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ናይዚ ከም ኣርእስቲ መሪጸዮ ዘለኹ ኣበሃህላ ትርጉም፡ ኣብ ከባቢኻ ሓደ ምዕባለ ክፍጠር እንከሎ፡ ናባኻ ምምጻኡ ከምዘይተርፎ ተረዲእካ ሽዑ ሃንደበት ከይኮነካ ንኣገጣጥምኡ ዝምልከት ምቅርራብ ምግባር ኣድላይ ምዃኑ ዘረድእ እዩ። እቲ ዘጋጥም ምዕባለ ቁጠባዊ፡ ፖለቲካዊ ማሕበራዊ ውዘተ፡ ክኸውን ይኽእል። ምናልባት እውን ምስቲ “ውሕጅ ከይመጸ መንገዲ ውሕጅ ጽረግ” ዝብል ምሳልያዊ ኣዘራርባ ዘሳኒ ይመስለኒ።
ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ናይ ቀረባን ብብዙሕ መምዘንታት እትመሳሰለናን ኢትዮጵያ ቅልጡፍ ናይ ለውጢ ምዕባለታት ይረአ ኣሎ። ኣብዚ ናይ ምዕባለ መስርሕ፡ ምፍታሕ እሱራት፡ ዝተፈላለዩ ርኢቶታት ዝጸውርን ተቓወምቲ ብናጻ ናብ ህዝቦም መማረጺ ርኢቶኦም ዘቕርብሉ ሰፊሕ ዲሞክራስያዊ ሜዳ ምፍጣር፡ ናይ መንግስቲ ኮነ ናይ ብሕቲ ሚድያታት ናጽነት፥ ልዕልና ሕግን ነጻ ፍርዳዊ ኣካላትን ምስፋሕ፡ ዜጋታት ሃገሮም ኣብ ምህናጽ ዝሳተፍሉ ውሑስ ዕድል ምርካብ፡ ኣብ ምጥፍፋእ ሃብቲ ሃገር ዝተሳተፉ ኣካላት ኣብ ቅድሚ ሕጊ ምቕራብ፡ ምክያድ ዲሞክራስያዊ ምርጫ፡ ብዝያዳ ከኣ መሰረታዊ ዲሞክራስያውን ሰብኣውን መሰላት ምኽባር ዝብሉ ዛዕባታት መድረኻውያን መዛረብቲ ኮይኖም ቀሪቦም ኣለዉ። ኩልና ከም እንፈልጦም እዞም ዛዕባታት ኣብ ኤርትራ ብሰንኪ ዓንጽቃጺ ባህርያት ህግደፍ፡ ዘይትግበሩ እዮም ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ብዛዕበኣቶም ምሕሳብ’ውን ነውርን ዘቕጽዕን እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ግና ዝጽበዮም፡ ዝሃርፎምን ክትግበርሉ ብዝተፈላለዩ መልከዓት ዝቃለሰሎምን እዮም። ኣብ ከባቢኡ ብኸምዚ ዝተገልጸ ኣጀንዳ ምዃኖምን ከኣ ንቃልሲ ህዝብና ሓጋዝን ጸላውን እዩ።
ኣብ ኤርትራ ነዞም ዝተጠቕሱ መሰላት ዓፊኑ ብዘይሕገመንግስቲ ዝገዝእ ዘሎ ብዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ዝምራሕ ጉጅለ፡ ኣይኮነንዶ ብዛዕባዞም ዝተጠቕሱ ዛዕባታት ኣብ ኤርትራ ክዝረብ ከፍቅድ ነዚኣቶም ዝሓዘ ንፋስ ናብ ኤርትራ ገጹ ከይነፍስ እንተዝኽእልስ ብመንደቕ መዓገቶ። እንተኾነ ሳላ ዘመናዊ ናይ መራኸቢ ዕቤት፡ ኣይኮነንዶ ካብ ጐረቤት ካብ ርሑቕ ዝመጽእ ምዕባለ እውን ኣይኮነንዶ ብኣዝዩ ድኹም ዓቕሚ ህግደፍ በተን ብዕቤተን ዝንየታ ሃገራት እውን ዝከኣል ኣይኮነን። እንተ ብዛዕባ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ህዝቢ ኢትዮጵያ ኮነ ካልእ ህዝቢ ዝብህጎ መሰል፡ ሰላምን ራህዋን ከም ዝብህግ ርዱእ እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እሞኸኣ ን30 ዓመታት ምእንቲ መሰል ተቓሊሱ ናጽነት ዘውሓሰ ህዝቢ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ንሰላም፡ ንዲሞክራስን ምኽባር ኩሉ መሰላትን ከም ዝጽበን ከም ዝቃለሰሉን ኣብ ዋጋ ዕዳጋ ዝወርድ ኣይኮነን።
ሎሚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ነታ መወዳድርቲ ዘየብላ፡ ብዘይካ ንኢሳይያስን ዘይህዝባዊ ኣተሓሳስባኡን ምውዳስ ካልእ ዋኒን ዘየብላ ኣብ ክንዲ ንቕድሚት ምምዕዳው ናብ ድሕሪት ምምላስ ዝቐላ ኤሪ-ቲቪ ዓጽዩ፡ ምስተን ብቋንቋ እውን ዘየጸግመኦ መስመራት ተለቪዥን ኢትዮጵያ እዩ ዝውዕልን ዝሓድርን ዘሎ። እቲ ዝከታተሎ ከኣ እቲ ቅድም ዘልዓልናዮ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዘሎ ሓድሽ ምዕባለታት እዩ። ኣብ ሕልንኡ ዘሰላስሎ ከኣ ብዛዕባቲ ዝነብረሉ ዘሎ ህይወት ጉዳይ ምስዋር እሱራት፡ ኣብ ገዛእ ሃገርካ ዝመስለካ ዓው ኢልካ ዘይምዝራ፡ ብገዛእ ገንዘብካ ናይ ባንክ ናይ መቑነን ኣሰራርሓ፡ ተኸሲስካ ኣብ ቅድሚ ሕጊ ነብስኻ ክትከላኸል ዘይምኽኣል፡ ዝመርሓካ ኣካል ዘይምምራጽ፡ ብሕገመንግስቲ ኣብ ዘይትመሓደር ሃገር ምንባር፡ ብሰንኪ ደረት ዘየብሉ ውትህድርናን ካልእ ብኩራትን ኣብ ጉዕዞ ስደት ይጠፍእ ዘሎ ህይወት መንእሰያት ወዘተ ዝምልከት እዩ። ባህጉ ከኣ ኩሉ እቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ኣሻቓሊ ኩነታት ብመሰረቱ ክቕየረሉ እዩ። ብዘይካዚ ሎሚ ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን መገሻ መንገዲ ማይ ኮይኑ ስለ ዘሎ፡ እቲ ካብን ናብን ዝመላለስ ሃላኺ ኣቑሑት ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ እንተላይ ሓሳባት ስለ ዝኾነ ናይቲ ምዕባለታት ምስግጋር ዘጸግም ኣይኮነን። ከም ርዱእ ከኣ ካብ ኤርትራ ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝሰግር ትዕዝቢቲ፡ ድሕረትን ሕሱም ህይወት መነባብሮን እዩ። ካብ ኢትዮጵያ ናብ ኤርትራ ዝኸይድ ከኣ ብቕንዕና ንዝመዘን ናይ ዝሓሸ ህይወትን መነባብሮን ትዕዝብቲ እዩ። ሓደ ሰብ ከም ዘዕለለኒ፡ ብናይ 5 ሺሕ ናቕፋ ወርሓዊ መቑነን ዝደንዘዙ፡ ካብ ኤርትራ ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝሰገሩ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት፡ መዛንኦም ኢትዮጵያውያን መንእሰያት፡ ባንክታት ኣብ ዝተዓጸወሉ ሰዓታት’ውን ዝደለይዎ ዓቐን ገንዘብ ብማሽናት ኤቲኤም (ATM) ከውጽኡ ርእዮም ኣዝዮም ተገሪሞም። ምስቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ መንበሪ ገዛ ክትሰርሕ ክልኩል ምዃኑ፡ ብውልቀሰብ ዝተሃንጸ ሰማይ ዝዓረገ ርሻናት ርእዮም ዝግረሙ ኤርትራውያን ገያሾ ናብ ኢትዮጵያ እውን ውሑዳት ኣይኮኑን። “ንኣስመራ ደኣ ዓዲ ግራት’ኳ በሊጻታ” ዝብሉ’ውን ብዙሓት እዮም። እዚ ኩሉ ኣበሃህላ መልእኽቱ ናብ ኩልና ኤርትራውያን ዘደቅስ ኣይኮነን።
እዚ ጸላዊ ምዕባለ ካብ ኢትዮጵያ ናብ ኤርትራ ከም ዝልሑኽ ዘጠራጥር ኣይኮነን። ናይ ኣባ ተኽለሚካኤል ተወልደ ናይዚ ቀረባ ግዜ መልእኽቲ ናይዚ ምልክት እዩ። እቲ ዘድሊ ነቲ ጽልዋ ምድላው ማለት ክትቅበሎ ጭሕምኻ ማይ ምልካይ እዩ። እቲ ጭሕምኻ ማይ ምልካይ፡ ንኹሎም ኤርትራዊ ኣካላት ዝምልከት እምበር ሓደ ወሃቢ ሓደ ተቐባሊ እንኾነሉ ዕማም ኣይኮነን። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ነቲ ናብ ኤርትራ ዘቕንዕ ማዕበል ክዓግቶ እንተ ደለየ እውን ኣይክእልን እዩ። ኣሜን ኢሉ ክቕበሎ’ውን ባህርያቱ ኣይፈቕደሉን እዩ። ምስኡ ዝነበሩ ካብ ናይ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ዝተፈልየ ኣተሓሳስባ ዘለዎም ኢትዮጵያውያን ተቓወምቲ እንዳጣዐ ከፋንዎም እንከሎ፡ ኣብ ቅድሚኡ ተመሳሳሊ ካብ ናቱ ዝተፈልየ ኣተሓሳስባ ዘለዎ ኤርትራዊ ወገን ክቕበል ክዳሎ መተገብኡ። እንተኾነ ባህሪኡ ስለ ዘይፈቕደሉ ኣይክገብሮን እዩ። ዜና ኣብ ምጥፍፋእ ዝተሳተፉ ናብ ሕጊ ምቕራብ ክሰምዕ እንከሎ፡ ብዛዕባቶም ውሽጣዊ ኣካላት ወዲሰብ ከይተረፈ ሸይጦም ሃብቲሞም ዘህብተምዎ እሙናት ጀነራላቱ ክሓስብን ጭሕሙ ማይ ክለክን መተገብኦ ግና እንድዒ። ብኣሸሓት ዝቑጸሩ እሱራት ተፈቲሑም ክበሃል እንከሎ፡ ብዛዕባ ዒራዒሮን ካልኦት ልዕሊ 300 ግሁዳትን ስዉራትን ኣብያተ-ማእሰርቱ ክሓስብ ጭሕሙ ማይ ክለኪ መተገብኦ። እዚ እውን ዝስወጦ ኣይመስለንን። ኮታ ህግደፍ ጭሕሙ ማይ ክለኽየሎም ዝግበኦም ኣብ ቀረባ ግዜ ክገሃዱ ትጽቢት ዝግበረሎም ዛዕባታት ቆጺርካ ዝውደኡ ኣይኮኑን።
እቲ ጭሕሙ ክለኪ ዝግበኦ ህግደፍ ጥራይ ኣይኮነን። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብሓፈሻ ብፍላይ ከኣ መንእሰያትን ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታትን ንኣተሓሕዛ’ቲ ዘይተርፍ ለውጢ ክቕረቡን ጭሕሞም ማይ ክለኽዩን ይግበኦም። ደጊም ናይ ግዜ ጉዳይ እንተዘይኮይኑ ነቲ ዘይተርፍ ለውጢ ህግደፍ ዝደለዮ ዓይነት መንደቕ ነዲቑ ጠጠው ከብሎ ኣይክእልን እዩ። ከምቲ “ዘይቐንእ ኣይወለድ” ዝበሃል ቅዱስ ናይ ለውጢ ቅንኢ ክሓድረና ግድን እዩ።
Thursday, 15 November 2018 12:44
Final UN Security Council Monitoring report on Eritrea
Written by Martin Plaut
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 13:39
UN Security Council to Lift Sanctions on Eritrea: details
Written by Martin PlautSource: What’s in blue
On Wednesday (14 November), the Security Council is expected to adopt a resolution renewing sanctions measures on Somalia while lifting sanctions on Eritrea, namely the arms embargoes, travel bans, asset freezes and targeted sanctions imposed on Eritrea in resolutions 1907 (2009), 2023 (2011), 2060 (2012) and 2111 (2013). Accordingly, the draft resolution states that the committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea will be known as the committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia. The resolution also terminates the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) and establishes the Panel of Experts on Somalia in its stead.
The lifting of sanctions on Eritrea was the culmination of regional political developments that unfolded since Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed a peace agreement in Asmara on 9 July, ending a 20-year conflict. Eritrea and Ethiopia signed an Agreement on Peace, Friendship and Comprehensive Cooperation on 16 September, which was welcomed by Council members in a press statement (SC/13516). Ethiopia then pushed in the Council for the lifting of sanctions on Eritrea.
