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Monday, 18 November 2019 18:00

Eritrea’s Economy: a year after the lifting of UN Sanctions

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November 18, 2019 News

Source: BBC Tigrinya Service

Eritrea, through PM Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia’s initiative, agreed to a peace deal with Ethiopia in June 2018 following two decades of animosity. Soon after the peace deal, PM Abiy played a big role in persuading the UN to bring Eritrea in from the cold. UN Security Council reciprocated by unanimously agreeing to lift sanctions against Eritrea that were imposed in 2009.

It is to be remembered that an arms embargo, asset freeze, and travel ban were imposed in 2009 amid claims Eritrea supported al-Shabab militants in Somalia. Eritrea always denied the accusations. Eritrea was also criticised for human rights abuses and compulsory national service conscription, which are still driving its citizens to flee in huge numbers.

What happened to the country’s economy since the lifting of the sanctions?  BBC Tigrinya has published a story based on its assessment of the Eritrean economy a year after the lifting of the UN sanctions.  https://www.bbc.com/tigrinya/50444228 

The story depicts a grim picture – the economic situation of the country has not improved at all for the average citizen a year after the lifting of sanctions. Many Eritreans, including those living abroad, hoped the lifting of the sanctions would usher in a new era in the country.  

On the contrary, “the price of goods has increased [after the peace accord was signed]” reported the story.  “More Eritrean refugees are living in Ethiopian camps now [than ever]”, it added.  

The standard of living in Eritrea remains very low.  And the quality of life continues to get worse.

Border crossings: Opened in summer, closed in winter of 2018

During the brief window when the border was open, trade flourished along border towns.  People were happier and embraced one another. Many families who were separated by the border managed to re-unite. Eritreans could witness for the first time how Ethiopia, particularly the Tigrai region, was transformed while the conditions in Eritrea arrested the development of the country.

After the declaration of peace Eritreans expected the government would take steps to end the open-ended national service and ensure that young Eritreans’ right to education would be respected. This was particularly so after the Eritrean government’s primary excuse for prolonged military service – the “no peace, no war” situation with Ethiopia – no longer applied.  Eritreans also hoped the border, the perennial problem between the two countries, would be demarcated.   

Border demarcation and putting limits to the national service never materialised.  The peace process stalled as the border crossings were once again shut. Many blame Eritrea for closing its border crossings without any explanation.  Experts believe that either opening or closing the border has economic repercussions for the country; and Eritrea’s wavering stance shows the leadership, gripped by paranoia, cannot manage its border crossings efficiently.  They were obviously alarmed by the sudden flow of goods in and out of Eritrea and the fraternal attitude people showed to one another.

The Never-ending National Service

“The peace deal provided some hope that restrictions on national service would be lifted, but so far there has been little change in Eritrea”, said Human Rights Watch. The indefinite conscription system was never lifted prompting more Eritreans to flee. In October 2018, the UN refugee agency noted a seven-fold increase in refugees fleeing Eritrea after the borders opened, with around 10,000 refugees registered in one month.

The effect of mandatory conscription has always had a negative impact on the country’s economy.  According to a report published by HRW (Aug 2019), “the system of conscription has driven thousands of young Eritreans each year into exile: an estimated 507,300 Eritreans live in exile out of an estimated population of around five million. Many of those fleeing are aged 18 to 24. Thousands, including unaccompanied children, take the perilous journey toward Europe.”

Why is Eritrea dragging its feet? 

According to analysts, 2018 did not bring real changes to Eritrea.  Instead, as 2019 witnessed it, the peace accord and the political manoeuvrings that ensued did not improve the lives of Eritreans.   In that case, one can question if the peace accord was just a ploy to have the sanctions lifted.

Introducing real reforms in Eritrea would certainly test its leaders, who are determined to preserve the status quo, to the limit. The peace accord, the lifting of sanctions, opening border crossings, limiting the national service, demarcating the border are important milestones that have yet to be realised in Eritrea. Eritrea will continue to drag its feet because there is much at stake for its leaders if they yield to real changes in this post-stalemate era.

 

Monday, 18 November 2019 10:37

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ መድረኻት

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ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ መድረኻት

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብዚ ሕጂ ዘለዎ ዘይቅሱን ኩነታት ንክበጽሕ ብዝተፈላለዩ ምዕራፋትን ውረድ ደይብን እዩ ሓሊፉ። እቶም ዝሓለፎም ምዕራፋት ኩሎም ናይ ቃልስን ብደሆን ኮይኖም፡ ከከም ኣመጻጽእኦም ክምክቶምን ክስዕሮምን እዩ ጸኒሑን ዘሎን። ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ምዕራፍ ቃልሲ ዘጋጠምዎ ገዛእትን ጨቆንትን ከኣ፡ ንኤርትራን ህዝባን ኣንበርኪኽካ ናይ ተፈጥሮኣዊ ጸጋታታን እስትራተጅያዊ ሰሓብነታን ተጠቃሚ ክትከውን ምድላይ ከም መሰረታዊ ጉዳይ ወሲዶም ኩሉ ዝከኣሎም ሰሪሖም እዮም። እንተኾነ ናይ ዋላ ሓደ ካብኣቶም ተኸታተልቲ ገዛእቲ መደብ ተዓዊቱ ንኤርትራ ከምቲ ዝደለዮ ኣራጢጡ ዝገዘኣ የለን።

ገዛእቲ፡ መግዛእታዊ ሕልሞም ንምዕዋት፡ ነቲ መግዛእቲ ዘይቅበል ህዝቢ ንምንብርካኽ ዝተጠቕምዎ  ቁጠባዊ፡ ፖለቲካዊ፡ ማሕበራውን ጽላታት ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ረቀቕቲ ናይቲ ህዝቢ ልምዲ፡ ሕግን ባህልን ዝብርዙ ውዲታትን ፍሕሶታትን እውን ተጠቒሞም እዮም። ኣብ ሓደ እዋን ኤርትራዊ ናይ ስራሕ ቋንቋታት ትግርኛን ዓረብን ኣብ ሕጋውን ትምህርታውን መዳያት ከም ዝሃስሱ ዝተገብረ ዘይዕዉት ሃቐነ ናይዚ ኣብነት እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ መግዛእቲ ዘየናሕስን መንነቱ ዘጥፍእን ምዃኑ ኣደልዲሉ ምስ ተረደ፡ ካብዚ ዕንወትን ብርሰትን ንምድሓን ዝመረጾ መተካእታ ዘየብሉ መዋጸኦ በቲ ዝበለሐ ኣገባብ ምቅላስ ጥራይ ነይሩ። ናይቲ ከም መቐጻለታ ናይቲ ቅድሚኡ ዝነበረ ዘይጐነጻውን ፖለቲካውን ቃልሲ ብ1961 ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ምጅማር ከኣ ምስጢሩ እዚ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተጠቕሰ እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ናብዚ ከቢድ፡ ግና ቀያሪ ቅዲ ቃልሲ ክነቅል እንከሎ፡ ኣብቲ መስርሕ ዝኽፈል ዋጋ ከቢድ፡ ዝወስዶ ግዜ ከኣ ነዊሕ ምንባሩ ስሒትዎ ኣይኮነን። ከምኡ ስለ ዝኾነ ከኣ ነቲ ነዊሕ ግዜን ከቢድ ዋጋን ስኑ ነኺሱ ከፊልዎስ ንዋጋኡ መስዋእቱ ዝምጥን ዓወት ናጽነት  ጨቢጡ። ከምኡ ስለ ዝኾነ ኢና ከኣ ንመስዋእቲ ጀጋኑና ኣብ መዓላኡ ዝወዓለ ሰማእትነት እዩ እንብሎን ነዚ መስዋእትነት ንዘራኽሱ እንኹንን።

