ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

ኤርትራውያን ብዙሕነትና ዝወለዶ ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ፍልልያት ክህልወና ነውሪ ኣይኮነን። ነውሪ ኣይኮነን ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ሃብቲ እውን እዩ። ሃብትን ጌጽን ዝኸውን ግና ከነመሓድሮ እንከለና እዩ። ዝተፈላለዩ ሕብርታት ብክኢላ ክወሃሃዱ እንከለዉ ናይ ሓባር መሳጢ መልክዕ ከም ዝህልዎም፡ ናይ ሓሳብ ብዙሕነት እውን ብምጽውዋር፥ ምክእኣልን ቀዳምነታት ብምስራዕን ክመሓደር እንከሎ፡ ዓቕሚ መልክዕን ግርማን እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ብዙሕነት ስሙ ከም ዝሕብሮ ንኣማራጽታት ዕድል ስለ ዝኸፍት ዝሓሸ መዋጽኦ ክትረብ ናይ ምርጫኣፍደገ ዝኸፍት እዩ።

ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ብዙሕነት ወይ ፍልልይ ጸጋ እዩ ክበሃል እንከሎ ብፍንው ዝተሓዝ ኣይኮነን። ኣብ ጉዳይ ሃገር ክንፈላለየሎም ዘይብልና ዛዕባታት ኣለዉና። ኤርትራውያን ኣብታ በጃ እንሓልፈላ ኤርትራን ህልውነኣን ፍልልይ ክህልወና ኣይግባእን። ምኽንያቱ ንዓኣ ምስ ኣውሓስና ኢና ብዛዕባ፡ ልዕልናኣ፡ ታሪኻ፡ ዕቤታ፡ ፍትሓውነታ፡ ክብራን ጸጋታታን ክንዛረብን ክንቃለስን እንኽእል። ኣብ ልኡላዊ ህልውናኣ እንተዘይኣትኪልና ግና፡ ከምቲ “ድሕሪ ሞት ጥዕና ቅበጽ” ዝበሃል ኩሉ ብዛዕባኣ እንብሎን እንሓልዮን እንተፈታሕካስ ጥራሕ ቁጻር ኮይኑ እዩ ዝተርፍ። ኣብ ልኡላውነታ እንተ ተፈላሊና፡ እቲ ፍልልይ ኣብ ኤርትራዊ ክሊ ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ፍልልይ ዘይኮነ፡ ናይ ኤርትራውን ዘይኤርትራውን ፍልልይ እዩ ዝኸውን። እዚ ማለት ዝኾነ ናይ ሓባር እንብሎ ዘየብልና ኢና እንኸውን።

ብናይ ክሳብ ሎሚ ተረደኦና ፍልልይና ከም ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ኣብ ሕድሕድና ኮነ፡ ፍልልይና ምስ ህግደፍ ኣብ ብኸመይ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ይርህዎም ከም ዝነበረ ፍሉጥ እዩ። ህግደፍ ኤርትራ ኣብ ትሕቲ ውልቀ-መላኺ ጭቆና ክትመሓደር ክድግፍ እንከሎ፡ ንሕና ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ከኣ ብኣንጻሩ ኤርትራ ልዕልና ህዝባ ዝረጋገጸሉ ብሕገ-መንግስታዊ ዲሞክራሲ ክትመሓደር ይግበኣ ኣብ ዝብል ሰፊሕን መሰረታውን ፍልልይ ኢና ክንጐዓዝ ጸኒሕና። በቲ ካልእ ወገን ኣብ ሕድሕድ ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ዝጸንሐን ዘሎን ፍልልይና፡ ኣብቲ ህግደፍ ዘይቅበሎ ልዕና ህዝብን ሕገ-መንግስታዊ ዲሞክራስያያዊ ምምሕዳር እንዳተረዳዳእና፡ ኣብ ኣተገባብራኡ ግና ክንፈላለ ጸኒሕናን ኣለናን። እዚ ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ፍልልይ፡ ዝፈላልን ዘሰማምዕን ኣነጺርካን ቀዳምነትካ ሰሪዕካ ናይ ምሓዝ ድኽመትና ኣጋዲድዎ እምበር፡ ከምቲ ምስ ህግደፍ ዝጸንሓናን ዘለናን ምጥምማት ሰፊሕን መሰረታውን ኣይኮነን።

ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ህግደፍ ጸረ ህዝቢ፡ ጸረ ሕገ-መንግስታዊ ምምሕዳር፡ ጸረ ዲሞክራስን ጸረ ልዕልና ሕግን ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ነቲ ብተዘዋዋሪ ከርእዮ ዝጸነሖ ጸረ ኤርትራዊ ህልውና ኣካይድኡ የግህዶ ከምዘሎ ዝሕብሩ ምልክታት መመሊሶም ይጐልሑ ኣለዉ። ቅድም ጸረ ህዝቢ ካብ ኮነ ብዘይህዝቢ ኣሎ ዝበሃል ልኡላውነት ሃገር ትርጉም የብሉን ክንብል ጸኒሕና። ንህዝቢ ካብ ልኡላውነት ሃገር፡ ንልኡላውነት ሃገር ካብ ህዝቢ ፈሊኻ ምርኣይ ስለ ዘጸግም እቲ ንህግደፍ ጸረ ህዝቢ ብምዃኑ ብጸረ ሃገርነት ምኽሳሱ ብግቡእ ይጐልሕ ኣይነበረን። ሎሚ ግና ህግደፍ ነቲ ኤርትራዊ ልኡላውነት እውን ከምቲ ጉዳይ መሰረታዊ መሰላት ህዝቢ ብግህዶ ይጥንጥኖ ኣሎ። ስለዚ ጠቕሊሉ ጸረ ህዝብን ጸረ ልኡላውነት ሃገርን ናብ ምዃን እዩ ዝስጉም ዘሎ።

እዚ ካብ ኮነ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ እንተደኣ ኣብ ህልውናን ቀጻልነትን ኤርትራን ህዝባን ንኣምን ኮይና ዝኾነይኹን ምስ ህግደፍ እንስለፈሉ ምኽንያት የብልናን። በዚ ምኽንያት ኢና ከኣ እቲ ደገፍቲ ህግደፍን ተቓወምቲ ህግደፍን ብዝብል ከረሓሕቐና ዝጸንሐ መንደቕ ፈሪሱ፡ ኩልና ቅድም ምእንቲ ህልውና ደሓር ከኣ ምእንቲ ፍትሓውነትን ደሞክራስያውነትን ሃገርና ብሓባር ከነድምጽ ኣብ እንግደደሉ መድረኽ ኣቲና ኣለና ንብል ዘለና። ሎሚ ኣብ ቅድሜና ዘሎ ምርጫታት ብንጹር ወይ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ወይ እቲ ንኤርትራን ህዝባን ከጥፍእ ዝሰርሕ ዘሎ ጉጅለ ዘይኮነስ ዕሉል መላኺ ውልቀ-ሰብ ኮይኑ ኣሎ። ምናልባት ደኣ “ክንዲ ብጹሕ ውሉድካ ኣይትምሓል” እዩ እምበር፡ ኤርትራዊ ኮይኑስ ካብ ንኤርትራን ህዝባን ምስ ክብሮምን መሰሎምን፡ ንሓደ መስዋእቲ ጀጋኑ ጠሊሙን ኣብ ጉዳይ ልኡላውነት ነቀይነቀይ ዝብል ዘሎ ሚዛኑ ዝሰሓተን ውልቀሰብ ዝመርጽ ኣሎ ኢልካ ምግማት ኣጸጋሚ እዩ።

ሎሚ መን ኣየናይ እዩ ምርጫኡ ተሓቢእካ ብምሕማይ ዘይኮነ ኣፍ ኣውጺእካ ኣብ መድረኽ ኣብ ዝኾነሉ ወሳኒ እዋን ኢና ንርከብ ዘለና። ትማሊ ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኣብ ኣስመራ ተጠሊዑ “ደሓር ጋሻ ከይኮነኩም ናይ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሚኒስተር ሓላፍነት ተዋሂቡኒ ኣሎ” ክብለና እንከሎ፡ ዘሰከፈና ኔርና። “ክላእ እዝስ ንጸወታ እዩ” ኢልና ብዘይስኽፍታ ዝሓለፍናዮ እውን ኔርና። ሎሚ እዚ ኢትዮጵያዊ ሰብኣይ ኣብ ክንዲ ኤርትራ ተጠሊዑ ምስ ናይ ወጻኢ መንግስታት ክወዓዓልን ክፈራረምን ክንዕዘብን ክንሰምዕን እንከለናኸ ዕሕሕሕ ኣይንብልን ማለት ድዩ። ናቱስ ዝሕሸሉ መተባህለ፡ ብወገን እቲ “መንግስቲ ኤርትራ እየ” ዝብል ወገን፡ ነዚ ብዝምልከት ዝስማዕ ድምጺ ዘይምህላዉኸ ንስኽፍታና ኣበሪኹ “እንታይ እዩ ዝግበር ዘሎ?” ክንብልዶ ኣይድርኸናን።

