምስ መዓልቲ እዮም ዝሓስቡ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ካብ ባዕዳዊ መግዛእቲ’ኳ እንተተላቐቐ፥ መወዳእትኡስ ናብ ዝገደደ ሓዊ ደኣ ተጠብሰ እምበር፥ ካብ መከራ፡ ሽግር፡ መስዋእቲ፡ ምፍንቓላት፡ ጭቆናን ግፍዕን ወጺኡ፥ ዝኣምነሉ ሕገ-መንግስትን ስርዓትን ጌና ኣይተኸለን። እነሆ ድማ ካብ ኣማኢት ዓመታት ኣትሒዙ ክሳብ ሎሚ ሓቢሩ ሃገሩ ዝሃንጸሉ ሰላማዊ ባይታ ገና ኣይፈጠረን።
ኣብ ሓንቲ ከም ኤርትራ ዝኣመሰለት ሃገር፡ ኣብ ትሕቲ ተኸታታሊ መግዛእታዊ ስርዓት ዝመሓደር ዝነበረ ህዝቢ፡ ምስቲ ብዙሕነት ሃይማኖት፡ ቀቢላ፡ (ዓሌት) ቋንቋን ባህልን ተደማሚሩ፡ ኣብ ስነ-ኣእምሮኣዊ ምውህሃድ ዝፈጥሮ ጸገማት ቀሊል ኣይኮነን። እዚ እቲ ከፋፊልካ ግዛእ፡ መግዛእታውን መላኽን ስርዓታት ተወሲኽዎ ክሕከኽ ዘጸግም ምጥርጣራትን ዘይምውህሃድን ኣበሪኹ፥ ነቲ ከም ህዝቢ ሓንቲ ሃገር ዝኣሳስር ታሪኽ ከም ዘላሕልሖ ርዱእ እዩ።
ሓደ ካብቲ ዓበይቲ ሽግራት ናይቲ ኣብ ትሕቲ መግዛእቲ ዝነበረ ህዝቢ፥ ካብ መግዛእቲ ብዝወረሶ ኣሉታዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ከም ዝጽሎ ፍሉጥ እዩ። እቲ ህዝቢ ካብቲ መግዛእታዊ ጽልዋ ወጺኡ፡ ሓባራውን ንኹሉ ብማዕረ ዝጥምትን ኣተሓሳስባ ንኽውንን ብዙሕ ጻዕሪ የድሊ። ምኽንያቱ እቲ ኣብ ትሕቲ መግዛእታዊ ኣርዑት ተቘሪኑ ዝነበረ ህዝቢ፡ ክኢላ ይኹን ምሁር ወይ ዘይተማህረ፥ ካብ ናይ መን ዓብለለ ኣተሓሳስባ፥ናይ ሓይሊ ሚዛን ንምዕኳዂ ዝግበር ወፍሪ ናጻ ኣይኮነን። ስለዚ ሃሙን ቀልቡን፡ ብዝያዳ ኣብ ብሄረይ፥ ቋንቋይ፥ ሃይማኖተይን ባህለይን ልዕሊ ኩሉ ምስ ዝኸውን ኢዩ ድሌተይ ክማላእ ዝኽእል ኢሉ እዩ ዝሓስብ።
በዚ መስረት ነቲ ብዝተፈላለየ ሃይማኖት፡ ቋንቋ፡ ዓሌትን ባህልን መንነታት ዝተሃንጸ ሕብረተሰብ ዘለዎ ሽግራት፥ ሓባራዊ ምዃኑ ይዝንግዕ እሞ፥ ኣብ ምፍትሑ ዘለዎ ተኽእሎ ድሩት ይኸውን። ወዮ ደኣ ሓቂ ዘይንደሊ ኰይና እምበር፡ ሓደ ካብቲ ክሳብ ሎሚ ዘሳቕየናን ዝፈናጭለናን ዘሎኮ ከምዚ ዓይነት ጸቢብ ስምዒት እዩ። ምኽንያቱ እቲ ቁርቁስ ከይዱ ከይዱ ኣብ ናይ ስልጣን ሕቶ ስለዝኣቱ፥ ነዚ ስልጣን እዚ ንምሓዝ ድማ ኣብ ጐንኻ ዝስለፍ ብዘይካ ወዲ ሃይማኖትካ፡ ዓሌትካ፡ ቋንቋኻን ባህኻን ካልእ ክህሉ ኣይኽእልን ካብ ዝብል ሕልና ስለዘይውጽእ። እቲ ናይ መን ይዕብልል ሓሳብ ክቕልቀል ናይ ግድን ኢዩ። ምኽንያቱ በቲ ኣምር ናይ ዝተፈላለየ ርእይቶታት ናይ ምቕባልን ምትእንጋድን ስለ ዘይቅየድ፡፡
ስለዚ ነቲ ናይ ብዙሕነት ሚዛን ብዘይሕሉ፥ ሓንቲ ካብተን ናይ ቋንቋ፥ ዓሌት፥ ሃይማኖት ወይ ባህሊ፡ ዓብላልነት ዝረጋገጽ ሃገራውነት ኣይዓኲኽን። ንሽግራት ኣብ ምእላይ ውን ኣየተኣማምንን። ክምኡ እውን ንኹሉ ቁጠባዊ ጸጋታት ሃገርን ናይ ስልጣን ሕቶን ምምቕራሕ፥ ናይ ብዙሕነት ክብርን ሓልዮትን ብዝጎድሎ ጉዕዞ፥ ንሽግራት ፈቲሕካ መን ይምራሕ ብዘየገድስ ናብ ዓወት ንኽበጻሕ ዓቢ ቃልሲ ዝሓትት ኢዩ። ካብዚ ብምብጋስ ኣብ ኣእምሮ ደቂ ሰባት ናይ ነፍስኻ ምልዋጥ፡ ንናይ ኩሉ ዓሌታት፥ ሃይማኖታት፥ ቋንቋታትን፥ባህልታትን ብማዕረ ዝጥመተሉ ሕልና እንተዘይማዕቢሉ፥ ካብ ዓብላልነት ናጻ ኮይኑ፥ ንኹሉ ብዘሳትፍን መሰል ኩሉ ዝሕሉን ክሓስብ ኣይበቅዕን እዩ።
እዚ ጉዳይ እዚ ንዓና ንኤርትራውያን ዘሸግረና ዘሎዶኾን ይኸውን።? ግደ ሓቂ ምዝራብ እቲ መልሱ ብርግጽ ንሱ እዩ። ካልእ ዋላ ሓንቲ ምኽንያት የለን። ኣብ ኤርትራ ቋንቋታት፡ ትግረ፡ ትግርኛ፡ ዐረብኛ፥ ኩናማ፥ ናራ፥ብዳውየት(ሕዳረብ) ብሊን፥ ሳሆ፥ ደንከል (ዓፋር) ኣለዋ። ነዘን ቋንቋታት፥ ሃይማኖታትን ዓሌታትን ናይ ልዕልነት ርክብ ወይ ዝምድና እንተነጊሱ፥ ነቲ ጥሙር ሃገራዊ ስምዒት ኣላሕሊሑ፥ ነዚ ንርእዮ ዘሎና ናይ በበይንኻ ጉዕዞ ዝፈጥር እዩ ክኸውን። ሎሚ፥ ናብ ልብና ተመሊስና ካብ ሕሉፍ ተመኩሮና ተማሂርና ክሳብ መዓስ ኢና እናተበታተና ክንነብር? ዝብል ሕቶ ክንምልስ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ሽግራትናን ስቅያትናን ሓደ ካብ ኮነ፥ ነቲ ንኹልና ዘሕጉስ ግብሪኸ ሓደ ከይንኸውን እንታይ ይጋርደና።
ውድባት፡ ሰልፍታትን ማሕበራትን ስም ብምቅይያር ጥራይ፡ ነዚ ጨቋኒ ስርዓት ኣልጊሰን ናብቲ ንኹልና ዘሕጉስ ክንበጽሓ ኣየኽእለናን እዩ። እወ! ኩሉ አእጃሙ የበርክት ኣሎ። እዚ ናይ ነፍሲ ወከፍ እጃም ግና ክሳብ ሕጂ ነቲ እከይ ተግባራት ናይቲ ስርዓት ኣብ ምግላጽ እምበር፡ ኣብ ነፍስና ተመሊስና ጉድለታትና ኣሪምና፥ ዝኸድናዮ ገምጊምና እንተንተሓባበር፥ እቲ ናብ ዓወት ዘብጽሕ ኣድማዒ እጃም መኻዕበትና። ንጽባሕ እንሃንጾ ምዕሩይ ናይ ስልጣን ዝምድና ዝህልዎ ቅርጻ፡ ሎሚ ብናይ ነፍሲ ወከፍና ዓሌት፡ ባህሊ፡ ሃይማኖትን ቋንቋን ብዝውክል ሕሳባት እንተተጓዒዝና፥ ንዓብላልነት እምበር፡ ነቲ ኩልናኮ ማዕር ኢና ዝብል ከብጸሓና ኣይኽእልን እዩ። ነቲ ህዝብና ዝውጽዕ ዘሎ ስርዓት ድማ ካብ ናይ ምቅላዕ ተግባራት ሓሊፍና ንኹልና ዘዕውት ፍኖተ-ካርታ (መርሃ-ገበይ) ኣብ ምድህሳስ፥ ጽባሕ ውን እዚ ስርዓት እዚ ኣብ ዝወድቀሉ እቲ ሽግርና ኣብ ምፍታሕ እዚ ደምበ ተቓውሞ በዚ ሕጂ ዘለዎ እዩ ክኸውን።
