March 22, 2019 News

Assena Satellite TV, produced by the seasoned and vibrant journalist Mr. Amanuel Eyasu, is the First Opposition Satellite TV to make a Breakthrough into the Eritrean Airspace, and the region. Mr. Eyasu, former fighter in the struggle for Independence of Eritrea himself, has an extensive journalistic experience. At some stage – before his exile to the UK – he was employed at the Only National Media in the country. Mr. Eyasu is known for expressing criticism of the Eritrean Government, such is the new Satellite TV – Assena – orientation. The TV is Donor Funded, ordinary Eritreans in diaspora are making it their mission to commit to a monthly fund, that would in turn enable them to communicate with their people inside their country.
Eritrean People have now an Alternate TV channel – the First for an Independent Eritrea. Even though the shows are short at the moment – hourly content – Eritrean people are tuning in, in masses. People discuss Assena episodes casually at caffe’s in the lively Harnet Avenue of Asmara.
 
Assena TV now airs everything but Government content. Coincided with the ongoing “Enough!” Campaign for reform by diaspora Eritreans, Assena TV found itself broadcasting the Campaign extensively. People inside Eritrea had a different perception of the Eritrean Opposition groups outside Eritrea. People have been deliberately misinformed to think the oppositions were comprised of old men of ‘grudges’. When Assena started broadcasting the “Enough!” Campaign videos and contents, that started changing the Eritrean people’s perception about the opposition. They could see their young sons and daughters, conveying a message for reform and solidarity with the people inside the country.
 
Sources told Eritrea Watch the Satellite Dish sales inside Eritrea have grown dramatically since the launch of Assena TV and anticipation of another Satellite TV, to be launched soon. Eritrea Watch’s attempt to get the estimated viewership has been futile, owing to the difficulty of gathering data and secretive nature of the Government in power.
Eritrea Watch wishes to compile another report when another Satellite TV launches its first broadcast. ERISAT, a new Satellite TV have issued a statement, that they are to start broadcasting to Eritrea on April the 1st, 2019. The channel did not explain the said ‘delay’ in launching the Satellite TV.
Viewers Sentiments
Assena TV coverage has grown rapidly and extensively, since its inception in January 2019. Eritrea Watch set on testing these claims, contacted people inside Eritrea – different parts of the country and different age groups.

Assena TV coverage has grown rapidly and extensively,

Of the general sentiment and opinion are Excitement and Joy at the idea of having a New Alternate TV channel. The Satetllite TV is now viewed by people from Tesenei and Barentu (West of the country), Mendefera and Segeneyti (in the south), Keren (in the North) and Asmara the capital city.
The National TV has dominated the Eritrean Airspace for the last 25 years, in a clear rejection to its content, people claim they would switch to Ethiopian Channels as soon as Assena shows finish.
Many contacted were unable to hide their excitement. Yohanes (not real name), 17 from Asmara, claims that “no one is really watching ERI-TV anymore. We are so exited we have another channel now, a better one (sic)”.
An exiled opposition member commends the idea of having another channel, and bemoans the opposition group’s failure to come up with the same idea years before.
“What we opposition groups failed to do, ordinary citizens are doing. The Eritrean government, for years, has denied people their right to Information. The National TV, is just a propaganda tool for the only Party in the country. People could now realize.” Asked what this would mean for the many opposition groups in exile, he explains “ The Eritrean Government declares to the world that it does not have any opposition groups – it has never recognised any. To the Eritrean people, it conveys a message the opposition groups are terrorists, killers and they would bring chaos and civil war, if in power. It has been spreading fear in the general public. The new channels would change all that perception.”

…Now I watch Assena TV every day hoping I catch the repeat..

Mrs. Makda (not real name) 27, from Senafe, claims to have seen her brother on one of Assena TV broadcasts. Her brother is a refugee in Germany, she saw him participating in the Peaceful Demonstration held in Geneva, Switzerland. She states, “ Joy ,Joyful, My brother left Eritrea seven years ago, I miss him! I could not believe my eyes when I saw him on TV! Now I watch Assena TV every day hoping I catch the repeat.”

