ናይ ሓባር እትበጽሖን እተዕውቶ ዓላማን ሸቶን ክህልወካ እንከሎ፣ ብሓባር ምጉዓዝ ዝተለምደን ኣዕዋትን እዩ። እዚ ኣዕዋቲ ዝኸውን፡ ዝተበተነ ድሌት ዝእክብ፡ ግዜኻ ዘቑጥብን ዓቕምኻ ኣብ ናይ ሓባር መዓላ ዘውዕል ስለ ዝኾነ እዩ። ብዓብይኡ ከኣ ነቲ በበይንኻ ምድፋኡ ዘጸግመካን ብሰንኪ ብሓደ ዘይምስራሕካ ዕድመ ዝውስኽን ተጻባኢ፣ ንምውጋድ ዘኽእል ፍቱን መንገዲ ስለ ዝኾነ እዩ። ኩሉ ግዜ ብዛዕባ ሓድነትን ሓቢርካ ምቅላስን ዘለዎ ዘይስገር ኣድላይነት እንዛረብ ከኣ ካብዚ ብምንቃል ኢና።
“ኣብቲ ዘሰማምዓካ ሓቢርካ ምቅላስ መሰረታዊ እዩ” ክንብል እንከለና፡ በቲ ዘሰማምዓና ጀሚርና ንቕድሚት ዘይንስጉም ካብ ምባል ዝነቅል እዩ። በቲ ዘሰማምዓካ ምጅማር ቅድም ኣብኡ ኣድሚዕካ ዓወት ምምዝጋብ ዘኽእል እዩ። ነቲ ዝፈላልየካ ከኣ ፈጺምካ ትጥንጥኖ ማለት ዘይኮነ፡ ሓቢርካ ብምስራሕ ተተባቢዕካ ነቲ ዘየሰማምዓካ ዕንቅፋት ክኸውን ብዘይክእል ከተመሓድሮ የኽእለካ ማለት እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ፡ ብዙሓት ኮንካ ብሓባር ምቕጻል ኣይኮነንዶ ኣብ ከምዚ ተጸሚድናሉ ዘለና ፖለቲካዊ ዋኒን፡ ኣብ ካልእ ተልእኮ እውን ናብ ሓደ ጉዳይ ክትነቅል እንከለኻ መሰረታዊ ኮይኑ ንድሕሪት ዝመልስ ደኣ ኣይኹን እምበር ፡ ፍልልይ ከም ዘጋጥመካ ኣሚንካ እትቕበሎ እዩ። ነቲ ፍልልይ ሰጊርካ ክትስጉም ትኽእለሉ መንገዲ ከኣ ኣብ መትከል ምጽውዋር፡ ምክእኣልን ናይ ሓሳብ እንካን ሃባን ምኽባር ዝስረት እዩ። ከምዚ እንተዘይኮይኑ ግና፡ ንምቅላስ ወይ ንስራሕ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ዝኾነ ቀጻሊ ማሕበራዊ ህይወት ምምስራት እውን ኣይመተኻእለን። ስለዚ ንፍልልያት ኣፍልጦ ሂብካ ምምሕዳሮም እምበር ምውጋዶም ወይ ምሕባኦም ዝከኣል ኣይኮነን።
ኣብ ሓደ ናይ ሓባር መስርሕ ፍልልያት ዝፍጠረሉ ምኽንያታት ብዙሕ እዩ። ዘይሩ ዘይሩ ግና ኣብቲ ናይ ሓባር ጉዕዞ ናይ “መን ተጠቕመን ተጐድአን ወይ ሰዓረን ተሳዕረን” ውድድር ክህሉ ባህርያዊ እዩ። እዚ ውድድር ዘሕድሮ ስግኣት ክህሉ’ውን ከምኡ። እዚ ውድድር’ዚ ብሕጋውን ዲሞክራስያውን ኣገባብ እንተተኣልዩ፡ ዘበላልሓካ ጸጋ እምበር፣ ስግኣት ኣይኮነን። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ፡ ናይ እምነት፡ ቋንቋን ባህልን ካለኦትን ብዙሕነት ፍልልያት ክፍጠር ናቶም እጃም ኣለዎም። እንተኾነ ነዞም ፍልልያት ዓቂብካ በቶም ዘሰማምዑኻ ብምስራሕን ብምቅላስን ኣብ ዓወት ከም ዝብጻሕ ብብዙሓት ተመኩሮታት ዝተረጋጊጸ እዩ። ኣብ ዝኾነ መዳይ ኣብ ፖሊቲካ ድዩ ኣብ ቁጠባ ወይ ማሕበራዊ ጉዳይ ዕዉታት እንብሎም ህዝብታት ከምዞም ዝጠቐስናዮም ፍልልያት ስለ ዘይነበርዎም ኣይኮኑን። ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ግና፡ ነዚ ክሳብ ምውሓስ ልኡላዊት ሃገር ዘብጸሐ ቃልሲ ከነዕውት እንከለና ነዞም ዝተጠቕሱ ፍልልያትና ኣብ ምክእኣል ንሎሚ መለበሚ ዝኾነና ዋጋ ከፊልና ኢና። ንመጻኢ ከኣ በቶም ዘሰማምዑና ጀሚርና፡ ነቶም ዘየሰማምዑና ቦታኦም ኣትሒዝና እንተሰጒምና፣ ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ዓወትና ካብ ምድጋም ዝዓግተና የለን። ነቲ ክንክተሎ ዝግበና ውሕልነት ዘንጊዕና፡ በቲ ዘሰማምዕና ኣብ ክንዲ ምጅማር፡ ግድን በቲ ዝፈላልየና ደኣ ንጸባጸብ ኢልና እንተደሪቕና ግና፡ ኣብቲ ዘሰማምዓና ኮነ ኣብቲ ዝፈላልየና ከየድማዕና መፍቶ ህግደፍ ክንከውን ኢና።
ንፍልልያት ግዜ ሂብካ በቲ ዘሰማምዓካ ጀሚርካ ምቕጻል፡ ልቦና፡ ጹረትን ትዕግስትን ዝሓትት ዓብይን ዘይስገርን ህዝባዊ ሓላፍነት እዩ። ነዚ ክትበቅዕ፡ “ኣነን ናተይን ጥራይ” ብዝብል ዘይኮነ፡ ንናይቶም ካለኦት ሓቢሮሙና ዝቃለሱን ብዘይብኣኣቶም ዘይኮነልናን ወገናት ርኢቶ’ውን ቦታ ክንህብ ግድን እዩ። ምናልባት እውን ከምቲ “ምእንቲ መጎጎ ትሕለፍ ኣንጭዋ” ዝበሃል፡ ዘየዕግቡና ግና ከኣ ኣብ ወሳኒ እዋን ነቲ ኣብ ቅድሜና ዘሎ ብደሆ ብሓባር ዘስግር ኮይኑ ዝተራእየና ሓሳብ ምስ ዕቃበ ምቕባል ኣገዳሲ እዩ። ደሓር ኣብቲ መስርሕ ናይቲ ምእንቲ ክንሰግር ዝተቐበልናዮ ሓሳብ ዘየድማዕነት እንተነጺሩ፣ እንተላይ እቲ ምእንቲ ብሓባር ክንቅጽል ሓሳቡ ዘኽበርናሉ ኣካል፤ ምሳና ኮይኑ ናይ ምዕራዩ ዕድል ክረክብ ንኽእል ኢና። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ኣብዚ ንጐዓዞ ዘለና ናይ ምቅብባል መስርሕ ቃልሲ፥ ንዝሓለፈ ተመኩሮ ከይነዓቕካ እቲ ጸጽቡቑ ምውሳድ ምእንቲ ሓቢርካ ክትቅጽል ኣገዳሲ እዩ። ኣድላይነት ናይዚ ጡብ ኣብ ልዕሊ ጡብ እንዳንበርካ ጉዕዞ ንምዕዛዝ ሓደሓደ ሰባት ከምዚ ዝስዕብ የዘንትዉ። “ርሳስ ጐዲሙ ምጽሓፍ እንተኣብዩካ፡ ነቲ ዝጐደመ ደርቢኻ ኣይኮንካ ሓድሽ ትገዝእ። ኣብ ክንድኡ ነቲ ዝጐደመ ጸሪብካ ኢኻ እተጽሕፎ” ይብሉ።
ኤርትራውያን ኩልና ሃገርና ልኡላውነታ ዓቒባ፡ ሃብታም፡ ሰላምን ቅሳነት ዝዓሰላ፡ ልዕልና ፍትሒ ዝሰፈናን ኩሉ መሰላት ህዝባ ዝኽበረላን ክትከውን ዘሰማምዓና ባህጊ እዩ። ካብዚ ብምንቃል ከኣ ኩልና ሃገርና ስማ ብጽቡቕ ክለዓል እንከሎ የሕጉሰና፡ ብሕማቕ ክትለዓል እንከሎ ከኣ የሻቕለና። እዚ ካብቲ ዘሰማመዓናን ክንዕቅቦ ዝግበናን እዩ። ነዚ ብኸመይ ንዕቅቦን ነዕውቶን ኣብ ዝብል ግና ፍልልያት ኣለና። እዚ ፍልልያትና ብዝፈጠሮ ምስሕሓብ ከኣ እቲ ናይ ኣሰላልፋ ብዝሕን ዋሕድን ገዲፍካ፡ ተቓወምትን ደገፍትን ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንበሃሃል። ብሰንኪ እዚ ፍልልይ ከኣ ከምቲ ሓሓሊፉ ዝረአ ኣብቲ ዓበይቲ ዘሰማመዓና ኤርትራዊ ጉዳያት ክንረሓሓቕ ኣይመተገበናን።
