Saturday, 25 November 2017 13:19

Djibouti, Eritrea and Counter-Terrorism

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Behind the East African nation of Djibouti's strained relations with Eritrea - and Qatar - is the country's counter-terrorism strategy

November 24, 2017


One of the only things the small East African nations of Eritrea and Djibouti agree on is Qatar’s destabilizing role in the region. When Djibouti downgraded its diplomatic relationship with Doha on June 5th, the government knew there would be consequences. But it was unaware they would fall so close to home.

In a surprise move, Qatar announced the withdrawal of its troops from the Eritrea-Djibouti border on June 14. Qatar’s forces had been keeping the peace between Eritrea and Djibouti since 2010, as part of a Doha-led mediation process. The two African nations had a brief border conflict in 2008 – a dispute which dates back to a 1900 colonial agreement between Italy and France which left the precise location of the border ill-defined.

Following Qatar’s withdrawal Eritrean forces quickly took full control of Dumeira Mountain and Dumeira Island. “Djibouti will have to react to this seizure in some way though in what manner Djibouti will respond to this is unclear,” said Joseph Siegle, Director of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in a June interview.

As painful as the loss of that territory is, Djibouti may still think its decision was worth it. The country’s stance against Qatar is part of a tougher fight against terrorism both within its region and beyond. Djibouti was a founding member of the Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism and also participated in the Arab Islamic US Summit held in Riyadh in May. This has continued despite the potential loss of Djiboutian territory caused by Qatar – this summer Djibouti also formally joined the US-led Coalition to Defeat ISIS.

Djibouti believes that its struggle against Eritrea is tied to terrorism concerns. It asked the UN’s Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group to investigate alleged Eritrean funding for the Somali terrorist group group Al-Shabaab last year. Djibouti has also accused Asmara of funding a group of 200 Djiboutian rebels. “I personally doubt that Qatar is directly funding Al-Shabab in Somalia. There is more evidence to suggest the possibility of Eritrean support for Al-Shabab but, of course, Qatar could be using Eritrea as a proxy,” said a senior Somali intelligence official who agreed to speak off the record during the recent intelligence conference in Khartoum.

Despite the crisis along the border with Eritrea, Djibouti has maintained a force of roughly a thousand soldiers in Somalia as part of the African Union force fighting Al-Shabaab. But Qatar’s sudden withdrawal may have cost Djibouti more than a strip of its territory. Djibouti also worries about the fate of its prisoners of war held by Eritrea – an issue that Qatar had attempted to negotiate.

At the end of the 2008 conflict, Eritrea held nineteen Djiboutian prisoners of war – though some escaped and four were later were released. “[Eritrea] continues to spread blatant lies about the prisoner’s condition and has refused to account for them despite repeated calls by the UN Security Council,” Ambassador Dualeh said.

While Djibouti would be outgunned in any renewed fighting, the country’s changing economic fortunes might strengthen its military and negotiating position in the future. “The tiny new nation has no army, less than one square mile of arable land and no resources except sand, salt and 20,000 camels,” the New York Times wrote in 1977. In the intervening decades Djibouti has become an economic success story – its GDP of Djibouti increased by 6.5% in 2016, in part thanks to the development of its port and transport services.

Djibouti aims to become the “Dubai of Africa” and serve as a regional trading hub. Ethiopia – with a population of one hundred million – is the world’s most populous landlocked country. It depends on Djibouti’s port to reach the sea, and as a result the tiny country handles ninety percent of Ethiopia’s maritime trade. To better meet those needs, Djibouti opened two new harbors this year – and another port is nearing completion.

Djibouti also maintains its diplomatic clout by hosting several foreign military bases. Camp Lemonnier, a former French Foreign Legion outpost, has been America’s only permanent military base in Africa since 2001. Sitting next to Djibouti’s international airport, the US joint-operating base has been an important part of America’s ongoing wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Djibouti has also welcomed military bases from China and Japan in recent years – and Saudi Arabia is also considering a base. Partly in response, Eritrea is host to a base from the home of the real Dubai: the United Arab Emirates.

War is bad for business, and ultimately Djibouti hopes its dispute with Eritrea will be ameliorated through negotiation. Ambassador Dualeh told Raddington Report that, contrary to media reports, China has not offered to act as a mediator of the dispute now that Qatar has gone.