We are very excited! We want more!

One Elderly gentleman from Asmara, seems to agree with the general sentiment. “We are very excited! We want more!” People inside the country are bemoaning the fact the shows are short, “ If only it has more content, and less of songs.” He adds. Seeing that Assena TV is only few months in operation, his criticism is meant to be constructive and valid at the same time

Eritrea & Freedom Of Expression

Eritrean Government has a blanket ban on All Independent Media inside the country. There are currently only two (2) Media outlets on Eritrea’s Airspace – the National Radio and Television programs, Government controlled and narrated.
 
When Eritreans started enjoying the First of their free Independent Newspapers in the late 1990’s – the First Ever for Post Independent Eritrea – the Government seemed to enjoy it less. The Government in 2001, would respond by Shutting down all the Newspapers and arresting ALL its journalists. Sadly, 18 years later, those journalists continue to languish in detentions – without A day in court, held Incommunicado. This despite the pleas and pressure from their families, the public and International Human Rights Organizations.
The Government in Eritrea is a One Party regime. It has never conducted an election, and Never allows any Opposition Party – or it’s media – inside the country. Eritrean opposition groups have been forced to dig deep – in creative ideas and financially – should they wish to broadcast to Eritrean people inside the country. Albeit, from Abroad.

Government Reaction

Anonymous sources, close to the Ministry of Information have explained that the Government in Eritrea seems to have panicked on the emergence of these new TV channels. In December, 2018, the Government set up a Task Team to specifically to deal with these issues. A Special meeting was held at the Ministry of Information offices, comprising many different security apparatus in the country. The sources claim to have knowledge of the participants and their resolution. Representatives from the President’s office, the National Security, seasoned journalists at the Ministry of Information were said to have attended the meeting. Among the resolutions reached were; to spread fear to public from watching the TV’s and Jamming the airwaves to disrupt the shows. Interestingly, they are said to have asked the Ethiopian Counter Intelligence Agency to assist in the matter.
 

ቀዳም ዕለት ዕለት 16 መጋቢት 2019 ናይ ምሉእ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዞባ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ናይ ተለኮንፈረንስ ኣኼባ ተኻይዱ። ቀንዲ ዛዕባ መካትዒ ኣብ መሕበሪ ጉባኤ ዝቐርብ ንድፊ ቅዋም ነይሩ።

ኣብዚ ምልኣት ኣባላት ዘንጸባረቐ ኣኼባ ኣባላት ዓሚቝን ሰፊሕን ትምህርታዊ ሓዘል ዝሰፈኖ ምይይጥ ኣካይዶም። ድሕሪ ኣስታት 3 ሰዓት ዝወሰደ ኣኼባ ኣባላት ሃብታም ዝኾነ መኣረምታን መወሰኽታን ሓሳባት ኣቕሪቦም። ታሳትፎ ናይ ነፍስ ወከፍ ኣባል ዝንኣድ ነይሩ።

ግሉጽነት ባህልና እዩ

ኣብዚ ሰሙናት’ዚ ኣብ ኩሉ ኩርነዓት ብኤርትራውያን ዝካየድ ዘሎ ናይ ይኣክል (Enough Is Enough) መልእኽትታት፡ ኣዝዩ ዘተባብዕን፡ ዝያዳ ክተባባዕ ዘሎዎን ተበግሶ ኢዩ። ንዕቱብ መልእኽቲ ኣፍሪቃዊ ሓርበኛ ነልሶን ማንደላ ከኣ የዘኻኽረካ።

ሓርበኛ ነልሶን ማንደላ፡ ብ11 ለካቲት 1990 ካብ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ምስ ወጽኤ ኣብ ዘስመዖ መደረ ከምዚ ዝስዕብ ኢሉ፡-

We have waited too long for our freedom. We can no longer wait. Now is the time to intensify the struggle on all fronts. To relax our efforts now would be a mistake which generations to come will not be able to forgive.