ኣብቶም ንግጉይ ኣካይዳ ህግደፍ ተቓዊምና ንለውጢ ንቃለስ ዘለና እውን ዘሰማምዕን ዘየሰማምዕን ኣለና። ኤርትራና ብሰንኪ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝወርዳ ዘሎ በደላት ተወጊዱ፡ ሰላም፡ ዲሞክራስን ልምዓትን ዝተረጋገጸላ ክትከውን እንሰማምዓሉ እዩ። ኣብቲ ነዚ ንምርግጋጽ “ኣየናይ መንገዲ ንምረጽ፡ ምስ መንከ ንመሓዞ…… ወዘተ” ዝብል ግና ንፈላለ። ኣብቲ ጽባሕ ህዝብና ብሕገመንግስታዊ ልዕልናኡ ክውስኖ ዝግባእ ንዓና ከም ውድባት፡ ሰልፍታትን ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓስን ሓሳብ ክንህበሉ እምበር ክንውደኦ ዘይምልከትና ብዛዕባ “ኤርትራ ድሕሪ ህግደፍ ከመይ ትመሓደር” እውን ንፈላለ። ኣብ ከምዚ ምፍልላይ ኣባና ዝተጀመረን መንገዲ ዓወት ዝዓግትን ኣይኮነን። እቲ ኣጸጊሙ ዘሎስ ኣብ ክንዲ ብዕቱብ በቲ ዘሰማምዓና ጀሚርና ነቲ ዝፈላልየና ወጊንና ንቕድሚት ምድፋእ በቲ ዝፈላልየና ምጽብጻብን ምትህልላኽን ምቕዳምና እዩ።
ነቲ ህዝብና “ንሓንቲ ኤርትራን ህዝባን እትቃለሱ ካብ ኮንኩም ብሓባር ዘይትኾኑ” ዝብለና ዘሎ ናይ ዘይምትግባርና ጠንቂ ከኣ ዓቲብና በቲ ዘሰማምዕና ጀሚርና ካብ ዘይምቕጻልና ወጻኢ ዝረአ ኣይኮነን። ሎሚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ብደረጃ ውድብ፡ ሰልፊ፡ ማሕበር፡ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓስ ኮነ ግዱሳት ባእታታት እቲ መሰረታዊ ናይ ብቕዓትን ሓልዮትን መምዘኒ ሓቢርካ ዘስርሕ መንገዲ ብምምሃዝ ዝምዘን እዩ። ነዚ ጓሲኻ በበይንኻ ብእትገብሮ ኣበርክቶ ምንያት ግና ዘይሩ ዘይሩ ጐደሎ እዩ። እዚ ከኣ ኣብ ቅድሚ ኩልና ተገቲሩ ዘሎ ብደሆ እምበር ንውሱናት ዝግደፍ ኣይኮነን።
ብዜና ዕረፍቲ ገዲም ተጋዳላይ ኣምባሳደር ኣድሓኖም ገብረማርያም፡ ፖሊቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ፡ መሪር ሓዘን ከም ዝተሰምዖም ይገልጹ።
ውፉይ ተጋዳላይ ኣድሓኖም ገብረማርያም፡ ካብ ግዜ ንእስነቱ ጀሚሩ፡ ኣብ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ሓርነት ኤርትራ ብምስላፍ ንናጽነት ኤርትራ ዝተቓለሰን፡ ምስ ብጾቱ ዓበይቲ ሰውራዊ ቅያታት ዝሰርሐን ተጋዳላይ እዩ ነይሩ። ምልካዊ ስርዓት፡ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጠሊሙ ግዳይ ግፍዓዊ ተግባራቱ ኣብ ዝገበሮ ከኣ፡ ኣንጻር ምልኪ ወጊኑ፡ ንፍትሕን ንሓርነትን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክሳብ ዕለተ ሞቱ ከይተሓለለ ዝተቓለሰ እዩ።
ክቡር ተጋዳላይ ኣምባሳደር ኣድሓኖም ገብረማርያም ኣብ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣመሪካ እናነበረ እንከሎ፡ ብሕማም ምኽንያት ካብ እዛ ዓለም ብመስዋእቲ ብምፍላዩ ምዕራፉ፡ ንኹሎም ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ኤርትራውያን ዓቢ ክሳራ ምዃኑ ብሩህ እዩ።
ፖሊቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ፡ ምስ’ቲ ብዕረፍቲ ተጋዳላይ ኣድሓኖም ዝተሰምዖም ከቢድ ክሳራ እንዳገለጹ፡ ናይዚ መሪር ሓዘን ተኻፈልቲ ምዃኖም ይገልጹ። ንስዉእ ኣምባሳደር መንግስተ ሰማይ የዋርሶ፡ ንስድራቤቱ፣ ንሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ኤርትራን ንመላእ ደምበ ተቓውሞን ከኣ ጽንዓት ይሃብ።
ፖሊቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ
إرتريا تودع أحد مناضليها الأبطال المناضل السفير/ أدحنوم قبري ماريام
Written by نجاش عثمان إبراهيمEritrean Political Forces Joint appeal
Written by Eritrean Political ForcesTo:
H.E. Mr. Pekka Haavisto,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland,
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Helsinki, Finland
Dear Mr. P. Haavisto,
February 16, 2021
We the undersigned allied Eritrean Political Forces in exile are deeply saddened by the rapid escalation of a deadly conflict between the Federal Ethiopian Government with unwarranted support of the Government of Eritrea on the one hand and Regional State of Tigray on the other. In particular the indiscriminate air strikes and ground attacks directed to Tigray occurs at a challenging time as the people struggle to contain the impact of Covid-19 pandemic and a massive locust infestation overwhelming the region during the time of the annual harvest season. Human Rights Watch has rightly said in a report published on February 11 that the apparently indiscriminating shelling of urban areas was a violation of the laws of war.
