خلال الأيام القليلة المنصرمة عقد رئيس حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري اجتماعاً دعا اليه جميع عضوية الحزب، الاجتماع وإن كان قد تركز علي مناقشة الشأن الحزبي الداخلي إلا أنه لم يتجاهل ما تعيشه بلادنا ويمر به شعبنا من مآسٍ ومعضلاتٍ عويصة. والي جانب تبادل المعلومات والإجابة علي أسئلة المشاركين قدم الاجتماع نموذجاً فريداً للأسلوب الديمقراطي في إدارة الجلسات والمناقشات.

 

تم التركيز علي تنوير الأعضاء بنتائج المؤتمر الأخير للحزب – المؤتمر العام الثاني – بالإضافة الي ضرورة التزام الجميع قيادةً وقواعد بتنفيذ مضامين وثائق المؤتمر من قرارات وأهداف وخطط ولوائح وقوانين. وكما هو المعهود أن كل حزب ذي مسئوليات جسيمة لابد أن يقوِّي بنيته الداخلية ليكون علي قدر التحديات والمسئوليات الملقاة علي عاتقه، مهمتنا ليست يسيرة، إنها مهمة إسقاط نظام الهقدف الدكتاتوري، فكل من كان هشاً في عناصر قوته الذاتية لن يلعب دوراً متميزاً في مشاركة الآخرين إنجازاتهم، والإنجاز بدوره لا يتحقق عبر مجهود القلة ولا النخبة القائدة مثلاً، إنما هو جهدٌ متواصلٌ بمشاركة الجميع. هذا ومن أهم أدوات العمل التي تستخدمها عضوية الحزب في بناء حزبها التسلح بالعلم والمعرفة مع التفاني والإخلاص. وبالطبع فإن أحد الطرق الرئيسية للحصول علي المعلومة أو التسلح بها هو طريق سير المعلومات من أعلى مستويات القيادة الي أدنى مستويات القاعدة والعكس وذلك بالطبع بعقد القيادة الاجتماعات العامة للعضوية والجمهور عامة من حين لآخر.

 

إن اجتماعات العضوية ليست فقط للتذكير بالواجبات وشحذ الهمم، بل تعني الكثير في إيفاء العضو حقه من التزود بالمعلومات عن كل ما حوله من بيئة سياسية واجتماعية من منظور أو رؤية الحزب. بالإضافة الي ذلك تخلق هذه الاجتماعات التناسق الفكري والمعلوماتي بين عضوية وقيادة الحزب حول كل شيء. وعندما تتسلح العضوية بالعلم والمعلومات والوعي تكون خير سفراء لحزبها أينما كانت وَحـَــلـَّــتْ وفي جميع الأروقة والميادين.

 

وحدة معسكر المعارضة والأسس والمبادئ التي يجب أن تقوم عليها كانت واحدة من الموضوعات التي تناولها الاجتماع، لا شك أن هذه القضية تهم كل دعاة التغيير لذا عليهم جميعاً تقع مسئولية تفعيل دور المعارضة، لكن مع الإقرار النظري بأهمية هذه الإشكالية لا تجد من الناحية الفعلية الاهتمام اللازم بما يتحتم فعله. إن ما يحدث الآن تجاه هذا الأمر أشبه بالرغبة مع وقف تنفيذ تحقيقها. لقد قلب الاجتماع الموضوع علي جميع الوجوه وناقشه بعمق ومسئولية. حزبنا من ناحيته قدم مشروعاً عملياً مفيداً يخرج المعارضة من هذا المأزق الذي ظلت تتقلب في جحيمه، هذا وقد أكد الاجتماع علي ضرورة إثراء القواعد هذا المشروع بأفكارها ومساهماتها ومبادراتها العملية.

     

لقد ظلت ارتريا طيلة حقبة ليست بالقصيرة واحدةً من أكثر الدول ذكراً في الاعلام العالمي، كما حصلت علي عدد كبير من الألقاب ضمن شهرتها العالمية هذه، فأحياناً توصف بأنها تحت الاحتلال أو الاستعمار وأحياناً أنها تعيش عصر الاضطهاد الذاتي أو الداخلي. وبدلاً من أن كانت في يومٍ من الأيام توصف بأرض الأبطال والمتفانين في تحرير بلادهم باتت توصف اليوم ببلاد القمع والظلم والتشرُّد والمعاناة، والارتريون يفخرون ببعض تلك الصفات ويخجلون من بعضها.

 

بلادنا لا شك حازت علي كل تلك الأسماء والنعوت بفعل بنيها وليس بفعل فاعل، هذا لا يعني أن أن الأمر كان خلواً من عوامل ومؤثرات اقليمية وخارجية، واليوم أيضاً لأبنائها دور ولقوى الخارج دور فيما يجري فيها، لكن مصيرها النهائي لن يتقرر إلا بأيدي بنيها. واليوم تتعاظم المسئولية الوطنية لأبنائها وتتعقد أكثر من أي وقتٍ مضى. ففي الماضي لم يألوا الارتريون جهداً في جعل بلادهم ذات سيادة ومكانة بين الأمم. لقد تحدوا وقهروا جميع الصعاب حتى وصلوا الي ما وصلوا اليه من مجدٍ وسؤدد. واليوم أيضاً تقف أمامهم نفس الصعاب والتحديات وهي أكثر تحدياً وصعوبة وخشونة. وفي المرحلة النضالية الراهنة نحن حددنا قضيتنا وتحدِّينا بأن نتحد جميعاً من أجل محاربة النظام القمعي الظالم، لذا يجب أن نحذر ونتجنب فخ الخلاف والتشرذم الذي يحاول أفورقي حياكته ليل نهار ومن ثم نكون في غاية الحذر من أن لا تنزلق أمورنا من أيدينا وتصير بيد الآخرين.

