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By Woldeyesus Ammar

Today, 1^st of January 2015, Eritrea completes its 125^th year of existence under that name. According to the earliest available figures, the population of the colony in 1893 counted only 191,127 followed by the 1900 estimate of 300,000 residents that included this writer’s father. We can assume that no one of those “first Eritreans” is still alive to celebrate this anniversary with the distressed 5 or 6 million of us today, whose gross inadequacies include being unable to know even the real count of the population at home and the figure for our shamefully increasing number in exile after quarter of a century of independence.   

Anyway, it is an occasion to say Happy 125^th Anniversary to our (إرترياኤርትራ) Eritrea and then proceed to mention a few lasting legacies and notable events in the ups and downs of our past since the issuance of the Royal Decree of King Umberto the First on 1 January 1890 that put us on the world map.

Understandably, the figure of 125 years is reached by adding the:

• 51 years of Italian colonial rule;
• 11 years of the British ‘caretaker’ administration;
• 10 years of Eritrea-Ethiopia ‘federation’;
• 30 years of armed struggle, and
• The past 23 years under a home-grown repression that replaced alien rule.

Anyone of us may have his/her take in listing only two topmost legacies of our modern history, and add a few memorable events within each of these periods. I am taking today’s occasion to list mine.  I will start with what I term the two topmost legacies – one positive, and the other negative.

1. One People

Before the Italian advent, we belonged to our separate linguistic and small geographic entities and sub-entities. After common suffering under numerous hardships and humiliations, we have become one people – the Eritreans. To cut a long story short, our unity as one people with manageable diversities is the topmost legacy - achievement - of the past 125 years.

2. One Military Mindset 

The second enduring legacy in us is what one can call a military mindset.  This is a legacy, a ‘philosophy’ in our lives, a social behaviour  built - or at least further solidified - through the countless armed conflicts we participated at or conducted by ourselves in the past 12.5 decades of our modern history. Although the pieces of territorial units that became Eritrea were not at peace locally even before 1890, it is sufficient to mention here only the wars we fought as one people: wars that unfortunately bequeathed us an unwanted behavioural infection – the military mindset - that highly values wars and the bravado in violence. We are all part of it because of our past history briefly mentioned below.

The Unwanted Wars Fought for Italy

The Battle of Adwa:

Take the skirmishes with Ethiopia before the Battle of Adwa, like the one at Debre-Ayla, in which over 8,000 Eritrean militias (bandas) took part. Then the Battle of Adwa of 1896 in which almost every young man in the new colony was required to partake. In that single battle, over 2,000 Eritreans died; unaccounted number were left disabled, and selected 500 elite askaris (soldiers) of the numerous prisoners of war suffered the amputation of their  right arms and left legs.

Campaign to colonize/pacify Somalia:

Between 1907 and 1910, well over 5,000 Eritrean askaris (soldiers) were recruited and sent to fight in Somalia. This was not a small number compared to the population of the territory. Although Italian Somaliland was declared Italian by 1908, Eritreans continued to be frontline fighters in the conflict that continued till 1920 against the Somali rebellion led by Sheikh Said Mohammed (‘Mad Mullah’).

Italy’s wars in Libya (‘Zemen Trubli’):

Between 1911 and 1932, an estimated 60,000 Eritreans were recruited and sent to fight Italy’s wars in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (Libya). After the defeat of Turkey in Libya, fierce conflicts continued to rage against the patriotic rebels led by Omar Mukhtar that claimed untold number of Eritrean casualties. Some of those Eritreans who perished then included the Setimo battalion that sunk and disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea - and remember what is happening to Eritrean youth of today in the same sea!! 

The Battle of 1935-36 (Trenta Cinque):

Fascist Italy’s preparations for war against Ethiopia further militarized the entire Eritrean population. Eritrean askaris ranged in 28 battalions were the usual cannon folder at war frontlines in the battles that opened in October 1935 and continued till Mussolini’s declaration of his “East African Empire” in June 1936. An estimated 75,000 Eritrean askaris fought Italy’s conflicts in Ethiopia and in the pacification of the country till the end of Italian rule in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia in 1941.

The so-called period of ‘peaceful’ struggle: 1941-1961

We usually wish to believe that the duration of British care-taker administration (1941-1952) and the federal period (1952-1962) was somewhat peaceful. However, taking into account the absence of security and the killings organized by Ethiopia-supported unionists and the various banditries/Shifta of the time, those two decades can hardly be called a period of peace.

The 30-year war for national liberation:

This was the only period that Eritreans saw logic in conducting the war for their freedom. It was not only very costly but it also further militarized the society and its mindset. This prolonged war that was hoped to be the war that would end all wars did not prove to be so.

Other unwanted wars with Yemen, Ethiopia and Djbouti:

After its independence, Eritrea continued to suffer of the military mindset of its leaders and in the society. There was little logic to fight all these painful armed conflicts with neighbours after 1991, but they occurred. The main cause was not only the leadership but also the general society’s acquired belief in solving conflicts through the barrel of the gun.