እዚ ምልክታት ምስቲ ብዝሑን ዝስመዓሉ ዘሎ መድረኻትን “ብጌጋ ዝበሃል ዘሎ ምላቑያ እዩ” ኢልካ ዝሕለፍ ኣይኮነን። ወይ “እዚ እሞ ዘይሕሰብ እዩ” ኢልካ ብምድዕዓስ ዝረአ ኣይኮነን። ኣብ ተመኩሮና ክኸውን ኢልካ ዘይገምትካዮ ክኸውን ኣይተራእየን ማለት ኣይኮነን። “እዚ ኩሉ መስዋእትነት ተኸፊልዎ ኣይመስለንን” እንዳበልካ ዝሕለፍ እውን ኣይኮነን። ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ በታ ኣብ መወዳእታ እቲ ዳሕረዋይ ውግእ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን፡ ናይ 19 ሺሕ መንእሰያት መስዋእቲ ከፊልና ዝበለት ልሳኑ፡ ኣብ ኣደባባይ ብሓጐስ ኣፍልቡ እንዳወቐዐ “ኣይከሰርናን” ክብልዶ ኣይሰማዕናዮን ኢና። ርግጸኛታት ኢና፡ ብፍላይ ደገፍቱ እዚ “ኣይከሰርናን” ዝብል ቃል ካብ ኣፉ ይወጽእ ኢሎም ኣይተጸበዩን። ንሕና ግና እዚ ሰብኣይ ኣንጻር ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘይፍንቅሎ እምኒ የለን ዝብል እምነት ስለ ዝነበረና፡ ብኸምዚ ዓይነት ቀጥታዊ ንዕቀት ህዝቢ ምምጻኡ’ኳ እንተደንጸወና፡ ከምዚ ዓይነት በደል ክፍጽም ናይ መጀምርታኡ ከምዘይኮነ ኢና እንርዳእ። ስለዚ ናይዚ ኣብ ቅድሜና ዘሎ ብደሆ፡ መተካእታ ዘየብሉ መፍትሒ ነቲ ዝምዕብል ዘሎ ንኹልና ኤርትራውያን ዝምልከተና ሓደጋ ንምብዳህ ብሓባር ከነድምጽ ምብቃዕ እዩ።

Saturday, 26 January 2019 20:25

Radio Demtsi Harnnet Sweden 26.01.2019

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January 26, 2019 News

Source: Forbes

An artist’s impression of the Colluli Project. (Source: Danakali)

It’s not easy for most investors to get excited about potash, a fertilizer — and less so about Eritrea, a north African country which spent years on a United Nations sanctions list.

But times do change and there is a small company poised to benefit from growing global fertilizer demand and the international rehabilitation of Eritrea.

Danakali, an Australia-based miner, has moved to within sight of developing the potential world-class Colluli potash project which sits close to the Red Sea which is Eritrea’s eastern border.

Difficult Neighborhood

If the location and the past record of a bitter dispute with neighboring Ethiopia wasn’t enough to ring alarm bells there’s trouble on the other side of the Red Sea where a messy civil war is being fought in Yemen.

Despite the multiple negative factors there are a growing number of indications that the Colluli project will be developed and it will become a low-cost, high-profit, producers of potash, an essential fertilizer in some countries which need to boost crop yields.

On the political front the U.N. lifted sanctions on Eritrea two months ago after a dramatic improvement in relations with Ethiopia, opening the way for increased international investment.

Sales Deal Underwrites The Business

On the business front, Danakali has signed a sales agreement with Russian-controlled EuroChem for up to 100% of the potash produced in the first stage of Colluli.

On the financial front, a key step was taken last month when Danakali, which has a 50-50 joint venture covering Colluli with the government of Eritrea, signed a $200 million funding mandate with a syndicate of African-development financial institutions.

The next step is to start construction of the potash project which appears to be far simpler than rival operations in Europe and North America, where potash is extracted in very deep  mines.

Near-Surface Ore For Easy Mining

Colluli’s potash is located close to the surface making for easy mining, and close to port facilities on the Red Sea which will provide easy access to fast-growing Asian markets.