“We would like to see the UN Security Council urge Eritrea to resolve the border issue peacefully,” Dualeh said, “and to accept to submit the boundary dispute to the International Court of Justice, for a final and binding determination of the boundary based on international law”. No one expects that to happen soon.

source=https://raddingtonreport.com/djibouti-struggle-against-terrorism/

 

Eritrea, Burundi slammed for threatening U.N. human rights experts

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern over threats meted out to its special rapporteurs in Eritrea, Burundi and the Philippines.

A statement released on Tuesday (November 21) titled “Attacks / threats by States against UN human rights experts, read in part: ‘We are concerned by continuing efforts by certain States to undermine and denigrate important mechanisms established by the 47 Member States of the Human Rights Council.”

On the specific case of Eritrea, the statement bemoaned verbal attacks on its human rights expert, Ms Sheila Keetharuth – who recently released a report to the effect that the rights situation in Eritrea was not getting any better.

The Ambassador referred to her as a 'naked Empress with no clothes' and accused her of acting like a “Viceroy over Eritrea,” and carrying out a witch-hunt.

“The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Ms Sheila Keetharuth, has also faced considerable hostility in conducting her work, including a personal attack by the Eritrean Ambassador during her interactive dialogue at the Human Rights Council session in June.

“The Ambassador referred to her as a ‘naked Empress with no clothes’ and accused her of acting like a “Viceroy over Eritrea,” and carrying out a witch-hunt.

“Once again, it must be stressed that Ms. Keetharuth has been faithfully carrying out the mandate given to her by the UN Human Rights Council, and she should not be subjected to this type of vitriolic personalized attack by Government officials.”

In the case of Burundi, the U.N. body said it had lodged a complaint with the government of how its ambassdor threatened authors of a recent report presented by a Commission of Inquiry that probed rights issues in the volatile country.

“The High Commissioner has informed the (Burundian) Government that he finds it unacceptable that the members of a Commission mandated by the Human Rights Council are threatened with prosecution for performing the task set for them by the Council.

“This threat by the Government of Burundi constitutes a clear violation of article VI of the 1946 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, which applies to experts performing missions for the UN.

“He has urged the Government of Burundi to review its policy of refusing to cooperate with the independent International Commission of Inquiry and to cease threatening its members.”

The third country mentioned was the Philippines where President Duterte and his supporters are said to have openly threatened the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary execution, Agnes Callamard.

Source=http://www.africanews.com/2017/11/24/eritrea-burundi-slammed-for-threatening-un-human-rights-experts/

Appeals court rules against mining company Nevsun Resources, clearing way for workers to have claims of human rights violations heard in Canadian court 

Workers and visitors walk within the processing plant at the Bisha Mining Share Company in Eritrea, operated by Canadian company Nevsun Resources. Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

Thursday 23 November 2017 13.52 GMT Last modified on Thursday 23 November 2017 13.56 GMT

A Canadian mining company has lost its bid to block a lawsuit accusing it of human rights abuses against miners in Eritrea after a ruling by an appeals court in British Columbia.

The decision, against Nevsun Resources, paves the way for a groundbreaking legal challenge that links the Vancouver company to allegations of modern slavery.

The case, launched in 2014 by three refugees who alleged they were forced to work at Bisha mine and endured harsh conditions and physical punishment, is one of only a handful in which foreign claimants have been granted access to Canadian courts to pursue firms based in the country over alleged human rights abuses abroad.

Filed in Canada, the lawsuit was directed at Canada’s Nevsun, which owns a controlling interest in the gold, copper and zinc mine through a chain of subsidiary corporations.

The case was catapulted into the spotlight last year when a court in the province of British Columbia ruled that it could be heard in the Canadian legal system.

Nevsun appealed the 2016 ruling, arguing that any lawsuit should be heard in Eritrea. On Tuesday, however, the British Columbia court of appeal dismissed the company’s challenge, noting the risk of corruption and unfairness in the Eritrean legal system.

Joe Fiorante of Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman, the lead counsel for the plaintiffs, said: “There will now be a reckoning in a Canadian court of law in which Nevsun will have to answer to the allegations that it was complicit in forced labour and grave human rights abuses at the Bisha mine.

”In affidavits filed with the court, the plaintiffs – all of whom have since left Eritrea – alleged that as conscripts in the country’s national service system, they were forced to work for government-owned construction firms subcontracted to build the mine. They claimed the conditions were inhuman and work was carried out under the constant threat of physical punishment, torture and imprisonment.

