ተጋዳላይ ዓብዱ ዑመር፡ ብዝነበሮ ሕዱር ሕማም ንነዊሕ እዋን ክሳቐ ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ፡ ብሰንበት ዕለት 12 ለካቲት 2017 ኣብ ከተማ ሙንስተር (ጀርመን) ተሰዊኡ። ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ንስውእ ዓብዱ ዑመር መንግስተ-ሰማይ፡ ንስድራቤቱን ኵሎም መቃልስቱን ድማ፡ እግዚኣብሄር ጽንዓቱ ይሃቦም፡ ጠሉን ራሕሱን ድማ የውርደሎም እናበለ ናይ ሓዘኖም ተኻፋሊ ምዃኑ ይገልጽ።

 

ስውእ ተጋዳላይ ዓብዱ ዑመር ብ1975 ዓ.ም ኢዩ ናብ ተሓኤ ተሰሊፉ። ድሕሪ ተሓኤ ናብ መሬት ሱዳን ምእታዋ ድማ ኣባል ተሓኤ ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ኰይኑ ተቓሊሱ። ተጋዳላይ ዓብዱ ኣቦ ሰለስተ ቆልዑ ኢዩ።

መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም

ኣቦ መንበር ሰዲህኤ

ኣብቲ ናብ ምኒስትሪ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ጀርመንን  ማሕበራዊ ደሞክራሲያዊ ሰልፍን ዝለኣኾ ናይ ምሕዝነት መልእኽቲ፡ ሰልፊ ሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ንምክትል ቻንስለርን ናይ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሚኒስተርነት ሓላፍነት ሒዞም ዘለዉ ግማር ልን ንኣቶ ማርቲን ሽሉዝ ናይ ቅድም ፕረሲደንት ፓርላማ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳን ኣብ ናይ 2017 ናይ ቻንስለር ምርጫ  ሕጹይ ማደሰ ኮይኖም ቀሪቦም ንዘለዉን ኣብ ዝለኣኾ መልእኽቲ  ልባዊ ዓወት ተመንዩ።

 

ህኤ ኣብዚ ብ10 ለካቲት 2017 ዝሰደዶ መልእኽቲ ናብቶም ሓድሽ ጀርመናዊ ሚኒስተር ወጻኢ ጉዳይ፡ ብኣኦም ኣቢሉ ድማ ናብ ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ጀርመን ንጉዳይ ኤርትራ ግቡእ ኣቓልቦ ክገብርሉን ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ኣሻቓሊ ፖለቲካውን ሰብኣውን ጸገማት ክፍታሕ ክሕግዙ ምሕጽንታኡ ኣቕሪቡ።

 

ምስዚ ኣተሓሒዙ ሰልፊ ሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ነቲ ኣጋጣሚ ተጠቒሙ፡ ንኣቶሽሉዝ ሰናይ ትምኒቱ ጠቒሱ ብዙሓት ኤርትራ ዝመበቆሎም ጀርመናውያን መሓዙት ማሰደ  ከምቲ ልሙድ  ምስ ኣቶሽሉዝ  ክስለፉ ዘለዎ ተስፋ ገሊጹ።

 

ከምኡ እውን እቲ መዘክር ክልቲኦም ኣቶዚግማ ገብሪኤልን ክቡር ማርቲን ሽሉዝን ነቶም ኣቐዲሞም ናብ  ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትሪን ማእከላይ ቤት ጽሕፈት ማሰደ ዝተለእኩ ብዙሓት መዘክራት ከቕልብሎምን ኣብቶም ጉዳያት  ንለውጢ ይለሱ ንዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ደሞክራሳውያን ሓይልታት ዘሕይሉ ስጉምታት ክወስዱን ኣዘኻኺሩ።  

ኣቶ ወልደየሱስ ዓማር ሓላፊ ቤት ጽሕፈት ናይ ወጻኢ ዝምድናታት ሰልፊ ሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰህኤ) ብኣቋጻራ በርሊን ካብ 11 ናብ 12 ለካቲት 2017 ኣብ ዘውግሕ ለይቲ ኣብ መስመር ሕድሪ ጀጋኑና ንልዕሊ 4 ሰዓታት ዝቐጸለ መግለጺ ኣቕሪቡ። ኣብዚ ርክብ ዘቕረቦ መጽናዕታዊ ጽሑፍ “ ግጉይ ኣጀማምራ ድሕሪ ነጻ ኤርትራ ናይ 1991፡ ንዘለናዮ ሃለዋት ከመይ ይጸልዎ"፡ ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝብል ኣርእስቲ’ዩ ነይሩ።