ስለዚ ገና ንኹልና ገፋፊጡ ዝወስደና ውሒጅ ከይመጸ ከሎ፥ ደጊም ይኣክል፥ ንኹልና ብዘይ እፈላላይ ዘሳንን ዝዳንን ስርዓተ-ሕግን መንግስትን እንምስርተሉ ኣቕጣጫን ሓሳብን ክንሕዝ ይግባእ። ነዚ ኣቕጣጫዚ ንኽንሕዝ ድማ ብተናጸል በበይንኻ ጓይላ ምትካል ዘይኮነ፥ ሰላም፡ ራህዋን ፍትሕን ንምምጻእ፥ ሓቢርካን ተወሃሂድካን ኣብ ምስራሕ ዘሎና ሓቀኛ ድሌትና ወዓል ሕደር ዘይብሉ ዝጭበጥ ተግባር ምርኣይ የድሊ። ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት፡ ውድባት፡ ምንቅስቓሳትን ማሕበራት ነናተን ሰነሓሳብን፥ ራኢን ጥራይ ኢየን ዝውክላ። ንሃገራዊ ረብሓ ይኹን ንዲሞክራሲያዊ ምሕደራ ብመንጽር መትከል ኣብዝሓ ሰልፍታት ዋላ ሓንቲ ዘረሓሕቐና የለን። ስለዚ ኩልና ደለይቲ ለውጢ፡ ብምኽንያት መሰረታዊ ፍልልይ ዘይብሉ ጸቢብ ፖለቲካዊ ረብሓታትን ንነኣሽቱ ጉዳያትን ካብ ንተሃላለኽ፥ ግዜናን ጉልበትናን ነቲ ኣብ መንጎና ዘሎ ፍልልይ ብሃናጽን ንኹሉ ዘሳንን ኣገባብ ንምፍታሕ ክነውዕሎ ይግባእ።
ጸገማትን ነቲ ጸገማት ክትምክት ብቐጻሊ ምቅላስን መናብርቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዮም። ንግዝያዊ ጸገምን ጸልማትን በቲ ካብ ርሑቕ ዝረአ ብርሃን ተተባብዕካ፡ ተቓሊስካ ኣብ ዓወት ምብጻሕ ካብ መለለይታት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዮም። እዚ ብግዝያዊ ጸገማት ከይትኾለፍካ “እቲ ቃልሲ ይከኣል እዩ፡ እቲ ጸገም ከኣ ሓላፋይ እዩ” ዝብል ትብዓት ሰኒቕካ፡ ናይ ምቅላስን ምዕዋትን ኒሕ መለለይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ንኻለኦት እውን ዘዕጠቐን ዘትበዕን ሓበን እዩ።
ህዝብና እንዳ ጠመየ ከም ጽጉብ፡ እንዳ ዓረቐ ከም ክዱን፡ እንዳሓመመ ከም ጥዑይ፡ እንዳ ጸመአ ከም ርዉይ፡ እንዳ ጐሃየ ከም ሕጉስ ኮይኑ፡ ቃልሲ እንተነውሐ እውን ከይሰልከየ፡ ኣብ ዓወት ንምብጻሕ ብዝኾነ ጸገም ክምህ ዘይብልን ንድሕሪት ዘይጥምትን ምዃኑ፡ ብዙሓት ዘይኤርትርውያን እውን ንስለ ርትዕን ፍትሕን ዝመስከርዎ እዩ። ንሕና ኤርትራውያን እውን ብዛዕባ ሓደ ኣብ ህዝቢ ዘጋጥም ጸገም፡ ንኣብነት ደርቅን ጥምየትን ክንሓስብ እንከልና “ወይለኦም ደኣ ካለኦት እምበር ህዝቢ ኤርትራስ ጸገም ይኽእል እዩ” ኢና እንብሎ። እዚ ኣበሃህላዚ ስቕ ኢልካ ዝበሃል ዘይኮነ፡ ኣብ ወሳኒ ናይ ምጽማም እዋን፡ ዓላማኻ ኣሕሊፍካ ንዘይምሃብ፡ ኣብ ክንዲ ዕንጸይቲ ጣውላ ናውቲ ገዝኡ ኣንዲዱ ሕማቕ ዘበን ዝሰገረ ህዝቢ ምዃኑ ስለ እንፈልጥ ኢና።
እዚ ክበሃል እንከሎ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንጸገም ጥራይ ዝተፈጥረን ንጸገም ናተይ ኢሉ ዝረዓመን ስለ ዝኾነ ዘይኮነ፡ ጸገም ሰጊርካ ኣብ ራህዋን ዓወትን ንምብጻሕ ክኸፈል ዝግበኦ መተካእታ ዘየብሉ ምዃኑ ስለ ዝተረደኦ እዩ። ጸገም ክነውሕን ክደራረብን እንከሎን፡ ከም ህግዲፍ ዝኣመሰሉ ዝኣመንካዮም ቃሎም ዓጺፎም ሕድሪ ክጠልሙ እንከለዉን’ውን፡ እቲ ምረት ክሳብ ክንደይ ከም ዝመርር ርዱእ እዩ። እቲ ምረት ንህዝብና ከምቲ ጠላማት ዝጽበይዎ ኣላሽ ዘብሎ ዘይኮነ መሊሱ እዩ ዘሕርኖ። ከምኡ ስለ ዝኾነ እዩ ከኣ ኣንጻር ኩሉ ጸረ-ህዝቢ ተግባራት ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ፡ ሓሪኑ “እምቢ ንምልኪ” ዝብል ዘሎ። ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ካብቲ ናይ ህዝብና መሰረታዊ ሕቶታት፡ ካብ ዘይትግበር መደንዘዚ ቃላት ሓሊፉ ዋላ ሓንቲ ክምልስ ዘይምኽኣሉ ስዕረቱ ዘርኢ እዩ።
እዋኑ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ሎሚ’ውን ንነፍስሄር ድምጻዊ ኣብርሃም ኣፈወርቂ ከነልዕሎ፡ በቲ ከብድኻ ዝበልዕ ዜማኡ፡ “ነቲ ሕማቕ ዝበኣሰ ኣለዎ።” ከም ዝበሎ፡ እቲ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ኩሉ መዳያት ደም ከንበዖ ዝጸንሐ ህግደፋዊ ቫይረስ ከይኣኽሎ፡ እነሆ ሎሚ ከኣ ኮቪድ-19 ዝተባህለ ኮሮናቫይረስ ዓለም ከደን ቅልጡፍ ኣጽናቲ ወራሪ መጺኡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ተደራቢ ስግኣት የንጸላሉ ኣሎ። ከምቲ ዓቕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጸገም ብምጽዋር ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ነቲ ዘጋጥም ጸገም ክንድቲ ዝኸብዶ ይኽበድ፡ ክንድቲ ዝደራረቦ ይደራረብ፡ ተስፋ ብጸይምቑራጽ ስንኻ ነኺስካ ክሳብ ዓወት ምቅላሱ እውን መለለይኡ እዩ። በዚ ዝተመኮረ እንተዘይከውን፡ ኣፉ መሊኡ ዝዛረበሉን እግሩ መሊኡ ዝረግጸሉኳ እንተዘይኮነ፡ ኤርትራዊ ሃገርነት ዘውሓሰ መስተንክር ኣይመሰረሐን።
ምናልባት ደኣ ብሳይነሳዊ ኣገላልጻ ይፈላለ ይኸውን እምበር፡ ነቲ ብቃልሲ ኣንጻር ህግዲፍ ዝላደየ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ መኸተ ኣንጻር ኮሮናቫይረስ እምብዛ ኣይክሕደሶን እዩ። ህግዲፍን ኮርኖናን ሓደን ክልተን እዮም። ሓደ ዝገብሮም ኩሎም ጠንቂ ህልቀት ህዝቢ ምዃኖም ኮይኑ፡ ክልተ ዝገብሮም ከኣ መበቆሎም እቲ ሓደ ዘቤታዊ እቲ ካልእ ከኣ ዓለም ለኻዊ ምዃኖም እዩ። ኣብቲ ኣንጻር ህግዲፍ ዝግበር ቃልሲ ኩሉቲ ካልእ መመላእታ ኮይኑ፡ እቲ ወሳኒ ግደ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዩ። ከምኡ ስለ ዝኾነ ኢና ድማ “እቲ ቀንድን መሰረታውን ለውጢ ኣብ ኢድ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዩ ዘሎ” እንብል። ኣንጻር ኮሮናቫይረስ ኣብ ዝግበር ጽዕጹዕ መኸተ እውን ኣብ ኢዱ ዘየለዉ ዝጐድልዎ ዕጥቅታትኳ እንተለዉ፡ ወሳኒ ናይ ምክልኻል፡ ግደ ህዝቢ መተካእታ የብሉን። ካብቶም ኣብቲ መሰረታዊ ምክልኻል እቲ ቫይረስ ካብ ህዝቢ ዝድለዩ ጥንቃቐታት፡