Not all issues that led to the imposition of UN sanctions on Eritrea have been entirely resolved, however. In the midst of the rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Djibouti transmitted a letter to the Secretary-General on 11 July calling on him, in close collaboration with the Security Council, to use his good offices to facilitate an agreement between the principal parties (that is, Djibouti and Eritrea) on a particular method of dispute settlement, preferably adjudication or arbitration. Resolutions 1862 and 1907 of 2009 called on Eritrea to withdraw its forces to their previous positions from an area disputed with Djibouti (the Ras Doumeira peninsula and adjacent territory), to engage in the peaceful settlement of the border dispute, and to resolve related issues such as unaccounted-for prisoners of war. Resolution 1907 imposes sanctions on Eritrea for obstructing the implementation of resolution 1862 concerning Djibouti.
Over the months that followed, Council members started to discuss the conditions under which sanctions would be lifted, taking into account that over the previous four years, the SEMG had not been able to find conclusive evidence that Eritrea was providing support to Al-Shabaab, the main reason the sanctions had been imposed. Council members conveyed to Eritrea that sanctions could be lifted if Eritrea committed to resolving its dispute with Djibouti and, considering that Eritrea has refused to acknowledge and cooperate with the Council’s sanctions regime, if it were to receive the chair of the Sanctions Committee (Ambassador Kairat Umarov of Kazakhstan) for a visit and meet with the coordinator of the SEMG.
Several encouraging developments ensued, paving the way for the lifting of sanctions. On 6 September, Eritrea and Djibouti announced the restoration of diplomatic ties, following a trilateral high-level meeting with Ethiopia, and the presidents of the two states met in Jeddah on 17 September. Then, on 25 September, Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed met with Umarov, in his capacity as chair of the sanctions committee, in New York. This was followed by a 5 October meeting between an Eritrean presidential advisor and the SEMG, with the participation of Umarov, also in New York.
With respect to Al-Shabaab, Council members received the latest SEMG report in October, which reported that for the fifth year in a row, no conclusive evidence was found that Eritrea was providing support to Al-Shabaab. Furthermore, the report noted that other armed groups acting against Ethiopia with the support of Eritrea have now signed peace agreements with Ethiopia.
Heading into the negotiations on the resolution to be voted on tomorrow, there was consensus among Council members that the recent meetings between Eritrean officials, Umarov and the SEMG coordinator were sufficient to demonstrate Eritrea’s cooperation with the Sanctions Committee, and that there had been positive developments on the Eritrea-Djibouti front. Thus, there was a general willingness to work towards terminating sanctions on Eritrea.
Nevertheless, some Council members were more supportive than others. Ethiopia, with the support of some members, such as Russia and Sweden, expressed its readiness to end the sanctions. The US and France would have preferred to see further commitment by Eritrea and Djibouti to resolving their dispute, such as a letter to the Council.
Taking all of this into account, the draft resolution in blue terminates sanctions measures imposed on Eritrea, while underlining the importance of continuing efforts towards the normalisation of relations between Eritrea and Djibouti for regional peace, stability and reconciliation. In this regard, Council members have been given to understand that Djibouti no longer opposes the lifting of sanctions on Eritrea, provided the Council continues to monitor the situation. The draft urges Eritrea and Djibouti to continue efforts to settle their border dispute peacefully in a manner consistent with international law by conciliation, arbitration or judicial settlement, or by any other agreed means of pacific dispute settlement identified in Article 33 of the Charter, and for the parties to engage on the issue of the Djiboutian combatants missing in action.
Furthermore, the resolution confirms the Council’s intention to support the two countries’ effort to resolve their differences, requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council by 15 February 2019 and every six months thereafter on this matter, and expresses the Council’s intention to keep normalisation efforts under review. On the reporting requirement, Russia broke silence over a previous draft, taking the view that reporting should be annual rather than every six months. The final draft, however, retains the semi-annual reporting requirement.
With the lifting of sanctions on Eritrea, Council members agreed to establish a Panel of Experts on Somalia until 15 December 2019, instead of the SEMG. The Council expresses its intention in the draft resolution to review the panel’s mandate and take appropriate action regarding its extension by 15 November 2019. Council members agreed that the number of experts on the panel should be fewer than the eight members of the SEMG; however, there was disagreement on the precise number. Russia wanted the panel to consist of five experts and broke silence on this issue. Other Council members insisted that the panel number six, and the draft in blue requests the Secretary-General to establish a panel of six experts, in consultation with the Sanctions Committee, drawing, as appropriate, on the expertise of the members of the SEMG. The draft further calls on the panel to include the necessary gender expertise, in line with paragraph 6 of resolution 2242 (2015).
The draft resolution further decides that the existing listing criterion under resolution 1844 (2008) on engaging in or providing support for acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of Somalia may also include the planning, directing or committing acts involving sexual and gender-based violence.