 

ኣቶ ወልደየሱስ ኣብቲ ዘቕረቦ መጽናዕቲ እቲ ኣብ 1991 ንሓይሊ መግዛእቲ ኣወጊዱ ስልጣን ዝጨበጠ ውድብ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ሓርነት ኤርትራ፡ ሓላፍነት ወሲዱን ኣርሒቑ ሚቱን ንኹሉ ኣብ ቃልሲ ምእንቲ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ግደን ህዝባዊ ጽልዋን ዝነበሮ ወገናት ዘሳትፍ መድረኽ ዘይምፍጣሩ ናይዚ ዘለናዮ ሃለዋት ጠንቂ ምዃኑ ብኣብነታት ኣሰንዩ ገሊጹ። ንሱ ኣተሓሒዙ እቲ ግንባር ድሕሪ ናጻነት ዝተኸተሎ ግጉይ ኣገባብ ሽዑ ዝጀመረ ዘይኮነ ቅድም እውን ዝነበረን ምእንቲ መስርሕ ናጽነት ከይዕንቀፍ ሸለል ኢልካ ክሕለፍ ዝጸንሐን ምዃኑ ኣብሪሁ።

 

ኣብቲ ብምዕራፋት ከፋፊሉ ዘቕረቦ መጽናዕታዊ ጽሑፍ፡ እቶ ወልደየሱስ ኤርትራውያን ተቓለስቲ ኣብ ክልቲኡ ውድባት ታሪኽ ዘይዝንገዖ ሓርበኝነት ከም ዝፈጸሙ  ጠቒሱ፡ ዓውት እንዳቐረበ ኣብ ዝመጸሉ ብዝዕባ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ክሕሰበሉ ይግባእ ከም ዝነበረ፡ ናይ ወጻኢ ተዓዘብቲ ከይተረፉ የጠንቅቕዩ ከም ዝነበሩ ሓቢሩ። ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ቃልስና ኣብ ውልቀሰብ ጥራይ ምእማን ሓደ ካብቲ ጸገማት ምንባሩን ሕጂ’ውን ጌና ኣብ ዲያስፖራ ይንጸባረቕ ከም ዘሎ’ውን ኣግሂዱ። ንናይ ሓደ ውድብ ዓቕሚ ብወተሃደራዊ መዳይ ጥራይ ምርኣዩ “ኣበይ ዝነበሩ እዮም” ኢልካ ምንእኣስን እውን ኣሉታዊ ምንባሩን ምዃኑን ኣስፊሩ። እዚ ሎሚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ኩነታት ከይመጽእ፡ ከም ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃን ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝኣመሰሉ ዓበይቲ ትካላት ዘይምሕጋዞም’ውን ኣይሓበአን።

 

ብዙሓት ግዱሳት ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ውሽጥን ወጻእን ካብ 1991 ጀሚሮም ብዝተፈላለዩ ኣገባባትን መድረኻትን ናብቲ ኢሳያስ ዝመርሒ ሓይሊ ዓገብ ከም ዝበሉን ንሱ ግና ካብቲ ናይ “ውድባት ሓሸውየ” ዝብል ዘይሓላፍነታዊ መርገጹ ከምዘይተመልሰ ብምጥቃስ፡ ሰውራዊ ባይቶን ካኦት ውድባትን ዝወሰድዎ ሓላፍነታዊ ስጉምትታት ዘርዚሩ። ዕላማ ናይቲ መጽናዕቲ ካብ ዝሓለፈ ክንመሃርን ድሕሪ ውድቀት ስርዓት ህግደፍ እውን ንከይድገምን ምዃኑ ዝገለጸ ነባር ተቓላሳይ ኣቶ ወልደየሱስ ካብቲ ቀንዲ ኣርእቲ ወጻኢ ንሰህኤ ኣብ ዝምልከት ይቐርቡ ንዝነብሩ ሕቶታት እውን መሊሱ።

 