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብዚ ነዊሕን መሪርን ጉዕዞ ቃልሲ ናብ ናጽነት፡ ንዓኡ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ንኻለኦት ምእንቲ መሰሎም ክቃለሱ ዝግበኦም ኣህዛብ ኣብነት ዝኸውን ግዜ ዘይስዕሮ ናይ ጽንዓትን ትብዓትን ተመኩሮ ኣመዝጊቡ እዩ። ብድምር ከኣ “ዝከኣል ዘይመስል ዝነበረ ከም ዝከኣል ዘመስክስረ ጽኑዕ ህዝቢ” ዝብል ኣኽሊል ጽንዓት ደፊኡ። ኣብዚ ምዕራፍ ቃልሲ’ዚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንብዝሒ ሰራዊትን ዘመናዊ ዕጥቅን ዓበይትን ሓያላትን ኢና ንዝብሉ መንግስታት ከይተረፈ፡ ብጽንዓትን ትብዓትን ብምስዓሩ ስሙ ኣብ ዓለም-ለኻዊ መድረኽ ከይተረፈ ገኒኑን በሪኹን ሰፊሩ። ካብዚ ፈሊኻ ዘይረአ ግና ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዚ ኩሉ ጅግንነት ክፍጽም እንከሎ፡ “ጽባሕ ድሕሪ ናጽነትከ እንታይን ከመይን ክንገብር ኢና?” ዝብል ተረድኦኡ ምስቲ ናይ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ብቕዓቱ ይመጣጠን ከምዘይነበረን ሕጂ ዋጋ የኽፍሎ ከም ዘሎን ኣብ ግምት ክኣቱ ዝግበኦ እዩ።

ደራሲ መጽሓፍ ሃገረይ ኤርትራ፡ ካብ 2000 ክሳብ 2012 ሚኒስተር ፋይናንስ ኤርትራ ዝነበረ፡ ኣቶ ብርሃነ ኣብርሀ ኪዳነ ውሉደ-ኳንድባ፡ ኣብ መጽሓፎም፡ “ኣብ እዋን ብረታዊ ቃልሲ፡ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ንከምጽእ ክቃለስን ክስዋእን ዝብል እንተዘይኮይኑ፡ ብዛዕባ ድሕሪ ምምጻእ ናጽነትና ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ዓውድታት እንታይ ክግበር ከም ዝኾነ ብንጹርን ብዕምቆትን ፈሊጡ ዝቃለስ ተጋዳላይ ህግሓኤ ዳርጋ ኣይነበረን እንተተባህለ ካብ ሓቂ ዝረሓቐ ኣበሃህላ ኣይኮነን” ብዝብል ኣስፊረምዎ ኣለዉ።

ብኣንጻርዚ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ግዜ ቃልሲ ውፉይ፡ ተባዕን ኩለ-መዳያዊ ተሳታፍን ክኸውን፡ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ግና ፈራሕ፡ ምእዙዝን ከም ድላዩ ዝዕንድረሉን ግኡዝን ንክኸውን ካብ ሽዑ ጀሚሩ  ኣድብዩ ተንኮላት ይምህዝ ከም ዝነበረ ንምግላጽ፡ እዞም ኣቐዲምና ስሞም ዝጠቐስናዮ ሎሚ ሃለዋቶም ዘይፍለጥ ተባዕ ደራሲ፡ “ድሕሪ ናጽነት ፍረ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ምእንቲ መሊኡ ከይምቅር፡ ኣቶ ኢሳይያስ ከም ኣመሉ ንናይ ሰራዊት ይኹን ናይ ሲቪል ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ እናመቓቐለ ኣብ ስልጣን ክጸንሕ ክኽእል እሞ ንኤርትራ ብዘየዳግም ንከዳኽማ ዘኽእሎ ዕድል ክረክብ ሃቂኑ” ዝብል ብሱል ትዕዝብቶም ኣስፊሮም ኣለዉ።

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምስቲ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ንምርግጋጽ ዘርኣዮ ንድሕሪት ዘይብል ተሳትፎን ተወዳዳሪ ዘይነበሮ ትብዓትን ፍቕሪ ሃገርን ክርእአ እንከሎ፡ ኣብ ድሕሪ ናጽነትና ግና ነኪዩ ኣሎ። ነክዩ ክንብል እንከለና  ነቲ ምእንታኡ ዝተቓለሰሉ፡ መሰረታዊ ሰብኣውን ዲሞክራስያውን መሰላት፡ ልዕልና ፍትሒ፡ ሕገመንግሳታዊ ስርዓትን ማዕረ ተጠቃምነት ጸጋታት ሃገርን ኣዋዲቕዎ ማለትና ዘይኮነ፡ በቲ ብግቡእ ተወጢኑ ብህግዲፍ ዝስረሓሉ ዘሎ ህዝቢ ናይ ምድንዛዝን ምክፍፋልን ውዲት ተሃስዩን ክልተሻዕ ተራእዩን ንምባል ዝኣክል እዩ። ኣቶ ብርሃነ ኣብርሀ ኣብዚ መዳይዚ’ውን “ሓቂ ስለ ዝኾነ ብዘይቃለ-ዓለምን ብጋህድን ክብሎ፡ ህዝብና ብሓፈሻኡ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ መዳይ ዘለዎ ንቕሓት ትሑት ኮይኑ ረኺበዮ” ይብሉ። ምስዚ ኩሉ ግና ብፍላይ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ብኢሳይያስ ዝመሃዝ ዘሎ ልኡላውነት ናይ ምሕሻሽ ውዲታት ከምዘይዕወት ንምብራህ እዞም ዝጠቐስናዮም ተባዕ ደራሲ “ታሪኽ ህዝብን ሃገርን ኤርትራ ናይ ኢሳይያስ ዓይነት ሕሱራት ጸወታታት ንኽዕወቱ ዲልን ዕድልን ኣይህብን እዩ” ብዝብል ናይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘይዕጸፍ ጽንዓትን ዘይተርፍ ዓወትን ንምግላጽ ኣስፊረምዎ ኣለዉ።

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣንጻር መግዛእቲ ዝተቓለሰ፡ ኣንጻርቲ “መግዛእቲ” ዝብል ሓፈሻዊ ቃል ዘይኮነ፡ ኣንጻር ኩሉ እቲ ገዛኢ መንዩ ብዘየገድስ ምስኡ ተሓዚሉ ዝመጽእ ጥልመታትን ግህሰታትን እዩ። ወረ ህዝቢ ኤርትራስ ካብ ባዕዳውያን ገዛእቲ ዝወርዶ ዝነበረ እቲ ካብ ባዕዲ ዝተጸበዮ እዩ። ከምቲ “ሓወይ ዝብል ኣይውቃዕካ” ዝበሃል ደኣ፡ ብመስዋእቱ ኣብ ዘውሓሳ ሃገር፡ እሞ ኣብቲ ቃልሲ “ናትካ ኢና” እንዳበሉ እቲ ግናዮም ሓቢኦም ብልኡም ቃላት ክሽህጥዎ ብዝጸንሑ ወገናት፡ ካብ ናይ ግዜ ባዕዳውያን ገዛእቲ ብዝገደደ ጭቆና ክወርዶ እንከሎ ግና ዝያዳ ከምዘጉህዮን ከም ዝመሮን ፍሉጥ እዩ። መፍትሒኡ ከኣ ከምቲ ንናጽነት ዝኸፈሎ ዋጋ፡  ትስፉውን ጽኑዕን  ኮይንካ ምቅላስ ጥራይ እዩ። ከምኡ እንተዘይገይሩ ግና እቶም ኣብ ሓደ ኣጋጣሚ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ “ዝከኣል ዘይመስል ዝነበረ ከም ዝከኣል ዘመስከረ ጽኑዕ ህዝቢ” ኢሎም ዝነኣድዎ፡ ተመሊሶም  “ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሎምስ ክልተሳብ ተራእዩ” ኢሎም ክሓምይዎ እዮም።

