ሕብረት ኤውሮጵ ምስ መበል 78 ጠቕላላ ጉባአ ባይቶ  ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝተተሓሓዘ  ኣብ ዘውጸኦ መግለጺ፡ ብዛዕባ   ኩነታት ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝለዓለ ሻቕሎት ከም ዝሓደሮ  ኣፍሊጡ። በቲ ኩነታት ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ንክከታተል ብሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝተመዘ ኣካል ናብቲ ኣኼባ ብዝቐረበ ጸብጻብ መሰረት፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ጌና ብዙሓት ሰባት ብጃምላ ይእሰሩን ብዘይፍሉጥ ኩነታትን ኣብ ዘይፍሉጥ ቦታትን ይስወሩን ምህላዎም፡ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ምርድኡ ኣፍሊጡ።

ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ኣብዚ መግለጺኡ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ነቶም ተሰዊሮም ዘለዉ ናብ መድረኽ ብምምጻእን ነቶም ብዘይፍርዲ ብጃምላ ተኣሲሮም ዘለዉ ድማ ናብ ፍርዲ ብምቕራብ ስጉምቲ ንክወስድ ተሪር መጸዋዕታ ኣቕሪቡ። ብጃምላ ምእሳርን ምስዋርን፡ መሰል ሓሳብካ ምግላጽ፡ ምእካብን ምውዳብን ምንፋግን ኩሎም ዓለም ለኻዊ ሕግታት  ሰብኣዊ መሰል ዝግህሱ ምዃኖም ድማ ኣብቲ ንኤርትራ ብትሪ ዘጠንቀቐሉ መግለጺ ኣስፊሩ።

ምስዚ ብምትሕሓዝ ድማ እቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝዝውተር ዘሎ ግዱድ ውትህድርናን ናይ ትሕቲ ዕድመ ህጻናት ዕስክርናን፡ ብሓፈሻ ነቲ ህዝቢ ብፍላይ ድማ ንመንእሰይ ኤርትራ ኣብ ጨንቂ ኣውዲቕዎ ዝጸንሐን ዘሎን ከምኡ እውን ቀንዲ ጠንቂ ስደት ምዃኑ ብሰፊሑ ዘርዚሩ።

እቲ ሕብረት መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ብመሰረት እቲ ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ዶብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ዝወሰኖ፡  ኣብ ትግራይ ዝተረፈ ሰራዊቱ ጠቕሊሉ ንከውጽእ ኣዘኻኪሩ። ነቲ ኣጋጣሚ ተጠቒሙ ድማ ኣብ ግዜ ውግእ ኣብ ትግራይ ብዕጡቓት ሓይልታት ዝተፈጸሙ ኩሎም ሰብኣዊ ግህሰታት ብናጻን ኣፍልጦ ዘለዎ ኣካልን ተመርሚሮም ክጻረዩ ጸዊዑ።

ርእሰ ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ ዓመታት፡ ዲክታተር ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቅን ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኢትዮጵያ ኣብይ ኣሕመድን እናተበራረዩ ቀዳምነት ዘይወሃቦም፡ መህደሚ ኣጀንዳታት እናዘርግሑ ህዝቢ ብምድንጋር፡ ዕድመ ስልጣኖም ከናውሑ ምጽናሖም ዝዝከር እዩ። ምድንጋር ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ብሰንክ’ዚ ዘይሓላፍነታዊ ኣጀንዳታቶም ናይ ኣማኢት ኣሸሓት ህይወት ንጹሃት ክቕዘፍን ዕንወትን ብርሰትን ህዝባዊ ትካላት ክፍጸም ምጽንሑን ከኣ ብመሪር ሓዘን ዝዝከር እዩ።

ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ድማ መቐጸልታ ናይቲ ብሰንኪ ምኽታም ውዕል ሰላም ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ ዝተፈጥረ ኩራን ምርሕሓቕን ኢሳያስን ኣብይን ብዝመስል፡ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኢትዮጵያ ናይ ወደብ ተጠቃምነት ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ “ኢትዮጵያ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ኤርትራ ናይ ምውናን መሰል ኣለዋ”  ዝብል፡  ናብ ድፍረት ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ዘቕነዐ፡ ናይ ብዙሓት ትጽቢት ዘይነበረ ኣጀንዳ ሒዙ ብምቕራብ ብርቱዕ ነውጺ ፈጢሩ ኣሎ። ብዙሓት ወገናት ብዛዕባ ብድሕሪ እቲ ኣጀንዳ ተሓቢኡ ኣሎ ዝብልዎ ደፋኢ ምኽንያት ርኢቶታቶም የቕርቡ ኣለዉ። ናብቲ ዝግመት ምኽንያታት ከይከድና  ብመንጽርቲ ብጋህዲ ዝተሰምዐን ዝተነበን መጎት ጥራይ፡ ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ኣቕሪብዎ ዘሎ ጭረሖ ኢትዮጵያውያን ገዛእቲ ናይ ቅድመ-ታሪኽ ኣብ ኤርትራን ብዝሒ ህዝቢ ኢትዮጵያ ይውስኽ ምህላዉን ደጋጊምካ ብምጥቃስ ጥራይ፡ ኣፍደገ ባሕሪ ናይ ምውናን ታሪኻዊ፡ ኣህጉራዊ ኮነ ልኡላዊ ተቐባልነት ዘየብሉ ዓቕሊ-ጽበት ዝወለዶ ዕዉር ጠለብ ምዃኑ ምርዳኡ ዘጸግም ኣይኮነን።