The military campaigns and conscriptions introduced after independence; the 28 Sawa military camp training rounds, the regular army and militia formations etc have deepened militarization of the entire society.  

The net outcome has been a negative mindset that denies space to moderation, dialogue, to tolerance and to the rule of law. In a word, the belief in the use of force/violence to solve differences is a collective madness. But it can be cured. It can be changed through steadfast struggle of the conscious segments in the society. For this reason, the struggle to fight and conquer this 125-year old negative legacy in us shall continue for quite some time to come – even in post-PFDJ years.

 Notable Occurrences (other than wars) During the Italian Period

1. Italy’s settlement project in Eritrea: One of the primary interests of Italy in creating colonies was the objective of finding suitable land for the resettlement of Italians who were facing economic/land problems at home. Between 1876 and 1889 alone, some 2.2 million Italians migrated to the Americas.  hat is why a few months after declaring Eritrean an Italian colony, the Italian parliament and government passed laws that aimed to seize large tracts of land in Eritrea (terra domeniale). Pilot projects of the resettlement programme were started in a number of places. Extensive land confiscations deprived many peasants and herdsmen of their land. Eventually, all land below 850m altitude was declared state land and land concessions for up to 99 years were granted to Italians. However, the growing protests by the affected people, like the resistance led by Bahta Hagos of Segeneiti, and the unsuitability of many parts of the country for European settlement partly aborted the resettlement programme in Eritrea. Therefore, instead of going to Eritrea, 7.1 million Italian emigrants, mainly from southern Italy, settled in the United States (4.1m), in Argentina (1.8m) and in Brazil (1.2m) till the start of the First World War in 1914.

2. Transport and communication Networks

Construction of the railway, the ropeway, and 3,400 km stretch of primary and second roads throughout the colony helped transform the life of the people who became “different” from the same peoples across the new frontier lines.

3.  Industrialization, urbanization

In its war efforts, Italy established nearly 2,200 industrial enterprises and built modern urban centers in the colony.  The labour force in industries, mines, transport and modern agriculture reached nearly 40,000. Modernization was quick to spread in the colony, especially during the second half of Italian rule.

Notable/Memorable Occurrences during the British Administration

1. The spread of education was the most important occurrence during the British care-taker administration from 1941 till 1952.
2. The second most memorable event of this period is the emancipation of serfs in western Eritrea under the leadership of Ibrahim Sultan. It was estimated that up to 93% of the social groups in Barka and Sahel regions were, until the mid-1940s, subjected to serfdom that required them to provide heavy feudal payments and services to landlords. Vast majority of the emancipated serfs later rallied behind Ibrahim Sultan who led the largest pro-independence party and a block that helped create the symbolisms for Eritrean national awareness.
3. The 2 December 1950 Resolution of the UN General Assembly on Eritrea.

Notable/Memorable Occurrences during the Federal Period

1. This period was marked by succession of violations of the Federal Act decided by the UN General Assembly. Those unwarranted violations by Ethiopia and its local agents in Eritrea increased political consciousness among the urban population in all parts of Eritrea.
2. The lowering of the Blue Eritrean Flag in late 1958 angered the general population, especially the young generation.
3. The formation of the Eritrean Liberation Movement (ELM/Mahber Shewate) in Port Sudan in 1958 and the establishment of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) in Cairo in1960 were the other major events of this period.

Notable/Memorable Occurrences during 1961-1991

1. The massacre of about 1,000 innocent civilians at Ona and Besik-Dira in December 1970 created renewed anger against the Ethiopian occupation among Eritreans at home and in diaspora (including students in the Middle East, Europe and North America). The student (youth) movements in turn rekindled the forces in the liberation struggle.
2. The ELF-EPLF civil war of 1980-81 changed the direction of the liberation struggle at many levels, and planted seeds for power control and polarization in the society.
3. The victory at Afabet in March 1988 reassured Eritreans of a final victory in the liberation war.

Notable/Memorable Occurrences during the Past 23 Years

1. The final defeat of the Ethiopian army, 24 May 1991.
2. The crackdown of the PFDJ regime on the G15 reform movement in September 2001.
3. The Lampedusa tragedy of 3 October 2013 that symbolized all the suffering being inflicted upon the entire nation in recent years.

ብቐዳምነት፡ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራን ኵሎም ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ለውጥን ዝዀኑ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባቱን ሲቪላውያን ማሕበራቱን እንቋዕ ናብ ሓድሽ ዓመት 2015 ኣብጽሓኩም ዝብል ናይ ዮሃና መልእኽተይ ከመሓላልፍ እፈቱ። ኣስዒበ፡ ንዅሎም'ቶም ምእንቲ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ህይወቶም፡ ጕልበቶም፡ ገንዘቦምን ኵሉ ዝውንንዎ ዓቕምን ዘበርከቱ ኤርትራውያን ዘለኒ መጐስን ምስጋናን ክገልጽ ክብሪ ይስምዓኒ። ሳላኹም ኤርትራ ናጻን ልዑላዊትን ሃገር ኰይና፤ ህልውን መጻእን ወለዶ ድማ ንዘረከብክምዎ ሕድሪ ተሰኪሙ ኣብ ሽቶኡ ከብጽሖ ሓላፍነቱ ክስከም ከዘኻኽር እፈቱ።