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Sunday, 17 November 2019 22:00

ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ ኣብ ጽንብል 6ይ ጉባአ ኤዲሰሃ ተሳቲፉ

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ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ ኣብ ጽንብል 6ይ ጉባአ ኤዲሰሃ ተሳቲፉ

ብብጻይ ኣሰፋው በርሀ ኣባል ማእከላይ ባይቶ ዝምራሕን ብጻይ ጐይተኦም መብራህቱ ሓላፊ ዜና ዞባ ኤውሮጳ ብኣባልነት ዝነበሮን ልኡኽ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ሰልፊ ሃገር (ኤዲሰሃ) ብ16 ሕዳር 2019 ኣብ ከተማ ለንደን ኣብ ዝጸውዖ ጽንብል 6ይ ጉባአኡ ተሳቲፉ። ኣብዚ ኣጋጣሚ ቃል ሰዲህኤ ዘስመዐ ብጻይ ኣሰፋው፡ ብስም ኣቦመንበርን መሰረታትን ሰልፉ ሰላምታ ምስ ኣቕረበ፡ ስለቲ ንሰዲህኤ ዝተገብረ ናይ ምስታፍ ዕድመ ምስጋና ኣቕሪቡ።

ብጻይ ኣሰፋው ኣብዚ ዘቕረቦ ናይ ምሕዝነት ቃል፡ ኤዲሰሃ፡ ኣብዚ ወሳኒ ግዜ፡ ኣብ 6ይ ጉባአኡ ሓድሽ ፖሊሲ ሒዙ ከም ዝወጸ ብምሕባር፡ ንቐንዲቀንዲ ካብቲ ጉባአኦም ዝወሰኖ ውሳነታት ብምጣስ “ዩሃና” ኢልዎም። ኣተሓሒዙ ከኣ ሰልፍናን ሰልፎም ናይ ነዊሕ ግዜ ርክብ ከም ዝጸንሖም ኣመልኪቱ ንመጻኢ እውን ብሓደ ከስረሓና ዝኽእል ተመሳሳልነት ከም ዘለና ጠቕቒሱ ናይ ሰዲህኤ ብሓባር ናይ ምስራሕ ቅሩብነት ኣቃሊሑ።

ነዚ ዝያዳ ንምብራህ ከኣ ሰዲህኤ ኣብቲ ቅድሚ 4ተ ኣዋርሕ ዘሰላሰሎ 3ይን ሓድነታውን ጉባአኡ ምስ ተቓወምቲ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት ኤርትራ ብሓባር የስረሓኒ ኢሉ ንዘሕደሶ እማመ ብዝርዝር ኣስፊሩ። (ክቡራት ኣንበብቲ ናይቲ ኣብቲ ጽንብል ዝቐረብ ቃል ምሉእ ትሕዝቶ እዚ ዝስዕብ እዩ)

ቃል ሰዲህኤ ኣብ ጽንብል 6ይ ጉባአ ኤዲሰሃ

ዝኸብርኩም ኣባላት መሪሕነትን መሰረታትን ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ሰልፊ ሃገር

ዝኸበርኩም ናይዚ ጽምብል በዓል ተሳተፍቲ

ብቐዳምነት ካብ ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ተጋዳላይ ተስፋይ ወልደሚካኤል ደጊጋን መላእ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ምዉቕ ናይ ቃልሲ ሰላምታ ተቐበሉ።

ብምቕጻል ኣብዚ ነጥበ-መቐይሮ ንጉዕዞ ቃልስኹም ክኸውን ዝኽእል ውሳኒታት ሒዙ ዝወጸ ጽንብል ዕዉት 6ይ ጉባአኹም ክንሳተፍ ስለ ዝዓደምኩምና ከም ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)  ልባዊ ምስጋና ነቕርበልኩም።

ጉባኤኹም ኣብዚ ብደረጃ ሃገር ኮነ ከባቢና ክምዘን እንከሎ፡ ኣዝዩ ጽንኩር ኩነታት ተጋቢኡ ንህልዊ ኩነታት ሃገርና ኣብ ግምት ዘእተወ ሓድሽ ፖሊሲ ብምትእትታው ብዓወት ስለ ዝተጸንበለ ዝተሰመዓና ሓጐስ ልዑል ምዃኑ እንዳገልጽና፡ ዩሃና ንብለኩም። ውሳኔታት ጉባኤኹም ካብ ሕሉፍ ተመክሮ ዝተማህረ፡ ንመድረኻዊ ብድሆታት ዝገጥም ኮይኑ ረኺብናዮ። ካብቶም ኣገደስቲ ኮይኖም ዝመሰጡና ድማ፡

1 ሓድነት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምሕላው

2 ንኹሎም ኤርትራውያን ክፉት ናብ ዝኾነ ሰልፊ ምስግጋር

3 ዕላማታቱ ንምርግጋጽ ሰላማዊ ኣገባብ ቃልሲ ምጥቃም

4 ከም ሰልፊ ሒዝክሞ ዝነበርኩም ስም፡ ናብ ኤርትራዊ ደሞክራስያዊ ሰልፊ ሃገር ዝብል ምቕያር። ዝብሉ ውሳኔታትኩም ኢዮም።

ምስ ውድብኩም ተቐራሪብካ ኣብ ምስራሕ፡ ናይ ነዊሕ ግዜ ተመኩሮ ከም ዘለና ንኹላትና ፍሉጥ እዩ። ተመኩሮና ኣብ ምሕዝነት ሃገራዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራን ኣብ ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳንን ነዚ ዘመልክት እዩ። ኣብቲ መስርሕ ክልቴና ካብ መስረቲ ናይቲ ከምቲ ዝተጸበናዮ ዘይተዓወተ ግንባራት ከም ዝነበርናን ግደታትና ውን ዕዙዝ ምንባሩ  ዝሰሓት ኣይኮነን። ኣብቲ  ብሓባር ንዋሳኣሉ ዝነበርና መስርሕ ግን፡ ብፍላይ ኣብ ኣተሓሕዛ ዝምድና ሃይማኖትን መንግስትን ፍልልይ እንዳሃለወና እዩ ነይሩ። እንተኾነ ብክልቴና ወገናት እዚ ፍልልያት ኣብ መጻኢ ምዕባለ ክረአ ዝግበኦ ከምዝኾነ ብምርዳእ ኣብቲ  ዘሰማመዕና ናይ እዋኑ ስራሓት ካብ ምስራሕ ኣይክልክለናን ኢዩ ዝብል እምነት ኔሩና። ግን ክንድቲ ክንከዶ ዝነበረና ርሕቀት ክንከይድ ኣይከኣልናን።

ሎሚ ግና እነሆ 6ይ ጉባአኹም ብዘተኣታተዎ ሓድሽ ፖሊሲ እሞ ድማ በቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዝተመኮርናዮ ብሓባር ከይንሰርሕ ዝነበረ ዕንቅፋት ተጸሪጉ እዩ ኢልና ንኣምን።

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ከም ኣካል ሓይልታት ለውጢ ኤርትራ፡ ብዘይካ ሓቢርካ ምስራሕ ካልእ እንዕወተሉ መንግዲ ከምዘየለ ኣሚኑን ብፖሊሲ ኣሰንዩን ካብ ዝሰርሕ ነዊሕ ግዜ ኮይኑ እዩ። ተግባራዊ መግለጺ ናይዚ እዩ ከኣ  ብ2017 4ተ ነጥብታት ዝሓዘ ብሓባር ናይ ምስራሕ እማመ ሒዙ ዝቐረበ። ዋላኳ ብትብዓት እንተዘይቀጸልናዮ ካብቶም ንእማመና ከም ኣገዳሲ ጉዳይ ወሲዶም ዝመለሱልና ሰልፍኹም ሓደ ምንባሩ ኣብዚ ኣጋጣሚ ምጥቃሱ ኣገዳሲ እዩ።

