12th AU-EU Human Rights Dialogue Held in Brussels, Belgium.
Written by EU-AUJanuary 10, 2017
EU-AU Press Release
JOINT COMMUNIQUE
1. The 12th African Union (AU) - European Union (EU) Human Rights Dialogue took place on 10 January 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.
2. The Dialogue was led by Dr Aisha Laraba Abdullahi, AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, and Mr Stavros Lambrinidis, the EU Special Representative for Human Rights. The AU participants included Hon. Justice Sylvain ORE, President of the AfCHPR; Hon Prof Benyam Dawit Mezmur, Chairperson the ACERWC, Hon. Maya Sahli-Fadel, Commissioner of the ACHPR; and Human Rights; Mr. Omar Farouq, ECOSOCC as well as staff from the AUC and other AU organs. On the EU side the participants included Amb. Mara Marinaki, EEAS Principal Advisor on Gender and on Implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325 Women, Peace and Security; Ms. Birgitte Markussen, Deputy Managing Director Africa, EEAS, as well as EU staff working on human rights-related issues. Both sides reaffirmed their joint commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights on both continents and to collaborate on the effective implementation of continental and international human rights instruments.
3. Both parties discussed recent developments in Africa and Europe in the area of human rights, notably the work of the AU organs with a human rights mandate and the implementation of Project 2016 to celebrate 2016 as the year of human rights in Africa with particular focus on the rights of women.
4. The AU and EU welcomed the Declaration of the Human and Peoples’ Decade in Africa and the launch of the drafting of the African Human Rights Action and Implementation Plan 2017–26. The two parties agreed that it is a unique opportunity for concrete and tangible improvements in the protection and promotion of the fundamental rights. The EU agreed to support the AU with its plan to ensure the ratification and implementation of international and continental human rights instruments at the national level.
5. The AU acknowledged with appreciation the EU 10 million euros support to the African Human Rights system under the EU Panafrican Programme. Both sides also welcomed the High-Level Dialogue on Democratic Governance focusing on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Africa, which was held in November 2016 in Arusha, Tanzania. They also welcomed the exchange of experiences during the High Level Meeting of Chief (Election) Observers organised by the AU in the margins of the Declaration of Principles on International Election Observation (DOP) meeting in Johannesburg in October 2016 and agreed on the importance of regularly repeating the event.
6. Both sides recalled the outcomes of the Kigali Joint Communique in which they reaffirmed their commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights on both continents and to collaborate on the effective implementation of continental and international human rights instruments.
7. It was also noted that many countries are making progress in the advancement of gender equality and women's rights, in particular the participation of women in politics and representation in decision making structures, ownership of land and the right to inheritance, measures to address sexual and gender-based violence against women and harmful traditional practices. Yet, notwithstanding achievements, too many women are still at risk. The parties also welcomed the adoption of the Maputo Plan of Action on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.
8. On the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, both parties welcomed the adoption of the Draft Protocol on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in February 2016. In order for the Protocol to come into force, the EU expressed its full support to the AU efforts in obtaining its swift adoption.
9. On Human Rights and Business, the parties welcomed the efforts of the AU to develop an AU Policy Framework for the Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Africa. The AU welcomed with appreciation the support of the EU to assist with this process.
10.The AU and the EU followed up on the previous recommendations made within this context. On the abolition of death penalty, both parties recalled that the Draft Additional Protocol on the Abolition of Death Penalty in Africa was adopted at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in April 2015.
11.Both institutions reiterated their commitment to fighting impunity of all sorts and to holding perpetrators of human rights violations and abuses accountable. The EU welcomed the AU decision to establish the Hybrid Court for South Sudan and encouraged the AU to move forward as quickly as possible with the implementation of the justice and accountability measures in the 2015 peace agreement. The EU also committed to continue its support to the AU efforts to develop a Policy on Transitional Justice in Africa to enhance cooperation on justice, truth and reconciliation mechanisms.
12.The EU and AU are committed to international justice and rules-based international order. Both parties committed to fighting impunity, promoting justice at all levels and placing special emphasis on the importance of reinforcing national judiciaries. The EU reiterated its staunch support for the ICC and strongly encouraged those African countries who have not done so to ratify the Rome Statute. Both sides emphasised that ICC is the Court of last resort. The AU reaffirmed its commitment to the principle of complementarity of the justice system from the national, regional, continental levels with the apex continental body being the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
13.The EU commended the renewed efforts of the AU to deploy human rights observers to monitor human rights in conflict situations and report violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. The AU welcomed the ongoing EU support for the AU Human Rights Observer mission in Burundi. Both sides committed to working together to develop a robust roster for African Human Rights Observers as well as developing a training manual with a view to institutionalise the AU Human Rights Observation in the long run.
14.The parties reiterated their outstanding cooperation in the area of election observation. They welcomed the deployment of first core teams as integral part of AU Electoral Observation Missions in 2016. The parties also welcomed the progress achieved in improving the AU capacity and methodology through EU support in 2016. The parties agreed to further strengthen the methodology, including through strengthened coordination on the ground.
15.In preparation for the Africa-EU Summit in 2017, the EU welcomed the AU Youth Engagement Strategy for the Promotion of Democratic Governance and Human Rights in Africa and committed itself to support this initiative.
16.Both sides committed to promoting and protecting freedom of expression and the right of access to information in the digital age. They welcomed the ACHPR 2016 Resolution on the Right to Freedom of Information and Expression on the Internet in Africa, and emphasised that the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.
17.The question of a shrinking space for civil society organizations and human rights defenders was discussed. Both sides reiterated their commitment to jointly support a Continental Conference on Freedom of Expression in 2017 in Africa as agreed in 2015. Both sides are looking forward to the adoption of the Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa by the ACHPR and agreed to organize a seminar on the implementation on these guidelines.
18.The AU and the EU commended the work of Civil Society Steering Committees in organizing the 6th AU-EU Civil Society Seminar on Democratic Governance and Human Rights on 9 January 2017 in Brussels. The seminar focussed on counter-terrorism and human rights. The parties welcomed and took note of the recommendations, including an initiative on human rights and counter-terrorism in Africa. They also welcomed the adoption of the Mandate and Terms of Reference of the Steering Committee of the AU-EU Civil Society Seminar on Human Rights and Democratic Governance. They also jointly reaffirmed the need for greater space for civil society within this partnership in order to fulfill their obligations without undue interference and called on the civil society to inclusively and meaningfully contribute to the implementation of activities and programmes of the AU-EU Partnership on Democratic Governance and Human Rights, including on the preparation of the Africa-EU Summit.
The AU and the EU agreed to hold the next round of the Human Rights Dialogue in Africa in 2017/18.
Brussels, 10 January 2017
Humanitarian Action for Children 2017 - Eritrea
Written by UN Children's FundTotal people in need: 2 million
Total children (<18) in need: 1.2 million
Total people to be reached in 2017: 505,0002
Total children to be reached in 2017: 450,000
In Eritrea, where the vast majority of livelihoods depend on subsistence agriculture and pastoralism, 80 per cent of the population is vulnerable to recurrent drought.
Since 2015, Eritrea has experienced drought conditions caused by El Niño that further undermined household food and livelihood security, particularly for women and children, and contributed to a cholera outbreak across three of the country’s six regions. These dynamics have led to high levels of malnutrition among children under 5, pregnant women and lactating mothers, particularly in the lowland areas. According to the Nutrition Sentinel Site Surveillance System, malnutrition rates have increased over the past three years in four out of the country’s six regions, where malnutrition rates already exceeded emergency levels, with 22,700 children under 5 projected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in 2017.
Nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices are sub-optimal, with less than half of the rural population accessing safe drinking water and only 11.3 per cent of the overall population accessing improved sanitation. Half of all children in Eritrea are stunted, and as a result, these children are even more vulnerable to malnutrition and disease outbreaks.
Humanitarian strategy
UNICEF and partners will continue to mainstream humanitarian response within regular development programmes targeting the most vulnerable children and will apply an integrated multi-sectoral approach to lifesaving interventions in Eritrea, building on linkages between the humanitarian and development programmes. In 2017, UNICEF will support the Government to implement blanket supplementary feeding to prevent the further deterioration of the nutritional status of children under 5, pregnant women and lactating mothers. This will include procuring routine medicines for the management of SAM and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM).
UNICEF will apply a multi-sectoral approach in drought-prone rural communities facing heightened risk of diarrhoea and cholera and high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition.
