ከም ዝፍለጥ ኣብ ወርሒ 3. 2018 ኤርትራውያን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ፣ ካብ ሙሉእ ኤውሮጳ ኣብ ሃገር ሆላንድ ከተማ ደንሃግ ኣኸባ ድሕሪ ምግባርና፣ ሓደ ካብቲ ስምምዕ፣ ነፍስወከፍ ማሕበር ኣብ ቦቦተኤና ማሕበር ክንተክል ድሕሪ ምስምማዕና፣ ኣብ ሃገረ ጀርመን እንርከብ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን ብመሰረት ስምምዕና ማሕበር ንምትካል ፣ ብዕለት 19-21 10.18 ኣብ ከተማ ፍራንክፎርት ጉባኤን ባዓወት ኣሳላሲለና።

ኣቲ ቀንዲ ክንገልጾን ንኻእል ኣብ ዞባታትና ኣብነት ክኸውን እንብሎ፣ ኣብ ጀርመን ነዊሕ ዕድመ ዝነበረን ማሕበር ተበግሶ ኤርትራውያን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ፣ ዝብል ዝነበረ፣ ንጥርናፈን ንሓድነትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኢለን፣ በቲ ጉባኤ ዝወሰኖ ፣ ብሙሉእ ድምጺ፣ ማሕበር ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን ዝብል ስም ተከእና። ከምእውን እቲ ናይ ማሕበር ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ተብግሶ ንዲፊ ወሲደና ጉባኣኛታት በበሓደ ብምምልካት ገለ ብምእራም ሕጊ ማሕበር ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን ጀርመን ክኽውን ብሙሉእ ብድምጺ ኣስሚረናሉ። ሓዲሽ ኣርማ ማሕበር ክህልወና ብዝብል ብደሞክራስያዊ ኣገባብ ሙሉእ ገዛ ወሲኑ።ብኸምዚ ኣጋባብ ድማ ሓሙሽተ መሪሕነት፣ ክልተ ተጣባባቅቲ፣ ሰለስተ ተቆጻጸርቲ ብደሞክራስያዊ ኣጋባብ መሪሕነት መሪጽና። ኣዚ ክንብል ከለና ዝነበረ ሃዋሁ ንሓድነት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን ዝዕድም ጉልጽነት ብሩህ ተስፋ ዝተሓዎሶ ብምንባሩ ብጣዕምሚ ዝሕጉስን ንመጻኢ ጉባኣኛታት ተስፋ ኣንቢሩሉ።

በዚ ኣጋጣሚ እዚ ንኹለን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ማሕበር ዘለወን ድዩ ውልቀሰባት ጻዊዕትና ነቅርብ፣ምኽንያቱ ተፋላሊና ክንደይ ዓመት እንትርፊ ክሳራ ለውጢ ስለ ዘየምጻእና እንኮ መፍቲሕና ኩለን ማሕበራት ኣብ ሓደ ተጠሪፍና እጃምና ክነበርክት እዩ ጻዊዕትና።

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ዘላኣለማዊ ክብርን ሞጎስን ንሰማእታትና

ዓወትና ኣብ ሓድነትና

ጀርመን.  31.10.2018

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ብሓፈሻ ኣብ ዞናና ብፍላይ ከኣ ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ሓድሽ ኩነታት ምስተፈጥረ ብዙሓት ኣዛረብቲ ኩነታት ተጋሂዶም። ሓደ ካብቲ ሓድሽ ዝተጋህደ ኩነታት ናይ ኣቶ ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቅን ንሱ ዝመርሖ መርዛም ጉጅለን ካብ ሓደ ተሓቢእሉ ዝጸንሐ በዓቲ ሃንደበት ናብ ካልእ ኩርናዕ ምንጣር ነይሩ። እዚ ኩነታት ኣይኮነንዶ ኣብ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ካለኦት እውን ብዙሓት ሕቶታት ዘልዕሉ ስምዒታት ፈጢሩ ጸኒሑን ኣሎን። ካብቶም ነቲ ሕቶታት ክምልሱ ትጽቢት ዝተገብረሎ ሓደ ከኣ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ነይሩ። ንሱ ግና ግብሩ ፈሊጡ ንነዊሕ ግዜ ምጽቃጥ መሪጹ ጸኒሑ። ደሓር ግና እቲ ምጽቃጥ ብዝኸዶ መንገዲ መሕላፍ ምስ ከልኦ ብ3 ሕዳር 2018 ዓይኑ ተዓሚቱ ኣድሚጹ።