ኣብ መወዳእታ እዚ ክሳብ 400 ዝኮና ኮምፒተራት ተሰሊፍሉ ዝነበረ፡ ናይ ሕቶን መልስን መድረኽ ተኸፊቱ ኣቶ ወልደየሱስ ግቡእ መልሲ ሂቢ እቲ ርክብ ክድምደም እንከሎ፡ ብዙሓት ተሳተፍቲ ኣብ ዝሃብዎ ርኢቶ፡ እቲ መግለጺ ንጹር እቲ ናይ ሕቶታት መልሲ ድማ ብሩህ ምንባሩ ብምሕባር ከምዚ ዓይነት ናይ ግሉጽነት ርክብ ብፍላይ እቲ መንእሰይ ወለዶ ክመሃረሉ ከም ዝኽእል ምስ ሰናይ ምስጋና ኣንጸባሪቖም።

In a solidarity message sent to the German Foreign Ministry and the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) wished heartfelt success to Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, who recently assumed  the post of foreign minister, and to Mr. Martin Schulz, former president of the EU parliament who is now SPD candidate in the September 2017 elections for German Chancellorship.

 

Dated 10 February 2017, the EPDP memorandum appealed to the new German Foreign Minister and, through him, to the German Federal Government to give adequate attention Eritrea and "help end the  distressing political and human rights situation" in the country.  

 

EPDP also seized the opportunity to express good wishes to Mr. Schulz in his  candidature to the German Chancellorship and reassured fraternal SPD that a good number of German citizens of Eritrean origin will, as usual, stand on the side of Mr. Schulz and his party.

 

The memorandum also requested both addressees - Mr. Sigmar Gabriel and Hon. Martin Schulz - to refer to the numerous memoranda the EPDP has addressed to both the Foreign Ministry and the SPD headquarters in the past and kindly take action on all those modest requests to help build the capacity of Eritrean democratic forces struggling for positive change in their unfortunate country.  

by Martin Plaut

February 9

Author

1.    Martin Plaut

Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study

Source: The Conversation

A squadron of UAE Mirage fighter planes such as this one at the Dubai Airshow are stationed in Eritrea for Yemeni operations. Reuters/Caren Firouz

Relations between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula go back centuries, with trade playing a key component in binding their people together. Religion has also played a part. The expansion of Wahhabism – the interpretation of Islam propagated by Saudi Arabia – has been funded by the massive oil wealth of the kingdom.

Mosques, Koranic schools and Imams have been provided with support over many years. Gradually this authoritarian form of Islam began to take hold in the Horn. While some embraced it, others didn’t.

Somalia is an example. While most Somalis practised a moderate form of Suffi Islam, the Islamic fundamentalists of al-Shabaab didn’t. Soon after taking control of parts of central and southern Somalia in 2009 they began imposing a much more severe form of the faith. Mosques were destroyed and the shrines of revered Suffi leaders were desecrated.

The export of faith has been followed by arms. Today the Saudis and their allies in the United Arab Emirates are exerting increasing military influence in the region.

But Saudi Arabia and other Arabian gulf states aren’t the only Muslim countries that have sought influence in the region. Iran, for example, has also been an active player. In the case of Eritrea, a struggle for influence between Riyadh and Tehran has played out over the past few years. This has also been true in neighbouring Somaliland and the semi-autonomous Somali region of Puntland.

These are troubled times in the Horn of Africa. The instability that’s resulted from Islamic fundamentalism, of which al-Shabaab are the best known proponents, have left the region open to outside influences. The French have traditionally had a base in Djibouti, but they have now been joined by the Americans and the Chinese.

The growing Arab military, political and religious influence is only the latest example of an external force taking hold in the region.

New powerful forces in the region

The Eritreans had been close to Iran and supported their Houthi allies in the Yemeni conflict. This was of deep concern to the Saudis, who are locked in conflict with Tehran. This is a battle for influence that pits Iranian Shias against Saudi Sunnis. Eritrea is just one of the fields on which it’s being played out.

As a US cable leaked to Wikileaks put it in 2010,

The Saudi ambassador to Eritrea is concerned about Iranian influence, says Iran has supplied materiel to the Eritrean navy, and recently ran into an Iranian delegation visiting Asmara. He claims Yemeni Houthi rebels were present in Eritrea in 2009 (but is not sure if they still are), and reported that the Isaias regime this week arrested six Eritrean employees of the Saudi embassy.

Since then Eritrea has switched sides. Eritrean President, Isaias Afwerki paid a state visit to Saudi Arabia in April 2015. Not long afterwards Eritrea signed a 30-year lease on the port of Assab with the Saudis and their allies in the Emirates. The port has become a base from which to prosecute the war in Yemen. The United Nations reported that 400 Eritrean troops were now in Yemen supporting the Saudi alliance.

