http://ascenteq.com/project/epdp

In a solidarity message addressed to the new Federal Government of Somalia, the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) drew the attention of the new leadership in resurgent Somalia to the urgent need of forging strong relations with EPDP and other democratic forces struggling for positive change in Eritrea.

The EPDP memorandum of 31 March, addressed to Somali Foreign Minister Yusuf Garaad Omar, seized the opportunity of congratulating President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmajo) for his success in the recent democratic election to lead Somalia to a better tomorrow.

The message pointed out the undeniable historical fact that Somalia was the first   country to recognize and support the just struggle of the Eritrean people for self-determination and national independence when it was launched way back in 1961. It however added that fraternal Somalia had been in bad political shape during the  past 26 years when Eritreans badly needed the support of genuine friends like the Somalia of the 1960s because Eritrea's independence unfortunately failed to accomplish its promised objectives.

 The memorandum also expressed deep satisfaction with the gradual but reassuring   improvement of the situation in Somalia, and did not fail to profoundly  appreciate the recent role Somalia played "in promoting the efforts of the UN Human Rights Council and its organs to help stop the human suffering in Eritrea and to bring to accountability the Eritrean authorities who perpetrated untold crimes against their own people."

The EPDP memo further called on the new leadership in Somalia to, as much as possible, initiate regionally and globally the much needed support of building the capacity of all Eritreans struggling for a democratic state in post-dictatorship Eritrea. In particular, the Somali Foreign Minister was urged to facilitate relations of its emissaries abroad with EPDP and other Eritreans opposed to the repressive regime in Asmara. 

ኣብ ወደባዊት ከተማ ምጽዋዕ ዝርከብ ባንክ ኤርትራ ኣብ መጀመርታ ወርሒ መጋቢት 2017 ብራሻይዳ ኣብ ሰዓታት ለይቲ ከም ዝተሰርቀ ምንጭታትና ካብቲ ቦታ ሓቢሮም። እቲ ብሰንኪ ሕጽረት መራኸቢ ደንጉዩ ዝበጸሓና ሓበሬታ ከም ዝገለጾ፡ እቶም ዕሉላት ሰረቕቲ ካብ ራሻይዳ ኮይኖም፤ ብለይቲ ኣብቲ ባንክ ኣብ ተረንሸዋታት (መሸመዓት) ተቛጺሩ ዝነበረ ሓድሽ ናቕፋ፡ ናይቲ ባንክ መስትያት፤ ብጥንቃቐን ፍሉይ ጥበብን ሰይሮም ኣብ ኣይስዙ ዝዓይነተን መካይን ምስ ካልእ ንረት ጽዒኖም ከምዝወሰድዎ ተፈሊጡ።።

እዞም ራሻይዳ ካብ ምጽዋዕ ብሽዕብ ሓሊፎም፡ ብወገን ግርማይካ ናብ ሱዳን ከእትዉዎ መደብ ስለዝነበሮም፤ ምስቲ ኣብ ዓንቀጽ ግርማይካ ናይ ምቁጽጻር ሓላፍነት ዝነበሮ ናይ ኮለነል መዓርግ ምስ ዝነበሮ ኣዛዚ’ውን ኣቐዲሞም ኣብ ረብሓ ዝተሰረተ ስምምዕ ነይርዎም። እንተኾነ እዚ ውዲታዊ ሓበሬታ ኣቐዲሙ ኣብ ኢድ ካለኦት ናይ ጠቕሚ ተወዳደርቲ ሓለፍቲ ወዲቑ ስለ ዝነበረ፡ ነቲ ብጠቕሚ ተዓዲጉ ኣብቲ ውዲት ዝነበረ ኣዛዚ ኣወጊዶም ባዕላቶም መንገዲ ዓጽዮም ጸኒሖም፡ ነተን ሰዓተን ሓልየን ዝመጻ መካይን ክኽልክልወን ምስ ፈተኑ ካብተን ገንዘብ ጽዒነን ብኻልእ ንብረት ሸፊነን ዝነበራ ሰለስተ መካይን እታ ቀዳመይቲ ነቶም ኣብቲ ሓለዋ ዝነበሩ ብተኹሲ ኣወጊዳ ምስ ጽዕነታ ናብ ሱዳን ክትሓልፍ እንከላ እተን ክልተ ግና ከም ዝተታሕዛ ክፍለጥ ተኻኢሉ።