እቶም ኣብ መዳያት ዜና፡ ህዝባዊ ስራሓት፡ ከምኡ ውን ዲፕሎማስያዊ ዝምድና ብሓባር የስሩሑና ኢልና ኣብ እማመና ዘስፈርናዮም፡ ኣብ 3ይን ሓድነታውን ጉባአና ድማ፡ኣሐዲስና ንሰርሓሎም ዘለና እዞም ዝስዕቡ እዮም።

  1. ምዕቃብ ልኡላዊ ግዝኣት ኤርትራ፤
  2. ምውዳቕ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ህግደፍን ምልጋስ መሓውራት ጭቆናኡን፤
  3. ድሕሪ ውድቀት ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብዝሓ ሰልፋዊ ስርዓት ዝሰረቱ ህዝባዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ምቛም፤
  4. ግዝኣተ ሕግን ዲሞክራስያዊ መሰላትን መላእ ሓርነታትን ህዝቢ ምቕባል፤

እዞም ነጥብታት ናይ ሰልፍና ርኢቶ እነንጸባርቐሎም ኮይኖም፡ ካብዚኣቶም ዝያዳ ብሓባር ከቃልሱ ዝኽእሉ ብኻልእ ወገን ዝቐርብ ርኢቶታት ክንሰምዕ እውን ቅሩባት ምዃና ኣብዚ ኣጋጣሚ ከነነጽር ንፈቱ።

ብመሰረትዚ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተጠቕሰ እማመ ኣብ ዝገብርናዮ ምንቅስቓስ ክንድቲ ትጽቢትናን ህርፋናን’ኳ እንተዘይኮነ ዓወት ሓፊስናሉ ኢና። ንመጻኢ ክዕወቱ ዓብይ እምነት ዘንበርናሎም ብሓባር  ንምስራሕ ኣብ ሓይሎ ናይ ዘተ ጽምዶታት እውን ኣብ መስርሕ ኣለና።

ዕዉት 6ይ ጉባአኹም፡ ምስቲ ቅድሚ 4ተ ኣዋርሕ፡ ኣብ 3ይን ሓድነታውን ጉባአ  ምስ መላእ ደምበ ተቓዉሞ ኤርትራ ብሓባር ዘስርሕ ዝሓንጸጽናዮ ፖሊሲ ንምትግባሩ፡ ኩነታት ንምፍጣር ኣብ እነመቻቻኣሉን ብሓድሽ መንፈስን ስምዒትን ኣብ ዝተበገስናሉን ምምጻኡ ከኣ ጽቡቕ ኣጋጣሚ እዩ።

ሰልፍኹም ሓንጺጽዎ ዘሎ ፖሊሲ፡ከም ዝተረዳእናዮ፡ ብኹላትና፡ ቅሩብነትን፡ ጽቡቕ ድሌትን ሃገራዊ ሓልዮትን እንተተወሲኽዎ ኣይኮነንዶ ኣብ ናይ ሓባር ጽላል ኮይንና ንምስራሕ ሓደ ውድብ ንምዃን እውን ዘኽእለና ኢዩ።

ኣብ መደምደምታ ክንብሎ እንኽእል፡ በዚ ይኹን በቲ፡ ከም ኣካል ናይቲ “ ምስ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን ሰልፍታትን ኣብቲ ዘረዳድኣና ነጥብታት ብሓባር ምስራሕ” ዝብል ፖሊሲና ምሳኹም እውን ክንሰርሕ ቅሩባት ምዃና በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ንገልጸልኩም።

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 ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ነታ ንመግዛእቲ ኢትዮጵያ መኪቱ፥ ስዒሩ ፥ ዝረኸባ ናጽነት ናይ ሃገር ብዙሕ ከየስተማቐራ ናብ ውግእን ወረ-ውግእን እዩ ኣትዩ።ዝፈትዎም ደቑ ድማ ከፊሉላ።

 እቲ ኣብ ግዜ ነጻነት ዝነበረ ተመሊስና እንተጥሚትናዮ እቲ ህዝቢ ኣብ ዝለዓለ ናይ ታሕጓስ ደረጃ እዩ በጺሑ ነይሩ። እቲ ሰውራ ኤርትራ መሪሑ ዝመጸ ህ.ግ  እውን ነቲ ኣብ ሜዳ ኤርትራ ብፍላይ ኣብ ካልኣይ ውድባዊ ጉባአኡ  ዘቐመጦ ናይ ኣብዝሐ ሰልፍታትን፡ ቕዋማዊት ኤርትራ ዝብል መትከል ጥሒሱ እናኸደ ዝድግፍዎ ዝነበሩ ኣካላትን፥ ምሁራትን ከይሓፈሩ ክጽበዩዎን ክከላኸሉሉን እዮም ዝረኣዩ ዝነበሩ።ነቶም ግሁድ ብርሰትን ንህዝቢ ኣብ ኩናት ምእታውን ምስ ተዓዘቡ ምብርባራት ኣርእዮም ሓላፍነት ተሰኪሞም ዓገብ ዝበሉዎ፥ ሕሳብና ንግበር ዝበሉዎ ጉጅለ 15 ኣበይ ከምዘእተዎም ርኢና።እቲ ህዝቢ እውን ተገሪሁ ነቲ ጸዋዒትን ነቲ ጥፍኣት ክርእዮ ኣይከኣለን ናብ'ቲ እቲ ስርዓት ዝደርበየሎም ከዳዓት፥ ወያነ፥ ኣመሪካ፥ ሲ ኣይ ኤይ  ዝብል ኣድሂቡ ኣብ ቕድሚኦም ደቖም ክእሰሩን፥ ክግፈፉ ኣውያት ዘየስምዕ ህዝቢ እዩ ኮይኑ፡ ሓደ ሓደስ ወረ እንበርዶ እዚ እቲ ንፈልጦ ህዝቢ ድዩ ዘብል ይኸውን ምስ ስኽፍታ።

   እቲ ነጻነት ከም ሕጽኖት ንኹሉ ደፊኑዎ ሃገር ኣብ ዓቢ ሓደጋ ወዲቓን። ህዝባ ብፍላይ መንእሰይ ኤርትራ ኣብ ፍቐዶ ዓለም ፋሕ ኢሉ ክትርኢ እንከላኻ፥ ኣብ ኩሉ እኳ እንተዘይኮነ  ሽማግለታት ዝኾኑ ኣብ መብዛሕትኤን ከተማታት ዓለም እንቕመጠለን ዘለና ክትርኢ ከለኻ ብዛዕባ ኤርትራ ትሻቐል።

  ብዙሕ ተሓቲቱ መልሲ ዝሰኣነ ድማ ብኸምኡ፥  ቕዋም ይሃሉ፡ ሰናይ ምምሕዳር ይሃልወና እሱራት ይፈትሑ ወዘተ ቕቡል እዩ።እንተኾነ ን 28 ዓመትን ዝቕጽል ዘሎ ሕቶ ምሕታት፡ብፍላይ እቲ ስርዓት ክገብረልካ ምጽባይ  እቲ ስርዓት ከም ስርዓት ዘይምፍላጥ ጥራሕ ኢልካ ምሕላፍ ይሓይሽ።

  ደሓን ይእቶ ኢሰያስ ድኽመትኩም ርእዩ ቅዋም ሞይታ ኢያ ኢሉኩም፥ ገለ እውን ምናልባት እንተ ተማዒዱስ ክእረም ዝብሉ ኣይሰእኑን፡ ክልተ ሸውዓተ እንተ ተሓጽበ ድማ ጽቡቕ ምኾነ እትብሉ ኣይትሰኣኑን።