ክዛርብ እዩ ምስተባህለ “እንታይኮን ክብል ይኸውን?” ዝብል ሕቶታ ይለዓል ነይሩ። ናይ ብዙሓት ግምት ከም ቀደሙ ኮለል ክብል እምበር ሓድሽ ከምጽእ ዘኽእሎ ሞራል ከምዘየብሉ ዝእምት ነይሩ። ውሕዳት ዘይቀበጹ ግና ከምቲ “ነዳይሲ ናይ ልቡ ይሓልም” ዝበሃል ያኢ ኢሳይያስስ ሓደሽ ነገር ከምጸኣሎም ነዚ ፈሊጡ ከምዘይምለስ ዝጐበጠ ሰብኣይ ኣቀናኒዖም ሰብ ኣምሲሎም ከቕርቡ ይፍትኑ ነይሮም። “እሱራት ይፈትሑ ክብል እዩ። ዶብ ሕጂ ይጠረር ክብል እዩ። ግዱድ ወተሃደራዊ ኣገልግሎት ናብቲ ንቡር ናይ 18 ኣዋርሕ ግዜኡ ክመልሶ እዩ፡ ነቲ ብምስጢር ዝንደፍ ዘሎ ሕገ-መንግስቲ ኣብ ግብሪ ከውዕሎ እዩ።” ክብሉ ጀሚሮም ነይሮም። እንተኾነ እቶም “ሓድሽ ዘምጸኦ ነገር የብሉን” ዝበሉ ሓቃቶም ምንባሮም ኢሳይያስ በቲ 4 ሕቶታት ንምምላስ ሓደ ሰዓትን ዕስራ ደቓይቕ ዝገበሮ ኮለል ኣረጋጊጽሎም። እቶም ካብ ኢሳይያስ ሓድሽ ዝተጸበዩ ከኣ እነሆ ማይ ሓቚኖም ተሪፎም። ንመን ክድግፉ ከም ዝጸንሑ ከኣ ነብሶም ክሓኩ ግዜ ይሓቶም ኣሎ።

ኢሳይያስ ዝሃቦ ቃለ-ምልልስ ኣይኮነንዶ ሰማዒ ኮይንካ ክትርደኦ፡ ንዓኡ እውን ይርደኦ ነይሩ ክትብል ዘጸግም እዩ። ቃላት መመሪጹ እዩ ዘውጽእ ነይሩ እምበር፡ እቲ ቃላት ተደሚሩ ዝህቦ ጠላሕ ዝብል ትርጉም ኣይነበሮን። ብሓፈሻ ክምዘን እንከሎ ግና፡ ምስ ትጽቢት ህዝቢ ዘየሳኒ፡ ካብ እዋናዊ ኣጀንዳ ዝረሓቐ፡ ነቲ ዝቐረበሉ ሕቶታት ብቐጥታ ዘይምልስ፡ ኮነ ኢልካ ከምቲ “ንግበሮሞ ኣይነጸብቆ” ዝበሃል ህዝቢ ንምትላል ዝተሃንደሰ ኣጋጣሚ እዩ ነይሩ። ምናልባት እተን ካብቲ ዓቕሊ ጽበትን ምድንጋር ዝዓብለሎ ዓጀውጀው ኣዋጺእካ ክትርደአን እትኽእል ሓሳባቱ፡ “ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ዘዋጋኣና ጉዳይ ዶብ ኣይኮነን፡ ጉዳይ ዶብ እንተዝነብር ብልዝብ መተፈትሐ፡ ሎሚ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ስኒት ፈጢርና ዘለና ኢትዮጵያ ንውሳነ ዶብ ብዘይቅድመኩነት ተቐቢለዮ ስለ ዝበለት ኣይኮነን፡ ጉዳይ ዶብ ኣብቲ ዓብይ ኣጀንዳ ንእሽቶ ነጥቢ እዩ፡ ሎሚ ጉዳይ ዶብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ዘልዕሉ ወገናት ነቲ ተበጺሑ ዘሎ ትስፉው ኩነታት ክስምሙ (ከበላሽዉ) ዝደልዩ እዮም፡ ሎሚ ብዛዕባ 480 ሚልዮን ህዝቢ ከባቢና ኢና ክንሓስብ ዝግበኣና።” ዝብላ ንኹሉ እቲ ዳርጋ ን20 ዓመታት ክግዕረሉ ዝጸንሐ ዝዓጽፋ ሓረጋት እየን። ነቲ ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ኣሜሪካ ኣብ ዘካየዶ ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ “ጉዳይ ዶብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ንኡስ ጉዳይ ስለ ዝነበረ ኣየልዓልናዮን” ዝበሎ ከኣ ጽቡቕ ገይሩ ኣረጋጊጽሉ። ስለዚ ዲክታተር ኢሳይያስ ኣብዚ ቃለ-መጠይቑ፡ ቅርኑ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ቅርኒ ናይቶም “ኢሳይያስ ነቲ ደቅናን ኣሕዋትናን ንዝተሰውእሉ ጉዳይ ዶብን ልኡላውነትን ሸለል ክብሎ እዩ ምብላ እሞ ዘበት እዩ” ዝብሉ ዝነበሩ እውን እዩ ሰሊዑ ደርብይዎ።

