ኤርትራውያን፡ ብዘይካ ቁንጣሮ ሰዓብቲ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ፡ ሃገርን ህዝብን ናይ ምድሓን ዕማም ማዕረ እዩ ዝብጸሖም። እቲ ድሌት ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ እቲ ናብዚ ዘይተርፍ ዓወት ንምብጻሕ ዝኽፈል ናይ ቃልሲ ዋጋ እውን ብኹሎም ዝኽፈል እምበር፡ ሓደ ከፋላይ እቲ ካልእ ተዓዛባይ ዝኾነሉ ኣይኮነን። ኤርትራውያን ነዚ ክበቕዑ፡ እቲ ሓደ ነቲ ካልእ  ረጊጽዎ እንዳ ሓለፈ ዘይኮነ፡ ከምቲ  “ተመሊስካ እትረድኦ ሓዲግካዮ ኣይትእቶ” ዝበሃል፡ እንዳተደጋገፉን እንዳተመላልኡን ዝካየድ መስርሕ እምበር፡ ብምንጽጻግ ዝሕለፍ ኣይኮነን። ብግብሪኸ ከምኡዶ ንመላላእን ንተሓላለን  ኣለናን ወይስ ኣይፋልናን ዝብል  ወትሩ ብጽሞና ክንሓስበሉ ዝግበና እዩ።

መንቀሊ ኮነ ሸቶ ቃልስና ሓደ እዩ። ንሱ ከኣ “ኣብ ኤርትራ ምልኪ ኣወጊድካ ሕገመንግስታዊ፡ ህዝባዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ  ስርዓት ምውሓስ”  እዩ። እቲ ዘራኽበና ክሳብ ክንድዚ ዓሚቕን ብሩህን እንዳሃለወ፡ ብዙሓት ሰልፍታት፡ ውድባት፡ ማሕበራት፡ ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓላትን ትካላት ሚድያን ክንከውን እንከለና ዘየገርም ኣይኮነን። ተረሓሒቕና ዘይንረሓሓቕ ኮይና ከነብቅዕ ብሕማቕ ዓይኒ ክንጠማመትን ብናይ ሓሳብ ደናጉላ ክንኮራረብን እንከለና ከኣ ኣዝዩ ዘስደምም እዩ። እቲ ቀንዲ ፍልልይና ኣብ ዙርያቲ ናብቲ ናይ ሓባርና ሸቶና ንምብጻሕ እንኽተሎ ኣተሓሳስባ እዩ እምበር፡ “ምምሕዳር ህግደፍ ክውገድ’ሞ ብህዝባዊ ዲሞክራሲ ክትካእ”  ዝብል መትከልስ ናይ ሓባርና እዩ። እቲ ምብዛሕ ናይ ውዳበታትናን ትካላትናን መሰልን ምርጫን ናይቶም ተዋሳእቱ ስለ ዝኾነ “ኣእዳው ጠዊኻ እተውሕዶ ወይ እተብዘሖ” ኣይኮነን። ነቲ ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ብዙሕነት ኣኽቢርካን ኣመሓዲርካን፡ ኣብቲ እትሰማመዓሉ ዘራኽበካ ሰፊሕ መድረኽ ምግባሩ  ዘይስገር እዩ። ብመሰረቱ እውን ማእከላይ ነጥቢ ናይቲ ኣብ ቅድሜና ዘሎ ዕማምን ብደሆን እዩ።

ብሰንኪ ብሓባር ክንቃለስ ዘይምብቃዕና ዝኣትወና ሓደገኛ ንፋስ ንኣድማዒ ዓቕምና ዘዳኽም ጥራይ ኣይኮነን። እቲ ሓደገኛ  ናይ ሓባር  ጸላኢና ንክበታትነና እውን ዕድል ዝህብ እዩ። ስለዚ ተኸኣኢልካን ተጸዋኢርካን ዝኽየደሉ መንገዲ ክንረክብ ክንጽዕር እንከለና፡ እንተዘይበቒዕናዮ ኣብ ልዕሊ ካለኦት ዘይኮነ ኣብ ልዕሊ ነፍሲ ወከፍና ንውስን ከም ዘለና ክንርዳእ ይግበኣና። ካብዚ ንምድሓን፡ ነቲ “ተመሊስካ ንእትረድኦ፡ ሓዲግካዮ ኣይትእቶ” ዝብል ምስላ እንተላይ ነቲ ረቂቕ ምስጢራዊ ትርጉሙ ከነስተውዕለሉ ይግበኣና። ዝያዳ ኣዕሚቚና እንተሓሲብናሉ እምበኣር “ኣነ ብዘይበኣኻ፡ ንስኻ ብዘይበኣይ ኣይከንድምዕን ኢና እሞ ኣይንረሓሓቕ” ዝብል ዓሚቕ መልእኽቲ ዘለዎ እዩ።

