In Libya, dozens of migrants sleep alongside one another in a cramped cell in Tripoli's Tariq al-Sikka detention facility. Photo: UNHCR/Iason Foounten

 
 

28 November 2017 – The United Nations is stepping up its work to stop the grave abuses perpetrated against refugees and migrants along the Central Mediterranean routes, including alleged slave trade in Libya, two UN agency chiefs told the Security Council Tuesday.

The meeting was held at UN Headquarters in New York in response to growing international concerns about risks facing migrants and refugees, which were illustrated by recent news reports and videos showing African migrants in Libya allegedly being sold as slaves.

“This is an enormous human tragedy and we can stop it,” said William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), via video link from Geneva, underscoring the need to break the smugglers’ business model.

In such efforts, IOM has helped 13,000 people get out of detention centres in Libya and 8,000 in Niger, he said, noting that there are about 15,000 still in such facilities.

IOM is working with partners, including the Government of Libya, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the African Union, the European Union, and countries of origin, to forge an agreement to implement a programme to empty those detention centres, Mr. Swing said.

Also briefing was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, who told the Council: “The grave abuses perpetrated against migrants and refugees along the Central Mediterranean routes can no longer be ignored.”

“Compelled to flee, but without legal pathways to safety, refugees are exposed to appalling harm, together with migrants, including torture, rape, sexual exploitation, slavery and other forms of forced labour,” Mr. Grandi said, also via video link from Geneva, adding that these abuses proliferate where governance is weak and transnational criminal networks take root.

“This requires a comprehensive approach encompassing countries of origin, transit, and destination,” he stressed, highlighting the need to strengthen refugee protection and offer solutions along the routes.

UNHCR is stepping up its work – but faces “dramatic” funding gaps, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, he added.

UNHCR is helping the authorities address the needs of displaced Libyans and others affected by conflict. Reception and protection mechanisms are being incrementally strengthened. Plans for a transit centre in Tripoli are progressing positively.

“Too often, measures pursued in relation to the Mediterranean routes have centred on how to control, deter and exclude. This can have a dehumanizing effect – and more importantly, alone, it does not help refugees and migrants avoid exploitative, deeply harmful situations,” Mr. Grandi said, calling for a comprehensive set of political, security, humanitarian, human rights and development investments.

“Your attention is welcome, because your leadership is critical to ensuring that this happens,” he told the Council members.

Source=http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=58176#.Wh_ETrpFzIW


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UN chief 'horrified' at buying and selling of African migrants in Libya

In an urgent message addressed to the 5th Summit of the African and European Unions in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, EPDP Chairman Menghesteab Asmerom asked AU-EU delegation in the Summit to consider the plight of huge numbers of displaced Eritrean youth as a priority problem in Africa and address it properly based on UN Human Rights Commission decisions and recommendations. The two-day AU-EU Summit opening in Abidjan today, 29 November, is convening under the theme of "Investing in the Youth for Sustainable Future".

 

Addressed to African Union Commission Chairman, Mr. Mousa Faki Mahamat, and to Ms. Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative and head for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with copies to several heads of AU-EU delegations, the EPDP message of 28 November hailed the choice of the theme for the summit. It hoped that the that the summit will measure up to that noble aim by tackling the challenges facing African youth in extremely dire situations like the human slave-trading 'markets' of Libya, the Holot concentration camp of Israel and similar refugee conditions in Africa and southern Europe. Likewise, the message did not fail to stress the fact that the majority of those youth in these unbearable situations come from small Eritrea which leads the entire continent in everything bad.

 

The message highlighted the abuses of the illegitimate and repressive regime in Eritrea and reminded African and European delegations that the ruling clique in Asmara " does not deserve the acceptance and appeasement it is starting to enjoy nowadays from the EU and other quarters".

 

The EPDP message also stressed the importance of bringing to accountability the perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Eritrea and that effective pressure on the Asmara regime will include helping in the "most immediate implementation of the recommendations of the UN Human Rights Council adopted in 2016 and 2017."

 

"Eritreans and the rest of Africans would agree that investing in the youth for sustainable future is a great theme, but in order to give some meaning to the theme, those youth must first be helped to remain at home", the EPDP message added. 

 

The two-day AU-EU Summit meeting for 29-30 November is expected to discuss the future of EU-African relations, focusing on investing in youth who constitute 60% of the African population under the age of 25. Other issues to be discussed will include peace and security, investment and trade, job creation, skills development and of course  governance (including democracy, human rights, migration and mobility).

