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Friday, 21 December 2018 11:36

ኤርትራ ካልእ፡ ህግደፍ ከኣ ካልእ

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ኤርትራ ካልእ፡ ህግደፍ ከኣ ካልእ

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

ህዝባዊ ግንባር ንዲሞክራስን ፍትሕን (ህግደፍ) ነብሱ ክኢሉ ኣብ ቅድሚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክቐርብ ዘኽእሎ ክብደትን ተቐባልነት ስለ ዘየብሉ፡ ካብዚ ምንጥልጣል ንምድሓን ካብ ዝጥቀመሎም ሜላታት ሓደ ምስ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ምልሓግ እዩ። መራሒ ህግደፍ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ሓደ እዋን በታ ብሕታዊ ጋዜጣኡ ሓዳስ ኤርትራ ኣብ መንጎ ህግደፍን ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ዝነበረ ዝምድና ከብርህ ምስተሓተተ “ንህዝቢ ኤርትራን ህግደፍን ከ መንዩ ክልተ ኣካላት ገይርዎም?” ብዝብል ቑጠዐን ስንባደን ዝሃቦ መልሲ ናይዚ ኣብነት እዩ። ካብኡ ሓሊፉ “ ንሕና ሃገር ንሕና ህዝቢ” ዝብል ዜማ ህግደፍ ዕላምኡ ንኤርትራን ህዝባን ዓምጺጽካ ንብረት ህግደፍ ንምግባሮም ዝዓለመ ዓመጽ እዩ። እዚ ናይ ህዝቢ ዘይኮንካ ክንስኻ ናይ ህዝቢ መሲልካ ንብዓት ሓርገጽ ምፍሳስ ኣብ ኢሳይያስ ዝድረት ዘይኮነ ናይ ኩሎም ከምኡ ዝኣመሰሉ ወጻዕቲ ናይ “ንዓኣቶም መሲልካ ድራሮም ወድኣሎም” ፖሊሲ ኣብነት እዩ።

ኣብቲ ሓቂ ክንመጽእ እንከለና ኤርትራ ምስ ኩሉ ተፈጥሮኣዊ ኣቀማምጠኣን ሃብታን፡ ታሪኻ፡ ባህላን  ነብሳ ዝኸኣለት ንደቃ ማዕረ እትብጸሖም ብብዙሕነት ዝመልከዐት ልኡልላዊት ሃገር እያ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ከኣ ንውሱናት ኣባላቱን ደገፍቱን ጥራይ ዝውክል፡ ካብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ውሑዳት ዝዋስእሉ ኣዝዩ ጸቢብ መድረኽ እዩ። ነዚ ሰጊርካ ንኹሉ ናትካ ንምግባሩን ኣብ ዘየብልካ ውክልና ክንዲ ህዝቢ ኮይንካ ክትዕንድር ምፍታንን ግና ሓቅነትን ተቐባልነትን ዘይብሉ መርኣያ ወጻዕቲ ጥራይ እዩ። ምናልባት ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ብህዝቢ ዝተመርጸን ህዝቢ ይርሓሰና ብዝበሎ ሕገ-መንግስቲ ዝምራሕን ነይሩ እንተዝኸውን ከምቲ ዝብሎ” ንሱ ንሕና ንሕና ንሱ” እኳ እንተዘይኮነ፡ ምስ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከም ዝቀራረብ እንተ ገለጸ መምሓረሉ። ግና ኣይኮነን። ስለዚ ኢና ከኣ “ኤርትራ ካልእ፡ ህግደፍ ከኣ ካልእ” እንብል።

ኣብዚ እዋንዚ እቲ ግጉይ ኣገላልጻ ዝምድና ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ህግደፍን፡ ካብ ህግደፍ ሓሊፉ ኣብ ካልኦት እውን ክንጸባረቕ ልሙድ ኮይኑ ኣሎ። ህግደፍ ዓይኒ መፍተሉ ጠፊእዎ የዕለብጥ ኣብ ዝሃለወሉ፡ ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ እውን ማዕረ ማዕረኡ ኣብ ሓደጋ ከም ዝወደቐ ኣምሲሎም ዝግምቱ ትዕዘብ ኢኻ። እቲ ህግደፍ ኣብ ምዕልባጥ ምህላዉ ሓቅን ኣብ ባይታ ዝንበብ ዘሎን እዩ። እንተ እቲ ናይ ኤርትራን ህዝባን መጻኢ ዕድል ብህግደፍ ከም ዝውሰን ወሲድካ፡ ልኡላዊት ኤርትራውን ኣኺልዎ፡ ዝዓይነቱ ስምዒት ግና ከምቲ “ነዳይሲ ናይ ልቡ ይሓልም” ዝበሃል ህርፋን እምበር ሓቅነት የብሉን። ናይ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ህልውናን ቀጻልነትን ኣብ ሓቀኛ ታሪኽ ዝተሰረተ፡ ብደምን ኣዕጽምትን ኣእላፍ ጀጋኑኣ ዝተነድቀ፡ መንግስቲ እንተሓለፈ፡ ዘይሓልፍ ነባሪ እዩ። ህግደፍ ግና ብመሰረቱ እውን ሓጺርን ወጻዕን ዕድመ ዘለዎ ሓላፊ ጉጅለ እዩ። ነዚ ሓቂ እዚ ህግደፍ እውን ክለኻኽም ደኣ ይፍትን እምበር፡ ንሱ ክፋኖ እንከሎ ኤርትራ ግና ኣብ ቦታኣ ምዃና ከይፈተወ ዝቕበሎ ሓቂ እዩ። እዚ ክበሃል እንከሎ ግና ክሳብ ዘሎ፡ ክሰብራ ዘይኮነስ ከሰንብራ ከም ዝኽእል ንዕዘቦ ዘለና እዩ።