 

هناك سؤال يطرح نفسه، ألا وهو: (ما سر نجاح الارتريين في السابق في قهر كل التحديات التي جابهتهم؟)، بالطبع لن يتوانى الكثيرون من الرد بأن ذلك يكمن في طباع الشجاعة والبطولة والتضحية التي يتميز بها الارتريون، ونحن لا نغمط شعبنا الارتري تلك الصفات ولا ننكر تمتعه بها، إن سر نجاح وانتصار الارتريين هو إيثار كل منهم الآخر علي نفسه ورفع شعار (نحن) بدلاً من شعار (نحن وأنتم). إنه ترك خلافاته الثانوية وقدم مصلحة الشعب والوطن العامة علي المصالح الخاصة والضيقة. ولا نبالغ إذا قلنا إن شعبنا قد طبق في حياته مبدأ (الوحدة قوة).

 

 

الحياة كما نعلم تتكون من ثنائيات متضادة، هناك مناصر وهناك مخذِّل، غالب ومغلوب، وقد مضى النضال والانتصار الارتري التاريخي وفق هذا المبدأ. ونفس المبدأ ينطبق علي نضالنا الحالي، فعندما تصطدم قوتان يبحث كلٌّ منهما عن عوامل النصر وأي الجوانب من الخصم أقوى لكي ينهال عليها بالضرب فيضعفها. وكما أسلفنا فإن الأعداء الذين كانوا متأكدين من أن عنصر قوة الشعب الارتري يكمن في وحدته الصلبة لم يتركوا وسيلة من وسائل إضعافها إلا واتخذوها ليتمكنوا من ثم من إخضاع شعبنا. وبذلك نجح شعبنا في اجتياز كل الاختبارات التي تعرضت لها وحدته.

        

إن التكتيك الذي يختاره بدقة أعداء وحدة شعبٍ ما لإضعاف تلك الوحدة يدخل في حساباته تكوين الشعب المستهدف، فعلي سبيل المثال حاول الكثيرون اتخاذ التعدد والتنوع الديني والمناطقي عامل تمزيق أو إضعاف للوحدة الوطنية، لكن صمود وحدة شعبنا أمام تلك الاختبارات مكنه من التمتع بما يعيشه اليوم من السيادة الوطنية. لذلك ما تزال الوحدة هي الصخرة التي تتكسر عليها محاولات تمزيق شعبنا الهزيلة الي يومنا هذا.

 

الناشطون في مسرح إضعاف وحدة الشعب بالطبع متعددون ومتغيرو الأوجه أو السياسات، ففي حقبة النضال الوطني التحرري كان من الطبيعي أن يتولى المستعمرون استخدام تلك الحياة والسياسات المستهدفة للوحدة الارترية، أما في حقبة ما بعد التحرير فإن طغمة الهقدف الدكتاتورية الحاكمة هي التي ورثت هذا الدور عن المستعمرين. وبما أننا وضعنا هذا النظام في قائمة مضطهدي شعبنا فلا يمكن أن نتوقع منه خيراً لشعبنا أو لوحدته، وهل يسعى من اتخذ اضطهاد وإذلال شعبه منهجاً، هل يسعى الي تمتين وحدته وتغذية وعيه الوحدوي؟! لذلك فمن غير المقبول ولا المهضوم أن لا تنتهج قوى التغيير النقيضة للنظام الدكتاتوري نهج الحرص علي وحدة الشعب.

 

(كيف إذاً يتم تكييف وحل قضية الواقع الارتري الماثل أمامنا؟) هذا السؤال القلِــق والمُـقـْــلِــق تجده اليوم علي لسان كل ارتري مهموم بقضايا وطنه، البعض قد يرد عليه بلا أدريـَّـة ولا مبالاة، وهناك اليائس المحبط الذي يرد بأنه لا حل لقضيتنا هذه، لكن بالطبع لكل مشكلة حل، هناك أيضاً من يجيب بأن مشكلتنا بإدراكٍ منا أو بغير إدراك نابعة من إخفاقنا في إيجاد الحل، بخلاف ذلك فإن القضية الارترية ليست عديمة الحل، نعم الحل لا يأتيك وأنت جالس في قعر غرفتك، بل تبحث وتكدّ وتشقى في البحث عنه، هناك كم كبير من ذوي الضمائر الحية والقلوب غير المحبطة يجيبون علي هذا السؤال بأن ( مشكلتنا تكمن في عدم استعدادنا لتلقف وتطبيق الحل الذي ينادي علي نفسه في كل الطرقات المؤدية الي الحل، هؤلاء المتفائلون يرون أن الحل يكمن في الاتفاق علي كل ما من شأنه إنقاذ الشعب والوطن ورفع وتطبيق شعار (نحن) بدلاً من (نحن وأنتم). وهذا إذا قلبته علي كل الوجوه سوف يسفر عن أن مشكلتنا لم تعدم الحل بل من يأخذ بيد الحل الي التطبيق والنفاذ. بخصوص هذا الحل فإن البرنامج السياسي لحزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري ينص في الفقرة1.1.2 علي الآتي ( إن حزبنا يعمل علي أن تصبح ارتريا دولة يسودها السلام والوحدة، ومستفيداً من تراث البطولة والوحدة الغني لدى شعبه يحافظ علي الوحدة والتنوع الوطني الارتري).     

Sunday, 04 October 2015 12:50

Borderlines: The tale of a state in limbo

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Michela Wrong Image Credit: TEDx Euston

Borderlines (2015) is Michela Wrong’s debut novel. Taking the perspective of a British narrator named Paula, it tells the tale of a newly-independent fictitious African nation named North Darrar, which relapses into border conflict with its neighbour. Although the country is never mentioned, Wrong’s North Darrar looks very much like the real African nation of Eritrea. The story very much seems like a fictionalized account of events and anecdotes that took place in Eritrea in the last decade, events which Wrong has written extensively on in other publications.