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“ሺሕ ፈልጺ መእሰሪኡ ልሕጺ” ዝብል ኣበሃህላ ኣብ ሃገርና ነባር ምሳልያዊ ኣዘራርባ እዩ። ፈልጽን ልሕጽን ልሙዳት ቃላት ትግርኛ ስለ ዝኾኑ፡ ትርጉም ዘድልዮም ኣይኮኑን። እዚ ምሳልያዊ ኣዘራርባ ሓቑፈምዎ ዘሎ ቁምነገር ግና ካብቲ ተራ ትርጉሞም ዝተፍልዩ እዮም። ፈልጽን ልሕጽን እቲ ሓደ ተጠርናፊ እቲ ካልእ ድማ ጠርናፊ እዮም። ሕመረት ናይቲ እኩብ ትርጉም ድማ ፈልጺ ንብዙሓት ዝተፈላለየ ድሌታት፡ ትጽቢታት፡ ኣተሓሳስባታትን ርኢቶታትን ዘለዎም፡ እሞ ድማ ናይ ሓባር ዕላማ ንከዕዉቱ ዝተሰለፉ ወገናት ዝውክል ክኸውን እንከሎ፡ እቲ ልሕጺ ድማ ነዚ ናይ ዝንባለን ኣተሓሳስባን ብዙሕነት ብሓባር ኣሳንዩ ናብ መዓላ ዘብጽሕ ረዚን ሓላፍነት ዝውክል እዩ።

እዚ፡ ኣብ ናይ ሃገራት ስርዓተ-ምሕደራ ንህዝብን ሕገመንግስታዊ ሓቛፍነትን ዝውክል እዩ። ኣብ ከም ሃገርና ዝኣመሰላ ብሕገመንግስቲ ናይ ምምሕዳር ዕድል ዘይረኸባ ግና እዚ ምሳልያዊ ኣዘራርባ ኣብ ባይታ ኣይንጸባረቕን እዩ። ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን ንዝተፈላለየ ዕማም ዝውደባ መሕበራትን ከኣ እዚ ምሳልያዊ ኣዘራርባ በቲ ኣብ መንጎ ኣባላተንን ዝምረሓሉ ቅዋምን ሕግን ዝምሰል እዩ። ናይ ሓፋሽ ናይ ሕጊ ምእዙዝነትን ናይ ሕጊ ጠማርነትን ብቐሊሉ ዝወሓስ ዘይኮነ፡ ዝትግበረሉ ዕላዊ መድረኽን ወግዓዊ መስርሕን ኣለዎ። ንኣብነት ኣብ ዓድታትና ኣብ ኩሉ ጽፍሕታት ዕድመ፡ እምነታትን መሰል መዕቀንታትን ዝርከቡ ደቂ ዓዲ ኣብ ባይቶ ብሓባር የጽድቕዎ። ድሕሪኡ ከኣ “ከቢብና ነቢብና” ዘጽደቕናዮ ሕግን ስድብን ኢሎም ከም ናይ ዓይኖም ብሌን ይሕልዉዎን ይምእዘዝዎን። ናይ ሓደ ሃገር ሕገ-መንግስቲ ከኣ ከከም ኩነታቱ ንኹሉ ዕድሚኡ ነዚ ዕማም ዝምጥን ዜጋ ብቐጥታዊ ድዩ ብዘይቀጥታዊ ኣገባብ ኣብ ዝሳተፍሉ ተነዲፉ ይጸድቕ። ድሕሪኡ ድማ ዜጋታት ከኽብርዎ፡ ክምእዘዝዎን ክሕልዉዎን ግድነት ኣለዎም። ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት ድማ ቅዋሞም ከከም ባህልን ተመኩሮን ናይቲ ውድብ ብዝጥዕም መስርሕ ሓሊፉ ኣብ ጉባአ ይጸድቕ። ድሕሪ እዚ ኣባላት ነዚ ቅዋም የኽብርዎ፡ ይምእዘዝዎን ይከላኸልሉን ከኣ። ነዚ ከተተግብር ምብቃዕን ዘይምብቃዕን ከኣ ናይቲ ትካል ኣባልነትካ ደረጃ ዝመዝን እዩ።

እዚ ስድቢ ዓዲ፡ ሕገመንግስቲ ሃገራትን ቅዋም ፖለቲካዊ ትካላትን ኣብ መስርሕ ንኩሎም’ቶም “ይኹነና” ኢሎም ዘጽደቕዎ ወገናት፡ ማዕረ ዘይክጥዕሞም ይኽእል እዩ። ንገሊኦም ይሰማምዖም ንገሊኦም ድማ ይኩርኮሖም። ምስዚ ግና ኩሎም ማዕረ ናይ ምኽባሩን ምሕላዉን ዲሞክራስያዊ ግደታ ኣለዎም። ንኣብነት ኣብ ብዙሕ ኣጋጣምታት ነቲ “ውሑዳት ንብዙሓት ይምእዘዙ” ዝብል ዲሞክራስያዊ መትከል ዝምልከት ናይ ውሑዳት ሓሳብ ዝግድብ እዩ ዝብል ስምዕታ ይቐርብ እዩ። በዚ ኣገባብዚ ዝግደብ ስምዒትን ሓሳብን የለ’ኳ እንተዘይተባህለ “ሕገይ ይኹን” ኢልካ ተቐቢልካ ክሳብ ዘጽደቕካዮ ግና ይጥዓምካ ይኮርኩሕካ ካብ ምኽባሩ ወጻኢ ካልእ ምርጫ የለን። ንኣብነት ኣብ ቅዋም ሰዲህኤ “3፡1፡1 ኣብ ኵሉ ደረጃታት ሰልፊ፡ ውሳኔታት ብብዝሒ ድምጺ ይጸድቕ፤ ዝበዝሐ ድምጺ ዘይረኸበ ሸነኽ ድማ፡ ብውሳኔ ናይ ብዙሓት ይምእዘዝ፤ ውሑዳት ግቡኦም እናፈጸሙ፡ ኣብ ዘለውዎ ጽፍሒ ርእይቶኦም ብናጻ ክገልጹ መሰሎም ሕልው እዩ” ዝብል ዓንቀጽ ንረክብ። እዚ ዓንቀጽ ብኻልእ ትሕዝቶ እሞ ድማ ብዙሓት ኣብ ዝተሰማምዕሉ ሕጋዊ መድረኽ ክሳብ ዝትካእ ከም ዘለዎ ተማእዚዝካሉ ካብ ምቕባል ካልእ ቅቡል ምርጫ የለን።