In addition to these changes in the sanctions regime, the draft resolution reaffirms the arms embargo on Somalia, while renewing the partial lifting of the arms embargo on Somali security forces. It also requests the Secretary-General to conduct a technical assessment of the arms embargo, with options and recommendations for improving implementation, by 15 May 2019; renews the authorisation for maritime interdiction to enforce the embargo on illicit arms imports and charcoal exports; and renews the humanitarian exemptions to the sanctions regime.
This will be the second resolution that the Council will adopt on Somalia in November. On 6 November, the Council adopted resolution 2442 renewing for 13 months the authorisations allowing international naval forces cooperating with Somali authorities to take measures against piracy in the waters off the coast of Somalia. These include operations in Somalia’s territorial waters and related operations on land.
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 00:35
Frankfurt Demonstration 31102018
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ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ
ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ጉዳይና፡ ጉዳይ ኤርትራውያን ክለዓል እንከሎ፡ እቶም ኣዛረብቲ ዛዕባታት ኣዝዮም ብዙሓት እዮም። ኰለንተናና ኣዛራቢ እዩ እንተተባህለ’ውን ምግናን ኣይኮነን። እዚ ኣተሃላልዋና ርጉእ ከምዘየለ ዘመልክት እዩ። ወረ ሃለዋትና ዘይርጉእ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ኣዝዩ ኣሻቓሊ እዩ። ገሌና ኤርትራውያን ክንድቲ ክንሻቐሎ ዝግበና ንሻቐል ዘይምህላውና ከኣ ዘተዓዛዝብ እዩ። እዚ ከምቲ “መነባብሮ እንተ ኢልካዮ መቓብር እውን ይመውቕ” ዝበሃል፡ ነዚ ዘለናዮ ሃለዋት ኣብ ክንዲ ክንቅይሮ ንቃለስ ለሚድናዮን ርዒምናዮን ከይነራጥጥ እውን ዘየሰክፍ ኣይኮነን።
ተመኩሮና ከም ዝሕብሮ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ካብዞም ኣዛረብቲ ዛዕባታት ከከም ግዜኡ እንዳመረጸ በብታራ ኣብ ሓዲኦም ተሓቢኡ ክነብርዩ ክሰርሕ ጸኒሑን ዘሎን። ከከም ዘዋጽኦ ንሓንሳብ ጉዳይ ወጥሪ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ንሓንሳብ ኢድ ኣእታውነት ናይ ግዳም ሓይልታት፡ ንሓንሳብ ድማ እገዳ (ማዕቀብ) እንዳቐያየረ ይሕበኣሎም። ቀንዲ ጸገሙ እዞም ዝተጠቕሱ ዘይመሰረታዊ ግዳማዊ መሕቢእታት ዘይኮኑስ ዘቤታዊ ስንፍናኡ ምዃኑ ከተልዕለለኡ እንከለኻ ግና ርእሱ ይሓምም። ኮታ ከምኡ ዝገብር ከምቲ “ወዮ ናታስ ንሓማታ” ዝበሃል ብዛዕባ ካለኦት እምበር ብዛዕባኡ ዘዛርብ፡ ትዕግስቲ፡ ትብዓትን ግሉጽነትን ስለ ዘይነበሮን፡ ዘየብሉን ንመጻኢ እውን ስለ ዘይህልዎን እዩ።
ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ምስቲ ብጉዳይ እገዳ ክራገሞ ዝጸንሐ ምምሕዳር ኣሜሪካ ከም ዝተዓርቀ ነጊሩና ኣሎ። ነቲ ብዜጋታቱ ዘይተፈትወ ምምሕዳር ሮናልድ ትራምፕ ከኣ ናይቶ ቅድሚኡ ዝነበሩ መራሕቲ ጌጋታት ንምእራም ዝቃለስ ዘሎ ክብል ንኢድዎ። ኣብ መስርሕ ምዕራይ ጌጋታት ምምሕዳር ኣሚሪካ ምስ ትራምፕ ከም ዝተሓጋገዝ ከኣ ኣተንቢሁልና። እዚ ጉዳይ ዘገርምን “ኣበይ ኣለኻ ዘይበልዎስ ኣብዚ ኣለኹ ይብል” ዘብልን እዩ። ጉዳይ’ቲ ዓንቂፉኒ ክብሎ ዝጸነሐ ዝምድና ምስ ሕወሓት ከኣ “ጸወታ ተወዲኡ” ብዝብል ቃና ገሊጽዎ ሓሊፉ። እቲ ሓቂ ከምኡ ድዩ ኣይኮነን ኢሳይያስ ዘይኮነስ እቲ ኣብ ባይታ ዘሎ ውድዕነት ዝውስኖ እዩ። ዲክታተር ኢሳይያስ ግና ቅድሚ ምብቃዕን ዘይምብቃዕን ናይ ካለኦት ጸወታ ብዛዕባ’ቲ ዝምረሓሉ ሕጊ ዘየብሉ ጸወታኡ እንተዝዛረብ መምሓረሉ።
ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኩሉ ናይ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ መጣልዒ ዛዕባታት፡ ይቀበሎ ኣይቀበሎ ካብ ጸወታ ወጻኢ ኮይኑ እዩ። ሕጂ ተሪፋቶ ዘላ መሕብኢት፡ እታ እገዳ እትብል ሓረግ እያ። ኩሉቲ ሃገር ከይነልምዕ ዓንቂጹና ክብሎ ዝጸንሐ መመሳመሲ ምኽንያታት ዓዳጊ ምስ ሰኣነ፡ እነሆ ኣብዛ “እገዳ” እትብል ተላሒጉ ኣሎ። ዝኾነ ንዝቐርብ ናይ “ሃየባ ለውጢ ኣምጽኡ?” ሕቶ፡ “እዋእ እንታይ ለውጡ ደኣ ዓለም ኣጻቢባትልና ኣብ እገዳ እንዲና ዘለና” እትብል ከም ናይ መወዳእታ መከላኸሊት ዕርዲ ተቐርቂሩላ ኣሎ። ህግደፍ እገዳ ዝብሎ ዘሎ ነቲ ብሰንኪ ኣብ ጉዳይ እንዳማቱ ኢዱ ምእታዉ ዝተነብሮ ግና ድማ ነኺሱ ዘየድሚ ኮራርምቲ ዘየብሉ ናይ ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ ስጉምቲ እዩ። ንሕና እቲ ኣብ ዘይጉዳይካ ምእታው ኣየቕጽዕን እዩ ዝብል መደምደምታ’ኳ እንተዘይብልና፡ እቲ ቀንዲ ምኽንያት ንእገዳ ኣብ ልዕሊ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ክኸውን ዝግበኦ ዝነበረ፡ ህግደፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ክፍጽሞ ዝጸንሐን ዘሎን ወጽዓ ክኸውን ነይሩዎ በሃልቲ ኔርና፡ ሕጂ እውን እዚ እምነትና ኣብ ቦታኡ እዩ ዘሎ። ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ነዚ ክትርደኦ’ሞ ንመራሕቲ ህግደፍ ፈልዩ ብዝቐጽዕ ኣገባብ ከትርሮ ከነተሓሳስብ ጸኒሕና ኢና፡ ሕጂ እውን ኣብኡ ኢና ዘላና።
ንሕና ቀዳምነት እንህቦን ክእለ እንቃለሰሉን እቲ ህግደፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ኣንቢርዎ ዘሎ ኣደንዛዚ ዘቤታዊ እገዳ እዩ። እዚ እገዳዚ፡ መሰል ምንቅስቓስ ዝኸልእ፡ ብገዛእ ገንዘብካ ግዜኡ ዝሓለፎ ናይ መቑነን ኣርዑት ዝጽዕን፡ ተኸሲስካ ኣብ ቅድሚ ሕጊ ምቕራብ ዘየፍቅድ፡ ኣብ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ቤተሰብካን ካለኦት ዝምልከቶም ከይበጽሑኻ ዝነጽግ፡ ኣብ ገዛእ ዓድኻ ሰሪሕካ ምብላዕን መጽለሊ ምቕላስን ዝነፍግ፡ ኣብ ሃገርካ መሰል ሓሳብካ ምግላጽን ምውዳብን ዝነጽግ፡ ዝመረጽካዮ እምነት ከይትስዕብ ዝዕንቅጽ፡ ብዓብዩ ከኣ ብዘይሕገ መንግስቲ ከትግዛእ ዘገድድን ልዕልና ሕጊ ዘይቅበልን ብህግደፍ ዝተጻዕነ እገዳ ኣሎ። ስለዚ ንሕና ቅድሚ ኩሉ እዚ ህግደፍ ዝወለዶ እገዳ ክለዓል ባዕልና ክንቃለስ ኣለና በሃልቲ ኢና። እቲ ቀንዲ ኣብ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ቤተሰብ ኣሳፊሑ ዘሎ እገዳ ኣቐሚጥካ፡ ናብቲ ንቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ ዝምልከት ዋናታቱ ምስ ክብሮም ዘተሓሕዝዎ ምምጥጣር ፍትሓዊ ኣብ ልዕሊ ዘይምዃኑ፡ ህግደፍ ኣብ ክንዲ ኣጻብዕቱ ናብ ገዛእ ርእሱ ዘቕንዕ፡ ብዛዕባ ካለኦት ክዛረብ ዕድል ዝህብ እዩ። ንዲክታቶር ምትብባዕ ከኣ ዋጋ ዘኽፍል ተግባር እዩ። ዓዲ ደሓን መሲልዎም ኮራርምቱ ምስ ዝወደአ ህግደፍ ንዘኹድዱን ዝዘርይሉን ናይ ቀረባን ርሑቕን ወገናት ከኣ ብጽሞና ምስ ነብሶም ክማኸርሉ ዝግበኦም ጉዳይ እዩ።
እቲ ውሽጣዊ ህግደፋዊ እገዳ ቀንዲ ሃሳይ ምዃኑ ኣብ ገዛእ ተመኩሮና ርኢናዮ ኢና። ህግደፍ ንኤርትራዊ ዘቤታዊ ጉዳይ ዝምልከት ሕቶ ክቐርቦ እንከሎ ንእገዳ እዩ ከም ዘይመመለሲ ምኽንያት ዘቕርብ። እንተኾነ ኣሉታዊ ተጽዕኖ እገዳ ዝርደኣና’ኳ እንተኾነ፡ ውሽጣዊ ዓቕምን ቅሩብነትን እንተዘይርሒቑካ ብቤትምኽሪ ጸጥታ ማዕቀብ ተነቢሩልካ ምስተበሃልካ፡ ዘቤታዊ ዋኒንካ ኣቋሪጽካ ብዛዕባ እገዳ ምቑዛም ቅቡል ኣይኮነን። ካብ ዘቤታዊ ማዕቀብ ናጻ እንተኮይንካ ብዙሕ ክስራሕ ይከኣል እዩ። ተመኩሮ እተን ዝተፈላለየ ጽላታት ዘለዎ እገዳ ተጻዊረን ካብ ምህናጽ ሃገረንን ምምዕባል ህዝበንን ዓዲ ዘይወዓላ ሃገራት ምዕዛብ ይከኣል። እዚ ኩሉ ተደሚሩ ዘረደኣና እምበኣር ቀንዲ ጠንቂ ልምሰት ሃገርና ናይ ግዳም ዘይኮነ፡ ዘቤታዊ እገዳ ምዃኑ እዩ።
ኣብዚ ኣቲናዮ ዘለና መድረኽ፡ ቀንዲ ጉዳይና ብዛዕባቲ ቆሪጽካ እምበር ስሒብካ ዘይውዳእ በደል ህግደፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ምዝርዛር ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ክንድቲ ዝኣኽሎ ዝተዘርበሉ ግሉጽ ሓቂ ስለ ዝኾነ። ስለዚ ቀንዲ ጉዳይና ነዚ እንዳሓደረ ዝገድድ እምበር ዘይመሓየሽ ዘሎ በደልን ህድማን ህግደፍ ንምዕጻፍ እንታይ ክንገብር ኣለና? ዝብል እዩ። መልሱ ንጹርን ሓደን እዩ፡ ናይ ህግደፍ ዘይፍጸም መብጸዓን ካብ ኤርትራዊ ውድዕነት ምህዳምን ንምምካት፡ ብሓባር ንሰጉም ዝብል ጥራይ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ በበይንና ከም እንለምስ እንተ ሓቢርና ግና ከም እነድምዕን እነስምዕን ውሁብ ስለ ዝኾነ።
Sunday, 11 November 2018 22:55
President Isaias loses his best friend in the US Congress
Written by Martin PlautThe Eritrean government has a range of foreigners who support it. Some are paid. Some are not.
Few can be stranger than the Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of Orange County, California. He narrowly lost his seat after 30 years. He was close to the Eritrean regime, as well as being a key supporter of President Trump and the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin. [See below]
I am republishing an article written earlier.
Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher – President Isaias’s friend
The Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher may seem like an unlikely supporter of the Eritrean government’s cause, but there’s no denying that he’s consistent.