ኣብ ርእሲኡ እቲ ሓሳብ፡ ናይ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ቻርተር 1964ን ብዛዕባ ኣፍደገ ባሕሪ ዘየብለን ሃገራት ኣገልግሎት ዝረኽባሉ ውዕላትን ውሳነ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራትን ዝጥሕ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ነታ መስራቲት ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ኮነ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ብምዃና እትንየት ኢትዮጵያ እውን ዘዋርድን ዘፍኩስን እዩ። ሓደ ሕብረተ ሰብ ንኣብነት ዓፋር ኣብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ስለ ዘሎ ብእኡ ተንጠልጢልና ኣፍደገ ባሕሪ ክንውንን ኢና ምባል ድማ ዘገርም እዩ። እዚ ኩናማ ኣብ ክልቲኡ ሃገራት ስለ ዘለዉ ባረንቱን ከባቢኡን የድልየና እዩ …… ወዘተ ናብ ዝብል ዕብዳን ከይወስዶም ዘየስግእ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታዊ ኣንፈቱ ዶብ ኣፍሪስካ ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ናይ ምግሃስ ድሌት ከም ዝኾነ ከኣ ክዝንጋዕ ኣይግበኦን። እዚ ወስታት ብገለ ደረስቲ፡ ፖለቲካዊ ባእታታትን ጋዜጠኛታትን ክስማዕኳ ሓድሽ እንተዘይኮነ፡ ብደረጃ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ብወግዒ ናብ ሓጋጊ ኣካል ናይታ ሃገር ምቕራቡ ግና ንኤርትራውያን ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ንብዙሓት ፍትሓውያን ኢትዮጵያውያን እውን ብዛዕባ ዘይርጉእነት መንግስቶም ከስተብህሉ ደሪኽዎም ዘሎ እዩ።

እዚ ኣብ ዝተሰምዓሉ እዋን፡ ኣብ መስርሕ ቃልሲ ንለውጢ ስለ ዘለና ልኡላውነት ቀዳምነትና ኣይኮነን ዝብል ድምጺ ሓሓሊፉ ብገለ ኤርትራውያን  ይስማዕ ኣሎ። እቲ ሓቂ ግና ጉዳይ ልኡላውነት ዝኾነ ኣጀንዳ ይተሓዝ  ይጽነሓለይ ዘይበሃል ቀዋሚ ሓለዋ ዘድልዮ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ እቲ ብናይ ለውጢ ቃልሲ እነረጋግጾ፡ ሰላም፡ ዲሞክራሲ፡ ልምዓትን ካልእ መሰረታዊ መሰላትን ዘሳፍሓሉ ልኡላውነት እንተዘይሃልይዎ ትርጉም ስለ ዘየብሉ።

ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኣብይ ክዝክሮ ዘለዎ፡ ዋላኳ ኣዘራራቢ እንተነበረ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ግዜ ኢህወደግ፡ ናታ ኣፍደገ ባሕሪ ዘይብላ ክነሳ፡ ብደረጃ ኣፍሪቃ ኮነ ዓለም ኣብ ዝርዝር ቅልጡፍ ዕቤት ዘርኣያ ሃገራት ቅድሚት ዝተሰርዓትሉ ዓመታት ነይሩ እዩ። ሎሚ ናይ ወደብ ኣጠቓቕማ ለውጢ ኣብ ዘይገበረትሉ ናብዚ  ኣትያቶ ዘላ ቅልውላው ምውራዳ፣ እቲ ጠንቂ ናታ ወደብ ስለ ዘየብላ ክኸውን ኣይክእልን እዩ። ስለዚ ዶ/ር ኣብይ ብዘይሕብእብእ ኣብ ክንዲ “ባሕርን ወደብን ምውናን ናይ ህልውና ጉዳይ እዩ” ምባል፡ ካብቲ ኩሉ ዝርእዮን ዓገብ ዝብሎ ዘሎን ቀጻሊ ውግኣትን ዘኸትሎ ዕንወትን፡ ንምግልጋል ክሰርሕ ይግበኦ። ነቲ ምስ ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ ክኣትዎ ዝጸንሐ ዘይግሉጽን ዘይትካላውን ውዕላትን ዝኸዶ ጌጋ መስርሕን ኣሚኑ ንመጻኢ ከይደግሞ እዩ ክመሃርሉ ዝግበኦ እምበር፡ ብሕርቃን ግጉይ ኣንፈት ምሓዝ ካብ ጸገም ዘውጽእ ዘይኮነስ፤  ዝገደደ መዘዝ ዘኸትል ምዃኑ ክግንዘብ ይግበኦ።

