ሃገርና ኤርትራ ብተፈጥራዊ ትዕድልታ ኣብ ክሳዳውን ብዓለምለኸ ተደላይ ቦታ ስለ ዘላ ጠመታ ብዙሓት እዮም። ብፍላይ ከኣ ኣብ ኣፍደገ ወሽመጥ ባብኤልማንደብ ብምርካባ ንዓለምለኻዊ ጽጥታ ተባሂሉ ተጠማቲት ካብ ዝገብራ ምኽንያታት ሓደ እዩ። ኩሉ ጠማቲኣ ከኣ ንረብሓኡ ክብል ዘይገብሮን ዘይምህዞን ፍሕሶታት የለን። ገሊኡ ብጐራባብታ ሃገራት ኣቢሉ ገሊኡ ብቐጥታ ኢድ ብምእታው ነቲ ኣብኣ ዝነብር ህዝቢ ክሰምር ዘይኮነስ ክፈላለ እዩ እቲ ቀንዲ ጻዕርን ቃልስን።

 

ኣብ ኣርበዓታት ዝተኻየደ ፍሕሶታት ናይ ዓበይቲ ሓያልን መንግስታት ከም ታሪኽ ዝምህረና ዓቢ ተመኲሮ ኣሎ። በሰንኪ እዚ ድማ ኣመሪካ ንኤርትራ ብምኽንያት ሰላምን ጸጥታን ናይ ኣመሪካ ተባሂሉ ምስ ዘውዳዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ንኽትቁረን ዝተበጽሐ ውሳኔ እዩ። ከምዚ ንኽገብሩ ግን ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብሃይማኖትን ብጆኦግራፍያዊ ኣቀማምጣን ክኸፋፍለዎን ክንደይ ዘይጸዓሩ።

 

 

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ግን ሓደ ክንስና ተፈላሊና ካብ ምንባር ነታ ዕረ ዝኾነት ስሚ ክንውሕጣ ኣሎና ብማለት ንፈደረሽን ተቐቢሉ። እቲ ናይ ሽዑ ፍሕሶታት ግን ክሳብ ሎሚ ፈጺሙ ደው ኣይበለን። ዋላ እቲ ነጻነት ምስተረኽበ እቲ ዘሎ ስርዓት ንስልጣኑ ክብል ከፋፊልካ ግዛእ መርሆ ናይ ባዕዳውያን ገዛእቲ ገና ኣይሓደጎን። ስለዚ ንሓድነት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብኹሉ ሸነኻቱ ዝፈታትንዎ ሓይልታት ብዙሓት ምዃኖም ክግንዘብን፥ ነዚ ግንዛቤ እዚ ከኣ ኣብ ክንዲ እቲ ንፋስ ብዝነፈሶ ምኻድ ርግእ ኢሉ ኣብ ምንታይ ጸድፊ ኢዩ ከእትወና ኢሉ ክሓስብን ከስተውዕልን የድሊ።

 

 

ቅድሚ ሎሚ መንግስቲ ኣመሪካ ነዚ መላኺ ስርዓት ኣብ ለንደን ካብ ተቓወምቲ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ ነጺላ ንበይኑ ንሰላምን ምርግጋእን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘየውሕስ ስልጣን ከም ዝጭብጥ ገይራቶ። ተመሊሳ ከኣ ንኣልሸባብ ይሕግዝ ኣሎ ብማለት ናይ ብረት ሸመታ ማዕቀብ ገይራትሉ። ተቓወምቲ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ ከኣ ማዕቀብ ክግበር ኣለዎ፥ ማዕቀብ ክግበር እባ የብሉን ኣብ ዝብል ፍልልያት ከርኢ ጀሚሩ። ሕጂ ከኣ መንግስቲ ኣመሪካ ኣብ ናይ 10 ሕዳር 2017 ብትግርኛ ዝፍኖ ብድምጺ ኣመሪካ ዝተመሓላለፈ ተመልከት፡፡ መስመር ናተይ’ዩ። “ዋሽንግተን — ናይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኮሚቴ እገዳ ኤርትራን ሶማልያን፡ ኤርትራ ንኣልሸባብ ከም እትድግፍ ንራባዓይ ግዜ መረጋገጺ ስለ ዘይረኸበ፡ባይቶ ጸጥታ ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራን ሶማልን ዘቐመጦ ማዕቀብ ከወግዶ ጸዊዑ።” እቲ ኣዝዩ ዘሕፍርን ዘሕዝንን ከኣ እቲ ማዕቀብ ብካልኦት ሃገራት ከም ዝተሓተ ዘምስል ምስክርነት ምሃቡ እዩ። ንሱ ድማ፡ “ኤርትራ ንኣልሸባብ ትድግፍያ ዝብል ካብ ጎረባብቲ ሃገራት ንዞባዊ ኣመሓደርቲ ሶማል ዝተረኽበ ሓበሬታ ብዝምልከት እቲ ኮሚተ ነቲ ክስታት ዝድግፍ መርትዖ ከምዘይረኸበውን ገሊጹ`ሎ።”