This week he sent a letter to US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, calling for an improvement in relations with Eritrea and the resumption of military ties with the country. rohrabacher_Letter_Pompeo_-Eritrea
The letter, dated 26th April, argues that:
“Eritrea defeated the Stalinist dictatorship ruling Ethiopia to gain independence in 1991. Eritrea is a key member of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE fighting against the Iranian backed Houthis in Yemen. Eritrea has excellent relations with Israel, UAE and Egypt. Cooperation with Eritrea to address the growing Chinese influence in the region, including their new military base in Djibouti and the ongoing fight against Islam makes sense.”
Congressman Rohrabacher is something of an oddball. A former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, he is now seen as so strongly pro-Russian that he is said to have a Kremlin code-name, signifying that he is viewed as a valuable potential asset by Russian intelligence.
But he is also a man of some influence. He is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
Eritrean links
Congressman Rohrabacher has close ties with one of the key people the Eritrean regime uses to woo persons of influence. The Eritrean government hired Greenberg Traurig, a law firm that includes a lobbying team headed by Jack Abramoff.
Their services didn’t come cheap. Greenberg Traurig’s contract with Eritrea, filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, meant the country was paying Greenberg Traurig $50,000 a month for helping “in implementing its public policy goals in Washington.”
As long ago as 2005 the New York Times revealed the links between Abramoff and Rohrabacher.
“Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican who said he had been friends with Mr. Abramoff for two decades and did not shy away from his hospitality.Mr. Rohrabacher, whose name bears the “FOO Comp” designation on the customer list, said he ate at Signatures at Mr. Abramoff’s expense once or twice a month and that the meals fell under the friendship exemption in House rules. He also said he tried to take Mr. Abramoff out regularly, paying for the lobbyist’s meals in return. “Just because you are a member of Congress doesn’t mean you have to give up your friendships,” Mr. Rohrabacher said, adding that “it was dinner with a friend and I didn’t think of it as a gift.”
In 2006 Abramoff pleaded guilty to bribing U.S. government officials in an unrelated case and was jailed for four years. He recently returned to lobbying, according to documents he filed with the Justice Department.
For his part, Congressman Rohrabacher has certainly been consistent in arguing for a pro-Eritrean government position.
- In 2005, he argued in Congress for the State Department to take a more favourable view of Eritrea.
- In July 2017 Rohrabacher proposed an amendment to the U.S. Department of Defense budget that would prompt Defense Secretary James Mattis to open negotiations with Eritrea on fighting terrorism.
- In August 2017 he called for an end to sanctions against Eritrea and better ties with the country suggesting that America should follow the lead of others: “Multiple operations have been launched from Eritrean soil. Eritrean troops reportedly are involved in military operations inside Yemen. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have indicated they welcome and value Eritrea’s participation. Egypt and Eritrea have greatly strengthened their already close ties in recent months, and Israel has cooperated with Eritrea for years.”
So will Rohrabacher succeed? Will this weeks visit to the Horn by top US African diplomat, Donald Yamamoto lead to an ending of UN sanctions against Eritrea and even a US military base in the country?
We should know fairly soon. But perhaps Congressman Rohrabacher will have other things on his mind. He is facing re-election and right now the prospects are not too good.
Perhaps President Isaias and the Eritrean government need to think about finding a new American best friend.
Dana Rohrabacher, a pro-Russia Republican, narrowly loses House seat
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) (Damian Dovarganes/AP)
A Republican congressman known for his outspoken support for Russian President Vladimir Putin narrowly lost his Orange County, Calif., seat after 15 terms, a defeat that helped Democrats further solidify their House majority.
Democrat Harley Rouda, a real estate executive, beat Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in one of the state’s most closely watched congressional races, the Associated Press projected on Saturday. Rohrabacher’s strong identification with President Trump and his unabashed support for Russia had made him ripe for a challenge in an affluent district that went for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Rouda had 109,591 votes to Rohrabacher’s 101,081 votes, with 52 percent of the vote to the Republican’s 48 percent, according to the AP.
Democrats won the House majority on Tuesday and since then have picked up additional seats as ballots have been counted in about a dozen unresolved races.
Rohrabacher’s friendliness toward Russia has raised eyebrows over the years and became a focal point in the race. Referred to as “Putin’s favorite congressman,” the longtime Republican lawmaker has said that Putin beat him in a drunken arm-wrestling match in the early 1990s to decide who won the Cold War.
Harley Rouda addresses his supporters at his election night party Nov. 6, in Newport Beach, Calif. (Kyusung Gong/AP)
The FBI warned Rohrabacher in 2012 that Russian spies were actively trying to recruit him. In 2015, Rohrabacher met with a woman in Russia who was later charged in the United States with spying for Moscow, an indictment the lawmaker called “bogus.”
And he has expressed doubts about the intelligence community’s consensus that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
In June 2016, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said there are “two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump.”
Rohrabacher has also made a number of controversial comments over the years. In May, he said it was acceptable for people to refuse to sell their homes to gay men and lesbians if they “don’t agree with their lifestyle.” The remark prompted the National Association of Realtors to withdraw its support for his campaign.