Local capacities will be built in these communities through outreach and training programmes to support the provision of safe water and access to appropriate hygiene practices. UNICEF will strengthen health systems to support service delivery and will prioritize routine immunization coverage and community case management of childhood illnesses. Schools in the most-affected areas will offer programmes designed to raise children’s awareness of explosive remnants of war. UNICEF will also support the enrolment of 15,000 (currently out-of-school) nomadic children from drought-prone areas, working with the Ministry of Education, via advocacy campaigns, outreach and enrolment programmes to support children’s return to school. Communication for Development will be used to achieve programme results in all sectors.
Source=http://reliefweb.int/report/eritrea/humanitarian-action-children-2017-eritrea
ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ
“ሓደ ሰብኣይ፡ ኩሉ ግዜ ብዕሩቑ ፈረስ እንዳሰሓበ ቀቅድሚ ሓላፊኡ ዘዅዘዅ ይብል ነበረ። ነቲ ዕርቃኑ ዝተዓዘቡ ሰባት ከኣ ስለምንታይ ነዞም ጐይታኻ ዓሪቐ ኣለኹ’ሞ ክደኑኒ ዘይትብሎም? ኢሎም ሓተትዎ። ንሱ ተቐቢሉ ብዛዕባ ዕርቃነይ ዝነግሮም ደኣ ይርእዩኒዶ ኣየለዉን” ኢሉ መለሰሎም፡ ዝብል ዋዛ ምስ ቁምነገር ኣብ ሕብረተሰብና ዝውቱር ኣበሃህላ እዩ። መሲልኩም እንታይ ኣምጻእኩም እዩ’ሞ፡ ኣብዚ ለንቅነ ኣሳሰይቲ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ “ኣቶ ኢሳይያስ ብምኽንያት ሓድሽ ዓመት ሕቶታት ክምልሱ ስለ ዝኾኑ ሕቶታትኩም ኣቕርቡ” ዝብል መተዓሻሸዊ ጐስጓስ ከካይዱ ንዕዘብ ኣለና። ኣብቲ ኣብ መበል 26 ዓመት ሕታም ቁጽሪ 107 ጋዜጣ ሓዳስ ኤርራ ዘሎ ሓበሬታ’ኳ ከምኡ ኣይብልን እዩ። እቲ ሕቶታት ኣቕርቡ ዝብል መጸዋዕታ ከምቲ “ዋሕለልና ክብላ ጻሕሊ ይዓጥና” ዝበሃል ክንፍቶ በሃልቲ ዝመሃዝዎ እዩ ዝመስል።
ኣብ መንጎ ህዝብን መንግስትን ዘሎ ዝምድና ምስ ምሕታትን ምምላስ ዝዛመድ እዩ። ህዝቢ ይሓትት መንግስቲ ድማ ይምልስ። እዚ መወዳእታ ዘየብሉ ቀጻሊ መስርሕ ምምሕዳር እዩ። እቲ ምሕታትን ምምላስን ቅልጣፈኡን ዋሕዙን ሓልዩ ብቐጻሊ ዝጐዓዝ መስርሕ ክኸውን እንከሎ፡ ናይቲ ምምሕዳራዊ ጥዕና መለለይ እዩ። ሕቶታት ካብ ህዝቢ እንዳተጸፍጸፈ መልሲ ካብ መንግስቲ ደሃዩ ዝሃጥም እንተኾይኑ ከኣ፡ ናይ ዘይጥዑይ ዝምድና ህዝብን መንግስትን ምልክት እዩ። ከምዚ ኣብ መንጎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ምምሕዳር ህግደፍን ዘሎ ኩነታት። እቲ ኣዝዩ ዘገርም ምምሕዳር ህግደፍ ንሕቶታት ህዝቢ ብተደጋጋሚ ምጉሳዩ ዘይኮነስ፡ ሕቶታት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከምዘይፈልጥ፡ ተመሊሱ ካብ ህዝቢ ሕቶታት ክቐርበሉ ክጽውዕ ምምጥጣሩ እዩ።
ኣብ ጉዳይ፡ ደሞክራሲ፡ ህዝባዊ ተሳትፎ ኣብ መንግስቲ፡ ሕገመንግስቲ፡ ህዝባዊ ምርጫ፡ ህላወ ፖለቲካዊ ብዙሕነት፡ ደሞክራስያውን ሰብኣውን መሰል፡ ናጽነት ምውዳብን ሓሳብካ ምግላጽን፡ ፍትሓውነት፡ ፍርዳዊ መስርሕ፡ ግዱድ ውትህድርና፡ ተሳትፎ ብሕታዊ ጽላት ኣብ ህንጸት ሃገር፡ ጥዑይ ዲፕሎማስያዊ ዝምድና፡ ዘይዛሪ ዋሕዚ ናብ ስደት … ወዘተ ዘሎ ዘይተመለሰ ሕቶታት ምዃኑ ኣይኮነንዶ ኣብ ቅድሚ ኤርትራዊ ኣብ ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም’ውን ኣፍልጦ ረኺቡ ዘሎ ኩነታት እዩ። ኣቶ ኢሳይያስ ነቲ ሓቀኛ ናይ ህዝብና ሕቶስ ይጽናሕ እሞ፡ ነቲ ናይ ምምሕዳሩ ሚድያ ጋዜጠኛታት ከም ቁርን ኣስሓይታን እንዳፈርሕዎ ዘቕርብዎ ድራማዊ ሕቶታት ዝህቦ ናይ ኣሽካዕላል መልሲ ንፈልጦ ኢና። ሕጂ ሕብሪ ቀይርካ “ከምቲ መርዓዊ ዘይሓዛስ ዓርኪ ይሕዛ” ዝበሃል፡ መላሲ ከይሓዝካ ሕቶታት ምዕዳም ቅድሚ ኩሉ ኣሽካዕላል ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ እዩ።
ኣብ ኤርትራ ናይ መላሳይ እምበር ናይ ሓታታይ ዋሕዲ ከም ዘየለ ንጹር ከነሱ፡ ከምዚ ዓይነት ብብደዐን ላግጽን ዝተላዕጠጠ መጸዋዕታ ምቕራብ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ዘየለ ክውንነት “ኮንደኾን እዚ ሰብኣይ ናይ ህዝቢ መረረ ዝሰምዕ እዝኒ ኣጥርዩ እዩ” ዝብል መህውተቲ ስልቲ ካብ ምፍጣር ሓሊፉ ካልእ ትርጉም ከም ዘየብሉ ምግንዛብ ኣድላይ እዩ። ድሕሪ ሕጂ ኣብ ኤርትራ መራሒ ህግደፍ ተሓቲቱ ካብ ዝህቦ መልሲ ዝፍጠር ኣውንታዊ ለውጢ ከም ዘይህሉ ካብዚ ዝሓለፈ ተመኩሮና ክንመሃር ይግበኣና። ምኽንያቱ ልቢ ኢሳይያስን ጉጅለኡን ንህዝባዊ ሕቶ መልሲ ዘየብቁል ምድረበዳ ካብ ዝኸውን ነዊሕ ግዜ ስለ ዝገበረ። ምናልባት ግና ንሕቶ ህዝቢ ዘይምልስ ኣረጊት ናይ ሸንኮለል ካሴት ኣሕዲሱ የቕርብ ይኸውን። ከምቲ “ናይ 1997 ቅዋም እነተግብረሉ ጥጡሕ ኩነታት ኣይተፈጥረን ክብል ጸኒሑ፡ ደሓር ግና እቲ ሕገመንግስቲ ሞይቱ’ዩ” ዝብል ኣቀዲሙ ዝተፈልጠ መርድእ ዝዘርገሓ።
ህግደፍ ከምዚ ዓይነት መደናገሪ መጸዋዕታ እንተዘርግሐ፡ ኣብ ቦታኡ ኮይንካ ክትርእዮ እንከለኻ ኣይተጋገየን። ስርሑ እዩ ዝሰርሕ ዘሎ። ካብዚ ወጻኢ ከይንጽበ’ውን ንሓንሳብ ብተዘዋዋሪ ንሓንሳብ ድማ ብቐጥታ ነጊሩና እዩ። እዚ ኣቀራርባኡ ህዝቢ ዝበለ እንተበለ ኣበይ ከይበጽሕ ዝብል መልእኽቲ ዘለዎ እዩ። እቲ ራህዋ ናይ ምምጻእ ጉዳይ እምበኣር ኣብ ኢድ ህዝብን ውድባቱን እዩ ዘሎ። ወይ ኣብቲ መደናገሪ ጽርግያ ህግደፍ ምኹዳድ ወይ ድማ ናብ ራህዋ ዝመርሓካ መንገዲ ጽርግያ ምጽራግ ኣብ ኢድ ህግደፍ የለን። ከምቲ ግቡእ ሓደ መንግስቲ ብመንገዲ መራሒኡ ኣቢሉ “ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ከምዚ ክገብር እየ” ምስ በለ ክጠልም እንከሎ ዘሕትቶ እዩ። ህዝቢ እውን ኣብ ልዕሊኡ እምነት ከም ዘጉደለ ክገልጸሉ ናይ ግድን እዩ። መራሒ ህግደፍ ግና እቲ ከም ዝበልካዮ ኮይንካ ምቕራብዩ ዘይወሓጠሉ እምበር፡ ቃል ዓጺፍካ ዝምልከተካ ገዲፍካ ኣብ ዘይምልካ ምህውታትስ ናተይ ኢሉ ሒዝዎ ዘሎ ኣካይዳ እዩ። ቅድሚ 3 ዓመታት፡ ከምዚ ለንቅነ ክዛረብ እንከሎ፡ ብዛዕባ መጻኢ ሕርሻዊ ቁጠባዊ ልምዓት ተሓቲቱ ክምልስ እንከሎ ነቲ ጋዜጠኛ “ብዛዕባዚ ግብራዊ መልሲ ክህበካ 3 ኣዋርሕ ጥራይ ተጸበየኒ” ክብሎ እንከሎ ይዝከረኩምዶ? ክሳብ ሕጂ ከኣ ነዚ ብዝምልከት ንሱ ኣይመለሰን፡ ስለምንታይ ኣብ ቃልካ ዘይጸናዕካ ዝብል ህዝባዊ ደሃይ እውን ኣይተሰምዐን። በዚ ከኣ እነሆ እቲ ስርዓት ሻዲኑ ንዕቀቱ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ሰማይ ዓሪጉ።