The world is by now receiving reports of the devastating effect of war on the economy and livelihood of the people and its negative impact on peace and security of the entire region. We continue to witness catastrophic humanitarian crisis with millions of internally displaced people and new waves of refugees fleeing to neighboring Sudan.
Dear Sir,
We Eritreans are particularly worried about the fate of the 172 000 Eritrean refugees most of them in Tigray and Afar regions who have fled enforced military conscription, indefinite national service, lack of freedom of speech and movement and political persecution and imprisonment. The invading Eritrean army which still exerts control over two of the refugee camps, namely Shimelba and Hitsaats, has destroyed most of the buildings in the camps and abducted thousands Eritrean refugees and sent them back to Eritrea. The camps are now closed by the Ethiopian government, and the whereabouts of their residents still unacounted.
This is done in broad day light and in flagrant violation of international laws and norms. Unfortunately, the UNHCR High Commissioner Fillipo Grandi’s appeal to the prime minister of Ethiopia to address the situation as a matter of urgency has not been fulfilled.
Yours excellency,
Our allied forces in exile are aware that the Government of Finland had supported and continues to support the reforms and democratization policies initiated by PM Abiy Ahmed Ali of Ethiopia and that Finland along other Nordic countries works for regional peace, security and integration in the Horn of Africa. Therefore, we eagerly await the result of the ongoing European Union initiated dialogue and engagement under your leadership.
Our allied forces in exile also strongly believe that interests of the peoples of the Horn of Africa are complimentary and never mutually exclusive and building regional peace requires the acceptance by all of democratic values and norms and the belief in cooperation, dialogue and compromise in conflict resolution.
We would like to express our concern for the wellbeing of the civilian population of Tigray and Eritrean refugees in the area and appeal to Your Excellency and through you, to the European Union to:
To ask the Ethiopian Government to guarantee the protection of Eritrean refugee in Tigray and Afar regions as well as in urban centers and allow the UNHCR to continue providing its services.
Demand the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean troops fromTigray and impose sanctions on the members of government and impose an arms embargo of Eritrea.
Put pressure on the Ethiopian Government to allow unfettered humanitarian access to Tigray and find ways of providing emergence food, water and, medical and sanitary supplies to the affected population;
Condemn the Eritrean Government for its interference in the internal affairs of Ethiopia and demand its immediate withdrawal of its invasion forces;
Send an independent group to Tigray to investigate the alleged indiscriminate killings including that of Eritrean refugees, the looting of property including church heritages and old manuscripts, systematic rape of women and wanton barning of crops.