ክሳብ ሕጂ ብሰንኪ ናይ ህግደፍ ብህዝቢ ዘይምግዳስ ዝጸንሐ ጸገም፡ ኣብዚ ሕጂ ንዝማዕበላ ሃገራት’ውን ዝፍትን ዘሎ ጨካን ሕማም፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝያዳ ከም ዝጽገሞ ፍሉጥ እዩ። ርሑቕ ከይከድና ማይ ኣብ ዘይብሉ ኩነታት፡ ኣይኮነንዶ እናሻዕ ክትሕጸብ፡ ክትመገብ እንከለኻ ምሕጻብ እውን ኣጸጋሚ እዩ።
ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ኣብ ዕዳጋ እኹል ቀረብ ሳሙናን ኣልኮልን ዘይምህላዉ፡ እንተዝህሉ እውን መዕደጊ ገንዘብ ዘይምርካብ ክሳብ ክንደይ ህግድፍ ብፍላጥ ይኹን ብዘይፍላጥ ንህዝብና ንኮሮናቫይረስ ኣሲሩ የረክቦ ምህላዉ ምግማቱ ዘጸገም ኣይኮነን። ካብ ሃገር ቻይና ዝተዋህበ ሓገዝ ዘይምቕባሉ ከኣ ንምሕዝነት ህግዲፍ ምስ ኮሮናቫይረስ መሊሱ የጉልሖ። ብሰንኪ ነጻጊ ምምሕዳር ህግዲፍ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ናይ ሕክምና ክኢላታት ሃገሮም ገዲፎም ኣብ ስደት ምህላዎም እውን ካብዚ ፈሊኻ ዝረአ ኣይኮነን። ምስዚ ኩሉ መጻብቦ ግና ዋላ ንእሽቶይ ትኹን፡ ህዝብና ነታ ኢድ ህግዲፍ ዘይጽበየላ ናይ ምክልኻል ሜላ ከማልኣ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ንኣብነት በቲ ክኢላታት ዝብልዎ ዘለዉ ምርሕሓቕን ኣድላይ ንዘይኮነ ጉዳያት ካብ ገዛኻ ምውጻእን። ደሓር ከኣ ወዮ ደኣ እቲ ናይ መራኸቢ መንገዲ ጸጊሙ እምበር፡ ኣብ ኩሉ ኩርነዓት ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ዘለዉ ደቁ ኣብ ጉድኑ ብምህላዎም ህዝብና ተስፋ ክሰኩዕ ይግበኦ።
ጸገም ህዝብና ኣይኮነንዶ ኮሮናቫይረስ ተወሲኽዎ፡ ቀደሙ እውን ዘርዚርካ ዝውዳእ ኣይኮነን። ኣብዚ ምርካብ ሓበሬታ ህይወት ዝኾነሉ ዘበን፡ ዝያዳ ኣብ መስርሕ ምክልኻል ኮሮኖ ቫይረስ ወሳኒ እዩ። በዚ መንገዲዚ እዩ ኣብቲ መኸተ እንታይ ክግበር ከም ዝግበኦን ዘይግበኦን ዝሕበር። ኣብ ኤርትራ ብዘይካተን ብኹሉ መለክዕታት ዓቕመን እንዳመንመነ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ናይ ህግድፍ ስብከትን ምልማንን መቃላሕቲ ማዕከናት፡ ማሕበራዊ ሚድያ ኮነ ርክብ ኢንተርነኤት የለን። ነዚ ጸገምዚ ብምስጋር መኸታኡ ንምሕያል እምበር፡ ህዝብና በተን ናይ ህግዲፍ ሓጹር ሰንጢቐን ናብ ኤርትራ ዝኣትዋ ዘለዋ መደባት ተለቪዥን ኣሰናን ኤሪ ሳተላይትን ኣቢሉ ምስቶም ኣብኡ ዝዝሻቐሉ ዘለዉ ደቁ ክራኸብን ድርብ መኸታኡ ከሕይልን ይግበኦ።
As the coronavirus spreads to all corners of the African continent, advocacy groups are calling for the release of a particularly vulnerable group: jailed journalists.
In an open letter to 10 African heads of state, the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ, and 80 other press freedom and human rights groups called for the media professionals to be freed.
"They are in jails that are overcrowded, where there are underlying health conditions where malaria and TB is a problem," said Angela Quintal, CPJ's Africa program coordinator. "So really, their lives are at risk here and many of them actually haven't even been convicted and have been sitting in detention for years without trial."
"When it comes to journalists who are being held there, not because they have committed a crime but are being held because of their journalism, it is necessary to ensure that these journalists are not stuck with what we call a death sentence," Quintal said. "Their freedom is really a matter of life and death."
One person who knows these difficulties is Mimi Mefo Takambou, a print and broadcast journalist from Cameroon. In 2018, she was arrested and charged with reporting false information and undermining state security for a story about an American missionary who was shot and killed in the West African country.
"The sanitation condition is not a very good one; like I said, the situation of overcrowding in prison. Access to the lawyer sometimes is problematic. We've had colleagues who are behind bars, and they'll have to spend several months even before having access to lawyers," she told VOA.
Takambou says she believes it is wrong for journalists to be held like this, not only on moral grounds, but also because they play a vital role in covering the coronavirus crisis.