A truck arrives to ferry excavated gold, copper and zinc ore from the main mining pit at the Bisha Mining Share Company in Eritrea

A truck arrives to ferry excavated gold, copper and zinc ore from the main mining pit at the Bisha Mining Share Company in Eritrea. Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

Since Nevsun owns 60% of the Bisha Mining Share Company, which owns and operates the mine (the other 40% is owned by the Eritrean government), the plaintiffs claim the Canadian company must have been aware of the reported abuses, but failed to prevent or stop them.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

In their decision, the British Columbia appeals court judges referenced a 2016 UN inquiry into human rights in Eritrea, which found the government had committed crimes against humanity in a widespread and systematic manner. The report noted that officials in the one-party state had enslaved up to 400,000 people, with many describing how the country’s system of lifelong military service amounts to modern-day slavery.

This system is at the heart of the case against Nevsun, said Fiorante. “Our case alleges that people that were conscripted into that system were forced to work in service of building a Canadian-owned gold mine in Bisha, Eritrea,” he said.

Fiorante added that about 60 people have so far come forward with similar claims of being forced to work at the mine.

Nevsun has denied the allegations contained in the lawsuit. While the company declined to comment on the latest ruling as the matter is before the court, a Nevsun spokesperson referred to a 2015 human rights audit of the Bisha mine, noting that contractual commitments strictly prohibit the use of national service employees by Bisha’s contractors and subcontractors.

Last year the Guardian spoke with several people who alleged they had been forced to work at the mine, earning as little as a dollar a day. The work was carried out amid horrendous conditions and a climate of fear and intimidation, they claimed.

“The mine was like an open prison,” said one former security guard, speaking on condition of anonymity to protect family still in Eritrea. “They can take you and do what they want with you. I was owned by them. We were like objects for the government and for foreign companies to do with us what they wanted.”

Source=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/nov/23/canadian-mining-firm-historic-legal-case-alleged-labour-abuses-eritrea-nevsun-resources

 

 
Friday, 24 November 2017 20:24

Radio Demtsi Harnnet Kassel 23.11. 2017

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Thursday, 23 November 2017 14:22

መግለጺ ሓዘን

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ተጋዳሊት ወይዘሮ ጽገ ገረዝገሄር ተስፉይ ብዕለት 17/11/2017 ካብዛ ዓለም ብሞት ብምፍላያ እተሰመዓና ሓዘንን ጓህን እናገልጽና ብስም ሰዲህኤ ጨንፈር ኣወስትራልያ ንስድራቤታን ፈተውታን ጽንዓት ይህብኩም ይሃበና ንብል። ወይዘሮ ጽገ ገረዝግሄር ተስፋይ ካብተን ተሰሪዐን ንሃገራዊ ናጽነት ብትብዓት እተቓለሳ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ብምዃና ሎሚ ብኣካል ካባና ትፈለ እምበር ብመንፈስ ኩሉ ግዜ ምሳና ህልውቲ እያ፡ ታሪኻን  ጽቡቕ ተግባራን ኩሉ  ግዜ ክንዝክሮ ክነብር ኢና።

ወይዘሮ ጽገ ካብ ወላዲኣ አቶ ገረዝጊሄር ተስፋይን ካብ ወላዲታ /ሮ በለጸት አብ ደቂ-ለፋይ (ሃዳድም ጨዓሎ) ኣውራጃ አከለጉዛይ ተወሊዳ። ብንእስነታ ካብ ዓዲ ድሕሪ ምውጽኣ ኣብ ከተማ ሑመራ  ምስ ኣቶ ግርማይ ኣርኣያ ቃል ኪዳን ኣሲራ ኣደ ክልተ ቆልዑ ኮይና እያ። ብሓዳራን ብደቃን ከይተዓንቀፈት ሃገራዊ ጉቡኣ ኣብ ሑማራ ዳሓር ከኣ ኣብ ሱዳን ትፍጽም ነበረት። ኣብ ዝኸደቶ ዘሰንያ እቲ ንህዝባን ንሃገራን ትፈቱ ምዃናን ንደቂ ሰብ ዘለዎ ፍቕርን ርህራሀንዩ ነይሩ።

ኣብ ኣውስትራልያ እንርከብ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንመዋቲት መንግስተ ሰማያት የዋርሳ ንፈተውታን ስድራ ቤታን ከኣ ጽንዓት ይሃብኩም ንብል።