ኣብዚ ህግደፍ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ፈጢርዎ ዘሎ፡ ካብ ህዝቢ ዝተሓብአ ዓይኒመፍተሉ ዘይፍለጥ ኣዛራቢ ዝምድና ንበሎ ርክብ፡ ብዙሓት ንህግደፍ ዘቃልዑ ተረኽቦታት ይረኣዩ ከም ዘለዉ ንዕዘብ ኣለና። ኣብዚ መስርሕ ብዙሓት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክዛረበሎም ዝግበኦ ጉዳያት ተዓዚብና። ክንድቲ ዓው ኢሉ ክዛረበሎም ዝግበኦ ግና ኣይተዛረበሎምን። ምኽንያቱ ከኣ እቲ ብመስዋእቲ ደቁ ዝዋገ ዘሎ ዝመስል መስርሕ ባህ ኢልዎ ዘይኮነ፡ ወይ ኣስደሚምዎ ወይ ድማ ዓው ኢሉ ዝዛረበሉ ውሑስ መድረኽ ስለ ዘይረኸበ እዩ። እንተ’ቲ ጽምዋ መሪጽካ ምስ እትኣምኖ ብትሑት ድምጺ ምዝራብ ግና ሎሚ መሊኡ እዩ። እዚ ኣብ ሓጺር ግዜ ናብ ደፋኢ ዓውታ ከም ዝድይብ ከኣ ዘጠራጥር ኣይኮነን።

ሎሚ ብወገን ኢትዮጵያውያን፡ “ኤርትራ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ተደሚራ፡ ኤርትራ በይና ክትከውን ፈቲና ምዃን ምስ ኣበያ እነሆ ተመሊሳ፡ ኣቶ ኢሳይያስ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ንኢትዮጵያ ኣብየምዋ ሎሚ ግና ክሒሰሙዋ፥ ኤርትራውያን ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝምለሱ ዘለዉ ደንጊጾም ዘይኮኑ፡ ናጽነት ማለት ጥምየትን ድኽነትን ምዃኑ ስለ ዝተረድኡ እዮም. . . ወዘተ” ዝብሉ ኤርትራ “ንዓይ ርኢኹም ተቐጽዑ” ትብል ከም ዘላ ዘምስል ኣበሃህላታት እዮም። እዞም ኣበሃህላታት ከከም በሃሊኦም፡ ገሊኦም ብዓሚቕ ጉርሕን ፖለቲካዊ ሕሳብን ዝተኣልሙ ክኾኑ እንከለዉ፡ ገሊኦም ከኣ ብገርሂ ምናልባት እውን ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ትጠቅም ከም ዘለኻ መሲልካ ዝበሃሉ እዮም። ናይዞም ኩሎም መንቀሊ ከኣ ናይ ህግደፍ ዓቕሚ ምስኣንን ተንኮልን ኮይኑ ጥፍኣትን ልምዓትን ኤርትራን ህግደፍን ማዕረ ማዕረ ዝኸይድ እዩ ካብ ዝብል ግጉይ መዛዘሚ ዝነቅል’ዩ።

እቲ ቀንዲ ዘገርም እንተ ብጉርሒ እንተ ብገርሂ እዞም ዝጠቐስናዮም ንልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ብግጉይ ዝገልጹ ሓረጋት ምዝውታሮም እይኮነን። እቲ ዘገርም ብወገን ህግደፍ ነዚ ግጉይ ኣረዳደኣታት ዘቃንዕ ሓሳብ ዘይወሃብ ምህላዉ እዩ። ከምዚ እንዳተባህለ ስቕ ምባል ከኣ እቲ ዝበሃል ሓቂ እዩ ኢልካ ተቐቢልካዮ ኣለኻ ካብ ማለት ምዃኑ ሓሊፉ ካልእ ትርጉም ዝወሃቦ ኣይኮነን። ሓሓሊፉ እዞም ዝተጠቕሱ ኣበሃህላታት ብህግደፍ ከም ዝራጐዱ’ውን ተዓዚብና ኢና። ስለዚ ደገፍቲ ህግደፍ፥ “ህግደፍ ንኤርትራ ናብ ምምላሱ ዘጸግም ሓደጋ ይወስዳ ኣሎ” ንዝብል ስግኣት ግቡእ ኣቓልቦ ይህብዎ እንተዘየልዮም ታሪኻዊ ጌጋ እዮም ዝፍጽሙ ዘለዉ’ሞ፡ ከሎ ጌና ናብ ልቦም ክምለሱ ንምሕጸኖም። ንሕና እውን ካብዚ ታሪኻዊ ተሓታትነት ንምድሓንን ክብሪ ኤርትራ ንምዕቃብን፡ ነቲ ስግኣት ደጋጊምካ ምግላጹ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ነቲ ስግኣት ንምውጋድ ብግብሪ ክንውፈየሉ ዝግበኣና ግዜ ዘይህብ ሓላፍነትና ምዃኑ ከይንዝንግዕ ሓደራ።

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Friday, 21 December 2018 11:30

Eritrea’s “state of uncertainty”: Senior government sources reveal…nothing

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By Abraham T. Zere  December 19, 2018

The lack of information about President Isaias' plans as Eritrea undergoes a period a change is making many nervous. Credit: Sailing Nomad.

The lack of information about President Isaias’ plans as Eritrea undergoes a period a change is making many nervous. Credit: Sailing Nomad.

Eritrea’s life-president Isaias Afwerki could hardly have had a busier 2018. This year, he has signed an historic peace deal with Ethiopia. He has built close relations with the UAE and Saudi Arabia. He has re-emerged as a man of paramount importance in regional politics, and he has had UN sanctions lifted on Eritrea.

 

Who knows what 2019 will bring?

 

That is not a rhetorical question. Isaias has long overseen a closed political system, but this year, its secrecy has reached new heights. While the president used to maintain close relations with his subordinates as a way of control, he is now making momentous decisions almost single-handedly. He is governing without informing, let alone consulting, his colleagues.

 

When Isaias made the dramatic announcement on 20 June that Eritrea would send a delegation to Ethiopia to discuss peace after 20 years of hostilities, for example, most ministers were hearing the news for the first time, according to inside sources. The first time the cabinet met to discuss relations with Ethiopia was on 28 September, almost three months after the 9 July peace deal had already been signed.

 

The president has been similarly tight-lipped with the Eritrean people. It was only on 3 November that Isaias sat down for his first interview on the topic. But in the 80-minute monologue-cum-lecture with state media, he talked only about regional dynamics. It was advertised that he would address domestic issues in a second part, but Eritreans are still waiting for that instalment. In the meantime, Isaias has returned to Ethiopia to meet with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for a seventh time and signed another mysterious deal, this time joined by Somalia’s president.

 

“A state of uncertainty”

 

Inside sources in the Eritrean government, who have asked to remain anonymous for their security, describe a situation in which officials and ministers have very little idea of the president’s plans and actions.

 

“We are all in a state of uncertainty,” said one senior official. “Obviously, a love affair [between Isaias and Abiy], now turning into a romantic series, is being played way above us. Everyone complains. No one knows what to do.”