ኣፍደገ ባሕሪ ከም ዝውንን ርግጸኛ መሲሉ ምዝራቡ፡ ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ኣብ ምጥሓስ ክሳብ ክንደይ ርሕቀት ከም ዝኸደ ርዱእ እዩ። እዚ ድማ ምስቲ ንልኡላውነቱ ከም ብሌን ዓይኑ ዝሕልዋ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ረጽሚ ምእታው እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ናይ ህዝባ እምበር፣ ናይ ህግደፍ ስለ ዘይኮነ። ብሰንክዚ ውግእ እንተተኸሲቱ ከኣ ኣብ መንጎቲ ብሰናይ ጉርብትናን ሓባራዊ ተጠቃምነትን ኣሳንዩ ክነብር ዝብህግ ህዝብታት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን እዩ ክኸውን።  ከምዚ ዓይነት ውግእ ሳዕቤኑ ክሳብ ክንደይ ኣዕናዊ ምዃኑ ከኣ ስለ ዘይስሕትዎ ንመራሕቲ ኢትዮጵያ ከም ሓድሽ ዝንገር ኣይኮነን።

እቲ ድሌት ጉዳይ ተጠቃምነት ወደብ እንተኮይኑ ግን፡ ሎሚ ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ዝጅመር ዘይኮነ፡ ኣህጉራዊ ሕግታት ወጺእሉ፡ ናይ ወሃብን ተቐባልን ኣገልግሎት ግቡኣትን መሰላትን ተነጺርሉ፣ ልኡላውነትን ጽቡቕ ድሌትን ዋና ወደብ ብዘይግህስ ተነጺርሉ፡ ብዘሓት ሃገራት ዝመሓደራሉ ዘለዋ እዩ። ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን እውን ደሓር ደኣ ብውግእ ተኾሊፉ እምበር፡ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ኣብ ትሕቲ ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ንዝተወሰነ ዓመታት ሰሪሐናሉ እየን። ኣብቲ እዋንቲ ኪኖ ክልተኣዊ ቁጠባዊ ተጠቃምነት፡ ኣብ ምቅርራብ ክልቲኡ ህዝብታት እውን ዓብይ እጃም ከም ዝነበሮ ብዙሓት ኣብቲ መስርሕ ዝተዋስኡ ዝምስክርዎ እዩ። ሎሚ ነቲ ኣቛሪጹ ዝጸንሐ ብሓደስትን ብዝማዕበሉ ሕግታትን ኣሰራርሓታትን ኣበሪኽና ናብ ንቡር መሊስና ንስረሓሉ እንተዝበሃል፡ ሰማዒ እውን ምረኸበ። ብናይ ቀደም ግዝኣት ኣሉላ ጭረሖታትን ቅልጡፍ ወሰኽ ብዝሒ ህዝቢ ኢትዮጵያን ኣመኻኒኻ “መኒኻ?” በሃሊ ዘየብልካ ኣብ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ እንተዘይሓንበስኩ ምባል ግና ንክልቲኡ ህዝብታት ስለ ዘየርብሕ “ዓገብ” ንብሎ።

Thursday, 26 October 2023 21:51

Dimtsi Harnnet Kassel 26.10.2023

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ካብ ዝተፈላለዩ ኩርነዓት ዓለም ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝገሹ ኤርትራውያን ናብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ “ኣይተኣትዉን” እናተባህሉ ካብ መዓርፎ ነፈርቲ ነናብ ዝመጽዎ ይምለሱ ከም ዘለዉ፡ ኣብ ጉዳያት ሰብኣዊ መሰል እትነጥፍ ኤርትራዊት ወይዘሮ ኤልሳ ጭሩም ሓቢራ። በዚ መሰረት፡ ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ናይ ምጋሽ መደብ ዘለዎም ኤርትራውያን ኩነታት ክሳብ ዝቕየር ጉዕዘኦም ከቋርጹ ኣተሓሳሲባ።

እዚ ከምዚሉ እንከሎ፡ ሓይልታት ጸጥታ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ካብ ዝነብሩ ኤርትራውያን ምእሳር ከም ዝጀመሩ ብዝተፈላለያ ማዕከናት ዜና ይሕበር ኣሎ። እቶም ዝተኣስሩ ኣብ ዘይሕጋዊ ሸርፊ ገንዘብ ክሳተፉ ዝጸንሑ እዮምኳ እንተተባህለ፡ እቲ ኩነታት ንብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን እውን ዝጸልው ኩይኑ ከም ዘሎ ተፈሊጡ ኣሎ። ብሰንክዚ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ካብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ዝሓሸ ውሑስ እዩ ናብ ዝብልዎ ክልላት ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ ዳባት ናብ ዝርከብ መደበር ስደተኛታትን  ይብተኑ ከም ዘለዉ’ውን ተፈሊጡ። ብዙሓት ወገናት እቲ ኣብ ውግእ  ኢትዮ-ኤርትራ1998-2000 ዝተራእየ ምክልባት ኤርትራውያን ከይድገም ይሰግኡ ኣለዉ።