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጨንፈር ኣውስትራልያ።

ኣብ ኣፍርቃ ብፍላይ እተን ብመፈንቀለ መንግስቲ ይኹን ብሰውራ ኣቢለን ስልጣን ዝተታሕዘለን ሃገራት ንዲሞክራሲያውነት ብዙሕ ክበቕዕኦ ኣይከኣላን። እቲ ቀንዲ ምኽንያት ከኣ፡ እቲ ህዝቢ ነቲ ዲሞክራሲ ዝበሃል ፍልጠት ብዙሕ ስለ ዘይሰርሓሉን ዘይተመኮረሉን ካብቲ ናይ ባዕዳዊ መግዛእቲ ዝዘርኦ ድሑር ኣተሓሳስባ ገና ክላቐቕ ስለዘይከኣለን እውን እዩ። እቶም ብሰውራ ኣቢሎም ከም እኒ ኤርትራ ይኹን ወይ እውን ብመፈንቅለ መንግስቲ ስልጣን ዝጨበጡ ካብቲ ናይ ባዕዳዊ ኣገባብ ኣመሓድራ ብዙሕ ኣይተፈልዩን። ንሳቶም እውን እንተኾነ ነቲ ዲሞክራሲ ዝብል ኣምር ከም ቁርን ኣስሓይታን እዮም ዝፈርህዎ።

እዞም ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ በዚ ኣቐዲሙ እተጠቕሰ ኣገባብ ኣቢሎም ስልጣን ዝጨበጡ ክሳብ ሎሚ ብፍታዎም ማለት ብምርጫ ኣቢሎም ይኹን ይኣኽለኒ ኢሎም ስልጣን ዘረከቡ ኣዝዮም ውሑዳት እዩም። መብዛሕትኦም ከም ናይ ወዲ 93 ዓመት ናይ ዝምባብወ መራሒ ነበር ሮበርት ሙጋበ ትንፋሱ ክሳብ ትወጽእ ነቲ ስልጣን ከም ቁርዲድ ምልቓቕ ኣብዩ እነሆ ብሓያል ድፍኢት ዝተኻየደሉ ስልጣን ንምርካብ ብዙሕ ክወሓጠሉ’ኳ እንተጽነሐ መወዳእትኡስ ረድዩ ኣይረድዩ ስልጣን ለቒቑ።

ሙጋበ ኣብ ልዕሊ መንግስቲ ናይ ኢያን ስሚዝ ተዓዊቱ ካብ 1987 ኣትሒዙ ስልጣን ዝጨበጠ እዩ። ሮበርት ሙጋበ ናይ ትምህርቲ ሕጽረት የብሉን። ኮይኑ ግን ጭካነን ፍትወት ነፍስን ኣብ ምሁር ይኹን ዘይተማህረ ስለ ዝረአ እነሆ ምሁር ክንሱ ን37 ዓመት ዝኣክል ንህዝቢ ዝምባብወ ኣርዒዱን ጨፍጪፉን። ግን ከኣ “ቦ ግዜ ለኩሉ” ንኹሉ ግዜ ኣለዎ ከምዝተባህለ እነሆ መዓልቲ ኣኺሉ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ንብዓት ውጹዕ ህዝቢ ውዒሉ ሓዲሩ ናብ ራህዋ ዝቕየረሉ መድረኽ ምህላው ክንዝንግዕ የብልናን።

ህዝቢ ዝምባብወ ቁጠባውን፥ ማሕበራውን ስቅያት ኣሕሊፉ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ቅልውላው ካብ ዝሽመም ነዊሕ እዩ። እዚ ፖለቲካዊ ቅልውላው እዚ ከኣ ንኹሉ ማለት ንሰራዊት ይኹን ነቲ ህዝቢ ብማዕረ ዘሳቕዮ ምዃኑ ርዱእ እዩ። ሰራዊት ዝምባብወ እነሆ ዋላ’ኳ ስልጣን ንምጭባጥ ዘይኮነስ ንፖለቲካዊ ቅልውላዋት ንምትህድዳእ እዩ ዝብሉ እንተለዉ ስልጣን ምጭባጥ ዘይተርፍ እዩ። ስለዚ ዕምሪ ምልካዊ ኣተሓስስባ’ኳ ብቐሊሉ ዘብቅዕ እንተዘይኮነ፥ እቲ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ግን ኣብቂዑ እዩ። ግን ከኣ እቲ ሰራዊት ነቲ ቅዋም ክኸላኸል እሞ ብኡ ኣቢሉ እቲ ወጽዓ ዘኽትመሉ ክኸውን ተስፋ ዝህብ እዩ።

