Why is strategic planning important?

Depersonalizing the Eritrean Politics

What we need is not leaders but leadership
                                                 

ኣብ ዝኾነ ውድባዊ ኣሰራርሓ፣ መንግስታዊ ይኹን ግላዊ፣ መኽሰባዊ ኩባንያ ይኹን ኢ-መኽሰባዊ ማሕበር ገለ ተመሳሳሊ መሰረታዊ ናይ ሓባር መለለይታት ኣለዎም። ናይ ሓደ አኩብ ሕዝቢ ወይ ጉጅለ ንሓደ ውሱን ዕላማ ወይ ንገለ ዕላማታት ንምዕዋት ብሓንሳብ ዝሰርሑሉ ብኡ ዝጽለዉን ወይ ድማ ንሳቶም ክጸልውዎ ዝኸአሉ ኩሉ ግዜ ዝቀያየር ኣካባቢ ዝሰርሑሉ ኣገባብ ማለት ኢዩ።

ስትራተጂካዊ ፕላን ምውጻአ ማለት ድማ መገዲ ኣተሓሳስባኻን፣ኣሰራርሓኻን፣ኣመሃህራን፣ንዕላማታት ውዳበኻ ብዝሔሸ ኣገባብ ከመይ ገርካ ኣብቲ ዘይተረጋግኤ ዘይተረጋገጸን ናይ ውሽጥን ደገን ተጻቦታት ቀጻልነቱ ተረጋግጽ ማለት ኢዩ። ስትራተጂካዊ ፕላን ነቲ ሓያል ዝኾነ ብድሆታት ገጢምካ ከመይ ገርካ ናብ ዕድላት ትቅይሮ ዝሕግዝ ኣገባብ ኣቀራርባ ኢዩ።

መስርሕ ስትራቲጂካዊ ምውጻአ ንውዳቤኻ ብናይ ርሑቅ ጠመተ ብሰፊሑ አቲ ዝግድሶ ዓቢይ ስአሊ አቲ  አቲ ውድብ አንታይ ሰለምንታይ ከመይከ ይሰርሕ ኢዩ፣ሓሓንሳብ ግን ፍሉይ ስራሓት አውን ክህልዎ ይከኣል ኢዩ።

አምበኣርከስ ስትራተጂካዊ ፕላን ማለት፣ሓደ ኣገዳስን ስርዑን ጻዕሪ ንመሰረታዊ  ውሳነታትን ስራሕትን ንክትፍጽም አቲ ውደባ አንታይ ኢዩ፣ አንታይከ ኢዩ ስራሑ፣ ስለምታይከ ከምዚ ይሰርሕ ኢልካ ትልምታት ምውጻአ ማለት ኢዩ። ራአይ ዘለዎ ብሓደ ሸነኽ ኮይኑ፣ ኣብ ወድዕነት ዝተመርኰሰ ኣገባብ ኣሰራርሓ ምኽታል ማለት ኢዩ።ራአይን ኣፍልጦን ነንሕድሕዱ መታን ክሕይል፣አቲ ፕላን ተዓጻጻፍን ግብራውን መሪሕ ኮይኑ ንውሳነታትን ምምቅራሕ ምንጭታት ብጽፈት ከምዝዋፈር አኸአሎ ይህበካ።

ስትራተጂካዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ንትካላዊ ዓቅምታት የዕዝዝ ንጹር ዝኾነ ጸጋታት ድማ ኣለዎ፣ እንታይ ኢዩ እዚ ጸጋታት ብስትራተጂካዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ዝርከብ፣
I. ትካላዊ
1. ንውዳባኸ ይኹን ንጥፈታት ውደባ ብጽፈትን ክእለትን ንኽተትግብር ይሕግዘካ
2. ናብ ስትራትርጂካዊ ኣሰራርሓ ባህሊ ንክትፈጥር ይሕግዘካ
3. ብዛዕባ ኣካባቢኻ ኣፍልጦ ንክትረክብ ይሕግዘካ
4. ኣፍልጦ ብዛዕባ ርእይቶታትን ዕላማን/ ናብ ዕላማ ዘምርሕ ስራሕ ንክትሰርሕ ይሕግዘካ
5. ኣመራርሓ ናይ ዝተፈላለየ ውልቀሰባት

II. ን ኣመራርሓ ብቅዓታት ሓፍ ንምባል ይሕግዝ- Enhances the capacity of leadership
ኣብ ሓደ ጥዑይ ኣመራርሓ ዝርከብ ኣርባዕተ ክፋላት- Components of good leadership
1. ናይ ምውህሃድ ብቅዓት ወይ ከኣ ማሕበራዊ ብቅዓት- Integrator
2. ምምሕዳራዊ ብቅዓት፣ ናይ ስራሕ ብቅዓት- Aministrative
3. ኣፍራዪ ብቅዓት/ ስትራተጂካዊ ብቅዓት- producer
4. ናይ መሃዚ ብቅዓት- entrepreneur    
 ሰለስተ መሓውር ኣብ ምሕደራ ሕዝባዊ ጉዳያት
1. ኣፍልጦ ብዛዕባ ኣካባቢኻ- ምስ  ግዜን ኩነታትን እናሰማማዕካ ምስራሕ
2. ኣፍልጦ ብዛዕባ ኣረኣእያኻን ዕላማን- ስራሕካ ናብ ዕላማ ዘትኰረ ይኹን
3. ኣመራርሓ ብዝተፈላለየ ኣገባባት- ውልቃዊ ኣመራርሓ- ዘቡናዊ ኣመራርሓ