To call upon the Ethiopian government the to halt the violence and resolve the conflict peacefully and engage in a genuine, inclusive and credible dialogue under the auspicious of a neutral international body;
Your Excellency,
A delegation of our allied forced is willing explain to your excellency’s government, our understanding of the recent developments inside Eritrea and the region as a whole and our endeavors to establish a constitutional and democratically elected government in Eritrea that abides by the rule of law in a digital meeting at a time of your convenience.
Sincerely Yours,
For/ the Chairpersons:
ENCDC (Eritrean National Council for Democratic Change) ENF (Eritrean National Front)
EPDP (the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party)
UDC (Organization of Unity for Democratic Change)
UEJ (United Eritreans for Justice)
RSADO (Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization) ENF-Hidri (Eritrean National Salvation Front) Copy
Mrs. Theresa Zittling
Director for Unit for the Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Helsinki.
Tigray government lays out its terms for peace
Written by Eritrea Hub‘You should have finished off the survivors’: Ethiopian army implicated in brutal war crime video
Written by Eritrea HubCameraman tells soldiers to ‘finish off survivors’ in exclusive video seen by Telegraph that appears to be evidence of slaughtered civilians
Groans can be heard from a seriously wounded man squirming on the floor between two corpses.
Chatting as they wander through the aftermath of what appears to be a mass execution of civilians in the Tigray region, soldiers laugh and joke among themselves.
Off to one side they spot a young man who seems to have survived by pretending to be dead.
“You should have finished off the survivors,” the cameraman says in Amharic, Ethiopia’s lingua franca, in an apparent rebuke of the perpetrators of the massacre.
These are scenes from a video clip obtained exclusively by The Telegraph showing the first evidence of what appears to be a war crime carried out by the Ethiopian army. Around 40 bodies in civilian clothes can be seen in the four-minute clip.
Ethiopian and Eritrean forces have for months been battling troops loyal to the former Tigrayan regional government in a war that has left thousands dead and millions on the brink of starvation.
The video footage seen by The Telegraph, which is too graphic to publish, has circulated online in shorter form among local journalists and bloggers – deemed rare proof of the alleged brutality of Addis Ababa’s forces.
The Telegraph was able to geolocate the video to Debre Abay monastery in central Tigray – about 175 miles west of Tigray’s capital, Mekele. It has also confirmed that the clip has not been doctored.
Although the timing of the apparent massacre was not possible to ascertain, a pro-Tigrayan blog reported Ethiopian soldiers had killed 100 civilians at the same monastery on Jan 5.

Experts who were sent the footage called on the Ethiopian government to launch an immediate investigation.
“This is disturbing footage to watch and I would expect the Federal Government to allow the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission full access to establish the facts and to ensure that there is proper accountability for these killings” said Dr Alex Vines, Africa Director at Chatham House.
“It is time to move beyond warnings and statements of concern to investigations and legal proceedings to hold perpetrators accountable for mass atrocities,” added Judd Devermont, Africa Director at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Washington DC.
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Ethiopia’s state-run Human Rights Commission (EHRC) confirmed to The Telegraph that they were examining the shorter clip of the massacre that has circulated online.
“The EHRC is aware of the purported video and is working to verify its authenticity,” said the organisation’s spokesman, Aaron Maasho. “We have a team on the ground and will investigate the incident should we confirm its veracity.”
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s press secretary, Billene Seyoum, did not respond to requests for comment.
The cameraman in the footage, presumed to be an Ethiopian soldier, is heard speaking in an accent from southern or western Ethiopia.
At one point, he interrogates a survivor of the carnage, who is lying on the floor covered in dirt from head to toe.
“Why were you here in the first place?” the cameraman barks.
“I live in the home over there,” the young man – barely audible – replies in Tigray’s local Tigrigna language, gesturing towards nearby homes. The cameraman responds with a barrage of curses.
At one point, off-screen civilians plead for mercy as soldiers weigh up whether to kill another survivor seen trying to limp away to safety.
Eventually, they agree to leave him.
The video emerged after The Telegraph published dozens of Tigrayan refugees’ accounts of killings, artillery bombardment and looting in Tigray in November.
In recent weeks, human rights organisations and aid workers have issued reports that many in Tigray are now facing starvation, with people already eating leaves to survive or dying in their sleep.
The United Nations Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention said that it has received multiple reports of extra-judicial killings, mass executions, sexual violence, looting and impeded humanitarian access. Earlier this month the body warned that the atrocities in Tigray were likely to get worse.
Last week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that Ethiopian federal forces carried out apparently indiscriminate shelling of urban areas in the Tigray region, including Mekele, a city of half a million people, in November 2020 in violation of the laws of war.
The Telegraph was sent about two dozen photos, also too graphic to publish, showing the bodies of children blown to pieces by the Ethiopian federal government’s artillery barrage of the city.
In addition to Tigray’s internet and phone services being shut down for the entirety of the war, journalists and aid workers have been barred from the region.
The resulting humanitarian disaster has left 4.5 million people in need of emergency assistance. A coalition of Tigray’s political opposition recently stated that more than 50,000 people might have died since fighting began on November 4th.
In November last year, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, declared victory after his troops’ capture of Mekele – but sporadic fighting continues.
Despite the lack of communication, journalists and rights groups have been able to confirm that forces on both sides of the war have committed atrocities against civilians.
Retreating Tigrayan forces killed hundreds of civilians in the town of Maykadra on November 9th, using blunt objects, according to rights group Amnesty International.