ናብ ሃገርና ኤርትራ ከኣ ምልስ እሞ ንበል።  ምኽንይቱ “ብጻይካ ክላጸ ንስኻ እውን ጭሕምኻ ኣተርክስ” ዝብል ምስላ ኣበው ከምዘሎ ኣይንዘንግዕ። እሞ ሰራዊት ምክልኻል ሃገርሲ ነዚ ናይ ዝምባብወን ካልኦት ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃን ኣብ ልዕሊ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓታት ዝወስድኦ ዘለዋ ስጉምቲ ዝምልከት ትምህርቲ ክቐስም ናይ ግድን እዩ። ኢሳያስ ን26 ዓመታት ጌና እውን ዘዓልዎ እንተዘይረኺቡ ክሳብ ዕለተ ሞቱ ንህዝብን ሰራዊትን ድከቱ ከስትዮ ምዃኑ ዘይተርፍ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ብደም ዝጨቀወ መላኺ ስርዓት ንዝጨበጦ ስልጣን ንኸየርክብ ቀሲኑ ኣይድቅስን እዩ።
ስለዚ እቶም ኣብ ሰራዊት ምክልኻል ሃገር ዘለዉ ሕድሪ ስውኣት ዝስቆሮም፥ ነዚ ናይ ዝምባብወ ሰራዊት እንታይ ክመሃርሉ ይኽእል ዝብል ሕቶ ክለዓል ናይ ግድን እዩ። እዚ ማለት ሃገርና ኤርትራ ኣብዚ 26 ዓመታት ዝረሃዋን፥ ብቅዋም ትመሓደርን ሃገር ከምዘይነበረትን ዘየላን ኩልና ንርድኦ ሓቂ ካብ ኮነ፡ እቲ ሲቭል ከኣ ጥራሕ ኢዱ ሓንቲ ክገብር ኣይክእልን እዩ። ስለዚ እቲ ሰራዊት ንህዝቡን ሃገሩን ካብ ዝኾነ ይኹን ጭቆና፡ ግፍዕን መከራን ከናግፍ ክለዓል ዝግበኦ ምዃኑ እዚ ኣብ ዝምባብወ ዝካየድ ዘሎ መስርሕ ምስግጋር ሓባሪ እዩ። ግን ከኣ እቲ ሰራዊት ምክልኻል ሃገረ ኤርትራ ነቲ ምልኪ ከልግስ እንከሎ ተመሊሱ ንሱ “ራዛ ናይ ኣቡኣ ሓዛ” ከይከውን፡ መስርሕ ድሕሪ ውድቀት እዚ መላኺ ስርዓት እንታይ ክኸውን ከም ዘለዎ ክርዳእን ብብስለት ክገጥሞን ይግባእ። ምኽንያቱ ኣብ መብዛሕትአን ዲክታቶር ዝውገደለን ሃገራት እቲ ዝትክእ ካብቲ ዝሓለፈ ዝገደደ እንተዘይኮይኑ ዝሓሸ ኣይከውንን እሞ፡ ኣብ ሃገርና ዲሞክራሲያዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ከምዕብል ከምዘለዎ ምውጣን ኣድላዪ እዩ።

Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa

They may have fled from Eritrea, but the refugees in Hitsats camp in northern Ethiopia have not forgotten the plight of their friends and families back home.

These videos, sent from the camp, show their determination to support the residents of Asmara, who have been resisting attempts to take over their school, with the arrest of Hajji Musa Mohammednur, the president of the school’s board.

In taking this stand they join thousands of Eritreans who have shown their opposition to the regime’s attack on the independence of the school in protests around the world, including Washington, London and Stockholm.

Hitsats camp was opened in 2013 by the UN refugee agency, and was designed to hold 20,000 refugees.

Eritreans, Sudanese worse affected by Israel's forced deportation plan

Eritrea

A plan by Israeli authorities to forcibly deport to third countries or jail African migrants will affect predominantly Eritrea and Sudanese migrants in the country.

Israel is looking to close its Holot detention center for African migrants within four months. The center is home to thousands of refugees.

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) in a statement last week said it was seriously concerned about the move under which proposals: “Eritreans and Sudanese asylum-seekers and refugees would be compelled to accept relocation to countries in Africa or face imprisonment in Israel.”

Eritreans and Sudanese asylum-seekers and refugees would be compelled to accept relocation to countries in Africa or face imprisonment in Israel.