ኣብዚ ናይ ምቕጻሉ ስኑድን ግሉጽን ውሕስነት ዘየብሉ ምኽፋት ዶብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን፡ ካብ ክልቲኡ ወገና ዝተፈላለዩ ክፍሊ ሕብረተሰብ ይዋስኡ ኣለዉ። ናይዚ ምስታፎም ዕላማ ዝተፈላለየ ኮይኑ፡ ቀንዲ ጐሊሖም ዝረአዩ ቁጠባዊ እንካን ሃባን ምብጽጻሕ ቤተሰባትን እዮም። ናይቲ ምብጽጻሕ ቤተሰብ ምኽንያትን ውጽኢትን ንጹር እዩ። ብሰንክቲ ቅድም እውን ትርጉም ዘይነበሮ ዝያዳ ከኣ ሎሚ ኢሳይያስ ትርጉም ዘስእኖ ዘሎ ውግእ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ናይ ምርኻብ ዕድል ተዓጽዩ ስለ ዝጸንሐ ናፍቖት ዝወለዶ እዩ። እቲ ቑጠባዊ ተግባር ግና ብዙሕ ናይ ቀረባን ርሑቕን መደባት ዝሓቁፍ እዩ። እዚ ቁጠባ ብመሰረቱ እውን ናይቲ ምፍልላይ ኮነ ናይቲ ምርኻብ ቀንዲ መሰረት እዩ።
እዚ ዓውዲ እዚ ብመጽናዕቲ ተስንዩ ብዝወጽእ ንጹር ሕግታትን ኣቕጣጫን እንተዘይተሰንዩ ሳዕቤኑ ኣብ ክንዲ ጠቓሚ ጐዳኢ ናይ ምዃኑ ዕድል ሰፊሕ እዩ። ኣብ ውግእ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ስንኩፍ ኣተሓሕዛ ቁጠባዊ ዝምድና ዓብይ ጽልዋ ከም ዝነበሮ ከኣ ብመጽናዕቲ ዝተረጋገጸ እዩ። ኣብ ከምዚ ሕጂ ዝረአ ዘሎ ኩነታት እቲ ተሃሳይ ዝኸውን እቲ ኢዱ ተኣሲሩ ምስ ኣእዳዎም ዘይተኣስሩ ኢትዮጵያውያን ኣብ ዓውዲ ንግዲ ዝወዳደር ኤርትራዊ ወገን እዩ። እዚ እንታይ ማለት ምዃኑ ንምርዳእ ምስቲ ብዙሕ ማሕለኻታት፡ ኤርትራዊ ኣብ ወርሒ ካብ ባንክ ዘውጸኦ ዓቐን ብገዛእ ገንዘቡ 5 ሺሕ ናቕፋ ጥራይ ክኸውን እንከሎ ኢትዮጵያዊ ግና ዓቕሙ ክሳብ ዝፈቐዶ ብሚልዮናት ዘውጽእ ምዃኑ ምጥቃስ ጥራይ እኹል እዩ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ብቑዕ ባይታ ከየንጸፈ ንገንዘባዊ ምዝውውዋር ዘመናዊ ክገብሮ እየ ምባሉ፡ ምስቲ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ማዕቢሉ ዘሎ ገንዘባዊ ትካላትን ኣሰራርሓን ዝወዳደር ኣይኮነ። ንተሰዓርነት ኤርትራዊ ነጋዳይ ከኣ ካልእ ጠንቂ እዩ። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኤርትራዊ ብዛዕባቲ ሳላ ምኽፋት ዶብ ሃላኺ ነገራት ብሕሱር ናይ ምግዛእ ዕድል ምርካቡ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ብዛዕባቲ ኣብ ልዕሊኡ ዝዝንቢ ዘሎ መጻኢ ቁጠባዊ ሓደጋ ክሓስብ ይግበኦ።
ድሮኳ ኣብቲ ኣብ ኣስመራን ካለኦት ከተማታት ኤርትራን ዝካየድ ዘሎ፡ ስርዓት ዘይሓለወ ንግዲ ኤርትራውያን ይጓነዩ ከም ዘለዉ ምዕዝምዛም ኣሎ። ምናልባት ኣብ ኤርትራ ካብ ምዕዝምዛም ሓሊፍካ ዓው ኢልካ ናይ ምዝራብ ዕድል እንተዝነብር እቲ ዘይዕግበት ናብ ቅሉዕ ተቓውሞ እውን መሰገረ ነይሩ ዝብሉ ብዙሓት እዮም። ናይቲ ምዕዝምዛሞም ጠንቂ ሰፊሕ ዝርዝር ዘለዎ ኮይኑ፡ ኣጠቓሊልካ ክረአ እንከሎ “ንኢትዮጵያውያን ነጋዶ ዝወሃብ መሰል ስለምንታይ ንኤርትራውያን ይሕረም ኣሎ። ብሰንኪ ናይዚ ንዓና ተኸልኪሉ ንኢትዮጵያውያን ዝተዋህበ መሰል ንሕና ካብ ዕዳጋ ንወጽእ ኣለና” ብዝብል ክጠቓለል ዝኽእል እዩ። እዚ ኤርትራውያን ክርድእዎን ከይሳዕረረ ክፍታሕ ድምጾም ከስምዕሉን ይግባእ።
እዚ ንዛረበሉ ዘለና ቁጠባዊ ኰነታት ኣብ ግዝያዊ ናይ ሃላኺ ነገራት ምቕራብ ዝድረት ዘይኮነ፡ ኣርሒቑ ዝርኢ ናይ ወፍሪ (ኢንቨስትመን) ትሕዝቶ እውን ኣለዎ። እቲ ዶብ ምስተኸፍተ ብዙሓት ኢትዮጵያውያን በቲ ኣብ ዓዶም ዘሎ ናይ ውፍሪ ደረጃ ተተባቢዖምን ብኤርትራዊ ምቹእነት ተሳሒቦምን ጉዳይ ወፍሪ ከጽንዑ ገሾም እዮም። ውጽኢት መጽናዕቶም ብሓፈሻ “ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኤርትራ ንወፍሪ ምችእቲ ኣይኮነትን” ዝብል እዩ። ኤርትራ ብኸምዚ ደረጃ “ንወፍሪ ዘይምችእቲ” ዝተባህለትሉ ምኽንያት ጥጡሕ እስትራተጅያዊ ኣቀማምጣን ርቡሕ ተፈጥሮኣዊ ሃብትን ስለ ዘየብላ ዘይኮነት ብሰንኪ ኩርሙይ ምምሕዳር ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝኣተዋ ሰለሎ እዩ። ሎሚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ዕንወት ኩሉ ጽላታት ትሕተ-ቅርጻ ከኣ ሓደ ናይዚ ምስክር እዩ። ንኤርትራ ንወፍሪ ዘየምርጻ ዘሎ ከኣ ንሱ እዩ። ህግደፍ ኣብዚ መዳይዚ ክሰርሖ ዝግበኦ ዝነበረ ዘይምስርሑ ከኣ ቀንዲ ዘይብቕዓቱ ዝተቓለዓሉ እዩ። እቲ ንሓንሳብ ንደርጊ ንሓንሳብ ከኣ ንውግእ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን እንዳማኻነየ ካብ ተሓታትነት ክሃድም ዝፍትኖ ከኣ ኣብ ቅድሚ ዝኾነ ኣካል ተቐባልነት የብሉን። እቲ ተሓታቲ ንሱን ንሱን ጥራይ እዩ። ሎሚ ኤርትራ ብኢትዮጵያውያን በጻሕቲ “ዕስራ ኦኣመታት ደቂሳ ዝጸንሐት” እያ ትበሃል ዘላ። መደቀሲ መድሃኒት ሂቡ ኣደቂስዋ ዝጸንሐ ከኣ ህግደፍ እዩ።
ናይ ኢትዮጵያውያን ሃብታማት ብጉዳይ ውፍሪ ናብ ኤርትራ ምምልላስ ብዘይጽቡቕ ድሌት መራሕቲ ህግደፍ ኣይኮነን። ብዙሓት ኢትዮጵያውያን ኣውፈርቲ ኣስማቶም እንዳተቕሰ ኣብ ኤርትራ እገለ ሆቴል ክሰርሕ እዩ፡ እገለ ናይ ብሕቲ ዩኒቨርስቲ ክኸፍት እዩ። እገለ ኣብ ገማግም ቀይሕ ባሕሪ መዘናግዒ ቦታ ክሃንጽ እዩ። እገለ ከኣ ፋብሪካ ፍርናሽ ክኸፍት እዩ። ኣብ ትራንስፖርት ዝዋፈሩ እውን ኣስማቶም እንዳተጸርሐ ይዕለል ኣሎ። ግርም ኤርትራ ንደቃ ኮይኑ ንካልእ እውን ዝኸውን ናይ ወፍሪ ጸጋ ስለ ዘለዋ፡ ኣይኮነንዶ ካብ ጐረባብታ ካብ ርሑቕ እውን ንገዛእ ርእሶም ተጠቒሞም ንኤርትራውያን ናይ ምጥቃም ዓቕምን ድልውነትን ዘለዎም ኣውፈርቲ ተበሃጉዋ ጽቡቕ እዩ። እንተኾነ ብዋጋ ኤርትራውያን ኣውፈርቲ ክኸውን ከቶ ቅቡል ኣይኮነን። እቶም ሓደ እዋን ሃገሮም ንምዕባይ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ዓውደ ስረሓት ተዋፊሮም ተስፋ ዝህብ ውጽኢት ምስ ኣመዝገቡ፡ በዚ ዓይኑ ደም ዝመልአ ህግደፍ ትካላቶም ራስዩ ንህግደፍ ኣረኪቡ ፈቓዳቶም መንዚዑ ምስ ሰጐጎም፡ ብዘይ ድሌቶም ካልእ ምርጫ ምስ ሰኣኑ ኣብ ደቡብ ሱዳን፡ ኣንጎላ፡ ኬንያ፡ ዩጋንዳ ኮታ ክሳብ ታንዛንያ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያንከ ክጽውዑዶ ኣይመተገብአን። ንኢትዮጵያን ዝኽፈት ማዕጾ ንዓኣቶም ዝንፈጎምከ ስለምንታይ። ፍሉጥ እዩ ቅድም ንሶም ክጽውዑ መተገብኣ፡ እንተኾነ ህግድፍ እንዳማቱ እምበር ናቱ ስለ ዘየፍትወሉ ክሳብ ሕጂ ናብኣቶም ገጹ ኣየድሃየን። ምስቲ ካልእ ባህርያቱን ሚዛኑ ኣብቲ ካልእ መዳያትን ኣረኣኢኻ ንመጻኢ እውን ኣይክጽወዖምን እዩ። ንሳቶምከ ሎሚ ኣብዚ ሓደገኛ እዋን እውን ተዓዘብቲ ድዮም ክኾኑ። በቲ ኣብቲ ዘለዉዎ ዓዲ ሰሪሖም ዝረኽብዎ ከብዶም ይመልእ ኣከዳድናኦም ይምልክዕ ይኸውን። ኤርትራዊ ሕልናኦም ቅሱን ዘይምዃኑ ግና ርግጸኛታት ኢና። ጽባሕ እቲ ጉዳይ ሱር ምስ ሰደደ ኣብ ገዛእ ሃገርካ፡ ከምቲ ታሪኽ ኮይኑ ዝሓለፈ ናይ ግዜ መግዛእቲ ተጸበይ ናይ ወጻእተኛታት ናይ ምዃን ዕድልና ክፉት ምዃኑ ኣይንዘንግዕ። ኣቶ ኢሳይያስ ግና ንኤርትራዊ ጉዳይ ጓስዩ ደገደገ ናይ ምምዕዳው ሕማሙ ሳዕሪሩ እዩ። እነሆኳ ኣብ ጐንደር ከይዱ መቓብር እነሓጉ/ኣቦሓጉኡ ክፍሕር ጀሚሩ።