The United Arab Emirates has constructed a major base in Assab – complete with tanks, helicopters and barracks. In November 2016 it was reported that a squadron of nine UAE Mirage fighter planes were deployed to Eritrea from where they could attack Houthi targets on the other side of the Red Sea. In return the Gulf states agreed to modernise Asmara International Airport, increase fuel supplies to Eritrea and provide President Isaias with further funding.

Since then the United Arab Emirates has announced its intention to increase its military presence in the Horn. In January it signed an agreement to manage the Somaliland port of Berbera for 30 years. It also sought permission to have a naval base, Somaliland foreign minister Sa’ad Ali Shire told reporters.

It’s true that the United Arab Emirates has submitted a formal request seeking permission to open a military base in Somaliland

The UAE are also active in the neighbouring Puntland. They have been paying for and training anti-piracy forces for years, while also financing and training its intelligence services.

They are a powerful force in the region, projecting an Arab influence as far as Madagascar and the Seychelles. It’s not surprising that the United Arab Emirates was labelled “Little Sparta” by General James Mattis – now President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defence.

Ethiopian concerns

These are worrying times for the Ethiopian foreign ministry. Once the dominant force in the region, its influence over the Horn is now in question.

To its north the Eritreans remain implacable foes, as they have been since the border war of 1998-2000 that left these neighbours in a cold no-war, no-peace confrontation.

Addis Ababa is concerned that Eritrea’s hand has become stronger in recent years. Its mining sector is looking increasingly attractive with Canadian based firms now joined by Australian and Chinese companies.

Asmara’s role in the ongoing war in Yemen has allowed Eritrea to escape diplomatic isolation. The government in Asmara is now benefiting from funds and weapons, despite UN sanctions designed to prevent this from taking place.

To Ethiopia’s west lies Sudan, which is also now involved in the war in Yemen, providing troops to the Saudi and United Arab Emirates backed government. These ties are said to have been cemented after the Saudis pumped a billion dollars into the Sudanese central bank. In return the Sudanese turned their backs on their former Iranian allies.

To Ethiopia’s east the situation in Somalia is also of concern. No Ethiopian minister can forget the invasion of the Ogaden under President Siad Barre in 1977, when Somalia attempted to re-capture the lands lost to their neighbours during the expansionist policies of Emperor Menelik II in the nineteenth century. Siad Barre may be long gone but Ethiopian policy since the invasion has been to keep Somalia as weak and fragmented as possible.

Ethiopia has intervened repeatedly in Somalia to hold al-Shabaab at bay as well as to maintain the security of its eastern region. Addis Ababa’s policy of encouraging the inherent fragmentary tendencies of the Somalis has paid dividends: the country is now a federation of states and regions. Some of these only nominally recognise the authority of the government in Mogadishu. Somaliland, in the north is close to being recognised as an independent nation. Others, like Jubaland along the Kenyan border, are under Nairobi’s influence.

 

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Rome, Feb 9 (IANS/AKI)on Wednesday extradited toan Eritrean accused of belonging to a people-trafficking gang that smuggled hundreds of people fromtoacross the Mediterranean.

Fitiwi Negash arrived at Rome's Fiumicino airport under police guard aboard a flight from the German city of Frankfurt.

 

He was on an Interpol list of "most wanted" trafficking suspects and was among 24 Etritrean, Ethiopians, Ivoirians and Guineans targeted in April 2015 by a probe spearheaded by prosecutors in Palermo.

Negash played a key role in the trafficking gang's Italian operations and organised the transfer of migrants to various northern European countries after they arrived by boat in Sicily from North Africa, investigators said.

The alleged gang had bases in the Sicilian provinces of Agrigento and Catania as well as in the capitaland the northern city of Milan.

From Italy, the gang trafficked migrants on to Germany, Norway, Sweden and other countries, police said.

The gang organised the migrants' entire journeys from their villages to the Libyan coast and had affiliates in other European countries as well as in several African countries, according to investigators.

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Source=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/eritrean-people-trafficking-suspect-extradited-from-germany-117020900135_1.html

Wednesday, 08 February 2017 23:42

Somalia's Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo chosen as president

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President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo addresses lawmakers after winning the vote at the airport in SomaliaImage copyright Reuters Image caption The new president is known as Farmajo, Italian for cheese
 

Somalia's MPs have elected a Somali-US national as the country's new president in a vote held in an aircraft hangar.