ናይ ሓደ ውደባ ሓያልን ድኹምን ጐድኒ
1. ቅርጻ ውደባ
2. ምሕደራ
3. ኣባልነት
4. ተሳትፎ /ክፍትነት
5. ቅዋምን መደብ ዕዮን
6. ውሽጣዊ ደሞክራስያ
7. ናይ ምትሕብባርን ዘተን ልምድታት
8. ናይ ውደባ ምንጭታት/ ሰብኣውን ማላውን
9. ዝምድና ምስ መራኸቢ ብዙሓን
10. ዝምድና ምስ በርገሳዊ ማሕበራት
11. ግዳማዊ ዝምድናታት

ሎሚ ንኣወዳድባ  ፖሊቲካዊ ይኹን በርገሳዊ እንተሪኢና ክንደይ ኢየን ነዘን ኣብ ላዕሊ ዝተጠቅሳ ዘማልኣ መጽናዕቲ ዘድልዮ ጉዳይ ኢዩ።
ነፍስ ወከፍ ውደባ ሰለስተ ጸፍሕታት ናይ ስራሕ ኣለዎ፣ Three levels of organizational actions
1. ስትራተጂካዊ ጸፍሒ/ Strategic፣ ኣብዚ ጸፍሒዚ፣ ራእይን፣ተልእኾን፣ መደብ ዕዮን፣ እምነታትን/ Principles/ Values ውደባ ይካየድ
2. መርሕነታዊ ጸፍሒ/ Management፣ ኣብዚ ጸፍሒዚ ድማ ምንጭታት ውደባ ይመቃራሕ፣ ስራሓት ውደባ ምክትታልን ምፍጻምን ይፍጸም
3.  ስርሒታዊ ጸፍሒ/ Operational፣ ኣብዚ ጸፍሒዚ ድማ፣ መዓልታዊ ስራሓት ውደባ በብቦታኡ ይካየድ

መግለጽታት
ራእይ ማለት፣ ኣበይን እንታይን ክትከውን ትደሊ፣ ንኣብነት ፣ ኤርትራ ኣበይን እንታይን ክትከውን ኢኻ ትደልያ Vision statement answers the question; where and what do we want to be.

ተልእኾ፣ እንታይ ኢዩ ነዚ ክንገብር ዝድርኸና ሰለምንታይክ ኢዩ፣ እንታይ ከነዕውት፣ Mission statement answers the question: what are we here to do.

ክብርታት፣እምነታት፣ ንካልኦት ከመይ ንሓልዮም ካብኦም ከ እንታይ ሓልዮት ንጽበ፣ Value statement answers the question: how do we want treat others and how do we want to be treated ourselves. it is not in what we do but how we do and with whom we do. Values include honesty, integrity, caring,  trust and respect.

Enough for today-----------------continues

Miles Amoore Africa correspondent Published: 11 October 2015

Many of the African migrants to Europe come from Eritrea, a one-party state since 1991, where torture is common in labour campsMany of the African migrants to Europe come from Eritrea, a one-party state since 1991, where torture is common in labour camps (Fabrizio Villa)

SURVIVORS of Eritrea’s labour camps recall few methods of torture with as much fear as the technique known as the “helicopter”.

Victims have their elbows and feet tied tightly together behind their backs, often with wire or plastic rope that makes their limbs bleed.

They are then strung from trees and dangle in the scorching sun. Gangrene sets in, resulting in amputations.

Eritrea is the third-largest source of migrants flooding Europe with more than 5,000 people fleeing their homeland every month.

Despite the country’s horrors, catalogued in United Nations reports, investigations by activists and court papers, European Union officials last week outlined plans to deport Eritreans seeking asylum in Europe back to Africa.

A plane carrying the first Eritrean refugees to be relocated within Europe left Rome on Friday for northern Sweden.

Not all the Eitreans who follow will be so fortunate. The EU is set to build reception centres

Source=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/Africa/article1618014.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2015_10_11

Sunday, 11 October 2015 22:49

Eritrea in Our Hearts

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Eritrea i våran hjärtan

ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኒው ዮርክ 2015 ምሉእ ዓወት ክጓናጸፍ ዕላማ ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ እዩ። ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ፡ ንብደረጃ ከተማታት ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ዘማእክል ዞባዊ ናይ ህዝቢ ጥርናፈ`ዩ። ኩሎም ኣካላት ናይ`ዚ ምልዕዓል`ዚ፡ በብከተምኡ ብውልቂ ይኹን ብጥርኑፍ፡ ንሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኒው ዮርክ ከም ገዛእ ዋኒኖም ክጉስጉሱ፡ ክሳተፉ ነማሕጽን።

ሃብሮማትን ሓርበኛታትን ኤርትራውያን ንነውሕ ክጽዕርሉ ንዝጸንሑ ጅግና ቃልሲ ፡ መርማሪ ኮሚሽን ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ንዝወርድ ዘሎ ዘስካሕክሕ ግህሰታት ሰኒዱ ዘቕረቦ ጸብጻብ፡ ዝልለ ፍሩይ ዓወት ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ናይ`ዚ መድረኽ `ዚ እዩ። እቲ ዝቐረበ ጸብጻብ ዝተማለአ ኮይኑ ክድምደም፡ ቀጻልን ንጡፍን ደገፍ ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ኤርትራውያን ይሓትት። ስለዚ፡ ኣብ 29 ጥቅምቲ 2015 ኣብ ኒውዮርክ ዝካየድ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ፡ ከም ሓደ ህዝባዊ መደብ (ፕሮጀክት)፡ ህዝባዊ ዓወት ኣረጋጊጹ ንቕድሚት ክምርሽ ሓላፍነት ናይ ኩሉ ህዝቢ`ዩ።

ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ፡ ከም ናይ ህዝቢ ምትእስሳርን ምጥናፍን፡ ኣብ`ዚ መደብ/ፕሮጀክት`ዚ (ሰላማዊ ሰልፍን ምድግጋፍ ንመርማሪት ኮሚሽንን) ኮነ ኪንኡ ዝቕጽል ስራሕ፡ ተዓዊቱ ክወጽእ ኣበርቲዑ ክሰርሕ`ዩ። ንግሉጽነትን ተሓታትነትን ኣነጺሩ ዘቐመጠ ህዝባዊ ትካላዊ ኣገባብ ኣሰራርሓ ኣታኣታትዩ እናማዕበለ ፡ ንዘየቋርጽ ወሓዚ ናይ ህዝቢ ደገፍ ንምርግጋጽ ጻዕርታቱ ክቕጽል`ዩ። እዚ ኣሰራርሓ`ዚ፡ እምነ-ኩርናዕ ናይ ቀጻልን ዘላቒን ህዝባዊ ዓወታት ከመዝግብ ዝኽእል መዋጸኦ ኢዩ ኢሉ ይኣምን።

ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ፡ ንመርማሪት ኮሚሽን ምድግጋፍ፡ ከም ሓደ ኣዝዩ ኣገዳሲ ፕሮጀክት ይወስዶ። ስለዝኾነ፡ ንኩሎም ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ኤርትራውያን ኢድ-ንኢድ ኣተሓሒዙ ክሰርሕ ዝኽእልን ንትግባረ- ኣሰራርሕኡ ዘገልግልን እማመ ኣብ ምድላው ከምዘሎን፡ ኣብ`ዚ ቀረባ መዓልታት ንስራሕ ክዋፈረሉ ምዃኑን በዚ ኣጋጣሚ`ዚ ንሕብር።

ኣብ መደምደምታ ፡ ብሕኑን ወኒን ተወፋይነትን ክዕወት ዝግበኦ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኒውዮርክ፡ ኩሎም ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ኤርትራውያን ብብዝሑ ቁጽርን ብዝለዓለ ፍናን ንክሳተፍዎ ደጊምና ብትሕትና ነማሕጽን።

ህዝባዊ ጥርናፈ፡ መድሕን ህዝብን ሃገር`ዩ!!

ውድቀት ንኹሉ መልክዓት ምልኪ!!!

ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ

10/10/2015

UN security council to assess expert report on alleged support for subversive activity as EU moots possibility of increasing aid to tackle migration problem

A report on Eritrea’s alleged support for subversive regional activity comes with relations between the country’s government and the international community at a crossroads. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

 

The UN security council will meet on Friday to consider a report on Eritrea’s alleged support for subversion across the Horn of Africa. The report, by the UN Monitoring Group on Eritrea and Somalia, will play an important part in the global body’s decision on whether to continue sanctions against the Eritrean regime.

Relations between President Isaias Afwerki’s government and the international community are at a crossroads. The UN and the EU may decide to embrace the regime despite its dire human rights record, ploughing aid into the country and attempting to crack down on the smugglers who have enabled tens of thousands of Eritreans to flee their homeland.

Equally, diplomats may conclude that until abuses in Eritrea end, people will continue to cross state borders at the rate of 5,000 a month. Should this be the case, pressure on Afwerki could be stepped up, with the UN adopting a wider range of sanctions and the EU refusing to consider Eritrea a suitable partner in its continuing African dialogue.

Eritreans make up one of the largest groups of refugees arriving on European shores – in April alone, more than 5,300 came ashore in Italy, according to UN figures.

EU governments are attempting to come up with a battery of policies aimed at sealing off “Fortress Europe” from unwanted migrants and increasing the speed and volume of deportations for refused asylum seekers.

According to 10 pages of draft decisions prepared for a meeting on Thursday of this week, the European institutions and national governments are to make a show of deporting refused asylum seekers in what looks like a vain attempt to try to discourage others from making the journey.

Eritreans are named among those against whom these measures could be taken.

The EU has also started Operation Sophia, under which a naval taskforce headquartered in Rome will work to halt operations smuggling people across the Mediterranean.

Six ships – including Britain’s HMS Bulwark – will be used to “start to dismantle this business model by trying to apprehend some suspected smugglers”, Rear Admiral Hervé Bléjean told the BBC.

This is what the Eritrean government, which is acutely embarrassed that so many of its citizens are fleeing their country, has been calling for. In December last year, Eritrea’s minister of foreign affairs, Osman Saleh, told an EU–Horn of Africa conference that his country was “determined to work with the EU and all European countries to tackle irregular migration and human trafficking and to address their root causes”.

European ministers have been discussing bolstering these efforts by increasing aid to Eritrea by 200m (£147m), in the hope that this might relieve the poverty that could drive migration.

If Britain and its allies appear close to an accord with Eritrea, there are also strong pressures in the opposite direction.

In June, a UN commission of inquiry into human rights in Eritrea published a report accusing the regime of abuses so severe that they “may constitute crimes against humanity”.