እንግሊዛዊ ጸሓፍን ተመራማርን ማርቲን ፕላውት ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ኣብ ዘውጸኦ ጽሑፍ “ ታሪኽ ኢሳይያስ፡ ታሪኽ ድኹም ውሳነን ድኹም ውጽኢት እዩ፡ ኣብ ግዜ ፕረሲደንትነቱ ኣብ ልዕሊ እቶም ኣብ ቃልሲ ምእንቲ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ዝተሰዱ ሓደ ሚልዮን ኤርትራውያን፡ ተወሰኽቲ ሓሙሽተ ሚእቲ ሺሕ ስደተኛታት ዝፈጢሩ፡ ኣብ ሰለስተ እዉጃትን ክልተ ዘይእዉጃትን ውግኣት ዝኣተወ መራሒ’ዩ።” ዝበሎ ከኣ ብዝተወሰነ መልክዑ ንግዕዙይ ኣካይዳዚ ሰብኣይ ዝገልጽ ኣበሃህላ እዩ።

እምበኣር፡ ኢሳይያስ ከምዚ ዝገብር ዘሎ፡ ኮነ ኢሉ ንኤርትራን ህዝባን ንምጥፋእ እምበር፡ ብዛዕባ 5 ሚልዮን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሓንቲ ቁምነገር ከይገበርካ ናብ 480 ሚልዮን ህዝቢ ከባቢና ምምጥጣር ብኹሉ መለክዒ ግጉይ ምዃኑ ጠፊእዎ ኣይኮነን። ከምቲ ኣባ ተኽለሚካኤል ዝበልዎ፡ ቀዳማይ ድሌት ኤርትራውያን ልኡላውነት ናይታ ደቆም ዝወደቑላ ኤርትራ እምበር ፊኖን ስሚንቶን ከምዘይኮነ፡ ጠፊእዊ ኣይኮነን፡ ልኡላውነትና ይነጸር ንዝብሉ ሰመምቲ (ኣባላሸውቲ) ዝብሎም ዘሎ። እዝን ካልእ ኣበሃህላኡን ከኣ ድሌት ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ናቱ ስዉር ጸኒሑ መመሊሱ ዝገሃድ ዘሎ ኣጀንዳን በበይኑ ምዃኑ ዘርኢ እዩ። ህዝቢ ኣንጻር ድሌቱ ኣብ ልዕሊ ዝኸይድ መራሒ እንታይ ክገብር ከም ዝግበኦ ከኣ ኣይኮነንዶ “እምቢ ንመግዛእቲ” ኢሉ ተቓሊሱ ንዝተዓወተ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንካልእ’ውን ብሩህ እዩ። ነዚ እንዳረአኻ ሎሚ’ውን ኢሳይያስ መራሒ ኤርትራን ህዝባን እዩ ኢልካምስናዩ ግና ከምቲ “ኣሓስ ምስ ሓራዲአን ይውዕላ”ዝበሃል እዩ ክኸውን።

