الارتريون لا شك يحبون بلادهم ويقدرونها بشدة، يضعونها في خانة الأم، وهذه العلاقة بين الارتريين و بلادهم ارتريا أزلية وذات ثقل عظيم، ولم يحل تعددهم وتبايناتهم الدينية، الاقليمية، العرقية، اللغوية عن العمل بإخلاص وتفانٍ علي تحرير بلادهم. والأمر هنا لا يحتاج الي كثير شرح.

 

لقد خبر المستعمرون المتوالون علي ارتريا معدن الشعب الارتري ومقته ومقاومته لحكم الدخيل، لذلك حاولوا، نظام منقستو علي سبيل المثال، حاولوا الظهور بمظهر الأم والأسرة الحريصة علي تأديب الضالين من أبنائها، لذلك كان منقستو يصف الثوار الارتريين بمن يعضون ثدي أمهم التي ولدتهم وأرضعتهم فجازوها بالعقوق.

 

ونحن اليوم سيراً علي درب شهدائنا الأبطال الذين ناضلوا وضحوا من أجل الاستقلال، نناضل من أجل حقوق الانسان وكرامته وكل ما نستحقه كبشر نتساوى مع الآخرين في الحقوق وسائر القيم الإنسانية. إن وقودنا لهذه المعركة النضالية الحالية وما يحرك مشاعرنا الوطنية هو تلك التضحيات التي قدمها شهداؤنا لننعم نحن بالحقوق والهناء والرخاء، لكن سرقت منا بواسطة هذا النظام القمعي الأرعن. إنه نضال ليس لاجترار الأحزان فحسب لكنه نضال للوفاء بوصايا وأحلام الشهداء. والكل مهما تواضعت إمكاناته يعمل علي تحقيق هذا الهدف.

   

نظام الهقدف متأسياً بمن سبقوه من الحكام المستعمرين يحاول هو الآخر ستر عيوبه وممارساته المعادية للشعب بالتظاهر بالحرص علي مصلحة الشعب والبلاد. وعلي الرغم من أن الشعب باقٍ والنظام زائل يحاول النظام أن يفرض أكذوبة أنه والشعب وجهان لعملة واحدة، أي أنه خالد خلود الشعب وباقٍ بقاءه.

 

إن عبدة وعشاق النظام لا يتوانون في دمغ أعداء الهقدف بأنهم أعداء الوطن، كما يخوِّنون من يقيمون في بلاد معادية للنظام. بل يتجاوزون ذلك الي وصف من يعادي الهقدف إنما يخون وصايا الشهداء ويهزأ بدمائهم الطاهرة. إن الرسالة من هذا الموقف المختل من النظام إنما تقول باختصار: اتركوا الهقدف وشأنه، ليفعل بالبلاد ما يفعل فهو أدرى منكم بشؤونها.

 

نحن وشعبنا كما فعلنا من قبل بحكام الاستعمار سوف نطيح بدكتاتورية الهقدف الجاثمة علي صدور شعبنا ونقذف بها الي مزبلة التاريخ.

ጨንፈር ደቡብ ጀርመን/ሽቱትጋርትን ከባቢኡን/ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንኡስ ዞባ ጀርመን፣ ብኣባላት መሪሕነት ሰልፊ ዝምእከል ናይ ህዝቢ ኣኼባ ንዕለት 04.06.2016  ኣብ ከተማ ሽቱትጋት ኣዳልዩ ምህላዉ  እንዳሓበረ፡ ኩለን ግዱሳትን ክዱስን ዜጋታት ክሳተፎዎ  ብኽብሪ ንጽውዕ።

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30.04.2016

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ፡ ሰደህኤ

ቃልሲ ኤርትራውያን ነዊሕ ዝዕድሚኡ ተደራራቢ ዕላማ ዝነበሮን ዘለዎን ምዃኑ ንኤርትራውያን ከም ሓድሽ ዝንገሮም ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ብዙሓት ናይ ታሪኽ ክኢላታት ዝመስከርዎ ኣብ ርእሲ ምዃኑ፡ ኤርትራውያን ባዕላቶም ተዋሳእቱ ስለ ዝነበሩን ዘለዉን፡ ብኻልእ ክንገሮም ከኣ ስለ ዘይጽበይዎ። ኣብዚ ነዊሕ መስርሕ ቃልሲ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ክቡር ዋጋ ከፊሎም እዮም። ናይ ነፍሲ ወከፎም መስዋእቲ ከኣ ነናቱ ኣበርክቶን ክቡር ቦታን ዘለዎ እምበር ዝባኸነ ኣይኮነን።

ዕላማ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ውሽጡ ብዙሓት ምዕራፋት ዝሓቖፈ ኮይኑ፡ ምርግጋጽ ናጻን ልኡላዊት ሃገርን፡ ሰላም፡ ደሞክራስን ክብሪ ኩሉ መሰላት ዘውሕስ ስርዓት ምትካልን፥ እቶም ክልተ ኣገደስቲ ምዕራፋት ናይ ቃልስና እዮም። እዞም ክልተ ምዕራፋት ቃልስና ኣብ ሕድሕዶም ዝጸላለዉን፡ እቲ ሓደ ብዘይቲ ካልእ ህልውና ዘየብሉን እምበር ነጻጺልካ ዝረኣዩ ኣይኮኑን። ካብቲ ቃልስና ዝተበገሰሉ መሰረታዊ ዕላማታት፡ ምውሓስ ናጻን ልኡላዊትን ኤርትራ እቲ መሰረታዊ ምዕራፍ እዩ። እዚ ማለት ግና ናጽነት ስለ ዝተረጋገጸ፡ እቲ ህዝብና ዝተላዕለሉ መሰረታዊ ዕላማ መሊኡ ማለት ኣይኮነን። ምሉእ ንክኸውን ጌና ዘይተረጋገጸ ክፋል ናይቲ ቃልሲ ኣሎ። ነቲ ተሪፉና ዘሎ ንምርግጋጽ ከኣ እነሆ ቃልስና ይቕጽል። እቲ ነካይዶ ቃልሲ እምበኣር ነቲ ናይ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዓወትና ዝንእድን ዝሕሉን፡ ኣብኡ ተመስሪቱ ድማ ዝካየድ እምበር ነቲ ክንምርኮሰሉ ዝግበኣና፡ ብደምን ኣዕጽምትን ዝተነድቀ ጽኑዕ ባይታ ብምንእኣስ ወይ ብምርኻስ ንድሕሪት ዝምለስ ኣይኮነን።