ኣብዚ ሓደ ክዝንጋዕ ዘየብሉ፡ እዚ ቅዋም ናትና እዩ ብዝበልዎ ሰባት እዩ ዝህነጽ። ኣብ መስርሕ ብምልኡ ድዩ ከፊሉ ከም ዘየስርሕ እንተተረጋጊጹ ዘይቅየረሉ ምኽንያት የለን። ምኽንያቱ እቶም ሰብ ጉዳይ ንሕጊ ክምርሕሉ እምበር ክግዝእሉ ኣይኮኑን ዘጽድቕዎ። እዚ ኣብ ግምት ኣትዩ ከኣ ዝኾነ ስድቢ፡ ሕገመንግስቲ ወይ ቅዋም፡ ዝመሓየሸሉ ይኹን ዝቕየረሉ ቀጥዒ ኣለዎ። ካብቲ ብዙሓት ዝተሰማምዕሉ ሕጋዊ ቀጥዒ ወጻኢ ግና ዋላ’ቲ ዝመጽእ ሓድሽ ሓሳብ ካብቲ ዝጸንሐ ዝሓሸ ይኹን፡ ሕጋዊ ክብደት የብሉን። ንኣብነት ቅዋም ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብቲ መወዳእታኡ “9፡2 ነዚ ቅዋም’ዚ ክቕይር ዝኽእል ጉባኤ ሰልፊ እዩ፤ 9፡3 ማእከላይ ባይቶ፤ ንዝኾነ ይኹን ኣከራኻሪ ዓንቀጽ ክትርጉም (ከብርህ፡ ከነጽር) ሓላፍነት ኣለዎ ። 9፡4 ማእከላይ ባይቶ ኣብ ቅዋም ከስርሕ ዘይከኣለ ዓንቀጽ ከመሓይሽን፡ ንዘይተጠቕሰ ሓደስቲ ዓንቀጻት ከተኣታቱን 75% ድምጺ ካብ ኣብላቱ የድልዮ።” ዝብሉ ንኡሳን ዓናቅጽ ኣለዉዎ።

ሰባት ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ጉዳያት ሓደ ዓይነት ኣረኣእያን ኣተሓሳስባን ሃልይዎም፡ ኣብ ምኽባር፡ ምምእዛዝን ምዕቃብን ናይቲ ብሓባር ዘጽደቕዎ ሕጊ እንተተፈላልዮም ናብ ዝሰፍሕ ምርሕሓቕ ከመርሖም ይኽእል እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ሓቢርካ ናይ ሓባር ዕላማኻ ንክተዕውት በቲ ናይ ሓባር ሕጊ ምምእዛዝን ዘይምምእዛዝን መሰረታዊ ስለ ዝኾነ። ኮታ እቲ ተጠሚሩ ዝጸንሐ ፈልጺ እቲ ጠማሪኡ ልሕጺ ኣብ ዝብተኸሉ ዘጋጥም ፋሕጭንግራሕ ምግማት ዘጸግም ኣይኮነን። ህዝብና ምስላ ብምምሳል ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ብተግባር’ውን ናይ ሕጊ ምእዙዝ እዩ። ሓደ ሰብ እንተበዲሉካ’ሞ ናብ ሕጊ ከተቕርቦ እንተደሊኻ ዘገድደልካ ፖሊስ ወይ ካልእ ሓይሊ ኣየድልየካ። “ዝባን ሕጊ ካብ እግረይ ከይትተርፍ” እንተኢልካዮ ክሳብ ናብቲ ይዳንየኒ ዝበልካዮ ኣካል እትበጽሕ ፈትዩ ዘይኮነስ፡ ኣብ ናይ ሕጊ ክብደት ኣሚኑ ይኽተለካ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ በዓል ነገር ናይቲ ዝተኸሰሉ ጉዳይ ጭብጢ ቀሪብሉ በዚ ተኣምን ዲኻ ተባሂሉ “እወ መንግስቲ ይሙት” ኢሉ እንተተፈጺሙ ንድሕሪት ናይ ምምላስ ሕቶ ኣየቕርብን። ፈጽሚ ከም ክታም ሓያል ምዃኑ ዝኣምኑ ወለዲ ከኣ “ናይ ነገር መወዳእታ ፈጽሚ፡ ናይ ስጋ መወዳእታ ዓጽሚ” ይብሉ ነይሮም። እዚ ኩሉ ተደሚሩ ኣሚንካን ረዲኻን ኣብ ዝተቐበልካዮ ምጽናዕ ዘይስገር መሰረታዊ ኣምር ምዃኑ እዩ።

 