 

Another well-placed individual told African Arguments: “Most ministers are avoiding contact even with their staff in fear of being asked to share their opinions that would eventually reveal their ignorance.”

 

This opacity could explain why ministers have seemed unable to answer questions posed by international journalists. When Information Minister Yemane G. Meskel was asked by Reuters about rumours that indefinite national service was to be abolished, for example, he could neither confirm nor deny it. Minister for Labour and Human Welfare Luul Gebreab was similarly vague and unforthcoming when cornered on the same subject by a Bloomberg journalist.

 

According to figures in government, Isaias has also marginalised his top military commanders. For the last two decades, the president forged close links with these army leaders, allowing them to engage in reckless corruption to buy their loyalty. But sources suggest that he has side-lined these commanders and now passes orders straight to middle-ranking officers.

 

Insiders familiar with the situation say that, at the moment, Isaias spends most days in his office in Adi-Halo, on the outskirts of the capital Asmara. There, they say, only four people are permitted to visit him: Yemane Ghebreab, the political affairs head of the ruling People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ); Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Yemane G. Meskel, Minister of Information; and Hagos “Kisha” Ghebrehiwet, the PFDJ’s economic affairs head and the president’s confidante.

 

They are reportedly summoned not for discussions, but to relay messages and oversee the government’s daily operations.

 

[Eritrea: History aside, what will peace mean for my loved ones?]

 

Speculation fills the gap

 

In this vacuum of information, speculation and fear has filled the gap in this tumultuous time of change for Eritrea.

 

One particular area of concern surrounds the country’s future relations with Ethiopia. Since the start of the speedy rapprochement, certain comments by Isaias, Foreign Minister Osman and others have made some Eritreans nervous. In particular, rhetoric of Ethiopians and Eritreans being “one people”, the rapid warming of relations, and the fact that the border demarcation has been all but been forgotten have led some to fear that some kind of confederation between the two countries is in the offing.

 

This theory was given further weight in November when the ruling PFDJ distributed a list of “Essential Readings” (ኣገደስቲ ጽሑፋት). Among the compiled articles was one by Dawit W. Giorgis, a former governor under the Derg, the regime that ruled brutally over both Ethiopia and Eritrea before the latter gained independence.

 

In the piece, Dawit, who turned on the Derg, describes meeting Isaias during the armed struggle. He says he told the then rebel leader to take over all of Ethiopia to which, he claims, Isaias responded: “You can be certain Mr. Dawit, that if and when we get our independence, our priority will be to unite the people under some sort of federal arrangement.”

 

Another issue that has prompted interpretation is Isaias’ relationship with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a constituent party in Ethiopia’s ruling coalition. The president has a historical personal animosity with the TPLF, , which was the most powerful party in Ethiopia before Abiy became Prime Minister in April 2018, and has framed the party as a threat to the region’s stability. Other Eritrean officials have followed his lead in calling for the old guards from the TPLF to be cleared out.

 

Isaias even reportedly banned Eritrea’s most famous singer, Helen Meles, from touring and playing shows after she performed in Mekele, the capital of Tigray Region, this November. The president is understood to have been so displeased by her gesture that he thought it right to punish a singer who has long helped praised on him in her songs. Sham Keleab, the head of Asser Band and Meles’ partner, was also reportedly stripped of his leadership role.

 

Isaias’ vocal targeting of the TPLF has even got to the point that one of the party’s founders, Abay Tsehaye, recently pleaded openly with him to forgive and forget.

 

“More afraid now”

 

For many outside Eritrea, President Isaias’ decision to pursue peace with Ethiopia this year has sparked widespread hope. But for those in the country, little has changed. In fact, for some, the fast-paced high-level changes, the even greater centralisation of decision-making in the presidency, and the near-total lack of information have made people more concerned than ever.

 

According to one man who recently crossed into Ethiopia, people in Eritrea are “more afraid now than they used to be before the peace”.

Source=https://africanarguments.org/2018/12/19/eritrea-senior-government-sources-reveal-nothing-isaias/

 

 

Thursday, 20 December 2018 21:43

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Thursday, 20 December 2018 21:24

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ብዕለት 15 ታሕሳስ 2018 ኣብ ፍራንክፎርትን ከባቢኡን ዝቕመጣ ግዱሳት ኣዴታትን ኣሓትን ኣባላት ማሕበር ኣካለ ጽጉማ  ኤርትራ ጨንፈር ጀርመንን  ዘዳለዉዎ፡  ነቶም ኣብ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንራህዋን ሓርነትን ኣካላቶም ዘበጀዉን ንነዊሕ ዓመታት ኣብ መደበር ውጉኣት ሓርነት ከሰላ ሃገረ ሱዳን ዝነብሩ ኣባላት ውጉኣት ሓርነትን ኣካለ ጽጉማ ኤርትራውያንን ንምሕጋዝ ኣብ  ኣዳራሽ SAALBAU GALLUS Frankenallee  111፡  60326 Frankfurt  ዕዉት ናይ ድራር ምስዮት ተኻይዱ።

ኣብ ጀርመን ብፍላይ ድማ ኣብ ፍራንክፎርት፣ በዘን ሕድረን ዘይጠለማ፡ ኣሕዋት ብስም ውጉኣት ሓርነት መደበር ከሰላ ናይ ድራር ምስዮት ካብዝጅምርን ኣብ ዓመት እንተዋሓደ ክልተ ግዜ እንተዘይኮነውን ካብኡ ንላዕሊ እንዳተጸውዐ ካብዝካየድን ድሮ ዓስራይ ዓመቱ ሒዙ ምህላዉ ክዝከር ይግባእ። እዚ ናይ ድራር ምስዮታት‘ዚ፡ ብዜጋታቶምን ጽጉማቶምን ዝግደሱን፡ ክብሪ መውጋእትን ስንክልናን ዘለለዩን ኣሕዋትን ኣሓትን ሰማዒ ሕልና ስለዝረኸበ ድማዩ ክቅጽል ክኢሉ። 