ሃገረይ እንታይ እዩ ሽግርኪ
ወደባት ክትረግጺ ሙሉእ መዋልኪ
ወግሔ ጸብሔ ይባራረዩልኪ
መዕለብ ኩሉ ኮንኪ ሰማዒ ሲኢንኪ
ክብረተይ ባዕለይ ክሕመሎ ኣደራዕ ስቃይኪ
እቶም ዝሓለፉ ምእንታኺ ኣሸሓት
ምእንቲ ከይትቆሪ ከይትሓድሪ ኣብ ቅርዓት
ብጓና ከይትርገጺ ኣንቲ ዕሸል መርዓት
እቶም ሰብ ጎዶቦ ኩሎም ይሃርፉኺ
ብጭሉቅ ወሲዶም ንቡር ከይከልኡኺ
ባዕለይ ኣለኹልኪ ዋሕስ ይተኽለልኪ
ጽንጽያ ዓይንኺ ከይንፍሩልኪ
ጀጋኑ ደቅኺ እዚ ኣስተብሂሎም
ካብ ሽግር ከውጹኡኺ በራኻ ሰፊሮም
መዋእል ሽገር ሕሰም ተጻዊሮም
ክዝኩሮ ኹሉ እቲ ምረት ገደል
ብመኽደን ብራሾ ማዓጎ ንማቀል
ከብዲ ብጥሚታ ዘይብላ መዓንገል
ምስ ደቂ ኣራዊት ባዓል ተመን ገበል
መደቀሲ ከናዲ ኣብ ሃው ዝበለ ገደል
እወ ሰጊርናዮ እቲ ዘይስገር
ጀጋኑ ከፊልና ህዝብና ክነብር
ሕላገት በቲኽና ህልውቲ ክንገብር
በሻሓት ዘይትመን ዝተኸፍላ ዋጋ
ከይሸጥዋ ዳግማይ ናብ ዕዳጋ
ብደሙ ፈሪሙላ እዩ ኤርትራዊ ዘጋ
ኣንታ ጉሒላ መንደላይ ከም ተመን
ንሓምሳ ዓመታት ተንኮላት ክታኣልም
ተጋሂዱ ሕጂ ምስጥራት ናይ ቀለም
ሕድሪ ፈጺሙ ብዘይ ቀላዓለም
ሕነ ንኽፈዲ ናይ ኣቦታቱ ደም።
ንዳግማይ ስቓያት ክተብርስ ርስቲ
ያኢ ክትከውን ጎብለል ተማጋቲ
ሃገር ክተጥፍእ ትመክር ትዝቲ
እዚ ኹሉ ሕላገት ናይ ገድሊ
ምእንቲ ናጽነት ጸርናዮ ብዓቅሊ
ንባርነት ቀንጢጥና ክንሕዛ እታ ፈትሊ
ኦ ህዝበይ ዳግማይ ከይኮነካ ድግሲ
እታ ኣርዑት ሓርነት ጨብጣ ክትከውን ቀላሲ
ከይትስእን ዳሕራይ ዘላኣለም ፈውሲ
ፍትሒ ዝነግሰላ ሰላም ደሞክራሲ
ክትከውን ሃገርካ ተጸምበር ኣብ ቃልሲ
ባሓባር ክንተኽላ እታ ውልዶ ፈልሲ
እወ ባሓብር ክንተኽላ እታ ቆጽሊ ኣውሊዕ
ጨንፈራታ ክእከብ ክትብለልና ውልዕ
ንዳግማይ ሓርነት ቀንዲል ከነብርህ
ንዑ ንታኣከብ ዲክታቶር ከብቅዕ
ኦ ህዝበይ ከይትታለል ዳግማይ
ቁስልኻ ከይጉዳእ ከምናይ በቀዳማይ
በሰል ከይገድፈልካ ከይትህሰይ ዳሕራይ
መድሃኒት ዘይብሉ ከይኮነካ ስራይ
ህዝበይ ንዓኻ እየ ኣይኮንኩን ንዕኡ
እንታይ ትጸበ ሕጂ ኽ ጉያ ደድሕሪኡ
ስጋዕ ማኣስ ኢኻ ትታለል ከም ቆልዑ
በሉ ተመልኮቱ ኣሽካዕላል ጸወትኡ
እዚ ትምክሕተኛ ዝተበለለ ብደም
ጎብለል ኩኾነልና ስልጣን ክቓዳደም
ሃተፍተፍ ጀሚሩ ዓጀውጀው ከም ቀደም
ምእሰሪ ዘይብሉ ታሪኽ ክደጋግም
ሕጂስ ያኽለካ ክፋትካ ነይድገም
ብዶብ እንተታሓተ ብባድመ
ክንደይ ኣሻሓት ዜጋ ዘህለቀ ዘስደመመ
ንድሕሪት ዝምለስ ናይ ሕነሽ ዘኽተመ
ኣለዎ ሕጂውን ነገር ዝተኣልመ
ከይትታለል ህዝበይ ያክል ዝቀደምመ
ይሕሊፍካ ኣይትህባን እዛ ዓባይ ሪስቲ
ኣለዋ ደቀባት ብሕጊ ወረስቲ
በሻሓት ዝቁጸሩ ኣለዋ ተጣበቅቲ
ደሞም ዝኻዓውላ ክትከውን ልእልቲ
ክትረግጽ ዜጋታት በይንኻ ገባቲ
ተንኮላት ክታኣልም ለይቲ ምስ ማዓልቲ
ዲክታቶር ከብቅዕ ካብ ሱሩ
ገጹን ልምጽማጹ ምስቶም ኮራኹሩ
ንዑ ንታኣከብ ምሳና ስመሩ
ይሕዋት እንተታኪቦም ታኣምር ይገብሩ
ተጠማቲት ኮንኪ ኣንቲ ውልዶ ኤርትራ
ኣደራዕ ስቃይኪ በዚሑ መከራ
ኣይኣኸለክንዶ እቲ ሕሰም ናብራ
ደቂኺ ተጥፊኢ ኣብ ፈቀዶ ሳህራ
እዞም ሰብ ጎዶቦ መጺኦም ክዓጽዱኺ
ካብ ሱርኪ ነቂሎም ባዶ ከትርፉኺ
ብሕጊ ወረስቲ ወነንቲ ኣለውኺ
ዝሓለፉ ኣሻሓት ሂወት ዝሃቡኺ
ሃየ ተባራበር ከይዓረበ መርየት
ኒሂን ሓቦ ተቀኒትካ ሃገራውነት
ሃገር ከይሓረጃ ከይባድመት
ዘለኣለማዊ ክብርን ሞጎስን ንስዋትና
ሰላምን ቅሳነትን ፍትሕን ንህዝብና
ሃገረ ጀርመን 10.11.2018
ኣቶ ገብረእግዝኣብሄር ገብረስላሴ ማና (ጃዕመል) ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ሕክምናዊ ትካላት ክእለዩ ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ ብ8 ሕዳር 2018 ፡ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ዓሪፎም። ኣብቲ ዝዓረፍሉ ዕለት ከኣ ኣብ ቤተክርስትያን ቅዱስ ገብርኤል ለቡ ቤተሰቦም፡ ፈተውቶምን ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያንን ኣብ ዝተረኽብሉ ሓመድ ኣዳም ለቢሶም። ታሪኽ ህይወቶም ከም ዝሕብሮ ብ1947 ኣብ ከባቢ ኣስመራ ቤት መኻእ ዝተወልዱ ኣቶ ገብረእግዝኣብሄር፡ ካብ ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ- ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ጀሚሮም ክሳብ ዕለተ ሞቶም ኣባል ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ኮይኖም ኣብቲ ምእንቲ ፍትሒ፡ ደሞክራስን ሰላምን ኤርትራን ህዝባን ዝግበር ዘሎ ቃልሲ ብዝለዓለ ደረጃ ክሳተፉ ዝጸንሑ ኤርትራዊ ነይሮም። ኣቶ ገብረእዝኣብሄር ገ/ስላሴ ኣብ ልዕሊቲ ዝነበሮም ህዝባዊ ሓልዮት፡ ነብሶም ንምኽኣል እውን ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ናይ ስራሕ መዳያት ክሳተፉ ዝጸንሑ ህርኩት ነይሮም።
ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ብሞት ኣቶ ገብረእግዝኣብሄር ዝተሰመዖ መሪር ሓዘን እንዳገለጸ፡ ናይቲ ሓዘን ተኻፋሊ ብምዃኑ ንቤተሰቦም ጽንዓት ንመዋቲ ከኣ መንግስተ-ሰማያት ይምነ።
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Friday, 09 November 2018 12:37
Ethiopia has plans for naval bases – but will Eritreans be consulted?