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ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቅ ከምቲ ልማዱ ንነዊሕ ግዜ ካብ መራኸቢ ብዙሃን ርሒቑ ምስ ጸንሐ፡ ብ17 ለካቲት 2021 ምስተን ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘለዋ ናይ ብሕቲ ንብረቱ ዝኾና ሚድያታት ክልተ ሰዓታት ዝወሰደ ቃለ መሓትት ኣካይዱ። ነቲ ኣቐዲሙ ኣዳልዩ ዝሃቦም ሕቶታት ዝሓተትዎ እቶም ልሙዳት ጋዜጠኛታቱ ሱሌማን ዑስማን ዓበን ጳውሎስ ነታባይን እዮም። እዚኣቶም ከምቶም መልእኽቲ ኢሳያስ ናብ ወጻኢ ኣብ ምምልላስ ሓንሳብ ምስተጸምዱ ዘይቅየሩ ዑስማን ሳልሕን የማነ ገብረኣብን ዘይትክኡ ሓተቲ ኢሳያስ ስለ ዝኾኑ፡ ቃለ መሓትት ኣሎ ምስተባህለ ንሳቶም ከም ዝመጹ ዘይገመተ ኣይነበረን።
ኢሳያስ ኣብዚ ቃለመጠይቑ ዋላኳ ዞባዊ መልክዕ ከትሕዞ እንተፈተነ ብኢትዮጵያዊ ዛዕባታት እዩ ጀሚሩ። ኣብ ኣመዓባብላ እዚ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ውግእ ካብቲ ኢትዮጵያዊ ገዛኢ ሰልፊ ብልጽግና ዝብሎ ብዝመልከዐ ኣወቂቡ ኣቕሪብዎ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ (ህወሓት) ጸላዊ ኣካል ናይ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ዝነበረሉ ግዜ፡ ብሓፈሻ ብዛዕባ ብዙሓት ጉዳያት ዝያዳ ከኣ ብዛዕባ ትሕዝቶ ሕገመንግስቲ ምዒዱስ ሰማዒ ከም ዝሰኣነ ገሊጹ። ነቲ ኢትዮጵያ ንዝያዳ 20 ዓመታት ዝተመርሓትሉ ሕገመንግስቲ ከኣ “ናይ ነታጒ ምቕባር ፖለቲካ መጻወቲ” ኢልዎ። ኣብዚ እውን እቲ ቃና ኣገላልጻኡ ካብቲ ንተመኩሮ ህወሓት ኣትሪሮም ዝነቕፉ ኣካላት ዝብልዎ እንተዘይገዲዱ ዝፍለ ኣይነበረን። እቲ ኣዝዩ ዝገርምን ዘተዓዛዝብን ከኣ ኢሳያስ ብናይ እንዳማቱ ሕገመንስቲ ዝወራዘ ዘሎ ትሕዝቶኡ ብዘየገድስ ንኤርትራ ብዘይ ሕገመንግስቲ ይገዝኣ ኣብ ዝሃለወሉ እዋን ምዃኑ እዩ። ኣብ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ክዛረብ እንከሎ ሃዲእካ ብምሕሳብ፡ ቀዳምነታት ሰሪዕካ ብምስራሕ…. ወዘተ ክተሓዙ ዝግበኦም ጉዳያት ከም ዝነበሩ እውን ጠቒሱ። “ክሳብ ክንዲ'ዚ ዝርዳእን ሓላይን ካብ ኮነ ደኣ ኣብ ኢርትራ ከምኡ ዘይገብር?” ዝብል ሓታታይ እንተዝረክብ እንታይ ምመለሰ እንድዒ። ምስዚ ኩሉ ግና፡ በዚ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ተኸሲቱ ዘሎ ዞባዊ ናይ ምዃን ሰፊሕ ዕድል ዘለዎ ቅልውላው ስግኣት ከም ዘለዎ ኣይሓብአን። ነብሱ ካብቲ ጉዳይ ከርሕቕ ብዘምስል ከኣ ደጋጊሙ ናይዚ ቅልውላው ዋናታት ናይ ምርሓቕ ምልክታት እውን ኣርእዩ።
ካብቲ ቀንዲ ዕላማታትን ትሕዝቶን ናይዚ ቃለ መጠይቑ ሓደ፡ ንሓቂ ሓቢእካ ነቲ ዝተፈላለዩ ኣህጉራዊ ትካላትን ሃገራትን፡ ኤርትራ ካብ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ብዘይቅድመ-ኩነት ብህጹጽ ሰራዊታ ክትስሕብ ዘቕርብዎ ዘለዉ መጠንቀቕታት ኣቕጣጫኡ ንምስሓት እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ከምቲ ልሙድ ብተግባር ብዘይስነ ናይ ቃላት ተስፋ ኣብ ስልጣን ናይ ምቕጻል ኣሽካዕላል ተልእኮ ዘለዎ ምዃኑ ርዱእ እዩ። እቲ ኣብ ክንዲ ብኤርትራዊ ጉዳይ ዝጅምር ንዘይኤርትራዊ ዛዕባ ምቕዳሙ ከኣ ሓድሽ’ኳ እንተዘይኮነ ዘገርም እዩ። ከምዚ ምግባሩ በቲ ሓደ ወገን ካብቲ ብቐጥታ ዝምልከቶ ኤርትራዊ ባይታ ንደገ ብዝጥምት ዘይኮነ፡ ካብ ደገ ናብ ኤርትራ ብዝምዕብል ፍታሕ ናይ ምምጻእ ቀይናን ሃቐነ ከም ዘለዎ የርኢ። በቲ ካልእ ወገን ከኣ በቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ብዛዕባ ኤርትራ ዝተዛረቦ ዘይግብራዊ ባዶ ተስፋታት “ሰማዒ ኣይረክብን እየ” ኢሉ ኣገባብ ምቕያር እውን ይመስል። በዚ ይኹን በቲ ቃለመሓትት ኢሳያስ፡ ኣብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን እዋናዊ ሕቶታቱን ተገዳስነት ከም ዘየብሉ ዘመልክት እዩ።
ኣብቲ ውሑድ ደቓይቕ ሂቡ ዝተዛረበሉ ኤርትራዊ ዘቤታዊ ዛዕባታት ዘቕረቦ ሓሳባት፡ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝበሎን ኣብ ክንዲ ፍታሕ ዝሕብር፡ ነቲ ህዝቢ ዝፈልጦን ፍታሕ ዝጽበየሉን ጸገማት’ዩ ቃላት እንዳቀያየረ ደጋጊምዎ። ንኣብነት ብጉዳይ ኮቪድ-19ን ምክልኻሉን ኣብ ዝምልከት ከብርህ እንከሎ፡ ብትሑት ተገዳስነት፡ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣዝዩ ብሩህ ክነሱ “ጥዕና ናይ ምሕላው ዓቕምና ዜሮ እዩ፡ ካብዚ ዜሮ ኢና ከኣ ክንጅምር” ኢሉ። ብዛዕባ መጻኢ መፍትሒ ክዛረብ እነከሎ ከኣ “መሳጢ ፖሊሲ ኣለና፡ ግና ከኣ ናይ ምትግባሩ ዓቕሚ የብልናን” ይብሎ። እዚ ንሰማዒኡ “እሞ ኣይትብከ እንድዩ ዘብክየኒ ዘሎ” ዘብል እምበር መፍትሒ ዘምጽእ ኣይኮነን። ነቲ ህዝብና ብጉልባብዚ ተላጋቢ ሕማም ኮረና ስለ ዝተዓጽወ ዝወርዶ ዘሎ ሕሱም ስእነት ኩሉ ዓይነት ቀረባት ስለ ዘይተሰመዖ ከኣ “ብሰንኪ ሕማም ኮረና ዘጋጠመ ቁጠባዊ ለውጢ የለን” ክብሎ ኣይሓፈረን። ከምቲ ልሙድ ምትላሉ ከኣ “ቁጠባና ዝዓብየሉ ኩነታት ንምፍጣር ጽላት ብጽላት ንመዝንን ቀዳምነታትና ንሰርዕ ኣለና” ይብል እሞ “ብሚኒስትሪ ንግዲ ዝምእከል ኣካል ተመዚዙ ኣብዚ መዳይዚ ይሰርሕ ኣሎ” ኢሉ። ዘገርም እዩ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ካብቲ ቀደም “ፖሊሲ ጥሙር ሕርሻ” ዝበሃል ዝነበረ እሞ ዝፈሸለ ጀሚርካ ክንደይ ሓይሊ ዕማማት ተመስሪተን ብዘይፍረ ከም ዝፈረሳ ንዝፈልጥ ህዝብስ ሎሚ እውን ብኸምዚ ዓይነት “መወዳእታ ዘየብሉ ናይ ቃላት ተስፋ” ክሽፍጦ ምፍታኑ ናይ ጥዕና እዩ ክትብሎ ዘጸግም እዩ።
ኢሳያስ ነዚ ቃለ መጠይቕዚ ክህብ እዩ ምስ ተባህለ፡ ዝተፈላለዩ ኣካላት ነናቶም ግምት ነይርዎም። መብዛሕትኡ ኤርትራዊ ካብ ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ተመኩሮኡ ነቒሉ ካብ ኢሳያስ ተስፋ ስለ ዝቖረጸ፡ “ሓድሽ ነገር ኣየምጽእን እዩ” ዝብል ግምት ነይርዎ። ገለ ወገናት ግና ምስዚ ዝረአ ዘሎ ንኤርትራ ኣዝዩ ዝጸሉ ኢትዮጵያውን ዞባውን ምዕባለን ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ዝተሳተፈሉ ውግእ ኣብ ትግራይ ይካየድ ምስ ምህላዉን “ብዛዕባኡ ገለ ይብል ይኸውን” ዝብል ትጽቢት ዝነበሮም እውን ነይሮም። ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ኣብ ውግእ ትግራይ ኣትዩ ምህላዉ ብብዙሓት ዓለም ለኻዊ ትካላት፡ ብመራሕቲ ጸለውቲ ሃገራት፡ ብላዕለዎት ወተሃደራውን ሲቪላውን ሰብ መዚ ኢትዮጵያን ሓለፍቲ ግዝያዊ ምምሕዳር ክልል ትግራይን ብዓብይኡ ከኣ ብህዝቢ ኤርትራ መረጋገጺ ዝወሃበሉ ዘሎ እዩ።
ስለዚ ቅድም እውን ብዛዕባቲ ኢድ ኣእታውነት ብወገን ኤርትራ ድምጺ ክስማዕ ትጽቢት ካብ ነበረ፡ ብዓብይኡ ኢሳያስ ኣብ ዘካይዶ ቃለ መጠይቕ ኣይክዝለልን እዩ ኢሎም ዝግምቱ ብዙሓት ነይሮም። ኢሳያስ ሆየ ግና ቀንዲ ደጋፊ ናይቲ ኣብቲ ውግእ ተዓዊተ ዝብል ዘሎ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ምዃኑ’ኳ በቲ “ኣብ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ግቡእና ንገብር ኣለና” ዝበሎ’ኳ እንተተኣመነ፡ ብዛዕባ ግደ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ኣብቲ ውግእ ግና ብንጹር ዋላ ሓንቲ ኣይበለን። ጓስይዎ ምሕላፉ ምናልባት ክሓብኦ ደልዩ እንተኾይኑ ከምቲ “ድሕሪ ማይ ናብ በዓቲ” ወይ “ድሕሪ ጌጋ ምኽሪ ይርከብ ድሕሪ ጥራጥ እግሪ ይእከብ” ዝበሃል እዩ። ብዘይጥርጥር ግና ናይ ኢሳያስ ስቕታ ኣብቲ ውግእ ኣትዩ ይመውት፡ ይቖስልን ከም ወራርን ሰራቕን ይኽሰስን ንዘሎ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ዘለዎ ንዕቀት ብንጹር ዘርኢ እዩ።
እምበኣር ህዝብና ካብ ኢሳያስን ካብቲ ንሱ ዝመርሖ ዘሎ ጉጅለን ፍታሕ ክረክብ “ዘይነበሮን ዘይጠፈኦን” ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ዝጽበዮ የብሉን። እዚ ናይ ሎሚ ቃለ መጠይቕ ከኣ ከምቲ ልሙድ ናብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘመሓላልፎ መልእኽቲ ኣለዎ። እቲ መልእኽቲ ከኣ ኢሳያስ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ዘለዎ ክቱር ንዕቀት ዘርእን ብመወዳእታ ዘየብሉ ናይ ቃላት ተስፋ ክቕሽሽን እምበር ፍታሕ ከምጽእ ዘይተዓደለ ምዃኑ እዩ።
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BREAKING: Powerful testimony confirms Axum massacre by Eritrea Hub
Written by CARA ANNA"Bodies with gunshot wounds lay in the streets for days in Ethiopia’s holiest city. At night, residents listened in horror as hyenas fed on the corpses of people they knew. But they were forbidden from burying their dead by the invading Eritrean soldiers. Those memories haunt a deacon at the country’s most sacred Ethiopian Orthodox church in Axum, where local faithful believe the ancient Ark of the Covenant is housed."