  ኤርትራ ከም ሃገር ዲኹም ትፈትውዋ? ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድኺም ተኽብርዎ?  እዘን ክልተ ዘይቕየራ ነገራት እየን ኩላትና ድማ ንሰማማዕ ኢና ኣብዘን ነጥብታት።እታ ቕድሚ እዘን ክልተ ነገራት ነቲ ስርዓት እትኣምኑን እትፈትውዎን፡ እትድግፍዎን ግን እዚ እንተኾይኑ ምሕረት የውርደልኩም።

 እዛ ዝሓለፈት ዓመት 2018 እንኳዕ ርኤና፡ ደሓን ይእቶ ኣብይ ኣሐመድ ነታ ንልዕሊ 17 ዓመታ ወያነ ከይመጸካ፥ ዘራይ ኣመሪካ ረኺባ እንበር.....ዓለም ዘርያትና ዶብና ከይተሓንጸጸ ኣይንላዘብን  ኢሉ ነዚ ገርሂ ህዝቢ ሒዝዎ ዝጸንሐ  ነታ ዝፈትዋ ዝነበረ EriTv ጸሊኡዋ ግዲ ኾይኑ ዓዲ ሃሎ ኮፍ ኢሉ ካብ ህዝቢ ተሓቢኡ ይርከብ።

 እሞ እዚ መድረኽ ነቲ ሓይሊ ሚዛን ፖለቲካ ኤርትራ ክፍት ኣቢሉ  ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ደቒሱዎ ዝነበረን ገለ ምሁራት ኣገለገልቲ እቲ ስርዓት ዝነበሩ ሎሚ ኤርትራ ወዲቓቶ ዘላ ብምስትውዓል ይኣክል፥ ተኣለ ዲክታቶር  ክብል እንከሎ  መብዛሕትኡ ወዲ ሃገር ለውጢ ይደሊ ከምዘሎ'ዩ ዝሕብረና።

   እቲ ለውጢ  ወይ  ኤርትራ ናይ ጽባሕ ህልውና ኢሰያስን ህግደፍን ዝእለየሉን ኣብ ቦታኡ ጸጥታን ርግኣትን ዘውሕስ ፖሊሲታት ሓንጺጽና እቶም ኩላትና ደለይቲ ለውጥን ፍትሕን ዝኾና ኣብ ውሽጥን ግዳምን ዘለና ብእንሰማምዓሉ ኣገባብ ናይ መሰጋገሪ መንግስቲ መስሪትና ነቶም ኣብ ምቕያር ስርዓት ብቐጥታ ዓቢ ግደ ዝጻወቱ ወይ ዘበርክቱ ምስ'ቲ ሰፊሕ ድሌት ናይ ኩሉ ህዝቢ ንዲሞክራስያውነትን ቅዋምውነትን ኤርትራ ብዘይጋጮ  ክንቕበሎን ከነተባዖምን፡ ሓልፍነትና ምዃኑ ኣብ ግምት ከነእትዎ ይግባእ።

  ካብ ምልኪ ናብ ዲሞክራሲ ዝኸይድ ቓልሲ እቶም መለኽቲ  ዝልወጡን ሓሳቦም ክቕይሩን ምጽባይ ወይ የዋህነት ኢዩ ወይ ድማ ዕሽነት እዩ ኢልካ እዩ ዝሕለፍ። እቲ ዕዮ ዓብን ቐጻሊ እውን እዩ። ንምንታይ ሕቶ ዲሞክራሲ ብሓደ ዓመት ዝዕመም ስራሕ ኣይኮነን። ነቲ ክንበጽሖ እንደሊ በታ ዘለናያ እዋን  መንጸፍ ዝኸውን ከነቐምጥ እሞ ስዓቢ ወለዶ ድማ ዓቒቡን ኣመሓይሹን ንቐጻሊ ዝደፍኣሉ እዩ። ናብኡ ንምብጻሕ ግን መጀመርታ ናትና ስራሕ ነቲ ዕንቕፋት ዝኾነ ስርዓተ ምልኪ ከነልግሶ ቐንዲ ስራሕና ምዃኑ ምፍላጥ የድሊ።

ኤርትራውያን ሃገርና ኣብ ዓቢ ጸገም እያ ዘላ። ሎሚ ዝመጸ መራሒ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብይ ኣሕመድ፡ ማዕረ ክንደይ ኣብ ልኡላውት ኤርትራ ከም ዘለዎ ንሰምዖን ንርእዮን ኣለና። ኢሰያስ እውን ብወገኑ ክሳብ ክንደይ ንኤርትራን ህዝባን ኣብ ሻቕሎት ደርብይዎ ከምዘሎ ንፍለጥ።

  ሎሚ ካባና ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ኣብ'ቲ ቐንዲ ዕላማና ጉዕዞ ከይሰሓትና በብዘመስለና ዘይኮነስ፥ብንቕሓት ኣብ መብዛሕትና እንሰማምዓሎምን፥ ከምቲ “ከይተወደብካ ኣይትዕወትን” ዝበሃል፡ ሓቒ ስለ ዝኾነ ንወደብ። እንተዘይከኣልና ብመርገጽ  ንእገለ ውድብ / ሰልፊ እድግፍ ምባል እውን ንልመድ። ንሱ እውን ሓደ ስጉምቲ ንቕድሚት እዩ።

ኣብ'ቲ ናይ ይኣክል ጻውዒት እውን ኩላትና፡ እቶም ዘይተወደቡ ይኹኑ ዝተወደቡ፡ ኣብ በርገሳዊ ምሕበራት፡ ምንቕስቓሳትን ዘለናዮ ስለዝኾነ፡  እቲ ብሓባር ምርኻብ ዓቢ ስጉምቲ ንቕድሚት ምዃኑ ኣይንዘንግዕ። እቲ ብኣካል ዝፋለጥ ኣብ ፖለቲካን ሚዛንን ብዙሕ ተረሓሒቑ ዝጸንሐን ዘይተኣማመንን ስለ ዝጸንሐ ከም'ቲ ዝተቓለስናዮ ኣይኮነን ዝዕቐን። በቲ ክንገብሮ ዝድለ እዩ ዝግለጽ።

ኣብ ምጥቕላል እቲ ዝዓበየ መሰረታዊ ዝኾነ ፍልልይ ኣብ መንጎ ምልክን ፍትሕን ዘሎ ክኸውን እንከሎ፡ እቶም ካልኦት ፍልልያት ብካልኣይ ደረጃ ዝስርዑ ስለዝኾኑ፡ እቶም ዘፈላልዩና ኢልና ካብ ምጅማር እቶም ዘራኽቡና ኢልና እንተ ንጅምር ብዙሕ ምኸሰብና። እቶም ዘቐራርቡና ኩሎም ክኾኑ ናይ ግድን ኣይኮነን። ኣብ መብዛሕትኦም እንተ ተሰማሚዕና እቶም ዝተረፉ ኣብ ጉዕዞ ክረኣዩ ዝኽእሉ ስለዝኾኑ፡ እታ ኤርትራ ናይ ጽባሕ ድማ ቐልጢፍና ምረኣናያ።

 

Sunday, 17 November 2019 10:53

ተወከልቲ ህወሓት ኣብቲ ሎምዓልቲ ዝቕፅል ኣኼባ ኢህወዴግ ከምዘይሳተፉ ተገሊጹ

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ኣብቲ ትማል ዝተኻየደ ዘተ ውህደት ኢህወዴግ፡ ኣባላት ፈፀምቲ ስራሕ ህወሓት: ብዘይካ ጌታቸው ኣሰፋ ኩሎም ከምዝነበሩን ኣብ ሓደ ውድባዊ ኣቕዋም ፀኒዖም ከምዝወጽኡን ኣባል ፈጻሚ ስራሕ ህወሓት ኣይተ ኣስመላሽ ወልደስላሴ ገሊፁ።