 

 

ስለምንታይ እየ ነዚ ክጥቕሶ ዝፍትን ዘሎኹ እቲ ብደገ ዝግበር ውዲታት ንረብሓ እቲ ጨቋኒ ስርዓት ዝውዕል ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከኣ ተጠርኒፉን ሓድነቱ ኣደልዲሉን ዲሞክራሲያዊ ስርዓት ንኸይተክልን ኣብ ንሓድሕዱ እናተጠራጠረ ምትእማምን ከም ዝስእን ዝግበር መናወራት እዩ። ከመይሲ እታ ኢሳያስ ዝብላ ዝነበረ ማለት “ መንግስቲ ኣመሪካ ረብሓኣን ረብሓ ጐረባብቲ ሃገራትን ክትሕሉ ክትብል ብጐረባብቲ ሃገራት ዝተማህዘ ክስን ጠለበን ተመርኲሳ’ያ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከይምዕብልን ከይብልጽግን ማዕቀብ ዝወስነት።” ዝበሎ፡ ሎሚ እቲ መርትዖታት ሓቂ እናመሰለ ንደምበ ተቓውሞ ዘዳኽም ምዃኑ ብሩህ እዩ።

ካልእ ኣዝዩ ዘገርም ከኣ ሓደ ሸኽ ዶክተር ዓብድልሃዲ ዩሱፍ ዝበሃል ምሁር፡ ብዛዕባ  ስምረትን ሓድነትን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብዝዘርግ ኣገባ ዘቕረቦ መደረ፡ ንረብሓን ቀጻልነት ስልጣን ኢሳያስን እምበር ንእስላምን ንክርስትያንን ዘተሓቛቑፍ ዘይኮነ፡ ብኣንጻሩ ኢሰያስ “ኣይበልናኩምንዶ” እንዳበል ክሽቅጠሉ ምዃኑ ዘይከሓድ ሓቂ እዩ።

 

 

ስለዚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣመንቲ እስላምናን ክርስትያናን ናይ ደገ ሓይልታት ዝብልዎ ተመሲጥና ሓጋዚና ኢዩ ወይ እውን ሽግርና ኣቃሊሑልና ብዝብል፡ ካብ መንገዲ ተኣሊና ኣብ ክንዲ ንኤርትራዊ ሃገራውነትና ዘራጉድን ዘስስንን፡ ደድሕሪ ዘይሓላፍነታዊ መደረ ወጻእተኛታት ክንስዕብን ሓድነትና ክንሃስን ኣይግበኣና። ኣብ ኤርትራ መን ይበዝሕ፥ መንከ ይውሕድ፥ ክርስትያንዶ እስላማይ ኣብ ዝብል እንተኣቲና መፍቶ ድኽመትናን ውድቀትናን ምንቛትናን ዝምነዩን ጸላእትና ኮይና ኢና ኣፍደገ ምፍልላይ ኣይንኽፈት። ከምታ ኣቦታትና ዘጽንሑልና እስላማይ ኣብ መስጊዱ፥ ክርስታናይ ከኣ ኣብ ቤተክርስትያኑ፥ ኮይና ኣብ ጉዳይ ሃገር ከኣ ሓድነትና ኣጽኒዕና ክንቅጽል ይግበኣና።

On 15 November, Eritrean refugees and residents in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa staged an angry demonstration in front of the headquarters of the African Union and blamed the regional organization for its silence and complicity with dictators by failing to respect its charter and promises to listen and serve the peoples of the continent.