Ex-Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" Mohamed beat President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a surprise result.

The vote was held at the heavily guarded airport complex in the capital, Mogadishu, as the rest of the country is too dangerous.

Traffic was banned and a no-fly zone imposed over the city to prevent attacks by militant Islamists.

Despite this, suspected militants fired mortar rounds close to the venue on Tuesday night.

Somalia has not had a one-person one-vote democratic election since 1969.

That vote was followed by a coup, dictatorship and conflict involving clan militias and Islamist extremists.

Mr Mohamed's election is part of a lengthy and complex process to help the East African state rebuild its democracy and achieve stability.

More than 20,000 African Union (AU) troops are stationed in Somalia to prevent militant Islamist group al-Shabab from overthrowing the weak government.

The new president is popularly known as "Farmajo", Italian for cheese, because of his love for the dairy product.

Much of Somalia was a former Italian colony.

What has been the reaction to the result?

The aircraft hangar is crowdedImage copyright Amisom Image caption The aircraft hangar was crowded with MPs

Thousands of Somalis quickly took to the streets to celebrate Mr Mohamed victory and cheering soldiers from the Somali army fired into the air, the Associated Press news agency reports.

Mr Mohamed is seen as a Somali nationalist, and his chances of winning increased after Somalia's arch-rival, Ethiopia, was seen to be backing the defeated president.

Mr Mohamed obtained 184 votes, compared with 97 for the outgoing president, who accepted defeat, avoiding a third and final vote.

"History was made, we have taken this path to democracy, and now I want to congratulate Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo," Mr Mohamud said in his concession speech.

Did the election go off peacefully?

Yes. The election hall, a converted aircraft hangar packed with MPs, was at the Mogadishu international airport complex.

It is viewed as the most secure site in Somalia, as the main AU base is there.

The vote was moved to the airport complex from a police academy because of growing fears that al-Shabab could strike.

The 2012 presidential vote was held at the academy, and the 2007 and 2004 vote in neighbouring Kenya and Djibouti respectively.

Were there only male presidential candidates?

Yes.

A woman, Fadumo Dayib, had said she would stand but pulled out saying it was marred by corruption. However she has welcomed Mr Mohamed's victory.

More than 20 entered the race on Wednesday, but the number was reduced to two after two rounds of voting.

At least 16 of the original candidates have dual citizenship - nine hold US passports, four UK passports and three Canadian passports, according to a leading Somali private radio station.

It means that if US President Donald Trump's ban on Somali citizens entering the US comes into force again, some of them could be affected.

Many Somalis obtained dual nationality after fleeing the decades-long conflict. The US, UK, Kenya and South Africa are among countries where many Somalis have settled.

How big a threat is al-Shabab?

Control map of Somalia

The militants are suspected to have been behind a series of attacks on the eve of the vote, with two mortar rounds fired close to the voting venue.

Residents in Arbacow village outside Mogadishu say militants also attacked an AU base there.

Al-Shabab has a presence in much of the southern third of the country and has previously attacked the Somali parliament, presidential palace, courts, hotels and the fortified airport zone.

At least 19 politicians, as well as many civilians and soldiers, have been killed in its assaults.

Wednesday's security measures include a ban on flights to and from Mogadishu airport.

Who are al-Shabab?

What is the new president's main challenge?

A Somali lawmaker casts his ballot during the presidential vote at the airport in SomaliaImage copyright Reuters Image caption More than 250 MPs are taking part in the secret ballot

Apart from achieving stability in a country that has not had an functioning government since the fall of the Siad Barre regime in 1991, he has to tackle corruption.

Unconfirmed reports said votes were being sold for up to $30,000 (£24,000) in a country heavily funded by foreign donors, and where most people are poor.

"This is probably the most expensive election, per vote, in history,'' Mogadishu-based anti-corruption group Marqaati said on Tuesday, the Associated Press news agency reports.

Ahead of the vote, the United Nations' envoy to Somalia, Michael Keating, told the BBC the new president would have to tackle corruption.

"It sets the stage for the next president to do something about it. In fact the credibility of the next president will revolve around whether he takes decisive action," he said.

Analysts say holding the election at the airport complex is also aimed at reducing the possibility of vote buying or other corruption during the election process.