ኣብ ደቡብ ጀርመን ዝርከብ ጨንፈር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ጨንፈር ቁጽሪ 1) ኣብ ከተማ ስቱትጋርት ብዕለት 25 ሕዳር 2017 ስሩዕ ጉባኤኡ ኣሰላሲሉ። እቲ ጉባኤ ኣብ ዝተፈልለየ ከባቢታት ዝነብሩ ኣባላት ጨንፈር ዝተሳተፍዎን፡ ሓው ንጉሰ ጸጋይ ኣባል ማእከላይ ባይቶ ሰልፍን ሓው ኢሳቕ ወልደማርያም ኣቦ-መንበር ዞባ ኤውሮጳን ዝተረኽብሉን ጉባኤ ምንባሮም እውን ይፍለጥ።

ጉባኤ ብኦቦ-መንበር ጨንፈር ሓው ተኽልዝጊ ሚኪኤል ሰናይ ትምኒትን ምስጋናን ንተሳተፍትን ብዝኽሪ ስዉእ ኣባል ናይዚ ጨንፈር ዝነበረ ኣያናን ሓውናን ኣልኣዛር ቀለታን እዩ ተከፊቱ። ድሕርዚ ሓው ንጉሰ ጸጋይ ጉባኤ ጨንፈር ክዕወትን፡ ድሕሪ ጉባኤ ኣባላቱ ማዕረ እቲ መድረኽ ዝሓቶ ዕማማት ኮይኖም ክርከቡ ዘለዎ እምነትን ተስፋን ብምብራህ፣ ልዕሊ ኩሉ ድማ ሰልፊ ኣብ ምድልዳልን ስሩዕ ዕማማቱ ኣብምስልሳል ንዝጸንሖም ተራን ተወፋይነትን ብስም መሪሕነት ምስጋናኡ ኣቕሪቡ። ቀጺሉ ጉባኤ ዝካየደሉ ዘሎ ሓፈሻዊ ኲነታት ደምበ ተቓውሞ፡ ሃገርና እትርከቦ ዓዘቕቲ፡ ኣብ ጎረባብቲ ሃገራት ዝረኤ ዘሎ ዘይርጉእ ኩነታትን ጽልውኡ ኣብ ደምበ ተቓውሞን፡ ብፍላይ ድሕሪ 8ይ ስሩዕ ኣኼባ ማእከላይ ባይቶ ዘሎ ውሽጣዊ ሰልፋዊ ኲነታት ንተሳተፍቲ ብዝርዝር ገሊጹ። ምስዚ ብምትሕሓዝ፡ ስርርዓዊ ጉዳያት ቤት ጽሕፈት ሰልፊ ኣውጺእዎ ዘሎ መድረኻዊ መደብ ስራሕን ቅጥዒ ትግባሪኡን ብዝርዝር ብምግላጽ፡ ድሕነት ህዝብናን ካብ ኣትይዎ ዘሎ ምብትታን ክወጽእን፡ ስደተኛታት ኤርትራውያን ኣብ እስራኤል ኮነ ኣመሪካ ካብ ዘንጸኣልዎም ዘሎ ናይ ምምላስ ሓደጋታት ተጽዕኖ ንምፍጣር ምስ ኣብ ከባቢኦም ዝርከብ ህዝቢ ብሓፈሻ ምስ ተቓወምቲ ዜጋትት ድማ ብፍላይ፡ ማሕበራውን ፖለቲካውን ሓባራዊ ዕማማት ከሐይሉ ኣዘኻኺሩ።

ሓው ኢሳቕ ብሸነኹ፡ ንዘይሕለል ጻዕርን ተወፋይነትን ጨንፈር ብስም መሪሕነት ዞባ ብምምጓስ፡ ኣብዚ ግዝያትዚ ህዝብና ኣትይዎ ዘሎ ስቓይን ዓዛብን ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው፡ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ዞባ ኤውሮጳ ኩለንተናዊ ተወፋይነትን፡ ስጥመትን ከምዘድልዮም፡ ተሳትፍኦም ኣብ ማሕበራውን ፖለትካውን ዕማማት ናይ ዝርከብዎ ከባቢ ክዓቢ ኣገዳሲምዃኑ ሓቢሩ። ብዘይካዚ ኣብዚ እዋን ቀዳምነት ዝስራዕ ህዝብን ሃገርን ብምዃኑ፡ ህዝብን ሃገርን ድማ ንኹልና ኤርትራውያን ብማዕረ ስለዝብጻሓና፡ ነዚ ሕሱም ስርዓት ንምእላይ ኣነካይዶ ቃልሲ ሓባራዊ እምበር ብተናጸል ዝሳለጥ ከምዘይኮነን፡ ኣብ ደገ ዝግበር ዘሎ ማሕበራዊ ምትእኽኻባት ዋላኳ ኣወንታዊ ሸነኽ እንተለዎ፡ መተካእታን መሕብእን ካብ ፖለቲካዊ ቃልስን ሓይልታቱን ክኸውን ከምዘይግባእ’ውን ኣብሪሁ። ኣብዝሓለፈ ሳምንታት ንዝተራእየ ናይ ሓባር ስራሓት ከም ኣብነት ብምውሳድ እውን፡ ኣባል ሰልፊ ኣብዝግበር ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓላት ሓቢሩ ክሰርሕ ብምትሕስሳብ መግለጺኡ ደምዲሙ።   