‘’ንሓርነትና ኣዝዩ ብዙሕ ጊዜ ተጸቢና። ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ግና ክንጽበ ኣይንኽእልን ኢና። ንቓልስና ኣብ ኩሉ ኩርንዓት ከነሐይሎ ዘሎና ሕጂ ኢዩ። ሎሚ ብቓልሲ እንዛነየሉ ግዜ ኣይኮነን። እንተተዛኒና፡ መጻኢ ወለዶታት ይቕረ ዘይብሎ ጌጋ ክንፍጽም ኢና!!

Thursday, 21 March 2019 20:27

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Ethiopia, Eritrea to Sign EU-Sponsored Road Rebuilding Deal in Coming Months - Addis Ababa

Ethiopia and Eritrea will sign an agreement to rebuild the road infrastructure connecting the two countries as part of an EU-funded project in a few months, Mehreteab Mulugeta, the director general for European affairs at the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, told Sputnik in an interview

 MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st March, 2019) Ethiopia and Eritrea will sign an agreement to rebuild the road infrastructure connecting the two countries as part of an EU-funded project in a few months, Mehreteab Mulugeta, the director general for European affairs at the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, told Sputnik in an interview.

Back in February, the European Union earmarked 20 million Euros ($23 million) for a project to rebuild the road connection between the two countries. The announcement came several months after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace deal that put an end to the two decade-long Ethiopian-Eritrean territorial conflict.

"The two sides are discussing now and as soon as the preparation of the agreements is ready, then, we will sign these project agreements between Eritrea and Ethiopia. Then, we will proceed and that I think will be soon, in the coming months, in a month or two," Mulugeta said.

He specified that work on revamping road infrastructure had not yet started, with both sides anticipating to restore traffic as well as free movement of people and goods.

"For the last 20 years, [roads] have been useless, so we have to repair them and make them ready or usable again. We are preparing our roads; they are doing their part in Eritrea.

But we need assistance because we need to build roads, expand roads to make them usable by big trucks. We need to build railways and other facilities so we can have smooth people-to-people movement. Goods should come and go out," Mulugeta explained.

The diplomat added that the "involvement of any partner, not only the European Union, including the Russian government is welcome."

According to Mulugeta, such projects will be "very useful" for strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries in the wake of the years-long conflict.

In early June, Ethiopia's ruling People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) decided to fully accept and implement the ceasefire deal concluded by the governments of the two countries in 2000. The Algiers Agreement, as it was called, recognized some disputed areas, including the town of Badme, as Eritrea's territories. As part of the agreement, Ethiopia had to withdraw its forces from the territories that the agreement considered as Eritrean, a process it began in late 2018.

Eritrea split from Ethiopia in the early 1990s, leaving the parent nation landlocked. This sparked a war between the two countries in 1998-2000, which killed around 80,000 people.

Source=https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/ethiopia-eritrea-to-sign-eu-sponsored-road-r-575276.html

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

ሓቢርና ንቃለስ እንብል፡ ናይ በበይንኻ ምዃን ኣሉታዊ ሳዕቤን ስለ እንርዳእ ኢና። ንናይ ሓባር ረብሓ ሓቢርካ ምውፋር ኣብዚ ነካይዶ ዘለና ናይ ለውጢ ቃልሲ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ኣብ ኩሉ ማሕበራዊ ህይወትና እውን ኣድማዒ እዩ። ብኣንጻሩ ሓቢርካ ናይ ዘይምስራሕ ሳዕቤን ከምዚ ኣብ ቃልስና ኣንጻር ወጽዓ ንዕዘቦ ዘለና ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ኣብ ኩሉ መዳያት ህይወትና’ውን ዝምረጽ ኣይኮነን። እዚ ኣገዳስነት ሓቢርካ ምቅላስ ኮነ ምስራሕ ብደረጃ ሓሳብ ኣብ ኩልና ኤርትራውያን ተቐባልነት ኣለዎ። ኣብ ከመይነትን ኣገባብን ኣተገባብራኡ ግና ፍልልይ ከም ዝጸንሓና ርኡይ እዩ። ናይቲ “ሓድነት ሓይሊ እዩ” ዝብል እምነት ግብራውዊ ውጽኢት ከይንሓፍስ ዓንቂጹና ዝጸንሐ ከኣ ንሱ እዩ።