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2014 ዓ.ም ዛዚምና ናብ 2015 ዓ.ም ንሰጋገር ኣለና። ከም ውልቀሰባት፡ ውድባትን ማሕበራትን ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ዘመዝገብናዮም ኣወንታታትን ኣሉታታትን ገምጊምና ኣብ 2015 ዓ.ም ንጌታትና ኣሪምና ንኣወንታታና ዝያዳ ዘበርኽ ስርሓት ከነካይድ ኢዩ ዝግብኣና።

ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ንዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ዝቃወም ድምጺ እናበርከተን እናሓየለን ምምጽኡ ዘተባብዕን ተስፋ ዝህብን ተርእዮ ኢዩ ነይሩ። ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ኵርንዓት ናይ ዓለምን ብዝተፈላለዩ ኣገባባትን ተቓውሞኦም ኣንጻር ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ክገልጹ ተራእዮም ኢዮም። ኣብ ርእስ'ዚ ናይ ሃይማኖት መራሕቲ፡ ነዚ ህልዊ ኵነታት ንምብዳህ ኤርትራዊ ዜጋ በብፊንኡ ሓወይ ኣበይ ኣሎ? ሓውተይ ኣበይ ኣላ? ሃገረይ ከመይ ኣላ ኢሉ ክሓትትን ሃገርን ህዝብን ንምድሓን ካብ ነፍስወከፍና ዝጥለቡ ግቡኣት ክንፍጽምን ኣተሓሳሲቦም ኢዮም። ካብ'ዚ ሓሊፎም ውን፡ መንግስቲ ኣብ ጕዳይ ናይ ሃይማኖት ዝገብሮ ዘሎ ምትእትታው ብግብሪ በዲሆም ኢዮም። ኣብ'ዚ እንኣትዎ ዘለና ሓድሽ ዓመት፡ ነዝን ከም'ዝን ዝኣመሰሉ ፍጻሜታት ከነተባብዕን ከነስፍሕን ከድልየና ኢዩ።

ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ብዝፈጸሞም ጌጋታት፡ ንነፍሱ ካብ ዓለም ባዕሉ ነጺሉ ኢዩ። እዚ ኵነታት'ዚ ንደለይቲ ፍትሒ ምቹእ ባይታታት ስለዝፈጠረሎም፡ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ብሓፈሻ፡ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድማ ብፍላይ፡ ኣብ ኣህጕራዊ መጋባእያታት ቀሪቦም ድምጾምን ድምጺ ውጹዕ ህዝቦምን ከስምዑ ዕድል ረኺቦም ኢዮም። ኣብ ላምፓዱዛ ዘጋጠመ ህልቂት ናይ መንእሰያት ድማ፡ ንሕማቕ ሃለዋት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዕሽሽ ኢላ ትሓልፎ ዝነበረት ዓለምና ካብ ድቃሳ ክትበራበር ገይርዋ ኢዩ። ነዚ ተረኺቡ ዘሎ መኽሰባት ንምኽዕባት ቃልስና ብዝተዓጻጸፈ ደረጃ ከነበርኾ ንጥለብ ኣሎና።

ኣብ ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ ምስ ስቅያት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝደናግጽ ናይ 15 ሃገራት ሲቪላውያን ማሕበራት ዝካፈልዎ ግብረ ሓይሊ ምቛሙ፡ ነታ ክሳብ ሕጂ ተርኣን ግዴኣን ክንድህስሳ ዘይከኣልና ኣህጕር፡ መእተዊ ዝኸውን ባብ ተፈጢሩ ስለዘሎ፡ ነዚ ማዕጾ'ዚ ኣርሒብና ብምኽፋት፡ ህዝብና ዝርብሓሎም ስርሓትን ዝምድናታትን ንምፍጣር ክንጽዕር ዕዙዝ ኣድላዪነት ኣለዎ።

መንግስታት ኣውሮጳ፡ በቲ ካብ ኤርትራን ማእከላይ ምብራቕን ዝውሕዝ ዘሎ ስደተኛታት ተሰናቢደን ንሃገራዊ ረብሐአን ብምቕዳም፡ ምስ ዲክታቶርያውያን መንግስታት ቀሪበን ክሰርሓ ዝብገሳሉ ዘለዋ እዋን ስለዝዀነ፡ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ኣብ ርእስ'ቲ ምስ መንግስታትን ሰልፍታትን ክገብርዎ ዝጸንሑ ርክባት፡ ኣብ 2015 ዓ.ም ኣብ ህዝባዊ ዲፕሎማሲ ዘትኰረ ንጥፈታቶም ከሐይልዎ ኣለዎም። ንኣህዛብ ምዕራባውያን ሃገራት፡ ብዛዕባ ኣብ ሃገርና ሰፊኑ ዘሎ ጭቆናን ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ግፍዕታትን ግህሰታትን ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኣፍልጥኦም ንምዕባይ ተሪር ቃልሲ ምክያድ ግዜ ዘይህብ እዋናዊ ዕማም ኰይኑ ኣሎ።