Will the UN and AU back the new president?

Yes. The UN and AU see the vote as a building block in efforts to create a stable democracy in the hope that the next president will be chosen in a one-person one-vote election.

Somali policeman stands guard along a road which was blocked to control motor vehicle traffic, during a security lock down in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, February 7, 2017.Image copyright Reuters Image caption The security forces have taken up positions in the largely deserted city to prevent attacks

They cannot ignore Somalia. It is strategically important for international trade, as it lies along the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.

Foreign navies, including those of the US and China, have a strong presence in the region. They have succeeded in reducing piracy, which was a very big problem until a few years ago.

The US also has a huge military base in neighbouring Djibouti, using it to carry out air strikes on militants in Somalia.

Some analysts also fear that the conflict across the sea in Yemen could spill over into Somalia.

There have been reports that some groups are smuggling weapons into Yemen via the Eastern African state, increasing pressure on foreign powers to improve security in the region.

Source=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38904663

January 8, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sunday said it has intercepted the smuggling of 1500 illegal migrants on the Sudanese-Libyan border during the last seven months.

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SRF field commander Mohamed Hamdan (Hametti) speaks in a press conference in Khartoum on Wednesday May 14, 2014 (ST)

Sudan is considered as a country of origin and transit for the illegal migration and human trafficking. Thousands of people from Eritrea and Ethiopia are monthly crossing the border into the Sudanese territories on their way to Europe through Libya or Egypt.

In June 2016, hundreds of RSF elements have been deployed in the remote desert of the Northern State shortly after complaint by the governor of drug and human trafficking by the criminal networks.

On Sunday, 115 illegal immigrants captured by the SRF at Sudan’s northern border have arrived in Khartoum.

Speaking at a press conference in Khartoum Sunday, SRF Commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, (aka Hametti), said the victims would be handed over to the Ministry of Interior.

He pointed that Sudan is amongst countries who fight ruthlessly against human trafficking, illegal migration, arms smuggling and terrorism, saying the SRF troops were deployed along the borders with all neighboring countries.

Dagolo added that the SRF is making large efforts to combat human trafficking and illegal migration especially as the operations are being conducted in rough terrain within the desert, saying several of his men were killed and injured during these operations.

He demanded the international community to lift the sanctions imposed on Sudan in order to allow it to combat human trafficking, pointing to the adverse impact of sanctions on all segments of the Sudanese society.

Sudan has been under US economic sanctions since 1997 and remains on the US list of state sponsors of terror.

Washington admitted Sudan’s cooperation in the anti-terror war but now points that it wouldn’t remove Sudan from the list of states sponsor of terrorism or left economic sanctions before the end of armed conflicts in Darfur region and Blue Nile and South Kordofan states.

Last year, the European Union granted a €100m development package to address the root causes of irregular migration in Sudan. The financial support came after pledge by the Sudanese government to cooperate with Brussels to stop human trafficking to Europe.

In January 2014, the Sudanese parliament approved an anti-human trafficking law which punishes those involved with human trafficking with up to 20 years imprisonment.

The RSF, which is widely known as the Janjaweed militias, were originally mobilized by the Sudanese government to quell the insurgency that broke out in Sudan’s western region of Darfur in 2003.

The militia was reactivated and restructured again in August 2013 under the command of NISS to fight the alliance of rebel groups from Darfur region, South Kordofan and Blue Nile states following joint attacks in North and South Kordofan in April 2013.