ብዛዕባ ዝሓለፈ ተመኩሮ ቃልስናን ዓወትናን ክንዛረብ እንከለና “ምስጢር ዓወትና ሓድነትና እዩ” ኢና እንብል። እንብሎ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ኣብ ግብብራውነቱ’ውን ኣይኮነንዶ ንዓና፡ ንጸላእትና እውን ሓቂ እዩ። ከምኡ ስለ ዝኾነ እዩ ከኣ ንሕና ሓድነትና ምስጢር ዓወትና ስለ ዝኾነ ክንዕቅቦ፡ ጸላእትና ከኣ ምስጢር ዓወትና ብምስራቕ ሓድነትና ከላሕልሑ ክንጓተት ዝጸናሕና። ካብ ነዊሕ ግዜ ጀሚሩ ንኤርትራ ናይ ምስዓር ሕልሚ ዝነበሮም ወገናት ዝጥቀምዎ  ዝነበሩ ናይ ምክፍፋልና ምህዞ እንተዘኪርና’ውን ነዚ እዩ ዘዘክረና። ካብ ኣርበዓታት ጀሚሪካ ክሳብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ንሓንሳብ ከበሳን መታሕትን ንሓንሳብ ድማ ኣስላምን ክርስትያንን እንዳበሉ ከረሓሕቑና እሞ ሓይልና ኣዳኺሞም መፍተኦም ክገብሩና ዝሃቀንዎ ከኣ ነዚ ዘዘኻኽረና እዩ።

ሓድነትና ምስጢር ዓወትና ዝኸውን ኣብ ቃልሲ ኣንጻር ባዕዳውያን ገዛእቲ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ነካይዶ ኣብ ዘለና ኣንጻር ዘቤታዊ ጨቆንትን ጠላማትን እውን ህያው እዩ። ናይ ሎሚ ጨቋኒ ጉጅለ እውን ሓድነትና ኣብ ስልጣን ናይ ምቕጻሉን ዘይምቕጻሉን ወሳኒ ምዃኑ ስለ ዝግንዘብ፡ ሓቢርና ኣንጻሩ ንከይንቃለስ ክሰርሕ ርዱእ እዩ። ደገፍቱን ተቓወምቱን ተበሃሂልና ኣብ ነንሕድሕድና ክንዳኸመሉ ከኣ ድሌቱን ሕልሙን እዩ። ህግደፍ ግና ምስቶም ደገፍተይ ዝብሎም’ውን የለን።  ብሰንኪ ቀልጢፍና ንተንኮላዊ ኣካይዳኡ ዘይምፍላጥና ከኣ ንነዊሕ ዓመታት ኣዳህሊሉና እዩ። ሎሚ ግና ክሓብኦ ዝጸንሐ ጸረ ህዝቢ ተግባራት ምቅላዕ ተወሲኽዎ፡ ኣብ መንጎ ደለይቲ ሰላም፡ ዲሞክራስን ዕቤት ኤርትራውያን ዝነበረ ምርሕሓቕ ኣዝዩ ኣብ ዝተቐራረበሉ ግዜ ንርከብ ኣለና። እዚ ንዓና ነቶም ኣብ ለውጢ ንኣምንን ምእንትኡ እንቃለስን ዓብይ ፍናን ክኸውን እንከሎ፡ ኣብቲ ብሰንኪ ሓቢርና ኣንጻሩ ዘይምስላፍና ከምድላዩ ክገብር ዝጸንሐ ጨቋኒ ህግዲፍ ግና ስግኣትን ስንባደ ኦኣብሉሉ ኣሎ። ስለዚ ከምቲ ባዕዳውያን ጸላእትና ሓድነትና ዘሪጎም ዓቕምና ከምክኑ ፈቲኖም ዘይተዓወቱ፡ በታኒ ዘቤታዊ ውዲት ህግዲፍ እውን ፍሽለቱ ዘይተርፍ  እዩ።