Source: Associated Press
‘Horrible’: Witnesses recall massacre in Ethiopian holy city
By CARA ANNA
An elderly woman who fled to the city of Axum in the Tigray region of Ethiopia to seek safety sits with her head bandaged after being wounded during an attack on the city, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. She later died of her wounds. As Ethiopia’s Tigray region slowly resumes telephone service after three months of conflict, witnesses gave The Associated Press a detailed account of what might be its deadliest massacre, at the sacred Ethiopian Orthodox church in Axum. (AP Photo)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Bodies with gunshot wounds lay in the streets for days in Ethiopia’s holiest city. At night, residents listened in horror as hyenas fed on the corpses of people they knew. But they were forbidden from burying their dead by the invading Eritrean soldiers.
Those memories haunt a deacon at the country’s most sacred Ethiopian Orthodox church in Axum, where local faithful believe the ancient Ark of the Covenant is housed. As Ethiopia’s Tigray region slowly resumes telephone service after three months of conflict, the deacon and other witnesses gave The Associated Press a detailed account of what might be its deadliest massacre.
For weeks, rumors circulated that something ghastly had occurred at the Church of St. Mary of Zion in late November, with estimates of several hundred people killed. But with Tigray cut off from the world and journalists blocked from entering, little could be verified as Ethiopian and allied fighters pursued the Tigray region’s fugitive leaders.
The deacon, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he remains in Axum, said he helped count the bodies — or what was left after hyenas fed. He gathered victims’ identity cards and assisted with burials in mass graves.
He believes some 800 people were killed that weekend at the church and around the city, and that thousands in Axum have died in all. The killing continues: On the day he spoke to the AP last week he said he had buried three people.
“If we go to the rural areas, the situation is much worse,” the deacon said.
The atrocities of the Tigray conflict have occurred in the shadows. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for making peace with neighboring Eritrea, announced the fighting as the world focused on the U.S. election. He accused Tigray’s regional forces, whose leaders dominated Ethiopia for nearly three decades before he took office, of attacking the Ethiopian military. Tigray’s leaders called it self-defense after months of tensions.
While the world clamors for access to Tigray to investigate suspected atrocities on all sides and deliver aid to millions of hungry people, the prime minister has rejected outside “interference.” He declared victory in late November and said no civilians had been killed. His government denies the presence of thousands of soldiers from Eritrea, long an enemy of the Tigray leaders.
Ethiopia’s narrative, however, has crumbled as witnesses like the deacon emerge. The official overseeing Tigray’s state of emergency, Redwan Hussein, didn’t respond to questions.
Axum, with its ancient ruins and churches, holds major significance for the Ethiopian Orthodox faithful, who believe that the Ark of the Covenant, built to hold the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, is located there.
“If you attack Axum, you attack first of all the identity of Orthodox Tigrayans but also of all Ethiopian Orthodox Christians,” said Wolbert Smidt, an ethnohistorian who specializes in the region. “Axum itself is regarded as a church in the local tradition, ‘Axum Zion.’”
In a normal year, thousands of people would have gathered at the Zion church in late November to celebrate the day Ethiopians believe the Ark of the Covenant was brought there after it disappeared from Jerusalem in ancient times.
Instead, the church had become a refuge for people who fled the fighting elsewhere in Tigray. They sheltered there as worship services were underway two days before the anniversary.
Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers had arrived in Axum more than a week earlier, with heavy bombardment. But on Nov. 28 the Eritrean soldiers returned in force to hunt down members of the local militia who had mobilized against them in Axum and nearby communities.
The deacon recalled soldiers bursting into the church, cornering and dragging out worshippers and shooting at those who fled.
“I escaped by chance with a priest,” he said. “As we entered the street, we could hear gunfire all over.” They kept running, stumbling over the dead and wounded along with others trying to find places to hide.
Most of the hundreds of victims were killed that day, he said, but the shooting and looting continued the following day.
“They started to kill people who were moving from church to home or home to home, simply because they were on the street,” another witness, visiting university lecturer Getu Mak, told the AP. “It was a horrible act to see.” He watched the fighting from his hotel room, then ventured out as it eased.
“On every corner, almost, there was a body,” he said. “People were crying in every home.”
Another witness, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, said soldiers killed a man at his home near the Zion church. “How can I tell you? So many dead,” said the man, who has since escaped to the Tigray capital, Mekele.
After the killings in Axum came an uneasy period with soldiers roaming the streets and families searching for loved ones. At night, hyenas descended from nearby hills.
The city began to smell of death as some bodies went untouched for days.
“I saw a horse cart carrying around 20 bodies to the church, but Eritrean soldiers stopped them and told people to throw them back on the street,” said Getu, the university lecturer.
Finally, when the soldiers left the city to pursue other fighters, residents mobilized to bury the bodies, the deacon said.
“We could not do a formal burial,” he said. “We buried them en masse” in graves near the Zion church and others.
Some of the dead were among the hundreds of thousands of people in Tigray displaced by the conflict and not known to Axum residents. Their identity cards were collected in churches, where they await the discovery of loved ones.
The deacon said residents believe the Eritrean soldiers were taking revenge for the two-decade border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea that played out nearby and ended after Abiy became prime minister. Some of the soldiers told residents they had been instructed to kill people as young as 12, he said.