ሕቶ ምቕራብን ዘይምቕራብን ናይቲ ሓታቲ መሰል እዩ። ኢሳይያስ ንህዝባዊ ሕቶ ልባዊ ቀጥታዊ መልሲ ክህብ ግና ካብ ትጽቢት ወጻኢ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ናቱ ረብሓ ንህዝባዊ ሕቶ ብምዕባጥ እምበር ብምምላስ ስለ ዘይረጋገጽ። ምናልባት ነቲ ደቂ ልቢ ገርሃ ዘቕርብዎ ሕቶታት፡ ከም ሓደ እታዎ (input) ናይ ስለያዊ ተግባር ክወስዶ ከም ዝኽእል ምግማት ኣብ ቦታኡ እዩ። ናይ ጥፍኣት ማሃንድሳቱ ካብዚ ነቒሎም ህዝቢ ዘዕሽውሉ ወይ ዝቐጽዕሉ ሜላ ክስእሉ ይኽእሉ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ መላሳይ እምበር ሓታታይ ኣብ ዘይወሓዳ ሃገር ኤርትራ “ሕቶታትኩም ናብ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ላኣኹ” ዝብል ነጋሪት ምህራም ናይ ጥዕና ኣይኮነን።
Eritrean journalists who have been languishing in an unknown Ethiopian prison
Written by Elizabeth ChyurmJanuary 6.2017. Open letter to Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
Your Excellency,
I am writing to you on behalf of Tesfaledet Kidane Tesfazghi and his colleague, Saleh Idris Gama, Eritrean nationals who have been languishing in an unknown Ethiopian prison since the beginning of 2007.
Eritrean journalists Tesfalidet Kidane Tesfazghi and Saleh Idris Gama have been held in custody without charge since they were captured in Kenya in December 2006, and transferred to Ethiopia from Somalia at the beginning of 2007. These men are professional journalists sent to Somalia for routine TV reporting by Eritrean Television (Eri-TV). They were not combatants or involved in any espionage or illegal activities.
I am aware that your country is proud of its concern for human rights and its record in such matters, which it confirmed by signing and ratifying the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in 1993. As you are aware, Article 9 of this Covenant guarantees that no one should be arrested or deprived of their liberty except in accordance with legally established procedures; and that those arrested must be brought before a judge and are “entitled to a legal trial within a reasonable time, or otherwise to be released”.
In September 2011, the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi promised that the journalists would be freed if the investigation determined they had not been involved in any acts of espionage. Five years have elapsed since this announcement. I am sure you will agree that more than “a reasonable time” has passed without such a trial. But the two Eritrean detainees have neither had their cases heard in court, nor have they been released or repatriated.
The only occasions on which we have heard any news about these individuals were in April 2007 from the Ethiopian mass media and in September 2011, from the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in a press conference with exiled Eritrean journalists in Addis Ababa (interview video timeline 40:26 – 43:37). The present conditions, location and legal status of these journalists are not known to their immediate families and relatives, who are exceptionally concerned about their wellbeing. In addition to this very real concern, may I mention that the families of the two detainees have had no contact with them for a decade.
Tesfalidet’s family miss him very much, but they have recently sustained the shock of several deaths within their close family circle: both his parents and his sister have died whilst he has been in detention. Saleh has 3 sons and a daughter who have not seen their father for 10 years. It would be particularly welcome for them to receive the good news of the release of Tesfaledet and Saleh at this time. Is it possible that you personally could take the initiative to make this good news happen?
In view of your country’s concern for justice, as witnessed by the ratification of the ICCPR, may I request most fervently that you undertake an urgent review of the cases of the two detainees mentioned above and make every possible effort to secure their immediate release?
Yours respectfully,
Elizabeth Chyurm
Director
Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE)
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ሰባት ብዛዕባኦምን ብዛዕባ ኣብ ከባቢኦም ዝተዓዘብዎን ክዛረቡን ኣብቲ ጉዳይ ሚዛኖም ከንብሩን ዝተለምደ እዩ። እቲ ብዛዕባ ሓደ ኣካል ዝህብዎ ርኢቶን ሚዛንን ኣብ ጠባዩ፡ ዓቕሙን ክእለቱን፡ ኣብ ዘለዎ ሃብትን ዋንነትን ብፍላይ ድማ ኣብ ፖለቲካ ብዛዕባ መርገጹን ናይ ተግባር ጉዕዞኡን ዘተኮረ ይኸውን። እቲ ዝህብዎ ሚዛን ከኣ ኣውንታዊ ወይ ኣሉታዊ ከም ዝኸውን ርዱእ እዩ። እቲ ሚዛን ርትዓውን ወድዓውን ወይ ድማ ባዕላውን ዘይርትዓውን ክኸውን ምዕዛብ ከኣ ዝተለምደ።