ሎሚ ንህግደፍ “ኣይናትካን ኢና” ዝብል ናይ ይኣክል መልእኽቲ ብማዕዶ ዘይኮነ፡ ካብ ማእከል ኤርትራ ይበጽሖ ኣሎ። ህግዲፍ ግና ነቲ ኣንጻሩ ዝካየድ ቃልሲ ኣፍልጦ ምሃብ ካብ ስዕረት ዘድሕኖ ግዲ መሲልዎ ክሓብኦን ጸልማት ተጐልቢቡ ኣንጻሩ ዝዝርጋሕ ናይ “ውረድ ካብ ስልጣንካ” ወረቓቕቲ ክኣሪ ይሓድር ኣሎ። እቲ ንህግደፍ ዝጽየፍ ኣተሓሳስባ ግና ኣብቲ ወረቕት ዘይኮነስ ኣብ ተሓሳስባ ናይቶም ነቲ ወረቕት ዘዳልዉ ስለ ዝኾነ ብጸልማት እንተኣከቦ ብቐትሪ ህያው እዩ። ሎሚ ህግዲፍ ሰሚዑ ከምዘይሰመዐ ደኣ ይሓልፎ ይህሉ እምበር፡ ኣብቲ ቀደም ናቱ ሕዛእቲ ዝመስሎ ዝነበረ ኤርትራዊ መድረኻት ሓጥያቱ፡ ገበናቱን ጸረ-ልኡላዊት ኤርትራ ክሕደቱን ኣብ ዝኾነ ኩርናዕ ዝስማዕ ዘሎ እዩ። እዚ ከኣ ንሓቀኛ ድምጺ ንግዜኡ እምበር ንሓዋሩ ምዕባስ ከምዘይከኣል ዘርኢ እዩ። “ሓቅስ ብእግራ ተሓዝካያ ብርእሳ ትወጽእ” ከም ዝበሃል።

እዚ ግና እኹል ኣይኮነን። ንድሕሪት ዘይምለስ፡ ኣብ ግዜ ወጥሪ እውን ጸኒዑ ዝምክት ውዳበ የድሊ። ጽቡቕ ድሌትን ስምዒትን እንተዘይተወዲቡ ቀያሪ ሓይሊ ክኸውን ኣይክእልን እዩ። እዚ ውዳበ ክህልውን ከድምዕን ከኣ ናይ ሓባር ረብሓ ዘለዎም ኣካላት ካብ ውልቀሰብ ክሳብ ውድባ፡ ሰልፍታትን ካልእ ምትእኽኻባት ሓላፍነት ክወስዱ ናይ ግድን እዩ። እቲ ሓላፍነት ምውሳድ ቅሩብነት እንተልዩ ከቢድ ኣይኮነን። ምስ ካልእ ከም ናትካ ባህጊ ዘለዎ ኣካል ብሓባር ኣብ ቃልሲ ክትጽመድ እንከለኻ ካብቲ በይንኻ ክትከውን እንከለኻ ዝስመዓካ ውሱንነት ወጺእካ፡ ኣብቲ ብሓባር ዘስረሓካ ምትኳር ግድነት እዩ። ብዘይካዚ ሓቢርካ ንክትሰርሕ ክትምረሓሉ ንዝሓዝካዮ ኣዕኑድ ብጹረት፡ ምክእኣልን ተወፋይነትን ክትምእዘዘሉ ምብቃዕ ካልእ ዝኸፈል ዋጋ እዩ። እትራኸበሉ ናይ ሓባር መድረኽ  ንውሱን ግዜ ጥራይ ዘገልግልን  ዘይመሰረታዊ ጉዳያት ንምዕዋትን ዘይኮነ፡ ነዊሕ ዝጠመተን ጉዳይ ህዝብን ሃገርን ቀንዲ ማእከሉ ዝኾነን ክኸውን ይግበኦ። ቀንዲ መምዘኒኻ ከኣ በሃልቲ ዘይኮነስ፡ ትሕዝቶ ናይቲ ዝበሃል ክኸውን ይግበኦ።