"They have a huge role to play at this point in time in informing the population and giving them what they need as far as steps toward curbing the spread of coronavirus is concerned. But if most of these journalists are behind bars, who is going to tell the story?" she asked.
Takambou says she hopes her country and others that continue to imprison journalists will see information and those who report it as part of the solution to the coronavirus, not part of the problem.
"Release them so that they can be able to do their job," she said. "The place of the journalist is not in jail; the place of the journalist is in the field, telling the story, keeping people informed. And, at this point in time now, they are needed more than ever before."
ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ
“ሓድነት ሓይሊ እዩ፡ ዝሓበራ ኣጻብዕ ኣርቃይ የጸንበዓ፡ ኣሕዋት ምስ ዝሓብሩ ጸላኢ የባርሩ “ ዝብሉ ኣበሃህላታት፡ ሓያልነትን ወሳንነትን ሓድነት ዘድምቑ ናይ ኣቦታትና ምሳለታት እዮም። ኣብ ሓደ መስርሕ ተጽዕኖን ግደን ሓድነት ብኣውንታን ብኣሉታን ዝግለጽ እዩ። እቲ ኣውንታ በቲ ሳላ ሓድነት ዝምዝገብ ውጽኢትን ዓቕምን ዝግለጽ ክኸውን እንከሎ፡ እቲ ኣሉታ ከኣ ብሰንኪ ብኩራቱ ዘጋጥም ክሳራ ዝግለጽ እዩ።
ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ተመኩሮና ሳላ ሓድነትና ዘመዝገብናዮ ዓወታት ብዙሕ እዩ። ብዓብይኡ፡ ብቁጽሪ ውሑዳት፡ ብዕጥቂ ዝተሓትና እሞ ድማ ናይ ግዳም ደግፍ ዘይብልና ክነስና፡ ብቑጽሪ ንዝበዝሑና፡ ብዕጥቂ ንዝበልጹናን ብሓያላት ንዝድገፉን ገዛእቲ ስዒርና፡ ነጻነትን ልኡላውነትን ሃገርና ከነውሕስ ምብቃዕና ናይቲ ብሳላ ሓድነት ዝረኸብናዮ ኣውንታዊ ውጽኢት ርኡይ መግለጺ ኮይኑ ተመዝጊቡ ዘሎ እዩ። “ምስጢር ዓወትና ሓድነትና እዩ” እንብል ከኣ ካብዚ ነቒልና ኢና። እዚ ኣባና ጥራይ ተደሪቱ ዝተርፍ ዘይኮነ፡ ኣብ ቅድሚ ካለኦት እውን ከም ብሓድነት ተቓሊስካ ናይ ምዕዋት መወከሲ ዝተወስደ እዩ።
ሰኣን ሓድነት ዘጥፋእናዮም ዕድላት እውን፡ ወዮ ደኣ በቲ ሳላ ሓድነት ዘመዝገብናዮ ዓወት ንጸናናዕ ኮይና እምበር፡ ኣሉታዊ ኣሰሮም ቀሊል ኣይኮነን። ብዓብይኡ ነቲ ኣንጻር ናይ ግዳም መግዛእቲ ዓወት ክንጭብጥ ዘብቀዕና ሓድነት ኣብ ቃልሲ ኣንጻርቲ ዘየናሕሲ ዘቤታዊ ጨቋኒ ክንደግሞ ስለ ዘይበቓዕና፡ እነሆ ህዝብና ብህግዲፍ ይደሃኽ ኣሎ። ኣብዚ ዘለናዮ እዋን ብሓድነት ምቅላስ ኣድላይን መሰረታውን ከም ዝኾነ ኣብ ተመኩሮ ብዙሓት በዚ ናትና መስርሕ ዝሓለፉ ኣብ ውጽኢት ከም ዘብጸሐ እንዳረኣና ብግብሪ ከነረጋግጾ ዘይምብቃዕና፡ ንቃልስና ብቐረባ ንዝዕዘቡ ወገናት’ውን “ዘገርም” ዘብል ዘሎ እዩ።
ስለምንታይ ሓድነትና ከነረጋግጽ ዘይከኣልና፡ ሓደሓደ ግዜስ ንሕና እውን ይገርመና እዩ። እቲ ጠንቂ ግና ኣርሒቕካ ምምርማር ዘድልዮ ዘይኮነ፡ ካባና ናባና ዘሎ እዩ። ክንድቲ ብዛዕባ ሓድነት እትጭረሖ ብግብሪ ዉፉይ ዘይምዃን፡ ዝመጻናሉ ዝተፈላለየ ፖለቲካዊ ድርሕረ-ባይታታት ዝፈጠሮ ስንብራት፡ ንመስርሕ ሓድነት ኣብ ክንዲ ብልዑል ህዝባውን ሃገራውን ተደላይነት፡ ብጸቢብ ጉጅላዊ ምናልባት እውን ብውልቃዊ ሕሳብ ምቕናይ፡ ካብቶም ብዙሓት ክስገሩ እናተገበኦም ዘይሰገርናዮም ዝዕንቅጹና ዘለዉ ንኣብነት ክጥቀሱ ዝኽእሉ እዮም። ኣብዚ ኩልና ንፈልጦ ክንስና፡ ምጥቃሱ ኣገዳሲ ዝኸውን፡ ሓድነት ዝኾነ ይኹን ፍልልይ ብዘየብሎም ኣካላት ዝድኮን ዘይኮነ፡ ህጹጽነት ጉዳያት ኣብ ግምት ኣእቲኻ፡ ቅድሚት ከመጽእ ዘይግበኦ ዛዕባታት ኣወንዚፍካ ኣብቲ ተባራዒ መድረኻዊ ኩነታት ኣትኪልካ ዝንደቕ ዓቕሚ እዩ። ኣብ ህልዊ ፖለቲካዊ ዕማምና፡ ምውጋድ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ንቕድሚት ኣምጺእካ ኣብ ዙርያኡ ዓሲልካ ሓድነት ክንደቐሉ ዝግበኦ እዩ። ሕጂ ከኣ ከምቲ “ክፉእካ ኣይትጽላእ ዝኸፈአ ከይመጸካ” ዝበሃል፡ ግደ ሓድነት ዝያዳ ዘበርኽ ሓያልን ግዜ ዘይህብን ኮሮናቫይረስ ዝበሃል ናይ ቀዳምነት ቀዳምነት ክሕዝ ዝግበኦ ራዕዲ ዝፈጥር ዛዕባ ኣጋጢሙ እነሆ።
ብዛዕባ ሓድነት ክንሓስብ እንከለና ኣብ ክንዲ ናይ ሃገርን ህዝብን ድሕነትን ቀጻልነትን፡ ነናትና ምስ ናይ ካለኦት እንተዘይተወሃሂዱ፡ ሩባ ዘየሳግር ጸቢብ ሕሳባት ንቕድሚት ምምጻእ ከም ዘየዕወተና ርኢና ኢና። ምርኣይ ከኣ ምእማን እዩ። ከምቲ ጳጳስ ኣቡነ ፍራንሲስ ቅድሚ ሳልስቲ ብምኽንያት ክብሪ ዓርቢ ስቕለት 2020 ኣብ ዘመሓላለፍዎ ኣባታዊ መልእኽቲ “ኣፍላጋት ነቲ ማዮም ኣይሰትይዎን እዮም፡ ኣግራብ ነቲ ዘፍረይዎ ፍረታት ኣይበልዕዎን እዮም፡ ጸሓይ ብርሃና ነዓኣ ኣይኮነን ዘብርህን ዘንጸባርቕን … ወዘተ” ምስ በሉ “ሕጉስ ክትከውን እንከለኻ ህይወት ጽብቕቲ እያ፡ ዝያዳ ጽብቕቲ እትኸውን ግና፡ ካለኦት ብግብርኻ ክሕጐሱ እንከለዉ እያ” ዝበልዎ፡ ቀንዲ ኣድህቦና ብውልቂ ካብቲ ሓድነት ክንጥቀም ዘይኮነ፡ ሃገርን ህዝብን ምድሓን ክኸውን ይግበኦ። ንኣድላይነት ሓድነት እምበኣር፡ ብፍላይ ኣብዚ ኣቲናዮ ዘለና ፍሉይ ዓለማዊ ኩነታት ብመንጽርዚ ክንጥምት ይግበኣና።
ክሳብ ሕጂ ቃልስና ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ህልውና ዝዓለመ እዩ ጸኒሑ። ብዛዕባ ምውጋድ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ፡ ሕገመንግስታዊ ስርዓት ኣብ ኤርትራ፡ ልዕልና ሕግን ፍትሕን፡ ምኽባር ሰብኣውን ዲሞክራስያውን መሰላት፡ መሰል ምውዳብ፡ ሓሳብካ ምግላጽን ናጽነት እምነትን ክንዛረብ እንከለና ብኸመይ ሕገመንግስታዊ ህዝባውን ዲሞክራስያውን ስርዓት ዝማእከሉ ፖለቲካዊ ህልውናን ቀጻልነትን ይህልወና ኢና እንጥምት። እቲምንታይሲ እዚ እቲ ዝበለጸ ኣነባብራ ሃገር ንክመጸልና ዝኽልእ ብደሆታት ዝስዕር ስለ ዝኾነ እዩ። ሎሚ ግና ብኸመይን ብመንን ይመሓደር ብዘየገድስ፡ ህዝቢ ከም ሰብኣዊ ፍጡር ናይ ምህላውን ዘይምህላውን ዝፍትን ሓደጋ ኣጋጢሙና ኣሎ። እሞ ከኣ ንኹሉ ወገናት ኣብ ነናቱ ዝጸመደ፡ እቲ ሓደ ነቲ ካልእ ክሕግዝ ኣብ ዘይክእለሉ ኩነታት ምእታው እዩ። ካብዚ ጸልማት ንምውጻእ ግደ ሓድነት ኤርትራውያን ወሳኒ ምዃኑ ንምትንባህ ኢና ከኣ ነዚ ናይ ሻቕሎት እዋን “ኣድላይነት ሓድነት፡ ዝያዳ ዘበርኽ ኩነት” ንብል ዘለና። እዚ ሕጂ ኣጋጢሙ ዘሎ ናይ ኣልማማ መቕዘፍቲ ከጋጥምዩ ዝብል ትጽቢትኳ እንተዘይነበሮ፡ ሰዲህኤ ኣብ ጥዕና ህዝብና ዘለዎ ቆላሕታ ንምንጻር፡ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ መደብ ዕዮኡ፡ “ኣገልግሎት ጥዕና ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ምክልኻል ሕማማት ብምድሃብ ነቶም ንህዝብና ዘሳቕዩ ሕማማት ቀዳምነት ሂቡ ኣድላዪ መደብ ምክልኻል ክሕንጽጽን ከተግብርን እዩ፡” ዝብል ሓሳብ ኣስፊሩ ኣሎ።
ሎሚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ንቡር ዝፈልጥ፡ ሓላፍነት ህዝብን ሃገርን ዝስመዖን ዝርዳእን መንግስቲ እንተዝህሉ፡ ፖለቲካዊ ስሰዐኡ ኣወንዚፉ፡ ነቶም ንፖለቲካዊ ለውጢ ንቃለስ ዘለና ኤርትራውያን ከይተረፈ፡ ኩሉ ድሕሪ ድሕነት ህዝቢ ስለ ዝኾነ “ንዑ ህዝብና ብሓባር ነድሕን” ኢሉ ክጽወዓና መተገበአ። እንተኾነ ከምቲ “ ሓንሳብ ዝጐበጠ ኣይቀንዕን እዩ” ዝበሃል፡ ኢሳያስ ኣብቲ ጸረ-ህዝቢ ተግባሩ ስለ ዝደረቐ፡ ከምኡ ክገብር ኣይንጽበዮን ኢና። ሕሉፍ ሓሊፉ ገሊኦም መራሕቲ ሃገራት፡ ጉዳይ ህዝቦም ኣዝዩ ኣሻቒልዎም፡ “ፖለቲካዊ ስልጣን ድሕሪ ህዝቢ እዩ” ኢሎም ናብቲ ቅድም ዝነበሮም ሕክምናዊ ሞያኦም ኣብ ዝምለስሉ ግዜ፡ ኢሳያስ ግና ድምጹ ኣጥፊፉ ሃጢሙ።
ሕጂ ንሕናን ህዝብናን ናትና ንግበር። እዚ ኣብ ቅድሜና ተገቲሩ ዘሎ በዳሂ ዕማም በዳህን ንተደላይነት ሓድነት ዘበርኽን እዩ። እቲ እንብህጎን ምእንታኡ እንቃለሱ ዘለናን ሓድነት ሓይልታት ለውጢ ኣቐዲምና ኣውሒስናዮ እንተንጸንሕ፡ ኣብ መኸተ ኣንጻር ኮሮና ቫይረስ ዝያዳ መሓገዘና ነይሩ። ብዝኾነ ሕጂ እውን ይኸድብ እምበር፡ ዘይከኣል ኣይኮነን እሞ፡ እቲ ኣብ መንጎ ተቓወምትን ደገፍትን ህግዲፍ ዝጸንሐ ብምልካዊ ስርዓት ዝተኣልመ ዓለባ ሳሬት ተቐዲዱ ኩልና ኣብ ጉዳይ ምህላውን ዘይምህላውን ከም ህዝቢ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ከም ልማዱ ብዘይብለጸሉን መሰረታዊ ናይ ለውጢ ኣንፈትና ብዘየስሕትን ንሰጉም።
1. Situation Overview
Global cases: 1,439,516 confirmed. Global deaths: 85,711 confirmed. Countries, areas or territories with cases: 212 (as of 10 April, WHO). WHO published a guidance document on the rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in healthcare and home care settings and during the handling of cargo. WHO has listed the first two diagnostic tests for emergency use during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Global Health Cluster, led by WHO, has been supporting 29 countries to implement the Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19.The Global Fund is coordinating with the WHO, which is leading the global response. WHO Situation Reports have detailed updates.
2. Global Fund COVID-19 Response
On 9 April, the Global Fund Board approved a new COVID-19 Response Mechanism and operational flexibilities to support countries to respond to COVID-19 and mitigate the impact on programs to fight HIV, TB, malaria and systems for health. The COVID-19 Response Mechanism authorizes funding of US$500 million and comes in addition to up to US$500 million in grant flexibilities that were previously announced by the Global Fund on 4 March. This effectively brings total Global Fund support available to up to US$1 billion. Latest updates:
Board Decision 9 April: Additional Support for Country Responses to COVID-19. Download the full Board decision here.
Board Decision 9 April: Operational Flexibilities to Ensure Continued Operations during COVID-19. Download the full Board decision here.
Funding has been approved for 54 countries and two regional grants (99 individual decisions) for a total of nearly US$70 million. The 54 countries include (new countries are in bold): Afghanistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, El Salvador, Eritrea, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The two regional grants are: ALCO HIV/AIDS prevention project targeting key and vulnerable population along the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor; and Middle East Response - Ensuring continuity of treatment and essential services for people affected by HIV, TB and malaria in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon.
Most countries have requested less than the 5% permitted. All requests follow WHO guidance on preparedness and early response. Almost all funds approved to date have come from savings from existing grants.
The number of requests, and the dollar amount of each request, have increased greatly since March. The amount approved in the first nine days in April is almost equal to the total approvals from all of March. Requests are now coming in from all regions.
These leaflets have been provided by a range of organisations. They are important in helping people tackle this virus in their own language.