ክቡራትን ክቡራንን

ኣብ መዳይ ሓድነት ናይ ተቓውሞ ውድባት፡ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት፡ ንውድቀት ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ዘቃላጥፍ፡ ንፍናን ህዝቢ ዘበርኽ ጭቡጥ ስርሓት ተኻይዱ ኢልካ ምዝራብ ኣይከኣልን ኢዩ። ብኣንጻሩ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት፡ ኣንጻር ሕድሕድ ዝግበሩ ምጽልላማትን ምጥቅቓዕን ብዝያዳ ዝጐልሃሉ፣ ኣብ ዓዳውን ኣውራጃውን ምልዕዓላት ዝተሰረቱ ፋይዳ ዘይብሎምን ንህዝቢ ዘይጥርንፉን ከፋፈልቲ ድምጽታት ዝተቃልሕሉን ዓመት ኢዩ ነይሩ። ኣብ'ዚ ዓመት'ዚ፡ ነዝን ከምኡን ዝኣመሰሉ ጸበብቲ ኣንፈታት ወጊድና ንዝዓበየ ሃገራዊ ዕላማታት ንምዕዋት መዓንጣና ሸጥ እነብለሉ ዓመት ክንግብሮ ኣለና። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብመላኡ ካብ'ዚ ስርዓት'ዚ ብዘይካ ጕድኣት ፋይዳ ስለዘይረኸበ፡ ነዚ ንጹህ፡ ውፉይን ጻዕራምን ህዝቢ ካብ ኣርዑት ህግዲፍ ምንጋፍ ቀዳማይን መተካእታ ዘይብሉን ዕላማና ጌርና ክንወስዶ ኣሎና። ዕላማና ክንዮ ውልቅና፡ ዓድና፡ ኣውራጃና ዝጥምት ክኸውን ይግብኦ።

ተሳትፎ መንእሰያትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣብ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ንምዕባይ ናይ 2015 ዓ.ም ቀንዲ ዕላማና ክኸውን ኣለዎ። እዚ ድማ፡ ንሃለዋቶምን ሻቕሎታቶምን ብግቡእ ብምግንዛብን ንሕልምታቶም ጋህዲ ዝገብር ስርሓት ብምክያድን ይኸውን። ተሳትፎ ናይ መንእሰያትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣብ ውድባትን ማሕበራትን ኣብ ውሽጠን ለውጢ ንምምጻእ ኣዝዩ ኣድላዪ ምዃኑ ምግንዛብ ይግባእ።

ስደት ብዝምልከት ከኣ 2014 ዓ.ም ካብ ቅድሚኣ ዝነበራ ዓመታት ዝያዳ ናህሪ ወሲኻ ዝቐጸለትሉ ዓመት ኢያ ነይራ። ትሕቲ ዕድመ ዝዀኑ ናባዪ ዘይብሎም ህጻናት ከይተረፉ እውን ክስደዱ ዝተራእዩላ ዓመት ኢያ ነይራ። ኣብ ነፍስወከፍ ወርሒ፡ ካብ 3000-4000 ዝዀኑ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ንሃገሮም ራሕሪሖም ይስደዱ ኣለዉ። እዚ መንእሰይ'ዚ፡ ኣብ ትምህርቲ፡ ስራሕን ህንጻ ሃገርን ክዋፈር ዝነበሮ ተረካባይ ሕድሪ ናይ ዝሓልፍ ዘሎ ወለዶ ኢዩ። ብዘይ'ዚ መንእሰይ'ዚ ሃገር ክትህሉ ይኹን ክትምዕብል ፈጺሙ ዘይሕሰብ ኢዩ። 2015 ዓ.ም ንዋሕዚ ናይ ስደት ደው ምባል ሓደ ካብ'ቶም ቀዳሞት ኣጀንዳታት ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ለውጥን ክኸውን ይግባእ። ሰዲህኤ፡ ነዚ ጸገም'ዚ ንምፍታሕ የኽእሉና ኢዮም ኢሉ ዝኣምነሎም ዝዋስኣሎም ዘሎ መደባት እዞም ዝስዕቡ ኢዮም።

1. ነቲ መሰረታዊ ጠንቂ ናይ ስደት ኰይኑ ዘሎ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ኣሊኻ፡ ብዲሞክራስያዊ ናይ ምስግጋር መስርሕ ምትካኡ፤

2. ነቶም ድሮ ተሰዲዶም ኣብ መደበራት ስደተኛታት ሱዳን፡ ኢትዮጵያን የመንን ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ናይ ሞያን ኣካዳሚካዊ ትምህርትን ናይ ስራሕ ዕድላትን ምሃብ፤