ኣብቲ ትማሊ ዝተኻየደ ኣኼባ "ኢህወዴግ ብሽዱሽተ ድምጺ ተቓውሞ ጥራይ ንውህደት ኣጽዲቑ!" ብዝብል ካብቲ ግንባርን መራኸብቲ ሓፋሽን ንዝወጽአ ዜና ብዝምልከት ኣቶ ኣስመላሽ መብርሂ ሂቡ።

ንሱ፡ ናይ ቁጽርን ኣሃዝን ጉዳይ ዘይኮነ ህወሓት ኣብዚ ጉዳይ እዚ ካብ ነዊሕ ኣትሒዙ ውድባዊ ኣቕዋም ሒዙ ምጽንሑን፡ ኣብቲ ድምጺ ዝወሃበሉ ዝነበረ እዋን ከኣ ምውጻእ ምእታው ተሳተፍቲ ስለዝነበረ እንተዘይኮይኑ፡ ኣብቲ ኣዳራሽ ዝጸንሑ ኩሎም ተወከልቲ ህወሓት ንውህደት ከምዝተቓወሙን ንቢቢሲ ተዛሪቡ።

ኣብቲ ሎምዓልቲ ዝቕፅል ኣኼባ ኢህወዴግ ድማ ከምዘይሳተፉ ኣፍሊጡ።

ይኹን እምበር ሎሚ ዶክተር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ: ንኣባላት ፈፀምቲ ስራሕ ህወሓት ጥራይ ክረክብ ስለዝደለየ ክራኸቡ እዮም።

እቲ መስርሕ ገና መዓልቦ ስለዘይረኸበ ክሳብ ጉባኤ ከምዝቕጽልን ካብ ሕዚ ንደሓር ማእከላይ ኮሚቴ ህወሓት ኣብ ውድባዊ መትከልን ዕላማን ኣድሂቡ ከምዝሰርሕ እቲ ኣባል ፈጻሚት ስራሕ ንቢቢሲ ሓቢሩ።

ኣብ መፃኢ ዕድል ህወሓት "ካብቲ ውድብ ወፃኢ ካልእ ሓይሊ ኣይውስንን'ዩ ኢሉ" ኣይተ ኣስመላሽ ወልደስላሰ።

"ቅድሚ ውህደት: ኣብ ሓበራዊ ዕላማን መትከልን ምርድዳእ ክግበር ነይርዎ፡ ዕላምኡ ኣብ ዘይተነፀረ ውድብ ውህደት ኣይተቐበልናን" ኢሉ።

ውድብ ህወሓት ኣብ ውህደት ኢህወዴግ ኣመልኪቱ ቅድሚ ሎሚ ኣብ ዝሃቦ መግለፂ "ሓውን ሓሰርን ሓደ ክኾኑ ኣይኽእሉን" ከምዝበለ ይዝከር።

Source=https://www.bbc.com/tigrinya/news-50449903

Sunday, 17 November 2019 10:48

Ethiopia’s ruling coalition EPRDF approved merger, now a united national party

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Ruling coalition in Ethiopia is now morphed into a single united national party. It will re-brand itself as Ethiopian Prosperity Party(EPP).TPLF voted against it which means that it will not be part of it.

Ruling coalition _ Ethiopian Prosperity Party _ EPRDFPicture from the ruling coalition’s executive committee meeting on Saturday November 15,2019.

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November 16, 2019

Ethiopia’s ruling coalition, Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has made a landmark decision on Saturday closing one long chapter in the history of the organization and opening a new one.

The coalition was formed sometime in 1988 as a leftist organization based on “revolutionary democracy” under the leadership of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) towards the end of decades-old armed struggle against colonel Mengistu Hailemariam’s administration.

Until April 2018, that is the time when Abiy Ahmed from what was then called Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO) became prime minister, TPLF dominated Federal government meddled with the affairs of other regional states organized on the basis of ethnicity. 

It was soon after Abiy Ahmed became prime minister that the ruling coalition, which constitute four ethic parties, began to discuss transforming the coalition into a single united party – an idea that was raised during the organizational conferences and shelved indefinitely.  

Today, the coalition has made the final decision and it will no longer be a coalition party but a united single party. 

It was the executive committee of the coalition that passed the decision. According to a report by state affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation (FBC), majority of the executive members voted in favour of ending coalition era which was marked by deepening  division among Ethiopians along ethnic lines. Especially in the past three years, ethnic based violence became prevalent to a point where citizen’s right to work and live in different parts of the country became risky. Thousands were killed and millions of people were internally displaced. 

Fekadu Tesema, a member of the executive committee member, told state media Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation that the executive committee meeting discussed issues that need attention under the new arrangement. Strengthening the federal system and developing administrative system while maintaining language diversity, ethnic identity and national identity were among the top agenda in the executive committee meeting. 

The executive committee is expected to discuss draft party program starting tomorrow, according to a report by Fana Broadcasting Corporation. 

Only six members of the executive committee members of the ruling coalition voted against the proposal to transform the  organization’s existence into a single united national party – which is poised to be named as, according to information from insiders, Ethiopian Prosperity Party (EPP). 

The six members executive committee who voted against the proposal are from TPLF. And it did not come as a surprise since TPLF has issued a statement sometime in October claiming that the decision to transform the coalition into a single party would trigger disintegration of the country. 

On the other hand, Four other parties that have been described as “agar” (sister parries) see the decision as a move in the right direction for the previous arrangement was discriminatory. 

Parties governing Afar region, Benishangul region, Gambella region and Somali region of Ethiopia were considered as part of the ruling coalition, EPRDF, but they did not have voting privileges and did not have membership in the executive committee and central committee which means that they was no possibly for leaders from these parties to hold the highest office in the country.   But that ends with the end of the coalition. It is a new chapter for the ruling party , and perhaps to Ethiopia too.

Source=https://borkena.com/2019/11/16/ethiopia-ruling-coalition-eprdf-approved-merger-now-a-united-national-party/

Sunday, 17 November 2019 10:39

Ethiopia: Press Freedom Under Siege Again in the New Ethiopia

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16 November 2019

By James Jeffrey

Ethiopian press freedom gained a much-needed push thanks to reforms by prime minister Abiy Ahmed. But already the push back is occurring.

In a small barely furnished office with some of the electric wiring still showing in half-completed walls, Habtamu Mekonnen sits at his laptop putting the finishing touches to tomorrow's Berbera newspaper edition.

Just over a year old, the fledging newspaper is one of a plethora of new publications that sprang to life following the whirlwind of reforms that helped garner Abiy Ahmed the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2019.

The Nobel committee cited the prime minister "discontinuing media censorship" as one of Abiy Ahmed's many achievements in paving the way to establish a new and better democracy in Ethiopia.

Ethnic tensions, journalism and activism

But the bonanza of media activity that followed is now generating increasing concerns that new media freedoms are being abused to stoke ethnic tensions.

Media are being accused of abetting groups seeking to leverage identity politics to destabilise the country for their own ends.

At the same time, the government is now facing criticism for repeating the authoritarian ways of previous Ethiopian governments toward media and attempting to put the lid back on what it opened.

"This paper exists because of Abiy's reforms," says Berihun Adane, an Addis Ababa-based journalist who has been published internationally and who helps mentor reporters at Berera. "But now we are witnessing the same thing that has happened after every regime change: first there are lots of new magazines and newspapers, then the government starts to crack down on them."

Back in 2018, reforms that opened up Ethiopia's previously restricted media space included the freeing of detained journalists and bloggers, along with an end to the blocking of more than 260 websites and the restoration of access to media outlets which had been been forced to work in exile.