In this well-written novel, Wrong weaves the picture of a curious and naive British lawyer who lands in Africa for the first time, carrying with her all the stereotypical images of the continent. And, at least initially, the bond between North Darrar and Paula, seems driven by her career more than anything else. As the story unfolds, Wrong depicts a country encapsulated in an early decolonizing process, trying to present itself to the world amid acute shortages of skilled human power, resources, and paranoid political leadership. Paula encounters a society that is generous, simple, hopeful, and yet ruled by a culture of pervasive paranoia. The paranoid culture, as the narrator Paula eventually understands, results from the long years of colonial rule, isolation, and political corruption. The commingling of seclusion, detachment, and inwardly looking culture further reinforce, according to one of the characters in the novel, the trauma and mutual distrust in the society:

Half the residents are related to each other and the other half fought alongside one another during the liberation struggle. They loathe or love each other, often simultaneously (102).

The story is roughly divided into three parts. The first section is where the narrator lands in a country that is yet going through the early steps of decolonization. Described in vivid detail are: impressive and ruined buildings; hope and anxiety; sense of loss and victory; as well as the seemingly monotonous life of the diplomatic and expatriate communities. In the second part, Paula and her team collect facts and evidence about the border conflict, as part of her preparation to represent the country in the international court of justice in The Hague. The third part chronicles hopeful stories of citizens who are gradually zombified. Paula also gets involved in the internal affairs of the country, campaigning against the political system’s corruption, which effectively ends the job that sent her there in the first place.

What is interesting is that Wrong’s writing avoids a simplistic over-generalization about the population of North Darrar, that reduces a people’s complexity into one-dimensional stereotypes. Different characters such as Dawit, who doubles as operations and opposition; the truly devoted yet ambitious revolutionary character of Dr. Berhane; and the pleasant personality of a government agent named Abraham all help paint the book’s multi-faceted landscape. The descriptions of a monotonous and slow daily life, the wearisome entrances into the world of international law where time is jagged into an eternity, punctuated by a sudden course of actions that result in unexpected outcomes, are symbolic representations of the country and its fate. Although at times the narrative seems extended, the story also benefits from the author’s wonderful curiosity for detail. This allows the author to create an interesting picture of the country by intertwining small stories into a bigger image of a state in limbo.

Source=http://africasacountry.com/2015/09/borderlines-the-tale-of-limbo-state/

“It is good to be a Catholic at this time."

  Iman Khalid Latiff, NYU

 

The visitation of Pope Francis in the USA last week touched people of all faiths and diversities. His mass services, public speeches, visitation to the jail and the homeless luncheon attracted not just faithful Catholics, but interfaith masses. Spiritually, he truly walks the life of Jesus Christ.  Politically and socially, he centered his policy under dialogue and inclusiveness.

Glued on TV watching the Interfaith Prayer Service hosted by his Holiness in Ground Zero, New York, was beyond emotion. It was a communion of different faith leaders remembering the 9/11 casualties in spiritual and brotherly tone. It was a moving moment to watch Imam Khalid Latiff passing well wishing card to Pope Francis, and his Holiness accepting it with a booming smile, his signature. What does his Holiness teach us from his pastoral journey? Dialogue and inclusiveness.

 

Naturally, when the political situation of a country hits abyss, nationals wake up from the slump in urgency to resurrect their countrymen. At this juncture, instead of building bridges, we continue building walls of separation, the root cause of mistrust. This act is emboldening the dictator from his death bed. An open dialogue done with inclusiveness is our only revival to a victory lane.

Reaching out to every human being is at the center of the Pontiff’s mission. Of course, his Holiness does it from a spiritual aspect. Politically, it will also work equally. Human beings love to be touched, cared, respected, and loved. Truly, Pope Francis has made an impact on many people by caring about them, reaching them out, and telling them they are also loved by God. 

In conclusion, as many faithful Catholics have felt, I also felt it is good time to be a Catholic. It is good feeling to see many people from all walks of life to express their admiration of his humility, love and compassion. It was a memory that took me back to my childhood roots in the Combonian compounds in Decamere. He had a message for everyone that we are all sons and daughters of God and can overcome all our issues in this life through dialogue.

In a memorandum addressed to the Italian foreign ministry on the second anniversary of the Lampedusa tragedy of 3 October 2013, the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) blamed Italy for failing to fully identify and give proper burial to the over 360 Eritrean victims of the Lampedusa tragedy whose bodies still remain "just numbers in unnamed graves"

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Italian Foreign Minister P. Gentiloni at Palazzo della Farnesina

 

Dated 1st October and addressed to Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, the EPDP memorandum intended not to accuse but to remind the Italian Government of the pledges it made soon after the Lampedusa disaster as well as the historical and moral responsibility Italy should have towards Eritrea and its problems.

The memorandum reiterated the deep appreciation Eritreans expressed to Italy after the tragic incident and the marking of its first anniversary last year that was organized in Lampedusa in the presence of dignitaries from Italy and the European Union. The EPDP regretted that " both Italy and EU have this year failed to hold a second memorial day this October at least as a sign of respect and recognition to the tens of thousands of Eritrean and other lives that perished in the Mediterranean Sea while crying for help from Italy and the rest of Europe".

Likewise, the EPDP also found it pertinent to point out that the pledges it received from the Africa Committee of the Italian Parliament in December 2013 have not yet seen the light of the day. It is to be recalled that following messages addressed to the two chambers of the Italian Parliament only two months after Lamppedusa, an EPDP delegation was able to meet with the Africa Committee of the Italian parliament which then promised to draft a special project on Eritrea expected to study ways of providing concrete support for Eritrean democratic forces opposed to the dictatorship in Asmara in addition to formulating an enhanced assistance to Eritrean refugees both in Italy and in the Horn of Africa region. Regretablly, the Italian Parliament has not yet discussed such an issue

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The EPDP memo is copied to Italian Parliament at Montecitorio via Senate President Pietro Grasso, and Lower House Speaker Laura Boldrini

 

The EPDP memo concluded by once again appealing to Italy to address the requests submitted to it through its foreign ministry with copies to the two chambers of the Italian parliament.