3. መንግስቲ ኤርትራ፡ ጐረባብቲ ሃገራትን ኣህጕራዊ ማሕበረሰብን ተሓባቢሮም ኣንጻር ነጋዶ ደቂ ሰባት ዘካይድዎ ቃልሲ ከሐይሉ።

4. መንግስታት ዞባና ኣብ ንግዲ ደቂሰባት ንዝነጥፉ ዘለዉ ከም ራሻይዳ፡ በደዊን ....ወዘተ ዝኣመሰሉ ዝተጐስዩ ክፍልታት ሕብረተሰባተን፡ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ፡ ቍጣባውን ማሕበራውን ንጥፈታት ናይ ሃገሮም ከምዝሳተፉ ምግባር።

5. ሃገራት ምዕራብ ማዕጹአን ኣብ ክንዲ ምዕጻው፡ ስደተኛታት ብሕጋዊ ኣገባብ ናብ ሃገረን ዝኣትውሉ ዕድላት ከምዘስፍሓ ምግባር።

ክቡራትን ክቡራንን

ኣትኵሮ ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ለውጥን ናብ ውሽጢ ሃገር ገጹ ዘቕንዐ ክኸውን ኣለዎ። ኣብ ሕድሕድካ ካብ ምውጣጥን፡ ኣብ ጸቢብ ዓንኬል ካብ ምዅዳድን ወጺእና፡ ናብ'ቲ ዝሰፍሐ ህዝብና ዝርከቦ ሃገርና ቆላሕታ ክንገብር ህዝብና ንዘሕልፎ ዘሎ ሕማቕ ሃለዋት ንምቕያርን ዘኽእል ስትራተጂታትን ስልትታትን ክንሕንጽጽን ኣብ ተግባር ከነውዕልን ይድለ ኣሎ። ስለ'ዚ፡ ነፍስወከፍ ተቓዋሚ'የ ዝብል ኣካል ካብ ዝነብሮ ሳንዱቕ ወጺኡ፡ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ምስ ዘሎ ህዝብና ዝምድናታት ክፈጥር ጻዕርታት ክገብር ኣለዎ። ንተቓዋማይ ምቅዋም ብዙሕ ዘምጽኦ ረብሓ የለን እሞ፡ ኣዒንትና ናብ ስርዓት ህግደፍን ተግባራቱን ጥራሕ ይጠምታ። ህዝብና ብስእነት ማይ፡ መግብን መብራህትን ዝኣመሰሉ መሰረታያን ጕዳያት ይሳቐ ኣሎ። ንሕና፡ ከም ተቓወምቲ ነዚ ሽግር'ዝን ካልእ ሽግራትን ናይ ምፍታሕ መደብን ዓቕምን ከምዘለና ንህዝብና ከነርእዮ ክንክእል ኣለና። እዚ እንተዘይኣርኢናዮ፡ ኣብ ዙርያና ክዓስል ኣይክእልን ኢዩ። ዕለታዊ መነባብሮ ናይ ህዝብ ክንፈልጥን ንምቕያሩ ዘሎና መደባት ክንሕብሮን ኣገዳስነቱ ዕዙዝ ኢዩ።

ኣብ'ዚ ዓመት'ዚ፡ ኣብ ማእሰርቲ ዝርከቡ ናይ ፖለቲካን ናይ ሕልናን እሱራት፡ ሃለዋት ዝፍለጠሉ ኵነታት ክንፈጥር ኣለና። ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ፡ ብዛዕባ'ዞም እሱራት እዚኣቶም ተሓቢኡ ዘሎ ሓቅታት ከውጽእ ከነገድዶ ክንክእል ኣሎና። ናይ ዘለዉን ዝሞትን እሱራት ሃለዋት ግልጺ ሓበሬታ ዝውሃበላ፣ ህልዋት ናይ ፖለቲካን ናይ ሕልናን እሱራት ብዘይ ቅድመ-ኵነት ዝፍትሑላ ዓመት ንምግባ፣ ናይ ውሽጥን ናይ ግዳምን ጸቕጥታት ኣብ ልዕሊ ገዛኢ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ንምሕያል ኣበርቲዕና ክንሰርሕ ይግብኣና።

ክቡራትን ክቡራንን

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ብእኩብን ብክልተኣውን ደረጃታት ኣብ 2014 ከካይዶም ዝጸንሐ ርክባት ኣብ 2015 ክቕጽሎም ኢዩ። እዞም ርክባት እዚኣቶም፡ ናብ ጭቡጥ ስምምዓት ንኽበጽሑ ዘኽእል መጽናዕትታት ክገብርን ግብራዊ ስጕምትታት ከውስድን ኢዩ።

ናይ ሰላም፡ ስኒትን ራህዋን ዓመት ይግበረልና

መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም

ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ

31 ታሕሳስ 2014

ሱዳናውያን ወተሃደራት ነቶም ዝጨወይዎም 1,000 ዝዀኑ ስደተኛታት ኣብ ሰለስተ ከፊሎም፡ ኣብ ከሰላ፡ ሓልፋ ጀዲዳን ግርባን ኣሲሮምዎ ምህላዎም እሙናት ምንጪታት ሓቢሮም።

ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ስደተኛታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ እቶም እሱራት ብጅምላ ከይባረሩን ገበን ዘይፈጸሙ ድማ ብቐጥታ ተፈቲሖም ናብ መደበር ስደተኛታት ክምለሱን ብዘቕረቦ ተቓውሞ መሰረት 400 ናብ ቦትኦም ተመሊሶም ኣለዉ። ዝተረፉ ድማ፡ ምርመራታት ይካየደሎም ኣሎ። ብድሕር'ዚ ናብ ቤት ፍርዲ ከቕርብዎም ምዃኖም ይስማዕ ኣሎ።

ብኻልእ ሸነኽ ድማ፡ ምውታት ንምርካብ ኣብ ዝተገብረ ፍተሻ ሓደ ተረኺቡ ኣሎ። በዚ ጠቕላላ ክሳብ ሕጂ ተረኺቡ ዘሎ ሬሳታት ናብ 9 ክብ ኢሉ ኣሎ። ብርክት ዝበለ ቍጽሪ ዘለዎም ብዝወረዶም ማህረምቲ ኣብ ሆስፒታል ዝእለዩ ከምዘለዉ ዝዝከር ኢዩ።

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ነቲ ኢሰብኣዊ ተግባራት ዝዅንንን ንላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ሕቡራት ሃገራት ሓላፍነቱ ክስከም ዝጽውዕን መዘክር ኣቕሪቡ ምንባሩ ዝፍለጥ ኢዩ።

الإخوة والاخوات قيادة وأعضاء جبهة التحرير الارترية بكسلا المحترمين

أحييكم بتحية الوفاء العظيم والاخاء الصادق والمحبة الخالصة، متوجهاً إليكم بهذه الكلمة أصالةً عن نفسي ونيابة عن الاخ منقستأب أسمروم رئيس حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الإرتري الحاضرمعنا بكل مشاعره الصادقة واحزانه الوطنية الكبيرة ومن خلالكم الى كل ابناء شعبنا الإرتري الابي ونحن نقف وقفة الوفاء والاجلال للشهيد الاستاذ عمر جابرالذي سيبقى حياً في قلوبنا وفي عمق ذكرياتنا العظيمة وفي الوجدان الشعبي والضمير الوطني على الدوام لكل المواقف الوطنية المسئولة للشهيد ولكل ما تركه من اعمال جليلة واثار باقية وبصمات متميزة في مسيرة نضالنا من اجل تحريرالوطن من الاستعمار سابقا وإنقاذه من النظام الدكتاتوري الذي ابتلع الدولة والمجتمع..

لقد كان الفقيد الشهيد فارساً متقدماً في الصفوف الأولى من المسئولية الوطنية وفي مواجهة التحديات العظيمة والتصدي للمهام الكبيرة في ميادين تحريرالوطن وتحقيق الاهداف التي رسمتها جبهة التحرير الإرترية وقائد طلائعها الاولي الشهيد المقيم حامد إدريس عواتي، مجتهدامع بقية رفاقه للعمل من اجل ترجمتها عبر مختلف المراحل التاريخية، لقد كان الشهيد العظيم واحداً من الشخصيات الوطنية الفذة والمتميزة كما تشهد كتاباته وأعماله وكان رجل الواقعية في مواقفه السياسية من القضايا الساخنة المطروحة في ساحت المعارضة إضافة إلي تميزه بالوفاء والولاء لقضايا شعبه في كل الظروف والاحوال..

الاخوة والاخوات:
نحن نودِّع في كل يوم وشهر وسنة شهداء من رعيل نضال شعبنا الذين افنوا زهرة شبابهم من اجل الوطن والشعب ولم يجدو شبرا من أرض الوطن لتـُــوارا فيه جثامينهم الطاهرة ومن كتبت لهم الحياة لم يجد قطعة أرض يسكن فيها ما تبقى من عمره ليس هذا فحسب بل حتي جيل الإستقلال من الشباب حكم عليهم مثل الرعيل ليكون خارج أرض الوطن بفعل الطغمة الحاكمة التي جعلت الشباب ليكونو عرضة للبيع والشراء مثل السلعة، والموت عطشاً في الصحاري أو غرقاً في البحار.

الإخوة والاخوات

إن بلادنا تعيش ظروفاً بالغة الصعوبة تهددها المخاطر السياسية والأمنية والأمراض الاجتماعية وهي تحتاج من القوي السياسية والمدنية الى تحكيم العقل والمنطق والعودة الى جادة الصواب والادراك بأن ما يهدد الوطن سوف يعصف بالجميع وان الظروف التي نشهدها والصعوبات التي تتطلب إيقاف التداعيات والحذر الشديد من عدم القفز على الواقع الذي نعيشه بكل تناقضاته وتجلياته وإدراك الدروس التي يمليها علينا موروثنا الثقافي والإجتماعي لكي نستطيع أن نلتقي في القواسم المشتركة التي يؤمن بها الجميع وان نتنازل لبعضنا البعض من خلال الحواروحل خلافاتنا بالطرق السلمية والديمقراطية .