Hence in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders, Ethiopia jumped 40 places from number 150 to 110 out of 180 countries -- the biggest improvement by any country.

But Berihun has experienced the other side of this, having recently been released from three months in prison due to charges of inciting "terrorism" through his journalism.

"I had the impression Abiy was friendly to media," Berihun says about an interview he conducted with the prime minister. "Now Abiy seems to hold a view that categorizes media as either hate- and ethnic-based or as mainstream. But it should be up to professional institutions to judge media conduct."

Continued unrest

The prime minister's concerns over ethnic tension are not without reason. Ethnic-related conflict has displaced millions, and most recently resulted in about 80 deaths at the end of October.

"Many individuals are mixing up the roles of activist and media when they shouldn't go together," says Abel Wabella, managing editor of the Addis Ababa-based newspaper Addis Zebye. "You have people running media who are calling for protests -- it's totally absurd."

The political activist and media mogul Jawar Mohammed, who founded the Oromia Media Network, has come under significant criticism for making incendiary comments on social media.

The violence at the end of October erupted after Jawar Mohammed alleged that police tried to remove his security guards, which had initially been assigned by the government. His supporters argue he played no direct role in demonstrations that were a spontaneous response to the government's actions.

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Abiy even addressed parliament to discuss media "fomenting unrest," focusing on the role of Ethiopian diaspora figures like Jawar Mohammed, who started his International Oromo Youth Association (IOYA) while studying in the United States.

"Using their second nationality and foreign passports as an advantage, these media owners are likely to run away to their safe havens after inciting conflicts and leading the country into chaos," Abiy said.

New laws in the making

Part of the problem for Ethiopia's new media landscape, says Berihun and other seasoned journalists, is that after decades of suppression it remains institutionally weak.

Hence many Ethiopians rely on social media and foreign-based media for news, increasing the chances of misinformation and manipulation permeating the news cycle.

To address this, the government says it is seeking to improve both the capacity of and regulation of local media.

"The Ethiopian Broadcast Authority is in the process of reorienting its institutional form to better regulate," says Billene Seyoum, a spokesperson for the prime minister's office. "The appointment of experienced professionals to such institutions is a commitment by the Government to undo the repressive tendencies of such institutions in their prior form."

At the same time, Billene notes, the government is developing a new media law and an anti-hate speech law.

But some in the media industry are concerned such laws could be used to further stifle their new-found freedoms.

Amnesty International has condemned the government for using anti-terrorism measures to conduct a "surge in the number of arrests" since June.

"The use of Ethiopia's anti-terrorism proclamation to arbitrarily arrest journalists is completely out of step with reforms witnessed in the country," said Seif Magango, Amnesty International's deputy director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes. "This law must be revised to align with international standards and must no longer be used to harass journalists."

'Journalism not possible in this environment'

The shifting and strained media climate makes self-censorship by journalists more likely. Berihune says that as the case against him remains open, he is wary of what he writes and he avoids Twitter entirely in case his posts be used against him.

"In this environment, whereby the government says you are either with us or against us, journalism is not possible," says Eskinder Nega, a prominent Ethiopian journalist and blogger who was released from prison under Abiy Ahmed's reforms in early 2018.

Another problem for media organisations is the challenge of remaining viable financially.

"We have no profit, we can't get any revenue from advertising," says Rekike Tesera, Berera's 22-year-old editor, who earns about 6,000 birr (€181 or $200) a month.

"Organisations and businesses are afraid to advertise with media because of how the government might react, as media are being viewed as ethnically biased. We are viewed as being for the Amhara region, but we cover issues concerning the whole country," Tesera explained.

There is perhaps one upside to the current situation for struggling media. Berihun notes how the Berera readership has increased from around 2,500 a month to about 5,000 due to Ethiopia's volatile situation.

"When the political environment is good, you tend to see a decline in readership," Berihun says. "People are reading a lot at the moment."

Source=https://allafrica.com/stories/201911170006.html

 

Friday, 15 November 2019 10:37

 ኢሳይያስ’ኳ ኣይውዕሎን ኣይበሃልን።

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እዚ ሎሚ እውን ብዛዕባ ሕማቕ ተግባራትን ምኽሓድ መሰል ህዝብን ክለዓል እንከሎ፡ ስሙ ብቐጻሊ ዝለዓል ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ፡ እቲ ዝመጾ ነዊሕን ኣዕናውን መንገዲ ክድህሰስ እንከሎ፡ ብዘይተኣደነ ክሕደትን ጥልመትን ዝተነድቀ እዩ። ኣብዚ ሎሚ እዋን እዚ ሰብኣይ ሓንሳብ ካብቲ ንቡር መራሕቲ ክኽተልዎ ዝግበኦም መንገዲ ወጺኡ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ “ጽቡቕ ገይሩ” ዝብል ወረ እንተዝስማዕ ኣዝዩ ፍሉይን ህጹጽን ዜና መኾነ። እንተ’ቲ ጠሊሙ፡ ክሒዱ፡ ኣሲሩ፡ ቀቲሉ ዝብል ብኻለኦት ክፍጸም እንከሎ ፍሉይ ሓበሬታ ዝበሃል፡ በዚ ንዛረበሉ ዘለና ዲክታቶር ክፍጸም እንከሎ ከም ንቡር ካብ ዝውሰድ ነዊሕ ኮይኑ እዩ።

ክሳብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ቀቢጾም ዘይቀበጹ ውሑዳት ወገናት ድሕረትን ጥልመትን ናይዚ ዲክታቶር ክለዓል እንከሎ፡ “እዋእ ሎምስ ግዲ ናብ ልቡ ተመሊሱ ገለ ይገብር ይኸውን” ዝብል ዘይትግበር ተስፋ የሕድሩ ነይሮም። ሎሚ ብፍላይ ኣብ ከተማታት ኢትዮጵያ ገይሹ ብዙሕ ሃተፍተፍ ምስ በለ ግና፡ ኢሳይያስ ሓንሳብ ካብቲ ብሓፈሻ ጥዑያት ሰባት ብፍላይ ከኣ መራሕቲ ክኸድዎ ዝግበኦም ሓዲድ ከም ዝወጸ ስለ ዝተረድኡ፡ ካብኡ ጽቡቕ ዝጽበ ዳርጋ የለን ምባል ይከኣል። ውሽጦም ነቲ ሓቂ እንዳፈለጦ፡ ንኢሳይያስ ምንቃፍ ክብሪ ኤርትራ ከም ምርኻስ ዝመስሎም ስኩፋት ወገናት ግና ነቲ ጽላለኡ ከመላኽዕሉ ክፍትኑ ትዕዘብ ኢኻ። እዚኣቶም ወዮ ኤርትራዊ ክብሪ ብሰንኩ ኣብ ዕዳጋ ወሪዱ ዓዳጋይ ስኢኑ ከምዘሎ ዘስተብሃሉ ኣይመስሉን።

ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ብህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብረፈረንደም ብ1997 ጸዲቑ ንዝተባህለ ሕገ-መንንግስቲ ጌና ኣብ ስራሕ ከይተፈተነ ሞይቱ ከም ዝበለ፡ መሰሎም ዝሓተቱ ናይ ናጽነት ስንኩላን ብጥይት ክጥቑለቡ ከም ዝኣዘዘ፡ ዕድመ ልከዖም ኣብ ትሕቲ መሪሕነቱ ዝተቓለሱ፡ ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ነበር ናይ ባይቶ ኣባልነት መሰሎም ስለ ዝሓተቱ ጥራይ ብዘይፍትሓዊ መስርሕ ዝሰወረ፡ ኣብቲ ቀያድን ናይ መወዳእታን ውሳነ ዶብ ኤርትራ ኢትዮጵያን ብወግዒ ዝጠለመ፡ ብዓብይኡ ከኣ ንወያ ክሳብ ፍጊዕ ዝብሎ ዝገዘኣ ሃገርን ደሙን ረሃጹን ዝመጸዮ ህዝብን ከም ናይ ውልቁ ጽልሚ፡ ቀዳማይ ምኒስተር ኢትዮጵያ ንክመርሓ ከማሰሐ ካብ ሃቀነ ድሕሪ ሕጂ ካብዚ ሰብኣይ ንቡር ምጽባይ ንገዛእ ርእሱ ናይቶም ተጸበይቲ ጥዕና እዩ ኣብ ምልክት ሕቶ  ዘውድቕ እምበር ንሱስ ናይ ዕቡዳት ስርሑ እዩ ዝሰርሕ ዘሎ።