ኢሳይያስ ናይ ኤርትራ፡ ኤርትራ ከኣ ናይ ኢሳይያስን ግጅለኡን ከምዘይኮኑ በሪሁ እዩ። ንኢሳይያስን ጉጅለኡን ብሰንኪ ገበናቶም ኣብ ልዕሊ መላእ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ናቶም ምሃብ ንቡርኳ እንተኾነ፣ ደጊም እቲ ፍታሕ ንዓኣቶም ብምርጋምን ብምኹናን ጥራይ ዝመጽእ ኣይኮነን። እቲ ፍታሕ ብግብሪ ብመሰረቱ ካብም ዝሓሽካ ሓላይ ህዝብን ሃገርን ኮይንካ ምቕራብ እዩ። ኢሳይያስ ከም መቐጸልታ ናይቲ ክመጸሉ ዝጸንሐ ዘይጥዑይ ኣገባብ፡ ብዘየዳዲ ኣንጻር ኤርትራን ህዝባን ምዃኑ ብዘይሕብእብእ ኣርእዩና ኣሎ። እቲ ዝተርፍ መልሲ ካብ ህዝብናን ካባናን እዩ። እቲ መተካእታ ዘየብሉ መልሲ ከኣ፡ ብሓባር ኮይንካ እንተላይ ክሳብዚ ቀረባ ደግፍቱ ብዝነበሩ ወገናት ዝረአ ዘሎ ናይ ለውጢ ምንቅስቓሳት ምሕያልን ምሕያልን ጥራይ እዩ።

German Bundestag

12.10.2018 - Speech

What we’re presently witnessing in the Horn of Africa truly gives us cause for hope. Some are even talking of an African miracle. The peace agreement between Ethiopia and its Eritrean neighbours really is quite remarkable, especially when you look at developments there during the last few years. But what is more, it will improve the lives and the future prospects of people in East Africa and far beyond. It is in East Africa’s fundamental interest as well as that of the Gulf states on the east coast of the Red Sea. 
However, the peace agreement is also in our interest: it means that a crisis-stricken region is slowly regaining stability – with all the opportunities which this can have for trade, business, migration and the fight against terrorism and organised crime. 
That is of great importance to Europe, and thus also to Germany. I’m therefore delighted that the German Bundestag is addressing this today. 

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy has achieved something which was virtually inconceivable: he has broken political taboos within his country. He has triggered what could be described as reform euphoria in his country and initiated a reconciliation process with arch enemy Eritrea. Judging by everything we’re seeing and hearing, there’s a tangible will for change in the country, especially among young people, who know what all this means for them and their prospects for the future.
This process and those responsible for it should be able to count on our support. In providing this backing, we’re building on our decades-long commitment to Ethiopia and the long-standing special relations between our countries. At the end of the month, Prime Minister Abiy will be taking part in the G20 Investment Summit in Berlin, which will mainly focus on economic exchange among our countries.  

All in all, however, we have to remain realistic. Political and social transformation cannot be achieved overnight – we know that from our own experience. Abiy faces huge challenges: poverty, a growing population, rapid urbanisation as well as ethnic conflicts, which have resulted in four million people becoming displaced. Despite the positive developments, the situation in the country remains permanently tense due to these challenges.

Reforms similar to the bold ones being carried out in Ethiopia have not been initiated in Eritrea so far. On the contrary, there’s still no strategy to indicate how an orderly opening up within the country could look.

I therefore don’t think it’s a good idea to exert maximum public pressure at this point. We should encourage the reform forces and call for an opening up within the country in an appropriate manner. We’re currently exploring concrete ways of doing this.
Especially within the European context, we have suitable means and measures. However, we’ll also be able to continue influencing developments in the region when we take up our seat on the UN Security Council next year. We’re determined to do just that.
The German Government is already engaged in many different ways in crisis management and preventive diplomacy in the Horn of Africa.

For example, we are supporting regional measures to resolve the problems regarding water supply and the River Nile. We’re playing our part in the mediation efforts in the Darfur conflict and in South Sudan, a country plagued by civil war. In Somalia, we’re supporting the development of federal state institutions and functioning police structures. In this way, we want to help strengthen the African Peace and Security Architecture on a durable basis so that it can master the crises and conflicts on the continent, if possible through Africans’ own efforts.