The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, which was adopted as an international human rights instrument intended to "promote and protect" human rights and basic freedoms in the African continent. Unfortunately, the charter is failing to promote and protect those promised rights and freedoms.

The demonstration, which was also attended by  Eritrean leaders of political organizations and members, including those of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP), marched from city centre to the AU offices chanting slogans in support of the Asmara demonstration of 31 October 2017 and demanding release of all  prisoners. The demonstrators saluted the students and parents of the Diaa Islamic school for sparking the event and strongly condemned the futile divide-and-rule tactics of the Asmara region on unfounded religious basis.

 

The organizing committee of the demonstration submitted a written statement to the African Union whose officials again for the fourth time failed to receive and talk to the demonstration organizing committee. The statement submitted to the Commission of the African Union blamed the failure to receive and talk to leaders of the demonstration and thus charged the AU for abandoning its charger by appeasing with dictatorships like the one in Eritrea.

Wednesday, 15 November 2017 21:08

Zimbabwe: “Power is not sexually transmitted”

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Africa, Zimbabwe

This quote – by a leader of the war veterans – sums up their disquiet with Grace Mugabe.

Below is my take on the ‘coup’. But first an image constructed from social media, indicating how the situation developed on Tuesday 14 November.

At the end I have added the statement from ZANU-PF that triggered these events.

Martin

Zimbabwe social media


Source: New Statesman

Zimbabwe’s coup pits Grace Mugabe against the old guard

After complaints of a “bedroom coup”, the army launched one of its own.

In the early hours of Wednesday, Zimbabwe’s army went on the air to announce that they had taken control. This had become increasingly clear, as armoured personnel carriers and troops had been seen around Harare on Tuesday and the state broadcaster – ZBC – had been surrounded.

The statement read out by Major General S.B. Moyo couched their actions as an attempt to uphold the existing order.

“We are only targeting criminals around him who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice. As soon as we have accomplished our mission we expect that the situation will return to normalcy.”

But no-one was under any illusion about what was taking place: this was a coup by another name. Nothing like it had been seen in Zimbabwe since Mugabe took power in 1980.

 The key warning had come three years earlier, when the veterans of the war against white rule that put Mugabe in place told the 93-year-old president that they would not accept his second wife as the leader of the country. “Power is not sexually transmitted,” said Jabulani Sibanda, who complained that the ruling party was “plotting a bedroom coup”.

The war veterans, who had stood by President Mugabe during all the crises and challenges he had faced, were not prepared to see Grace and her acolytes to take control.

Since her marriage to the president in 1996, the First Lady of Zimbabwe has become legendary for her ostentatious living. While her countrymen and women live on the breadline, “Gucci Grace”, or “the first shopper” as she is known, indulged her lavish lifestyle. The Mugabe family accumulated a substantial property portfolio both inside Zimbabwe and abroad.

Notorious for her vicious temper, Grace was only recently smuggled out of South Africa after escaping an assault charge for hitting a model.

Zimbabweans complained, but it was when Grace began to seek political office that she crossed a line. She began to be hailed as party rallies as the “Mother of the Nation”. Grace surrounded herself with her acolytes: Generation 40, or G40, faction which included the ZANU PF youth wing. She began pushing her husband to nominate her his successor.

This brought her up against the old guard, who coalesced around the vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Last week Mnangagwa was sacked and he fled to South Africa via Mozambique. It was this that triggered the current events.

By dismissing Mnangagwa, Mugabe had broken with someone who had stood by him since the earliest days of the war against Ian Smith and white rule. Mnangagwa had led the first group of guerrillas to China for military training. After finishing his training, Mnangagwa returned to Tanzania in May 1964, where he and other returning ZANU guerrillas formed the “Crocodile Gang”.

Mnangagwa was captured after blowing up a railway train in Rhodesia, and only narrowly escaped the death sentence. He spent 10 years in jail and was released in 1974 as part of the “unity talks” amnesty. In Mozambique, he was elected special assistant to the president at the 1977 Chimoio congress – which meant he was the military and civilian representative of the party. He also accompanied Mugabe to the Lancaster House negotiations, which paved the way for official recognition of the state of Zimbabwe.