ሃዋህው ሃገርና ከምዚ ዝጠቐስናዮ ኣብ ዝሃለወሉ ውዑይን ተኣፋፍን ኩነታት፡ ሓንቲ ደጋጊማ ውልዕ-ጥፍእ እትብል ወረ ኣላ። “ኢሳይያስ ዓራቱ ንወዱ ኣብርሃም ከውርሶ ይሓስብ ኣሎ” እትብል። ነዛ ብሂል ንምርጉጓዳ ዝቐርቡ፡ ኣብርሃም ከምዚ ተማሂሩ፡ ከምዚ ደረጃ ወተሃደራዊ ጽሩራ ኣለዎ፡ ናብ ከምዚ ሃገር ምስ ኣብኡ ገይሹ፡ ካብ ኣቦኡ ከይሓሸ ኣይተርፍን፡ ዝብሉ ቀመማትን መሰነይታን ኣለዉ። ኢሳይያስ ከምዚ እንተደኣ ገይሩ ቅድም ቀዳድም እቲ ተግባር ግጉይ፡ ዘይህዝባዊ፡ ዘይሕጋውን ትምክሕታውን ምውርራስ ብዛዕባ ምዃኑ ርዱእ ጌርና ንውሰዶ። እዚ ምስቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ብሓፈሻ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብፍላይ ከኣ ኣብ ልዕሊቶም ብዘይትካላዊ ኣገባብን ሕጋዊ መንገድን ተመዚዞም “ስልጣን ኣለና” ኢሎም ደድሕሪኡ ዘኹዞኽ ዝብሉ ዘለዉ ባእታታት ዘለዎ ንዕቀት ሓቢሩ ዝረአ እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ንኢትዮጵያዊ መራሒ ዶ/ር ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ዓሊ፡ “ደሪብካ ምርሓና” ክብል ዘይሓፈረ ሰብ፡ “ስልጣነይ ንወደይ ኣረኪበዮ ኣለኹ” እንተበለ ንመንዩ’ሞ ክሕደሶ። ኢሳይያስ ከምዚ ዝሓስብ እንተልዩ፡ ከምቲ “ራዛ ናይ ኣቡኡ ሓዛ” ዝበሃል እቲ ወዱ እውን ኣብ ንቡር ኩነታት ከምዘየሎን ብሕማም ኣብኡ ከም ዝተለኽፈን ዘመልክት እዩ። እቲ ወዱ ጥዑይ እንተኾይኑ ግና ኣይኮነንዶ ንሱ ክደግሞ ኣብኡ ካብ እንግደዓ ኤርትራዊ ክወርድ እውን ግደኡ ክጻወት መተገብኦ።

ሓደሓደ ሰባት ብዛዕባ ሓደ ዘይንቡር ዛዕባ ጠቒስካ፡ “ኢሳይያስ ከምዚ ክገብር ይኽእል እዩ” ክትብሎም እንከለኻ፡ ነቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ክኸዶ ዝጸንሐ ዘይጥዑይ መንገዲ ዘየስተብሃልሉ ግዲ ኮይኖም “ከምዝስ ኣይገብርን እዩ” ኢሎም ይከራኸሩኻ። ከም መርተዖ ዘቕርብዎ ከኣ “ነዚ እሞ እቶም መሳርሕቱ እውን ኣይቅበልዎን እዮም” ዝብል መጐት እዩ። ወዮ ዝኹሉ ክሰርሖ ዝጸንሐን ዝሰርሖ ዘሎን ጸይቅታት እዞም ክምክቱ ዝጽበይዎም ሰባት እንዳረኣዩን እንዳሰምዑን ብጩቕ ክብሉ እንከለዉ እንዳተገንሑን ምዃኖም ይዝንግዑ ምህላዎም ዘመልክት እዩ። እዞም ስማዊ መዝነቶም ብምርኣይ ጥራይ ብገለ ግሩሃት ልዕሊ ዓቕሞም እምነት ዝንበረሎም ዘለዉ ወገናት ሓንሳብ “ህዝቢ ድላዩ ይኹን ንዓና ጥራይ ይጥዓመና” ኢሎም ሕድሪ ስዉኣት ብጾቶም ጠሊሞም፡ ኩሉ ከም ዘዋደቕዎ ብዘይምስትብሃል እዮም። እዞም ንዛርበሎም ዘለና ሽሞኛታት ማለት ሚኒስተራትን በብደረጃኡ ዘለዉ ሓለፍትን ክሽየሙን ክሰዓሩንኳ ንህዝቢ ዘይንገረሎም ናይቲ ሰብኣይ ንብረትን ተለኣኣኽትን ምዃኖም ብዘይምስትብሃል እዮም  እቶም ደቂ ልቢ ገርሃ ኣብኣቶም እምነት ዘንብሩ።

በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ከምቲ “ብልዒ ሓላፊ፡ ስም ተራፊ” ዝበሃል እዞም ኢሳይያስ ሓይኹ ምስ ደርበዮም፡ ኣብ ስልጣን እንከለዉ እንተዘይሰሪቖም፡ ዝጥወርሉ ሕጋዊ ጡረታኳ ዘየብሎም ሚኒስተራትን ካለኦት ሲቪላውን ወተሃደራውን ሓለፍትን ህዝቦም ዘድሕንሉ ዕድል፡ ደንጉዮም እምበር ሎሚ’ውን ፈጺሙ ከምዘይተዓጽወ ክርድኡ ይገቦኦም። ክሳብ ሎሚ ርእዮም ከም ዘይረኣዩ ብምዃንን ህዝቢ ናይ ምምዝማዝ መርበብ ሰሪዖም፡ ምስቲ ካብ ስዉኣት ዝተረከብዎ ሕድሪ ዘየሳኒ፡ ምስቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ባዕሉ ዝዛረብ ሓቂ ዘይቃዶ፡ ንኣውያትን ስምዕታን ህዝቦም ጸማም እዝኒ ዝህብ፡ ምስ ደረጃ ትምህርቶም፡ ናይ ስራሕ ሓላፍነቶምን ናይ ቃልሲ ተመኩሮኦምን ዘይቃዶ መንገዲ ሒዞም ተዓዚሞም ደድሕሪ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ዞኽዞኽ ምባል ኣቚሞም ንብዓት ህዝቦም ክሕብሱ ይገበኦም። ተባዕ ስጉምቲ ወሲድካ ኣብ ጐኒ ህዝብኻ ኣብ ምስላፍ ከም ዝደንጐዩ’ኳ ፍሉጥ እንተኾነ ከምቲ “ካብ ክሒዱስ ውሒዱ” ዝበሃል፡ ሕጂ እውን ምስ ነብሶም ክላዘቡን ክውስኑን ግዜኡ እዩ። ከምቲ “ውሕጅ እንዳስሓሓቐ እዩ ዝወስድ” ዝበሃል፡ ደይመደይ ኢሎም ዝመረጽዎ እንተኮይኖም ግና መንገዶም መንገዲ ደሓን ኣይኮነን። እንተ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ኣይውዕሎን’ዩ፡ ዝበሃል ጸይቂ ከቶ የለን።

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