The situation in the entire region around the Red Sea is tense. At the same time, there are no organised dialogue forums, never mind mechanisms for cooperative security, such as those we have in Europe.
That has to change. At our initiative, the EU Foreign Ministers therefore discussed the situation in the Red Sea region back in June. One result was that the EU decided to encourage the creation of a regional forum for dialogue and cooperation. But it can’t be taken for granted that this will happen. The interests of the various countries are too complex and there is still extremely deep seated distrust among them.
Together with the EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, however, we’re engaged in talks with the states of the region with a view to exploring the chances of establishing such a forum. It would represent considerable progress when it comes to bringing countries together and helping them to resolve problems on the ground on their own.

Above all, détente in the Horn of Africa would also be a blessing for the men, women and young people who have left their homes out of fear of war and repression and who are disheartened by the oppressing lack of opportunities there. Our humanitarian assistance is helping to alleviate the acute suffering of people and the communities that have taken them in. In 2018 alone, our assistance to the region amounts to around 200 million euros.

However, that cannot be permanent. Making it possible for people to return home must be the aim of a foreign policy which is also willing to shoulder responsibility in the region.
That’s why we not only support the peace mediation efforts in South Sudan, in the Sudan or in Somalia but are also following the rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea with great interest.
At this point, however, the peace agreement with Ethiopia hasn’t led to an improvement in the human rights situation in Eritrea. The regime continues to maintain compulsory national service as a key means of controlling society.

Together with our European partners, we will therefore consider incentives to help encourage Asmara to finally break this logic, which has resulted in major human rights violations.
I’m grateful that we’re talking about this issue today because of the situation there, because there’s hope and because there are many responsible policy-makers in the region, who have set themselves the same goals as we have. The challenges for us and for Europe in this region are considerable. However, there are also opportunities. This is a good time for this region. Let us do everything we can to support the historic changes in the Horn of Africa. The German Government intends to do so. The fact that the German Bundestag is debating this issue today is a good sign which will certainly also be noticed in the region.

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by Martin Plaut

President Isaias Afwerki's much heralded interview on EriTV on Saturday, 3 November, did little to assuage his critics. This assessment of the 80 minute long appearance is scathing. It concludes:

"The history of President Isaias Afwerki is the history of poor decisions and poor results.  Eritrea under his presidency has exiled 500,000 people to add to the 1,000,000 already exiled during the 30-year war of independence.  It has participated in 3-publicly known wars (with Yemen, Ethiopia and Djibouti) and 2 unknown wars (in Sudan and Congo.) It has poured millions from its meager resources to host Ethiopian armed opposition groups who had zero impact to the positive changes happening in Ethiopia.  It has poured millions more to Somalia only to acknowledge the internationally recognized government. It got the country sanctioned only to turn around and do everything that it was told to do to avoid sanctions: stop funding and providing political support to Somalia armed groups, recognize the Somalia government,  recognize and mediate your conflict with Djibouti, and talk to the Monitoring Group.  It has destroyed the country’s basic services (water, electricity), destroyed the banking system, destroyed the private sector, and worst of all, made nationalism synonymous with cruelty and harshness.

No narration or re-narration of Isaias Afwerki, no new patches or versions can change this reality.  Whether he knows it or not, his constant blaming of others for Eritrea’s failures is an admission that he was and is an inept executive. And, therefore, he must go."

Isaias Afwerki Self-Interview: What Badme?


Source: Eritrea digest

Posted On November 4, 2018

4 questions, 80 minutes.  So, nothing has changed.  1:20 ratio. Stylistically.

Actually, substance-wise, everything changed: we have Isaiaism Sofware Upgrade: 2018 edition.  Those who gave up on the guy won’t even raise an eyebrow.  But those of you who have been sledgehammering us with Badme might want to pay attention. You don’t want to be accidentally ex-communicated.

Comedy Central has a series called “Drunk History” (it’s exactly what it sounds like: history narrated by drunk people) and it’s the misfortune of Eritrea that it has “Isaias History”, and our miserable 28 years can only be narrated by the man who caused them.