Environmental conditions will not be easy for workers at Colluli with the potash located in a region known as the Danakal Depression which is regarded as one of the hottest places on earth.

But, compensating for the location and the difficult history of Eritrea is an ore body containing at least 1.1 billion tonnes of potash, enough for at least 200 years of production.

Interest in Danakali has been limited over the past 12 months as the different parts of the project have been stitched together and uncertainty has spread about global trade during the trade war between China and the U.S.

From around 63c on the Australian stock market in August, Danakali has slipped to 50c, a price which values the stock at $130 million.

Latest evacuation of vulnerable refugees from Libyan detention centres to Niger for onward solutions brings total helped in past year to almost 2,500.

Libya. asylum seekers at Tripoli airport waiting to board on a plane to Niger thanks to UNHCR evacuation program

Abraham, his wife and newborn baby were among 132 refugees and asylum-seekers evacuated to Niger on Thursday.  © UNHCR/Farah Harwida

 

TRIPOLI, Libya – On Thursday, a smiling Abdul Karim was unable to hide his excitement as he clutched his boarding pass, ready to join 131 other refugees on a flight out of Tripoli to Niger’s capital Niamey.

“My life starts today,” said the Somali refugee, his hopes of a better future suddenly reawakened. “I want to study hard and make a difference in the world. I want to be a good member of the community.”

A year after UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, began life-saving evacuations for vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers out of Libya, almost 2,500 people who have been held in detention in Libya have now been evacuated to Niger, Italy and Romania.

In the latest evacuation yesterday, 132 refugees and asylum-seekers, including women and children, were flown from Tripoli to Niger. In Niger, they will be hosted at a UNHCR Emergency Transit Mechanism while longer-term solutions in third countries are sought for them.

Abdul Karim and the other evacuees were previously held in Triq Al Sikka and Abu Salim detention facilities in Libya. Forty-one of those evacuated yesterday were unaccompanied children. Most were detained after being intercepted or rescued at sea during attempted crossings from Libya to Europe.

“Refugees in Libya are faced with a nightmarish scenario. They have fled their homes in search of safety and protection only to end up incarcerated, languishing indefinitely in squalid conditions,” said Roberto Mignone, UNHCR’s Chief of Mission in Libya.

“Refugees in Libya are faced with a nightmarish scenario.”

Despite significant security challenges and restrictions on movement to complete these evacuations, UNHCR has undertaken 23 of evacuations from Libya since November 2017.

Despite ongoing instability, Libya remains a major transit country for people fleeing conflict and instability in other parts of Africa and the Middle East.

Refugees and asylum-seekers, women and children among them, wait to be flown to Niger.

Refugees and asylum-seekers, women and children among them, wait to be flown to Niger. © UNHCR/Farah Harwida

 

When he fled insecurity in his native Somalia more than a year ago, Abdul Karim dreamt of reaching Europe and enrolling in university. But his life soon turned into a waking nightmare when he found himself trapped in Libya, initially in the hands of unscrupulous smugglers and then in a detention centre in the capital Tripoli.

Despite his ordeal, Abdul Karim insisted that leaving Somalia in search of a better life was the only option left to him. “It was the only way to be safe and to eventually help my family,” he explained.

Also on Thursday’s flight was 28-year-old Marharit, a refugee from Eritrea who spent two years in Libya with her three-year-old daughter, in detention and with smugglers. She said her only goal was to find refuge in a safe country where she could raise her daughter in peace.

“Today I am changing my life and that of my daughter. I am very happy.”

Source=https://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2018/11/5bf6d1b64/unhcr-flight-evacuates-132-refugees-libya-detention.html

Saturday, 26 January 2019 12:22

ሃሎ ዓዲ ሃሎ

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ጉዳይ ዶብ ከይተሓንጸጸ እንታይ’ዩ  ዝግበር ዘሎ