ብዙሓት ወገናት፣ ነቲ ዝብልዎ እምበር ነቲ ዝበሃልዎ ስለ ዘይግደስሉ፡ ንገዛእ ርእሶም ኣብቲ ኣውንታዊ ወገን ኣቐሚጦም እቲ ሐሕማቑ ናብቲ ብዛዕባኡ ዝዛረብሉ ወገን ምጽጋዕ ዝተለምደ እዩ። ሓደ ኣካል ብዓቕሙን ኣበርክቶኡን ካባኻ ዝደኸመን ዝተሓተን ምዃኑ እንዳፈለጥካዮ፡ ሓቀኛ መንነትካ ሓቢኡ፡ ንምጥቃዕካ ዝጥዕሞ ጸሊም ካባ ኣልቢሱ ኣብ ኣሉታዊ ቦታ ከቕምጠካ እንከሎ “ክንዳኻ ዘይኣኽሉ ብኣኻ ይወዓሉ” ኢልካ ክትምልስ ትግደድ።
እዚ ኣበሃህላ ዘመሓላልፎ መልእኽቲ “ሓደ ጉዳይ ኣልዒልና ብዛዕባ ካልኦት ቅድሚ ምዝራብ፡ ብዛዕባ ግደና ኣብቲ ጉዳይ ምዝራብ መሰረታዊ፡ ኣገዳስን ኣራምን እዩ” ዝብል ምዃኑ ምርድኡ ዘጸገም ኣይኮነን። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ብዛዕባ ሓደ ጉዳይ ሚዛና ከነንብር እንከለና ብዛዕባኡ ኣፍልጦ ክህልወና ናይ ግደን እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ሓደ ኣካል ኣብቲ ንዛረበሉ ጉዳይ ዘለዎ ድኽመት ወይ ሕጽረት ከንእርምን ክንመክርን እንከለና ቅድም ቀዳድም ንገዛእ ርእስና ከምቲ ንክኾኖ እንመኾሮ ምህላውናን ዘይምህላውናን ምስ ገዛእ ርእስና ክንላዘብ ይግበኣና። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ካልእ ኣካል ንስኻ ዘይኮንካዮ ክኸውንን ዘይሰራሕካዮ ክሰርሕን ምድላይ ኣብ ማእከል ጐልጐል ምምጽራይ እዩ ዝኸውን። እዚ ኣብ ባህልና እውን ቦታ ኣለዎ። “መኾቢያ ጢጡ ሰብ ይዛረብ ነናቱ ኣቐሚጡ” እንዳበልካ ከም ዝድረፍ ኣይንረስዕ።
እዚ ጸገምዚ ሎሚ ብሓፈሻ ኣብ ኤርትራውያን ብፍላይ ድማ ኣብ ደንበ ተቓውሞና ገኒኑ ዘሎ እዩ። ንገዛእ ርእስኻ ናይ ለውጢ ዓቕሚ ክትከውን ከይበቓዕካ፡ ለውጢ ምጽባይ ናይዚ ሓደ ኣብነት’ዩ። ንስኻ ናይ ሓቢርካ ምስራሕ ባእታ ክትከውን ከይከኣልካ ምናልባት እውን ዓንቃፊ እንዳሃለኻ ናይ ሓድነት ሰባኺ ምዃን’ውን ከምኡ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ብዛዕባ ሓደ ፖለቲካዊ ትካል ሰልፊ ድዩ ውድብ ምናልባት’ውን ማሕበር ዘይወድዓዊ ኢደወነናዊ ብይን ምሃብ ይዝውተር ከም ዘሎ ዝሕበኣና ኣይኮነን። ንፖለቲካዊ ውዳበታት ኣብ ክንዲ በቲ ዝምርሕሉ ፖሊስን መትከላትን ምምዛን፡ ሓደሓደ ግዜ ካብ መንነት እቶም ዝመርሕዎ እንዳነቐልካ ወይ ድማ ባዕልኻ ናይ ሓሶት ግናይ መንነት ሂዝካ “ከምዚ ዝኣደቡ ውድብ ወይ ሰልፊ እዩ” ኢልካ ጸለሎ ምቕባእ እንዕዘቦ ዘለና ኣዕናዊ ተግባር እዩ። እቶም ከምኡ ዝብሉ፡ ነቲ ናብ ሓደ ኣካል ኣላጊቦም ክቃወምዎ ዝፍትኑ ባህርያት ባዕላቶም ዝውክልዎ ምዃኖም ክኾኑ እንከለዉ ከኣ ዝያዳ የገርም። ንኣብነት ሓደ ኣካል ንገዛእ ርእሱ ብሃይማኖት ድዩ ብኻልእ ጸቢብነት ዝተሻበበ ክንሱ፡ ንኻልኦት ኣብኡ ዘየለዉ ክንሶም ብኸምኡ ዓይነት ጸቢብነት ክገልጽ ክፍትን እንከሎ እንታይ ይበሃል።
እዚ ኣብ ብዙሕ ኣጋጣሚ ዝግለጽ ክይኑ፡ ናይ ፓልቶክ መድረኻት ናይዚ መናሃርያ ምህላወን ፍሉጥ እዩ። ብሰንኪ እዚ ብዙሓት ወገናት፡ ምስቲ ብግቡእ እንተ ተጠቒምካሉ ኣገዳሲ ዘመናዊ ናይ ሓበሬታ መሳርሒ ዝኸውን ፓልቶክ ክጻልኡ ንዕዘቦ ዘለና እዩ። ኣብዚ መድረኽዚ፡ መንነቶም ብዝሓብኡ፡ ሓላፍነት ብዘይስመዖምን ናይ ተሓታትነት መስመር ብዘየብሎምን ወገናት፡ ውድባት ብዘይወዓለኦ ክኽሰሳን ዘይምልከተን እንታይነት ክወሃበን ምስማዕን ኣዝዩ ዘሕዝን እዩ። ቃልስና ክሳብ ክንደይ ዝተሓላለኸ ምዃኑ ዘረደእ’ውን እዩ። ብዙሓት ኣድራሸኦም ዘይፍለጥ፡ ነይሩና ዝብልዎ ጽፍሒ ሓላፍነት ሓቅነቱ ምጽራይ ዘይከኣል፡ ጸልማት ተኸዊሎም፡ “እገለ ውድብ ከምዚ እዩ። እገለ ዝበሃል ባእታ ከምዚ እዩ ኣደቡ” ዝብሉ፡ መርተዖ ክሕተቱ እንከለዉ ድማ ከምቲ ቀደም ኣብ ድንኳናት “ልቃሕ ጽባሕ” ዝብል ጽሑፍ ዝስቀል ዝነበረ፡ ዘይትግበርን ዘይውዳእን ቆጸራ እንዳሃቡ ክሃድሙ ክትሰምዕ እንከለኻ “ርሑቕ ዓዲ መሕሰዊ” በሎ ይመጸካ።
እዞም ኣብ ከምዚ ዘይንኣድ ኣፍራሲ ተግባራት ተዋፍሮም ዘለዉ ሰባት፡ ምናልባት እቲ ሒዘምዎ ዘለዉ መንገዲ ኣዕናዊ ምዃኑ ስለ ዝጠፈኦም እዮም ኢልካ ምሕላፉ ጥራይ እኹል ኣይኮነን። በዚ ኣቢልካ ንሓይሊ ተቓውሞ ኣብ ሕድሕዱ ምትእምማን ኣጥፊኡ ከም ዝናቖት ናይ ምግባር ዕላማ እንተሃለዎምከ? ኢልካ ምሕታት ለባም ኣተሓሕዛ እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ በቲ ዝብልዎ ተሰሊብካ ንሳቶም ናይ ዝስዕስዕሉ ጓይላ መዳመቒ ምዃን ግጉይ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ዳሕራዩ ዘጣዕስ እዩ ዝብል እምነት ኣለና። እዚ ተግባርዚ ደጊም “ክሳብ እትኣምን ኪድ ካብዘይትኣምን ተመለስ” ክበሃል እዋኑ እዩ።
በይ ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንዲመክራስያዊ ለውጢ ንሓድሽ ዓመት 2017 ብውዕዉዕን ሐድሽ መንፍስን ተቀቢልዋ።እቲ ከምቲ ወትሩ መእተዊ ድሮ ሓድሽ ዓመት ዝገብሮ ናይ ምዝንጋዕ መደቡ ሎሚ ዓመት እውን ዝተፈላለዩ ሙዚቀኛታት ብምድላው ኣማኢት ህዝቢ ዝተሳተፎ ዕዉት ምሸት ኒሩ። በይ ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንዲምክራስያዊ ለውጢ ንኩሉ ደላይ ለውጢ ፍልልያቱ ብዘይ የገድስ ኣብ ሓደ ጽላል ብምጥናፍ ኣብ ኤርትራ ሰላምን ማሕበራዊ ፍትሕን ንምንጋስ ዝቅለስ ህዝባዊ ማዕበል እዩ።እዚ ህዝባዊ ምዕበል'ዚ ብህዝቢ ዝተመርጹ 7 ቀወምቲ 2 ዳማ ተጠባበቅቲ ኣባላት ቦርድ ዘለውዎ ህዝባዊ ማዕበል እዩ። በዚ ሕጋዊ ኣስራርሓ እዚ ድማ ወርሓዊ ኣኬባታቱ ርብዓዊ መንፍቃዊን ዓመታውን ገምጋም ሰርሑ ናብ ህዝቢ ብምቅራብ ኣወንታውን ኣሉታውን ጎንታቱ ምስ ህዝቡ ይግምግም። ኣብ ከክልተ ዓመት ድማ ጉባኤኡ ብምድላው ኣባላት ቦርዱ ይቅይር ።
በይ ኤርያ ኣብ ዓመት 5 ህዝባዊ ሃገራውን ባዓላት የዳሉ ። ከከም ኩነታቱ ብምዝንጋዕን ብሰሚናራትን የብ ዕሎም ። በይ ኤርያ ኣብዚ ምንቅስቃስ እዚ ተጠርኒፉ ኣንጻር ዓማጺ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ንለውጢ እጅሙ ከበርክት ንዝደሊ ኩሉ ማዕጽ ኡ ውርትሩ ክፉት ምካኑ ይሕብርን ኩሉ ተሳትፉ ከረጋግጽ ድማ ይጽውዕ።
እንቢ ንምልኪ!!
እወ ንፍትሒ!!
በይ ኤርያ ንዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ
Eritrea Liberty Magazine Issue No. 42
Written by EPDP Information OfficeEritrea Liberty Magazine Issue No. 42
Written by EPDP Information Office
FORO 12 -- ኣሉባልታታት ተጻዒኑ ዝመጸ ፎሮ 12፡ ማይ ዝሓቖነ ኣልባ ኮይኑ ክተርፍ’ዩ
Written by ሪፖርተር ሃይለ መንገሻ ዑቕበThe website daring to mock the Eritrean regime
Written by Catherine BennetThe Awaze Tribunelaunched in early 2016 and publishes humorous ‘news’ stories to appeal to an African audience, in the style of British satirical site The Daily Mash, or The Onion or the Borowitz Report in the United States. It is the first publication of its kind in the country, and its contributors risk harsh repercussions from the regime. Whilst many on the editorial board are living outside of the country, some contributors and family still live in Eritrea.