MA Tunisዝኸበርኩምን  ዝኸበርክንን   ደለይቲ  ፍትሒ    ወንበ    ሰደህ   (EPDP)  ሓው   መንግስተኣብ   ኣስመሮም ኣብ ኖርወይ፡ ከተማ ኦስሎ፡ ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ ንዕለት 10 ጥቅምቲ 2015 ከካይድ ስለዝዀነ፡ ብኽብሪ ዕድመ ነቕርበልኩም ኣሎና።  

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ቅድሚ ክልተ ዓመት ብ3 ጥቅምቲ 2013 “ኣብ ኢጣልያዊት ደሴት ላምፓዱሳ ልዕሊ 350 ኤርትራውያን ዝርከብዎም ኣፍሪቃውያን ናብ ስደት እንዳምርሑ፡ ኣብ ባሕሪ ጥሒሎም ሞይቶም” ዝብል ዜና ምስተሰምዐ፡ ኣይኮናንዶ ምቃል መሰንገለኦም ዝኾና ኤርትራውያን ዓለም ብዓለማ ሰንቢዳን ኣንቀጥቂጣን። ተረኽቦ ላምፓዱሳ ብሓንሳብ ዝለዓለ ብዝሒ ኤርትራውያን ዝሃለቑላ ኣጋጣሚ ብምንባራ ነቲ ስንባደን ሓዘንን ኣዕሪጋቶ እምበር፡ እዚ ሓደጋ ናይ መጀመርያ ወይ ናይ መወዳእታ ኣይነበረን። ቅድሚኡን ድሕሪኡን፡ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን፡ ካብ ዓዶም ወጺኦም  ክስደዱ እንከለዉ ኣብ ዶባት ዝተረሸኑ፡ ኣብ ጉዕዞ ኣብ ምድረበዳታት ብጽምእን ጥሜትን ዝሓለፉ፡ ኣብ ባሕሪ ዝጠሓሉ፡ ብጥሩፋት ዝተቐንጸሉ፡ ውሽጣዊ ኣካላቶምኣብ ዕዳጋ ወሪዱ ዝተሸጠ፡ ኣብቲ ክበጽሕዎ ዝተጸበይዎ ቦታ ምስ በጽሑ እውን ብዝተፈላለየ ሓደጋታት ዝጠፍኡ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን  ውሑዳት ኣይኮኑን።

ድሕሪ ተረኽቦ ላምፓዱሳ፡ መብዛሕትና እዚ ሓደጋዚ ዘመሓላልፎ ናይ “ንጠንቀቕን ንለብምን” መልእኽቲ ስለ ዝህሉ፡ እቲ ህልቂት ኣይክድገምን እዩ ዝብል ተስፋ ነይሩና። እንተኾነ ምናልባት ደአ እቲ ናይ ሓደ መዓልቲ ህልቂት ኣሃዝ ይንኪ ይኸውን እምበር እቲ ናይ ኤርትራውያን በተመሳሳሊ ኣገባብ ምጥፋእ ኣይዓረፈን ምናልባት እውን ወሲኹ ይኸውን። እዚ ድማ ተረኽቦ ላምፓዱሳ ኣሕዛኒ ዝኸውን በቲ ብ3 ጥቅምቲ 2013 ዘጋጠመ ማህሰይቲ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ፡ ክንመሃረሉ ብዘይምኽኣልና’ውን እዩ። ኤርትራውያን፡ ዘይውሑስን ዘይጽኑዕን ስደት ከም መፍትሒ ዝመርጽሉ ዘለዉ ምኽንያት ወይ እቲ ጠንቂ እቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ኣይግዳዱ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ምዃኑ ፍሉጥ እዩ። እንተኾነ እዚ ጉጅለ’ዚ ንኤርትራውያን ዝርህርህ ልቢ ከም ዘየብሉ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ንጥፍኣቶም ዝተዓጥቀ ምዃኑ ባዕሉ ብተደጋጋሚ ነጊሩና ክነሱ፡ ሰለምንታይ ናብቲ መፍቶኡ ዝኾነ ኣህላቒ መጻወድያ ንኣቱ ኣለና? ንዝብል ክንሓስበሉ ዝግበኣና እዩ።

ካብ’ቲ ንጥፍኣት ኤርትራን ህዝባን ዝተዓጥቀ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንጽበዮ ጽቡቕ ነገር ከም ዘየለ ንፈልጥ ኢና። በቲ ድሕሪ ህልቂት ላምፓዱሳ ዘርኣዮ ኣሽካዕላልን፡ ዓለም በቲ ጉዳይ ከተእውን መፍትሒ ከተናዲ ክትለዓዓል እንከላን  ዝሕጭጮ ዝነበረን፡  ንሬሳታት ናይቶም ግዳያት ብዝነፈጎ ክብርን ድማ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራውያን ዘለዎ ንዕቀትን ዝከሓነ ጽልእን ክሳብ ክንደይ ደረቱ ዝሓለፈ ምዃኑ ኣራጒዱ ኣርእዩና እዩ። ካብዚ ነቒልና ኢና ድማ ናይ ከምዚ ዓይነት ጸገም ፍታሕ ብፍጹም ካብ ህግደፍ ንጽበዮ ኣይኮነን እንብል። እቲ መመሊሱ ዘሕዝን ናይዞም ግዳያት ኣስከሬናት ክሳብ ሎሚ መንነቱ ዘይተነጸረን ዘይተቐብረን ምዃኑ እዩ። እዚ ኩነታት ብኹሉ ማሕበራዊ መዕቀኒ ክምዘን እንከሎ፡ ክሳብ ክንደይ ከም ዘቐንዙን፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ቀረባቶም ዝገድፎ በሰላ መሪር ምዃኑን ምግማቱ ዘጸግም ኣይኮነን።