Source=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article61334

“ፕረሲደንት” ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ኣብ መወዳእታ ወርሒ ጥሪ 2017 ኣብ ዘካየዶ፡ ስም ተዘይስኢንካሉ ቃለመጠይቕ ክትብሎ ዘጸግም ሃተውተው ብገፈልመፈል ዝተመልአ ምንባሩ ብዙሓት ወገናት ምስክርነቶም ዝሃብሉ እዩ። እቲ ፈተውቱ ስሙ ምጽዋዕ ፈሪሖም “እቲ ሰብኣይ” ዝብልዎ ዲክታቶር፡ ከም ናይ መጻኢ መደቡ ሒዝዎም ካብ ዘሎ ዕማማት “ምሕያል ጨቋኒ ትካሉ ህግደፍ”  ምዃኑ ኣተንቢሁ። ነዚ ዝሰምዑ ወገናት “ወሓጥዮ ተበልኩዋስ ትጐስሞ” ካብ ምባል ዓዲ ከምዘይውዕሉ ፍሉጥ እዩ። ህግደፍ ጠንቂ’ቲ ኩሉ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝወርድ ዘሎ በደላትን ወጽዓን  እዩ። እዚ ክበሃል እንከሎ፡ ህዝብና ኣብ ባሕሪ’ቲ ወጽዓን ኣደራዕን ይነብር ስለ ዘሎ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ በዂሩ ንዘሎ መሰላት ንምዝኽኻር ናይ ግድን ብኩራት፡ መሰል ምውዳብ፡ ሓሳብካ ምግላጽ፡ ኣብ ቅድሚ ፍትሓዊ ሕጊ ምቕራብ፡ ኣብ ሃገርካ ከምድላይካ ምንቅስቓስ፡ ዝመረጽካዮ ምምላኽ፡ ምርካብ ዕድል ትምህርቲ … ወዘተ እንዳበልካ ምዝርዛር ናይ ግድን ኣይከውንን እዩ። ከምኡ እውን ብሰንኪ ኣተሓሕዛ ህግደፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ዝወርድ ዘሎ በደላት ንምጽብጻብ፡ ብዘይፍርዲ ምእሳር፡ ኣብ ኣብያተ ማእሰርቲ ምስቓይ፡ ምቕታል፡ ብዘይክፍሊት ደረት ንዘየብሉ ግዜ ንላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ምግልጋል፡ ርእሰማልካ ኣብ ሃገርካ ዘይምውፋር፡ ብህይወትካ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ሬሳኻው’ን ኣብ ዓዲ ከይኣቱ ምንፋግ፡ ኣብ ዶባት ምርሻን … ወዘተ እንዳበልካ ምጭያሕ እውን ናይ ግድን ኣይኮነን። እዚ ኩሉ ድማ ውጽኢት ህግደፋዊ ኣተሓሳስባ እዩ።

ብመንጽር’ዚ “ንህግደፍ ከነሕይል ኢና” ዝብል ሓረግ ንህዝብና ብስራት ዘይኮነ መርድእ እዩ። ምናልባት ህዝብና ካብ መራሒ ህግደፍ ዝጽበዮ ናይ ብስራት መልእኽቲ ስለ ዘይጽበ ኣበሃህላኡ ሓድሽ ኣይኮኖን ይኸውን። እንተኾነ ህዝቢ ራህዋን ለውጥን ሃንቀው እንዳበለ እዚ መርዛም ህግደፍ ናይ ምሕያል ትዕቢተኛ ኣበሃህላ ክሰምዕ እንከሎ ቃና ወጽዓ ህግደፍ ክሕደሶ ባህርያዊ እዩ። ህግደፍ ማለት እዚ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተዘርዘረ መዓት ጐቲቱ ዘምጸአ ካብኮነ ምሕያሉ ድማ ዝያዳ መዓት ዘኸትል ምዃኑ ምርዳኡ ኣገዳሲ እዩ። እንተኾነ ከምቲ “ዝቐበጸን ዝነቐጸን ኩሉ ሓደ”  ዝበሃል፡ ካብዚ ኣሽካዕላል ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ህዝብና ካብ ህግደፍ ዝጽበዮ ጽቡቕ ከምዘየለ ተረዲኡ መዓንጥኡ ሸጥ ኣቢሉ ንክቃለስ ዘሕርኖ እዩ።

ኣብ ኤርትራ ምእንቲ መጻኢ ራህዋ እነካይዶ ዘለና ቃልሲ ናብ ውልቀ ወይ እኩባት ሰባት ዘቕነዐ ዘይኮነ፡ ኣንጻር ህዝብን ደሞክራስያዊ ኣተሓሳስባን ዝሕሰምም ሰይጣናዊ ዝንባለ ዘተከለ እዩ። እቶም ንኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ወሲኽካ እንጸልኦምን ከነወግዶም እንቃለሶምን ውልቃውያንን ጉጅለታትን ብሰብነቶም ዘይኮነስ ብሰንክቲ ዘምልኽዎን ብዋጋ መሰልን ሓርነትን ህዝቢ ዘተግብርዎን ዘይቅቡል ኣተሓሳስባ እዩ። እዚ ዘይህዝባዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ድማ ካብ ኣንጉዕ ህግደፍ ዝፍልፍል እዩ። ህግደፍ ናይ ኩሉ’ቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ኣብ ኩሉ መዳያት ዘሎ ሕማቕ ኣባ ጓይላ ስለ ዝኾነ እቲ ንቃለሰሉን ኣብ ሓጺር ግዜ ክዕወት እንጽበዮን ህዝብን ወሳንነቱን ዝማእከሉ ለውጢ ክመጽእ ከኣ ህግደፍ ክፈርስ ናይ ግድነት እዩ።