እቲ ብዙሓት ውዳበታት ክንከው ዘብቀዓና፡ መበገሲናን መዓርፎናን ሓደ ክነሱ፡ ኣብቲ ጉዕዞ ነናትና መዋጸኦ ኢልና ንኣምነሉ ኣተሓሳስባ ምሓዝና እዩ። እዚ ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ብዙሕነትዚ ምናልባት ብዘይድሌትና  ተባዚሑ ይኸውን። እንተኾነ “ሰብ ኣይውሓድ ምስ ድራሩ” ከም ዝበሃል፡ ነቲ ብዙሕነት  ኣሳኒና፡ ንኹልና ዘማእዝን ሓቛፊ ባይታ ኣማዕቢልና፡ ነቲ ምንጽጻግን ምርሕሓቕን ናብ ተስፋን ምቅርራብን ከነማዕብሎ ግደታና እዩ። ብመሰረቱ  እውን ነዚ ክንገብር ምኽኣልን ዘይምኽኣልን ኣብ ናይ ለውጢ ቃልሲ ብቕዓትና ዝምዘነሉ እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ኣብ ልዕሊ’ቲ ኣብ ኩለ-መዳያት ብዙሕነት ዝጸውር ትዕግስትን ሓላፍነትን ዘየብሉ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ብመሰረቱ ዝተፈለና ምዃና ጸብለልታ እነመዝግበሉ’ውን እዩ። ናብዚ ክንበጽሕ ከኣ “እንኽእሎ እዩ” ዝብል ኒሕን ሓቦን እምበር “ድሕሪ ሕጂ ምስ እገለ ሓቢርካ ምቅላስ ኣይከኣልን  እዩ” ብዘስምዕ ዝዓረበ ሕልናን ተስፋን ክኸውን ኣይገበኦን።

ንናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ፍልልይ ብዓይኒ ክዕረቕ ዘይክእል ጽልእን ምንጽጻግን ክንርደኦ ኣይግባእን። ብዓይኒ ጽልኢ ምርእኣይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ብብዙሓት ተፈቲኑ ዘየዐወተ ምርጫ እዩ። ኣብነት ክኾነና፡ ኣብ ግዜ ቃልሲ ንናጽነት ኤርትራ፡ መግዛእታዊ ስርዓት ደርግ ህዝቢ ኢትዮጵያ ንሃገራት ኣዕራብ ይጸልአን’ዩ ብዝብል ዝንቡዕ ሕሳብ፡ ንሰውራ ኤርትራ “ናይ ኣዕራብ መሳርሒ እዩ” ኢሉ ብህዝቢ ከጽልኦ ፈቲኑ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ “5ይ መስርዕ” ብዝብል ሕንጉጉ ሰኒዑን ምስ ህዝቢ ኣጻሊኡን፡ ንሓይልታት ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ ምስዚ ኣጐዝጊዙ ብህዝቢ ከጽልኦን ከብርሶን ብዙሕ ፈቲኑ። ድሕሪ ውግእ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ከኣ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምስ ወያነ  ተጻሊኡ እዩ ብዝብል፡  ንሓይልታት ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ ምስ ወያነ ደሪቡ ካብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክንጽሎ ዘይፈንቀሎ እምኒ ኣይነበረን። 