ብኻልእ ወገን ድማ ኣብቲ ኣብ ክልል ኣምሓራ መደበር ስደተኛት ኤርትራውያን ኣለምዋጭ ተዓቚቦም ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ከቢድ ስግኣት ከም ዝወደቑ፡ ናብ ዝኸድዎ ጠፊእዎም ከም ዝተጨነቑን ደገፍቲ ህግደፍ ድማ ዘይጭበጥ ሓበሬታ እናዘርግሑ ናብ ኤርትራ ንክምለሱ ይጉስጉስዎም ከምዘለዉ ተሓቢሩ።

ናይዚ ኩሉዚ ዘይህዱእ ኩነታት ጠንቂ ብሓፈሻ ካብ 2018 ዝጀመረ ዘይግሉጽን ዘይትካላውን ዝምድና ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ኮይኑ፡ ብፍላይ ድማ  መንግስቲ ብልጽግና ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ናይ ወደብ ዓሰብ ተጠቃምነት ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ናይ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ዋንነት ብዝምልከት ኣልዒልዎ ዘሎ ሓደገኛን ናብ ዝለዓለ ወጥርን ወተሃደራዊ ምትፍናንን ገጹ ከይዓርግ ዘስግእን ኣጀንዳ እዩ።

ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ሰዲህኤ ብ21 ጥቅምቲ 2023 ኣብ ዘውጸኦ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ፡  “ተጠቃምነት  ኣፍደገ ባሕሪ ኣብ ዝምልከት፡ ንልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ብዘይጻባእን ብዓለም ለኻዊ ውዕላት ብዝግዛእን ስምምዓት ኢትዮጵያ ክትጥቀም እሞ ክልቲኡ ህዝብታት ሓቢሩ ዝዓብየሉ ኩነታት ምፍጣር ከም ዝከኣል ርዱእ ምዃኑ ተገንዚቡ።”  ዝብል ሓሳብ ምስፋሩ ዝዝከር እዩ።

Martin Plaut

Oct 24

The full UN Security Council Panel of Experts report can be user_email=This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">found here.

These are some of their findings.

The Panel identified three such illegal enterprises that have been operating in
Libya since at least 2021:
(a) The trafficking and smuggling enterprises owned and controlled by the
Zawiyah Network...

The Panel determined that the commander of the Petroleum Facilities Guard in Zawiyah, Mohamed Al Amin Al-Arabi Kashlaf (LYi.025), and the commander of the Libyan Coast Guard in Zawiyah, Abd al-Rahman al-Milad (LYi.026), together with Osama Al-Kuni Ibrahim (LYi.029), continue to run a large trafficking and smuggling network in Zawiyah.

Since the two commanders were listed in 2018, they have further expanded that network by including armed entities operating in the Warshafanah, Sabratah and Zuwarah areas. The expanded Zawiyah Network now encompasses elements of 55 Brigade, the Stability Support Apparatus command in Zawiyah, and in particular its maritime units, and individual members of the Libyan Coast Guard, all operating with a view to executing the Network’s common plan of gaining substantive financial and other assets from human trafficking and migrant smuggling activities.

The Network has established an irregular detention system that comprises the Al-Nasr, Al-Maya and Al-Zahra detention centres for migrants, as wells multiple temporary detention places in the areas of Zawiyah and Harsha, where elements of the Network committed serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law against 34 detainees.  This detention system has enabled the Network to exercise physical control of trafficked or smuggled persons for the purpose of gaining financial and other profits for the benefit of its members.

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Libya. The UN Security Council confirms sanctions on coastguard traffickers

Nello Scavo Friday 20 October 2023

The tightening of sanctions for the bosses of human beings, oil and arms trafficking was unanimously approved. From the coast guard "Bija" to the heads of the "oil police" up to the director of the "lagers"

In the center the major of the Libyan coast guard al-Milad (Bija) and to his left, in a blue shirt, Mohammed Kashlaf, head of the

In the center the major of the Libyan coast guard al-Milad (Bija) and to his left, in a blue shirt, Mohammed Kashlaf, head of the "oil police" accused of being the head of the criminal organization

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Libya is not a safe port of disembarkation, and the direct connections between the Libyan coast guard and traffickers in human beings, oil and weapons are the driving force behind the chain of exploitation and enrichment. The United Nations Security Council unanimously accepted the requests of the UN investigators , who proposed tightening sanctions against the main bosses of a criminal system that brings together politics, militias and clans.

The decision puts the Italian government and the Piantedosi directives in difficulty, according to which humanitarian rescue organizations should first coordinate with the so-called Libyan coast guard, which the UN instead indicates as one of the main mechanisms of the criminal system. 

After a long internal discussion, the Security Council accepted the requests of the UN investigators in Libya, whose mandate was renewed until 2025. The representatives for whom the freezing of assets and the absolute travel ban are requested are five, but one died on March 16 this year in Egypt. 

The other members of the "Libyan poker" are heavy names, starting with Saadi Gaddafi, the ex-footballer son of Colonel Gaddafi, who is trying to sell a property in Canada by circumventing the sanctions also through the Libyan consulate in Turkey. The fifty-year-old Gaddafi would have traveled undisturbed and on 27 June 2023, UN experts wrote to the Turkish government «regarding the implementation of the asset freezing and travel ban measures. No response was received." According to investigators, Gaddafi's signature on a power of attorney filed in Turkey constitutes "proof of Turkey's failure to comply with the travel ban measure".