እቲ ኣእላፍ ኤርትራውያን፡ ናይ ኣየናይ ውድብ ኣባላት ነይሮም ብዘየገድስ ዋጋ ከፊሎም ዘረጋገጽዎ 25 ዓመታት ዝዕድሚኡ ናጽነት፡ ናይ መላእ ኤርትራውያን ጻማን ዋጋ ደምን ክነሱ፡ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ስለ ዘጉባዕበዐ ከም ፍሉይ ግነዖት እንህበሉ ምኽንያት የብልናን። ንናጽነትና ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝንየተሉ፡ እቶም ኣንጻሩ ምእንቲ ሓርነትን ቀጻሊ ራህዋን ንቃለስ ዘለና ድማ ንጓነየሉ ምኽንያት የለን። ብናጽነትና ክንሕበን እንከለና፡ ንመስዋእቲ ናይቶም ምእንትኡ ዝሓለፉ ሓርበኛታት ከም ብሌን ዓይንና ከነኽብር ግድን እዩ። ንመስዋእቲ ጀጋኑ ዘይምኽባር ግና ናብ ንናጽነትን ሉኣላውነትን ኤርትራ ዘይምቕባል ዘምርሕ ሓደገኛ መንገዲ ምዃኑ ኣይንስሓት። ነዚ መንገዲ ስሒቱ ዝጐዓዝ ኣካል ከኣ፡ ኣንጻር ወጽዓ ህግደፍ ምእንቲ ሓርነትን ፍትሕን ዝቃለስ ክኸውን ኣይክእልን እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ነቲ ብደምን ኣዕጽምትን ጀጋኑ ዝተሃንጸ ዕርዲ ናጽነት ኣብ ክንዲ ዝጽገዓሉ ደፊኡ ከፍርሶ ይደናደን ስለ ዘሎ።

ርግጽ እዩ ገለ ወገናት፡ ናይ ህዝቢ ሓርነትን መሰልን ዘይተረጋገጸሉ ናጽነት ትርጉም ስለ ዘየብሉ፡ መሬታዊ ናጽነት ፋይዳ የብሉን ክብሉ ንሰምዕ ኢና። ስለዚ “ነዚ ሕጂ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ናጽነት ኣፍልጦ ክንህቦ ኣይግበኣናን” ክሳብ ምባል ክመጣጠሩ ከለውስ ኤርትራ ናብቲ ዝነበረቶ መግዛእቲ ትመልስ ማለቶምዶ ይኸውን? ምናልባት “እቲ ሓርነትከ ኣበየናይ ናጽነት ተዘሪኡ እዩ፡ መድሕን ህዝቢ ዝኸውን?” ኢልና እንተንሓቶምስ መልሶም እንታይኮን መኾነ? ንሕና ሃገራዊ ናጽነትን ህዝባዊ ሓርነትን ፈላሊና ንርእዮም ዘይኮኑስ ተደጋገፍትን እቲ ሓደ ብዘይቲ ሓደ ህልውና ዘየብሉን ክልቲኦም ማዕረ ከም ዘድልዩና ኢና ንኣምን። ሓርነት ብዘይናጽነት፡ ናጽነት ብዘይሓርነት ከኣ ኩሎም ጐደሎ እዮም። ቃልስና ምሉእ ዝኸውን ከኣ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዘመዝገብናዮ ዓወት ዓቂብና ዝተረፈ ንምምላእ ክንቃለስ እንከለና ጥራይ እዩ።

መበል 25 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ናጽነት ውጽኢት ቃልስና ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ምስ ኩሉ ኣንጸላልይዎ ዘሎ ናይ ምልኪ ደበና ክንዝክሮን ከነኽብሮን ናይ ግድን እዩ። ክንዝክሮ እንከለና ግና ዝተርፈና ቃልሲ ከም ዘሎ ብምስትብሃልን፡ ንቐጻሊ ቃልሲ ከም መንጠሪ ብምጥቃምን እዩ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ነቲ ብክቡር ደም ኤርትራውያን ዝተረጋገጸ ናጽነት ምስ ዘይነኽብሮ ኣዝዩ ተሓጒሱ ኮበሮ ዓምሓሙ መወቐዐ። ምኽንያቱ “ምስቲ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ኣነ ዘምጻእኩዎን ከም ድላየይ ዘመሓድሮ ንብረተይ እዩ” ዝብሎ ስለ ዘሳንየሉ። ህግደፍ መበል 25 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ናጽነት “ከኽብር እየ” ኢሉ ይሸባሸብ ኣሎ። ንሕናውን ነዚ ታሪኻዊ ዕለት ክንዝክሮ ኢና ክንብል እንከለና፡ ምስኡ ሓደ ኮይና ማለት ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ንሕና ንዝኽሪ ናጽነት እንህቦ ትርጉምን፡ ኣብዚ ታሪኻዊ ተረኽቦ ተመስሪትና እነማዕድዎ መጻእን ካብቲ ናይ ህግደፍ ዝተፈልየ’ዩ። ህግደፍ ነዚ ዝኽሪ ብኸመይ ኣብ ስልጣን ይቕጽል ውዲት ዝኣልመሉ ኣጋጣሚ ገይሩ እዩ ዝወስዶ። ንሕና ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ነዚ ተረኽቦ ክንዝክሮ እንከለና ግና “ብኸመይ ካብዚ ዘሎ ውጽዓ ናብ ራህዋ ንሰግር” ዝብል ጭረሖ ነቃለሓሉ ኣጋጣሚ ጌርና ኢና ንወስዶ። ከምቲ “ ኣቦይን ኣደይን በበይኑ ጸሎቶም” ዝበሃል፡ ንሕናን ህግደፍን ዝኽሪ ናጽነት ንዝክረሉ መንፈስ በበይኑ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ተጻራሪ’ዩ። ስለዚ ክብሪ ናጽነት ብዋጋ ህዝብና ዝተረኽበ፡ መሰረት ናይቲ ኣብ መጻኢ እነረጋገጾ ዓወት እምበር፡ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንምጥዎ ሕዛእቲ ክኸውን ኣይግበኦን።

As politicians grapple with the migrant crisis experts say cash will only prop up the abusive regime – not stop the exodus

An Eritrean refugee waits for medical attention in ‘the Jungle’ camp in Calais.      
 An Eritrean refugee waits for medical attention in ‘the Jungle’ camp in Calais. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Thursday 28 April 2016 08.00 BST  Last modified on Thursday 28 April 2016 13.54 BST 

The migration crisis has dominated headlines and confounded politicians, but still very little is known about Eritrea, a country from which an estimated 5,000 people are fleeing each month.