ኣብዝተገብረ ናይ ድራር ምስዮት፡ ብርክት ዝበሉ እቲ መደብ ካብ ነዊሕ ዘገድሶምን ዕድመ ኣብ ዝተገብረሉ እዋን ብኣካልን ብትሕዝቶን ዘይተፈልይዎ ዕድመኛታት ተረኺቦም ዕዉት ዝዀነ ገንዘባዊ ውጽኢት ገይሮም። ኣብዚ ካብ ሰዓት 16.00 ክሳዕ 22.00 ዝተኻየደ ምስዮትዚ፡ እቲ ቀንዲ መእከብን መራኸብን ዝኮነ ጉዳይ፡ ንዉጉኣት ሓርነት ንምሕጋዝ እዃ ይኹን እምበር፡ ካብኡ ዝለዓለ፡ ነቲ ርክብ ዘደልድልን ዘብህግን ከኣ፡ እቲ ብተሳተፍቲ ኣሕዋትን ኣሓትን ዝቐርበ መዘናግዒ ዋዛ ምስ ቁም-ነገርን ላዛን፣ ማሕበራዊ ዝምድናታት ኣብ ምድልዳልን ፍቕርን ሕውነትን ኣብምርግጋጽን ኣገዳሲ ተራ ስለዘለዎ፡ እቲ ምስዮት ዝተደራረበ ውጻኢት ከምዝነበሮ ኣብ መንፍስ ተሳተፍቲ ዝረኤ ዝነበረ ደስታን ጸወታን ዝምስክሮ ብምንባሩ፡ ድርብ በዓል እዩ ነይሩ ክባሃል ይካኣል።

ተሳተፍቲ ምስዮት፡ ግዱሳት ኣሓት ንዝገበርኦ ዘይሕለል ጻዕርን ንዘተዳለወ ሽሻይን ምስጋና ድሕሪ ምቕራብ፣ ናይቲ ምስዮት ዕላማ ንምዕዋት ወፈያታት ከበርክሩ ከለዉ፡ ኣብቲ ምስዮት ዘይተረኽቡ ግን ከኣ ድሒሮም ኣስተዋጽእኦም ንዝለገሱ ወሲኽካ ብድምር  ክሳብ 1.150.00-ኤውሮ ( ሓደ ሽሕን ሚኢትን ሓምሳን ኤውሮ) ከምዝለገሱ ክንሕብር ከለና፡ ኣዳለውቲ መደብ ብሸነኸን፣ ንዝተገብረ ወፈያን ልግስን ብምምስጋን፡ ቀጻልነቱ ኣብተሳትፎ ዜጋታት ምዃኑን፣ ኩልና ብእንገብሮ ኣበርክቶ ጽጉማትና ከፊእዎም ክሓድሩ ከምዘይክእሉን ፍናን ብዝመልኦ ቃል ኣመልኪተን ምስዮት ብሰላም ተዛዚሙ። ብዝተፈላለየ ምኽንያታት ኣብዚ ምስዮት እዚ ክሳተፉ ዘይካኣሉ ድማ፡ ወፈያኦም ብባንክ ከበርክቱ ምዃኖም ትስፉዋት ኢና።

ኣብዚ ዓመት‘ዚ 2018፡ ኣብ ጀርመን ኣብ ዝተፈላለያ ከተማታት፣ ፍራንክፎርት፡ ኮለን፡ ሽቱትጋርትን ካስልን ንመደበር ውጉኣት ሓርነት ከሰላ ንምሕጋዝ ሓያሎይ ናይ ድራር ምስዮታትን ኣኼባታትን ተኻይዱ፣ እቲ ዕላማ ንጽጉማት ኤርትራውያን ንምሕጋዝ ብምዃኑ ድማ ብዙሓት ነቲ ሽግር ዝተገንዘቡ፡ ቃንዛ ኣሕዋቶም ዝተሰምዖም ዜጋታት ተሳቲፈሞ። እዚ ሞራላውን ሕልናውን ተሳትፎን ኒሕን ልግስን ክሳብ ዘሎ ድማ፡ ጽጉማትን ውጉኣትን ሓርነት መደበር ከሰላ፣ ካልእስ ይትረፍ መነባብርኦም ውሑስን ዝተማሓየሸን ክኸውን ተስፋ ኣሎ። ስለዚ ድማ ንኩሎም‘ቶም፡ ነዚ መደብዚ ኣብምዕዋት ግዲኦም/ግዲኤን ንዘበርከቱ/ንዘበርከታን ኤርትራውያን፡ መደባት ማሕበር ኣብምቅላሕን ሓበሬታት ኣብ ምዝርጋሕን ዝተሓባበራ ዜናዊ ትካላት፡ ምምሕዳር ኣብ ካስል ዝርከብ  ክበብ ቶጎሩባ ብዝገበሮ እንግዶትን ምትሕግጋዝን፡ ማሕበር ምትሕግጋዝ ኤርትራውያን  ኮለንን፡ ሽቱትጋርትን ብስም ማሕበር ኣካለ ጽጉማን ኤርትራ 2010 ጨንፈር ጀርመን  ልባዊ ምስጋና ነቕርብ።

በዚ ኣጋጣሚ፡ ኣብ መላእ ዓለም ዝርከቡ ግዱሳት ዜጋታትን ማሕበራትን ድማ ደገፎምን ጻዕርታቶምን ከዕዝዙ ንጽውዑ።

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ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዕላማ ዘለዎ ኣካል እዩ። ናይ ዕላምኡ ማእከላይ ነጥቢ ከኣ ንኹሉ መሰል ህዝቢ ጐዓጺጽካ ኣብ ስልጣን ምንባር እዩ። እዚ ዕላማኡ ብመሰረቱ ካብ ናይ ፍሉይ ጉጅለ ምናልባት እውን ዲክታቶር ውልቀሰብ ድሌትን ባህግን ዝነቅል ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ጸረ ህዝቢ ብዛዕባ ምዃኑ ዘዳዲ ኣይኮነን። እዚ ብክለሰ-ሓሳብ ዝበሃል ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ብናይ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ሕሱም መነባብሮ ዝተመስከረ እዩ።

ዝምድና ህግደፍን ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ናይ መሰል ዝሓትትን መሰል ዝነፍግን፡ ፍትሒ ዝሓትትን ፍትሒ ዝነፍግን፡ ኮታ ኣብ መንጎ ሕገመንግስታዊ ስርዓት ዝሓትትን ብዘይሕጊ ጨፍሊቑ ናይ ዝገዝእን፡ ናይ ተወጻዕን ወጻዕን ዝምድና እዩ ኢልካ ዝድምደም እዩ። ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት ህዝቢ ኣሜን ኢሉ ይግዛእ ኣሎ ምባል ዝከኣል ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ውጹዓት ንወጽዓ ሓንጐፋይ ኢሎም ክቕበሉ ባህርያዊ ስለ ዘይኮነ።  ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ግና ንገዛእ ርእሱ ከጸባብቕ ነቲ ናይ ህዝቢ ስቕታ ከም ንመግዛእታዊ ስርዓቱ  ምቕባል ክወስዶ ከም ዝፍትን ንዕዘብ ኢና። ኣብ ገለ ኣጋጣሚ ከኣ ህግደፍ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ስለቲ ስቕ ኢሉ ዝተገዝኣሉ ካብ ክሳድ ንላዕሊ ክንእዶ ንሰምዕ ኢና። እንተኾነ እዚ ናይ ካብ ክሳድ ንላዕሊ ምስጋና ንባህሪ እቲ ናይ ወጻዕን ተወጻዕን ዝምድና ክቕይሮ ኣይክእልን እዩ።