ሎሚ ድሕሪ ውግእ ኣብ ትግራይ ምጅማሩ እሞ ኣብ ኣሰላልፋ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራን ከባቢናን ጽልዋ ምስ ኣሕደረ ከኣ፡  እቲ ግጉይ ኣስማት እናለጠፍካ ምውቃዕን ምጽላምን ዝልማዱ ጉጅለ ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ በቲ ዝለመዶ ይቕጽል ኣሎ። ካብኡ ሓሊፉ ኣብ ደንበ ተቓውሞና እውን እቲ ምውቕቓዕን ምጽልላምን፡ ካብ ናትካ ዝተፈልየ ርኢኢቶ ንዝወነነ ኣካል ጁንታዶ ብልጽግና ብዝብሉ ቃላት ተሰንዩ ይቀላቐል ኣሎ። ብልጽግና ወይ ጁንታ ከይኮንካኸ፡ ከም ኤርትራዊ ረብሓ ሃገርካን ህዝብኻን ኣቐዲምካዶ፤ ናትካ ርትዓዊ መርግጽ ምሓዝ  ዘይከኣል ኣይኮነን። መሰል እውን እዩ። እቶም ብግጉይ  ኣስማት እንዳኣጠመቑ  ኣብ ጸለመ ተዋፊሮም ዘለዉ ንረብሓ መን ከምኡ  ይገብሩ ከም ዘለዉ  እንድዒ። ስለዚ እቲ ኣስማት እንዳውጻእካ ምጽላም፡ ካብ “ቅድም ንነብስኻ ምርኣይ” ንምህዳም ዝመሃዝ መመሳመሲ እዩ። ውዒሉ ሓዲሩ ግና ከምቲ ሰውራና ናይ ኤርትራ እምበር ናይ ኣዕራብ ከምዘይኮነ ብግብሪ ዝተራእየ፡ እቲ ካለኦት ጸለምታት እውን ኩነታት እንዳኣነጸሮ ሓቀኛ መልክዑን መንነቱን ካብ ምሓዝ ዝዓግቶ ከም ዘየለ ምርዳእ የድሊ።

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MAY 5, 2021  ERITREAETHIOPIATIGRAYUNCATEGORIZED

Ethiopia

40. We recall our statement of 2 April 2021 about the situation in Tigray, and remain deeply concerned about the continued violence and the worsening humanitarian and human rights crises. We condemn the killing of civilians, rape and sexual exploitation, and other forms of gender-based violence, destruction and looting of religious and cultural heritage sites, and the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans and Eritrean refugees. We welcome the agreement between the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate human rights violations and abuses. We call on all parties to cease hostilities immediately, ensure the protection of civilians and respect human rights and international law as well as media freedom and access, and hold those responsible for human rights violations and abuses, including sexual violence, accountable. We urge parties to the conflict to provide immediate, unhindered humanitarian access, given the worsening food insecurity. The presence of foreign forces in Tigray is deeply disturbing and destabilising. We acknowledge the announcement from the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea that Eritrean forces will withdraw from Tigray but remain concerned that this has not yet commenced. The process of withdrawal must be swift, unconditional and verifiable. We call for the establishment of a clear inclusive political process in Tigray. We remain committed to the unity and territorial integrity of Ethiopia. We also call for a broader inclusive political process in Ethiopia to enable credible elections and wider national reconciliation.

MAY 5, 2021  NEWS

Eritrea Focus

2 Thorpe Close, Ladbroke Grove,  London, W10 5XL

3 May 2021

Mr Tim Davie

BBC Director-General, Broadcasting House, London, W1A 1AA

Dear Mr Davie,

I was pleased and re-assured to see your statement marking World Press Freedom Day (BBC boss warns of ‘growing assault on truth’ around the world (yahoo.com). You are absolutely right to draw attention to the fact that journalists across the globe face “intimidation, harassment and hostility”. I agree with your assessment that “Trusted information is an essential public good, but many journalists around the world – including those from the BBC – are facing intimidation, harassment and hostility. Some even face threats to their lives and liberty.”

You will no doubt be aware that the people of Eritrea face the worst restrictions on their access to information in the world. This is recorded by the index produced by Reporters Without Borders, which shows Eritrea as even more repressive than North Korea (2020 World Press Freedom Index | RSF).

The people of Eritrea have relied on the BBC for accurate news and information ever since the 1960’s when they began their fight for independence. We had assumed that our nation would have an open media landscape when it achieved its independence in 1993. Sadly, this was not to be and the dictatorship that our people live under restricts the activities of its own journalists as well as visiting reporters. There is no independent media of any kind based in Eritrea. It is one of the few nations in which the BBC – along with other international media houses – has no resident correspondent or reporter.

No other nation or people have a greater need for the BBC’s accurate and reliable news. It is for this reason that I am calling on the BBC to make a commitment to make a particular effort to report about and to Eritrea. We welcomed the BBC’s recent broadcasts in Tigrinya and our people listen and watch the BBC keenly. But there is room for a greater concentration of BBC journalism on Eritrea – particularly since its forces are involved in the tragic war in Ethiopia, and its troops are accused of some of the worst abuses, including the rape of girls and women.