Despite unaccompanied children from Eritrea being the largest group to seek refuge in the UK, and despite Eritreans being one of the largest groups entering Europe in 2015 after Afghans and Syrians, even the well-informed ask, why? Why Eritrea? What’s happening there?

It’s a pertinent question, particularly since the EU has agreed to give ‎€200m in aid to the Eritrean government. But sounds like a solution is, campaigners say, just going to exacerbate the problem. Because it is the Eritrean government itself which is accused of gross human rights abuses, with reports of routine extra-judicial executions, torture and arbitrary detention.

Many Eritreans claim to have spent more than 20 years in slave-like, unpaid national service. Give aid to the Eritrean regime and campaigners say that instead of halting the exodus, it will only make it worse.

“It feels like the oppressors are getting a reward from the European Union for oppressing their own people,” says Meron Estefanos, the director of the Eritrean Initiative on Refugee Rights. “There is no accountability. It seems to me that the EU is very naive.”

For Martin Plaut, former Africa editor for the BBC, the issue isn’t naiveté. He says the plan shows just how split the EU is over migration. “You have two completely different forces,” he explains. “You have the European parliament, which is made up of people with their own individual views and concerns about their constituents. Then you have the commission, which is really answerable to a council of ministers. They have a completely different set of agendas.” When it comes to Eritrea, he argues, those different agendas breed serious policy problems.

When announcing the new programme on behalf of the European Union, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, said “... We have agreed to promote activities with concrete results for the [Eritrean] population, such as the creation of job opportunities and the improvement of living conditions,” but claimed at the same time the EU would insist on “full respect of human rights”.

Angela Merkel listens to African Union chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma at the EU’s Africa summit on migration.

Angela Merkel listens to African Union chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma at the EU’s summit on migration. Photograph: Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images 
 
But many remain sceptical. Former MEP Baroness Glenys Kinnock, now chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea, is robust in her criticism of the EU aid deal. “I’m horrified that, as Europeans, we’re offering any kind of support to President Isaias Afewerki,” she says.

“It will never reach the people and it will never improve their lives while he is there. It absolutely flies in the face of any claims we make as Europeans that we’re fighting for the rights and freedoms of the people of Eritrea

Abraham Zere, the director of PEN Eritrea in Exile who was forced to flee in 2011, says that many refugees living in the diaspora agree that the aid funding will do little more than prolong the life of dictatorship.

“The minimum services like electricity, water supply and food are lacking [there],” he explains. “Not because of lack of resources – but mainly through an utterly failed administration. Aid will not help the destitute population.”

Controversy

This isn’t the first time that EU aid and development spending has been seen as controversial. Funding for Sudan – announced at the same time as the Eritrea grant – was deemed “almost satire” by Ahmed Adam from the Institute for African Development at Cornell University , for essentially rewarding a migrant-producing regime while claiming to help stem the flow. .

Similarly, after 12 years of sanctions the EU is once again giving development support to Zimbabwe, while last month the EU suspended direct funding for the government of Burundi after they were judged to have not done enough to stop the current conflict.

The MEP and chair of the Committee on Development, Linda McAvan, is also sceptical about the aid plan, but emphasises that no money has yet changed hands.

“We’ve made it clear that we are very sceptical, as a European Parliament, about funding the Eritrean government in any way. There has been talk of them getting rid of their national service, which isn’t a national service - it’s a lifetime conscription by the government - but it hasn’t happened,” she says.

Although many MEPs in the European parliament have strongly objected to the plan, they don’t have the power to block the proposed payments completely.

A doctor checks migrants aboard the Mare Nostrum after being rescued 25 miles off Italy.

A doctor checks migrants aboard the Mare Nostrum after being rescued 25 miles off Italy. Photograph: Giuseppe Lami/EPA 
 

Refugee policy

Kinnock, who is trying to raise a debate in the House of Lords on the subject, also points to the “clearly untenable and unreasonable” policy on Eritrean refugees.

Under the new EU migration deal, Eritreans – and other non-Syrians – reaching Greece are to be sent back to Turkey where the government have begun negotiations to readmit refugees and migrants with a host of countries, including Eritrea.

The UK government has also changed the country code guidance for Eritrea, so that while in the past 95% of Eritreans had their asylum applications accepted, it’s now down to 28%.

“As I’ve said before, [the EU migration deal] is life-threatening to them. They can’t go back,” says Kinnock. “I know families who have used every resource they’ve got to pay smugglers to take their children across the border into Sudan or Ethiopia, even though the government have a shoot to kill policy on those borders; they deserve our support, not increasing the threats to them.”
 
As warmer weather approaches, the Mediterranean migration route is expected to become more popular again - putting Eritreans and many others are increased risk as they try to reach Europe.

“I was speaking to UNHCR yesterday asking if there was any diminution in the 4,000-5,000 people fleeing Eritrea every month and they said no,” says Plaut.

Daniel Mekonnen, a prominent Eritrean human rights lawyer living in Geneva, warns that a time of increased urgency, the aid deal could severely discredit the EU. “By dealing with such a regime, in a strangely non-transparent and non-accountable manner, the EU risks the danger of portrayal as complicit in the perpetration of gross human rights violations, including a possible situation of crimes against humanity, as concluded in June 2015 by a UN commission of inquiry.”