ኩልና ከም እንረዳደኣሉ ህግደፍ ክሳብ ሎሚ ዕድመ ረኺብሉ ዘሎ ብሳላ ብቕዓቱ ዘይኮነ፡ ብሰንኪ ናይቶም ኣብ ምውጋዱ ረብሓን ሓላፍነትን ዘለና ወገናት ድኽመት ዝተመስረተ ምዃኑ ፍሉጥ እዩ። ናይዞም ከሎ ጋና ንህግደፍ ከነወግዶ ዝግበኣና ዝነበረ ኣካላት ድኽመት ብዙሕ መግለጽታት ኣለዎ። ኣብዚ እቲ በሪኽ ቦታ ዝሕዝ ድኽመት ህግደፍ ዕድመ ስልጣኑ ንምንዋሕ ምስ ዝነፈሰ እንዳነፈሰ መዕሸዊ መብጸዓታትን መግለጽታትን ክዝርግሕ እንከሎ ተቐቢልካ ምድጋምን ምቅላሕን እዩ። ዶብና ተነጺሩ ልኡላውነትና ከይተረጋገጸ ኣይንዛተን ኢና ክብል እንከሎ ከምዘለዎ ወስዲና ነቃለሓሉ፡ ደሓር ተጠውዩ ዝኾነ ሓድሽ ነገር ኣብ ዘይተራእየሉ፡ “ደጊም ጉዳይ ምምልካት ዶባትን ምዕቃብ ልኡላውነትን ዘልዕሉ ናይ ሰላም ሰመምቲ እዮም” ክብል እንከሎ ነዚ እውን ተቐቢልና ነጸባብቐሉ፡ ኣብዘይጉዳዩ ኣትዩ ናቱ ናይ ጸወታ ሕጊ ዘይረኣየ “ደጊም ናይ እገለ ጸወታ ተወዲኡ እዩ” ኢሉ ኣብዘይጉዳዩ ኣትዩ ጸላኢ ክዕድም እንከሎ ኣብዚ እውን ንምርቐሉ፡ “ሕገመንግስቲ ከይተሰርሓሉ በርዒኑ” ክብል እንከሎ እውን፡ ኣብ ክንዲ ስለምንታይ? መተካእትኡኸ? ክሳብ መዓስ? ንብል ናትና መራጐዲ ወሲኽና ከነሻህርቶ እንከለና ህግደፍ ብኹርምቱ እንዳሰሓቐ፡ እንዳዋቐዐ ንክነብር ኩነታት ነጣጥሓሉ ኣለና ማለት እዩ።

ካልእስ ይትረፍ ባዕሉ ንባዕሉ ሓሳባቱ ከጋጩ እንከሎ’ኳ ዘይነቕልበሉ ብዙሓት ኢና። እስኪ ርሑቕ ከይከድና ትማሊ “ውሳነ ኮሚሽን ዶብ ተነጺጉ፡ ልኡላውነትና ተደፊሩ ሰራዊት ጸላኢ ኣብ መሬትና ሰፊሩ ህዝብና ካብ መረበቱ ተመዛቢሉ እንከሎ፡ ብዛዕባ ምንታይ ኢና ኣብ 5 ነጥብታት ክንዛተ” እንዳበለ ሓቂ ከምስል ብናህሪ ዝምድር ዝነበረ ኢሱ፡ ሎሚ ጉዳይ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ዓጢጥዎ ዘይኮነስ መናውሒ ዕድመ ኣብ ስልጣን ንምርካብን ናይዚ ከባቢ ጎይተቱ ፈቓድ ንምምላእን፡ “ኣብ ጉዳይ ውግእ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ኣይከሰርናን። ጠንቂ ውግእ ዶብ ኣይነበረን። ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ንድሕሪት ናብ ዘይምለስ ሰላም በጺሕና ኢና። ብዛዕባ ሚልዮን ህዝብታት እምበር ብዛዕባ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣይኮናን ክንግደስ ዝግበኣና። ከም ዶ/ር ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ዝኣመሰለ መራሒ ምርካብና ዕድለኛታት ኢና፡ ዶክተር ኣብይ ክመርሕናን ብዘይናተይ ፈቓድ ናብ ኩሉ ከባብታት ኤርትራ ክኸይድን ፈቒደሉ እየ” እንዳበለ ክግዕር እንከሎ፡ ብዘይካቶም ብቕሉዕ ዝቃወምዎ፡ ብውሽጡ “እዋእ እንታ እዚ ሰብኣይ ትማሊ ደኣ እንታይ ድዩ ዝብል ነይሩ? እምበርከ ብጥዕነኡ ድዩ” ዘይብል ኤርትራዊ ኣሎ ኢለ ኣይኣምንን። እንተኾነ እዚ ኣበሃህላ ኣብንዲ ቃልዕ ወጺኡ ብዓውታ ዝቃላሕ ኣብ ገዛ ተዓጽዩ ምትራፉ  ትርጉም ኣይህልዎን እዩ እሞ፡ ሳዕሪሩ ናብ ዘይምለሰሉ ደረጃ ከይበጸሓ ንሕሰበሉ።