ብመንጽር እዚ ደንበ ተቓውሞና ብሓባር ዝሰርሓሉ መንገዲ ንምፍጣር ክሳብ ሕጂ ዘካየድናዮ ጻዕሪ ኣይተዓወተን። ዘይመዕወቲኡ ምኽንያት ግና ሓቢርካ ምቅላስ ኣድላይነት ስለ ዘየብሉ ዘይኮነ፡ እቶም ብሓባር ክንሰርሕ ዝግበኣና ሰለ ዘይበቓዕናዮ ኢና። እቲ ኣድላይነት ግድን ካብ ኮነ ከኣ እቲ ጻዕሪ’ውን ክቕጽል ግድን ስለ ዝኾነ፡ እነሆ ሎሚ’ውን በብኹርናዑ ናይ “ሓቢርናንዶ ገለ ንግበር” ድምጽና ይስማዕ። ኣብቲ እንደልዮ ሰፊሕ ናይ ሓባር መቃለሲ መድረኽ ብሓደ ስጉምቲ ዘይክንበጽሖ ንኽእል። ክንጅምሮ ግና ናይ ግድን እዩ። ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ቅድሚ ክልተ ዓመት፡ ነቲ ናይ ነዊሕ ግዜ ናይ ሓቢርካ ምስራሕ እማመኡ ኣሕዲስዎ። ከም ናቱ ተበግሶ ምስ ዝወሰዱ ኣካላት ከኣ፡ ምስ ገሊኦም ናብ ምሉእ ሓድነት ምስ ገሊኦም ድማ ናብ ሰፊሕ ጽላል ይስጉም ኣሎ። ኣብ ሓድነት ኮነ ኣብ ጽላል ንምብጻሕ ከቢድ ጻዕርን ግዜን ዝወስድ ግና ዝከኣል እዩ። ናይ ክሳብ ሕጂ ጉዕዞና ኣዝዩ ተስፋ ዝህብ እዩ። እዚ ሒዝናዮ ዘለና ጉዕዞ እኹል ዘይኮነስ፡ ናብቲ እንጽበዮ ምልኣት ንምብጻሕ ናይ ብዙሓት ተሳትፎ ግድን ስለ ዝኾነ እቲ ናይ እንካን ሃባን መስርሕ ቀጻሊ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ምስዚ ሎሚ ንህዝብናን ሃገርናን ዘንጸላልዎም ዘሎ ብዙሕ መልከዓት ዘለዎ ስግኣት ሓቢርካ ምቅላስ እንተደለኻ እትድግፎ እንተዘይደለኻ እትገድፎ ዘይኮነ፡ ግድን ክሳብ ዓወት ክንደፍኣሉ ዝገበኣና ግድነት እዩ።

Oromo regional state security authorities link the gunmen to militant wing of Oromo Liberation Front (it is also called SHANE in the region) but no parties responsible for the attack is in police custody so far.

Nedjo _Ethiopia _ Oromo militantCredit : Google map

borkena
March 19,2019

Five people are killed on Tuesday morning, around 7 a.m. local time, near Nedjo -Wellega-, in Oromo region,Western Ethiopia when gunmen opened fire on a vehicle, Oromo regional state authorities confirmed.

