ኣብራር ዑስማን “ብጥሜት ተሰዲደ ኣይፈልጥን’የ መሰናኽላት ዝፈጠሩ (ኣካላት) ጠጠው ዘበሉና ይመስሎም ይኸውን” ቃለ-መጠይቕ..

ቃለ-መጠይቕ ምስ ኣብራር ዑስማን“ሰብ ግደ ሰብ ክመልእ ኣይክእልን’ዩ ናይ ባዕሉ ቦታ ጥራሕ’ዩ ዝመልእ” ድምጻዊ ኣብራር ዑስማን

 

28/11/09

ናይ ሎሚ ዕዱምና ህቡብ ድምጻዊ ኣብራር ዑስማን’ዩ። ኣብራር ብርቀት ዜማታቱን ሓያል መልእኽቲ ግጥምታቱን ዝልለ ንስነ-ጥበብ ሃገርና ሓደ ደረጃ ንቕድሚት ዘሰጎመ ንሕበነሉ ድምጻዊ’ዩ። ኣብ ሓንቲ ደርፊ ካብ ኣርባዕተ ዘይውሕድ ዜማታት ሰዂዑ ደርፍታቱ ብዘይምስልቻው ከምንሰምዕ ዝገበረ፣ ብሉጽ ፍርያቱ ኣብ 2000 ዓ/ም ናይ ራይሞክ ሽልማት ዝወሰደ። ስነ-ጥበባውያን ሃገርና ቅዱስ ቅንኢ ሓዲርዎም ፍሉይ መሃዝነት ከርእዩ ዝቐሰበ ምቑሉል ኣቦ ስነ-ጥበብ ሃገርና’ዩ። ኣብራር ኣብ 1975 ኣብ ንኡስ ዕድሚኡ ንሃገርና ናጽነት ንምጉንጻፍ ናብ ተ.ሓ.ኤ. ተሰሊፉ። ኣብኡ ዕቑር ዓቕምታቱ ዘማዕብለሉ ምቹእ ናይ ስነ-ጥበብ ባይታ ረኺቡ፡ ከም ደራፋይ ካብ ግዜ ናብ ግዜ ህቡብነቱ እናዓዘዘ መጺኡ። ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣስታት 28 ደርፍታት ደሪፉ ኣሎ። ገለ ኣብ ሜዳ ዝደረፎ ደርፍታት ውን ጌና ንማሕተም ዘይበቕዐ ኣለዎ። ሕጂ ኣብ ሃገር ጀርመን እናተቐመጠ፡ ንሞያ ስነ-ጥበብ ኣብ ትርፊ ግዚኡ እናሰርሐ ከማዕብሎ ይህቅን ኣሎ። ብኣጋጣሚ ሓድሽ ዓመት 2009 ኣብ ካናዳ ዑደት ክገብር ምስ መጽአ፡ ነቲ ዘለዎ ሃብታም ስነ-ጥበባዊ ተሞክሮ ከካፍለና ቃለ-መጠይቕ ኣካይድናሉ ኔርና። ንስለቲ ዝገበረልና ልዑል ምትሕብባር ብስም ኣንበብቲ እናመስገና ናብ ጽማቕ ትሕዝቶ ናይቲ ቃለ-መጠይቕ ነሕልፈኩም።

መፍትሕ፡- መጀመርታ ኣብ ሙዚቃ ዓለም ንክትኣቱ ዝደረኸካ ነገር እንታይ ኔሩ ትብል?