ምስ ኣሕዋቱ ከይመኸረ ንኢትዮጵያ ዘብዘብ ዘብሎ

ዝኾዓታ ጉድጓድ ባዕሉ ክኣትዋ እነሆ ይልሎ

ብገዛእ ዋኒንና ጉዱ ጠፊኡና  ስኢና እንብሎ

ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ዘይተነጸረ ዝምድና ንህዝቢ የሻቕሎ

ብዝኽተም ስምማዓት  ሓበረታ ደሊና ብህይወት እንተሎ

ኣብ ደልሃመት ከይንኣቱ ንዓሚል ደዊልናሉ ተሳኢኑሎ

ሃሰው ኣባህሉና ብህይወቱ  ክንረኽቦ እንተልዩ  ተኽእሎ

ሓቀኛ ሓበረታ ዓፊንካ  ድሌት ህዝቢዶ ይሕሎ

ኢሰያስ ዲዩ ኣቢዪ ንኤርትራ ዝመርሕ ዘሎ።

ኣሎ ብህይወቱ መሰል ከጥፍእ ንፍሕሶ ይዳሎ

ዓዲ ሃሎ ኮይኑ  ይመሚ ንሓሳባቱ ዝኽተሎ

ድላዩ ንኸተግብር ይኣስር ይቐትል ይጻረረኒ ንዝብሎ

ብቁጠባ ክንምዕብል ኣጉል ተስፋ ንህዝቢ ከታልሎ

ንዓመታት ዝኣክል ንህዝቢ ዓፊኑ ኣእትይሉ ሰሎሎ

ፖለቲካዊ ሕጽቦ ከኣ ይብለለይ ንጓና ክዕንግሎ

ህዝቡን ሃገሩን ደቚሱ ንዓለም ዝሓስብ መን’ሎ።

ብዶብ ኣመኽንዩ ዘጥፈኦም ተርሲዑ መስዋእቲ ዝተኸፍሎ

ኣይከሰርናን ድማ በለ ህዝቢ ዝተደበሰ ክመስሎ

ዶብካ ከየውሓስካ ስምምዕ ዝመጽኦ መዘዝ ነስተውዕሎ

ኢትዮጵያ ወትሃደራዊ ወደብ ክትምስርት ከመይልና ንቕበሎ

ጽባሕ ከም ሓምሳታት ዘጓነፈና ፈጺምና ነይንቕበሎ።

ነስተውዕለሉ ሽርሒ ጓና ንህዝብና ኣታሊሉ ከይመቓቕሎ

ህዝቢ ምስ ሰራዊት ዝመጸካ ኣስተብህል ተዳሎ

ንሃገረይ ዝብል ከም ቀደምካ ጉራዴኻ ሰሓሎ

ንሃገራዊ መንነትካ ዘህስስ ክትድምስሶ ይጀመር ንቕሎ

ኢሰያስ ክውገድ ንህዝብና ኣብ ዓዘቕቲ ከየጥሓሎ

ህዝበይ ተበገስ ኣይተስቅጥ ንጨቋኒኻ ብኽሳዱ ኣንጠልጥሎ

ደቅኻ ብዶብ ኣምሰሳሚሱ ንዘህለቐ ኣስተብህሎ

ደጊም ኣብ ልዕለኻ ከየሽካዕልል ወጊድ በሎ።

ሰራዊት ሃገር ክትጭቈን ሓይሊ ምስኻ እንከሎ

ኢሰያስ ካብ ኢድካ መንጢሉ ምጭቋንካ ከይክቅጽሎ

ኣይትተሃመል ብጓና ከይትዕሎ።

ዝተሓንጸጸ ዕላማ ሃገራዊ ቃልሲ  ከነተግብር ህዝብና ዘንቀሎ

ጠባሪ ዘረባ ኢሰያስ ኣሚንና ኣይንደጋግም ነንዝበሎ

ሃገርና ዋና ስኢና ከይትተርፍ  ብጓና ከይትሕሎ

ኢሰያስ ኣስቂጡ ኣብዪ ብኣና ክዛረብ ስኢኑ ዝኽልክሎ

ኤርትራውያን ኢና ሃገራውነትና ከይድምሰስ ሓድነትና ነደልድሎ

ሓቢርና ንመክት ንመላኺ ስርዓት ያዕ ክነብሎ

ሰራዊት ምስ ህዝቢ ንስልጣን ምልኪ ክትምንጥሎ

ሰላም ራህዋ ክሰፍን ኣዕኑድ ዲሞክራሲያ  ክንተኽሎ

ተቐዋማይ ደጋፊ ሓደ ኢድ ንኹን ተሎ።

report from UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Published on 24 Jan 2019 View Original

© UNHCR/Sufyan Ararah

UNHCR staff members advocated for the release of 2 Eritrean kids from Kararim detention center near Misrata, in order to reunite them with their mother in Switzerland

By Tarik Argaz in Tripoli, Libya | 24 January 2019

Last March, as they languished in a detention centre in the Libyan city of Misrata, Kedija* and her brother Yonas’s epic attempt to reunite with their mother in Switzerland after eight years of separation had appeared doomed.