I offer to meet you and your colleagues in the next few weeks to discuss how the BBC’s work can be augmented. This is an extraordinary situation and requires an extraordinary response.

Yours faithfully

Habte Hagos

Chairman, Eritrea Focus

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

ዞባ ቀይሕ ባሕርን ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃን ብቐጻሊ ህውከት ካብ ዝሕመሱን ብቑጠባውን ማሕበራውን ጸገማት ካብ ዝሳቐዩን ከባብታት ሓደ እዩ። ናይዚ ዞባዊ ጸገም ቀንዲ ጠንቂ ብፍላይ ካብ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ፡ ከምኡ ከኣ ካብ ባሕሪ መዲተራንያንን ህንዳዊ ውቅያኖስን ሰለ ዘይርሕቕ ናይ ሓያላት መቆራቖሲ ብምዃኑ እዩ። ስለዚ  ዞባና ምስ ኩሉ እስትራተጅያዊ ተበሃግነቱን ተፈጥሮኣዊ ጸጋታቱን ጌና ካብ ድኽነትን ህውከትን ኣይወጸን።  እንተስ  ብናይ ግዳም ሓይልታት ተላኢኹም ወይ ካብ ዓመጸኛ ባህሪኦም ነቒሎም እዚ ዞባ ከይሃድእ ዝሰርሑ ናይዚ ዞባ ኣካላት እውን ተሓታትነቶም ኣቕሊልካ ዝረአ ኣይኮነን። ጉጅለ ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ ከኣ ናይዚ ኣብ ዞባና ዝረአ ዘይምርግጋእን ህውከትን መሪሕ  ተዋሳኣይ እዩ።

ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃን ከም ኢጋድ ዝኣመሰሉ ዞባዊ ውዳበታትን ካብቲ ቀንዲ ዕማሞም ሰላምን ህድኣትን ዝፍጠረሉ ኩነታት ምጥጣሕ እዩ። እንተኾነ ብሰንኪ  ካብ ሰላም ዘይርብሑ ዝመስሎም ኣብ ኲናትን ህውከትን ዝሃጥሩ ናይ ኣባል ሃገራት  መራሕትን  ለኣኽቶምን እቲ ዝድለ ርግኣት ክረጋግጹ ኣይከኣሉን። ካብቶም ኣብ ክንዲ በዚ ዞባዊ ውዳበ ዝመጽእ ሰላምን ርግኣትን፡ ምስ ናይ ርሑቕ ሓይልታት ተሻሪኾም ህውከትን ዕግርግርን ዝመርጹ ናይዚ ከባቢ ባእታታት ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ ኣብ ቅድሚት ዝስራዕ ዘራጊ እዩ። ኢሳያስ ነቶም ዓቢዶም ዘዕብድዎ ናይ ርሑቕ ሓይልታት ይንእዶምን የመጉሶምን። ነቶም ጉዳያት ብሕግን ስርዓትን ንክተሓዝን  ድሌት ህዝቢ ግቡእ ቦታ ክረክብን ዝመኽሩን ዝግስጹን ከኣ ይጻበኦምን ጸለሎ ይቐብኦምን። ንኣብነት ነቲ ስርዓተ-ኣልቦነት ከተባብዕ ዝጸንሐ መራሒ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካ ፕረሲደንት ነበር ዶናልድ ትራንፕ “ቅድሚኡ ዝነበሩ መራሕቲ ዘበላሸውዎ ከዕሪ ዝጽዕር” ብዝብል ይንእዶ ምንባሩ ዝዝከር እዩ። ነቲ ንናይ ዶናልድ ትራንፕን ከም  ኢሳያስ ናይ ዝኣመሰለ ሃላልን ኣተሓሳስባ ስዒሩ ስልጣን ተረኪቡ ንሃገሩ ናብ ንቡር ንምምላስን ንከም ኢሳያስ ዝኣመሰሉ መስመር ከትሕዝ  ዝሰርሕ ዘሎ ፕረሲደንት ጆን ባይደን ከኣ ክኸሶን ክራገሞን ጀሚሩ ኣሎ። ነዚ ኣብ ግምት ኣእቲኻ  ኢሳያስ ክሳብ ክንደይ ኣንጻር ርግኣት ናይዚ ዞባ ተዓጢቑ  ከምዘሎ ምርዳእ ዘጸገም ኣይኮነን።