ኣብራር፡- ኣብ ገዛውትና፡ ኣብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ብገለ ገለ ምኽንያት ናይ ሙዚቃ ስምዒት ሓዲርኒ ኔሩ። ኣብ ሜዳ ምስ ወጻእኩ ከምኡ ዓይነት ህይወት ክህሉ’ዩ ዝብል እምነት ኣይነበረንን። ኣጋጣሚ ግን እቲ መድረኽ ንኩሉ ስነ-ጥበባዊ ዝዕድም ስለዝነበረ፡ ሓያሎ መማህራን፡ ተጻወቲ ኩዕሶ፡ ሞያ ዘለዎም ሰባት ይወጽኡ ስለዝነበሩ፡ እቲ ሞያ ስነ-ጥበብ ኣብ ሜዳ ምዕንባብ ቀጺሉ። ነቲ ዝነበረኒ ሕልሚ ድማ ጋህዲ ከምዝኸውን ጌርዎ። ክሳብ ሕጂ ከኣ ይቕጽሎ ኣለኹ።

መፍትሕ፡- ግጥሚን ዜማን ደርፍታትካ መን ይደርሶ?

ኣብራር፡- ዝበዝሕ ግዜ ባዕለይ’የ ዘዳልዎ፡ ሓደ ሓደ ግዜ ድማ ካብ ካልኦት ብጾት ይወስድ’የ።

ኣነ ንበይነይ ስለዝነብር ባዕለይ ክገብሮ ይግደድ’ምበር ናይ ሓባር ክኸውን ደስ’ዩ ዝብለኒ። ስነ-ጥበብ ናይ ሓባር ስራሕ’ዩ። ኣብቲ ሞያ ብፍሉይ (በብሞይኦም) ክሰርሑ ዝኽእሉ ዝያዳ ኣትኩሮ ዘለዎም ክሰርሕሉ ኣለዎም። ከምኡ እንተዘይኮይኑ ካብ ተውህቦታት ስለዝሰርቕ፡ እምብዛ እንተዘይተገዲድካ ክትኣትዎ ጽቡቕ ኮይኑ ኣይስምዓንን። ሓደ ንተራ፡ ካልኣይ ድማ ንሓያልነት መልእኽቱ።

መፍትሕ፡- ኣብ 2000 ዓ/ም ናይ ራይሞክ ሽልማት ወሲድካ ኔርካ። እዚ ንዕቤት ሞያኻ ክሳብ ክንደይ ሓጊዝዎ ትብል?

ኣብራር፡- ብርግጽ እዚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ልዕለይ ዘለዎ ደረጃ ሙቐት መዐቀኒ ኮይኑኒ’ዩ። ብዝያዳ ካብኡ ዝዓበየ ንክሰርሕ ኣተባቢዕኒ። ንዕኡ ከም ዓቢ ሓላፍነት ስለዝወሰድክዎ፡ እንታይ ክገብረሉ ከምዝኽእል ኩሉ ግዜ የጨንቐኒ’ዩ። ስለዚ ብጣዕሚ ዓቢ ነገር’ዩ ኔሩ።

መፍትሕ፡- ክሳብ ሕጂ ካብ ዝደረፍካየን ደርፍታት ብዝያዳ ኣብሊጽካ ትርእያ ደርፊ ኣየነይቲ’ያ?

ኣብራር፡- ብርግጽ እዚ ካብዚ ክብለካ ኣይደልን። ልክዕ ከምቲ ሰብ ካብ ግዜ ናብ ግዜ ምስ ናይ ባዕሉ እዋን ዝጥምቶ፡ ኣነ ውን ከምኡ ናይ ሙዚቃ ውህደት ወይ ገለ እንተዘይኮይኑ፡ ንኩሉ ቂንን ኢለ ስለዝሰራሕክዎ ልክዕ ከምቲ ኣደ ንውላዳ 9 ኣዋርሕ ትጾሮ፡ ከምኡ ኣብ ሓንጎለይ ንዓመታት ጼረዮ’የ። ስለዚስ ንውላደይ ብማዕረ ክሪኦም’የ ዝፍትን።

መፍትሕ፡- ካብ ስነ-ጥበባውያን ሃገርና ተድንቖ ሰብ መን’ዩ?