ብዓብይኡ ኣብቲ ካባና ካብቶም ግዳይ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኮይንና ዘለና ዝድለ፡ መራሒ ህግደፍ ይኹን ኣዝዮም ውሑዳት ደቀመዛምርቱ ንዝብልዎ ከም ዘለዎ ወሲድካ ምዝራዉ ክተርፍ ይግበኦ። እዚ ጉጅለ ኩሉ ዝብሎ ካብ ናቱ ጸቢብ ረብሓ  ዝወስዶ ናይ ወጽዓ ቋንቋ እዩ። ረብሓኡ ረብሓ ህዝቢ ክሳብ ዘይኮነ ከኣ ኣንጻር ህዝቢ እዩ። ስለዚ ህዝቢ ነቲ ዝበሃል ብመንጽር ረብሓኡን ለውጥን ማለት፡ ሰላም፡ መሰረታዊ መሰል፡ ዲሞክራሲ፡ ልዕልና ፍትሕን ህዝባዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ምምሕዳርን  እንዳመዘነ ዝቕበሎ ናይ ምቕባል ክነጽጎ ዝግበኦ ከኣ ናይ ምንጻግ ምኽንያታዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ከማዕብል ይግበኦ። ህግደፍ ዘዝዘርኦ መርዚ ብዕሙት ምቕባል፡ ኣይኮነንዶ ብቓልሲ ፈሊሑ ካብ ዝገረረ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ካልእ እውን እትጽበዮ ኣይኮነን። ንሓደ ኣካል ክንድግፍን ክንቃወምን ወይ ክንፈቱን ክንጸልእን እንከለና ነቲ ህግደፍ ዝነዝሖ ብጸቢብ መንፊት ክንነፍዮ ይግበኣና።

ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ምስቲ ናይ ህግደፍ ተሓቢኡ ግዜ ክጽበ ዝጸንሐ ተንኮላት እንዳነጸረ ምምጻኡ፡ እኹል’ኳ እንተዘይተባህለ ተንኮላት ህግደፍ ከምዘለዎ ወሲድካ ናይ ምርባሑ ግጉይ መንገዲ ይንኪ ኣሎ። ንኣብነት ድሕሪ ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ሓድሽ ኩነታት ምፍጣሩን ናይ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ዓበድበድ ዘይቅበሉ ግና ድማ በሪኾም ዘይተቃልሑ ምጉርምራማት ይውስኹ ኣለዉ። “መላምል ደቅና ከፊልናስ ኣብቲ ውግእ ኣይከሰርናን ማለት እንታይ ማለት እዩ?፡ ወዮ ደቅና ዝወደቕሉ ጉዳይ ልኡላውነት ስለምንታይ ግቡእ ቆላሕታ ኣይረኸበን?፡ ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ተበጺሑ ዘሎ ዝምድና ስለምንታይ ንህዝቢ ነጺሩ ቀጥዒ ዘይሕዝ? ወዮም ንዛመዶም ዘለና ኢትዮጵያውያን 24 ሰዓታት ኣብ ባንክ ዘለዎም ግንዘብ ከም ድላዮም ከንቀሳቕሱ እንከለዉ፡ ንሕና ግና ብገዛእ ገንዘብና ኣብ ወርሒ ቁንጣሮ ናቕፋ ጥራይ እንዳተተኾብና ከመይ ጌርና ኢና ንግዳዊ ዝምድና ነካይድ?,,,, ወዘተ ዝብሉ ሓሳባት ኣብ እንዳኹሉ ኤርትራዊ ዝለዓሉ ዘለዉ እዮም። እዚ ከኣ ህግደፍ ዘዝዘመሮ ከምዘለዎ ተቐቢልካ ናይ ምድጋም ባህሊ የብቅዕ ከምዘሎ ዘርእን ኣብ ቃልዕ ወጺኡ ክቃላሕ ዝግበኦን እዩ።

Wednesday, 12 December 2018 09:32

“ዝብእስ ኣብዘይፈልጥዎ ከይዱ፡ ቆርበት ኣንጽፉለይ ይብል”

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ብጉጅለ ህግደፍ እትምራሕ ኤርትራ ኣብ ዓለምና ብግህሰት ሰብኣውን ዲሞክራስያውን መሰላት ብዝለዓለ ደረጃ ካብ ዝልለያ ውሑዳት ሃገራት ሓንቲ ምዃና ክትጥቀስ ጸኒሓ እያ። እዚ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ “ ናይ ኣፍሪቃ ሰሜን ኮርያ” ዝብል ኣሉታዊ ቅጽል ክወሃባ እውን ክንዕዘብ ጸኒሓ ኢና። ኣብዚ ሚዛንዚ ንምብጻሕ ዝተፈላለዩ ወገናት ነናቶም መምዘንታት እዩ ጸኒሕዎም። ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ክንገልጾ እንከለና፡ ካብቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ክፍጽሞ ዝጸንሐ ሕጂ’ውን ዘይተቐየረ ገበናቱ ኢና እንብገስ። ካለኦት ወገናት ግና ሕማቕ ህይወት ህዝብና ዓጢጥዎም ዘይኮነ ካብ ክብሮምን ዞባዊ ረብሓኦምን ክብገሱ ከም ዝጸንሑ ብፍላይ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ብብሩህ ንዕዘቦ ኣለና። ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ንሓንሳብ ኣብ ጎንደር ንሓንሳብ ድማ ኣብ ኣዋሳ ክምረቕን ጋብታት ክስለምን ዝውዕል ዘሎ፡ ነቶም ሰለምቲ ስለ ዘድለዮም እምበር ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ በዓል ደሓኑ ስለ ዝኾነ ኣይኮነን።

ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ካብቲ ተዓቢጥሉ ዝጸንሐ ዕጽዊ ሳንዱቕ ወጺኡ፡ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ሓድሽ ሽፉን ምዕራፍ ኣትዩ። ነዚ ከምቲ ባዕሉ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ እውን ዝተኣመነሉ፡ ብናይ ርሑቕ ሓይልታት ዞባዊ ረብሓ ዝተወጠነ ለውጢ ተጠቒሙ እነሆ ኣብዚ ከባቢ ክንቀሳቐስ ጀሚሩ ኣሎ። ንሓንሳብስ ንገዛእ ርእሱ ምስ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘይተዓርቀ ክነሱ፡ ናይ ሰላም ዘማሪ መሲሉ ክቐርብ ዝተደናደነሉ ኩነታት’ውን ተዓዚብና። ምስዚ ኩሉ ግና ብዘይካ ውሱናት ምስ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝጸንሑ ቤተሰብ ብቐሊሉ ምርኻብን፡ ጐዳኢኡ ድዩ ጠቓሚኡ ዘይተነጸረ ኣዝዩ ውሱን ዘይስሩዕ ንግዳዊ ንጥፈታት ምርኣይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብዚ ወዛሕዛሕ ዝረኸቦ መሰረታዊ ናይ መሰል ረብሓ የለን። ምኽንያቱ ናይዚ ምስ ኢትዮጵያን ካለኦት ናይ ከባቢና ሃገራትን ዝውቃዕ ዘሎ ዳንኬራ ቀንዲ መንቀሊ፡ ዞባዊ ረብሓ ሓያላት እምበር፡ ህልዊ ኩነታት ኤርትራ ስለ ዘይነበረ። ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ሓደ ተባዕ ኤርትራዊ ሃይማኖታዊ መራሒ “ቀንዲ ጠለብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ስሚንቶን ጻዓዳ ፊኖን ኣይኮነን” ዝበልዎ ግቡእ ኣድህቦ ክንህቦ ዝግበና እዩ።