Written by Martin Plaut#Ethiopia plans to build naval base “adjacent to the Red Sea & the Indian Ocean.”
So says General Berhanu Jula, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Armed Forces. He told Addis Standard: “We are consulting with other countries regarding the naval reinstatement, capacity, & structure.”
Ethiopia is certainly a great nation. But – apart from a few patrol craft on lake Tana – what is General Berhanu thinking of? Where will these bases be?
He gave a few more details.
What does ‘adjacent to’ the Red Sea mean, other than establishing bases at Assab or Massawa? President Isaias has travelled to Ethiopia today. 
Are naval bases on the agenda of the tripartite meeting that President Isaias, Prime Minister Abiy and Somalia’s President Farmajo are due to hold in Gondar?
The three leaders have every right to discuss the proposals, but these are major developments. They need to be put to the people for their consideration. But while Ethiopia and Somalia have parliaments, Eritrea does not.
Without transparency and democratic buy-in, surely the Eritrean people have a right to question the legitimacy of what will inevitably require a reduction in their sovereignty?
President Isaias has already allowed Saudi Arabia and the UAE to develop bases at Assab. But allowing Ethiopia to return to their former bases would be another matter altogether.
Eritreans fought for independence for 30 years to end Ethiopian control over their territory. They defended it in the 1998 – 2000 border war. Tens of thousands laid down their lives. President Isaias must surely be open with them about what he plans, and obtain their consent.
Ethiopia’s previous naval bases on the Eritrean coast
In 1955, the Imperial Ethiopian Navy was founded, with its primary base—the Haile Selassie I Naval Base—at Massawa. By the early 1960s workshops and other facilities were under construction at Massawa to give it complete naval base capabilities.
The Imperial Ethiopian Navy established four bases: Massawa was the site of the naval headquarters and enlisted training facilities; the naval air station and naval academy were at Asmara; Assab was the site of a naval station, enlisted training facilities, and a repair dock; and there was a naval station and communications station on the Dahlak Islands in the Red Sea near Massawa.
Former Ethiopian diplomat Birhanemeskel Abebe speculated that strategic and geo-political security concerns could be driving the navy plan.
“Ethiopia’s right to use international waters demands it has a naval base,” he told the BBC’s Newsday programme.
He suggested Kenya, Somaliland and Djibouti as possible locations for the base. But the ports of Eritrea are much more obvious.
The plan, Mr Birhanemeskel said, was to push for the “unification of the Horn of Africa as an economic bloc and the navy is part of that project”.
Friday, 09 November 2018 09:41
Radio Demtsi Harnnet Kassel 08.11.2018
Written by Demtsi Harnnet Kassel
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መራሕቲ ሕመቕ ካብ ዝግለጸሉ ሓደ: ኣብ ክንዲ ናብ ውሽጥኻ ምቁማት ናብ ደገደገ ምምዕዳው እዩ። እዚ ሓማቕ ኣካይዳ ኣብ መራሕቲ ጥራይ ዝድረት’ውን ኣይኮነን። መራሕቲ ከምዚ ካብ ዝገብርሉ ቀንዲ ምኽንያት ከኣ ምስቲ ናብ ውሽጦም ጠሚቶም እመርሖ እየ ዝብልዎ ህዝቢ ዘየሳኒ ረብሓን ባህርን ክህልዎም እንከሎ እዩ። ናይዚ ግብራዊ ኣብነት ንምጥቃስ ናይ ሃገርና ህልዊ ኩነታት መስካሪ እዩ። ኣቶ ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ኣብ ቅድሚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ደው ዝብለሉ ሞራልን ፍናንን እንዳረሓቖ ምስ ከደ ኣብ ሓጽቢ ዓዲ ሃሎ ተዓምጺጽካ ምውዓል ከዘውትር ጸኒሑ። ደሓር ግና በዚ መጸ ዘይተባህለ፡ ንሱ ግና ንሓንሳብ ክንሰርሓሉ ጸኒሕና ንሓንሳብ ከኣ ከባብያዊ ምዕብልና ዘምጸኦ እዩ ዝብሎ መስተርሆ ረኺቡ እነሆ ጉዕዞ ናብ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ሱዕድያን ኢማራት ዓረብን መንገዲ ማይ ገይርዎ።
እቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ተለጒሙ ዝጸንሐ ልሳኑ ክወሳወስ ጀሚሩ። ኩሉ ኣካይድኡ ናቱ ዕዮ ገዛ ከም ዝወደአ ደገደገ ከመዓዱን ብዛዕባኡ ክምድርን ዝህቅን ምዃኑ ንሰምዖን ንዕዘቦን ኣለና። ንኣብነት ኣብ ዝሓለፈ መዓልታት ኣብ ዝገበሮ ዘሕፍርን ንህልዊ ኩነታት ኤርትራ ዘይምጥንን ቃለ-መጠይቕ፡ ያኢ ብዛዕባቲ ከባቢ 5 ሚልዮን ዝብዝሑ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣድሚዑስ፡ ናይ 480 ሚልዮን ህዝቢ ዞባና ኩነታት መነባብርን ዕቤትን ከም ዘጨንቖን ዝዓጦን ሃለው ክብል ሰሚዕናዮ። ብዙሓት ወገናት እንተላይ እቶም ብዛዕባኦም ዝዛረብ ዝነበረ ዘይኤርትራውያን ወገናት፡ ኪኖ ምስማዕ ተዓዚበምዎ እዮም። መራሕቲ ኣይኮነንዶ ብዛዕባ ዞባኦም፡ ብዛዕባ ዓለም እውን ክዛረቡ ልሙድን ቅቡልን እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ኣብዚ ንነብረሉ ዘለና ዓለማዊ ኩነታት ገዝኻ ዓጺኻ በይንኻ ምንባርን ምዕባይን ስለ ዘይከኣል። እንተኾነ ናይተን ኣብቲ ብዛዕባኡ ትዛረበሉ ዘለኻ ዞባ ዝርከባ ሃገራት ዕቤትን ርግኣትን ተደሚሩ እዩ ናይ ሓባር ዕቤትን ቅሳነትን ዘምጽእ እምበር፡ ናትካ ኣበሳ ከየዕረኻ ኣብ ሰገነት ወጺእካ ብዛዕባ ዞባ ብምምዳር ጥራይ ዝመጽእ ኣይኮነን።
ኣቶ ኢሳይያስ ኣይኮነንዶ ምስ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምስ ነብሱ እውን ዘይተዓረቐ ክነሱ፡ ብዛዕባ ናይ ከባቢ ርግኣት ክዛረብ እንከሎ ብዙሕ ዘዛርብ እንድዩ ብድብድቡ “ኣየምሕረሉን ኣይግብራውን ከኣ” ኢልናዮ ንሕለፍ። ናቱ ኣቐሚጡ ብዛዕባ እንዳማቱ ክዛረብ ህርድግ ብምባሉ “ናታ እንዳሓረራስ እንዳማታ ተካውስ” ምባሉ ከኣ ብግቡእ ዝገልጾ እዩ።
ከምቲ “ትውሕጦ እንተበልኩዋስ ትጎስሞ” ዝበሃል፡ በቲ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ብደረጃ ክልተ መንግስታት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ ኣስመራን ኣዲስ ኣበባን ከባቢኣን ዝተገብረ ርክባት ዘርኣዮ ፍኹሰት ዝሰዓቦ ውግዘት ከይኣኽሎ ሕጂ ከኣ ናብ ሓንቲ ካብ ክልላዊ መንግስታት ኢትዮጵያ ኣምሓራ ይገይሽ ኣሎ። ሓደ ብዛዓብዚ ኣቶ ኢሳይያስ ዝገብሮ ዘሎ ጠብሎቕሎቕ ዝተገረሙ ኤርትራዊ “እንታ ንሱ እንተዓበደስ እቶም ኣብቲ ከባቢኡ ዘለዉስ የኽፈኣልና ኣሎ ዶ ኣይብሉን እዮም” ዝበልዎ፡ ንርኢቶ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ዝውክል እዩ ዝብል ግምት ኣለኒ። እቲ ዕብዳን ኣብኡ ጥራይ ዝተደረተ ከምዘይኮነ ግና ዘይምርሳዕ። ገለ ንኢሳይያስ ምቅላዕ ከም ናቶም ሕፍረት ዝወስድዎ መጸባበቕቲ ከኣ፡ ወዮ ኣቶ ኢሳያስ ምስ ህዝቡን ዘይተዓርቀ ኣብ ጨንቂ ዝነብር ፍጡር ምዃኑ ጠፊኡናስ ናብ ጎንደር ናይ ምጋሹ ምኽንያት፡ ጉንበት 7ን ኣርበኞችን ክዓርቕ፡ ንኦነግን ንዶ/ር ኣብይን ከሰማምዕ፡ ኣብ መንጎ ክልላዊ መንግስታት ትግራይን ኣምሓራን ዘሎ ምስሕሓብ ኣብ ምህዳእ ክሕግዝ ከም ዝገሸ ኣምሲሎም ከቕርብዎ ይፍትኑ። እዚ ኩሉ ንኢሳይያስ ኣብ ጥራይ መዓኮሩ ኣተዓባቢኻ ንምቕራብ ዝፍተን ብኣረጊት ትምክሕቲ ዝተላዕጠጠ ምህዞ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ኣብ ሕልና ኢሳይያስሲ ናይ ምጽላእ እምበር ናይ ምትዕራቕ መንፈስ የለን። ኣብ ኤርትራዊ ባይታ እነንብቦ እውን ንሱ እዩ።