ኣብዚ ናይ ሓዘን ዝኽሪ ኮይና ብዛዕባዚ ዝሓለፈን ቀጻሊ ዘሎን ህልቂት ምስትንታን በይኑ መፍትሒ ከም ዘየምጸኣልና ንርደኦ ኢና። እቲ መፍትሒ ተሓጋጊዝካ ነቲ ጠንቂ ምውጋድ እዩ። እቲ  ካልእ እንተላይ ስደት መፍትሒ ከምዘይከውን ብግብሪ ተረጋጊጹ እዩ። ስለዚ ናይ ሕማምና መፈወሲ ፈሊጥናዮ ኣለና። ፈውስና እንዳፈለጥናዮ ክንፍወስ ዘይምኽእልናን በቲ ሕማም ንሳቐ ምህላውናን ከዓ ካልእ ዘገርም ተርእዮ እዩ። እቶም በቲ ኣብ ግዜ ላምፓዱሳ ኮነ  ቅድሚኡን ድሕሪኡን ብዘጋጣመ ሓደጋ እንሓዝን ብዙሓት ኢና። እቶም መፍትሒ ኣብ ምምጻእ ነናትና እጃም ዘለና እውን ብዙሓት ኢና። እቶም ዘይውሑስ መንገዲ ስደት ብምምራጾም ግዳያት ዝኾኑ ዘለዉ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብሓፈሻ ብፍላይ ድማ ወለድን ቤተሰብን ግዳያት፡ ተቓወምቲ ፖለቲካውን በርገሳውን ሓይልታት ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ዶባት ኣሕዋቶምን ኣሓቶምን ክርሽኑ መምርሒ ዝተዋህቦም ኣባላት ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ፡ ከምኡ እውን ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም መፍትሒ ኣብ ምርካብ ነናቶም ብጽሒት ኣለዎም። እቲ ዝኸበደ ጾር ግና ናትና ናይ ኤርትራውያን እዩ።

ጻዕርናን ጻዋዒትናን’ኳ ሓድሽ ተዘይኮነን፡ ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ሎሚ እውን ብሓፈሻ ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም ብፍላይ ድማ ነቲ ንቡር ዘይረኸበ ናይ ዜጋታትና ኣስከሬናት ከዚኑ ዘሎ መንግስቲ ኢጣልያ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ እቲ ካብቲ ንቡር ባህልና ወጺኡ በቲ ሓመድ ኣዳም ዘይለበሰ፡ ሬሳታት ዝሕጭጭ ዘሎ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ተጽዕኖ ብምፍጣር፡ መንነቶም ብግቡእ ተነጺሩ ኣብ ዓዶም ዝቕበርሉ ኩነታት ክፈጥር ንጽወዖ ኣለና። እዚ ጻውዒት ናብ ኩሎም ምእቲ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ንዝተሰለፉ ዞባውያንን ዓለም ለኻውያንን ኣካላት እውን ዝምልከት እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ምስዚ ኩሉ ውህሉል ገበናቱ ነቲ ጉጅለ ዘህጥርን ነቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ተኺልዎ ዘሎ ናይ ጭቆና ኣጽፋር መሊሱ ዘትርርን ናብቲ ውጹዕ ህዝብና ዘይበጽሕ፡ ካልእ ጉልባብ ብምልባስ ሓገዝ ከይወሃቦ ነዘኻኽሮም። ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ እቶም ድሕሪ ክንደይ ፈታኒ መጻወድያታት ሓሊፎም ኣብቲ መዕለቢና ዝበልዎ ሃገር ምስ በጽሑ  ዘይተጸበይዎ ጸገማት ዘጋጥሞም ዘሎ ግቡእ ቆላሕታ ክግበረሎምን፡ ጠንቂ ስደቶም ሕሱም ፖለቲካዊ ወጽዓ ምዃኑ ብሩህ ክንሱ፡ ምስ ቁጠባዊ ምኽንያት ኣተሓሒዝካ መሰል ስደተኛ ንምንፋጎም ዝረአ ዘሎ ምልክታት ጠጠው ክብል በዚ ኣጋጣሚ  ዝኽሪ 2ይ ዓመት ላምፓዱሳ ደጊምካ ምጽዋዕ ቦታኡን ግዜኡን እዩ ዝብል እምነት ኣለና።

2 ጥቅምቲ 2015

Residents of Asmara, Eritrea’s capital reputed for its Modernist architectural heritage lament the city’s decline as the regime obstructs crucial maintenance of the buildings that gained the city its reputation as ‘Little Rome’ where Italian architects freely experimented daring and innovative designed in the 1930s.

In recognition of the importance of this heritage the world bank funded projects to conserve and maintain these buildings, however these project and other similar initiatives seem to have ground to a halt as many buildings stand derelict and devoid of their potential as tourist attractions.

A case in example is the historic Asmara Icon known locally as Palaso Aba Habesh, in a picture given by a recent Asmara visitor. The building is in total decline and in dyer need of maintenance and conservation, however the regime’s policy prevents any building and construction projects to be undertaken by citizens. As a consequence many residential buildings constructed by individuals to salivate the severe housing shortage in the city are being demolished without regard for the economic and social damage that this is causing residents.

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In 2014, in a rare case of private initiative to modernise and conserve old buildings four individuals bought to renovated a building in the commercial heart of the city deploying resources estimated in millions of 'Nakfas', however as the building work was nearing completion and the building almost ready for commercial use officials ordered its demolition and the result is total dereliction of the building as seen in the picture.

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Asmara residents note that all of this adds to the hopelessness in the city and fuels the exodus of the young and resourceful citizens.

 AsmaraBuildings 3

Project Freedom Friday

ሎሚ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብቲ ዝሓለፈ ታሪኽ ብዙሕ ክመሃር ስለዝኽእል ብምንም ዓይነት ክደናገር ኣይኮነን። ይኹን እምበር ‘’ታሪኽ ነፍሱ ይደግም’’ እዩ ከምዝበሃል፥ እቲ  ፈላላዪ መድረኽ ብሓያላት መንግስታት ዝተጠጅኤ ውዲት ናይ ሓምሳታት መልክዑ ቀይሩ ክመጽእ ይኽእል እዩ። ይኽእል እዩ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ብዓይንና ንርእዮን ብእዝንና ንሰምዖን ዘሎና ህያው ምስክር እዩ። ድሕሪ ደጊም ካብቲ ኩሉ መከራን ሽግርን ወጺእና ተመሊስና ኣብ ጭቃ ምንግርጋር ከይኮነና ድማ ክንጥንቀቐሉን ክነስተውዕለሉን ይግበኣና።