Eritrea sits in the Horn of Africa, flanked by Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti. It was internationally recognised as independent from Ethiopia after a referendum in 1993, but the constitution that was written up was never implemented, and the country slid into a one-party regime characterised by a complete lack of press freedom, obligatory and indefinite military conscription, and systematic human rights abuses. The country has been termed “The North Korea of Africa” – a moniker that of course gave rise to itsown satirical article on the website.
The paper gets its name from awaze, a hot sauce served on the side of the plate in Eritrean and Ethiopian cuisine. By choosing a quintessentially Eritrean and, equally, non-serious name, the editorial team wanted to make it clear from the outset that the publication is non-partisan.
FRANCE 24 spoke to an editor from the paper – who wishes to remain anonymous for security reasons – to ask how and whyThe Awaze Tribunecame into being. FRANCE 24 has given them a pseudonym.
“We wanted to start telling the Eritrean story”
Issac G.
Basically this began as a conversation between a bunch of friends. We wanted to create something that would teach Eritreans not to consume blindly all of the information on the Internet. The Eritrean government acts like information is for the privileged few. They withhold information and in doing so are able to stay in power. For example, back in 2011, the Eritrean media never reported anything about the Arab Spring. As far as Eritreans were concerned, the Arab Spring never happened.
I believe it’s called “hypodermic needle journalism”: by selectively providing information, the government is limiting the conversation of its citizens. So we wanted to start telling the Eritrean story in a very satirical way, so people learn to read between the lines.
Eritrea was the fourth most common country of origin for refugees coming into Europe in 2015, and the second largest group coming through Italy. Screengrab fromwebsite.
“There is no such thing as media in Eritrea”
There is no such thing as media in Eritrea. There is government media and there is nothing else. The country also has a huge problem with Internet connectivity; people can’t access YouTube because of the connection speed.
Satire is something that’s very new to Eritreans, as we are finding out. We wrote a story aboutthe first sperm bank in the Horn of Africa. The Eritrean government likes to push this idea that Eritreans are this special breed of people in the glorious struggle for independence, and so the story goes that the authorities created a sperm bank to propagate the lineage of Eritrean fighters. Some people were not happy with the article, and some people were laughing because they saw the point of it.
Death threats and secrecy
We get a lot of death threats. We’re doing something that runs counter to the Eritrean culture of dignity. The threats that we receive usually come from Eritrean government supporters; they say we’re liars, traitors to the government, we’re Communists. We read those messages, try to understand where they’re coming from. I don’t actually feel threatened. But everybody has a different way of seeing things.
If my identity were to be made public… They would try and use blackmail in some way, threaten family members still living in Eritrea if you’re living outside the country, which most of us are. I think the military would try to find a way of hurting my family. Not even my family members know I’m doing this.
We do have contributors in the country, but they usually can’t join editorial discussions because their identities have to be kept secret – even from us.
It’s not heroic. This is just entertainment. Eritreans need entertainment. Every time people hear news about Eritrea, it’s bad. The Eritrean tale is a tale of struggle and pain. We just inject some comedy into it.
The Awaze Tribune does not just focus on Eritrean news, but treats global news with an African slant. Screen grab from thewebsite.
“Satire is never created for Africa. We want to tell African jokes”
One thing we agree upon is to create a website dedicated to African readers, carrying African content that mocks African dictators – we won’t ever run out of material! Nothing like that exists. Nobody bothers to create satire for Africa, and articles about Africa are not written with Africans in mind. We want to tell African jokes. Conversations are what are needed. If people talk about what is happening around them, they might be able to come up with a solution.
Nobody funds us and we don’t want to be funded by anybody. This is a cost that we can bear ourselves. At the end of the day we do not want to be classified as a fake news website. If we start getting advertising revenue people may think we’re in it for the money. We are here to start a conversation with Eritreans about the dire situation in their country.
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Initiating Ethio- Eritrea Dialogue for Democratic Development
Written by Fesseha Nair"Let us hope the year 2017 be the Year of Dialogue for Democratic Development and co-operation between all the peoples of the Horn of Africa in general and the Ethio-Eritrean people in particular."
Let bygones be Bygones!
A Peaceful coexistence in progress based on peace, democracy, human rights respect, the rule of law and good governance. Our region is the origin of humankind and homosapience, from city-state of Mesopotamia to Alexandria and Axum- Afro - Arab communities.It is time to renew the old civilization in agreement with the modern world.
History
Ethiopia and Eritrea are inhabited by diverse of mosaic identities of people. The people living in today's Ethiopia and Eritrea lived together from time immemorial under different ruling systems from Axumite kingdom, different local rulers and later after decolonization of Africa under the Emperor Haile Sellasie, later the Military rule of Derg and recently from 1991 Eritrea as separate entity under a totalitarian one man rule and Ethiopia ruled by the federal democratic republic.
As we know historically, the formation of states from AD 990-1992 were formed by coercion and militarization. This was not the African legacy but inherited by European supremacist politics. The Ethiopian and Eritrean people, despite all internal and external conflicts, were mutually respecting and hospitable. During the war between the Eritrean Liberation and Ethiopian ruling system of the emperor Haile Selassie and the Derg Eritreans were fleeing to Ethiopia and were living there in peace and similarly when a border war started (1998-2000) between the government in Eritrea and Ethiopia Eritreans fled to Ethiopia and has received all refugee rights and other opportunities as the Ethiopian citizens.
This shows how much the people of Ethiopia and Eritrea are tolerable towards cultural difference and aware of the importance of living together in peace. It is this culture we want to progress through dialogue between all stakeholders both in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is time to renew the Ethio- Eritrean partnership in all fields of life in general, and partnership with political mission in particular. The Eritrean political and civic organizations for democratic change were in search of this partnership with the Ethiopian government and people. This partnership can be built by genuine dialogue for deeper discussions on concrete initiatives and procedures to promote the democratic principles on which all agree.
What is dialogue
Dialogue is the platform that encourages diversity of thoughts and opinions but not suppressing them. It leads to mutual understanding of problems and opportunities and search for common understanding. In practicing dialogue, there is an agreement that one person's concepts or beliefs should not take precedence over those of others, and common agreement should not be sought at the cost of the others. We believe dialogue is the main instrument to discuss the opportunities and problems for democratic development, and to develop strategies to address the issues of common interest. A dialogue to be effective must be built on certain principles that serve to guide and structure the discussions.
We , in the Eritrean opposition struggling from dictatorship to democracy need dialogue with Ethiopian government and people to listen each other for a deeper awareness and understanding of what is actually taking place nationally, regionally and globally.
The value of dialogue
Since we are in process of democratization , the impact of political dialogue can generate momentum to reinforce the democratic process and enables to assess the pace of the transition. The value of dialogue is to help us the assess/ evaluate pace of democratic development, enables us to identify of issues of priority. It allows us evaluate the impact of external democracy assistance.
Dialogue and conflict
Conflict in itself is not necessarily negative. It is unmanaged conflict, where stakeholders attempt to resolve their disputes through unconstitutional or even violent means, that poses the most complex problems. Democracy is all about managing conflict peacefully. In the Eritrean opposition case, dialogue can also act as a mechanism to help prevent, manage and resolve conflict.
- As a mechanism for the prevention of conflict. By bringing various actors together for structured, critical and constructive discussions on the state of the nation, dialogue can result in consensus on the reforms that are needed to avoid confrontation and conflict.
- As a mechanism for the management of conflict. Dialogue can help put in place democratic institutions and procedures that can structure and set the limits of political conflict. Democratic institutions and procedures provide mechanisms for political consultation and joint action that can peacefully manage potential conflicts.
- As a mechanism for the resolution of conflict. Political dialogue can defuse potential crises by proposing appropriate peaceful solutions. Democratic institutions and procedures provide a framework to sustain peace settlements and prevent the recurrence of conflict.
What should be the guiding principles for the dialogue
- Partnership and cooperation promoting democratization.
- Disseminating democratic principles in all areas of the cooperation
- Deepening the dialogue at both national and international level
- Assessing the democratic struggle
- Assisting the democratic development
Dialogue framework
- We in the Eritrean opposition as initiators of the dialogue would like demagnetize to identify the challenges, analysing the participants, evaluating available resources.
- Participants: political society, civil society, national and international experts both at the national and inter Eritrean- Ethiopian dialogue.
- Objectives: Analysing the dynamics of the transition, seeking a national consensus on priorities and searching for effective cooperation
- Assessing results and monitoring the implementation.
Who are the actors and their functions at the inter Eritrean- Ethiopian Dialogue
Three key functions to be fulfilled in the dialogue for democratic change at the national and regional level.