Two of the victims are foreigners – Japanese and an Indian – according to a report by DW Amharic service which cited sources from the area.

And all the victims are employees of a company licensed; by the Federal government of Ethiopia, to undertake copper mining in the area, reported FanaBC citing Ministry of Petroleum and Mining. Some of them were management staff.

The vehicle carrying the deceased was traveling from Mendi to Tolla Waqo when the gunmen opened fire in Humna Waqeyo, about 5 kilometers from Nedjo town.

The vehicle was in a blaze after it was hit with grenade explosion following the death of the five people who were in it. When law enforcement unites arrive in area, and it is unclear as to when they arrived, they found about 56 bullets, according to a report by FanaBC.

On Tuesday, DW Amharic cited Nedjo town communication officer, Tolera Suki, to report that bodies are in Nedjo hospital. But they could not be identified for they are disfigured, according to the report.

Oromo regional state deputy police commissioner, Retta Belachew, told Ethiopian state broadcaster, EBC, that the gunmen were armed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) Shane group who refused to disarm through a negotiation process that involved traditional elders in the region known as Abba Geda.

A militant wing of OLF has been operating in the region for many months now. In January 2019, the group robbed 17 bank branches (both private and state banks) in a span of two days.

The Federal government deployed armed forces to the region and there were claims of improved security situation thereafter.

In May 2018, Dagonte Ethiopia cement general manager, Deep Kamra, was killed along with his secretary, among others, in Adaberga district, Oromo region, about 85 kilometers west of the capital Addis Ababa.

Prime Minister Abiy’s government has been criticized in connection with the way it handled the militant group.

Source=https://borkena.com/2019/03/19/oromo-gunmen-claimed-lives-of-three-ethiopianstwo-foreigners/

Jean-Jacques Cornish
March 19, 2019

Eritrea

FlagDespite making peace with its neighbors and being elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Eritrean regime of Isaias Afwerki continues severely to repress his people.

Human Rights Watch lists violations that include enslavement of young people.

Isaias Afwerki used Eritrea’s  20 year war with Ethiopia to justify his oppression.

This includes indefinite conscription that amounts to the enforced labour of young people.

Parliament, political parties, an independent judiciary and a 1997 constitution are prohibited.

Government opponents are jailed without trial and held incommunicado.

Signing a peace deal with Ethiopia last year and re-establishing diplomatic relations with Djibouti have been hailed internationally.
But according to Human Rights Watch, they’ve not changed Afwerki’s  oppressive measures.

Tags: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch, Isaias Afwerki, slave labour

 

ጨንፈር ኖርወይ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብ17 መጋቢት 2019 ኣብ ከተማ ኦስሎ ስሩዕ ኣኼባ ኣቃኒዑ። ኣብዚ ብርክት ዝበሉ ኣብላት ጨንፈር ዝተሳተፉሉ ኣኼባ፤ ተሳተፍቲ ኣብቲ ቀሪቡ ዝነበረ ኣጀንዳታት ዓሚቊ ምምይያጥን ሰፊሕ ተሳትፎን ኣርእዩም።

ናይ ዕለቱ ኣጀንዳታት ውሽጣዊ ሰብኣዊ ጸጋታት ጨንፈር ከመይ ገርና ነስርሓዮን ነሐይሎን ዝብልን፣ ንዓወት 3ይ ጉባኤ ሰልፊ ኣብ ጎድኒ ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማገለ ጉባኤን ኣብ ጎድኒ መሪሕነት ሰልፍን ኰና እንታይ ክንገብር ኣሎና ዝብሉን እዮም ነበሩ።