The Eritrean regime, argues Mekonnen, is not going to change because of EU funding. “I liken the [government] with a habitual offender, a serial killer, or offender of the worst type, who has zero chance of rehabilitating,” he says.

Source=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/28/eu-plan-to-pay-millions-to-eritrea

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ቃልሲ ኤርትራውያን ነዊሕ ዝዕድሚኡ ተደራራቢ ዕላማ ዝነበሮን ዘለዎን ምዃኑ ንኤርትራውያን ከም ሓድሽ ዝንገሮም ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ብዙሓት ናይ ታሪኽ ክኢላታት ዝመስከርዎ ኣብ ርእሲ ምዃኑ፡ ኤርትራውያን ባዕላቶም ተዋሳእቱ ስለ ዝነበሩን ዘለዉን፡ ብኻልእ ክንገሮም ከኣ ስለ ዘይጽበይዎ። ኣብዚ ነዊሕ መስርሕ ቃልሲ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ክቡር ዋጋ ከፊሎም እዮም። ናይ ነፍሲ ወከፎም መስዋእቲ ከኣ ነናቱ ኣበርክቶን ክቡር ቦታን ዘለዎ እምበር ዝባኸነ ኣይኮነን።

ዕላማ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ውሽጡ ብዙሓት ምዕራፋት ዝሓቖፈ ኮይኑ፡ ምርግጋጽ ናጻን ልኡላዊት ሃገርን፡ ሰላም፡ ደሞክራስን ክብሪ ኩሉ መሰላት ዘውሕስ ስርዓት ምትካልን፥ እቶም ክልተ ኣገደስቲ ምዕራፋት ናይ ቃልስና እዮም። እዞም ክልተ ምዕራፋት ቃልስና  ኣብ ሕድሕዶም ዝጸላለዉን፡ እቲ ሓደ ብዘይቲ ካልእ ህልውና ዘየብሉን እምበር ነጻጺልካ ዝረኣዩ ኣይኮኑን። ካብቲ ቃልስና ዝተበገሰሉ መሰረታዊ ዕላማታት፡ ምውሓስ ናጻን ልኡላዊትን ኤርትራ እቲ መሰረታዊ ምዕራፍ እዩ። እዚ ማለት ግና ናጽነት ስለ ዝተረጋገጸ፡  እቲ ህዝብና ዝተላዕለሉ መሰረታዊ ዕላማ መሊኡ ማለት ኣይኮነን። ምሉእ ንክኸውን ጌና ዘይተረጋገጸ ክፋል ናይቲ ቃልሲ  ኣሎ። ነቲ ተሪፉና ዘሎ ንምርግጋጽ ከኣ እነሆ ቃልስና ይቕጽል። እቲ ነካይዶ ቃልሲ እምበኣር ነቲ ናይ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዓወትና ዝንእድን ዝሕሉን፡ ኣብኡ ተመስሪቱ ድማ ዝካየድ እምበር ነቲ ክንምርኮሰሉ ዝግበኣና፡ ብደምን ኣዕጽምትን ዝተነድቀ ጽኑዕ ባይታ ብምንእኣስ ወይ ብምርኻስ ንድሕሪት ዝምለስ ኣይኮነን።

እቲ ኣእላፍ ኤርትራውያን፡ ናይ ኣየናይ ውድብ ኣባላት ነይሮም ብዘየገድስ ዋጋ ከፊሎም ዘረጋገጽዎ 25 ዓመታት ዝዕድሚኡ ናጽነት፡ ናይ መላእ ኤርትራውያን ጻማን ዋጋ ደምን ክነሱ፡ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ስለ ዘጉባዕበዐ ከም ፍሉይ ግነዖት እንህበሉ ምኽንያት የብልናን። ንናጽነትና  ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝንየተሉ፡ እቶም ኣንጻሩ ምእንቲ ሓርነትን ቀጻሊ ራህዋን ንቃለስ ዘለና ድማ ንጓነየሉ ምኽንያት የለን። ብናጽነትና ክንሕበን እንከለና፡ ንመስዋእቲ ናይቶም ምእንትኡ ዝሓለፉ ሓርበኛታት ከም ብሌን ዓይንና  ከነኽብር  ግድን እዩ። ንመስዋእቲ ጀጋኑ ዘይምኽባር ግና ናብ ንናጽነትን ሉኣላውነትን ኤርትራ ዘይምቕባል ዘምርሕ ሓደገኛ መንገዲ ምዃኑ ኣይንስሓት። ነዚ መንገዲ ስሒቱ ዝጐዓዝ ኣካል ከኣ፡ ኣንጻር ወጽዓ ህግደፍ ምእንቲ ሓርነትን ፍትሕን ዝቃለስ ክኸውን ኣይክእልን እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ነቲ ብደምን ኣዕጽምትን ጀጋኑ ዝተሃንጸ ዕርዲ ናጽነት ኣብ ክንዲ ዝጽገዓሉ ደፊኡ ከፍርሶ ይደናደን ስለ ዘሎ።

ርግጽ እዩ ገለ ወገናት፡ ናይ ህዝቢ ሓርነትን መሰልን ዘይተረጋገጸሉ ናጽነት ትርጉም ስለ ዘየብሉ፡ መሬታዊ ናጽነት ፋይዳ የብሉን ክብሉ ንሰምዕ ኢና። ስለዚ “ነዚ ሕጂ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ናጽነት ኣፍልጦ ክንህቦ ኣይግበኣናን” ክሳብ ምባል ክመጣጠሩ ከለውስ  ኤርትራ ናብቲ ዝነበረቶ መግዛእቲ ትመልስ ማለቶምዶ ይኸውን? ምናልባት “እቲ ሓርነትከ ኣበየናይ ናጽነት ተዘሪኡ እዩ፡ መድሕን ህዝቢ ዝኸውን?” ኢልና እንተንሓቶምስ መልሶም እንታይኮን መኾነ? ንሕና ሃገራዊ ናጽነትን ህዝባዊ ሓርነትን ፈላሊና ንርእዮም ዘይኮኑስ ተደጋገፍትን እቲ ሓደ ብዘይቲ ሓደ ህልውና ዘየብሉን ክልቲኦም ማዕረ ከም ዘድልዩና ኢና ንኣምን። ሓርነት ብዘይናጽነት፡ ናጽነት ብዘይሓርነት ከኣ ኩሎም ጐደሎ እዮም። ቃልስና ምሉእ ዝኸውን ከኣ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዘመዝገብናዮ ዓወት ዓቂብና ዝተረፈ ንምምላእ ክንቃለስ እንከለና ጥራይ እዩ።