ቅድሚ ኣርባዓታትን ድሕሪኡን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ምእንቲ ሃገሩ ክብል ሓያል ቃልሲ ኣካዪዱ እዩ። ካብዚ ዝነቐለ ድማ ብ1941 ፈረንጂ ኣንጻር መግዛእቲ  ተወዲቡ ክቃለስ  ኢሉ ማሕበር ፍቕሪ ሃገር ክምስርት ከሎ፡ መንግስቲ እንግሊዝ ምስ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ዝምድና ብምድልዳል፥ ኤርትራ ነፍሳ ክኢላ ክትነብር ዘይትኽእል ድኻ ሃገር ኢያ እናበለ መናፍሑ ይዝርግሕ ነበረ። ነዚ ንምርጓድ ከኣ ምስቶም ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝቕመጡ ዝነበሩ ጣልያን ብምትሕብባር ነቲ ናይ ‘’በቨን ስፎሮዛ’’ መደብ ምምቃል ኤርትራ ዝብል ማለት፡ ሓደ ክፋል ንሱዳን እቲ ዝተረፈ ከኣ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ክሓብር ዝብል ነበረ። ዋላ እኳ እዚ መደብ እዚ ብህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝተነጽገ እንተነበረ፥ ነቲ ኣሎ ዝበሃል ፋብሪካታት ይኹን ካልእ ኩባንያታት ዝሽየጥ ሸይጡ ዝዕጾ ዓጽዩ እዩ። እዚ ከኣ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ሃገሩ ኣስተርሕዩ ቀሲኑ ከይነብርን፥ ንሃገሩ ከየማዕብልን ከየበልጽግን ዝገበሮ ስውር ሸርሒ፡ ህዝቢ ሃገሩ ገዲፉ ንኢትዮጵያ ክጎዓዝ ልክዕ ከምዚ ሎሚ መንእሰይ ኤርትራ ኣብ ሃገሩ ሰላምን ቅሳነትን ስኢኑ ዝስደዶ ዘሎ ንኽስደድ ተገደደ።

ሽዑ ንኢትዮጵያ ዝመርሕ ዝነበረ መንግስቲ ከኣ ብወገኑ በቶም መገባርያታቱ ኣቢሉ ነቲ ማሕበር ፍቕሪ ሃገር ብሃይማኖትን ብዓሌትን መስመር ንክመቓቕሎ እጽዕር ነበረ ኣብ መወዳእታ ከኣ ተዓዊትሉ። ኣብዚ እቲ ብኽልቲኡ ሸነኽ ጸረ-መግዛእቲ ዝምክት ሓይሊ ዘጓንፎ ዝነበረ ወጥሪ ቀሊል ከምዘይነበረ ክንርዳእ ንኽእል፡

ገዛእቲ እምበኣር፡ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክመቓቕልዎ ከለዉ ዝፈጸምዎ ተግባራት፡ ነቲ ዝወጠንዎ ሽርሕታት ብዘይ ገለ ዕንቅፋት  ንኽሳለጥ ዝገብርዎ ሜላ እዩ። በዚ ዝኣክል እቲ ኩሉ ኣንጻር መግዛእቲ ዝተኻየደ ቃልሲ  ኣማስያኡስ ብዓወት ውጥን ናይ ሓያላን መንግስታት ብምዕዋቱ፥ ኤርትራ ብዘይድሌት ህዝቢ ብፈደረሽን ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ክትቁረን ተገብረ። እቲ ዉዕል እቲ ከኣ ቅኑዕ ከምዘይነበረ ዘመልክት  ብ11 ታሕሳስ 1948 ጀምስ ፎረስታል ናይ ኣመሪካ ምክልኻል ሚኒስትሪ፥ ንዲን ኣክሶን ናይ ኣመሪካ ዋና ጸሓፊ ዝነበረ ዝለኣኾ መልእኽቲ ጽቡቕ ገይሩ ይገልጾ። ካብ ጉጉል ዝተረኽበ መረጋገጺ ከምዝሕብሮ፡ ከኣ ‘’ እቲ 390A(V) ፈደራላዊ ዉዕል ብኹሉ ሸነኹ ክረአ እንከሎ ንመሰረታዊ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ዝጠሓሰን ኣብ ግብሪ ዘይውዕልን ቅጥዒ እዩ።’’

ምስ እዚ ኹሉ ሽግራት ግና ኣብ 1949 ፈረንጂ  ዳርጋ ልዕሊ ትሽዓተ ዝኾና ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ኤርትራ ክምስረታ ክኢለን። ሓንቲ ጥራሕ ካብዘን ትሽዓት ሰልፍታት ‘’ማሕበር ኣንድነት’ ምሉእ ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ገንዘባዊ ምውላን ደገፍን ዝነበራ፥ ሕብረት ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ዝብል ትደፍእ ነበረት። እቲ ምወላን ደገፍን ዲዩ ዋላ ካልእ ምኽንያት ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ንምሕባር ትደፍእ ምንባራ መጽናዕቲ ዘድልዮ እዩ። መስመር ዝተሓንጸጸ ናይዚ ጸሓፋይ ርእይቶ እዩ። እተን ዝተረፋ ሰልፍታት ግና በቲ ይኹን በዚ ንናጽነት ኤርትራ ዝቃለሳ ዝነበራን፡ በዚ መሰረት ከኣ  ኣቶ ኢብራሂም ሱልጣን ዝመራሒኣ ናይ ኤርትራ ቀጽሪ ናጽነት ወይ ከኣ ብሎኮ ኢንዲፐንደንሳ መስሪተን።  ምንጪ ጉጉል። እዘን ሰልፍታት ብቁጽሪ ክንርኤን ከሎና እቲ ዝበዝሐ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እስላማዩ ክርስትያኑ ብ8 ሰልፍታት ንናጽነት ኤርትራ ዝብላ ክውከል ከሎ፥ እቲ ዝወሓደ ከኣ ብሓደ ሰልፊ ንሕብረት ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ዝውክል እዩ ነይሩ።