“In light of the intention to see the departure of infiltrators on a large scale to third countries, we may reconsider the need for the continued existence of the Holot facility, as the infiltrators’ departure could come directly from city centers to the third countries,” Israeli authorities are quoted to have said.

It is believed that for Africa, Rwanda and Uganda are the third countries that Israel plans to send the refugees to. An Israeli High Court in August okayed the emigration policy but tasked the government to ensure that deported migrants will be safe with the third countries.

If successful, it will be the first time that such a move has been executed given that earlier attempts by Italy (Libya) and Australia (Malaysia)with third-party countries were dismissed by local courts with the reason that such deportations were inconsistent with international law.

It is believed that over 40,000 African migrants are residing in Israel by close of 2016. The government insists they are largely economic migrants even though most have applied for refugee status and that they are fleeing conflict and persecution back home.

Eritrea is one of the African countries that produces the largest number of refugees and asylum seekers from south of the Sahara. Most young people flee harsh economic conditions back home and the political situation as well.

Source=http://www.africanews.com/2017/11/21/eritreans-sudanese-worse-affected-by-israel-s-forced-deportation-plan/

ሃገራት ነናተን ፍሉይ ዝገብረን ጀኦግራፊያዊ ኣቀማምጣን ካልእ መለክዕታትን ኣለወን። ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ክፍለ-ዓለማት ይርከባ፡ ገሊአን ናብ ባሕሪ ቀረባ እየን። ገሊአን ድማ ከምኡ ዓይነት ጸጋ የብለንን። ናብ ሃገርነት ዝመጻሉ ታሪኻዊ መስርሕ’ውን ይፈላለ። ኣብ ብዝሒ ህዝብንን ካልእ ተፈጥሮኣዊ ጸጋታት’ውን ይፈላለያ። ዝመሳሰላሉ ከኣ ኣለወን። ንኣብነት ዝመሓዳደራሉ ፖለቲካዊ ስርዓት። ገሊአን ናይ ህዝቢ ልዕልና ብዘረጋገጽ ሕገመንግስታዊ ስርዓት ይምረሓ። ገሊአን ከኣ ከምዚ ኤርትራ ሕጂ ዘላትሉ ሃለዋት  ኣብ ትሕቲ ዲክታቶርያዊ ኣርዑት ይነብራ። እንተኾነ ብፍላይ እቲ ምስ ፖለቲካዊ ምሕደራ ዝዛመድ ኩነታተን ካብ ግዜ ናብ ግዜ ዝቀያየር እምበር ከምቲ ጀኦግራፊያዊ መለክዒ ተሰሚሩ ዝነብር ቀዋሚ ኣይኮነን።

ኣብዚ ቀረባ ዓመታት ኣብ ከምዚ ሕጂ ኤርትራ ዘላትሉ ፖለቲካዊ ሃለዋት ኣብ ዝጸንሓ ሃገራት ምምሕዳራዊ ለውጢ ክኽሰት ክንዕዘብ ጸኒሕና ኢና። ርሑቕ ከይከድና ግብጺ፡ ልብያን ቱኒዝያን ከም ኣብነት ክንወስድ ንኽእል። ሕጂ ድማ እዚ ናይ ለውጢ ለበዳ ናብ ዝንባብወ ገጹ ልሒሙ ኣሎ። እሞ ድማ ናይ ዚምባብወ ኩነታት ምስ ናይ ኤርትራ ኩነታት ስለ ዝመሳሰል ዝያዳ ነቶም ዝምልከተና ኤርትራዊ ኣካላት ዝጸልወናን ሓላፍነት ዘሰክመናን እዩ። ወዲ 93 ዓመት መራሒ ዚምባብወ ሮበርት ገብሬል ሙጋበ ነታ ሃገር ዳርጋ ን40 ዓመታት ጨቊኑ ዝገዘአ፡ ኣብ ግዜ ናጽነታ ብዝገበሮ ሓርበኝነት ምስ ህዝባን ጸጋታታን ከም ናይ ግሊ ንብረቱ ጅሆ ሒዝዋ ጸኒሑ። ወዲ 72 ዓመት ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ’ውን እነሆ ካብቲ ናይ ሙጋበ ብዘይፍለ ብደዐ፡ ንኤርትራ ምስ ህዝባን ጸጋታታን ከም  ውልቃዊ ንብረቱ ቆጺሩ እቲ ቅድሚኡ ዝነበረ ገዲፍካ ን26 ዓመታት ገዚእዋ። ዕድል እንተረኺቡ ከም ሙጋበ ወዲ 93 ዓመት ክሳብ ዝኸውን “ክመርሕ እየ” ካብ ምባል ድሕር ከምዘይብል “ኣብ ኤርትራ መዓስ እዩ ምርጫ ክካየድ?” ተባሂሉ ክሕተት እንከሎ “ምናልባት ድሕሪ 40፡ 50 ዓመታት ክኸውን ይኽእል” ዝብል ናይ ኣሽካዕላል ምላሽ ምሃቡ ነዚ ዘመልክት እዩ።