ብፍላጥ ይኹን ብዘይፍላጥ ረብሓኦም ብህላወ ህግደፍ ዝረጋገጽ ዝመስሎም ውሑዳት ኤርትራውያን ወገናት ህግደፍ ክሕይል እዩ ክበሃል እንከሎ፡ ምናልባት ኮበሮ ሓምሓሞም ይወቕዑ ይኾኑ። እንተኾነ ከምቲ “ብዕራይሲ ዝበልዖ ሳዕሪ እምበር ዝጽበዮ ገደል ኣይረኣዮን” ዝበሃል፡ እቲ ንዓኣቶም ባህ ዝብሎም ኣተሓሳስባ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ክንደይ ሚልዮናት በደል የውርድ ከም ዘሎ ኣይተረድኦምን። ንግዜኡ ደኣ ኣይረደኣዮም እምበር፡ ንሳቶም እውን ካብቲ  ጽባሕ ኣብ መቓብር ህግደፍ ዝጥጥዕ ሰላም፡ ደሞክራስን ልምዓትን ተጠቀምቲ እዮም። ኣብ ሰላምን ደሞክራስን ኩልኻ ኢኻ እትጥቀም። ኣብ ከምዚ ብህግደፍ ዝዝውተር ዘሎ ወጽዓ ግና ብዘይካ ቁንጣሮ ወጻዕቲ ኩልኻ ኢኻ እትብደል። ህግደፍ ሎሚ ብንጹር ውሱናት ሰባት ከም ናይ ወጽዓ መሳርሒ ዝጥቀምሉ ኢደ-በይዛ ምዃኑ ተቓሊዑ እዩ። ህግደፍ ሓደ እዋን ጸይቅን ንእሽቶን ክነሱ ዓብዪን ሕያዋይን ከመስል ንብዙሓት እንዳ ኣገደደን ብራሽን ካርድ እንዳፈራረሐን ኣብ መዝገቡ ክኽትሙን ወርሓዊ ውጽኢት ክኸፍሉን የገድዶም ነይሩ። ደሓር ግና ኩሉ ፍጊዕ ኢልዎስ “ህግደፍ መንደፍ፡ ንሰብ መን ይቐትሎ ህግደፍ፡ ንኣድጊ እንታይ ይቐትሎ መንደፍ” ኣብ ዝብለሉ ደረጃ በጺሑ ኣነሆ። እቶም በሃልቲ ንህግደፍ “መንደፍ” ምባሎም ከኣ ኣማን ብኣማን ናቱ ሂበምዎ።

ህግደፍ ኣንጻር ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣጻዊድዎ ዘሎ መፈንጠርያታት ነዊሕ መዘዝ ዘለዎን ድሕሪ ውድቀቱ’ውን ዋጋ ዘኽፍል እዩ። ኤርትራዊ ባህልን መለለይን ብህግደፋዊ ወጻዒ ባህልን ልምድን ናይ ምትካእ ሕልና ከም ዘለዎ ንዕዘቦ ኣለና። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝነበረ ዕድመን እምነትን ዝመሰረቱ ምክብባር ይብሕጎግ ኣሎ። ኣንቱምን ኣንትንን ተሪፉ፡ ኣንታን ኣንትን ይዕንድር ኣሎ። ካብ ሳዕሳዒት ጀሚርካ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ መለለዪ ባህሊ ይደሃኽ ኣሎ። እዚ እንተበዚሑ “ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ኢና” ኢልና እንንየተሉ መለለዪ ሓለገትና ከይበርስ ዘየስግእ ኣይኮነን። ከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ኣበሳ ህግደፍ ክሳብ ዝሓየለ ወጽዓና መመሊሱ ክስዕርር እዩ። ስለዚ ዕላማና ህግደፍ ምሕያል እዩ ዝብል ሕልሚ “እቲ ሰብኣይ” ኣብ ምብርዓን ንረባረብ።