الاخوة والاخوات:
لقد عانى وطننا الكثير من الطغمة الحاكمة مما جرى ويجري من مآسي وأحزان خلال العقدين والنصف وهو احوج ما يكون الى تخليصه من هذه المعاني، وسبيلنا الى ذلك هو التحصن بالحكمة وما يمليه علينا العقل والتفكيرالوطني السليم وتغليب المصلحة العليا للشعب والوطن.لبناء الدولة المدنية التي يتطلع إليها الجميع ويشعرون بانهم متساوون فيها في الحقوق والواجبات والمواطنة المتساوية في ظل إرتريا الديمقراطية الذي يشعركل مواطن فيها بالفخر والإعتزازبانه يساهم في بنائه ويحقق ذاته ووجوده الحر الكريم.

وفي الختام في مثل هذا المقام لابد ان نبتهل الى الله ان يتغمد فقيد الوطن الكبيرالشهيد الجليل الإستاذ عمر جابر عمربواسع رحمته وان يسكنه فسيح جناته وسائر شهداء الثورة والحرية والديمقراطية وشهداء العزة والكرامة.

حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الإرتري         ..

25-12-2014

EPDP Information Office

In an urgent Christmas-day message to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) regretted the continued failure of UNHCR to protect refugees and condemned the mayhem carried out by the Sudanese security forces at the Shagarab camp on 24 and 25 December 2014

The memorandum stated that following the drowning of about 28 out of 30 Eritrean refugees in the Setit-Atbara River on Christmas Eve of 2014, misunderstandings flared up between the locals and the refugees.

By taking this excuse to intervene, the Sudanese security forces have invaded the Shagarab camp and committed untold atrocities. They mindlessly beat camp residents, burned their improvised shacks, and looted property. The security forces also loaded to army vehicles nearly 1,000 young people under duress and reportedly took them to the Ghirba region. They are currently threatening to send them to Eritrea

UNHCR’s Antonio Guterres while on visit to Shagarab camp on 12 January 2012

The EPDP message also informed UN High Commissioner Antonio Guterres that well over 50 camp residents, many of them with seriously broken hands and legs, are reportedly in hospital. Many refugees who fled from the camp are also scattered around the region and are under the fear of being taken hostage by the Rashaida human traffickers in east Sudan.

The memo further expressed anger and frustration with Sudan’s and UNHCR’s  continued failure to protect the residents of the reception camp at Shararab which has been under the constant threat of human traffickers and their accomplices in the Sudanese security forces.

The EPDP memo recalled the High Commissioner’s visit to the camp in January 2012 and his promise to boost protection to the residents from all abusers in the region. Unfortunately, what followed in January 2013 was the tragic incident of January 2013 in which 8 camp residents were taken hostage from inside the camp only a year after that visit, the memo added.

This memorandum underlined the inescapable responsibility of the Sudand and the  UNHCR for what is going on at Shagarab now, and that they should have done all what it needed to protect the affected Eritrean refugees.

The EPDP memo, which was copied to the government of the Sudan, concerned EU offices,  and the UN Permanent Missions to regional Europe office in Geneva,  also called on the international community to make pressure bear on the Sudan not to forcibly hand  over the Eritrean refugees to the criminal regime in Eritrea.

قامت اللجنة التحضيرية للمؤتمر الثاني لحزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري التي أناطت بها قيادة الحزب مهمة التحضير للمؤتمر الحزبي الثاني، قامت بوضع خطتها لمباشرة أعمالها.

تتكون اللجنة من 9 أعضاء ولها لائحة داخلية تنظم أعمالها، وفي اجتماعها الدوري المعقود في العشرين من ديسمبر 2014م قدم رئيسها/ السيد/ تسفا ميكائيل يوهنس تنويراً شاملاً للأعضاء. حيث أوضح أن اللجنة قد عقدت خلال هذه الفترة 4 اجتماعات متتالية وكونت ثلاثة أقسام هي:

1-    قسم إعداد أوراق المؤتمر

2-    قسم الشؤون التمويلية واللوجستية

3-    لجنة الاعلام وتحديد طرق التمثيل في المؤتمر

هذا ونسبة لكبر حجم العمل المطلوب إنجازه وفي فترة أقصاها خريف هذا العام فقد استعانت اللجنة بمن لهم مختلف القدرات والكفاءات في الحزب لمساعدة التحضيرية في أقسامها المختلفة وقد أبدى كل من اتصلوا بهم استعدادهم للتعاون مع اللجنة. وسوف يكثف القسم المختص باللجنة من عمله واجتماعاته حتى تنزل وثائق المؤتمر الي قواعد الحزب في أقرب فرصة ممكنة لتتمكن بدورها من الاطلاع عليها بصورة كافية وعميقة.