እዚ ከምዚሉ እንከሎ፡ ኣብ ሱዳናዊት ከተማ ከሰላ ዶላር ሂብካ ከም ድላይካ እቲ ሓድሽ ናቕፋ ተሽርፈሉ ድንኳናት ከም ዘሎ ተሓቢሩ። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ናቕፋ ኣብ ኤርትራ ብኣዝዩ ጸቢብ መቑነን ንደቂ ሃገር ኣብ ዝወሃበሉ ኩነታት፤ ኣብ ሱዳን ግን ከም ድላይካ ምዃኑ ንብዙሓት ዘገርም ኮይኑ፡ እቶም ነቲ ጉዳይ ብቐረባ ዝከታተልዎ፡ እዚ ኣብ ከሰላን ካልኦት ከተማታት ሱዳንን ናቕፋ እንዳሃበ ዶላር ዝእክበሉ ዘሎ ድንኳናት ዋናታቱ ላዕለዎት ወተሃደራዊ ሓላፍቲ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ምዃኖም የረጋግጹ። ባንክታት ኤርትራ ነቲ ተራ ኤርትራዊ እምበር፡ ንውሱናት ሓለፍቲ ግና ክፉት ምዃኑ እውን እቶም ተዓዘብቲ የረጋግጹ። ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ኣብ ዘካየዶ ቃለመጠቕ ናብ ኤርትራ ኣትዩ ብናቕፋ ክሽረፍ ዝግበኦ ዶላራት ኣብ ሱዳን ከሰላ ይኽተር ከም ዘሎ ከም ዝተኣመነ እውን ዝዝከር እዩ።

ኣብ ምስራቓዊ ሱዳን እትርከብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ስደተኛታት ቈልዑ ኤርትራ ዝኾነት ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ፡ ብዕለት 21 መጋቢት 2017፡ ናይ 2016-2017 መደብ ትምህርቲ ብዓወት ዛዚማ። ኣብቲ መደብ ምዕጻው ቤት ትህምርቲ ናይ ክብሪ ኣጋይሽን፡ ወለዲ ተመሃሮን ነበርቲ ሓውሲ ከተማ ወዲ ሸሪፈይን ተኻፊሎም። እዚ፡ ናይ'ዛ ኣብ ዶብ ኤርትራን ሱዳንን እትርከብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ፡ መበል 32 ዓመተ-ትምህርቲ ምዃኑ ኢዩ።

ናይ ሎብ ዘበን ትምህርቲ ብ11 ሓምለ 2016 ምስ 637 ዝኾኑ ምዝጉባት ተመሃሮ ተጀሚሩ። ካብዚኦም፡ 22 ተመሃሮ ብበብዓይነቱ ጸገማት፡ ኣብ መንጎ -ትምህርቶም ኣቋሪጾም። ካብቶም ክሳዕ መወዳእታ እተማህሩ 615 ተመሃሮ፡ 42% ኣዋልድ ነይረን።  ካብ ሓደ ክፍሊ ናብ ላዕለዋይ ክፍሊ ዝሓለፉ 545 ክኾኑ ከለዉ (ማለት 88.6% ካብ ጠቕላላ ቊጽሪ)፣ ናይ ምሕላፍ ዕድል ዘይረኸቡ 70 ኢዮም፤ ካብዚኣቶም 48 ኣውዳት፡ 22 ከኣ ኣዋልድ ኢየን።

ካብቶም ኣብ በዓል እተሳተፉ ናይ ክብሪ ኣጋይሽ፡ ኡስታዝ ኣል-ዙሄር ኣጃክ፡ ሓላፊ ናይ ዘይመንግስታዊ ቤት ትምህርትታት ኣውራጃ ከሰላ፣ ከምኡ ከኣ ኣባ ገብራይ በእደማርያም፡ ሓላፊ ካቶሊካዊ ቤት ትምህርቲታት ምስራቓዊ ሱዳን ነይሮም። ከምኡ'ውን ሓው እድሪስ እስማዒል፣ ገዲም ተጋዳላይ እስማዒል ናዳ፣ ሓው ዓሊ ሑመድ ዲናይ ኣብቲ ጽንብል ካብ እተኻፊሉዓበይቲ ደቂ ሃገር ኢዮም። ከም ዝፍለጥ፡ ሓው እድስሪስ እስማዒል፡ ንስዉእ ዑስማን ኣሕመድ ተኪኡ ብግዚያውነት ንቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ዝከታተልን ንስራሓታ ዘዋሃህድን ዘሎ ሃገራዊ ዜጋ ኢዩ።

ተመሃሮ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ነቲ ምዕጻው ቤት ትምህርቶም ብባህላዊ ሙዚቃን፡ ደርፍን  ምርኢታትን ግጥምን ገይሮም ድምቀት ክህብዎ ውዒሎም። ዲይረክቶር ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ዝኾነ መምህር ተኽለሃይማኖት እልፉ (ወዲ እልፉ) ሓደ ካብቶም ኣብቲበዓል መደረ ዘስምዑ ነይሩ። ኣብ ዘረብኡ፡ ንዂሎም እቶም ንቐጻልነት ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ዝሓልዩን ዝሕግዙን ማሕበራትን ባእታታትን ዕዙዝ ምስጋና ብስም ተመሃሮን መማህራንን ኣቕሪቡ። ብፍላይ ከኣ ነታ ኣብ ሃገር ስዊዘርላንድ እትርከብ ማሕበር ረድኤትንቘልዑ ኤርትራ፣ ንክፍሊ ትምህርቲ ኣውራጃ ከሰላ፡ ከምኡ ከኣ ንመሓዛ ቤት ትህምርቲ ዝኾኑ ኣባ ገብራይን ፍሉይ ምስጋና ኣቕሪቡ።