Here are some in Tigrinya (more available here)
stop-the-spread-of-germs-tigryna
sick-with-2019-nCoV-fact-sheet-tigryna
Here are some Arabic (more available here)
Arabic stop-the-spread-of-germs poster 3.18.2020 disclaimer
ኤርትራውያን ብዛዕባ ኢሳያስን ቀይናን ኣተሓሳስባኡን፡ እንታይ ይብሉን እንታይ ይገብሩን በቲ ተግባሩ ዝቕየስ እምበር ንምንኣዱ ኮነ ንምንቃፉ፡ ከም ልበ-ወለድ ዝንገርን ዝድረስን ኣይኮነን። ኢሳያስ ግና ኣብ ማእከል ጐልጐል ክነኣድን ክምጎስን ዝደሊ ዓይኒ ሓሰኻ ዘየብሉ ዕቡይን ስሱዕን ፍጡር እዩ። ሒደት ዘይበሃሉ ኤርትራውያን ካብ ናይ ቅድም ኣነቓቕላኡ ጀሚሮም ብዛዕባኡ ዕቃበን ጥርጣረን ከም ዝነበሮምን ክቓለስዎ ከም ዝጸንሑን ስኑድ እዩ።
ብኣንጻሩ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን፡ ብፍላይ ከኣ ኣብ እዋን ብረታዊ ቃልስን ኣብ ግዜ ናጽነትን ኤርትራን፡ ልዕሊ ዝግበኦ ሕሉፍ ሓሊፎም ብግጥምን ዜማን ንኢደሞን ኣመጒሰምዎን። “ወዲ ኣፎም ብርየ፡ ንሱ ኣንበሳ ዓሻክሩ ነብርየ” ተባሂሉ። “ወዲ ኣፎም፡ ኢሱ ….. ወዘተ” ዝብሉ ናይ ቅብጥሮት ኣስማት እውን ኣውጺአምሉ። እንተኾነ እዚ ናእዳን ቅብጥሮትን ንዝተወሰነ ግዜ ሒዝዎ ዝጸንሐ ንላዕሊ ናይ ምንቅዕራር ኣመልካቲ (ግራፍ)፡ ኣቕጣጫኡ ቀይሩ ናብ ቁልቁል ክንቆት፡ ደሓር ከኣ ንሓዋሩ ከምዘይትንስእ መሬት ክዘብጥ ግዜ ኣይወሰደሉን። ሚዛን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ኢሳያስ ንከንቆቁል፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ናይ ውግእ ሓርበኛታት ማይሓባር ዝወሰዶ ጭካነ፡ ኣተገባብራ ግዱድ ውትህድርና፡ ምስ ዝተፈላለያ ጐረባብቲ ሃገራት ዝኣጐዶ ተኽታዂ ውግኣት፡ ሕገመንግስቲ ከይትግበር ብኢደ ወነኑ ምእጋድ፡ ኣካይዳና ሕገመንግስታዊ መልክዕ ይሓዝ ንዝበሉ ብጉጅለ 15 ዝፍለጡ ገዳይም ተቓለስቲ ምእሳር፡ ኣብ ሃይማኖታዊ ትካላት ኢድ ምእታውን መራሕተን ምእሳርን ምቕታልን ትካላተን ምውራስን፡ ንዝተወሰነ ግዜ መማረጺ ሓበሬታ ሒዘን ክቐርባ ጀሚረን ዝነበራ ናይ ብሕቲ ጋዜጣታት ምዕጻውን ጋዜተኛታተን ምእሳርን፡ ኣብ ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ምውጋይን ሎሚ ከኣ እነሆ ህዝብና ብሰንኪ ዓለም ለኻዊ ለበዳ ሕማም ኮሮና ኣብ ጨንቂ እናሃለወ ነብሱ ፈትዩ ምሕባእን ዝኣመሰሉ ተግባራት ዘቃልዕዎ ተግባራት እዮም። እዞም ውትሩ ዝጥቀሱ ኣበሳታት ኢሳያስን ምምሕዳሩን ነናቶም ንህዝብና ደም ዘንብዑ ዝርዝራት ኣለዉዎም።
ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ነዞም ዝተጠቕሱን ካለኦትን ጸይቅታት ህግዲፍ ምኹናንን ምቅዋምን ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ከምኡ ዓይነት ተግባራት ነውሪ ዝኾነሉ፡ ብሕገ-መንግስቲ ዝቕለስ ስርዓ-መንግስቲ ንምትካል ኣብ መስርሕ ቃልሲ ዘሎ ህዝቢ እዩ። ህላወን ንጥፈታትን ተቓወምቲ ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታትን ውድባትን ኤርትራ፡ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓሳትን ካለኦት ተበግሶታትን ከኣ ነዚ እዩ ዘመልክት። እቲ ኣንጻር ኢሳያስን ጉጅለኡን ናይ ምቅላስ ንቕሎን ተበግሶን ማዕባሊ እምበር፡ በዞም ክሳብ ሕጂ ተጋሂዶም ዘለዉ ኤርትራዊ ናይ ቃልሲ ትካላትን ባእታታትን ጥራይ ተደሪቱ ዝግለጽ ኣይኮነን። ኣብዚ ቀረባ መዓልታት፡ 95 ልዑል ደረጃ ትምህርቲ ዘለዎም ኤርትራውን ነቲ ቃልሲኳ ኣጋይሽ እንተዘይኮኑ፡ ብሓባር ኣብ ጐኒ ህዝቦም ከም ዝስለፉ ምእዋጆም፡ ንኤርትራዊ ሓይልታት ለውጢ ዓብይ ፍናን ዝህብ እዩ። ብኣንጻሩ ከኣ ንዕርበት ጸሓይ ኢሳያስ ዘቀላጥፍ እዩ። ከምኡ እውን ነቲ ገለን ብጉርሒ ገለን ድማ ብገርህንፍርሕን ሓሓሊፉ ዝርአ ደገፍ ንኢሳያስ ዝሓክኽ እዩ። እዚ ምሁራዊ ኣበርክተኦም ቀጻሊ ክኸውን ናይ ኩልና ትጽቢት ምዃኑ ምዝኽኻሮም ከኣ ኣገዳሲ እዩ።
ጸረ ህዝቢ ተግባራት ኢሳያስ ከምቲ ንሱ ዝደልዮን ዝሓስቦን ኣብ ኤርትራ ጥራይ ተሓቢኡ ዝተርፍ ኣይኮነን። ብኣንጻሩ ጽልዋኡ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ከንጸባርቕ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ኤርትራውያን ሓይልታት ለውጢ ኣብ ኩሉ ኩርነዓት ወጻኢ ዓለምና ኩነታት ኤርትራ ክትርዳእን ኣብ ልዕሊ ምምሕዳር ዲክታቶር ኢሳያስ ናይ ዓገብ ተጸዕኖኣ ከተሕይል ክሰርሑ ጸኒሖምን ኣለዉን። ነቲ ጸረ ህዝቢ ተግባራቱ ዝምጥን ውጽኢትኳ እንተዘይኮነ ሳላ ቃልሲ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ወጻኢ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኢሳያስ ዝወርድ ዘሎ ተጽዕኖታት፡ ንኡስ ዝመስል ግና ድማ እንዳማዕበለ ዝኸይድን ቀጻልን እዩ። ኣብዚ ቀረባ እዋን ጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኣብ ኤርትራ ክከታተላ ብባይቶ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝተመዛ ወ/ሮ ዳኒየላ ክራቨትዝ ምምሕዳር ኣቶ ኢሳይስ ብህጹጽ ናይ ሕልናን ፖለቲካን እሱራት ክፈትሕ ዘቕረበኦ መጸዋዕታ ሓላፍነት ዝስመዖ መራሒ ሃገር እየ ንዝብል ቀሊል ግምት ዝወሃቦ ኣይኮነን። ብጉዳይ ጋዜጠኛታት ዝግደሱ ትካላትን ዓበይቲ ማዕከናት ዜናን ንጉዳይና ዝህብዎ ዘለዉ ቆላሕታ እውን ቀሊል ኣይኮነን። ኤርትራዊ ዛዕባ ብቐንዱ ንዓና ንኤርትራውያን ዝምልከትኳ እንተኾነ፡ ኣብ ቅድሚ ሕብረተሰብ ዓለምን ትካላቱን ቦታ ምርካቡ ከኣ ኣዝዩ ሓጋዚ እዩ።
ዘራጊ ተግባራት ኢሳያስ ቀንዲ መንቀሊኡን ምንጩን ደኣ ኣብ ኤርትራ ይኹን እምበር፡ ብፍላይ ንጐረባትና ዘቕስን ኣይኮነን። ኢሳያስ ንቐልቢ ህዝብናኳ ሎሚ እንደየናይ ከይጥምዝዞ፡ ንቀልቢ ናይ ርሑቕ ተዓዘብቲ ንምጥምዛዝ ኣብዚ ከባቢና ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ኣዋርሕ ምዕግርጋር ጀሚሩ ነይሩ። ነቲ ኣብ ምብራቕ ኣፍሪቃ ክሰርሕ ዝጸንሐ ብሰንኪ ዘይውሕሉል ዲፕሎማስያዊ ኣተሓሕዛኡ ዝገደፎ ከባብያዊ ናይ ልምዓት ማሕበር ኢጋድ ኣፍሪሱ ካልእ ምትእኽኻብ ክፈጥር ተንቀሳቒሱ። እንተኾነ ከምቲ “ስንኩል ንስንኩል ይዋቕዑ ብድንኩል” ዝበሃል፡ ብዘይካ ነቶም ከምኡ ብዙሕ ዘይተወገነ ዘቤታዊ ጸገማት ዘለዎም መራሕቲ ሶማልን ኢትዮያን ንኻለኦት ከዕግብ ኣይከኣለን። ህዝቢ ሶማልን ኢትዮጵያን እውን ኣካይዳ ኢሳያስ ካብ ቀደሙ ዘራጊ ምዃኑ ስለ ዝርድኡ፡ ብፍላይ ከኣ ኢትዮጵያውያን ምሁራትን ፖለቲከኛታትን ብዝተፈላለዩ መንገድታት “ኣብ ውሽጣዊ ጉዳይና ኣይትእተወና” ይብልዎ ኣለዉ። ቅድሚ ወርሒ ኣቢሉ 49 ኢትዮጵያውያን ደቂ ኦሮሙ ዶክተራት ብቐጥታ ናብ ኢሳያስ ዝጸሓፍዎ ናይ “ኢድካን እግርኻን ኣክበልና” ደብዳበን እቶም ውሽጡን ውሻጠኡን ዝፈልጡዎ ነባራት መራሕቲ ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ ከሰምዕዎ ዝጸንሑ ስምዕታን ከኣ ኢሳያስ ኣብ ዘዝኸዶ ይኸስር ከም ዘሎ ዘረድእ እዩ። እታ ዕርክነት ኢሳይስን ዶ/ር ኣብይ ኣሕመድን እውን “ሞተት ሰተኾት” ትበሃል ዘላ እያ ትመስል።
እምበኣር ከምቲ “ንነዊት ጨነቖ፡ በቲ ኣርዑት ሓነቖ፡ በቲ ከኣ ዕርፊ ተወቖ” ዝበሃል፡ ኢሳያስ ብዓዲ ኮነ ብግዳም ቀጻልነቱ ትቕምስል እያ ዘላ። ዝያዳ ንክትሓርር ከኣ ሕጂ እውን ዝጽበየና ሓቢርካ ናይ ምጽዳፉ ቀሊል ግና ከኣ ኣገዳሲ ዕማም ኣለና። እዚ ግና፡ ቀንዲ እዋናዊ ቀዳምነትና ህዝብና ብኮሮና ቫይረስ ከይህሰ ምስራሕ ምዃኑ ብዘይምዝንጋዕ እዩ።
(Printed below is a must-read declaration approved by over 100 social democratic, socialist and progressive parties in the Progressive Alliance, in which Eritrea is represented by the EPDP - Eritrean People’s Democratic Party in exile. The statement calls upon democratic and progressive forces to play a leading role in shaping a new World Order in the aftermath of this pandemic. For now, it calls for the creation of an international fund under the UN to support the treatment of coronavirus patients worldwide to tackle its long-term consequences. It underlines the important of give due attention to peoples that cannot expect “financial support nor medical protection from their governments.” The statement adds: “Immediate medical support needed for refugee camps in preparation for the spread of the viral disease. Refugees and displaced persons are most vulnerable and must not be forgotten. International institutions and states must continue and even increase their aid and assistance.” -- Good reading, Harnnet.org).