ካብዚ ቀጺሉ፡ ዝጸንሕት መሪሕነት ጨንፈር ኣብ ውሽጢ’ቲ ዝነበራ ናይ ምምራሕ ግዜ ዘካየደቶ ዕማማት ዝገልጽ ፖለቲካውን ቁተባውን ማሕበራውን ዝርዝራዊ ጸብጻብን፡ ብተናጸል ኣባላት ጨንፈር ኣብ ከባቢኦም፣ ንሓደስቲ መንእሰያት ስደተኛታት ኣብ ምእላይን ቋንቋ ጀርመን ኣብ ምምሃርን ዘበርከትዎ ግደ ዝሕብር ጸብጻብ ቀሪቡ። ዝቐረበ ጸብጻብ ድሕሪ ምስማዕ ንጉባኤ እትመርሕ ሰክረታርያ ቆይማ፡ ኣብዝቐረበ ጸብጻብ ኣገዳስን ሰፊሕን ልዝብ ተኻይዱ። ምስዝተገብሩ ምምሕያሻትን ዘይተጠቕሱ ዝነበሩ ተወሰኽቲ ርእይቶታትን ድማ ዝቐረበ ሰነድ ብድምጺ ጸዲቑ።

ስዒቡ፡ ኣባላት ጨንፈር ብሓፈሻ፡ መሪሕነቱ ድማ ብፍላይ ኣብዚ ዝመጽእ ዓመት ክፍጽሞም ኣለኒ ዝብሎም ፖለቲካውን ማሕበራውን መድረኻዊ መደባት ሰሪዑ፡ ዝተተለሙ መደባት ኣብ ሰልፋዊ ጉዳያት ጥራሕ ዘትኰሩ ዘይኮኑስ፡ ብፍሉይነት ኣብቲ ከባቢ ንዝካየዱ ሓባራዊ ናይ ህዝቢ ምንቅስቓሳት ንምጉልባት ዝዓለሙ ከምዝኮኑ እውን ይፍለጥ። ሰክረታርያ ጉባኤ ንምርጫ መሪሕት እትመርሕ ሽማግለ ብምውጻእ ድማ ስራሓታ ደምዲማ።

ኣብ መጠረስታ፡ ዝወጸት ናይ ምርጫ ሽምግለ ቅዋም ሰልፊ ምርኩስ ብምግባር፡ ኣብ ጉባኤ ጨንፈር ንዝተሓንጸጹ መደብ ስራሓት እተካይድን ንዝመጽእ ዓመት ንጨንፈር እትመርሕን ሰለስተ ዝኣባላታ ምምሕዳር ሽማግለን ተጠባባቕን ብዲሞክራስያዊ ኣገባብ መሪጹ፡ ዝጸንሐ ውሽጣዊ ተቆጻጻሪ ንኽቕጽል ተሰማሚዑ።  ብዘይካዚ ኣብ ትግባረ ዕማማት ዝሕግዙን ኲነታት ኣብ ምክትታል ስሉጥን ምእኩልን ናይ ርኽክብ መስኖ ክህሉን፡ ኣገደስቲ ምምሕዳራዊ ለበዋታትን ሓሳባትን ካብ ተሳተፍቲ ቀሪቡ።

ጉባኤ ጨንፈር፡ መሪሕነት፡ ኣብ ቅዋምን ስርዓትን ሰልፊ ተመርኲሱ ንዝተቐልቀሉ ውሽጣዊ ሽግራት ንምእላይን ንምፍታሕን ክወስዶም ዝጸንሐ ስነ-ስርዓታዊ ስጉምትታት ኣብ ቦትኡ ምዃኑ ብምርግጋጽ፡ ነቶም ንቕዋምን ፕሮግራምን ሰልፊ ኣኽቢሮም ኣብ ምትግባር ንምውዓሉ ከይሰልከዩ ዝጽዕርሩ ዘለዉ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዞባ ሰሜን ኣመርካን ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ ህጹጹ ጉባኤ ዞባን ናእድኡን ሞጎሱን ብምግላጽ፡ ጉባኤ ዞባ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ሰዲህኤ ኣብ ተወሲኑ ዘሎ ቦታን ግዜን ክፍጸም ዘለዎ ሰናይ ትምኒትን ትጽቢትን ገሊጹ።  

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ብዛዕባ’ቲ ሃይማኖታዊ እምነት፡ ቋንቋ፡ ባህልን ጀኦግራፍያዊ ኣሰፋፍራን ዝመሰረቱ ኤርትራዊ ብዙሕነትና ብዙሕ ግዜ ስለ ዝዝረበሉን ዝጸሓፈሉን ንዓኡ ዝምልከት ዝርዝር ምቕራብ ዘድሊ ኣይመስለናን። እንትኾነ ከምቲ “ንዘረባ ዘረባ የምጸኦ፡ ንሓመድ ድጉሪ የውጸኦ” ዝበሃል ንምልዓሉ ዘገድድ ኩነታት ከጋጥም እንከሎ ብዛዕባኡ ምዝራብ ግቡእ እዩ። እዞም ናይ ብዙሕነትና መርኣያ ዝንባለታት ተሳንዮምን ሰጢሞምን ምኻዶምን ዘይምኻዶምን ደረጃ ሓድነትናን ሓያልነትናን ዝውስኑ እዮም። ናይዚኣቶም ስኒት ዋሕስ ሓድነትናን ሓያልነትናን ምዃኑ ንዓና ንኤርትራውያን ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ኣብ ሓድነት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ረብሓ ስለ ዘይብሎም ሓድነቱ ኣዳኺሞም ክጥቀሙ ንዝደልዩ ወገናት’ውን ካብ ቅድሙ ብሩህ እዩ። ካብዚ ብምንቃል’ዮም ድማ ነቲ ስጥመት ኣዳኺሞም ክብትኑና ዝሃቀኑ’ሞ ሳላ ኤርትራዊ ጽንዓት ክምከቱ ዝጸንሑን ዘለዉን።