እቲ ኣዝዩ ዘገርም ከኣ ከምቲ “ዘበንያ ግርንቢጥስ ማይ ንዓቐብ” ዝበሃል፡ በቲ ብሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካን ሕብረት ኤውሮጳን ኣንጻሩ ዝቀላቐል ዘሎ ቀጻዒ ምልክታት ሰንቢዱ፡ ኣብ ክስን ወቐሳን ምእታዉ እዩ። ከም መርኣያ ናይዚ ስንባደኡ ኣብዚ ቀረባ መዓልታት ንሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካ፡ “ግህሰት ልኡላውነት ሃገራትን ህዝብታትን፡ ኣብ ውሽጣዊ ጉዳይ ካልኦት ኢድ ምእታው፡ ምንጋስ መጐት ሓይልን ምጉጣጥን፡ ንካለኦት እናተፋነንካ ምምሕዳር” ብዝብሉ ሓረጋት ክኸስሳ ተዓዚብናዮ ኣለና። ጉጅለ ኢሳያስ በዞም ባዕሉ ዝብሎም ዘሎ  ጥሕሰታትን ኢድ ኣእታውነታትን ዝኽሰስ እምበር ንኻለኦት ከላግበሎም ሞራልን ተቐባልነትን የብሉን።

ኣብዘን ዝሓለፋ ክልተ ሰለስተ ዓመታት፡ ዲክታቶር ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ ኣብ ኤርትራዊ ኣጀንዳ ዋላ ሓንቲ ከየድመዐ፡ ኣብ ዋናን ናይ ቀረባ ተሓታትነትን ዘይብሉ ባዶ ዞባዊ ማዕበል ዝሕንብስ ጐብለል ክኸውን  ፈቲኑ ነይሩ። እንተኾነ ብዘይካ  ንሓደ ክልተ ግሩሃት መራሕቲ ሃገራት ካብ ምዕሻው ሓሊፉ ሓሳቡ ዓዳጋይ ኣይረኸበን። ሓሳቡ ዘይምዕዳግ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ከምዚ ዓይነት ዘይሓላፍነታዊ፡ ውዲታውን ዘራግን ተልእኮ ሒዙ ከይገሾም ገጽ ከሊኦም ዝመለስዎ እውን ኣለዉ። እቶም ሕማቕ መዓልቲ ውዒሎም ምኽሩ ተቐቢሎም ዝተንቀሳቐሱ መራሕቲ ሃገራት፡ ሎሚ ኣትየምዎ ዘለዉ ሃለዋት ንዕዘቦ ዘለና እዩ። ዝወሰድዎ ምርጫ ብግብሪ ኣዕናዊ ምዃኑ ምስተረድኡ፡ ናብ ንቡር ክምለሱኳ ድሌት እንተለዎም፡ ሓደ መዋጽኢ ኢሎም ዝሓዝዎ ካልእ ጸገም እንዳመዘዘሎም፡ ኣብ ኣጸጋሚ ኩነታት ተሸኺሎም ኣለዉ። ነዊሕ ከይከድና ናይ ኢሳያስ ምህዞን ምኽርን ክሳብ ክንደይ ኣዕናዊ ምዃኑ  ንምርዳእ ህልዊ ኩነታት ኢትዮጵያን ሶማልያን ምምዛን ጥራይ እኹል እዩ።

ዲክታቶር ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ ንገዛእ ርእሱ እውን እቲ ኣጻዊዱ ዝዘርግሖ ናይ ህውከት መጻወድያ ከምቲ ዝተጸበዮ ኣይኮነሉን። እቲ ዝመረጾ መንገዲ ክሳብ ክንደይ ዘራግን መዘዘኛን ምዃኑ፡ ብፍላይ ነቶም ንዓቕመ-ሄዋንን ኣዳምን ዘይበጽሑ ደቅናን ደቂደቅናን ካብ ኣብያተ-ትምህርትን ጉስነትን ዝግፈፉ ዘለዉ ብሩህ እዩ። ናይቲ ዝተሰከምዎ ዕጥቂ ኣጠቓቕማ ዝምልከት መባእታዊ ትምህርቲ’ኳ  ከይረኸቡ ኣብቲ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝካየድ ዘሎ  ውግእ ተጠቢሶም ይሞቱን ይማረኹን ምህላዎም ከኣ መዓንጣ ከብድኻ ዝቘርጽ እዩ። ጉጅለ ኢሳያስ እቲ ሕሳብ ካብቲ ዝገመቶ ወጻኢ ምስኮኖ ነቲ ገበን ናብ ካለኦት ከላግብ ዝገብሮ ዘሎ ከንቱ ጻዕሪ ከኣ ዝያዳ የገርም።