If the Gaddafis represent the past that continues to loom over Libya, especially due to the enormous legacy left by the dictator patriarch and never truly quantified, the list of those sanctioned includes the new bosses of today's Libya. Like Mohammed Al Amin Al-Arabi Kashlaf . 

"The Group of Experts has established that the Petroleum Facilities Guard of Zawiyah is an entity that is nominally under the control of the Government of National Unity", therefore not a private police in the strict sense but an armed group affiliated to the central authorities and responsible for monitor the main oil plants, from which however a certain quantity of hydrocarbons is illegally disappeared and then placed on the European market thanks to a dense network of smugglers. 

"The group of experts - it continues - has asked the Libyan authorities to provide updated information on the implementation of the asset freeze and travel ban against this individual, including details on the current status and chain of command of Petroleum Facilities Guard in Zawiyah, as well as on his financial activities and personal economic resources." 

Also in this case the Libyan authorities "have not yet responded".

Connected to Kashlaf is Abd al-Rahman al-Milad , perhaps the best known of the clan. Also known as "Bija", he used "forged United Nations documents in an attempt to lift the travel ban and asset freeze imposed on him". However, Bija moved forward, finding support both "in the Libyan government and in private interlocutors within Libya", with the aim of obtaining support "for his request for cancellation" of the sanctions. In particular, UN investigators are in possession of "an official Libyan document, issued on 28 September 2022 by the Office of the Attorney General, in which the responsible authorities are ordered - the experts report - to remove Al-Milad's name from the system national monitoring of arrivals and departures". 

A cover-up at the highest level of the judiciary, which had already acquitted him of the oil trafficking charges, and which "would allow Al-Milad to leave Libya with the assets in his possession, in violation of the asset freezing measure". On 25 January 2023 «the Panel asked the Libyan authorities to provide updated information on the effective implementation of the asset freeze and travel ban against Al-Milad. The request was made following the resumption of his professional duties in the Libyan Armed Forces, including appointment as an officer at the Janzour Naval Academy following his release from pre-trial detention on 11 April 2021." Nine months later, the Libyan authorities "have still not responded".

The resolution approved by the Security Council is also based on another accusation from the «Panel of Experts» who «established that the commander of the Petroleum Facilities Guard of Zawiyah, Mohamed Al Amin Al-Arabi Kashlaf, and the commander of the Guard coastal Libyan Zawiyah, Abd al-Rahman al-Milad (Bija), together with Osama Al-Kuni Ibrahim , continue to operate a vast trafficking and smuggling network in Zawiyah." The sanctions did not hurt them. “Since the two commanders were listed in 2018, they have further expanded the network to include armed entities operating in the Warshafanah, Sabratha and Zuara areas.” Everything revolves around prisons for refugees. « The Zawiyah network continues to be centralized in the Al-Nasr migrant detention facility in Zawiyah, managed by Osama Al-Kuni Ibrahim», Bija's cousin identified thanks to some images published by Avvenire in September 2019. The name he appears in several investigations. Based on «ample evidence of a consistent pattern of human rights violations, the Panel found - the panel added - that Abd al-Rahman al-Milad and Osama al-Kuni Ibrahim continued to be responsible for acts of torture, forced labor and other ill-treatment of persons illegally confined in the Al-Nasr detention centre ", with the aim of extorting "large sums of money and as punishment".

The criminal business model is precisely what Rome does not want to recognize, but which the UN investigators and the Security Council reiterate: «Zawiyah's expanded network - we read in the report - now includes elements of the 55th Brigade, the command of the Stability Support Unit in Zawiyah, particularly its maritime units, and individual members of the Libyan Coast Guard, all working to execute the network's joint plan to obtain significant financial and other resources from human trafficking activities and migrants".

The graph with which UN experts showed the Security Council the criminal system involving members of the Libyan coast guard and human traffickers

The graph with which UN experts showed the Security Council the criminal system involving members of the Libyan coast guard and human traffickers - Panel of UN experts

The Security Council was shown the scheme which includes «four operational phases: (a) the search and return to land of migrants at sea; (b) the transfer from disembarkation points to the detention centers of the Directorate for the fight against illegal migration; (c) the abuse of detainees in detention centers; (d) the release of prisoners who are victims of abuse." Once the migrants are released, they re-enter the cycle of exploitation: put back into the sea, leaving a percentage to be captured by the coastguards to justify Italian and European support for the so-called Libyan coast guard, and again «transfer from the disembarkation points to the centers of detention by the Directorate for the fight against illegal migration; the abuse of prisoners in detention centers; the release of prisoners who are victims of abuse".

The UN report and the unanimous vote of the 15 countries that sit in the Security Council are a slap in the face. «With regards to the travel ban and the freezing of assets - we read in a summary note of the session at the Glass Palace -, the Member States, in particular those in which the designated persons and entities are based, have been invited to report" to the Sanctions Committee on "their respective actions to effectively implement both measures in relation to all persons included in the sanctions list". 

All the exponents indicated by the "Panel of experts" are included in the Interpol "alert" list. The resolution approved yesterday also concerns the smuggling of oil and weapons. The Security Council extended “the authorization of measures to stop the illicit export of petroleum products from Libya and the mandate of the group of experts helping to oversee this process.”

 

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Martin Plaut

Oct 21

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We, the Eritrean Seaman Union, issue this official statement on 21 October 2023 in response to recent statements made by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed concerning Eritrea's territorial sovereignty and its waters in the Red Sea.

Recent developments in the Red Sea region, particularly Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's statements regarding the ownership of the Red Sea, have raised significant concerns for us.

These statements not only raise questions about Eritrea's sovereignty in the Red Sea but also present legal and diplomatic challenges.

It appears that these statements are driven by the aspiration for a 'Greater Ethiopia' and territorial unity in the Red Sea region, potentially compromising both the aspirations of Greater Ethiopia and the sovereignty of the Eritrean Red Sea.

Consequently, we strongly urge all relevant parties to prioritize the sovereignty and well-being of the Eritrean Red Sea.

We emphasize the importance of resolving these issues through diplomatic dialogue, adhering to the principles of international law.

We call for an immediate cessation of any actions that threaten Eritrea's sovereignty.

We sincerely hope that collaborative efforts will lead to a peaceful resolution, in line with international law, and respect the rights of the rightful owners of the Eritrean Red Sea. Eritrean Seaman Union

 

 

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Martin Plaut posted: " The Eritrean diaspora is mobilising to get the Norwegian government to act on an official report calling for protection of refugee communities. Protests were held on Friday in Oslo ahead of key discussions in the Norwegian Parliament next week. " Martin Plaut

 

Martin Plaut

Oct 22

The Eritrean diaspora is mobilising to get the Norwegian government to act on an official report calling for protection of refugee communities.

Protests were held on Friday in Oslo ahead of key discussions in the Norwegian Parliament next week.

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A report commissioned for the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion laid out in detail the attacks on many expatriate communities, including the Eritreans.

The report, user_email=This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">Transnational repression conceptual clarification and sectoral responsibilities, provides detailed evidence of the measures that repressive foreign governments use against diasporic communities living in Norway.

As the report states:

The purpose has been to strengthen the conceptual understanding of what has been referred to as economic, ideological or religious "pressure and control" against diaspora groups by the authorities of the country of origin or persons who can act on their behalf. In this report, we propose the term transnational repression and a new definition.

The report explains that:

Acts covered by the concept of transnational repression can be grouped into the following main categories:
1) Violence and other attacks against the physical safety of persons
2) Threats
3) Harassment and discrediting
4) Infiltration
5) Restriction or conditional consular services
6) Monitoring
7) Weakening and abuse of international frameworks
Transnational oppression can thus be expressed in many different ways and in different arenas of society. A wide range of different acts and means are used, and these can be subject to a number of different criminal offences.

The report gives details of all of these forms of violence and intimidation before stating that:

It seems that the Norwegian authorities' reaction and response to transnational oppression is currently somewhat characterised by a failure to interpret or frame the problem in a way that adequately reflects the seriousness of the problem.

Time for action

A user_email=This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">similar report was produced by the government of the Netherlands in 2016, and led to official attempts to halt the harassment of Eritrean refugee community.

The Norwegian report has been with the Norwegian government since the end of 2022, but little, if any action appears to have been taken to act on its recommendations.

In May a Member of Parliament, user_email=This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">Ola Elvestuen, asked what the government was going to do to give force to the report's recommendations. He received no satisfactory answer.

Mr Elvestuen is a long-time supporter of Eritrean freedom, who met 300 young Eritrean protesters in September 2022.

In a passionate speech to the Eritreans he explained that he had sent written questions to Minister of Justice. Emilie Enger Mehl.

The answer he received was that the Minister of Justice could do no more than ask Eritreans who had problems to request the police for help.  Mr Elvestuen described this as "weak" and he promised to follow up the matter in the Storting (Parliament).

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It was to get the Norwegian authorities to take action on the recommendations that Eritreans of the "Blue Revolution" gathered outside Parliament this Saturday.

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Next week a proposed 'plan of action' will be put before the Parliament's Justice Committee.

With sufficient backing, their recommendations can be brought to the wider Parliament so that the report can be given teeth, and action taken to halt "transnational repression" against members of many diasporic groups who have made Norway their homes.

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ሱዳናዊ ሲቪላዊ ግንባር ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ክጋብኡ መደብ ተጣሒዙ ከምዘሎ ሱዳን ትሪቡን/SUDAN TRIBUNE ሓቢራ። እዚ 24 ጥቅምቲ 2023 ዝካየድ ኣኼባ ኣብቲ ቅድም ተታሒዝሉ ዝነበረ ናይ 22 ጥቅምቲ 2023 መደብ  ዳግመ-ግምት ብምግባር ዝካየድ ምዃኑ እውን ተፈሊጡ።