- Analysis function. By providing a comprehensive analysis of the constraints and opportunities for further democratization, the dialogue contributes to diagnosing the flow of events and experiences at the national and regional level.
- Dialogue function. By providing a platform for change of experiences and lessons learned and a forum for building consensus on the challenges and opportunities for democratic change, the dialogue contributes in itself to the consolidation of democracy. It should ultimately lead articulation a democratic reform agenda with specific policy recommendations primarily defined by the national participants and thus owned by them.
- Brokering function. By providing international institutions and donor agencies involved in and committed to democratization with a reference framework, the dialogue contributes a mechanism to assist the international partners to identify concrete support measures, better target their interventions and co-ordinate their assistance.
The national dialogue for democratic change could be structured around three main groups with specific roles:
1. The Dialogue Group: Composed of prominent national experts and key players in the process of democratic change in Eritrea and Ethiopia, the dialogue group should be sufficiently representative and have legitimacy and leverage to make the dialogue meaningful and sustainable. The members of the dialogue group should hence be carefully selected, based on their professionalism, reputation and willingness to enter into a genuine dialogue.
2. The Expert Group. Composed of international experts with undisputed credentials and reputation, the expert group provides the national participants with comparative experiences and lessons learned in other contexts which could be of assistance in the design of democratic change in Eritrea.
3. The Support Group: Composed of representatives of the international community involved in and committed to the democratic process in Eritrea represented as observers of the dialogue. The support group constitutes a structure assisting the democratization process in Eritrea. External partners or facilitators should not dictate but can only support the process of democratic change.
Eritrea as a country emerging from conflict need dialogue in itself and dialogue with Ethiopia.
ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፥ ድሕሪ ናጽነቱ ምጒንጻፍ እውን፥ እቲ ጭቆናን ግፍዕን ካብ ዘይፍለዮ እነሆ 25 ዓመት ኣቚጺሩ። ይኹን እምበር ነዚ ግፍዒ እዚ ካብ ወዲ ሃገር ከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ክርከብ እዩ ዝብል ሕልና ወይ ሓሳብ ኣይነበሮን። ህዝብና እቲ ቀንዲ ቀዳማይ ዕላማኡ ዝነበረ ሸቶኡ ስለ ዝሃረመ፡ ነታ ብደምሙ ዝረኸባ መሬት ተመሊሱ ከጥፍኣ ስለዘይደሊ፥ ክሳብ ዝሓልፈሉ ኩሉ ክኢሉ ኣጽቂጡ ኣሎ።
ልክዕ እዩ ሕብረተሰብ ኤርትራ ሓደ ዝዓይነቱ ሕብረተሰብ ኣይኮነን። ሓደ ዓይነት ሕብረተሰብ ኣይኹን እምበር ሓንቲ ሃገር መጸውዒት ስሙ ግና ኣላቶ፥ ንሳ ከኣ ኤርትራ ትበሃል ሃገር እያ። እዛ ሃገር እዚኣ እያ ንሱር መሰረቱ ኣተኣሳሲራ ከም ሓደ ሕበረተሰብ ናይ ሓንቲ ሃገር ኣተሓባቢራ ክነብረላ ዘኽእል ባይታ ክትከውን ታሪኽን ቅያን ሰሪሑ ልኡላውነታ ዘውሓሰ።
ኩልና ናይ ሓደ ሕብረተሰብ ኣባላት ከምዘይኮና ብሩህ ካብ ኮነ፥ እምበኣር፡ ነታ ሃገር ሓደ ዝዓይነቱ ሕበረተሰብ ሰለዘይኮንና ክንጨራርማ ህርዲግ እንተበልና ዘይከውን እዩ። ከመይሲ ኣብ ጉንቦ ኢድና ዘለዋ ኣጻብዕ ናይ ነንበይነን ኣስማት ሒዘን እየን ኣብ ሓንቲ ጉንዲ ናይ ኢድና ጸኒዐን ብሓባር ኢድ ዝብል ስም ወሲደን ብሓባር ዝሰርሓ ዘለዋ። ሓሙሽተኤን ኣጻብዕ ናይ ሓንቲ ኢድና በበይንናባ ኢለን እንተዝኾና መጀመርያ ተፈልየን ኣበይ እየን ክለግባ፥ ካልኣይ ነጥቢ እቲ ሓቢረን ዘፍርይኦ ስራሕከ በየን ኣቢለን እየን ተሰማሚዔን ክፍጽምኦ።
ናይ ሕብረተሰብና ብዙሕነት ከኣ ልክዕ ከምዘን ኣጻብዕትና ኣብ ሓደ ኢድ ለጊበን ዘለዋ ክምሰል ዝኽእል እዩ። ሓደ ዘይዓነቱ ሕብረተሰብከ ሰላምን ፍቕርን ስኒትን ምጽውዋርን ኣለዎዶ ኢልና ምስ እንሓትት ርሑቕ ከይከድና ናይ ህዝቢ ሶማል ከም ኣብነት ክንወስድ ንኽእል። ህዝቢ ሶማል ሓደ ዝዓሌቱ ሓደ ዝሃይማኖቱ ሓደ ዝቋንቁኡ፥ ሓደ ዝባህሉ ግን ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣብ ነንሓድሕዱ ድልዱል ምትእስሳር ዘይብሉ ነንሓድሕዱ ዝናቘት ኩይኑ ኣሎ።