ካብዞም መርእያ ብዙሕነትና ከከም መድረኹ ገሊኦም ዝያዳ ጐሊሆም መዛረቢ ዝኾንሉ ኣጋጣምታት ኣሎ። ብፍላይ ፈላለይቲ ነቲ ብቐሊሉ ይባረዓልና ዝብልዎ እዮም ዝያዳ ዘንበድብድዎ። ንኣብነት ሃይማኖታዊ እምነት ንምምዝማዝ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ መድረኻት ብዝተፈላለዩ ጸላእቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብስፍሓት ዘጋጥመ እዩ። ንዓኡ ንምርጓድ ድማ ካልእ ቅጽል’ውን ይውስኽሉ።  ንኣብነት ኣብ ኤርትራ ጉዳይ ሃይማኖታዊ እምነት ክለዓል እንከሎ ምስ ከበሳን መታሕትን ምትሕሓዝ ዝተለምደ እዩ።

ኣብ ኤርትራ ብዛዕባዚ ናይ ብዙሕነት መርኣያና ክለዓል እንከሎ፡ “ክንደይ ካብቲ ህዝቢ ኣበየናይ ከባቢ፡ ባህልን ቋንቋን ይረከብ?” ዝብል ሕቶ ንምምላስ ኣሃዛዊ መጽናዕቲ ከም ዘድሊ ብሩህ ኮይኑ፡ ብፍላይ ንሃይማኖት ኣብ ዝምልከት ግና ኣማኒ ምስልማናን ክርስትናን ማዕረ እዩ ዝብል ሓርፋፍ ግምት ምሃብ ዘጸግም ኣይኮነን። ካብዚ ወጻኢ ነቲ ሚዛናውነት ኣመዛቢልካ ኤርትራ ናይ ሓዲኡ ሃይማኖት እምነት ሃገር ኣምሲልካ ንምቕራብ ዝግበር ፈተነ ብድሕሪኡ ዝተጻወደ ናይ ጥፍኣት መፈንጠርያ ከም ዘለዎ ምግማት ኣየጸግምን። እቶም ከምኡ ዝገብሩ ከኣ ናቶም ኣጀንዳ ዘለዎም እምበር ነቲ ኣብዚሖም ኮነ ኣውሒዶም ዘቕርብዎ ሰዓቢ ሃይማኖት ንምጥቃም ከም ዘይኮነ ቅድሚ ኩሉ ግንዛበ ክረክብ ዝግበኦ እዩ። ምስ’ዚ ናይ ጽባሕ ኤርትራ ቅዋማዊት ምስ ኮነት እቲ ሕጊ ንኹሉ  ማዕረከም ዝብጸሓ ምእማን ከኣ የድሊ።

ታርኽ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምልስ ኢልና ክንድህስስ እንከለና ዝተፈላለዩ መግዛእታዊ ሓይልታት ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣዳኺምካ ንምግዛእን ሓድነቱ ንምብታንን ብኹሉ የተፋንኖ እዩ ዝብልዎ ዝንባለታት’ኳ ዝጥቀሙ እንተነበሩ፡ ዝያዳ ቆላሕተኦም ግና ኣብ ሃይማኖታዊ ዝንባለ እዩ ጸኒሑ። እንተኾነ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምስጢር ሓያልነቱ ኣብ ሓድነቱ ምዃኑ ይርዳእ ስለ ዝነበረ ኣይተገረሃሎምን። ሳላቲ ኣብዚ መዳይዚ ዘርኣዮ ጽንዓት ከኣ ኣንጻር ኩሎም ከፋፈልቲ ስዒሩ ሓድነት ኤርትራ ኣውሒሱ ኣብዚ በጺሑ ኣሎ። እቲ ቃልሲ ግና መልክዑን ኣሰላልፍኡን ደኣ ቀይሩ እምበር ጌና ቀጻሊ ኣሎ። ኣንጻር ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝስለፉ ሓይልታት ነዚ ከፋፋሊ ስልቲ ከም ዝጥቀምሉ ከኣ ርዱእ እዩ። ኤርትራ ግና ኩሉ ዝንባለታት ሓብሒባ ወትሩ ናይ ኩሎም ኤርትራውያን ኮይና ክትቅጽል እያ።