Up to that point, the siblings from Eritrea – aged just 15 and 12 – had fled their homeland, survived alone in an Ethiopian refugee camp, been held for ransom by kidnappers, and finally made it aboard a vessel heading across the Mediterranean to Europe, only to be intercepted and returned to Libya.

But thanks to the doggedness of their mother Semira, the intervention of governments and humanitarian agencies, and a large slice of luck, today the children are sitting in Switzerland in their mother’s arms once more.

“I never lost hope of being reunited with my kids again.”

“Despite being separated for more than eight years, I never lost hope of being reunited with my kids again,” said Semira, gripping them tightly as if they might still disappear, with tears of joy and relief running down her smiling face.

For UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, it all began with a phone call to staff in Libya from the International Social Service – a Swiss-based NGO specialized in child protection issues – whom Semira had contacted for help.

Knowing only that the children were being held somewhere in the country, and with just their names and an out of date photo to identify them by, UNHCR staff and their NGO partners in Libya began scouring every detention centre they had access to.

But with an estimated 3,800 refugees and asylum seekers currently being held in dozens of official detention centres across the country, and others falling into the hands of armed groups and human traffickers, the chances of finding them were slim.

When UNHCR Senior Protection Assistant Noor Elshin came across two skinny and pale children in Misrata’s Karareem detention centre, they looked so unlike the happy and healthy faces in the photo that staff had been given that it was a shock to learn that he had indeed found Kedija and Yonas.

“This is literally like finding a needle in a haystack,” Noor said. “Despite having them in front of me, I still couldn’t believe that we’d actually found them.” Shortly afterwards, Semira received the call that she had been praying for – her children had been found.

The family’s odyssey began in 2010, when Semira was forced to flee persecution in Eritrea. Rather than drag her children into the unknown, she took the difficult decision to leave them with their grandparents while she sought a safe refuge for the family.

After five years of relative stability, in 2015 Kedija and Yonas were themselves forced to flee insecurity in Eritrea and cross the border into Ethiopia. Semira lost contact with them for several months while her brother, who was also in Ethiopia, desperately searched for his niece and nephew.

He eventually found them living alone in a refugee camp near the Ethiopia-Eritrea border, and pledged to do all he could to reunite them with their mother, who by now was living in Switzerland.

In mid-2017, the children and their uncle set off on their perilous and uncertain journey to reach Semira. The trio battled fierce temperatures, thirst and hunger as they begged rides on trucks and buses across Ethiopia and Sudan, striving to reach the southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

But events took a dark turn at the Sudanese-Libyan border, where the group were violently abducted by smugglers, who found out the children’s mother was living in Switzerland and demanded a ransom in order to free them.

When Semira was unable to meet the criminals’ financial demands, Kedija and Yonas were separated from their uncle before being sold on from one smuggler to another, terrified and more vulnerable than ever.

Then one day, several weeks into their ordeal, the siblings were unexpectedly released and left to wander lost and alone in the vast Libyan wilderness. Miraculously, they were discovered and taken in by a group of fellow Eritreans, who were also planning to take a boat to Europe and promised to bring them along.

When the boat was intercepted and the children returned to Libya and detained, they were able to phone their mother, who by this time was frantic with worry. “I’d spent days and nights praying for them, despite everyone around me losing hope, until the day I heard my daughter’s voice for the first time in several months,” Semira recalled.

Suddenly, eight years of worry and longing fell away.

After UNHCR tracked the children down, the Swiss government agreed to grant them humanitarian visas to join their mother. UNHCR worked with the Libyan and Tunisian authorities to organize the paperwork needed for Kedija and Yonas’ release and transport to Switzerland via Tunisia.

On the morning that UNHCR staff entered the detention centre to take the children on their final journey back to their mother, their story was well known to everyone inside. They left the centre with the joyful singing and chanting of their fellow Eritrean detainees ringing in their ears.

Less than 24 hours later, after an overnight stay in Tunis where the Swiss embassy provided them with their travel documents, Kedija and Yonas touched down in Switzerland where an anxious and excited Semira was waiting for them.

Catching the first sight of her tired and disoriented children in the airport arrivals gate, eight years of worry and longing fell away as she ran to them and buried herself in their ecstatic embraces; safe, happy and reunited at last.