The commissioners said it was these atrocities – rather than underdevelopment and poverty – that were behind Eritreans’ decisions to risk all to leave their country.

There have since been further allegations that the Eritrean government is continuing to destabilise its neighbours and nearby countries – the issue that triggered the UN sanctions against it in the first place.

Afwerki is reported to have trained and equipped Houthi rebels in their drive against the Yemeni government. The Eritreans are said to have allowed Iran to use the Danakil islands in the Red Sea as a base from which to arm and train the Houthis. Eritrea’s foreign ministry has strongly denied these claims.

The UN security council will be well aware of these various issues when it considers the report from its team of monitors. A great deal will depend on what evidence the experts have been able to amass concerning Eritrea’s undermining of its neighbours. 

 

“We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity life would be very boring.”

 Catherine Pulsifer 

Governments, political parties and communities around the globe in advanced and developing countries strive to adopt their constituents’ voice and interest by incorporating representative policy in their charters to reap better social, economic and political progress. This concept of participatory governing or process is called political diversity. What is the essence of diversity?

According to the Queens Borough Community College website, “The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences.  These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies.  It is the exploration of these differences in a safe, positive, and nurturing environment. It is about understanding each other and moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual.”

Therefore, political diversity is a framework that allows people of one nation to establish a representative governance to have a saying on the decision making process that affects their livelihood. It brings diverse people from different ethnic groups, regions and religions together to form a governing body that respects, accepts and recognizes the human and political interests of all stakeholders. In a nutshell, political diversity is a system that fulfills the political interests of all parties involved. The process guarantees its owners to participating in the decision making process in policies that affect their political, social, and economical life.

Eritrea (like India, Nigeria and Switzerland) is a multiple ethno-territorial diverse country. Nonetheless, Eritrea’s ethno-linguistic and religious blood relationship offers a better situation for harmonious political diversity than the said examples. The Bilen and Saho religious bi-communal formation, and the ethno-linguistic Tigre blood relationship with the Tigrina are core foundations of our social and political make up. This unique formation is a winning formula that should not be squandered.

It is for that reason that the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) is striving to establish a representative governance system to advance the interests of all Eritreans. A government where all ethnic groups and regions participate in the process through their representatives. This way all Eritreans will have a voice in their government and their political  interest are respected and recognized. 

Could diversity mean the give up or submission of one’s culture? Or, does diversity mean the coercion of one culture in favor of another? Absolutely not. A culture is the way people live their daily lives. Fortunately, each ethno-linguistic group in Eritrea have very distinctive culture, and representative system of governing empowers the culture of every stakeholder. It never promotes the coercion or submission of cultures. It rather allows diverse cultures to co-exist side by side in harmony and bondage. Thus, one can confidently say that political diversity is about inclusiveness and not exclusiveness. 

In conclusion, our diversity is unique and rich. We need to explore and invest on our uniqueness from a human aspect where we can build bridges of understanding and dialogue. This way we are stronger and will come out winners together.

“ኣብ ምምሕዳር ህግደፍ ዘይተነግረ’ምበር ዘይተገብረ እከይ ነገር የለን።” እዚ ሎሚ ኣብ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ልዕሊ ህግደፍ ዘለካ ጽልኢ ንምግላጽ ልሙድ ኮይኑ ዘሎ ኣበሃህላ እዩ። እዚ ብውሕዱ እዩ። ክንደይ ካልእ ህዝቢ ኣብቲ ጉጅለ ዘለዎ ቂም ዝገልጸሉ ናይ ኣሽሙር ኣገባባት ኣማዕቢሉ ኣሎ። ካብቲ ብዙሕ ሓንቲ ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ዝሰማዕናያ ከነካፍለኩም። ከምቲ ኩልና ኣብ ተለቪዥን ኤርትራ እንዕዘቦ ኣምሰሉ ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ዋላ ኣጋይሽ ክቕበል እንከሎ፡ ምስቲ ኩነታት ዘይከይድ ካምቻ ይኽደን። ምስኡ ድማ ሰንደል ሳእኒ ይውስኸሉ። ደሓር ሓደ ክፉእ ዝረኣየ ኤርትራዊ ንቡር ሳእኒ ገዚኡ የምጸኣሉ’ሞ እቲ ሳእኒ ድማ ዕቅኑ ይኸውን። ኢሳይያስ ድማ በቲ ናይቲ ሰብኣይ ዓቐን ሳእኑ ምፍላጡ ይግረም እሞ “ከመይ ጌርካ ደኣ ቁጽሪ ሳእነይ ፈሊጥካዮ?” ኢሉ ይሓቶ። ወዮ ተረካብ ዝዘረብኡ ሳእኒ ገዚኡ ዘምጸአ ውሽጡ ሕሩር ኤርትራዊ ድማ “እንታ ክቡር ፕረሲደንት ወዮ እዚ ኩሉ ረጊጽካናስ ከመይሉ ደኣ ቁጽሪ ሳእንኻ ክጠፍኣና” ኢሉ መለሰሉ ይበሃል።