After independence Mnangagwa stood by Mugabe, and was responsible for the suppression of the Ndebele, as well as involved in the rigging of elections. He held a string of ministries, including – importantly – Defence from 2009 to 2013.

It was precisely because he represented such a threat to Grace’s succession that Mugabe removed Mnangagwa from the vice presidency. He was accused of displaying “traits of disloyalty, disrespect, deceitfulness and unreliability”.

The scene was set for the current showdown. On Monday the army chief of staff, General Constantino Chiwenga, warned the president to “stop” purges by the ruling ZANU-PF party. “We must remind those behind the current treacherous shenanigans that when it comes to matters of protecting our revolution, the military will not hesitate to step in,” he said at a press conference.

ZANU PF responded on Tuesday by issuing a statement accusing General Chiwenga of treason. The party said the general’s comments were “calculated to disturb national peace… [and] incite insurrection”. Since treason is a capital offence in Zimbabwe, the general was left with few options: fight or flee the country. He – and most of the military – chose the former.

What lies ahead? It is possible that Mugabe will be allowed to retire and live with some dignity. There are suggestions he might be allowed to leave the country for Singapore or Malaysia, to enjoy the wealth he has salted away overseas for many years. But Mugabe in exile might be unpalatable to the military, since he could act as a magnate for dissidents.

There are reports that Mnangagwa has returned to Zimbabwe and – together with General Chiwenga – will act to shore up his position, while proclaiming that they are acting to “protect the revolution”.

At present South Africa – a critical player during the Rhodesia crisis, and still the major power in the region – is attempting to keep its distance. Speaking on Tuesday ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe made it clear that the ANC doesn’t want to get involved in the rift. “ZANU-PF must deal with that issue because Zimbabwe is not our colony… it’s not our province, it’s our neighbour. If things go wrong there, of course, we’ll be concerned because it’ll impact on us, but we have no authority over them, that’s the point we’re making.”

How long Pretoria can keep a cool detachment will depend on whether the factions within Zimbabwe can find an orderly way of resolving the current crisis.


ZANU PF (1)

Source=https://martinplaut.wordpress.com/2017/11/15/zimbabwe-power-is-not-sexually-transmitted/

Wednesday, 15 November 2017 13:09

Zimbabwe's President Mugabe 'confined to his house'

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South African leader says he spoke to Zimbabwean counterpart, who 'indicated' he was fine but not allowed to leave home. 

 
Zuma said Mugabe indicated that he was confined to his home [Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters]
Zuma said Mugabe indicated that he was confined to his home [Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters]

ኣብ ከተማ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ናይ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ምምሕዳር ዝወደቦ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ብ15 ሕዳር 2017 ተኻይዱ። እዚ ንሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ወሲኽካ ኣባላትን መራሕትን ተቓወምቲ ውድባት ኤርትራ፡  ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ዝነብሩ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታትን ኤርትራውያን ነበርቲ ኣዲስ ኣበባን ዝተሳተፍዎ ሰልፊ ነቲ ተመሃሮን ወለድን ቤት ድያእ ኣልእስላምያ ኣስመራ ንተግባራት ስርዓት ህግደፍ ብምቅዋም ብ31 ጥቅምቲ 2017 ኣብ ከተማ ኣስመራ ዘካየድዎ ናይ ተቓውሞ ሰልፊ ዝድግፍ ሰልፊ ንግሆ ካብ ገነት ሆቴል እዩ ተበጊሱ።

ኣብዚ ሰልፊ ናይቶም ብስርዓት ህግደፍ መሰሎም ተጋሂሱ ተኣሲሮም ዘለዉ መራሕቲ እምነት ምስልምናን ክርስትናን  ምስሊ ብሓባር ብዝተፈላለዩ ተሳተፍቲ ተታሒዙ፡ ዝተፈላለዩ ጭረሖታት ከኣ ተቓሊሖም። ካብቲ ዝተቓለሐ ጭረሖታት “ኣስላምና ክርስትያና ኩልና ሓደ፡ እምነትን ትምህርትን መሰል እዩ፡ ንተበግሶ ተመሃሮን ወለድን ቤት ትምህርቲ  ድያእ ኣልእስላምያ ንድግፍ፡ እሱራትና ይፈትሑ፡ ሕብረተሰብዓለም ንህግደፍ የዕግሶ… ወዘተ” ዝብሉ ይርከብዎ።