Borderless challenges require borderless solidarity:
The Covid-19 pandemic has become a scourge for mankind. Hundreds of thousands have already contracted it and many thousands have died and will die of it. The virus causes enormous suffering, creates individual and collective insecurity worldwide by threatening people across borders and destabilizing entire countries and regions.
The fatal consequences of this pandemic particularly affect people who are less fortunate, who are already starving and who cannot expect financial support nor medical protection from their governments and public authorities, those who are suffering of war and expulsion where again women are the most exposed. Covids-19 is an enormous challenge for everyone.
Medical and health care as well as social and economic systems are reaching their stress limits. Progressive answers to these challenges are needed – today and for the time afterwards. Social Democrats, Socialists and Progressives are at the forefront in fighting the health, social and economic effects of this unprecedented crisis.
What we need is social cohesion and solidarity, at national and global level! Over the next few weeks, the foundations of a new world order shall be laid. Progressives need to raise their voices now in order to have a say in its shaping. The shift of control over vital public services to the private market only is the wrong path. We now can see clearly that social security and health care are not costs to be cut, but essential pillars of good functioning societies which need sustainable investments.
The ignorance and arrogance of the nationalists and populists divide societies and endangers us all. Their path is wrong and put human lives at risk - this is now more evident than ever - lacking any ethical or humanist reference and undermining our democracies. Already now, the struggle over who will have to bear the costs of the necessary rescue packages has begun.
Different from the response to the financial crisis of 2008, our democracies, societies, economies and simply the planet cannot afford another decade of austerity or uncontrolled markets.
Solidarity means that the strong use their strength to help the weak. The answer to this crisis is global solidarity. We, the parties and organisations of the Progressive Alliance, defending a multilateral approach therefore demand and promote an immediate and bold global agenda:
We call for acute measures:
In the medium run we call:
To prevent the risk of a new debt crisis, for tax avoidance to be coordinated and combated effectively in order to create new fiscal space and room for manoeuvre for global financing of global challenges. Targeted debt relief strategies and orderly state insolvency proceedings could take some pressure out of the debt bubble:
KAMPALA, Uganda — Weeks before the coronavirus spread through much of the world, parts of Africa were already threatened by another kind of plague, the biggest locust outbreak some countries had seen in 70 years.
Now the second wave of the voracious insects, some 20 times the size of the first, is arriving. Billions of the young desert locusts are winging in from breeding grounds in Somalia in search of fresh vegetation springing up with seasonal rains.
Millions of already vulnerable people are at risk. And as they gather to try to combat the locusts, often in vain, they risk spreading the virus — a topic that comes a distant second for many in rural areas.
It is the locusts that “everyone is talking about,” said Yoweri Aboket, a farmer in Uganda. “Once they land in your garden they do total destruction. Some people will even tell you that the locusts are more destructive than the coronavirus. There are even some who don’t believe that the virus will reach here.”
Some farmers in Abokat's village near the Kenyan border bang metal pans, whistle or throw stones to try to drive the locusts away. But mostly they watch in frustration, largely barred by a coronavirus lockdown from gathering outside their homes.
A failed garden of cassava, a local staple, means hunger. Such worries in the village of some 600 people are reflected across a large part of East Africa, including Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan. The locust swarms also have been sighted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Tanzania and Congo.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has called the locust outbreak, caused in part by climate change, "an unprecedented threat” to food security and livelihoods. Its officials have called this new wave some 20 times the size of the first.