ኢሳይያስን ጉጅልኡን ኩሉ ህይወቶም ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ በደልን ዓመጽን ምስ ምፍጻም ዝተተሓሓዘ እዩ። እቲ ህዝቢ ድማ ካብቲ ጉጅለ ዝጽበዮ ጽቡቕ ነገር’ኳ እንተዘየለ፡ ሓደ ጉዳይ ተፈጺሙ ክበሃል እንከሎ ብዛዕባቲ ፍጻመ ካብ ምዝራብን ምጽሓፍን ዓዲ ኣይውዕልን። ሰባት ኣሲሩ፡ ኣብያተ-ትምህርቲ ዓጽዩ፡ ናይ ብሕቲ ንግዲ ከልኪሉ፡ መንእሰያት ገፊፉ፡ ኣብ ዶባት መንእሰያት ረሺኑ፡ ምስ እገለ ዝበሃል ሃገር ተባኢሱ፡ ምስ እገለ መራሒ ዝተፈራረሞ ስምምዕ ጥሒሱ … ወዘተ ኩሎም ደድሕሪ ኣፍራሲ ፍጻመታት እቲ ጉጅለ ዝዝረበሎምን ዝጸሓፈሎምን ተረኽቦታት እዮም።

እነሆ ድማ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ፡ ሓድሽ ፍጻመ ዘይኮነ ክነሱ ህግደፍ ኣባይቲ ኣፍሪሱስ፡ እቶም ኣብቲ ዝፈረሰ ኣባይቲ ዝነበሩ ኤርትራዊ ስድራቤታት መዕቆቢ ስኢኖም ኣደዳ ጸሓይን ንፋስን ኮይኖም ኣለዉ ይበሃል ኣሎ። ገሊኦም ተዓዘብቲ ግና ህግደፍ ደኣ ሃገርን ህዝብን ከፍርስ ዘይሓነኸስ ኣባይቲ ኣፍሪሱ ኢልካ ምዝራብ ኣብ ምንታዩ ክስቆሮ ይብሉ። ሓቃቶም ከኣ፡ እቲ ምፍራስ ኣባይቲ’ውን ክኹነን ይግበኦ እሞ ህግደፍ ንኤርትራ በታ ናቱ ቀጣን ናይ ጥፍኣት መንገዲ ክኸይድ ቅሩብ ንዘይኮነ ዜጋ ክመቁሕን ክቐትልን እንዳወዓለ፡ ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ናይ ሰባት ኣተሓሳስባ ኣፍሪሱ ብዘይድሌቶም ናይ ጥፍኣት ኣተሓሳስባ ከመንግጎም ዘይሓፈረ፡ “ገዛውቲ ኣፍሪሱ ንዜጋታት ኣብ ማእከል ጐልጐል ደርብይዎም” ዝብል ወረ ከመይ ኢሉ ከም ሓድሽ ጸይቂ ክውሰድ ይከኣል እንተበሉ እውን ኣየኽፈኣሎምን።

እቶም ሎሚ ኣብ ገዛእ ሃገሮም ምንባር ምስ ሰኣኑ፡ ስደት መሰረታዊ መፍትሒ ከምዘይኮነ ስሒተምዎ ዘይኮነስ ካልእ መተካእታ ምስ ሰኣኑ ሃገሮም ራሕሪሖም ሃጽ ኢሎም ክኸዱ እንከለዉ፡ እቲ ክምርዓውሉን ክድርዓውሉን ዝግበኦም ኣባይቶም ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ኤርትራ ብዓባያ እያ ትፈርስ ዘላ። ኤርትራዊ ባህሊ ምክብባር ተሰሪዙ ሓድሽ ናይ ምንዕዓቕን ምዝንጣልን ባህሊ ከስፋሕፍሕ እንከሎኸ ምፍራስ ሃገር ማለትዶ ኣይኮነን። መራሕቲ ሃይማኖት ነቲ ብመንፈስ እንመርሖ ህዝቢ ኣንጻር ሃይማኖታዊ እምነቱ ክንፍጽም ኣይንሰብኽን ኢና ስለ ዝበሉ ክእሰሩ እንከለዉኸ ከመይ ኢሉ እዩ ምፍራስ ሃገር ዘይከውን። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ መላእ ዓለም በቶም ኣብ ባሕሪ ላምፓዱሳ ብሓንሳብ ዝሃለቑ 368 ዜጋታትና ክትሓዝን እንከላን ብፍላይ ገለ ሃገራት ንወግዓዊ ዝኽሮም ባንደራታተን ለጠቕ ኣቢለን ክሰቕላ እንከለዋ፡ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ግና ነቶም ግዳያት “ኤርትራውያን” ኢሉ ምጥቃሶም ተጸይፉ “ኣፍሪቃውያን ስደተኛታት” ኢሉ ሸፈፍ ክብሎም እንከሎ ገለ ክብሪ ሃገር ይፈርስ ከምዘሎዶ ኣየመልክትን። ብዙሓት ዜጋታትና ኣብታ ብደሞም ዝመጸት ነጻ ሃገር፡ ኩሉ እቲ ዝተነፈጎም መሰረታዊ መሰላት ከይኣክል፡ ብህግደፍ ኣብ ሃገሮም ናይ ምቕባር መሰሎም ክንፈጉ እንከለዉ ክብሪ ሃገር ኣብ ሓደጋ ይኣቱ ምህላዉ ብኸመይ ንዝንገዖ።