ጉጅለ ኢሳይያስ ነቶም ዞባውያን ተወዳደርቲ ጌና ንካልእ እስትራተጅካዊ ጉዳያት ስለ ዘድልዮም ከተባብዕዎ ከም ዝወጠኑ ብዙሓት ገበኑ ሸፊንካ ዘይምስሉ ናይ ምሃብ ምልክታት ንርኢ ኣለና። እቲ ኣብ ክንዲ መሕነቒኡ ገመድ፡ ዝእሰረሉ ዘሎ መማላኽዒ ወርቂ ማዕተባት ናይዚ ኣብነት እዩ። ጉጅለ ህገድፍ ዝመርሖ መንግስቲ ኣባል ኮሚሽ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ከም ዝኸውን ምግባሩ ከኣ ካልእ ኣንዳስሓቐ ዘስደምም ተግባር እዩ። እቶም ናብዚ ዘብጽሕዎ ወገናት ሕጂ’ውን ናቶም ሕሳብ ኣለዎም። እዚ ሕሳቦም ከኣ ካብ ናቶም ክብርን ዞባዊ ሕሳብን እምበር ካብ ህልዊ ኩነታት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብፍላይ ንሰብኣውን ዲሞክራስያውን መሰላት ብዝምልከት ዝነቅል ኣይኮነን። ህግደፍ ከኣ ከምቲ “ዝብእስ ኣብ ዘይፈልጥዎ ከይዱ ቆርበት ኣንጽፉለይ ይብል” ዝበሃል ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝፍጽሞ ዘሎ ገበን ንምርስሳዕ ዝተቐበሎ ህያብ እዩ። እዚ ተግባር ካብቲ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘስተናዕቖ ናይቲ ትካል ክብደት ዝንኪ እዩ።

ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ግህሰታት፡ በቲ ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ተፈጢሩ ዘሎ ኩነታት ዝሽፈን ዘይኮነ ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱ መንገዲ ዘለዎ እዩ። ምስዚ ኩሉ ዳንኬራ ኣብ ኤርትራ ኩሉ ዝተነፍገ መሰላት ሕጂ’ውን ንፉግ እዩ ዘሎ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ናይ ርሑቕን ቀረባን ኣዋፈርቱን’ኳ ክኾሓሕልዎን ግነዕት ክህብዎን እንተፈተኑ፡ ዝኾነ ዘቤታዊ ለውጢ የብሉን። እቲ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ዝተፈጥረ ሓድሽ ምዕራፍ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘቤታዊ ለውጢ ከምጽእ ብዙሓት ግሩሃትን ጐረሓትን ኣንቢረምዎ ዝነበሩ ተስፋ ባዶ እዩ። እኳደኣ ካልእ ነቲ ዝተዋሕሰ ኤርትራዊ ልኡላውነት ዝህድድ መዘዝ ሒዙ ዝመጸ እዩ። እቶም ንጉጅለ ኢሳይያስ ምእንቲ ናቶም ረብሓ ከተዓባብይዎ ሓሓሊፎም ከልዕልዎ ዝፈተኑ ጉዳያት ንህልዊ ኩነታት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝጓሰየ ምዃኑ ንርእዮ ኣለና። ኣሜሪካውያን ብዛዕባ ጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኣብ ኤርትራ ከልዕሉ እንከለዉ ብዛዕባቶም ኣብ ኣስመራ ኣብ ኢምባሲኦም ዝሰርሑ ዝነበሩ’ሞ ብህግደፍ ዝተኣስሩ እምበር፡ ብዛዕባ’ቶም ኣብ ዝያዳ 300 ኣብያተ ማእሰርቲ ዝማስኑ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ኣይኮኑን። ከምዚ ዝገብሩ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ብሰንኪ ሓሳቦም ምግላጾም፡ ምእንቲ ሰብኣውን ዲሞክራስያውን መሰሎም ምሕታቶም፡ ናተይ ዝበልዎ እምነት ምስዓቦም፡ ግዱድ ዕስክርና ምቅዋሞም፡ ኣብ ኣብያተ ማእሰርቲ ብዘይፍርዲ ይማስኑ ምህላዎም ብዘይምፍላጥ ዘይኮነ፡ ስለ ዘይተገደስሉ እዮም። እዚ እዩ ከኣ ምእንቲ ክብሮም እምበር ምእንቲ መሰል ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝርህርህ ሕልና የብሎምን ዘብለና።

እዚ ዘረደኣና እምበኣር ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንውሽጣዊ ጉዳያት ብደጋዊ ገልታዕታዕ ሸፊንካ ካብ ናይ ምኻድ ባህሪኡ ዘይወጸን ዘይወጽእን ምዃኑ እዩ። ብዘይካዚ ናይ ግዳም ሓይልታት ዘገድሶም ጉዳዮምን ረብሓኦምን እምበር ኤርትራዊ ጉዳይ ከም ዘይኮነ ዘነጽር እዩ። ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ዝበደለ እንተበደለ፡ ወዮም ብጉዳይ መሰል ወዲ ሰብ ንግደስ ኢና ዝብሉ፡ ካብ ክሳድ ንላዕሊ መግለጽታት ምውጻእ ሓሊፎም ዘሕምሞ ስጉምቲ ዘይወስዱ ምዃኖም እዩ። ስለዚ ሎሚ እውን ናይ ግዳም ኢድ እንተገደደ መመላእታ እምበር፡ ኣብቲ ጉዳይና ንኣበርክቶና ዘይትክእ ምዃኑ ዘመልክት እዩ። ከም ኩሉ ግዜ ሎሚ’ውን እታ ኣርዑት ኣብ ዝባና እያ ዘላ። ህግደፍ ምስ ከኣ ናይ ርሑቕን ቀረባን እንዳተመሓዘወን ኣብ ናይ ካለኦት ኢድ እንዳእተወን ኤርትራዊ ውሽጣዊ ኩነታት ንምሕባእ ይሕግዘኒ ዝብሎ ስጉምቲ ካብ ምውሳድን ዘይንጹር ስምምዓት ካብ ምኽታምን ንድሕሪት ኣይክብልን እዩ።

Monday, 10 December 2018 22:29

News of Somali, Eritrea, Ethiopia security pact causes Somali crisis

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December 10, 2018 News

On 25th November the blog below was posted, outlining suggestions that Eritrean and Ethiopian troops might be sent to Somalia, following the deal between the leaders of the three countries in Bahir Dar.