እቲ ናይ ኣኼባ ዕለት ለውጢ ምግባር ዘድለየ፡ ብናይ ቅድም ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ሱዳን ዶ/ር ዓብደላ ሓምዶክ ዝቐረበ ናይ ይናዋሕ ሕቶ እዩ። ሓምዶክ ዕለት ኣኼባ ክናዋሕ ዝሓተትሉ ምኽንያት ከኣ፡ ምስቲ ብዓብደል ዓዚዝ ዝምራሕ ሱዳናዊ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓስን ምስቲ ብዓብደል ዋሂድ ኑር ዝምራሕ ምንቅስቓስ ሓርነት ሱዳንን ንምምኽካር ዘኽእል ግዜ ንምርካብ ምዃኑ ኣብቲ ጸብጻብ ተሓቢሩ።

ናይቲ ኣኼባ ኣዳለውቲ ካብ ዝኾኑ ሓደ ጠይብ ማልካብ እቲ ናይ ኣኼባ ዕለት  ምትዕርራይ በቶም ተሳተፍቲ ተቐባልነት ከም ዝረኸበ ጠቒሶም። ኣተሓሒዞም ድማ ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ ብዶ/ር ሓምዶክ እናተመርሐት ናይቲ ኣኼባ ኣጀንዳን ናይ ኣፈጻጽማ ሕግታትን ከም ዘጽደቐት ኣፍሊጦም።

ሓደሓደ ተዓዘቲ’ኳ ኣብ ዝርዝር ተሳተፍቲ ናይቲ ኣኼባ ዘይምርድዳእ ነይሩ ዝብል ሓበሬታ ናብ ማዕከን ዜና ሱዳን ትሪቡን እንተቕረቡ፡ ኣጣይብ ማልካቢ ግና ጸገም ከምዘየለን “መን ይሳተፍ?” ኣብ ዝብል 5 መዓልታት ቅድሚ ዕለት ኣኼባ ከም ዝተሰማምዑን ገሊጾም። ካብቶም ክሳተፉ ትጽቢት ዝግበረሎም ዘይክሳተፉ ይኽእሉ እዮም ዝበሃሉ ካብ 2% ከምዘይበዝሑ ኣፍሊጦም። ካብቶም ተሳተፍቲ ተወከልቲ ሲቪላዊ ማሕበር ከባቢ 20%፡ ተወከልቲ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን ወተሃደራዊ ምንቅስቓስን ድማ  ካብ13 ባእታታት ከም ዘይበዝሑ ኣፍሊጦም።

Monday, 23 October 2023 20:36

Why war in the Horn of Africa is likely

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Martin Plaut

Oct 23

War is likely in the Horn. It is just a matter of who, when and over what

By Makeda Saba

I observe the following issues in the Horn of Africa.

The relationship between President Isaias and PM Abiy

Tigray – TPLF unfinished business

 Isaias is unhappy about the Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement and has made it known that he disapproves.

Isaias is unhappy that twice PM Abiy pulled the ENDF out of Tigray—the first time soon after claiming victory and the second time just before the Pretoria Agreement.

Militia

Fano militia – Eritrea backing, arming training. We have seen the videos.

Afar militia in Ethiopia – Eritrea backing, arming, training. They even returned to Eritrea, Eritrean Afar Soldiers fleeing the regime.

Oromo – History of Eritrea support – officially suspended in 2018, but....?  There is no information on any Eritrea Oromo reconnection, but anything is possible in the game of politics of convenience and power. 

Border issues

Eritrea-Ethiopia 

Bademe may be under Eritrean control, but it is a Kunama area. In recent history (2002), they asked for the protection of the Ethiopian Government. 

The Irob border, a part of the territory, should be handed over to Eritrea as per the Eritrea-Ethiopian Boundary Commission. However, the Irob people in the area want to remain part of Ethiopia; they do not want to be separated. 

Eritrea has closed all the central and Eastern borders
Ethiopia has closed the OmHajer/Humera border to cut off the Fano militia
Eritrea-Djibouti 

The border dispute still needs to be resolved, and the Eritrea Djibouti Agreement sponsored by Qatar is not fully implemented.  Critically, to date, Eritrea has not fully accounted for all of the Djibouti POWs.

Ethiopia

The hottest border contestation within Ethiopia has to be Welkait – Western Tigray, claimed by the Amhara and the people of Tigray.  Per the Pretoria Agreement, the Amhara Fano militia had to withdraw from Welkait and hand over to the ENDF. This is an outcome the Fano are not happy with, especially since the mechanism for resolving the dispute is stillborn.

Eritrea is keen for the Amhara to hold on to Welkait because it:

Denies Tigray access to Sudan in general and specifically Port Sudan
Provides Eritrea with an even longer border with Sudan
In Ethiopia, there are other internal land and border contestations, such as:

Benishangul – the issue is land taken for the GERD, land assigned to Amhara and other highlanders, without consultation in the 1980s 
External border between Afar and Somali Region
Internal border between Oromia and Somali Region and so on.
 In each case, there is no credible, trusted and independent institutional process to mediate, arbitrate, or adjudicate the disputes.

Ethiopia Sudan – Al Fashiga

The dispute over this border, specifically over the access to very fertile land in the area, is a source of continuous tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan. Within Ethiopia, access to the land in question is primarily of interest to the Amhara. Therefore, the possible annexation by force of arms of Welkait set a precedent for the region that any Sudanese factions could not ignore. 