ቀጺሉ'ውን ንስዉእ ዑስማን ኣሕመድ፡ ካብ ነዊሕ ዓመታት ጀሚሩ ክሳዕ ዕለተ ሞቱ ከይሰልከየ ዘበርከቶ ታሪኻዊ ህዝባዊ ኣግልግሎቱ መጐስ ብምቕራብ ተመሃሮ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ንምሉእ ህይወቶም ከም ዝዝክርዎ ኣረጋጊጹ። 

ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ብ1984 ኣብ ራኩባታት/ተንዳታት ንስደተኛታት ቈልዑ ኤርትራ ምምሃር ጀሚራ። ብ1988 ብሓልዮት ሰብ ሰናይ ግብሪ ደቂ ሆላንድ ዘመናዊ ህንጻታት ተሰሪሑላ፣ ጸኒሑ ከኣ ብ2005 ብነብሰሄር ኣባ ማሪኖ ሃይለ (ናይ ሚላኖ) እቲ ዝኣረገ ህንጻታት ተሓዲሱ፡ ካልእ ክፍልታት ከኣ ተወሲኹሉ። ክሳዕ ሎሚ ንቤት ትምህርቲ ክብ ዝበለ ሓገዛት እተወፊ ዘላ ማሕበር ረድኤት (ኣሰ) ብጥቅምቲ 2005 ኣብ ከተማ ጅኔቭ ዝቖመት ኢያ። ንሃለዋትን ንምምሕዳርን ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ እትከታተል ማሕበር ቀይሕ መስቀልን ወርሕን ኤርትራ ኢያ። ሃገረ ሽወዴን ዝምቕማጡ ዶክቶር ሃብተሚካኤል ተኽለብርሃን ሓላፊ ናይታ ማሕበር ኰይኑ ምስ ኲሎም መወልትን ተሓጋገዝትን ቤት ትምህርቲ ወዲ ሸሪፈይ ኣድላይ ርክባት የካይድ። ንቐጻልነት ቤት ትምህርቲ ንክሕግዙ ከኣ ንዂሎም'ቶም በታ ቤት ትምህርቲ ዝሓለፉ ደቂ ሃገር፡ ፍሉይ ማሕበር ኣቚሞም፥ ክሳዕ ስደተኛታትና ኣብ ዝሓሸት ኤርትራ ዝምለሱ፥ ድሃይ ናይ ቀደም ቤት ትምህርቶም ክገብሩ በብጊዜኡ ጻውዒት ምስ ኣቕረበሎም ኢዩ።

The Wad Sherifey elementary school for Eritrean refugee children ended its 32nd academic school year on 21 March 2017 in the presence of invited honour guests, parents and residents of the refugee township near the Eritrea-Sudan border.

Started on 11 July 2016, the current academic year opened classes with 637 registered students. Of this, 22 students left the school due to various reasons, including economic problems to their parents and third-country resettlements. The school year thus ended with 615 students, 42% of them girls. Those who passed the final examinations were 88.6% of the total while 70 students could not pass the final examination. The report added that 48 of those who failed to pass from one class to the next were boys, and only 22 girls failed.

Among the dignitaries and elders attending the ceremony were Ustaz Al-Zibai Ajak, director of non-governmental schools in the Kassala region; Father Ghebrai Bedemariam, friend of the school and director of Catholic Church schools in Eastern Sudan, and Idris Ismail, acting school supervisor who continued the work of the late Osman Ahmed who passed away six months ago. Also present were known elders like Ismail Nada, and elderly Eritrean patriot, Ali Humed Dinai and others. The school children entertained guests with Eritrean folkloric music, dances, songs, poetry, jokes and drama staged in Eritrean languages.

In his address at the school closing ceremony, the school director, Mr. Teklemaimanot Elfu, expressed profound gratitude to the Sudanese education officials in the Kassala region and to Father Ghebrai for his continued cooperation with the Wad Sherifey School Administration.

Mr. Teklehaimanot Elfu also paid tribute to the late Osman Ahmed who tirelessly served the school for over two decades. The school director also expressed deep gratitude to the Swiss charity Organization in Geneva (ASEE - Association Suisse Enfance-Erythree) and other friends of school, past and present, who have been working hard to keep the refugee school going for so many years.

The school was started in 1984 in make-shift tents until modern buildings were constructed in 1988 with the help of charitable groups in the Netherlands. The late Father Marino Haile of Milano further modernized the school in 2005 and ASEE of Switzerland has been active as of October 2005 to cover major expenses of the school which is administered under the Eritrean Red Cross-Crescent Society (ERCCS). Dr. Habtemichael Tekle of Sweden is the current president of the ERCCS, an old Eritrean charity which closely follows up the situation and needs of the refugee school in Eastern Sudan.  Dr. Habtemichael Tekle continually calls former students of Wad Sherifey Refugee School to come together and seriously think of supporting the continuation of this vital school for refugee children until their happy return to a democratic Eritrea.