ትማሊ ትማሊ ብናይ ህዝባ ጅግንነት፡ ተጸዋርነት፡ ዘይተንበርካኽነትን ጽንዓትን ብዓብይኡ ድማ ብሓድነት፡ ስማ በሪኹ ዝጽዋዕ ዝነበረት፡ ኣፍሪቃዊት ሃገር፡ ሎሚ በቲ ሓደ ወገን ብሰንኪ ዘይውሕሉል ዲፕሎማሲያዊ ኣተሓሕዛ ናይቲ ጉጅለ ካብ ከም ኢጋድ ዝኣመሰሉ ዞባዊ ውዳበታት ተገሊላ፡ በቲ ካልእ ወገን ድማ ካብተን ብዙሓት ካብ ዜጋታተን ዝተሰደድወን ሃገራት ንሓንሳብ ቀዳማይ ንሓንሳብ ድማ ካለኣይን ሳልሳይን ተርታ ክትስራዕ ምርኣይ እውን ሃገር ጥዕና ከምዘይረኸበት ዝሕብር ምልክት ናይ ምፍራስ ሓደጋ እዩ። ነዚ ኩሉ ከሎ ጌና እንተዘይፈዊስናዮ ናብ ምፍራስ ገጹ ዝእምት ምልክታት ብምስትብሃል ኢና እምበኣር “ህግደፍ ደኣ ኣባይቲ ጥራይ ድዩ ዘፍርስ” ክንብል ዝተገደድና። እዚ ማለት ግና ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ካብኡ ዝዓቢ ገበናት ስለ ዘለዎስ፡ ገዛውቲ የፍርስ’ሞ ስቕ ኢልና ንርኣዮ ማለትና ኣይኮነን። ይዕበ ይንኣስ ኩሉ ኣፍራሲ ተግብራቱ ክኹነን ስለ ዝግበኦ።

ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንምፍራስ ኣባይትን ግናይ ምስሊ ጉጅለ ህግደፍን ግቡእ ቆላሕታ ሂቡ ንምቅላዕን ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝወርድ በደል ኣብ ልዕሊኡ ከም ዝወረደ ገይሩ ከም ዝወስድ ንምርኣይን ኣብ ውሳነታት 2ይ ጉባኤኡ እቲ ስርዓት ከምዚ ዓይነት ተወሳኺ ሰብኣዊ ግህሰት ክፍጽም እዚ ናይ መጀመርታኡ ከም ዘይኮነ እንዳተረዳእና ነዚ ንዜጋታትና ኣብ ገዛእ እታ ብቓልሶም ዘውሓስዋ ሃገር ብዘይ ንጹር ሕግን እቲ ዋና ህዝቢ ዘይርደኦ ኣገባብን የካይዶ ንዘሎ ምፍራስ ኣባይቲ ጉባኤና ይኹንኖ። ሕቶ መጽለሊ ኣብ ህልውና ዘለዎ ወሳንነትን ክብደት ግህሰቱን ብምርዳእ ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም ንክኹንኖ ኣብዚ ኣጋጣሚ ንጽውዖ።” ዝበለ እውን ካብዚ ነቒሉ እዩ።

9 ጥቅምቲ 2015

Thursday, 08 October 2015 07:04

Tegadalay Bitweded Abraha Speaking

Libya's Migrant Cattle Trade: One Refugee's Story

VICE News visited a makeshift prison near Tripoli where militia were holding captured migrants and refugees.
 

War And Conflict

September 16, 2015 | 1:55 pm

I met Saron, a 16-year-old girl from Eritrea, last summer in an abandoned industrial facility a few miles east of Tripoli. Along with more than 700 other Eritrean refugees, she had been captured earlier that day by one of the many militias that have carved out a zone of influence in Libya's fractured society.

The refugees were fleeing Africa's most repressive dictatorship, hoping to catch a boat to Europe with one of the countless smugglers who ply the route on overcrowded, ill-equipped boats.

Back in Eritrea, Saron would soon have been forced by law to end her education, enrol in military school and serve for an indefinite period of time in the Eritrean army. "The reason I left my country was there is no future in there. There is no hope," she told me, while I was working on a film for VICE News. "You just become a soldier, you go [to] war. I want to reach Norway, obtain citizenship, study human rights, and change my country."

Watch the VICE News documentary: Detained by Militia: Libyan's Migrant Trade

But like many other refugees seeking to pass through Libya, Saron and her fellow captives became human commodities, pawns in a game of power and wealth played by Libyan militias.

To get to Tripoli, they had traveled for eight days, at night in vehicles and kept in cages during the day. Their food and water had run out on the fourth day. After finally nearing the capital and gathering at a farm, waiting for a boat to be made ready to travel to Italy, the group had been captured by the powerful militia Libya Dawn.

Whilst we talked, she took my notebook and begun to write, attracting the attention of a nearby guard. He rushed over, brandishing his Kalashnikov, and interrupted us aggressively.

Saron is no more than 5 feet tall and slightly built, but she looked him coolly in the eyes.

"I'm writing down my brother's telephone number so he can call him and let my family know that I'm alive," she said. "Is that a problem?"

Saron, an Eritrean teenager, spoke to VICE News from a makeshift prison where she was being detained by Libyan militia

Despite his gun, and the scars of a four year civil war, the guard could only stammer a reply.

According to one of the militia commanders, who didn't want to be named, they had received an offer from a gang, wanted to buy the migrants for $2 million for use as slaves and fighters. 

But for the moment, the commander said, they had refused, preferring to keep hold onto the hostages as a card to play with the new unity government, which is expected to be formed shortly. The many militias controlling Libya are attempting to present themselves as a credible force taking good control of their territory and the illegal migration taking place within it — hoping to be granted legitimacy and funding from authorities as a result.

I had to leave Saron there. When I spoke to her next, she had seen things that no teenager should have to see.