መራሒ  ህግደፍ ኢሳያስ ዝወሰዶ ስጉምቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ኮነ ኣብተን መርዙ ዝዘረኣለን ሃገራት ኣየድመዐን ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ካልእ መዘዝ ከም ዘምጸኣሉ፡ በዚ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዝውሰዶ ዘሎ ስጉምታት ክስቆሮ  ምተገብአ። እንተኾነ ተመሊስካ ጉዳይካ ናይ ምርኣይ ባህሪ ኣይተዓደለን። በቲ ብዝተፈላለዩ  ወገናት ዝቐርቦ  ዘሎ  ናይ “ሰራዊትካ ካብ ውግእ ትግራይ ኣውጽእ” መጠንቀቕታን “ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ቅድም ኣብ ልዕሊ ሓለፍቲ ሃገራዊ ድሕነት ኤርትራ እገዳ ወሲኑ፡ ደሓር ከኣ ንኤርትራ መዲብዎ ዝነበረ  ከባቢ 120 ሚልዮን ዩሮ ሓገዝ ሰሪዝዎ” ዝብል ዜናታትን ከም ዝረበጾ ንዕዘቦ ዘለና እዩ። ካብዚ ንምህዳም ከኣ ዞባዊ ዛዕባ ኣጐልቢቡ፡ ተኸሳስን ተሓታትን ክነሱል፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ካለኦት ክስታት ዘቕርብ ዘሎ። እቲ ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ “ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ድሕሪ 30 ዓመታት ናበይ” ብዝብል ብናይ ዜና ማዕከናቱ ዝዘርገሖ ሰልበጣ ናይዚ ስግኣቱ ምልክት እዩ። እንተኾነ ሎሚስ በቲ ዝለመዶ “ተኸሳሲ ክነስኻ  ተቐዳዲምካ ኽሰስ”  ዝብል ዝኣረገ ስልቱ ሃዲሙ ኣይክድሕንን እዩ።

MAY 5, 2021  ETHIOPIANEWSTIGRAY

The medical charity, known by its French initials MSF, said residents were struggling to access food distribution points and lamented that the aid response “hardly ever extends beyond larger towns” to Tigray’s rural areas.

This warning from the US government’s aid agency, USAID, says it all.

It underlines a similar warning from Doctors Without Borders – MSF

‘Alarming’ malnutrition in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray: MSF

Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday described “alarming” malnutrition in parts of Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region and said the situation was likely to worsen with the coming rainy season. 

The medical charity, known by its French initials MSF, said residents were struggling to access food distribution points and lamented that the aid response “hardly ever extends beyond larger towns” to Tigray’s rural areas.

“MSF teams are observing alarming levels of malnutrition among children and pregnant and breastfeeding mothers screened at mobile clinics across several locations throughout the Northwest region of Tigray,” Karline Kleijer, head of MSF’s emergency support department, said in a statement.

Among 309 children screened at remote clinics in recent weeks, 26.6 percent were malnourished and six percent were severely acutely malnourished, Kleijer said, adding the situation “warrants immediate action.”

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into Tigray in November to detain and disarm leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the regional ruling party that once dominated national politics.

He said the move came in response to TPLF attacks on army camps and that fighting would be over quickly.

But as the six-month-old war drags on, world leaders are increasingly concerned about what US Secretary of State Antony Blinken last month called an impending humanitarian “disaster.”

Tigray’s North Western zone includes the town of Shire which is housing tens of thousands of displaced Tigrayans, many kicked off land in western Tigray in what Blinken has described as “ethnic cleansing.”

Fighting in Tigray disrupted the harvest in a region that was already food insecure.

Wednesday’s MSF statement did not specify why residents couldn’t access food distribution points.

But documents from Tigray’s Abiy-appointed interim government, obtained by AFP last month, said Eritrean soldiers were blocking and looting food aid and forcing aid workers out of parts of the region.

Eritrea denied the allegations.

Kleijer said Wednesday that “the quality and quantity of food available has fallen sharply, with many families eating just one meal a day and often only bread.”

She added: “As rainy season approaches food insecurity issues are expected to worsen, as fields are often inaccessible to the farmers due to the conflict or they don’t have the means to plant crops.

Without more aid malnutrition could become widespread, as could outbreaks of communicable diseases, she said.