Another witness, a 39-year-old who gave only his first name, Mhretab, and escaped weeks ago to the United States, asserted that Ethiopian federal police did nothing to rein in the Eritrean soldiers.
“I said to them, ’Listen, you’re Ethiopian, they’re destroying Ethiopian cities. How is this possible?‴ Mhretab recalled.
”They said, ‘What can we do? This shouldn’t have happened from the beginning. This is from above,’” indicating that it had been decided by senior officials, he said.
He said he ferried bodies to a mass grave by the Zion church and estimated that he saw 300 to 400 there.
The deacon believes that the Eritrean soldiers, in their hunt for Tigray fighters, have killed thousands more people in villages outside Axum. “When they fight and lose, they take revenge on the farmers and kill everyone they can find,” he said. “This is what we’ve seen in the past three months.”
Getu echoed that belief, citing his uncle, who survived such a rural confrontation.
The deacon has not gone to the villages outside Axum. His work remains with his church, where services continue even as he says the Tigray conflict is as fierce as ever.
“We’re also protecting the church,” he said. “Even now, I’m talking to you from there. We are not armed. What we do is mostly watching. And, of course, praying that God protects us.”
QRCS provides food, nonfood aid for 27,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan [EN/AR]
Written by reliefweb.intNews and Press Release Source
Posted 17 Feb 2021 Originally published 17 Feb 2021
February 17th, 2021 ― Doha: The representation office of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) in Sudan has completed Phase 1 of an emergency response to the recent influx of Ethiopian refugees from the war-ravaged Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
Food and nonfood aid was distributed to thousands of refugees facing severe conditions at the Tunaydbah refugee camp, Gadarif State.
The distributions included 2,500 food parcels, each containing 44 kg of food items like flour, rice, lentils, tea, salt, and vegetable oil, as well as 2,000 hygiene kits. In total, these provisions were received by 4,500 refugee families, or an average of 27,000 beneficiaries.
These were part of Phase 1 of the project, which involves multiple sectors, at a total cost of QR 6,681,818. It is planned to distribute another 1,000 food parcels, to be shipped from Qatar later this month, sending the overall number of food parcels to 3,500.
Over the coming period, Phase 2 will be initiated to distribute 2,180 relief kits (kitchenware, blankets, soap, jerry canes, water storage containers, tarpaulins, and washing powder. In relation to water and sanitation, 300 permanent toilets will be delivered and installed. In partnership with the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS), the camp’s health center will be furnished and operated to offer primary health care services.
Dr. Awadallah Hamdan, Head of QRCS’s office in Sudan, said the organization would be always there for Sudan. The State of Qatar, he asserted, will continue to support the Ethiopian refugees in Sudan with diverse relief interventions. QRCS has already responded to many disasters in the country, including the flash flooding and COVID-19. It works together with SRCS on large-scale health and development projects in Darfur and many other states.
Al-Sayed Abdulazeem, SRCS’s manager of the Tunaydbah refugee camp, commended the diversity and size of the food parcels provided by QRCS for the Ethiopian refugees, compared to other humanitarian providers. He described the aid as “timely to alleviate the suffering of the beneficiaries”.
Eng. Abdulmoneim Othman, the camp’s manager from Sudan’s Commission of Refugees (COR), praised QRCS’s efforts and interventions and promised to offer all possible support to facilitate their work.
The Ethiopian refugees at the camp appreciated the ongoing relief aid from QRCS, which reflected on their smiling faces and thankful words as they happily received the relief items.
Over the past few months, Ethiopian refugees have been displaced by the violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The latest estimates issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) indicate 61,209 registered refugees. $157 million is needed to respond to the urgent needs of up to 115,000 refugees and 22,000 host communities in Sudan and Djibouti until June 2021.
Gaps remain in all sectors, from water, sanitation, and hygiene to health facilities, food, shelter, protection response, especially youth protection activities, and psychosocial support. Fuel shortages, limited numbers of vehicles, and limited road access are also posing a challenge to the relocation of the new arrivals, as well as the provision of supplies to the different sites. There is a dire need of energy, especially alternative cooking energy.
Sudan declares states of emergency after protests over soaring food prices
Written by Zeinab Mohammed SalihAs famine warnings are triggered and food is stolen from markets, the government blames supporters of ousted president al-Bashir

The joint military-civilian government believes supporters of the former president, Omar al-Bashir, are behind the protests. The government recently ordered the prosecution of members of Bashir’s party.
Millions of people in the country are struggling as the cost of living continues to rise amid economic difficulties. The Sudanese pound dropped against the dollar from 260 pounds (£3.40) in November to 315 pounds last month. The annual rate of inflation increased to 269% in December, up from 254% in November, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) has said food insecurity could reach crisis levels in parts of Kordofan and Darfur in the coming months. The price of bread has soared. The cost of subsidised loaves, which have become scarce, have increased from 2 pounds to 5 pounds, while unsubsidised bread is being sold in some areas of Khartoum for 15 or 20 pounds, and up to 50 pounds in Darfur and Kordofan. In January, the price of 1kg of sugar was 220 pounds, up from 150 pounds in 2020. Sudan is being encouraged by the international community to devalue its currency in order to get loans.
Mohamed Babikir, an activist who took part in the protests that led to Bashir’s downfall in 2019, said protests had not stopped since 2019. “People are always protesting here and there, demanding justice for those who have been killed, or demanding better politics by having freedoms and the civilian transmission in governance.”
Bashir el-Sadig, a teacher at a girls’ secondary school in the capital of North Kordofan, El-Obeid, which has seen large protests, told the Guardian that more than half of his pupils need help buying food, adding: “Many of them work as cleaners as well, to help themselves and their families. People really are struggling and that’s the mistake of the government in the centre, they didn’t provide enough subsidised food.”
Abdulraheem Ahmed, a teacher at a boys’ high school in Er Rahad, a city to the south of El-Obeid, said: “My wife and I are only two, and we used to eat fruit every two months, now we stopped having fruit, because it is too expensive. I also walk to school instead of taking transportation, which costs me about 100 pounds. I think I should buy something to eat instead of wasting that on transportation.”