ኣኼበኛታት ንምሕያልን ምብርባርን ሰብኣዊ ጸጋታት ጨንፈር ኣብ ዝብል ኣጀንዳ እነካይዶ ቃልስን ምትእስሳር ሰልፊ ምስ ኣባላትን፣ ኣባላት ንሰልፊ ብዘስንቕዎን ዘገልግልዎን ኣገባብ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ኣባላትውን ካብ ሰልፊ ብዝረብሑሉ ማለት ጸገማቶም ኣብ ምቅላል ምትሕብባርን ኣገልግሎት ዝረኽብሉን፣ ዝመሃሩሉን ዝምዕብሉሉን ኣገባብ ክኸውን ከምዝግባእ ኣስሚሩሉ።

ንዓወት 3ይ ጉባኤ ሰልፊ ብዝምልከት ድማ ማዕረቲ ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማገለ ጉባኤ ዝጠልቦ ጠለባትን ዝያዳ ተወሳኺ ጨንፈራዊ ጻዕርታትን ተበግሶታትን ወሲዱ ንዓወት 3ይን ሓድነታውን ጉባኤ ኣበርቲዑ ክሰርሕ ከምዘለዎ ተሰማሚዕም። ነዚ ስምምዕዚ ከይወዓልካ ከይሓደርካ ግብራውነት ንምልባስ ድማ ከም ጀማሪ ግብራዊ ስጉምቲ ኩሎም ተሳተፍቲ ናይቲ ዕለተ ኣኼባ ብዓቕሞም ንዓወት 3ይ ሓድነታዊ ጉባኤ ዝውዕል ገንዘባዊ ወፈያ ኣካይዶም፣ ብርክት ዝበለ ገንዘብውን ኣዋህሊሎም።

ሓቢርና ንስራሕ ክነድምዕ፡ ሓቢርና ነድምጽ ክነስምዕ!

March 18, 2019 News

Last week a Dutch delegation led by Migration Minister Mark Harbers visited several camps in Libya. But his trip did not include Zintan, a detention centre with an atrocious conditions, seldom visited by international dignitaries. This information has been received from inside Zintan detention centre.

Migration Minister Mike Harbers

Over 700 refugees have been imprisoned in Zintan, of whom 165 refugees have been there since October 2017. The detention camp is 180 km from Tripoli. The refugees report that the situation is dire: there is little food; hygiene and their health is very poor.

It is reported that in the last five months 17 refugees detained in Zintan have died, among them one young woman who was driven to commit suicide. Most are said to have died of TB; thirteen of them were Eritrean.

The refugees say that the issue most worrying the refugees is that they have no information about their fate.

One of the refugees, has appealed for international protection. He was imprisoned in Eritrea before fleeing the country and is in real danger. His name is being kept confidential for his safety.

47 refugees have been moved from Zintan to another camp – Gharyan where they are still imprisoned. The refugees there are locked-up and held incommunicado. Four people are reported to have died in Gharyan in the last five months from TB.

What action from UNHCR?

The UN refugee agency has been made aware of the circumstances in which the refugees are being held. The detainees say they have tried to contact UNHCR, but with little success. The refugees are asking why the UNHCR has not visited the Zintan camp.

The plight of the Eritreans was underlined by the findings of the UN Deputy Human Rights Commissioner, Kate Gilmore. Speaking in Geneva last week she that Eritrea’s human rights record has not changed for the better since the government signed a peace agreement with Ethiopia last year, formally ending a two decades-long border conflict. Ms Gilmore was participating in a U.N. Human Rights Council interactive dialogue on the current situation in Eritrea.

Kate Gilmore said Eritrea has missed a historic opportunity because the government has not implemented urgently needed judicial, constitutional and economic reforms. She explained that the continued use of indefinite national service remains a major human rights concern.

“Conscripts continue to confront open-ended duration of service, far beyond the 18 months stipulated in law and often under abusive conditions, which may include the use of torture, sexual violence and forced labor,” she said.

Source=https://eritreahub.org/dutch-minister-misses-worst-libyan-detention-centres