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ “ሃይማኖት ናይ ግሊ ሃገር ግና ናይ ሓባር” ምዃኖም ካብ ዘለዎ ጽኑዕ እምነት ኣብ ዝሓለፈ 2ይ ጉባአኡ ኣብ ዘጽደቖ መደብ ዕዮኡ ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ. ሰኩልያር ስርዓተ-መንግስቲ ንምህናጽ ኣብ መንጎ ሃይማኖትን መንግስትን ኢድ ምትአትታው ክህሉ ከም ዘይብሉ ይኣምን። ከም መቐጸልታ ናይዚ ድማ ሰዲህኤ ሓያልን ኣዎንታዊ አምንቶኡን ኣብ ሃይማኖታዊ ናጽነት የረጋግጽን፣ ሃይማኖት ኣብ ዉልቀን ሕብረተሰብን ዘለዎ ክብርን ጽልዋን ድማ ይፈልጥን የኽብርን።” ዝብል ዓንቀጽ ኣስፊሩ ኣሎ። እዚ ዓንቀጽ ኣብ ህልዊ ኩነታት ኤርትራ መንግስትን ሃይማኖትን ዘይተኣታተዉ ምዃኖም ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ናይ ዝኾነ ዜጋ ዝመረጾ እምነት ናይ ምኽታል ናጽነት ዘንጸባርቕ እዩ።

ስርዓት ህግደፍ ካብ ዝገልጽዎ ኣሉታዊ ባህርያት ሓደ ኣብ ልዕሊ እምነትን ትካላቱን ዘርእዮ ግህሰት ምዃኑ ብዘይካቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ባዕሉ ዝዕዘቦ ዘሎ ምዃኑ፡ ዝተፈላለዩ ኣብዚ ዛዕባ ዝግደሱ ኣካላት’ውን ዘረጋገጽዎ ሓቂ እዩ። እዚ ክበሃል እንከሎ ከኣ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኩሉ እምነታት ብማዕረ ዝግህስ ምዃኑ እዩ። ካብ ሙፍቲ ንጳጳስ፡ ካብ መስጊድ ንቤተክርስትያን፡ ኮታ ካብ ክስታናይ ንኣስላማይ ዘማርጽ ስርዓት ኣይኮነን። ኤርትራውያን ካብዚ ሓቂ’ዚ ብምንቃል፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣማኒ ሓደ ሃይማኖትን ትካላቱን ዝወርድ ግፍዕን ግህሰትን ኣብ ልዕሊ ኩሎም ከም ዝወረደ ብምእማን ብስሙር ቅልጽም ክቃለስዎ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ካብዚ ወጻኢ እንተኾይዶም ግና ግዳይ ስርዓት ህግደፍን ካለኦት ኣብ ምፍልላይ ዝርብሑ ነጋዶን እዮም ክኾኑ።

ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ኩርነዓት ዓለም፡ ኣብቶም ንሃይማኖትን ካልእ ናይ ብዙሕነት መርኣያን ምስ ህልውና ሃገር ህዝብን ኣዛሚዶም ብግቡእ ከመሓድሩ ዘይበቕዑ ወገናት ዝወርድ ዘሎ ህልቂትን ዕንወትን ንዕዘቦ ዘለና እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እምበኣር ዋላ’ኳ ከምቲ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተገልጸ ንከምዚ ዓይነት ውዲታት በጣጢስካ ሓድነትካ ኣጽኒዕካ ኣብ ዓወት ናይ ምብጻሕ ሃብታም ተመኩሮ እንተለዎ፡ ሎሚ እውን ንዝኾነ ክፋፋሊ ሓይሊ ኣፍደገ ከይከፈተ፡ ሓድነቱ ምስጢር ሓያልነቱ ምዃኑ ብምእማን፡ ዓቂብዎ ክቕጽል መተካእታ የብሉን።

Saturday, 25 November 2017 13:19

Djibouti, Eritrea and Counter-Terrorism

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Behind the East African nation of Djibouti's strained relations with Eritrea - and Qatar - is the country's counter-terrorism strategy

November 24, 2017


One of the only things the small East African nations of Eritrea and Djibouti agree on is Qatar’s destabilizing role in the region. When Djibouti downgraded its diplomatic relationship with Doha on June 5th, the government knew there would be consequences. But it was unaware they would fall so close to home.

In a surprise move, Qatar announced the withdrawal of its troops from the Eritrea-Djibouti border on June 14. Qatar’s forces had been keeping the peace between Eritrea and Djibouti since 2010, as part of a Doha-led mediation process. The two African nations had a brief border conflict in 2008 – a dispute which dates back to a 1900 colonial agreement between Italy and France which left the precise location of the border ill-defined.

Following Qatar’s withdrawal Eritrean forces quickly took full control of Dumeira Mountain and Dumeira Island. “Djibouti will have to react to this seizure in some way though in what manner Djibouti will respond to this is unclear,” said Joseph Siegle, Director of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in a June interview.

As painful as the loss of that territory is, Djibouti may still think its decision was worth it. The country’s stance against Qatar is part of a tougher fight against terrorism both within its region and beyond. Djibouti was a founding member of the Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism and also participated in the Arab Islamic US Summit held in Riyadh in May. This has continued despite the potential loss of Djiboutian territory caused by Qatar – this summer Djibouti also formally joined the US-led Coalition to Defeat ISIS.