ሰልፊ ዝተፈላለዩ ጭረሖታት እንዳቃልሐ ኣብ ኣፍደገ ቤት ጽሕፈት  ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ምስ በጸሓ፡ ናይቲ ሕብረት ሓለፍቲ ኣብቲ ሰልፊ ቀሪቦም’ኳ መልሲ እንተዘይሃቡ፡ ነቲ ብደረጃ ጽሑፍ ተዳልዩ ዝነበረ መልእኽቲ ግና ተቐቢለምዎ። እቲ በቶም ነቲ ሰልፊ ዝወደቡ ኣካላት ዝተዳለወ’ሞ ንሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ዝተዋህበ ጽሑፍ፡ መራሕቲ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ንኤርትራውያን ሰልፈኛታት ንምዝራብ ፈቓደኛ ዘይኮኑ ዘለዉ ንራበዓይ ግዜኦም ምዃኑ ጠቒሱ፡ እዚ ድማ እቲ ሕብረት ንሕግታቱን ቻርተራቱን ዘየኽብርን ንወጻዕቲ ዘተባብዕን ምዃኑ ዝሕብር’ዩ ሓሳብ ኣስፊሩ። ካብዚ ናይ ስቕ ኣካይዳ ንክወጹ ድማ ጸዊዑ። ኣብ መወዳእታ ተሳተፍቲ ንንውሕ ዝበለ ግዜ ኣብ ኣፍደገ ቤት ጽሕፈት ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ጭረሖታትን ኤርትራዊ ዜማታትን ብምስማዕ ብሰላም ነናብ ቦታኦም ተፋንዮም

ሓላፊ ቤት ጽሕፈት ጕዳያት ወጻኢ ኣመሪካ፡ ኣቶ ረክስ ስቲረልሰን፡ ን37 ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ ንኣኼባ ኣብ ዋሺንግተን ዲሲ ዓዲምወን ኣሎ። እቲ ዋዕላ፡ ብዛዕባ ንግድን ወፍሪ ርእሰማልን፡ ከምኡ’ውን፡ ብዛዕባ ጸረ ሽበራን ሰናይ ምምሕዳር ክኸውን ምዃኑ ተሓቢሩ ኣሎ።

ንኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ብዝምልከት፡ ምኽትል ሓላፊ ወጻኢ ኣመሪካ ኣብ ጕዳያት ኣፍሪቃ፡ ኣቶ ዶናልድ ያማማቶ፡ ኣብ መንጐ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ዘሎ ውጥረት ንምህዳእን ሰላምን ጸጥታን ንምስፋንን ንሰርሕ ኣሎና፤ ኣመሪካ ነቲ ጕዳይ መፍትሒ ንምርካብ ቆሪጻ ተበጊሳ ኣላ፤ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ድማ ነቲ ወጥሪ ንምፍታሕ ድልውነተን ገሊጸን ኣለዋ ኢሉ።

15 ሃገራት ዝኣባላቱ ባይቶ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት (UNSC) ብሰሉስ 14 ሕዳር 2017 ዓ.ም ኣብ ዘካየዶ መጋባእያ፡ ነቲ ናይ ኣጽዋር ውግእ እገዳ ሶማልያን ኤርትራን ንክናዋሕ ዘኽእል ውሳኔ ቍጽሪ 2385 ኣጽዲቕዎ።

 

ነዚ ውሳኔ’ዚ 11 ኣባላት ሃገራት ባይቶ ጸጥታ ደጊፈንኦ፡ ዝተቓወምት ሃገር ኣይነበረትን፡ 4 ድማ ናይ ድምጺ ተዓቅቦ ገይረን። እተን ናይ ድምጺ ተዓቅቦ ዝገበራ ሃገራት ሩስያ፡ ቺና፡ ግብጽን ቦሊቭያን ኢየን።

 

ነቲ ንድፊ ውሳኔ ዘቕረበት ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ኰይና፡ ኣምባሳደራ ኣብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ንኤርትራ ምስ ኮሚቴ እገዳ ሕቡራት ሃገራትን ምስ ፍልይቲ ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን ንኽተሓባበር መጸዋዕታኡ ኣቕሪቡ ኣሎ።

እቲ እገዳ ካብ ዝጅምር 8 ዓመቱ ኣቝጺሩ ኣሎ።

 

U.N. Security Council renews arms sanctions on Eritrea and Somalia

Eritrea

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday voted to extend an arms embargo imposed on Eritrea and Somalia.