ከም ኢሳይያስ ዝኣመሰሉ ዲክታቶራት ካብዘይርድእዎ ብዙሕ ጉዳያት ሓደ፡ ኩነታት ንዘለኣለም ከምቲ ንሳቶም ዝደልይዎ ኮይኑ ክኸይድ ከም ዘይክእል እዩ። ከምኡ ስለ ዝኾነ ከኣ፡ ኩሎም ዲክታቶራት ብሃንደበት እዮም ካብ ስልጣን ዝዕዘሩ። እቲ ሃንደበትነት ግና ንዓኣቶም እዩ እምበር እቲ ግዳዮም ኮይኑ ዝጸንሐ ኣካልስ ነቲ ኣብ ከባቢኦም ዝዝንቢ ናይ ለውጢ ንፋስ የቕልበሉን ይጽበዮን እዩ። እዞም ዲክታቶራት ካብ ዝግለጽሉ ረቛሕታት ሓደ ስሰዐ እዩ። እቲ ስሰዐ  ናይ ንዋይ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ቀንዲ ናይ ስልጣን እዩ። ስልጣን እንተልዩ ኩሉ ኣሎ ኢሎም ስለ ዝኣምኑ። ንሳቶም ኣብ ስልጣን ምእንቲ ክነብሩ ከባቢኦም ንምውሓስ ብዝተፈላለየ መለክዒ “ጠቕሙን ህልውናኡን ካብ ናትና  ኣይፍለይን እዩ” ብዝብልዎም ኣካላት ይኽበቡ። ብህይወት እንከለዉ ንዘይጸገብዎ ስልጣን ናብ ፈታዊኦም ወይ ዓጽመ ስጋኦም ናይ ምውራስ ፍኒሕኒሕ የርእዩ። እዞም ከም ናይ ዲክታተርነት ኣብነት ክንጠቕሶም ዝጸናሕና ናይ ዝተፈላለያ ሃግራት መራሕቲ ነበር፡ ኣይተዓወቱን እምበር ነዚ ስሰዐ እዚ’ውን ፈቲነምዎ እዮም። ከምዚ ሙጋበ በዓልቲ ቤቱ ምክትሉ ክትከውን ዝሓለኖ እሞ ካልእ መዘዝ ዘምጸኣሉ። ነዚ ኢሳይያስ እውን ኣይሓልሞን’ዩ ማለት ኣይኮነን።

እዚ ብካለኦት ዝሓለፈ፡ ሕጂ ሙጋበ ተረናኛ ኮይንሉ ዘሎ ናይ ለውጢ ማዕበል፡ ጽባሕ ከኣ ኢሳይያስ ዝርከቦ ጻዕረሞት ዝተፈላለዩ ኣካላት ክመሃርሉ ዝግበኦም እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክመሃረሉ ዝግበኦ እቲ ሓቂ ንሳይያስ ምስ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ብምጥባቕ፡ “እዚ ሰብኣይ እንተዘየልዩ ኤርትራ ኣይትህሉን እያ” ዝብል ባዶ መሰናበዲ ብሂል ምዃኑ ካብ ተሞክሮ ካለኦት ክመሃረሉ ይግበኦ። ብተግባር ድሕሪ ሑስኒ ሙባረክ ግብጺ፡ ድሕሪ መንግስቱ ሃይለማርያም ኢትዮጵያ፡ ድሕሪ ሙጋበ ከኣ ዚምባብወ ምህላወን ዝድህሰስ ሓቂ ስለ ዝኾነ። ብዝተፈላለየ ኣገባብ ህግደፍ ንክድግፍ ብበዓል የማነ ገብረኣብ ዝወደብ ዘሎ ክንፊ መንእሰይ፡ ካብዚ መንእሰያት ዚምባብወ ብውዱብ መልዕ ኣብ ጐድኒ ህዝቦም ምዃኖም ዘረጋገጽዎ ዘለዉ ክመሃር ይግበኦ። ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ከምቲ ኩሉ ግዜ ዝንገሮን ዝጽወዖን ንገዛእ ርእሱ ቀንዲ ግዳይ ናይቲ ጭቆና ምዃኑ ተረዲኡ ኣብ ጥራይ ከብዱን ዕሩቕ ዝባኑን ወንበር ኢሳይያስ ኣብ ክንዲ ዘምውቕ፡ ካብ ሓላፍነታዊ ተግባር ወተሃደራት ግብጽን ዚምባብወን ተማሂሩ ኣፈሙዙ ናብ ወጻዕቲ እምበር ናብ ህዝቢ ንዘይምቕናዕ ክተብዕ ይግበኦ። ኣብቲ ግዜ ምስግጋር ምትካእ ካብ ምፍራስ ከም ዝኸብድ ብምርዳእ፡ ተቓወምትን ፈተውቲ ህዝቦን ሃገሮምን ኤርትራውያን ከሎ ጌና ክናበቡ ይግበኦም።