There were few details, but now the Reuters newsagency has seen a motion for impeachment of the Somali President, Mohamed Abdullahi.

Why is he being impeached? For allegedly having “secretly signed agreements with other countries including Ethiopia and Eritrea. The agreements touched on the use of Somali ports and economic and security cooperation, it said.”

Reports are beginning to circulate that as part of the deal President Isaias struck with Somalia in Ethiopia, he is preparing to deploy troops to support the government in Mogadishu.

There is no confirmation at the moment that this is about to take place. But, as Kjetil Tronvoll remarks, if it did take place it would mean an end to plans to reduce the length of National Service, which currently continues indefinitely.

Sending Eritrean troops to Somalia would – of course – solve one of President Isaias’s dilemmas: what to do with thousands of demobilised young men and women, for whom he has no work. Having them hang around towns, including Asmara, could prove very difficult. With nothing to do and all day to do it they might become restless and law and order could evaporate.

Eritrea’s forgotten wars

Far better to send them on another foreign adventure.

This would not be Eritrea’s first international intervention: it has had a number of forgotten wars since independence.

These include conflicts in:

  • Sudan
  • Somalia
  • Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Yemen

Back into Somalia

President Isaias invervened in Somalia in the past.

The previous occassion followed the re-location of Somalia’s Islamic Courts to Eritrea in 2007, after the invasion of Somalia by Ethiopia.

Eritrea subsequently sent advisers and military equipment to the Islamist group, al-Shabaab, which arose out of the Islamic Courts.

As the UN Monitors put it in their 2011 report to the Security Council: “Asmara’s continuing relationship with Al-Shabaab, for example, appears designed to legitimize and embolden the group rather than to curb its extremist orientation or encourage its participation in a political process. Moreover, Eritrean involvement in Somalia reflects a broader pattern of intelligence and special operations activity, including training, financial and logistical support to armed opposition groups in Djibouti, Ethiopia, the Sudan and possibly Uganda in violation of Security Council resolution 1907 (2009).”

In President Isaias’s own words

Although the president later denied supporting Al-Shabaab, this was not always his position. As he declared in 2009: “We support all resistance from anyone in Somalia.”

This came in an interview with Channel 4 – the independent British news channel.

This is what he said:

In an interview with Channel 4 News Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki defended Somalia’s militants saying that as his country supported all Somalis it would be a “mistake” to limit this support to “one or two groups.”

“We support all resistance from anyone in Somalia,” he said.

“Somalis have worked with outside forces for money for fame for what have you. They have collaborated with outsiders, we are against collaborators – we are with Somalis.”

“You may not agree with the ideology of al-Shabaab, Somalis may not agree with the ideology of al-Shabab but it’s up to them to have their own ideology. You need to respect their choice.

“Categorising anyone political group as terrorist isn’t qualified as a common understanding of that qualification. Now, anyone in any government will call an opposition a terrorist organisation.”

Mr Afwerki claimed that the United States and its allies had “created a situation of chaos in Somalia by providing weapons” to warlords but that he didn’t think a culture of blame was the solution.

“I wish we had the resource and we had the ability to support Somali resistance in any way. Physically, it hasn’t been possible. Theoretically, we may want to see that happen.

“We don’t want to get into this cycle of accusations and counter-accusations on who’s being supplying this or that faction in Somalia for the last 20 years.

“We would like resistance to succeed in Somalia and Somalis to be left alone to find a solution for their own problems without an external intervention.

“If you agree to that, pull out from Somalia. Don’t supply weapons to warlords. Don’t divide and weaken Somalia. You leave Somalia to Somalis and Somalis will find a solution for themselves. As long as this conflict continues, we remain supportive of the resistance in Somalia in any form.”

Intervention in 2019

If the report quoted at the start of this article is correct, and the Eritreans go into Somalia again, it will be on the other side.

They will be backing President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” – not Al-Shabaab.

However this would not alter one fact: young Eritreans would be dying in a foreign land.

That has been the pattern of foreign policy followed by President Isaias since 1991: he is unlikely to change.

Monday, 10 December 2018 13:22

መግለጺ ሓዘን

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Woldeselassie Ghebremedhin

ብምኽንያት ዕረፍቲ ገዲም ተጋዳላይ ወልደስላሰ ገብረመድህን ዝተሰምዓና መሪር ሓዘን እናገለጽና፡ ንስውእ መንግስተ-ሰማይ የዋርሶ፤ ንስድራቤቱን ኵሎም ቤተሰቡን ድማ፡ እግዚኣብሄር ጽንዓቱ ይሃቦምን ጠሉ የውርደሎምን እናበልና ናይ ሓዘኖም ተኻፈልቲ ምዃና ንገልጽ።

ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰዲህኤ

Monday, 10 December 2018 09:05

Motion filed by top parliament official to impeach Somali president

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The top official of Somali's parliament administration said on Sunday he had filed a motion with the speaker of parliament to impeach the country's president, Mohamed Abdullahi (pictured). (AP)
Updated 09 December 2018
Reuters
December 09, 2018 18:18
 
 

MOGADISHU: The top official of Somali's parliament administration said on Sunday he had filed a motion with the speaker of parliament to impeach the country's president, Mohamed Abdullahi.
"We have filed an impeachment against the president of the federal republic of Somalia," Abdikarim H. Abdi Buh said in a statement.
Constitutionally, 92 lawmakers have to sign such a motion for it to be submitted to the speaker. Parliament may debate the motion a week later.
Somalia's parliament has 275 lawmakers in total. A successful impeachment vote requires the backing of two thirds of all MPs.
A copy of the motion, seen by Reuters, lists as grounds for the impeachment an allegation that the president secretly signed agreements with other countries including Ethiopia and Eritrea.
The agreements touched on the use of Somali ports and economic and security cooperation, it said.
He was also accused of illegally extraditing alleged criminals to other countries and violating Somalia's federalism law and the rules and regulations of parliament.
Officials at the president's office could not be reached for comment.

Source=http://www.arabnews.pk/node/1418126/world

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