ይኹን እምበር መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ዝሓዘት ሒዛ ኩሉ ዝጭበጥ ምስ ጨበጠት፥ ኣብ 1957  ብዓረብኛን ትግርኛን ዝነበረ መጻሕፍቲ ብምሉኡ ኣንደደት ድሒራ እውን ባንደራ ኣውረደት። ንኤርትራውያን ምስ ገዛዘዐት ከኣ ክተሽካዕልል ጀመረት። ነዚ ብዝምልከት ኣብ ናይ ዘውደ ረታ ‘’የኤርትራ ጉዳይ’  1941-1963 ኢሉ  ዝጸሓፎ መጽሓፍ ኣብ ገጽ 366 ዘሎ ከምዚ ይብል፥ ’’ኣብቲ እዋን ናይ ኤርትራ ባይቶ ምስ ተመስረተ ኣብ ዕለት 11 መስከረም 1952 ዝተገብረ ጽምብል ተረኺቦም ካብ ዝነበሩ መኳንንቲ ሓደ፡  ነቲ ሽዑ ዝነበረ ጸሓፊ ትእዛዝ ወልደግርጊስ ጽግዕ ኢሉ ከምዚ ክብል ተዛረቦ። ‘’ከሚገባ በላይ ትግሬ ሲያቀብጡት የበለጠ ኣሸሹት’’ ትርጉሙ፦ ንትግራዋይ ምቅብጣር ማለትሲ ኣጸቢቑ ከምዝሃድም ምግባር እዩ እሞ፡  ንሓደ ሓማሰናይ ክንድዚ ዝኣክል ላዕልን ታሕትን ምባልሲ ኣይበዝሐንዶ’’ ኢሉ ገለጸሉ። እቲ ሓማሰናይ ምባሉ ድሮ ኢትዮጵያ ንተስፋሃንስ በርሀን ንተላ ዑቕቢትን ንሰለስቲኣቶም ከምዘይሰማምዑ ስለዝገበረቶም እያ ፈልዩ እዚ ሓምሰነታይ ዝበለ እምበር ከምታ ዝጀመራ ትግራዋይ ምባል ምቐለለ ነይሩ።  መስመር ናይዚ ጸሓፈይ ርእይቶ እዩ። እቲ ዝኸፍአ ከኣ እቲ ጸሓፊ ትእዛዝ ዝሃቦ መልሲ እዩ፥ ንሱ ትቕብል ኣቢሉ፡ ከምዚ ክብል መለሰ፥’’ ናትና ገዛ እኳ እንተፈቲና ክንስከም እንተጸሊእና ድማ ክነውርድ ብዝግባእ ስለእንፈልጥ ናይ ሎሚ ኣይከብደና ናይ ጽባሕ ከኣ ኣየጨንቐና።’’

ኣብቲ እዋን እቲ ዝነበረ ሽግር ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ነቲ እከይ ውጥን ናይ ኤርትራ ምክፍፋል ከምዘፍሸሎ ታሪኽ ይነግረና። ይኹን እምበር ምስቲ ሽዑ ዝነበረ ፖለቲካዊ ሃዋህው ንመላእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝሓቁፍ ሰልፊ ብዘይምፍጣሩ ምጥርጣራት ክፈጥር ክኢሉ እዩ። ከምዚ ኢሉ እንከሎ እውን እቲ ፈደረሽን በብቑሩብ እናተሸርመመ ኣብ ዝኸደሉ እዋን ዝተኻየደ ፖለቲካዊ ቃልስን ዝተጀመረ ብረታዊ ሰውራን  ግን  ንሓቀኛ ናጽነት ከምዝተላዕለ ዝከሓድ ኣይኮነን። ዋላ እኳ ኣብ ውሽጡ ንመላእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝተሓቛቚፉን ዘየተሓቛቚፉን  ባእታት እንተነበሩ። ይኹን እምበር፥ ነቲ ኩሉ ጅግንነትን ሃገራዊ ሓርብኝነትን ተወፋይነትን ዝተኽፍለ መስዋእትን መደምሰሲ ክንጥቀመሉ ግን ፈጺሙ ዘይግባእ እዩ።

ኣብ  ኣርበዓታት ዝተኻየደ ቃልሲ ማለት፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ነንሓድሕዱ ክጠራጥርን ምትእምማን ክስእንን ዘይተገብረ ኣይነበረን፥ ክሳብ ምቅንጻላት ዝተኻየደሉ ግዜ እውን ነይሩ እዩ።  እዚ ከኣ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሓቢሩን ተሳንዩን ንኸይቃለስ ዝተፋሕሰ ፍሕሶ ካሳብ ሎሚ እውን ብቐጻሊ ይፈሓስ ምህላው ካብ ዝሓለፈ ክንመሃር ዘይምኻኣልናን ክነስተብህል ዘይምድላይናን ዘምጸኦ ሽግር ምዃኑ ርዱእ እዩ። ሎሚ እውን ኣብ ግዜና ነቲ ዝተስርሐ ጅግንነትን ታሪኽን ዝኽሕድን ዘነኣእስን ሓይሊ ንርእን ንሰምዕን ኣሎና።፡ ንሕና ነዚ ክቡር ናጽነት ክውን ገይሮም ንዝሓለፋ ስም መስዋእትነት ጀጋኑና ዘቈናጽብን፥ ታሪኾም ዝድምስስን ሓይሊ ክቀላቐል ከሎ ኣብ ምንታይ ክበጽሕ ደልዩ ኮን ይኸውን ኢሉ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ክመራመር ዝግበኦ ክንሱ፡ ካብ በሃሊኡስ ደጋሚኡ ከም ዝበሃል ንታሪኽ ኣቦታቱን ኣደታቱን ከይተረደኦ ይኹን ተረዲኣዎ ከናሹን ክዘልፍን ይውዕልን ይሓድርን ኣሎ። እዚ ብመሰረቱ ኮነ ኢልካ ንሃገራውነትና ክንሓክኽ እሞ ንጉዳይ ሃገር ዕሽሽ ክንብል ዝግበር ዘሎ እዩ።