ኣቶ ኢሳያስ ካብ ዝልለየሎም ባህርያት ሓደ ኣብ ከባቢኡ ህዱእ ኩነታት ከይፍጠር እሞ ንሱ እውን ከምኡ ከስፍን ንከይጥለብ ምሕንካር እዩ። እዚ ባህርያቱ ኣብ ሱዳንን ካለኦት ጐረባብትን ኣብ ብዙሕ ኣጋጣምታት ተራእዩ እዩ። ሎሚ ከኣ ወየ ዕርክነቱ ምስ ዶ/ር ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ቁሩብ ከይሰጐመ “ንኣምሓራይ ኣጆኻ ንትግራዋይ ከኣ ወይለኻ” ክብል እንዳሰማዕናዮስ ዓራቒ ኣምሲልካ ምቕራቡ ትርጉሙ ኣይርደኣናን ኣሎ ማለት ድዩ። ኣብ ክንድኡ “መናቖቲ” እንተዝበሃል መመልከዓሉ። ኢትዮጵያውያን፡ ኢሱን ካልእ ዘሻህርቶ ኣስማትን እንዳሃቡ ይዕዘብዎ ክህልዉ ከኣ ባህርያዊ እዩ። ኢሳይያስ ኣብቲ ናይዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ተገዲዱ ከም ዝገበሮ ዘፍልጥ ቃለ-መጠይቑ ካብ ዝጠቐሶ ንምጥፍፋእ ከም ዝጽየፍን ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ንዝፍጸም ከይተረፈ ክምክት ከም ዝመጣጠርን ሰሚዕናዮ ኢና። ከምኡ ዝብል ዘሎ ምስ ብንብረት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝዘቕበበ ሳጹናቶም ዘህጠሩን ኣእዳዎም ብደም ንጹሃት ኤርትራውያን ዝጨቀወን ወተሃደራዊ ኣዘዝቱ ይነብር ከም ዘሎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኮነ መራሕቲ ከባቢና ኣይፈልጡን እዮም ኢሉ ስለ ዝግምት ድዩ። ይፈልጥ እዩ ግና ኩሉ ግዜ ናትካ ኣቐሚጥካ ወሓለ መሲልካ ብዛዕባ ካለኦት ምዝራብ ስለ ዝመርጽ እዩ። ብዛዕባ ጀነራላት ፍሊጶስን ተኽለ ማንጁስን እንተዝዛረብ ግና ቀልቢ ኤርትራውያን መረኸበ።
በቲ ሓደ ወገን ክሳብ ኣብቲ ንመንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ዝመርሕ ዘሎ ግንባር ኣትዩ ኣብ ኣደባባይ ክፈላሊ ምፍታኑ ክሳብ ክንደይ ቦሶሮ ፖለቲከኛ ኮይኑ ከም ዘሎ ዘረድእ እዩ። ገለ እቲ ቀደም ኢሳይያስ ሓቀኛ ባህሪኡ ሓቢኡ ክነብር እንከሎ ዝፈልጥዎ ኤርትራውያን፡ ኩሉ ንሱ ዝገብሮ ነዊሕ ዝጥምት ኣምሲሎም ከቕርብዎ እዮም ዝፍትኑ። እዞም ወገናት እዚ ሰብኣይ ትምክሕትን ስኻርን ዝወለዶ ዕሽነት ወሲድዎ ከም ዘሎ ምስትብሃል ከድልዮም እዩ። ኣብ ሓደ እዋን እዚ ሰብኣይ ቤት ጽሕፈቱ ዓጽዩ መዓልቲ መዓልቲ ናብ ጋሽ ባርካ እንዳኸደ ኣብዘይሞያኡ ክሕንክር ተዓዚቦም “መራሒ ዝሰርሖ ስራሕ ግዳ ዘይሰርሕ” ክብልዎ ይዝከረኒ። ሎሚ እውን ነዚ እዩ ናብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ፡ ኣዋሳ፡ ጎንደርን ባህርዳር ኣስፊሕዎ ዘሎ እምበር ሓድሽ ኣየምጸአን። ኩሉ ተግባራቱ ተደሚሩ ከኣ ዕላማኡ ካብቲ ባዕሉ ዝዛረብ ዘተሓሳስብ ኤርትራዊ ኩነታት ንምህዳም ዝሃንደሶ እዩ።
Thursday, 08 November 2018 21:54
Sudan, U.S. to strike deal on removal from terrorism list
Written by Sudan TribuneWednesday 7 November 2018
November 6, 2018 (WASHINGTON) - Sudan and the United States are expected to agree on a new plan for the removal of the east African nations from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Sudanese foreign minister El-Dirdeiry Ahmed and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan Tuesday started talks in Washington on the normalization of bilateral relations and the removal of his country from the terror list which the major obstacle in this respect.
The removal process is complex and requires a six-month-long review as well as the consent of the U.S. Congress which traditionally is made up of an active group of lawmakers hostile to the regime of President Omer al-Bashir.
Sources close to the ongoing talks told Sudan Tribune that the new plan will be labelled the "five-track engagement +1" to say it would include important parts of the previous five-track engagement that led to the lift of the economic sanctions.
In October 2017, Washington decided the lift of a 20-year embargo on Sudan saying Khartoum has fully cooperated on five key areas of concerns agreed in December 2016.
These areas include the counterterrorism cooperation, the humanitarian access to the conflict areas, Sudan support to regional efforts to end the South Sudanese conflict and to fight against the Ugandan rebel Lord Resistance Army. In July 2017, Trump administration added the commitment to the international sanctions on North Korea.
The sources further pointed out that the focus in the new plan will be on the human rights and freedoms particularly religious freedom.
"So, this time Washington wants Khartoum to observe the international law and principles on this respects but also to amend its repressive and coercive laws," the sources said
"Khartoum, also, should issue a law banning the abusive destruction of churches by the Sudanese authorities," it stressed.
Sudan has already stopped the destruction of churches but didn’t formally ban it.
Recently, security agents in South Darfur detained and tortured a priest and 8 people forcing the latter to revert to Islam after their conversion to Christianity.
In November 2017 during a visit that Sullivan conducted to Khartoum, the two countries agreed to exchange written notes on the process before to meet for a better understanding.
During this year 2018, several American officials visited Sudan to discuss relations with North Korea, as a UN report unveiled contacts between Pyongyang and Khartoum.
In its report to the Security Council on 5 March 2018, a panel of UN experts on Security Council sanctions against North Korea reported suspected activities of North Korean nationals in Sudan in 2016 and 2017.
Recently, the Sudanese security and intelligence services blamed the local press for reporting the arrest of fake North Korean doctors in Khartoum saying there was no need to mention their nationality.
In the past, Khartoum informed Washington they had expelled all the North Korean nationals from the country.
(ST)