* * *

On April 18, European political and public opinion was shaken by the news of the most deadly day in the Mediterranean since World War II, when an estimated 850 migrants died following the capsizing of their boat off the Libyan coast.

In May, it emerged that the European Union had drawn up plans for military attacks on smuggling networks in Libya. A draft resolution prepared by Britain reportedly called for the "use of all means to destroy the business model of the traffickers".

Soon after, the Islamist government in Tripoli declared its intention to fight irregular migration from its territory, and begun a campaign to represent itself as an enemy of the people smugglers. They promised armed patrols and the deportation of migrants.

The numerous militias that control Libyan territory and are widely believed to be involved in the human traffic business, understood this as their cue to increase their political standing and begun to "arrest" illegal migrants, or sometimes just black people.

One of these was the militia holding Saron. It had previously allied with Ansar al Sharia, the militia linked to the September 2012 attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi. Having been expelled from Benghazi a few months ago, they had relocated to Tajoura, east of Tripoli.

Like other militias who have taken to "arresting" migrants, they were not acting under the oversight of the Interior Ministry, or with any formal legal authority.

Yet armed groups in Libya now believe that if they are able to stop migrants arriving in Europe, whatever means they use, they will become a de facto partner of Europe, thus gaining legitimacy and power.

This belief is based on their experience. The European Union collaborated with the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, providing aid so that he would prevent the flow of migrants across the sea. They did so despite the fact that the Libyan security services were well-known for their abuse of human rights and the fact that Libya is not party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.

The British plans to take military action against smugglers never came to anything, and likely were never practical. But the episode gave the cover of legitimacy to militias detaining and holding refugees, even without legal due process.

* * *

One night after VICE News left the makeshift prison, the guards got drunk, Saron later told me. She and a few other women tried to take advantage and escape. For many of them, it turned out to be a bad idea.

For some reason, some of the other detainees sounded the alarm and guards rushed set out in pursuit, shooting to kill.

Luckily, none were harmed. Some of the escapees got away, Saron and a few others laid down in the dirt so as not be shot and were recaptured.

Amid the chaos, a group of Eritrean men thought they saw their own chance and tried to escape as well. Militiamen chased them too. Two were gunned down, another two were arrested.

Saron, the youngest of the escapees, was tied and forced to watch as the two men and the other women were tortured with a stick with nails attached to it. In front of all the detainees, a militia member pressed a pistol to the head of each of the two men who tried to escape and shot them dead.

Following the mass escape attempt, the militia decided to sell 26 of the Eritreans, including Saron, to a smuggler for 26,000 Libyan dinar ($19,000).

The smuggler made the migrants pay back the 1,000 dinar for which they were each purchased, as well as the price of the boat trip to Europe and the costs of an array of other "services," such as accommodation, transport to and from safe houses, life jackets and telephone communications. In total Saron's family paid $2,800.

Saron was transferred to the port of Sabratah where she and more than 500 other migrants were loaded onto a wooden boat. The loading took two hours and nobody was at pains to hide it, Saron later said.

Libyan men from another militia were guarding the group at the port and followed the boat in three dinghies, giving instructions along the way, until the boat reached international waters.

Neither Saron nor I know what happened to the other Eritrean refugees who unluckily found themselves captive in that old industrial facility outside Tripoli. We cannot know, but what is likely is that for many of them their journey did not have a happy end. If their fates matched those of other refugees seeking to reach Europe, some were sold as slaves, some died of sickness, some were shot, and some drowned at sea.

They came from Eritrea, one of the most cruel dictatorships in the world, where according to the UN, the use of extra-judicial killing, torture, indefinite military conscription and forced labour is systemic.

They were fleeing to the European Union, which agreed in April a $353 million development package with the Eritrean government, reportedly in an attempt to discourage emigration.

As for Saron, she made it.

She left her home and her country at 16 years old for an almost 4,000 mile journey, accepting that death was a possible consequence of her migration, of her determination to live in a free country.

"We can't get out of our country legally — it's always illegal and they can kill you," she said. "So it was okay for us to cross the sea. We know a lot of people died there. But we accept it as Eritreans, because our government can't help us."

Source=https://news.vice.com/article/libyas-migrant-cattle-trade-one-refugees-story

Libya's Migrant Cattle Trade: One Refugee's Story

By Marco Salustro

September 16, 2015 | 1:55 pm

I met Saron, a 16-year-old girl from Eritrea, last summer in an abandoned industrial facility a few miles east of Tripoli. Along with more than 700 other Eritrean refugees, she had been captured earlier that day by one of the many militias that have carved out a zone of influence in Libya's fractured society.

The refugees were fleeing Africa's most repressive dictatorship, hoping to catch a boat to Europe with one of the countless smugglers who ply the route on overcrowded, ill-equipped boats.

Back in Eritrea, Saron would soon have been forced by law to end her education, enrol in military school and serve for an indefinite period of time in the Eritrean army. "The reason I left my country was there is no future in there. There is no hope," she told me, while I was working on a film for VICE News. "You just become a soldier, you go [to] war. I want to reach Norway, obtain citizenship, study human rights, and change my country."

Watch the VICE News documentary: Detained by Militia: Libyan's Migrant Trade

But like many other refugees seeking to pass through Libya, Saron and her fellow captives became human commodities, pawns in a game of power and wealth played by Libyan militias.