Source=https://reliefweb.int/report/switzerland/eritrean-minors-reunited-mother-after-eight-year-odyssey

*All names have been changed for protection purposes

Friday, 25 January 2019 20:03

British MPs take fresh approach to Eritrea

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Friday 25 January 2019

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New leadership for Parliamentary Group on Eritrea
All-Party Group AGM plans fresh initiatives at a time of rapid change in Horn of Africa

On 23 January the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Eritrea convened its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in parliament to elect its officers for the coming year. Outgoing Chair Patrick Grady MP led the meeting, which saw Thangam Debbonaire, Labour MP for Bristol West, and David Drew, Labour MP for Stroud, take on the role of Co-Chairs.

Patrick Grady MP, who remains an officer of the group, said: “For the past two years the APPG on Eritrea has played an important role in informing parliamentarians and the wider public about the issues in what remains one of the most repressive countries in the world.

“I would like to welcome Thangam and David to the group and to thank each for taking on the role of Co-Chair. I am sure that under their stewardship the group will continue its vital work, particularly at a time of rapid regional developments in the Horn of Africa.”

The APPG’s newly elected officers are:

  • Co-Chair: Thangam Debbonaire MP (Labour, Bristol West)
  • Co-Chair: David Drew MP (Labour, Stroud)
  • Vice-Chair: Patrick Grady MP (SNP, Glasgow North)
  • Vice-Chair: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench)
  • Vice-Chair: Jeremy Lefroy MP (Conservative, Stafford)
  • Vice-Chair: Ann Clwyd MP (Labour, Cynon Valley)
  • Vice-Chair: Sir Henry Bellingham (Conservative, North West Norfolk)

The APPG on Eritrea was founded in 2016 to raise awareness of the gross human rights abuses in Eritrea, and to create a parliamentary forum for constructive debate around British foreign policy towards the country.

In 2018 the group held joint sessions on religious persecution in Eritrea, together with the APPG for International Freedom of Religion or Belief, and on the EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative – known as the Khartoum Process – alongside the APPG on Refugees and the APPG for Sudan and South Sudan.

This year the APPG will raise key concerns about Eritrea and Eritrean refugees in Parliament, consult with the Government on UK policy towards Eritrea, and support the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea.

Eritrea and its neighbour Ethiopia signed a peace deal in July 2018 that restored diplomatic and trade relations following two decades of conflict. While rapprochement efforts between regional partners are ongoing, Eritrea shows no signs of internal reform. It continues its practice of indefinite national conscription, and in September 2018 detained a former minister critical of the government. Following the opening of the border crossing points between the two countries last year, the UNHCR reported a “significant increase” in the number of refugees arriving in Ethiopia from Eritrea.

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The objective of Eritrea Focus is to draw attention to the horrific abuses and suffering of Eritreans, both within the country and as refugees living abroad. We campaign for democratic accountability in Eritrea and the establishment of the rule of law, and actively engage with the international community in our efforts to achieve this.

Eritrea Focus provides secretarial support to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Eritrea.

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January 25, 2019 News

Supreme Court Canada

This week former Eritrean miners brought a case against Nevsun in the Canadian Supreme Court.

They accuse the company of knowing that they were National Service men and women – who were effectively treated as slaves on the mines. The company denies the allegations.

The Supreme Court has to decide whether the case can be heard in Canada. A ruling is expected in 3 – 6 months.

Meanwhile, you can see all the key documents here.

This is a summary of the case

Summary

Case summaries are prepared by the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada (Law Branch). Please note that summaries are not provided to the Judges of the Court. They are placed on the Court file and website for information purposes only.

The respondents are Eritrean refugees who sought to bring a representative claim against the appellant, a publicly-held B.C. corporation. They allege that through a chain of subsidiaries, the appellant entered into a commercial venture with Eritrea for the development of a gold, copper and zinc mine in Eritrea. The appellant allegedly engaged the Eritrean military and military controlled corporations and was complicit in the use of forced labour at the mine, conscripted under Eritrea’s National Service Program. The respondents claim to have fallen victim to forced labour, slavery, torture, cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment and crimes against humanity. They bring claims of private law torts as well as breaches of peremptory principles of international law for which they seek damages at customary international law. The appellant denied that the respondents were subjected to forced labour or mistreatment and argued that the military and its personnel were not subject to the control, direction or supervision of the appellant or of the mining company in which the appellant has a 60% indirect interest.