In this version of history, everything bad that happened in Eritrea is the fault of ominous forces and everything good (?) that happened in Eritrea is to the credit of our enlightened government.

The Hanish (Yemen) Crisis of 1995? Caused by the US and its partners. Yeah. So what happened was, there was this border that was never argued about for decades and the instant Eritrea declares itself an independent country, the issue is just raised out of nowhere by these ominous forces because um they wanted to make sure Eritrea is…um, a client state. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Cause, effect.  But, professor professor? Yes, you in the back.  There was something new: Yemen was getting a Gulf State to build a resort at Hanish and an Italian company was planning to also build one in Dahlak and these feuding mega projects that went nowhere were the cause, we were told at the time.  In fact, this war, then called the “odd war” (because they were saving “senseless war” description for the subsequent war with Ethiopia) was also called “whore wars” by the Economist magazine.  Resort, casino, whores was the logic of that particularly cringe-worthy title.  It was the 90s: magazines could say that then.

But no.  It was the US.  Not only was the war caused by the US, the decision of the International Court (which, of course, gave Eritrea far less than what the French mediators had offered prior to Isaias’s decision to go shooting) was also designed to create eternal conflict.  Why? Because it awarded Hanish Kebir to Yemen but allowed Eritrea to fish in its waters.  This was not an act of compromise but mischief   ንኻልእክንበልኦ ሽጣራገጢምናክንኣለና   (Eritrea is run by the logic of deqi shuq Asmara)

But, Professor, Professor? Yes, you in the back again. Why were these ominous forces doing this in 1995 when, at the same time, they were praising the Eritrean government as Renaissance men and the hope of Africa etc? The historian doesn’t cover that (kids: that won’t be on the test so don’t ask.)

All you need to know is that what was true for the odd war with Yemen was true for the senseless war with Ethiopia: it was all instigated by the US according to Issu Version 3.0.  Why would the United States, which had excellent relationship with Eritrea and Ethiopia in 1998, trigger a war between them? It just did! Stop asking questions. The alternative is to say Isaias Afwerki caused it (as the Eritrea Ethiopia Claims Commission did) or, even worse, to accept that the Weyane had controlled Eritrea’s fate for the last 20 years, which would be very unacceptable to the pride of our historian.  It’s not the hotheadedness of Isaias and the malice of Meles.   It’s the US.  End of story; next question.

Now our historian knows that this narration would be hard to swallow which is why he continuously brings up World War II and the Cold War: are you saying the US is incapable of being unjust? Are you saying Eritrea was not the only European colony that was not given its independence? No? Then shut up and accept my narration.

Once you accept that, it’s easier to accept that the Eritrea-Ethiopia feud of 1998-2018 had little to do with borders, Badme or demarcation.  What? Sigh: pay attention kids.  This is why the professor spent 25 minutes of his 80 minute interview on this issue: it’s not about Badme or territorial integrity or borders.  It’s much bigger.

Pay attention.  Or at least those of you who want to vacation in Massawa with the Eritrean Navy. Effective immediately (hear ye, hear ye) to talk about Badme, territorial integrity, sovereignty, doesn’t make you a patriotic citizen but a traitor. At least a suspect.  You are not ለባም or ፈላጥ::  Neither wise nor knowledgeable.  And don’t go around telling people we can’t be naieve we have to learn from our past mistakes. If you do,  you are, and our historian is good at coining demeaning insults, a ፈሊጥ.  A fraud, a wanna-be.

Why? The most important thing in this new era (4th era or 3rd: he is not sure because he is making it up as he goes) is that there should be nothing, NOTHING at all, that introduces doubt or skepticism about the Eritrea-Ethiopia rapproachment.  Arguing about Badme, lines, fences, does that. We are trying to build confidence between the two parties here: so take your little worries about little dusty Badme somewhere else.

But isn’t this what the opposition has been saying for 14 years, you say. If you are smart, you won’t say that because your question introduces doubt and skepticism to the new rapproachment and takes us back to Era Three and we are now in Era Four. More crucially,  we are in transition stage of Era Four and in transition times people are given the benefit of the doubt. These are not good things to discuss if you love your country.