ኣብ ግዜ ኣርበዓታት እውን ነዚ ሃገራውነት ዝፈታተን ወስታታት እዩ ዘጓነፈ። ከምዚ ዝዓይነቱ ፖለቲካዊ ጸወታ እዚ ኣብ መበል 21 ክፍለዘመን ደው ክነብሎ ብዘይምኽኣልና፥ እነሆ ንጉዳይ ሃገርና፡ ብሓደ ኢድ ምስ ኩሉ ፍልልያትና ተጻዊርና ኣብ ጸረ-ምልክን መላኺ ስርዓት ኢሳያስን ኣብ ክንዲ ነውዕል፡ ኣብ ነንሓድሕድና ክንቆማሸድ ግዜ ዘሕለፍናዮ ንደጋዊ ሓይሊ ብቐሊሉ ነቓዕ ረኺቡ ክበታትነና ክምዝኽእል ክንግንዘብ ይግበኣና። ድሮ እውን እነሆ ካብቲ መግዛእቲ እንግሊዝ ኣብ ሓምሳታት ዘሳውሮ ዝነበረ ቅዳሕ እዚ ስርዓት እዚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከልግሶ ብቕዓት የብሉን፥ እዚ ስርዓት እዚ ክለግስ ብዘይ ናይ ኢትይጵያ ኢድ ኣታውነት ፈጺሙ ኣይከኣልን ዝብላ ኣደናገርቲ ቃላት ካብ ኤርትራውያን ክትሰምዕ ብጣዕሚ ዘደንጹ እዩ። ቀደሙስ ታሪኽን ጅግንነትን ኣቦታትናን ኣደታትናን ዘቈናጽብን ዘናእስን ንሃገራዊ መንነትናን ሓርበኝነትናን ካብ ኣእምሮና ክፈሓቚ እሞ ነዛ ሃገር ዝብጀወላ ክትስእን ዝግበር ዘሎ ሽርሒ ምዃኑ ኣብ ግምት ክነእትዎ የድሊ። ታሪኽካ ክድምሰስ ከሎ ምስኡ እውን እቲ ኣነ ንሃገረይ ዝብል ናይ ጅግንነት ካባ ዝቑርመም ምዃኑኸ ከመይ ንዝንግዖ? ደሓርከ ታሪኽካ ደምሲስካ እንታይ ዓይነት ታሪኽ እዩ ክምስረት።?

እቶም ኣብ ሓድነት ሃገር ዘይጸንዑ ሃገራዊ ስምዒትን ሃገራውነትን ኣዳኺሞም ነዚ ስርዓት እዚ ንምልጋስ ብቕዓትን ዓቕምን ክንስእን እሞ ደጋዊ ሓይሊ ጣልቃ ኣትዩ ከገላግለናን ብድሕሪኡ ንዝመጽእ መዘዝ ኣብ ትሕቲ ፍጹም  ፈቓዱ ክንወድቕ ዝእለም ማእለማ ምዃኑ ክንርዳእ ይግበኣና። ንኢድ ምእታው ብቐጥታ ምስ ንዋታውን ገንዘባውን ሞራላውን ሓገዛት ኣተኣሳሲርካ ምግላጽ ንምድንጋር ኢሉ ዝቐርብ ክንጥንቀቐሉ ዝግባእ ሽርሒ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ኣብ መንጎ እዘን ክልተ ነጥብጣታት ማለት ጣልቃ ኣእታውነትን ሓገዝን፡ ዘሎ ፍልልያት ስሒቶሞ ዘይኮኑስ እንታይ ደኣ ነቲ ሕቡእ ፍሕሶታት ኣብ ተግባር ዝውዕለሉ ክጠቕመና ዝኽእል መሳርሒ እዩ ኢሎም ስለዝኣመኑሉ ኢዮም። ኣብዚ ኣተኲርና ክነስተብህለሉ ዘሎና ጉዳይ እቲ ኣብ መንጎ ጣልቃ ኣታውነትን፥  ሓገዛትን ዘሎ ፍልልይ ኣዳቒቕና ምፍላጥ ዘድሊ ምዃኑ’ዩ።

1 ጥቅምቲ 2015

 

By Tomas Monzon   |   Sept. 30, 2015 at 8:37 AM
An Eritrean man in his 20s died Wednesday in the French port city of Calais after being struck by a freight train, similar to the one pictured, while attempting to enter the Eurotunnel illegally. Fencing has been increased in the area as a way to stymie the attempts made by migrants to enter Britain illegally. File photo by i4lcocl2/Shutterstock

CALAIS, France, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A migrant from Eritrea was killed by a freight train Wednesday at the Channel tunnel in Calais, France, as he attempted to make his way to Britain, law enforcement said.

Calais police said they found the man at about 1 a.m. local time. Eurotunnel, which owns the Channel tunnel, or Chunnel, said incident was "regrettable" and a representation of the dangers associated with trying to cross the Channel illegally.

The man's death marks the fourth such casualty at Calais in the past two weeks, and the second in a 24-hour period. On Tuesday, a 20-year old man from Iraq was found crushed by truck pallets there. The week prior, an African teenager was also hit by a freight train near the Channel tunnel entrance. Finally, a man believed to be Syrian was electrocuted near the tunnel entrance as he tried to climb atop a train.

Migrants in Calais have tried to stow away on ferries or trucks bound for Britain. At least 13 people have died in attempts to access to Channel tunnel since June.

Newly installed security fences around the nearby train tracks have stymied attempts to access the Channel tunnel entrance. A peak figure of 2,000 attempts each night to enter Britain through the tunnel has decreased to fewer than 150.

A Eurotunnel spokesman told SkyNews the continued attempts by migrants to cross illegally is "very, very sad" and that it puts "their lives at risk."

British Home Secretary Theresa May said France and Britain are willing to work together to deport these migrants back to where they came from, adding that the two countries have spent a significant amount on tunnel security.

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