መበል 25 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ናጽነት ውጽኢት ቃልስና ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ምስ ኩሉ ኣንጸላልይዎ ዘሎ ናይ ምልኪ ደበና ክንዝክሮን ከነኽብሮን ናይ ግድን እዩ። ክንዝክሮ እንከለና ግና ዝተርፈና ቃልሲ ከም ዘሎ ብምስትብሃልን፡ ንቐጻሊ ቃልሲ ከም መንጠሪ ብምጥቃምን እዩ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ነቲ ብክቡር ደም ኤርትራውያን ዝተረጋገጸ ናጽነት ምስ ዘይነኽብሮ ኣዝዩ ተሓጒሱ ኮበሮ ዓምሓሙ መወቐዐ። ምኽንያቱ “ምስቲ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ኣነ ዘምጻእኩዎን ከም ድላየይ ዘመሓድሮ ንብረተይ እዩ” ዝብሎ ስለ ዘሳንየሉ። ህግደፍ መበል 25 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ናጽነት “ከኽብር እየ” ኢሉ ይሸባሸብ ኣሎ። ንሕናውን ነዚ ታሪኻዊ ዕለት ክንዝክሮ ኢና ክንብል እንከለና፡ ምስኡ ሓደ ኮይና ማለት ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ንሕና ንዝኽሪ ናጽነት እንህቦ ትርጉምን፡ ኣብዚ ታሪኻዊ ተረኽቦ ተመስሪትና እነማዕድዎ መጻእን ካብቲ ናይ ህግደፍ ዝተፈልየ’ዩ። ህግደፍ ነዚ ዝኽሪ ብኸመይ ኣብ ስልጣን ይቕጽል ውዲት ዝኣልመሉ ኣጋጣሚ ገይሩ እዩ ዝወስዶ። ንሕና ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ነዚ ተረኽቦ ክንዝክሮ እንከለና ግና “ብኸመይ ካብዚ ዘሎ ውጽዓ ናብ ራህዋ ንሰግር” ዝብል ጭረሖ ነቃለሓሉ ኣጋጣሚ ጌርና ኢና ንወስዶ። ከምቲ “ ኣቦይን ኣደይን በበይኑ ጸሎቶም” ዝበሃል፡ ንሕናን ህግደፍን ዝኽሪ ናጽነት ንዝክረሉ መንፈስ በበይኑ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ተጻራሪ’ዩ። ስለዚ ክብሪ ናጽነት ብዋጋ ህዝብና ዝተረኽበ፡ መሰረት ናይቲ ኣብ መጻኢ እነረጋገጾ ዓወት እምበር፡ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንምጥዎ ሕዛእቲ ክኸውን ኣይግበኦን።

An anonymous whistleblower claims to have new proof of human rights abuses, galvanising opposition online

 Eritrea has become nicknamed ‘Africa’s North Korea’ in recent years.

Eritrea has become nicknamed ‘Africa’s North Korea’ in recent years. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images


In a bid to upend years of secrecy in the country dubbed “Africa’s North Korea”, a new Facebook page is publishing documents claiming to show how the Eritrean government abuses its citizens.

In just two months, SACTISM – Classified Documents of the Dwindling PFDJ has garnered more than 16,000 followers on the social media site by alleging to have new information about human rights violations committed at the hands of president Isaias Afewerki’s ruling party, the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice.

The name “sactism” comes from a colloquial Arabic word that roughly translates as “nothing”, and was coined by the anonymous whistleblower behind the page, who goes by the name Samuel.

Samuel claims he is an Eritrean underground blogger who once held a “key post” in the government but who later fled the country. He says he is now sorting through the documents he collected while working in the capital, and says he is determined to expose the regime.

Over the last decade, the Eritrean government has been branded one of world’s worst human rights abusers, with Amnesty International estimating the country is holding at least 10,000 political prisoners in more than 360 secret prisons.

As a result, thousands of young men and women are fleeing the country. In 2014, 50,000 Eritreans sought asylum in Europe, with the UN estimating that around 5,000 nationals continue to escape each month.

With such a severe crackdown on civil liberties, and with little information able to enter to leave the country, Sactism has garnered a significant amount of attention from the Eritrean diaspora, despite the fact that the documents are impossible to verify.
 
‘Shaking the status quo’

In early February, posts appeared on Sactism claiming to show new information about the political prisoners and journalists who have been incarcerated for more than 14 years in Eritrea’s secret prisons.

Samuel also published accompanying notes he claims originate from 2001, which offer information about the security agents who arrested the journalists and their subsequent treatment in the notoriously secretive prison in Eiraeiro.

“The page is shaking the status quo,” says Daniel Mekonnen, a prominent Eritrean human rights lawyer living in Geneva. “Although it is difficult to ascertain the truthfulness of every information published on the page, some [readers] have already given their own independent opinion confirming the veracity – in whole or in part – of some of the information revealed,” he says.

The allegations have also been read out on popular Eritrean radio stations abroad, such as Radio Assenna, and have been extensively republished on diaspora websites.

Blocks

President of PEN Eritrea in exile, Ghirmai Negash, describes Sactism “as a new genre in Eritrean writing, the importance of which lies in its subversive power in the context of a nation under tyranny.”

But a few prominent figures have criticised the way in which Samuel is releasing the information. Awet Weldemichael, professor of African history at Queen’s University, says he is concerned about the ethics of the way in which the information is being released.

“I am not sure if it helps to family and friends of the disappeared to learn it through Facebook,” he says, adding that he also worries about the authenticity of the documents.