ምናልባት ደኣ ልቢ ዲክታቶራት ሓንሳብ ካብ ህዝቢ ምስ ረሓቐ ክምለስ ልሙድ ኣይኮነን እምበር፡ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ እውን ካብዚ ክመሃር መተገብኦ። እቲ ዓው ኢልካ ናይ ምዝራብ ዕድል ስኢኑ መዓንጥኡ ዝሓርር ዘሎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጽባሕ ዕድል ምስ ረኸበ እንታይ ክገብር ከም ዝኽእል ካብቲ ክነድድ ዝተዓዘቦ ናይቶም ናይ ባህሪ መሓዙቱ ኣሳእል ክመሃር መተገብአ። “ጭሕሚ ዓርክኻ ክላጸ፡ ጭሕምኻ ማይ ልኸ” ማለት ከኣ ምዕባለኡ ሓልዩ ስለ ዝመጽእ ደኣ ይድንጒ ይኸውን እምበር፡ ሕልፈት ምምጻኡ ከምዘይተርፍ ዘመልክት እዩ። ልቢ ዲክታቶራት ግና መሊሳ ክትተርር እምበር ክትልስልስ ኣይተዓደለትን። 

Monday, 20 November 2017 13:26

German coalition talks fail after FDP walks out

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Chancellor Merkel announces the failure of talks, as the EU's largest economy gets closer to a possible new election.

 
Merkel is due to meet the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who could call for new elections [Reuters]
Merkel is due to meet the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who could call for new elections [Reuters]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that her efforts to form a three-way coalition failed after liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) withdrew from the talks.

"Now we have to deal with the facts. And the fact is that we were unable to finish the coalition talks with success," Merkel said in a press conference on Monday.

"It is a day of deep reflection on how to go forward in Germany. As chancellor, I will do everything to ensure that this country is well managed in the difficult weeks to come."

Merkel's centre-right Christian democratic political alliance (CDU/CSU) secured 33 percent of the general election that took place in September, losing about nine percent of the votes compared to the last election in 2013 and failing to form a single-party government.

The chancellor was holding talks with the FDP, which secured 10.7 percent of the votes in September, and the Greens, which scored 8.4 percent in the vote, to form a coalition government.

FDP: We made compromises

FDP leader Christian Lindner said that his party made various compromise offers during the talks that ended unsuccessfully.

He said that tax policies, European policies, questions of migration and education were among the compromises his party was willing to make.

"We know that politics lives from balancing and with just 11 percent one cannot dictate the course of an entire republic," he told reporters in Berlin.

Immigration levels, climate change and the future of the EU were reportedly among the areas of contention in the failed coalition talks.

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Merkel is due to meet the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who could call for new elections.

She can also form a minority government if she can secure enough support from other parties in individual policies.

"A snap election would lead to rougher and much more polarised political campaign than we had seen in September," Michael Thumann, diplomatic correspondent at DIE ZEIT newspaper, told Al Jazeera from Berlin.

"I think the first thing Merkel will try is to form a minority government. The president will try to work with her on that," Thumann said.

Merkel has been the chancellor of Germany for the last 12 years.

A government vacuum in Europe's largest and strongest economy might affect many issues such as the eurozone’s stability and discussed reforms backed by France.

SOURCE: Al Jazeera News

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