ይኹን እምበር ነዚ ብሃይማኖት፡ ብዓሌት ወይ ብብሄር ዝተፈላለየ ሕብረተሰብ ብምርጫኻ ትኣትዎ ዘይኮነስ እንታይ ደኣ ሓደ ኣብ ትውልዲ እቲ ካልኣይ ከኣ ኣብ ስልጣኔን ምዕብልናን ዝተመርኰሰ እዩ ክኽውን። እዚ ብናይ ስልጣነን ምዕብልናን ዝመጽእ፥ ብናይ ገዛእ ርእስና ድርኺት ተደሪኽናን ብስምዒትና እውን ተዋሒጥና ናይዚ ክፍሊ እዚ ኣባል እየ ምባል ምስቲ ትዋሰኦን እትህቦ እወንታዊ ኣስተዋጽኦን ተደማሚሩ እዩ ነቲ ሕብረተሰብ ኣባሉ ዲኻ ኣይኮነካን ተመስክር። በቲ ካልእ ሸነኽ ድማ ኣባልነት ብዓሌት ወይ ኣውራጃ ወይ ብሄር እንተኾይኑ ናይ ደምን ትውልዲ ሓረግን ስለዝኾነ ዝውስኖ ኣብዚ ፈጺምካ ቦታ ከምዘይብልካ ርዱእ እዩ።
እቲ በብዓይነቱን ዝተፈላለየን ሕብረተሰብ እምበኣር ኩለንተናኡ ኣብ ምዕባለን ስልጣነን ክሓስብ ከሎ ነታ ንሱ ዝኣባላ ሕብረትሰብ ወይ ብሄር ወይ ዓሌት ወይ ኣውራጃ ጥራሕ ዝሓስብ ኮይኑ ሓደገኛ ውጽኢት እዩ ክህልዎ። ምኽንያቱ ኣብ ከምዚ ኣተሓሳስባ እዚ እቲ ድርቅና፥ ኣንነትን ስሰዐን ባይታ ዝምድመደሉ ስለዝኾነ፥ ነቲ ኣነ ይፈልጥ፥ ኣነ ዝበልክዎ ይኹን፥ ኣነ ዝሓንጸጽክዎ ይተግበር፥ ብዘይካይ ካልእ የልቦን ናብ ዝብል ጸቢብ ፍትወተ ነፍስኻ፡ ብሄርካ፡ ሃይማኖትካን ቀቢላኻን ቀዳምንት ክትህብ እዩ ዝደፋፍኣካ። ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት ከኣ ዝቕይደካ ሕጊ ስለዘይብልካ ዝደለኻዮ ንዝኾነ ይኹን ካብ ቃሕታኻ ተበጊስካ ትስጉም። ንኹሉ ብሓባር ዘርብሕን ዝጠቅምን ሓሳብ ድማ ኣብ ኣእምሮኻ ኣይቅልቀልን። ከምዚ ኣብ ዝኾነሉ ግዜ ከኣ፥ ነቲ ሽግርካ ብሓባር ናይ ፍታሕን መንፈስ ሃሲሱ፥ ንብሄረይ ጥራይ ሒዘ እየ ኣብ ዝደልዮ ክበጽሕ ዝኽእል ኣብ ዝብል ጽበት ትጥሕል እዚ ኣተሓሳስባ እዚ ነቲ ብሓባር ካበይ ነቒልና ናበይ ክንበጽሕ ዝብል ኣምር ብምዕቡልን ፍትሓዊ ኣተሓሳስባን ነጺግና ብናይ ሃይማኖት ወይ ከኣ ብሄር ወይ እውን ኣውራጃ ኣቢልና ብናይ ገዛእ ርእስና ስምዒት ተመሪሕና ክንበጽሖ ኣይንኽእልን ኢና።
እንታይ ደኣ እዩ ንደቂ ሰባት ዘሰማምዖም ጉዳይ። ደቂ ሰባት ኣብ ሓድሕድ ዝገብርዎ ደጋዊ ርክባት በቲ ካብ ውሽጦም ዝነቅል ኣተሓሳስባ እዩ ዝውሰን። እዚ ደጋውን ውሽጣውን ተግባራዊ ምትእስሳር እዚ ከኣ እዩ እንተስ ክፈላለዩ እንተስ ክሳነዩ ዝገዝኦም። ኣብዚ ከኣ መስርሕ ሓሳብን ተግባርን ሓባራዊ ወይ እውን በይናዊ ክኸውን ይኽእል።
እዚ ኣብ መንጎ ብሰላም ናይ ምንባርን ንሓባራዊ ረብሓ ዘቋመትን ኣብ መንጎ ብህውከትን ፈላለዪን ተነጺልካ ምንባርን ዘሎ ኣተሓሳስባ እዩ። እቲ ንሓባራዊ ዝጠመተ ናይ ባህሊ፡ ሃይማኖትን ፖለቲካን ፍልልይ ብዘየገድስ ኣብ ሓድሕድ ምክብባርን ፍቕርን፥ ኣብ ሓባራዊ ረብሓታት ዝጠመተ እዩ። እዚ ነቲ ኣተሓሳስባናን ተረድኦናን ኣብ ልዕሊ እቲ ናይ በሰላም ምንባርን ብዓመጽ ከስዕብ ዝኽእል ጉዳያት ብግቡእ ምልላይ ማለት እዩ። እዚ ማለት ቋንቋኻ፥ ሃይማኖትካ፥ ኣውራጃኻ ወይ ብሄርካ ክሓድ ማለት ዘይኮነስ እንታይ ደኣ ካብ ውሽጥኻ ነቒሉ ዝብገስ ኣተሓሳስባ ንስኻን ካልኦትን ብሓባር ዘናብረኩም ጉዳያት ንምሕሳብን ንምትግባርን ዝሕግዙ ይቕረ ምባልን ሕድገታት ምግባርን ማለት እዩ።
ኩሉ ወዲሰብ ናይ ነንበይኑ ድሌት፡ ሃንቀውታን ትጽቢትን ከምዘለዎ ርዱእ እዩ። ነዚ ድሌታት እዚ ግን በዘን ሰለስተ ዓበይቲ ነጥብታት ምስ ዝግዛእ ኩሉ እቲ ድሌታቱን ጦብላሕታትቱን ከሳለጥ ይኽእል። እዚ ከኣ ንኹሉ ሓቈፍን ኣሳታፍን ኮይኑ፥ ንኹሉ ዝተፈላለየ ባህሊ፡ ሃይማኖትን ካልእን ተቐቢሉ ብዘይኣፈላላይ ዘኽብርን ዘተኣናግድን ክኸውን ኣለዎ። ነዚ ንምትግባር ድማ መሰል ደቂ ሰባት፥ ዲሞክራሲ፡ ግዝኣተ ሕግን ምኽባርን እዩ። ካብኡ ሓሊፉ ሃይማኖት፡ ብሄርን ኣውራጃን ኣብ ሕብረተሰብ ከፋፋሊ ጽልዋ እንተሃልይዎ ክውገድ ኣለዎ ዝብል ውሽጣዊ ድሌት፡ ተበግሶን ዕግበትን ክህሉ ናይ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ዜጋ ግዴታዊ ተግባር ክኸውን ይግባእ።
ሽማግለ ዞባ እው ሰዲህኤ ካብ ዕለት 11 ነሓሰ ክሳብ 30 ታሕሳስ 2016 ኣብ ዝነበረ ግዜ ብዛዕባ ዘካየዶም ንጥፈታት ሓፈሻዊ ገምጋም ኣካይዱ። ኣብዚ ገምጋሞም ብመሰረት ሒዘምዎ ዝነበሩ መደባት ዝተተግበረን ዘይተተግበረን ከም ዘለለዩ፡ ኣብቲ መሪሕነት ዞባ ሓላፊ ዜና ሓው ጐይተኣኦም መብራህቱ ሓቢሩ። ኣብዚ ኣጋጣሚ ብኣኦመንበር መሪሕነት እቲ ዞባ ኢሳቕ ወልደማርያም ኣብ ዘቕረቦ ጸብጻብ’ውን ዓሚቕ ገምጋም ኣካይዱ።
ካብዚ ብምቕጻል እቲ ርክብ፡ ንምንቅስቃሳትን መደባትን ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብ ዞባ እውሮጳ ብትኹረትን ብምስትውዓልን መዚኑን ገምጊሙን። እቲ ኣኼባ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ነቅነቅ ዝበል ዘሎ ስርዓት ብምዃኑ ክሳብ ክንድዚ ነዊሕ ዕድመ ክህልዎ ኣይምተገበኤን ኢሉ። ነንሕድሕዶም ከም ዓሳ ዝበላልዑ፡ ብብልሹዉናን ትምክሕትን ዝተላዕጠጡ ህዝቢ ክመርሑን ሃገር ከልምዑን ዓቅሚ ዝሰኣኑ ኣብ ሽፍትነት ዝተዋፈሩ ኣብ ሕግን ሓቅን ዘይኣምኑ ኣብ ጸልማት ዝነብሩ ዘለዉ ምዃኖም እቲ ዞባዊ መሪሕነት ከም ዝመዘነ እቲ ዝበጸሓና ሓበሬታ ኣረዲኡ። መራሕቲ ህግደፍ ብትብዓትን ትወፋይነትን ተቃሊስካ ከም ዝሰዓሩ ጥርጥር ከም ዘይብሉ ከኣ እቲ መሪሕነት ዞባ ተገንዚቡ። እዚ ከምዚሉ እንከሎ፡ ህግደፋውያን ንኹለን ኣብ ኤውሮጳ ዝርከባ ማሕበራትን ኣብያተ-ክርስትያንን፡ ነዓና ክትመስላ ኣለክን ዝብል ትእዛዝ ኣመሓላሊፎም ላዕልን ታሕትን የብሉወን ከም ዘለዉ ኣብቲ ዝበጸሓና ሓበሬታ ተመልኪቱ። ትእዛዛት ኣካላ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ንምርዳእ ከኣ እዚ ዝስዕብ ምጥቃስ ይከኣል።
1. ኩለን ማሕበራትን ኣብያተ- ክርስትያናትን ኣብ ትሕቲ ጽላል ማሕበረ-ኮም ህግደፍ ተቐይደን
ጥሙር ማሕበር ከቑማ።
2. ጸብጻብ ብዝሒ ኣባላተንን ወርሓዊ ኣኼባታትን ናብ ማእከላይ ቤት ጽሕፈት ፍራንክፉርት
ከቕርባ።
3. ገንዘባዊ ጸብጻባተን ከቕርባ።
4. ነብሲ ወከፍ ማሕበርን ቤተ ክርስትያንን ኣብ ዓመት ካብ 100 ክሳብ 300 ኢዩሮ (Euro) ብመንገዲ ማእከላይ
ቤት ጽሕፈት ማሕበረ-ኮም ፍራንክፉርት ናብ ህግደፍ ከረክባ።
ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ እቲ ዞባዊ መሪሕነት ሓፈሻዊ ሚዛኑ እንቢሩ። በቲ ሚዛኑ መሰረት፡ ካብቲ ምንጽጻግን ዘይምክብባርን ዝነበረ ናይ ተቃወምቲ ሓይልታት ኤርትራውያን ተኣሪሙ፡ ኣብ ምክብባርን ምትሕልላይን ተሳጋጊሩ ኣብ ጽቡቅ ሃዋሁው ተበጺሑ ከም ዘሎ መዚኑ።
ካብዚ ዝተጠቕሰ ክውንነት ተበጊሶም ኣባላት ሽማግለ ዞባኤውሮጳ ሰደህኤ ኣብ ናይ 23 ታሕሳስ 2016 ስሩዕ ኣኼቦኦም “ኣብ ልዕሊ ናይ ሓባር ጸላኢና ኣረሜናዊ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ይቅናዕ” ዝብል ጨርሖ ኣምሪሖም ምስ ኩለን ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ሓይሊታት ኤርትራውያን ንረብሓ ህዝብን ሃገርን ሓቢሮም ክሰርሑ ተዳሊዮም ኣለዉ ኢሎም።
መሪሕነት ዞባ ኤውሮጳ፡ ብዛዕባ’ቲ ንሕስያ ዘይብሉ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብ ግዜ ቀውዒ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ግፋ’ውን ተዛራሪቡ። ዉጺኢት ግፋ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ቡዙሓት ትሕቲ ዕድመ ኤርትራውያን ካብ ዝፈትዉዎም ወለዶም፡ ዓዶምን ሃገሮምን ተባሪሮም ኣሰር ቀዳሞት ኣሕዋቶም ተኸቲሎም ናብ ኢትዮጱያን ሱዳንን ኣትዮም ሕሱም ናብራ ስደት ይነብሩ ከም ዘለዉ ኣረጋጊጾም። እቶም ክንደይ ሽግርን መከራን ሓሊፎም በሸሓት ዝቁጸሩ መንእሰያትን ኤርትራውያን ብሰሪ ሕማቅ ምምሕዳር ስርዓት ህግደፍ ንኤውሮጳ ዝኣትዉ ዘለዉ እንተኾነ’ውን ኣይስራሕ ኣይትምህርቲ ካብ መጻኢ ዕድላቶም ተማዛቢሎም ከም ዘለው ንኹሎም ደለይቲ ጽቡቅ ኤርትራውያን ሕቡእን ስዉርን ኣይኮነን። ነዚ ሃገራዊ ክሳራ ተገንዚቦም ሽማግለ ዞባ እውሮጳ ሰደህኤ ብዛዕባ መንእሰያትን ኤርትራ ከም ቀዳማይ ኣጀንዳ ወሲዶም ኣብ 2017 መጽናዕቲ ከካይዱ ተሳማሚዖም። ኣብ መወዳእታ ኣኼቦኦም ሽማግለ ዞባ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ናይ 2017 መደብ ዕዮኦም ተሊሞም ኣብ ስራሕ ተዋፊሮም ኣለዉ ከም ዘለዉ እቲ ካብ ሓው ጐይተኦም መብራሕቱ ዝረኸብናዮ ዜን ገሊጹ።
ሓድሽ ዓመት 2017 ብኤርትራውያን ተቐማጦ በይ-ኤርያ ከቢሩ።
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ኤርትራውያን ተቐማጦ ከተማታት በይ-ኤርያ ኣብ ከተማ ኦክላንድ-ካሊፎርንያ ተኣኪቦም ን2017 ዓ.ም.ፈ፣ ተስፋ ዝመልኦን ሰናይ ሓድሽ ዓመትን ክዀነሎም ብሓድሽ መንፈስ ክቕበሉ ብሓባር ኣኽቢሮሞ ሓዲሮም። እቲ በዓል ብሓልዮት ንመብዛሕትአን ናይ ተቓውሞ ውድባትን ሲቪካዊ ማሕበራትን ከምኡ’ውን ውድባዊ ጸጊዕ ዘይብሎም ሃገራውያንን ዝጠርነፈ ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ማሕበር “በይ-ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ” ዝተዳለወ እዩ ነይሩ። እቲ ሰፊሕ ኣዳራሽ ካብ ጫፍ ናብ ጫፍ ብተሳተፍቲ፣ መብዝሕትኦም መንእሰያት ደቀንስትዮን ደቂ ተባዕትዮን መሊኡ ኣምስዩ።
ኣብ መራኸቢ ብዙሃን ከምዝተኸታተልናዮ፡ ምሉእ ዓለም ንሓድሽ ዓመት ምስ ፖለቲኮ ማሕበረ-ቍጠባዊን ባህሉን ኣዛሚዱ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ዓጽዩ ንሓድሽ ዓመት ሓድሽ መደባት ሰሪዑ ዝኣትዎ እዩ። ነቲ ህሞት እቲ ድማ ብናይ ደስ-ደስ ውራያትን ሳዕስዒትን እዩ ዘሕልፎ። ኤርትራውያን ተቐማጦ በይ-ኤርያ ብወናማት ሙዚቀኛታትን ድምጻውያንን ንዝተፈላለየ ባህላዊ ጸወታታት ኤርትራ እናበራረዩ ከስዕስዑና ሓዲሮም። መደብ ተጀሚሩ ክሳብ ዝውዳእ፣ ስኒት፣ ፍቕሪ፣ ሓጎስን ሓድነትን ዝሰፈኖ ሃዋህው ኰይኑ እዩ ተዛዚሙ።
ሓድሽ ዓመት፣ ናይ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ብድሆታትን ዓወታትን ገምጊምካ ብምዕጻው፣ ብሓድሽ ምድላዋት ንናይ መጻኢ ብድሆታትን ጸጋታትን፣ ካብ ዝሓለፈ ዝሐሸን ዝበለጸን ውጽኢት ንምዕዋት እትዕጠቐሉ እዋን እዩ። ናይ ዝሓለፉ ዘየዐውቱ ውጥናት፣ ልምድታትን ጥዕና ዘይህቡ ወልፍታትን ኣመላትን ሓንሳብ ንሓዋሩ ዝጕሓፍሉን ብኣዎንታዊ ልምድታት ንምትካእ ውሳኔ ዝግበረሉን እዩ’ውን። ገለ ንምጣስ፡ ብውልቀ ደረጃ፡
ናይ ሽጋራን ንዕኡ ዝመስሉ ወልፍታትን ደው ምባል፡ ዓቐን ዝሓለፈ ምስታይን ስኽራንን ደው ምባል፡ ጥዕና ዝህብ ኣመጋግባን ምውስዋስ ኣካላትን ንምዝውታር ዝውሰነሉ እዋን ከም ኣብነት ክጥቀስ ይከኣል።
ብእኩብ ንኣብነት ከም ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድማ “ዘለናዮ ግዝኣተ ምልክን ጭቆናን ኣብቂዑ፣ ናብ ብስርዓተ ሕግን ደሞክራስን ዝሰፈኖ ምሕደራ እንሰጋገረሉ” ዓመት ይግበረልና እትብለሉ እዩ።
ኣብ ዓለምና ኣብ ገለ ውግእ፣ ኣብ ገለ ድማ ሽበራ ዝፍጸመሉ ከባብታት እናበዝሐ ዝኸደሉ ዘሎ እዋን፣ ብሞትን መቝሰልትን ካብ ዝሓለፉ ንምጥቃስ፡
ተስፋ ዝመልኦን ሰናይ ሓድሽ ዓመትን ክዀነሎም ብሓድሽ መንፈስ ንምኽባር ክሳብ 600 ሰባት ኣብ ለይታዊ ቤት ትልሂት ናይ ከተማ እስጣንቡል ሃገር ቱርኪ፣ መብዛሕትኦም ቱርስት እናተደሰቱ ከለዉ፡ በዓል ክፉእ ሓሳብ ናይ ሳንታ ክላውስ ልብሲ ተኸዲኑ ጠበንጅኡ ከዊሉ ነቶም ኣብ ኣፍደገ ዝነበሩ ዋርድያታት ቀቲሉ ንውሽጢ ኣትዩ ብዝፈጸሞ ጨካን ረሽራሽ 39 ክሞቱ ከለዉ 69 ድማ ቆሲሎም። ኣሸባሪ ክሳብ ሕጂ ተሰዊሩ ኣይተረኽበን ዘሎ። ቅድሚ’ዚ ሓደጋ’ዚ ቱርኪ ኣብ 10 ታሕሳስ ኣብ ሜዳ ስታድዩም ናይ ኵዕሶ እግሪ ብኣሸበርቲ ዝተፈነወ ክልተ ነታጕ፣ 44 ሰባት ሞይቶም 149 ድማ ቆሲሎም ነይሮም። ኣብ ሰሙኑ ድማ ናይ ሩስያ ኣምባሳዶር ቀቲሎም። ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ሱርያ ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ናይ ህልቂት ደብዳብ ዘስካሕክሕ’ዩ።
ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝነብር ህዝብና ናይ ሓሳቡ ምግላጽ፣ ናብ ዝደለዮ ናይ ምንቅስቓስን ውልቀ-ሓርነታት መሰላቱን ተሓሪሙ ብኸቢድ ጭቆና ይሓልፍ ምህላዉ ፍሉጥ ኰይኑ፡ መን ተኣሲሩ መን’ከ ተቐቲሉ ዝሕብር ነጻ መራኸቢ ብዙሃን ስለዘይብሉ ከይተነግረ ተዓቢጡ እዩ ዝተርፍ።
ዓመት 2017 ውግእን ሽበራን ኣብቂዑ ሰላምን ቅሳነትን ራህዋን ዝዕምብበላ ዓመት ይግበረልና !!!!!!!