Facebook initially blocked the page, originally published exclusively in Tigrinya, after a petition emerged claiming that Sactism was “inciting hatred”. Samuel then began publishing certain posts in English, and provided a short blurb to clarify his intentions to readers.

Though he’s been approached by various outlets, he says he has chosen to stick to publishing on social media to allow him to “operate at an individual level” and to be “part of the democratisation of information sharing”, he has written.

“The regime was surviving mainly through the dread of information sharing,” he explained in a post in February. As a result, he has made it his mission to fight “misinformation and secrecy”, promising that “all the information shared on the page is most accurate.”

Source=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/27/eritrea-facebook-page-sactism-human-rights-abuses

تقول الأمثال العامة: إن ثقب القربة ( جراب جلدي لحفظ الماء ) قد يقع وقت النفخ، فإن لم يكن فعند السلخ، وعن القربة أيضاً هناك المثل العربي السائر (يداك أوكتا وفوك نفخ) وذلك في تحميل المسئولية للمتضرر جراء أسباب ذاتية تعود اليه وحده، والهقدف منذ أن تحقق الاستقلال بدأ يحكم الشعب ويدير البلاد بأسلوب قمعي وطائش وقربة مثقوبة، استخف بالشعب وخانه، وألغى كل رأي مخالف، حتى لو كان من رفاق النضال والبندقية، بل تنكر لاسم التنظيم التاريخي وتركه الي الهقدف، ولم يكن المناضلون والشعب هم ضحاياه الوحيدون، بل أرهب نظام الهقدف دول الجوار والمجتمع العالمي وأقلق راحتهما.

 

لقد حيرت سياسته الخارجية الرعناء العالم، فعدها تجربةً فريدة وغير مسبوقة تستحق الدراسة، لذلك كنا نتوقع من المحتارين إزاء هذه السياسة التي ذاقوا المر من ثمرها أن يطابق موقفهم منها تقييمهم لها، ولكن ذلك لم يحدث، مما مكن النظام من استغلال هذا الموقف الخارجي الرخو تجاهه في ممارسة المزيد من الغطرسة في شؤون الداخل والخارج، بل أيضاً لم يترك أساليبه المخادعة ومسرحياته الفجة تجاه الجميع، لكنه مهما حاول ذلك لم يتمكن من تغطية وتكذيب ممارساته العملية التي تفضح ما يصرح به من أكاذيب وما يصنعه من مسرحيات. مقتلة معسكر ماي حبار لمعوقي حرب التحرير، مجزرة اعتقال مجموعة الخمس عشر القيادية (جي ففتين)، إغلاق الصحف المستقلة واعتقال ملاكها وصحفييها، سياسة قتل عابري الحدود الي دول الجوار هاربين بجلدهم، تعامله اللا إنساني مع مأساة لامبيدوزا، وأخيراً مجزرة الثالث من ابريل 2016م بالعاصمة أسمرا لمجندي الخدمة الإلزامية. تلك وغيرها من الممارسات القمعية الممعنة في العجرفة والقسوة واللا اكتراث تقف شاهد إدانة لهذا النظام ومكذِّب لادعاءاته التي يطلقها للاستهلاك الدبلوماسي. 

      

لقد عرَّى النظام نفسه أمام الملأ المحلي والعالمي حتى أطلق عليه العالم لقب كوريا الشمالية افريقيا، ومن فشل في الداخل لن ينجح في الخارج، لأن السياسة الخارجية انعكاس للسياسة الداخلية، لذلك أصبح داخلاً وخارجاً معزولاً وعدواً للشعب. لكنه ما بقي حياً يصارع الموت لن يدع ممارساته الانتحارية اليائسة وحشرجات النزع الأخير داخلاً أو خارجاً، واليوم ومهما حاول الخداع فإن من أفاقوا من سكرة الإعجاب به أكثر ممن لا يزالون راكعين تحت أقدام صنم النظام جهلاً أو تجاهلاً. لقد ركع النظام للاتحاد الاوربي وأقسم أنه سوف يحسن من سيره وسلوكه تجاه شعبه والخارج فنفحه الاتحاد ببضع مئات ملايين اليورات. لكنه سرعان ما فقد الصبر علي الكشف عن هويته البائسة المطلية بمساحيق الخيانة والخداع فتعطلت أو حجبت عنه المنحة الأوربية ولو الي حين، وحتى ما ادعاه من تحديد وتقنين مدة الخدمة العسكرية الإلزامية لم يلبث أن فضح كذب تعهده به عبر ارتكابه مجزرة الثالث من ابريل 2016م بحق مجندي الخدمة الإلزامية المفرَّغين لخدمة النظام بالسخرة. إن ما حدث في تلك المجزرة لم يستغربه الشعب من هذا النظام ولكن زاده حزناً علي أحزانه.

 

الهقدف بالطبع لن يترك عاداته حتى الرمق الأخير، لكن ليعلم هو وأعوانه، أنه من اليوم فصاعداً، لن يجد أرضاً يطأها مطمئناً بثبات ولا بحراً يبحر فيه دون أن يغرق، وهناك لن يجد أمامه طوق نجاة يتلقفه، لذلك سوف يصارع أمواج الرحيل مضحياً أمامه بكل من يقف في طريقه، لذلك وحتى لا يتضاعف عدد الضحايا كل يوم يجلسه هذا النظام علي عرش السلطة فلنعمل علي التعجيل بنهايته متكاتفين ومتعاضدين بكل ما نملك من قوة، واضعين في ذات الوقت كل ظروف الانتقال الحساسة وما تتركه من مهمة ثقيلة تتطلب من الجميع العمل سوياً علي إعادة بناء وترميم ومعالجة جروح الوطن والمواطن.            