Water issues 

GERD – Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea, Nile Basin

Before 2018, Eritrea supported Egypt’s position on the dam. President Isaias even gave an interview from Cairo to the effect that the dam was a big white elephant. After 2018, they flipped in support of PM Abiy, who, before becoming PM, was not supportive of the dam. However, after 2018, the dam became a rallying point for all Ethiopians; hence, PM Abiy flipped.  The dam is still a rallying point for all Ethiopians. Within this story is the mysterious death of the dam engineer – deemed a suicide, but there are sufficient anomalies to cast doubt as to whether it genuinely was suicide. I digress...

 President Isaias seems to have flipped back to Egypt – hence his recent visit to Cairo and flip on the Sudan Coup Generals. He, officially at least, flipped from supporting Hemeti and the Janjaweed to supporting Burhan, whom Egypt supports. Therefore, Eritrea remains a crucial player in the Sudan crisis/ /resolution, but Ethiopia is nowhere to be seen.  

Isaias’s flip to Egypt can be seen as shoring up support in the event of any attempt by Abiy to annex Assab. 

Isaias also seems to have repaired his relationship with Somalia by allowing the repatriation of the Somali soldiers trained in Eritrea. I am sure A three-year training programme included political formation, hence the mastery of how to manipulate and control people; therefore, we should be very cautious about a three-year training programme. 

Omo River – Somalia, Kenya

The water dispute that does not make the news is the one that concerns the Omo River in the South of Ethiopia. In this area, there are dams and water irrigation projects that take minimal to no account of the water needs of the neighbours.

Red Sea – Assab 

There is a deliberate clouding of the issues

Access – is definitively possible. It is an arrangement that Ethiopia already has with Djibouti, Mombasa,  etc...But the devil is in the details because access to Assab will require extensive upgrades ( to international shipping standards) of the port and possibly the area around it. This raised the question of who pays for it. Eritrea will want Ethiopia to spend and expect to profit from the deal from the get-go. It is the arrangement they have with the mining companies. The inability to agree on terms and conditions for access was the source of tension before the 1998-2000 border war started. The same failure to reach an agreement was also the reason the Oil refinery in Assab was closed by Isaias in 1997. 

Possession – This would require that the Eritrean government to hand over Assab to Ethiopia.

The conventional thinking and the thinking of every Eritrean anywhere is that this is not possible because Assab was the first point of the Italian colonisation of Eritrea, and we all want to keep the State of Eritrea as established by the Italian/ Ethiopian Colonial treaties and as it was before the annexation of Eritrea by Emperor Haile Selassie.  

However, we are dealing with people who apply such thinking only if it is convenient to them and their hold of power. Isaias and Abiy have transported us back to the 18th and 19th centuries when taking territory by force of arms was not only legitimate, it was the mark of a leader. In addition, since 2018, we have not learned what PM Abiy and President Isaias have agreed to do because of the total lack of transparency. Hence, it is possible that a secret deal over Assab was reached and is not going as planned because of personal differences between the two leaders.

No War, No Peace 

Based on my outline above, we are returning to No War No Peace.  This suits Isaias as he gets to maintain his iron grip over Eritrea and can fall back on the narrative of “You cannot trust Ethiopians”, switching back from “Tigray” and “Woyane”.  We are already starting to see the Tesfanews, etc, making this switch, calling Abiy on the issue of the Red Sea, and circulating previous videos where Abiy thanked the EDF for their sacrifice and support in Tigray.

We already know President Isaias is comfortable with the No War, No Peace scenario.  The issue will be whether he will allow TPLF and PM Abiy to reconcile. I do not think he will. Hence, he is not pulling out of Tigray (i.e. Ethiopian territory) and will continue to arm and support militias in Ethiopia. 

Abiy staked his reputation on the normalisation of the relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia, the opening of the border and gaining access to the Red Sea via Eritrea. Therefore, he will not be comfortable with a No War, No-peace scenario and Eritrean troops in Ethiopian territory. 

Conclusion

Another round of war in the Horn is much more likely than we think. Because both leaders:

do not think of power and politics in modern terms. They think of it as did their ancestors during the era of the Princess. Therefore, war is not the failure of politics- it is politics;
have learnt that they can do anything, any horror, and all will be forgiven because their territories have International geo-political and strategic importance.  Post-Tigray war, the US, EU, etc, could not wait to normalise relationships with Ethiopia and the UAE; the Saudis do not care.
President Isaias is actively pushing for a multipolar world and consequently has aligned Eritrea behind Putin over Ukraine. The Russians are looking for a naval base on the Red Sea, and Eritrea will likely allow it. Dahlak Islands were the site of the USSR naval base; though it is in ruins, the site is still there.  

The recent US naval presence in the Red Sea in response to the Palestine conflict is likely to expedite the establishment of a Russian naval base in Eritrean territorial waters. 

The Israeli-Palestine conflict and the failure of the international community to see that what Israel is doing to the Palestinians is wrong and is fast heading to disaster provides the cover of a perfect storm for Abiy and Isaias to create another Horn of Africa war. After all, the US presidential elections and COVID-19 provided cover for the Tigray war.  

As a final point, we should pay attention to who provides which drones to whom.

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