To get to Tripoli, they had traveled for eight days, at night in vehicles and kept in cages during the day. Their food and water had run out on the fourth day. After finally nearing the capital and gathering at a farm, waiting for a boat to be made ready to travel to Italy, the group had been captured by the powerful militia Libya Dawn.

Whilst we talked, she took my notebook and begun to write, attracting the attention of a nearby guard. He rushed over, brandishing his Kalashnikov, and interrupted us aggressively.

Saron is no more than 5 feet tall and slightly built, but she looked him coolly in the eyes.

"I'm writing down my brother's telephone number so he can call him and let my family know that I'm alive," she said. "Is that a problem?"

Saron, an Eritrean teenager, spoke to VICE News from a makeshift prison where she was being detained by Libyan militia

Despite his gun, and the scars of a four year civil war, the guard could only stammer a reply.

According to one of the militia commanders, who didn't want to be named, they had received an offer from a gang, wanted to buy the migrants for $2 million for use as slaves and fighters. 

But for the moment, the commander said, they had refused, preferring to keep hold onto the hostages as a card to play with the new unity government, which is expected to be formed shortly. The many militias controlling Libya are attempting to present themselves as a credible force taking good control of their territory and the illegal migration taking place within it — hoping to be granted legitimacy and funding from authorities as a result.

I had to leave Saron there. When I spoke to her next, she had seen things that no teenager should have to see.

* * *

On April 18, European political and public opinion was shaken by the news of the most deadly day in the Mediterranean since World War II, when an estimated 850 migrants died following the capsizing of their boat off the Libyan coast.

In May, it emerged that the European Union had drawn up plans for military attacks on smuggling networks in Libya. A draft resolution prepared by Britain reportedly called for the "use of all means to destroy the business model of the traffickers".

Soon after, the Islamist government in Tripoli declared its intention to fight irregular migration from its territory, and begun a campaign to represent itself as an enemy of the people smugglers. They promised armed patrols and the deportation of migrants.

The numerous militias that control Libyan territory and are widely believed to be involved in the human traffic business, understood this as their cue to increase their political standing and begun to "arrest" illegal migrants, or sometimes just black people.

One of these was the militia holding Saron. It had previously allied with Ansar al Sharia, the militia linked to the September 2012 attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi. Having been expelled from Benghazi a few months ago, they had relocated to Tajoura, east of Tripoli.

Like other militias who have taken to "arresting" migrants, they were not acting under the oversight of the Interior Ministry, or with any formal legal authority.

Yet armed groups in Libya now believe that if they are able to stop migrants arriving in Europe, whatever means they use, they will become a de facto partner of Europe, thus gaining legitimacy and power.

This belief is based on their experience. The European Union collaborated with the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, providing aid so that he would prevent the flow of migrants across the sea. They did so despite the fact that the Libyan security services were well-known for their abuse of human rights and the fact that Libya is not party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.

The British plans to take military action against smugglers never came to anything, and likely were never practical. But the episode gave the cover of legitimacy to militias detaining and holding refugees, even without legal due process.

* * *

One night after VICE News left the makeshift prison, the guards got drunk, Saron later told me. She and a few other women tried to take advantage and escape. For many of them, it turned out to be a bad idea.

For some reason, some of the other detainees sounded the alarm and guards rushed set out in pursuit, shooting to kill.

Luckily, none were harmed. Some of the escapees got away, Saron and a few others laid down in the dirt so as not be shot and were recaptured.

Amid the chaos, a group of Eritrean men thought they saw their own chance and tried to escape as well. Militiamen chased them too. Two were gunned down, another two were arrested.

Saron, the youngest of the escapees, was tied and forced to watch as the two men and the other women were tortured with a stick with nails attached to it. In front of all the detainees, a militia member pressed a pistol to the head of each of the two men who tried to escape and shot them dead.

Following the mass escape attempt, the militia decided to sell 26 of the Eritreans, including Saron, to a smuggler for 26,000 Libyan dinar ($19,000).

The smuggler made the migrants pay back the 1,000 dinar for which they were each purchased, as well as the price of the boat trip to Europe and the costs of an array of other "services," such as accommodation, transport to and from safe houses, life jackets and telephone communications. In total Saron's family paid $2,800.

Saron was transferred to the port of Sabratah where she and more than 500 other migrants were loaded onto a wooden boat. The loading took two hours and nobody was at pains to hide it, Saron later said.

Libyan men from another militia were guarding the group at the port and followed the boat in three dinghies, giving instructions along the way, until the boat reached international waters.

Neither Saron nor I know what happened to the other Eritrean refugees who unluckily found themselves captive in that old industrial facility outside Tripoli. We cannot know, but what is likely is that for many of them their journey did not have a happy end. If their fates matched those of other refugees seeking to reach Europe, some were sold as slaves, some died of sickness, some were shot, and some drowned at sea.

They came from Eritrea, one of the most cruel dictatorships in the world, where according to the UN, the use of extra-judicial killing, torture, indefinite military conscription and forced labour is systemic.

They were fleeing to the European Union, which agreed in April a $353 million development package with the Eritrean government, reportedly in an attempt to discourage emigration.

As for Saron, she made it.

She left her home and her country at 16 years old for an almost 4,000 mile journey, accepting that death was a possible consequence of her migration, of her determination to live in a free country.

"We can't get out of our country legally — it's always illegal and they can kill you," she said. "So it was okay for us to cross the sea. We know a lot of people died there. But we accept it as Eritreans, because our government can't help us."