Djibouti believes that its struggle against Eritrea is tied to terrorism concerns. It asked the UN’s Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group to investigate alleged Eritrean funding for the Somali terrorist group group Al-Shabaab last year. Djibouti has also accused Asmara of funding a group of 200 Djiboutian rebels. “I personally doubt that Qatar is directly funding Al-Shabab in Somalia. There is more evidence to suggest the possibility of Eritrean support for Al-Shabab but, of course, Qatar could be using Eritrea as a proxy,” said a senior Somali intelligence official who agreed to speak off the record during the recent intelligence conference in Khartoum.

Despite the crisis along the border with Eritrea, Djibouti has maintained a force of roughly a thousand soldiers in Somalia as part of the African Union force fighting Al-Shabaab. But Qatar’s sudden withdrawal may have cost Djibouti more than a strip of its territory. Djibouti also worries about the fate of its prisoners of war held by Eritrea – an issue that Qatar had attempted to negotiate.

At the end of the 2008 conflict, Eritrea held nineteen Djiboutian prisoners of war – though some escaped and four were later were released. “[Eritrea] continues to spread blatant lies about the prisoner’s condition and has refused to account for them despite repeated calls by the UN Security Council,” Ambassador Dualeh said.

While Djibouti would be outgunned in any renewed fighting, the country’s changing economic fortunes might strengthen its military and negotiating position in the future. “The tiny new nation has no army, less than one square mile of arable land and no resources except sand, salt and 20,000 camels,” the New York Times wrote in 1977. In the intervening decades Djibouti has become an economic success story – its GDP of Djibouti increased by 6.5% in 2016, in part thanks to the development of its port and transport services.

Djibouti aims to become the “Dubai of Africa” and serve as a regional trading hub. Ethiopia – with a population of one hundred million – is the world’s most populous landlocked country. It depends on Djibouti’s port to reach the sea, and as a result the tiny country handles ninety percent of Ethiopia’s maritime trade. To better meet those needs, Djibouti opened two new harbors this year – and another port is nearing completion.

Djibouti also maintains its diplomatic clout by hosting several foreign military bases. Camp Lemonnier, a former French Foreign Legion outpost, has been America’s only permanent military base in Africa since 2001. Sitting next to Djibouti’s international airport, the US joint-operating base has been an important part of America’s ongoing wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Djibouti has also welcomed military bases from China and Japan in recent years – and Saudi Arabia is also considering a base. Partly in response, Eritrea is host to a base from the home of the real Dubai: the United Arab Emirates.

War is bad for business, and ultimately Djibouti hopes its dispute with Eritrea will be ameliorated through negotiation. Ambassador Dualeh told Raddington Report that, contrary to media reports, China has not offered to act as a mediator of the dispute now that Qatar has gone.

“We would like to see the UN Security Council urge Eritrea to resolve the border issue peacefully,” Dualeh said, “and to accept to submit the boundary dispute to the International Court of Justice, for a final and binding determination of the boundary based on international law”. No one expects that to happen soon.

source=https://raddingtonreport.com/djibouti-struggle-against-terrorism/

 

Eritrea, Burundi slammed for threatening U.N. human rights experts

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern over threats meted out to its special rapporteurs in Eritrea, Burundi and the Philippines.

A statement released on Tuesday (November 21) titled “Attacks / threats by States against UN human rights experts, read in part: ‘We are concerned by continuing efforts by certain States to undermine and denigrate important mechanisms established by the 47 Member States of the Human Rights Council.”

On the specific case of Eritrea, the statement bemoaned verbal attacks on its human rights expert, Ms Sheila Keetharuth – who recently released a report to the effect that the rights situation in Eritrea was not getting any better.

The Ambassador referred to her as a 'naked Empress with no clothes' and accused her of acting like a “Viceroy over Eritrea,” and carrying out a witch-hunt.

“The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Ms Sheila Keetharuth, has also faced considerable hostility in conducting her work, including a personal attack by the Eritrean Ambassador during her interactive dialogue at the Human Rights Council session in June.

“The Ambassador referred to her as a ‘naked Empress with no clothes’ and accused her of acting like a “Viceroy over Eritrea,” and carrying out a witch-hunt.

“Once again, it must be stressed that Ms. Keetharuth has been faithfully carrying out the mandate given to her by the UN Human Rights Council, and she should not be subjected to this type of vitriolic personalized attack by Government officials.”

In the case of Burundi, the U.N. body said it had lodged a complaint with the government of how its ambassdor threatened authors of a recent report presented by a Commission of Inquiry that probed rights issues in the volatile country.

“The High Commissioner has informed the (Burundian) Government that he finds it unacceptable that the members of a Commission mandated by the Human Rights Council are threatened with prosecution for performing the task set for them by the Council.

“This threat by the Government of Burundi constitutes a clear violation of article VI of the 1946 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, which applies to experts performing missions for the UN.

“He has urged the Government of Burundi to review its policy of refusing to cooperate with the independent International Commission of Inquiry and to cease threatening its members.”

The third country mentioned was the Philippines where President Duterte and his supporters are said to have openly threatened the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary execution, Agnes Callamard.

Source=http://www.africanews.com/2017/11/24/eritrea-burundi-slammed-for-threatening-un-human-rights-experts/