Fine. But can I at least curse Weyane: is that allowed? Yes! For now. You can also curse the US but be specific: three consecutive administrations of the US is what we want to hear: Clinton, Bush II and Obama

Ok I got it. Curse Weyane, and curse Clinton, Bush II, and Obama.  But I need more! Ok: you can also curse whoever are their conspirators and allied countries in Europe, think tanks and NGOs

What do I praise? Ah, that’s the exciting part because I am not just taking away Badme as your lung; I am giving you something much bigger. We are now 350 million people. We stretch from South Sudan to Oman: we are the Nile Basin. We are the Horn of Africa. We are the Red Sea. And we are the Gulf. We are as big if not bigger than the population of Western Europe and the United States. Exciting, huh? Even more exciting, within one era (that’s our new favorite word) our population will double. And theirs won’t. And the resources we have? It’s massive.   ቀሊልነገር ኣይኮነን::

And all that begins with perfecting Eritrea’s bilateral ደስደስ (elation) with Ethiopia. So no doubt-casting, skepticism-raising, no hateration,  holleration please: let’s get to percolating in this dancerie. We have a lot of catching up to make up for all our losses (hush: yes we lost) and we have to work 48 hours per day because VAT is not about value added tax but Value Added Time እየዝብሎ ኣነ and you should too if you know what’s good for you.  Of course there aren’t 48 hours in a day: what I mean by that is 1 hour in 2004 is valued at 2 hours in 2018.  So pay attention all of you Eritreans all six to eight million of you   (hush: so we said we are 3.65 million last year in our report to the African Commission when we wanted to inflate our GDP/capita) but our facts are adjustable in line with our goals. And also don’t say anything that casts doubt on the Eritrea Ethiopia rapproachment. It’s time for ርሱን ፍስሓ::

Everything is clear except for one.  What do we do with all the (insert appropriate adjective here: ወይጦ: ሽዩጣት: weaklings: off-position, traitors, etc)? The Eritreans who oppose the government of Isaias Afwerki?  The annoying ones who talk about rule of law, elections, democracy, justice, enforced disappearance, free press….you know: all the stuff Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed talks about?

Here, the historian is unclear. He tells his soldiers to ignore us, but to also challenge us, but not in a way that gives us stature we don’t have.  So, more insults is the way to go, I am guessing.

Well, I don’t want to get in the way of this United States of Nile Basin, Red Sea, HoA & Gulf but of course it’s all going to collapse.   Because it has no shared values; it is mostly presided over by people who are not elected by the people and, excepting for Ethiopia and Somalia, none of the other “leaders” of the countries in this 350 million block collection of misfits, treat their citizens with respect and dignity. It’s a coalition of bone-saw using hackers (Salman) people accused of crimes against humanity (Al Beshir, Isaias, Salva Kiir) and police state runners (Sisi and the rest)

So, spoiler alert: the opposition will continue to oppose and, if we are smart, we will ally with the two hopefuls in this subcontinent of ancient people with ancient minds: Abiy Ahmed and Mohammed Formajjio. We will continue to speak up for our prisoners, our disappeared, our youth sentenced to indefinite military service, our exiled, our people who live in fear of the government. Because, at the rate of Isaias misgovernance, we have become the overwhelming majority.  The fact that we don’t own the State TV where two terrified reporters (definitely part of our constituency) interview us and get alternative voice to that given by the warped historian changes nothing.

The history of President Isaias Afwerki is the history of poor decisions and poor results.  Eritrea under his presidency has exiled 500,000 people to add to the 1,000,000 already exiled during the 30-year war of independence.  It has participated in 3-publicly known wars (with Yemen, Ethiopia and Djibouti) and 2 unknown wars (in Sudan and Congo.) It has poured millions from its meager resources to host Ethiopian armed opposition groups who had zero impact to the positive changes happening in Ethiopia.  It has poured millions more to Somalia only to acknowledge the internationally recognized government. It got the country sanctioned only to turn around and do everything that it was told to do to avoid sanctions: stop funding and providing political support to Somalia armed groups, recognize the Somalia government,  recognize and mediate your conflict with Djibouti, and talk to the Monitoring Group.  It has destroyed the country’s basic services (water, electricity), destroyed the banking system, destroyed the private sector, and worst of all, made nationalism synonymous with cruelty and harshness.