The fifteen-member UNSC in a majority vote of 11 as against four abstentions adopted resolution 2385 to renew sanctions regime against the two Horn of Africa nations.

According to Sebastiano Cardi, the Italian ambassador to the U.N., the current extension spells out of further reviewing both regimes in the coming months.

The decision of the council comes barely a week after a panel of experts called for the lifting of sanctions particularly on Eritrea. The panel in a report said there was no conclusive evidence that Eritrea was supporting al-Qaeda linked insurgents Al-Shabaab group based in Somalia.

A United States – backed resolution led to the imposition of arms sanctions on Eritrea in 2009, with the main reason being their alleged support for Al-Shabaab. Eritrea has described the sanctions as ‘useless and unjustified.’

Somalia on the other hand are also under a sanction regime despite being the biggest sufferer of attacks by al-Shabaab. Security watchers say the arms embargo is partly to blame for the inability to effectively match rampaging insurgents.

The Horn of Africa region is generally one that has complex security issues. Ethiopia has internal crisis to deal with aside its border tensions with Eritrea. It is also actively engaged in the fight against Al-Shabaab inside Somalia. It is, however, at peace with Sudan and Djibouti.

Source=http://www.africanews.com/2017/11/15/un-security-council-renews-arms-sanctions-on-eritrea-and-somalia/

On 12 November 2017, the administrative committee of the Foreign Relations Office of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) held an important regular meeting attended by representatives of the Office's sub-committees formed in many regions of the world.

 

Agenda for this meeting, held in the aftermath of the conclusion of the 8th regular meeting of the EPDP Central Council, included the following items: exchange of situation reports; summary presentation of the annual report of the Office for 2016-2017 which was earlier reviewed by the CC; the New Action Plan for the Foreign Relations Office for the year ahead; review of the structure of regional committees, and enhancing their role in new party projects for the future (such as the proposal for joint action with other sister organizations and the Party Renewal Plan.)

Each regional representative made brief presentation giving a picture of their respective situations and activities. This was followed by a discussion on the summary of the annual report of the Office as presented to the 8th regular meeting of the EPDP Central Council. Below are a few points gleaned from the report covering August 2016 to July 2017:

Memoranda:   During the 12 months of the period under review, the Foreign Relations Office submitted 27 memoranda on different Eritrea-related issues to various governments, parties, UN agencies, the African Union and other global and regional organizations. Of these, four memoranda were sent to different German institutions; three to Holland; three to Switzerland; two each to Sweden; UN agencies and the Progressive Alliance; and one memorandum to each the African Union; Ethiopia; Sudan; Somalia; State of Qatar; Italy; France; UK; Belgium; Norway and Denmark. It was also cited that the EPDP sent a grand total 134 such memoranda since the first party congress of July 2011.

Official Tours/Meetings: During the past year, EPDP conducted 13 officials tours/meetings with different parties and governments. Seven of the tours/meetings were to/with UN agencies; two with EU/Brussels; two in Gothenburg/Sweden; two to/in Berlin and Dortmund/Germany. The total visits in the past six years reached 72 including to places like Niami/Niger and Tunis/Tunisia. On top of this, the EPDP conducted 22 public diplomacy events. These include seminars and conferences at which Eritreans and non-Eritreans take part to discuss issues related to Eritrean refugees and the situation at home.

Publications:- Also during the period under review, the Foreign Office published and distributed six issues of Liberty, an English-language magazine containing mainly diplomatic efforts of the party. Also distributed to diplomatic circles were video clips and written materials on the Eritrean situation. The office published 36 issues of the English magazine since its first congress six years ago.

The Foreign Office Committee meeting also discussed the new work plan for the year ahead ending July 2018, and enriched it by proposing some details relevant to the situation of each EPDP regional committee.