ህዝቢ እና ተጨቈነ፡ ደቁ ኣብ ቅድሚ ዓይኑ ብተመልከተለይ ብጥይት እናተቘልቡን መከራን ግፍዕን እናወረዶን፡ ንምልኪ ኣሜን ኢሉ ዝርዕመሉ ምኽንያት ፈጺሙ የለን። ይደንጒ ይቐልጥፍ ናይ ግዜ ሕቶ ኮይኑ ንምልኪ ርዒሙ ኣየጽቅጥን እዩ። ኣብ መላእ ዓለም እውን እንተኾነ፡ ንምልኪ ዝረዓመ ህዝቢ ኣይተራእየን። ናይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኩነታት ፍሉይ ዝገብሮ ተረኽቦ ክህሉ ይኽእል ይኸውን። ብርግጽ’ውን ኣሎ።

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንሓያሎይ ዓመታት ኣብ ትሕቲ መግዛእቲ ዝተቘርነን፡ ኣብ ስቅያትን ኣደዳ ሞትን ተቓሊዑ ጸኒሑ ሎሚ ድሕሪ ነዊሕ ተጋድሎ’ውን ኣብ ሃገሩ ናጻ ኣየር ከስተንፍስ ይጽገም ኣሎ። ምኽንያቱ ካብ ኣርዑት መግዛእቲ ደኣ እዩ ናጻ ኮይኑ እምበር፥ ክመሓደረሉ ዝግበኦ ግዝኣተ ሕጊ ይኹን ህዝቢ ዝሓንጸጾ ቅዋም ካብ ድሌቱ ወጻኢ ብምዃኑ ካብ መግዛእታዊ ምሕደራስ ጌና ኣይተላቐቐን ዘሎ። እዚ ማለት፡ ኩልና ከም እንፈልጦ ባህሪ መለኽትን ገዛእትን ሓደ እዩ። ገሊኡ ብምልኪ ኣርዒዱ ክሕዝን ክጭፍልቕን ዝደሊ ክኸውን ከሎ፥ ገሊኡ ከኣ ገለ ኣንፈት ናይ ዲሞክራሲ ዝሓዘለ ኣምሲሉ ብንይምሰል ዝተሓንጸጸ ሕጊ ገይሩ ህዝቢ ይጭቁን።

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንኹሉ ግፍዕን መከራን፥ ስቓይ ማእሰርትን መቕተልትን፥ ድኽነትን ጥሜትን፥ ሕማምን ድንቁርናን፥ ሓዘንን ብኽያትን ዳርጋ ንሚእቲ ዓመት ኣቢሉ  ላድይሉ እዩ፥ እንተኾነ በዚ ተዳሂሉ ፈጺሙ ኢዱ ኣይሃበን። ሎሚ ኣብ ዓለምና ሳዕሪሩ ዘሎ ናይ ንብረትን ገንዘብን ግዙእ ኰንካ ርህራሄ ዝጠፍኣሉን፥ ንዝሓዘነ ክተጸናንዓሉ ተሪፉ፡ ኣብ ነንሓድሕድ ክጨኻኸን እንተዘይኮይኑ ክተሓጋገዝ ዝብል ልምዲ ሃሲሱ እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዚ ኹሉ ኣደራዕ እናወረዶ ስለ ዝለመዶን ዝመጸ ይምጻእ ጸገም ይኹን ወጽዓ ክኢሉ ክጻወሮ ዘገድዶ ጉዳይ ኣሎ። ንሓያሎ ዓመታት ሓዚኑ፥ ደንጊጹን፥ ነቢዑን እዩ። ደቁን ንብረቱን ኣጥፊኡ እምበር ብራህዋ፡ ቅሳነትን ሰላምን ኣይተኻሕሰን። ስለዚ ሎሚ ኣብቲ ደቁን ንብረቱን ዝሰኣነሉን ዝኸሰረሉን ኩነታት ተመሊሱ ዳግማይ ክሓዝን ይኹን ክነብዕ ፈጺሙ ኣይድግፎን እዩ። ብውጽኢት እቲ ቅድም ዝኸፈሎ ክቡር ዋጋ ስለዘይቀሰነ ከኣ ነዚ ተመኩሮ’ዚ ክደግሞ ኣይደልን እዩ።

ልክዕ’ዩ፥ ህዝቢ በዚ ዝወርዶ ዘሎ ግፍዕን መከራን ንምንታይ ክለዓል ዘይከኣለ እናተባህለ ለይቲ ምስ መዓልቲ ይዝረብን ይጸሓፍን ኣሎ። እወ! ህዝቢ ንክለዓል እኮ እቲ ንሱ ዘለዎ ሃለዋትን ጠንቁን ምፍላጥን ምርዳእን የድልዮ። መጀመርያ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንዳርጋ ሚእቲ ዓመት ዝኸውን ተሳቕዩን ተጨቊኑን ዝሕለፎ ግዜ ናብ ድኽነት ሸሚምዎ እዩ። ምስ እዚ ከኣ ነቲ ስልጣን ዋንኡ ንሱ ምዃኑ ብተመኩሮ ይኹን ብኣፍልጦ ኣይበሰለሉን። ድሕሪ ናጽነት ዝተራእየ ምዕብልና ንህዝቢ ዘግልል እምበር ንህዝቢ ዘሳትፍ ስርዓት ኣይተመስረተን። ምስ እዚ ተደማሚሩ ድማ እቲ ደንበ ተቓውሞ ንገዛእ ርእሱ ነቲ ኣብ ብቱንን ዝሩግን ኣተሃላልዋ፡ ካብቲ ናይዚ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ዝሓሸ ለውጢ ከምጽእ ከም ዝኽእል ሓባራዊ ተረድኦ ከጥሪ ኣይከኣለን።

ደንበ ተቓውሞና እንተርኢናዮ፡ ብፋላይ ኣብዚ እዋን’ዚ እቲ መንእስይ እባ ዓበይቲ፥ ብሔር እባ ሃይማኖት፥ ሰውራ ሸፋቱዶ ስውራ ሃገራውነት እናተበሃሃለ ኣብ ዘየድሊ ህውተታ ኣትዩ ይርከብ። እዚ ከኣ ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ህዝብን ኣባላት ሓይልታት ምክልኻልን “ካብዚኦምሲ ኣብ ዘለናዮ ንጽናዕ” ዝብል ግጉይ መርገጽ ከም ዝወስዱ ንገብሮም ዘሎና ንሕና እቶም ደንበ ተቓውሞ እምበር ህዝቢ ኣይኮነን ክለዓል ዘይደለየ። ስለዚ ህዝቢ ንከለዓል፡ ንኹሉ ዝጥርንፍን ኣሳታፍን ሰፊሕ ሃገራዊ ጽላል ምምስራት ናይ ግድን የድልየና ኣሎ። እዚ ንክዕወት ከኣ ፖለቲካውን በርገሳውን ማሕበራት ነናተን ስራሓት ኣነጺረን፡ ዝራኸባሉን ዝፈላለያሉን ነጥባታት ተረዲአን፡ ኣብትን ኣብትን ምትእትታው ዘይብሉ ህዝብን ሃገርን ዝድሕነሉ ሓባራዊ ስራሓት ከካይዳ ምስ ዝበቕዓ ህዝቢ ክለዓል እዩ።