قسم الاعلام باللجنة التحضيرية

21 / 12 / 2014م

The Stockholm and environs branch of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) on Sunday 21 December 2014 held a meeting with Mr. Woldeyesus Ammar, head for foreign relations office of the party, and received a wide-ranging updating on current developments affecting Eritrea and its people.

The topics covered in the updating included the worsening condition inside the country manifested by the frightening displacement of the people; the “refugee fatigue” of countries like Denmark, Italy and the rest of the EU member states and their search for excuses to deny legal protection to Eritrean refugees; EPDP diplomatic efforts and their outcome so far, and the still fragmented situation of the opposition camp and prospects of creating a viable opposition to the dictatorial regime in Asmara.

The EPDP leadership member stated that the dictatorial regime will never be expected to change its old erroneous and harmful ways and that the political and human rights situation has no prospect of improving until a real change is effected on time. He said the ever increasing outflow of young refugees from the country is the worst occurrence that Eritrean patriots worth the name should stand together and find a solution before it gets too late.

He noted that the recent visits to Eritrea by a number of European delegations looking for ways of re-establishing “relations” with the criminal regime at the cost of the affected people are acts of desperation at the international level that must be firmly opposed by forces struggling for democracy and human rights anywhere in the world. He added that the latest expression of support to and solidarity with the Eritrean people by the Council of Non-Governmental Organizations in the 15-member states of the Southern African Development Community is an encouraging recent development that deserves the full attention of all Eritreans struggling for positive and timely change in the country.

Regarding the state of affairs in the opposition camp, Mr. W. Ammar said the concerned forces are aware of their past shortcomings and that they are currently considering to come out of their “old boxes” and engage in joint tasks that can give hope to the people inside the homeland.

Later in the day, the EPDP executive committee member was interviewed by Voice of the People television broadcast every week for the inhabitants of Stockholm and its environs. The interview covered party activities, including the recent mission to Southern Africa, the plight of Eritrean refugees and prospects for working alliances in the camp opposed to the dictatorial regime in Asmara.

ካብ መሪሕነት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ) ብዝተዋህባ ሓላፍነት መሰረት፡ ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ 2ይ ሰልፋዊ ጉባኤ ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ፡ ንስርሓታ ዝሕግዝ መደባት ሓንጺጻ ንምትግባሩ ተበጊሳ ኣላ፡፡ መሪሕነት ሰልፊ 9 ዝኣባላታ ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ 2ይ ጉባአ ሰደህኤ ድሕሪ ምምዛዙን ትምርሓሉ ሕግታት ድሕሪ ምንጻሩን፡ ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ ብመሰረት ዝተዋህባ መምርሒ፡ ነብሳ ሰሪዓ/ወዲባ ስርሓታ ተሰላስል ኣላ፡፡ ብ20 ታሕሳስ 2014 ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ስሩዕ ኣኼባኣ፡ ኣቦ-መንበር ኣሰናዲት ሽማግለ፡ ሓው ተስፋሚካኤል ዮሃንስ፡ ኣብ'ዘን ዝሓለፈ ኣዋርሕ ዝተዓመ ስራሓት ንሽማግለ ብዝርዝር ገሊጹ። ሓው ተስፋሚካኤል ዮሃንስ ኣብ መግለጺኡ፡ ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣርባዕተ ተኸታተልቲ ኣኼባታት ከም ዘካየደትን ሰለስተ ክፍልታት ከም ዝመስረተትን ሓቢሩ።

እተን ቆይመን ዘለዋ ክፍልታት፡-

1. ክፍሊ ምድላው ንድፊ ሰነዳት ናብ ጉባአ

2. ክፍሊ ሎጂስቲክን ፋይናንስን፡

3. ክፍሊ ኣምራጺት ናይ ጕባኤ ተወከልትን ዜናን ....ኢየን።

ጉዳይ ምስንዳእ ናይቲ ኣብ ዝመጽእ ዘሎ ክረምቲ ክጋባእ ትጽቢት ዝግበረሉ 2ይ ጉባአ ሰደህኤ፡ ነታ 9 ዝኣባላታ ኣሰናዳት ሽማገል ጥራይ ከም ዘይግደፍ ብምርዳእ፤ ብዙሓት ኣባላት ሰልፊ ኣብ'ዘን ክፍልታት ኣትዮም ንኽሰርሑ መጸዋዕታ ከም ዝተገብረሎምን ድልውነቶም ከም ዘረጋገጹን ካብታ ሽማግለ ዝተረኽበ ሓበሬታ ኣረጋጊጹ። ኣባላት ሰልፊ ብዛዕባቲ ናብ ጉባአ ዝቐርብ ሰነዳት ኣቐዲሞም ዝመያየጥሉ እኹል ግዜ ምእንቲ ክረኽቡ፡ ነዚ ዝምልከት ክፍሊ ቀልጢፋ መታን ክትውድእ ተኸታታሊ ኣኼባታት ንምክያድ መደብ ሰሪዓ ከም ዘላ’ውን ተፈሊጡ ኣሎ።

ክፍሊ ዜና ኣ/ሽማግለ    

21 ታሕሳስ 2014