Furthermore, the meeting urged that each Foreign Office sub-committee as well as each and every EPDP branch/zone in Australia, Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America to take very seriously the June 4 2017 party proposal for joint work with other sister organizations. Likewise, it called upon all party organs to start effectively implementing the upcoming Party Renewal plan being enhanced by the Commission for Party Renewal and scheduled to be reviewed every two months at extraordinary meetings of the EPDP Central Committee.

ሎሚ መዓልቲ ሰኑይ 13 ሕዳር 2017 ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ቦታታት በይ-ኤርያ ዝነብሩ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ኤርትራውያን ብበይ-ኤርያ ኤርትርውያን ንዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ዝተጸወዐ፡ ኣብ ከተማ ሳን-ፍራንሲስኮ ዕዉት ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣካይዶም። ዓላማ ናይ’ዚ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ’ዚ ነቲ ኣብ ከተማ ኣስመራ ብዕለት 31 ጥቅምቲ ዝተራእየ ህዝባዊ ተቓውሞ ንምድጋፍ እዩ ኔሩ።

SanFranDemo2

ብምኽንያት ስርዓት ህግዲፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ ቤት-ትምህርቲ ኣል ዲያእ ኣልእስላሚያ ዝወሰዶ ዓማጺ ስጉምቲ፡ ጅግና ኣቦና ሓጅ ሙሳ መሓመድኑር ብዘርኣይዎ ተባዕ መኸተ ኣብ 93 ዓመቶም ከምቶም ዝቐደሙ ኣሕዋቶም ኣብ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ከምእተዳጎኑ ኩሉ ዝፈልጦ ሓቂ እዩ። በዚ ጨካን ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣቦና ሓጅ ሙሳ እተወስደ ስጉምቲ ዝተቖጠዐ ህዝብና ምረቱ ንምግላጽ ብ31 ሕዳር ስላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣካይዱ። እንተኾነ ግን እቲ ዝኾነ ይኹን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ዘየኽብር መላኺ ስርዓት ህግዲፍ ነቲ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ብተዅሲታት በቲኑዎ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነ ንብዙሓት ንጹሃት ዜጋታት ከምዝኣሰረን ጌና ይኣስር ከምዘሎን ተረጋጊጹ ኣሎ።

SanFranDemo3ኣብርእሲ እቲ ኩሉ እከይ ተግባራቱ፡ መላኺ ስርዓት ኤርትራ እቲ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ሃይማኖታዊ እዩ ብምባል ንህዝብና ብሃይማኖት ክፈላልየና ህርድግ ይብል ኣሎ። እንተኾነ ግን ህዝቢ በይ-ኤርያ ልክዕ ከምቲ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ኩርናዓት ዓለም ዘሎ ህዝብና ዘርእዮ ዘሎ ጽንዓት ብምርኣይ “ሕቶ ቤት-ትምህርቲ ኣል ዲያእ ኣል እስላሚያ ሕቶ ሰብኣዊ መሰል እዩ” “እሱራት ይፈትሑ” “ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ኢና፡ ኣስላም ኢና፡ ክርስትያን ኢና፡ ምፍልላይ ኣይንፈቅድን” “ኣቦና ሓጅ ሙሳ ይፈትሑ፡ ኣቦና ፓትሪያርክ ኣንጦንዮስ ይፈትሑ” “እወ ንፍትሒ፡ እምቢ ንምልኪ” “እምነት ገበን ኣይኮነን” “ሕልናኹም ኣበይ ኣሎ” “ስልጣን ንህዝቢ ይረከብ” “ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ምስ ህዝብኻ ወግን” ብዝብል ጭርሖታቱ ኣብ ናይ ህግዲፍ መጻወድያ ከምዘይኣቱ ኣረጋጊጹ። ቀንዲ መለለዪ ናይ ሎሚ መዓልቲ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ፡ ነቲ ህግዲፍ ኣብ ህዝብና ከእትዎን ክስርጾን ዝህቅን ዘሎ ሃይማኖታዊ ምፍንጫል ዝሰዓረ ምዃኑ እዩ።

ኣብ’ዚ ዕዉት ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ’ዚ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከምኡ’ውን ኣብ በይ-ኤርያ ዝርከቡ ኣብላት ተቓውሞ ውድባት ተሳቲፎም። መደረታት ካብ ዘቕረቡ ሓንቲ ኣባል ሰልፊ ወይዘሮ ኣስገደት ምሕረትኣብ ኔራ።

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