Wednesday, 27 April 2016 11:11

A CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

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Eritrea@25: Learning from the Past, Overcoming the Present and Envisioning a Bright Future

A wisdom is like a baobab tree, no one individual can embrace it.

The Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR) cordially invites Eritreans and non-Eritreans to take part in the national dialogue on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Eritrean Independence.

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Eritrea, as an independent country, is 25 years old. As Eritreans celebrate this milestone, they evidently engage in evaluation whether or not Eritrea has met the aspirations and dreams of its people for a better life worth the sacrifices of its people who paid the ultimate price through their loved ones and everything they had. EMDHR would like to utilize the Silver Jubilee of the Eritrean Independence as an opportunity to reflect and review the progress or lack thereof in the last 25 years. It is an occasion for us as a nation to pause, reflect, and draw lessons from the past for a better present and brighter future. 

Eritrean and non-Eritrean intellectuals of diverse disciplines and experiences are cordially invited to participate in this initiative at which they have the opportunity to share their views, assessments and recommendations on different aspects - namely political, economic, social, cultural as well as environmental - with the wider public. By so doing they would be able to shape constructive public discourse on the basis of objective analysis and present feasible and practical steps towards solutions to the numerous challenges facing our country and its people.

The Initiative is premised on the following general assertions:  

  • Eritrea and its people are faced with great and grave challenges that are critical to their survival and development.
  • There are better options and alternatives that can enable our country to meet the aspirations of its people. 
  • In order to arrive at shared and common alternatives we need to seriously, sincerely and with open-mind dialogue among ourselves. 
  • The role of Eritrean intelligentsia is essential in this respect and there is a huge reservoir of intellectual capital among Eritreans that is yet to be fully harnessed for constructive purposes of shaping public opinion and guiding collective action. 

This initiative thus intends to mobilize and bring together this critical potential to engage and provide an objective perspective on the Eritrean experiences of the last 25 years. We hope that this will encourage not just the Eritrean intellectuals but also the people at large to be active participants in their national discourse and build a nation that caters the needs and meets the aspirations of its citizens. 

Using diverse media, namely Paltalk panel discussions, seminars and media interviews Eritreans scholars and practitioners will have the opportunity to interact with Eritrean public in a highly sober, objective and constructive dialogues on the following and related themes. The public seminars, lectures, and panel discussions will be provided in either Arabic, Tigrigna, or English. Written submissions (in English) that meet the set standards will be considered for a publication on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Eritrean independence. The key themes considered in the initiative include:

Theme 1 - Economic Growth and Development

  1. Economic policy framework(s) 
  2. Natural Resources Governance: Extractive, Land  and Land Tenure 
  3. Public Finance Management - Efficiency and Accountability
  4. Sovereign wealth management
  5. Private Sector and the role of PFDJ Businesses
  6. Sectoral Analysis on: Mining, Agriculture and Marine Resources (Fisheries), Manufacturing and Industrialization, Domestic and Foreign Trade, Infrastructure and Construction, The State of Financial Sector, Tourism, Communication and ICT Development.

Theme 2 - Public Services, Human Development and Humanitarian Situation(taking MDGs as yard sticks)  

  1. Public Service Provision
    1. Policy Frameworks 
    2. Health sector – primary health care and Infect
    3. Education sector – Primary and Tertiary and Higher education.
    4. Food Security and Nutrition 
    5. Water and Sanitation – Provision Quality and Spread 
    6. Energy and Energy Supply (Fuel, Electricity and Rural Electrification).
  2. Human development and Humanitarian Situation
    1. Unemployment and Poverty 
    2. The State of the Eritrean Family
    3. Gender issues and the Rights of the Eritrean Woman
    4. The Eritrean Youth
    5. Migration and Human Trafficking 
    6. Militarization of Society and its implications 
    7. The State of vulnerable groups, eg. Orphans, people with disability, elderly, widows, etc.

Theme 3 - Political Governance, National Security and International Relations

  1. Political Governance 
    1. Rule of law and constitutionalism
    2. Policy making, Institutions, accountability and participation
    3. Human rights and access to Justice
    4. Citizenry, representation, identity and nation-building
    5. The state of civil societies and their role
    6. The state of independent media
    7. The state of the broader Resistance Movement 
  1. National Security
    1. Policy framework and strategy
    2. Actual and potential threats to national security
    3. National Service, its contribution and its consequences
    4. Border wars and conflict with neighbouring countries
  1. Diplomacy, Regional and International Relations and Cooperation
    1. Policy framework and strategy
    2. Bilateral relations with world powers and its consequences
    3. The status of the EEBC decision
    4. Regional integration and cooperation (e.g. IGAD and African Union)
    5. International (Arab League, Red Sea, the UN, etc.)

Theme 4 - Culture, Cultural Values and Heritage

  1. Policy framework and strategy
  2. Custom and tradition
  3. Historical and archeological heritage 
  4. Religion and religious institutions
  5. Language and the linguistic development
  6. Traditional and modern Arts

Theme 5 - Environment and Climate

  1. Policy frameworks and strategy
  2. The state of ecology in Eritrea
  3. Climate change and its consequences - climate adaptation.

Time Frame

The Initiative will run from May 2016 to May 2017

We hope that many will take this opportunity to participate in the series of debates and encourage others to join. Participants are free to choose any of the above themes or other themes that are relevant to Eritrea in the context of the last 25 years. Send your expression of interest to Dr. Adane G.Meskel

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