No narration or re-narration of Isaias Afwerki, no new patches or versions can change this reality.  Whether he knows it or not, his constant blaming of others for Eritrea’s failures is an admission that he was and is an inept executive. And, therefore, he must go.

Martin Plaut | November 5, 2018 at 9:43 am | Tags: Eritrea, President Isaias Afwerki | Categories: News | URL: https://wp.me/p9mKWT-pW

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On 31 October 2018 in Frankfurt a massive demonstration organized by Eritrean justice seekers saluted what the new Ethiopian Prime Minister is doing for his country but urged him to reconsider his friendship with the Eritrean tyrant at the cost of the Eritrean people who suffered long under that repressive regime.

 

A strong message written in many languages, including Amharic, made it clear that the demonstration was not against Dr Abiy Ahmed as such but that it was a voice aiming to draw his attention to the plight of the Eritrean people.

 

Written on behalf of all Eritreans opposed to what the Isaias regime has been against the wishes and aspirations of the Eritrean people, the message made it clear that border demarcation is of priority importance for last peace between Eritrea and Ethiopia. It underlined the truth that the unelected and lawless Isaias regime is not a legitimate representative of the Eritrean people and that all deals entered with it have no blessing of the entire Eritrean nation that paid dearly for its sovereign existence.

 

The message further stated that Dr. Abiy Ahmed and his Government have “a moral and human obligation to wish for the Eritrean people a better day at which they see their political prisoners released; start to live under the rule of law and establish a constitutional system of governance that opens political space for democratic competition.”

Saturday, 03 November 2018 21:42

Radio 88 Demsti Harnnet Sweden 03.11.2018

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EPDP Liberty Magazine Issue No. 53

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EPDP Liberty Magazine Issue No. 53

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“What we wish for, as we have witnessed (in Ethiopia), is for real and comprehensive change to take place in regards to peace and national reconciliation that ensures the participation of (Eritreans) in Diaspora, as well as those now in prison. We wish for a change which centres on the rule of law.”

An Eritrean scholar and Catholic priest, Aba Teklemichael Tewelde, has urged the Eritrean government to take its people’s needs into consideration by bringing about fundamental change which he claims is way overdue and can no longer be deferred.

Aba Teklemichael was speaking at an annual religious ceremony on 12 October 2018 in the town of Segeneity around 60 kilometres South of Asmara.

In his address Aba Teklemichael commended the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Dr Abiyi Ahmed, for his exemplary leadership in bringing about positive change by focusing on reconciliation to bring about nation building. He also praised him for employing transparency and being accountable, as well as humble and honest, while taking his people’s voice and concerns into consideration.

“A leader who cannot bring his people together cannot lead.  A leader, like a parent to his child, needs to accommodate differing opinions and viewpoints. He needs to coordinate as well as create a platform for peaceful dialogue” he explained.

While highlighting shortcomings that were impacting Eritreans negatively, the scholar emphased the lack of reliable information:  the fact that Eritreans are not at all actively involved in national affairs in a lawful and peaceful manner. Indeed, they had no influence on relevant national issues whatsoever.

He then went on to say:

“What we wish for, as we have witnessed (in Ethiopia), is for real and comprehensive change to take place in regards to peace and national reconciliation that ensures the participation of (Eritreans) in Diaspora, as well as those now in prison. We wish for a change which centres on the rule of law.”

Referring to the Algiers agreement signed between Eritrea and Ethiopia in 2000, and which Ethiopia agreed to implement unconditionally when the peace talks begun back in June of 2018, Aba Teklemichael said:

“What we need right now is, for the border which has caused us immense suffering to be demarcated. That is what interests us primarily.”

According to the priest, for the new era of partial peace, hope and change to be fruitful, everything outdated needs to go. A change in outlook is crucial. Fundamental change in governance is imperative. So is change of heart in those who have power.

Aba Teklemichael finally called upon the Eritrean government to loosen its grip on the people and for the youth to refrain from fleeing the country.

The scholar is the second prominent Eritrean to publicly denounce the ruling party in Eritrea from inside the country. In September, the former finance minister Mr. Berhane Abrehe was arrested by security agents for having criticized President Isayas Afwerki. His whereabouts remain unknown.

Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:11

Radio Demtsi Harnnet Kassel 01.11.2018

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