“The current situation in East Africa remains extremely alarming as ... an increasing number of new swarms are forming in Kenya, southern Ethiopia and Somalia,” a new FAO assessment said.
Favorable breeding conditions through May mean there likely will be another new round of swarms in late June and July, coinciding with the start of the harvest season, the agency said.
The U.N. has raised its aid appeal from $76 million to $153 million, saying immediate action is needed before more rainfall fuels further growth in locust numbers. So far the FAO has collected $111 million in cash or pledges.
The locusts are “invading the Eastern Africa region in exceptionally large swarms like never seen before," the Nairobi-based Climate Prediction and Application Center said.
The new swarms include “young adults,” voracious bugs “that eat more than the adult ones,” said Kenneth Mwangi, a satellite information analyst at the center.
Mwangi and other officials in Kenya cited difficulties in fighting the infestation as coronavirus-related travel restrictions slow cross-border travel and delay the delivery of pesticides.
The verification work of field officers has been curtailed, making it harder for the center to update regional prediction models, Mwangi said.
In rural Laikipia county, among the worst affected in Kenya, some are calling attention to the threat to commercial farms.
“I think, unfortunately, because of other things going on around the world, people are forgetting about the problem with the locusts. But it’s a very, very real problem," farmer George Dodds told the FAO.
Aerial spraying is the only effective way to control the locust outbreak. After the locusts crossed into Uganda for the first time since the 1960s, soldiers resorted to using hand-held spray pumps because of difficulties in obtaining the needed aircraft.
Uganda's agriculture minister said authorities are unable to import enough pesticides from Japan, citing disruptions to international cargo shipments.
The government is yet to meet an additional budget of over $4 million requested for locust control, the minister said.
The sum is substantial in a country where the president has been fundraising from wealthy people to help respond to the virus and its economic disruption. Health workers are threatening to strike over lack of protective gear.
Other countries face similar challenges.
In Ethiopia, where some 6 million people live in areas affected by the locust outbreak, the infestation if unchecked “will cause large-scale crop, pasture and forest-cover loss, worsening food and feed insecurity,” the FAO says.
Bands of immature locusts are forming in areas that include the country’s breadbasket, the Rift Valley region, it said.
Ethiopia’s agriculture minister has said efforts are underway to deploy six helicopters against the infestation that could last until late August.
But ministry spokesman Moges Hailu spoke of an ominous sign: The locust swarms are now appearing in locations where they had not been previously sighted.
Source=https://eritreahub.org/egypts-nile-monopoly-is-over
Source: Reuters
Africa has at least 10,956 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, 562 deaths and 1,149 recoveries, according to a Reuters tally based on government statements and WHO data.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is testing the limits of societies and economies across the world, and African countries are likely to be hit particularly hard,” World Bank Vice President for Africa Hafez Ghanem said.
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are racing to provide emergency funds to African countries and others to combat the virus and mitigate the impact of sweeping shutdowns aiming at curbing its spread.
The coronavirus has led to suspension of international passenger travel in many countries on the continent, and hit sectors such as tourism.
Various African governments have announced lockdowns or curfews in response to the virus, which was slow to reach many African countries but is now growing exponentially, according to the World Health Organization.
Real gross domestic product growth was projected to fall sharply particularly in the region’s three largest economies – Nigeria, Angola, and South Africa, the World Bank said.
Oil exporting-countries would also be hard-hit; while growth would likely weaken substantially in the West African Economic and Monetary Union, and the East African Community due to weak external demand, disruptions to supply chains and domestic production.
The bank said the spread of the flu-like respiratory disease also had potential to lead to a food security crisis on the continent, with agricultural production forecast to contract 2.6% and up to 7% in the event of trade blockages.
“Food imports would decline substantially (as much as 25% or as little as 13%) due to a combination of higher transaction costs and reduced domestic demand,” the bank said in a statement accompanying the report.
The institutions have also called on China, the United States and other bilateral creditors to temporarily suspend debt payments by the poorest countries so they can use the money to halt the spread of the disease and mitigate its financial impact.[nL1N2BI15A]
“There will be need for some sort of debt relief from bilateral creditors to secure the resources urgently needed to fight COVID-19 and to help manage or maintain macroeconomic stability in the region,” Cesar Calderon, the bank’s lead economist and lead author of the report, said.
The World Bank said African policymakers should focus on saving lives and protecting livelihoods by spending money to strengthen health systems and taking quick actions to minimise disruptions in food supply chains.
It also recommended social protection programmes, including cash transfers, food distribution and fee waivers, to support citizens, especially those working in the informal sector.
08 ሚያዝያ 2020
ኣብ ሓባራዊ ስራሕ ንምጽማድ፣ ንገለ ኣዋርሕ ክካየድ ዝጸንሐ ናይ መራሕቲ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት መስርሕ ዘተ ኣብ ወርሒ መጋቢት 2020 ክድምደም ተመዲቡ'ኳ እንተነበረ፣ ብምስፍሕፋሕ ኮረና ቫይረስ ምክንያት እቲ ዝተሓስበ ዋዕላ ክካየድ ኣይተኻእለን። ይኩን'ምበር ምስፍሕፋሕ እዚ ለበዳ'ዚ (ኮቪድ -19)፡ ኣብ ውሽጥን ኣብ ወጻኢን ዝርከብ ህዝብና ከውርዶ ዝክእል ብርቱዕ ሓደጋ ብምግንዛብ፡ እቲ ዘተ ክቕጽልን ሓባራዊ ተግባር ክሕወሶን ኣብ ምርድዳእ ከም ተበጽሐ ክንሕብር ንፈቱ። በዚ ምርድዳእ’ዚ መሰረት ድማ፣ ዕለት 1 ሚያዝያ 2020 "ሓባራዊ መልእክቲ ናብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ" ከምእ’ውን ናብ ዝተፈላለያ ግብረ ስናይ ማሕበራትን፣ ዓለምለኻዊ ናይ ጥዕና ትካል ዳይረክተርን፣ ናብ ኮምሽነር ላዕለዋይ ኮሞሽን ሕቡራት ሃገራት ጉዳያ ስደተኛታትን ሓባራዊ መልእክቲን ከምዝሰደደ ዝዝከር’ዩ። ቀጻልነት ናይዚ ተብግሶ'ዚ ንምርጋግጽን፣ ኩሉ ደላይ ፍትሒ ኣንጻር ለበዳ ኮሮና ቫይረስ (ኮቪድ-19) ወሲድዎ ዘሎ ተበግሶ ንምድጋፍን ንምብርታዕን ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ሜዳታት ዝተሓጋገዝ ፍሉይ ሓይሊ ዕማም ክቕውም ኣኼባ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ወሲኑ።
እዚ ብዝተፈላለያ ምንቅስቓሳትን ናይ ጥዕና ሞያውያንን ተጀሚሩ ዘሎ ተበግሶታት፣ እቲ ዝድለ ዕላማ ብግቡእ ንኽረጋገጽ፣ እቲ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ስራሓት ክወሃሃድን ክተኣሳሰርን ይግባእ። ድሮ’ኳ እቲ ኣብ ኩሉ ኩርናዓት ዓለም ተበጊሱ ዘሎ ወፈራ፣ ዓለምለኻዊ መልክዕ ሒዙ ምህላዉ ጽቡቕ ኣብነት ኢዩ። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ሃገራት ዝነብር ኤርትራዊ ዜጋ ብስድርኡን ብህዝቡን ዘይጭነቕን ዘይሓስብን የሎን። ዓቕሙ ዝፈቕዶ ኣበርክቶ ክገብር ቅሩብ ከም ዘሎ’ውን ኩሉና እንግንዘቦ ኢዩ። ስለዚ ኩሉ ጻዕርና እቲ ተበጊሱ ዘሎ ምስፋሕን ምብርታዕን፣ እቲ ዘይተበገሰ ድማ ከምዝሕወሶ ምስራሕን ክኸውን ለበዋና ነመሓላልፍ።
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