The Supreme Court of British Columbia granted the appellant’s motion to deny the proceeding status as a common law representative action but dismissed the appellant’s motions to stay, dismiss or strike aspects of the respondents’ claims on the basis that either Eritrea is the forum conveniens, or that the claims are precluded by or have no reasonable chance of success due to the act of state doctrine or the inapplicability of customary international law. The Court also held that certain secondary evidence filed by the respondents was admissible for the limited purpose of providing social and historical facts for context. The Court of Appeal for British Columbia dismissed the appellant’s appeal.

 

ሓይልታት ፀጥታ ሱዳን ኣብ ካርቱም ዝተኻየደ ዓብይ ተቓውሞ ሰልፊ ንምብታን ዘንብዕ ትኪ ተጠቒሞም

ሓይልታት ጸጥታ ሱዳን ኣብ ካርቱም ዝተኻየደ ዓብይ ተቓውሞ ሰልፊ ንምብታን ዘንብዕ ትኪ ተጠቒሞም

 

ሓይልታት ጸጥታ ሱዳን ምስቶም ትማሊ ኣብ ርእሰ ከተማ ካርቱም ዓብይ ጸረ-መንግስቲ ተቓውሞ ዘካየዱ ሰልፈኛታት ተጓኒፆም።

እቶም ሓይልታት ጸጥታ ኣብ መላእ እታ ሃገር ፕረዚደንት ኣልበሽር ካብ ስልጣኖም ክወርዱ ብምጥላብ ንዝተኻየደ ዓብይ ተቓውሞ ሰልፊ ንምብታን ዘንብዕ ትኪ ተጠቒሞም።

ብምሁራት ዶካትር፣ መሃንዲሳትን መማህራንን ዝምራሕ እዚ ተቓውሞ ሰልፊ፡ ኣብ 50 ከባብታት ሱዳን ከምዝተኻየደ ተሓቢሩ።

ኣብታ ሃገር ዘጋጠመ ምንቁልቋል ቁጠባ ብምቅዋም ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ወርሒ ዝጀመረ እዚ ናዕቢ፡ ሕዚ ኣንፈቱ ብምቕያር፡ ፕረዚደንት ዑመር ሓሰን ኣልበሽር ካብ ስልጣን ምውጋድ ቀንዲ ዕላምኡ ገይሩ ኣሎ።

ጋዜጠኛ ዜነብ ሞሓመድ ሳሊሕ ንቢቢሲ ከምዝገለፀቶ፡ እቲ ትማሊ ሓሙስ ዝተኻየደ ተቓውሞ ሰልፊ ኣብ ታሪኽ ሱዳን እቲ ዝዓበየ እዩ።

ፖሊስ ነቲ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ከባብታት ካርቱም ዝነበረ ብዙሕ ናዕቢ ንምብታን ዘንብዕ ትኪ ከምዝተጠቐመ ድማ ተገሊፁ።

ኣብታ ሃገር ሰልፊ ተቓውሞ ካብ ዝጅምር ዛጊድ 26 ሰባት ከምዝሞቱ ሰብ መዚ እታ ሃገር ክሕብሩ እንከለዉ፡ ተሓለቕቲ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ግና ልዕሊ 40 ሰባት ከምዝተቐተሉ እዮም ዝገልፁ።

ነዚ ናይ ተቓውሞ ናዕቢ ብምትሕብባር ኣብ ቅድሚት ዝስርዑ ሱዳናውያን ዶካትር ድማ ቀንዲ ዕላማ ኣካላት ፀጥታ እታ ሃገር ኮይኖም ኣለዉ።

ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሰሙን ኣካላት ፀጥታ ኣብ ርእሰ ከተማ እታ ሃገር ንሓደ ወዲ 16 ዓመት ሰገንን ሓደ ዶክተርን ቀቲሎም እዮም።

ገለ ናይ ወፃኢ ጋዜጠኛታት ድማ ኣብታ ሃገር ዘሎ ፍፃመታት ንከይፅብፅቡ ተኸልኪሎም ኣለዉ።

ኣብዚ ቀረባ መዓልታት ጥራሕ፡ ንኣልጀዚራ፣ ንናይ ቱርኪ ማእኸል ዜና ኣናዶሉ፣ ከምኡ እውን ንተሌቬዥን ኣልዓረብያን ዝሰርሑ ጋዜጠኛታት ካብታ ሃገር ንከይፅብፅቡ ፍቓድ ስራሕ ተኸልኪሎም ኣለዉ።

Source=https://www.bbc.com/tigrinya/news-46997704

Friday, 25 January 2019 10:23

Radio Demtsi Harnnet Kassel 24.01.2019

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