ኣብራር፡- ኩሉ ግዜ ኣብዚ ናትና ክውንነት ንሞያውያን ድኹምን ሓያልን ጎድንታት ኣለዎም። ኩሎም ኣሰራርሕኦም ሓደ ኣይኮነን። ኩሎም ሓደ ዓይነት መልእኽቲ የብሎምን። ከምዚ ስለዝኾነ ብዙሓት ስነ-ጥበባውያን’የ ዘድንቕ። ስለዚ እዝን እትን ክብለካ የሸግረኒ’ዩ። ንምንታይሲ ታሪኻውያን ከም በዓል ወድ ኣሚር፡ ኣቶ ኣቶብርሃን፡ ፡ ማትኣ፡ ንሕና መቐጸልታ ናይቶም ዝነበሩ’ምበር ናይ ባዕልና ኣይኮናን። በዓል ነፍስሄር የማነ ገብረሚካኤል፡ ኣብርሃም ኣፍወርቂ ከይዘከርክዎም ክሓልፍ ኣይደልን። ናቶም ብኩራት ንዓና ኣብ ህይወት ሳሕዊ ጌርልና’ዩ። ሰብ ግደ ሰብ ክመልእ ኣይክእልን’ዩ ናይ ባዕሉ ቦታ ጥራሕ’ዩ ዝመልእ። ናቶም ምብኳር ንሞያና ሓያል ጸቕጢ ከምዝኾነ’ዩ ዝኣምን። ስለዚ እዝን እትን ክብለካ የሸግረኒ’ዩ። መፍትሕ፡- ቀንዲ ብድሆታት ወይ ብልጫታት ናይ ኣብ ስደት ዘለዉ ስነ-ጥበባውያን ብከመይ ምገለጽካዮ?

ኣብራር፡- ብሓቂ ኩሉ ስነ-ጥበብ ኣብ ስደት ዓዲ ውዒሉ’የ ዝብል። ንምንታይ መጀመርታ መቖሚታት የብሉን፣ ከም ሞያ ፍሉጥ ስራሕ ኣይኮነን፣ ኣብ መዓልታዊ ህይወት ተባላሓትነት ዝረክብ ኣይኮነን። ኣብ ገለ ገለ እዋን ውን ከም ምንጪ ናይ እቶት ወይ ከም ተወሳኺ ዝርአ’ዩ። ኣብኡ ዝግበር ፋሕተርተር ኣዝዩ ውሑድ’ዩ። ስለዚ ኣብ ስደት ዘሎ ስነ-ጥበብ ክንቀፍ ዝግብኦ’ዩ። እቶም ኣብ ትምህርቲ ኣለዉ ዝባሃሉ ኤርትራውያን ብዝለዓለ ኣገባብ ነቲ ባህሊ፡ ያታ ናይቲ ህዝቢ ናብ ካልእ መድረኽ ከሰጋግርዎ ብዙሓት ከምዝጽበዩ ካብ ኤርትራ ዝመጽኡ ስነ-ጥበባውያን ይነግሩኒ’ዮም። እዚ ግን ጨሪሱ ቦትኡ ከምዘይረኸበ’የ ዝኣምን።

ካልኣይ ድማ ብማሕበር ደረጃ ፖለቲዛይዝድ’ዩ (ፖለቲካዊ መልክዕ ዝሓዘ’ዩ)። ዝተመልከ፡ ዘይህዝባዊ ኣገባብ ዘለዎ’ዩ። ብርግጽ እቲ ንሕና ንዛረቦ ህዝባዊ ቋንቋ’ዩ፡ ያታ ናይቲ ህዝቢ’ዩ። ግን ንባዕልና ምስቲ ህዝብን ነቲ ህዝብን ንድሌቱ ዝምእዘዝ ስራሕ ክንሰርሕ ኣይበቓዕናን። ንዕኡ ከነተግብር ኣብ ንፍትነሉ እዋን ድማ ብዙሕ ጸገማት የጋጥመና’ዩ።

መፍትሕ፡- ገለ ኣብነት ዶ ምገለጽካ

ኣብራር፡- ከም ውጽኢት ናይ ቃልሲ (ስነ-ጥበብ) ተወዲቡ ክኸይድ ዝጸንሐ ናይ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት ስራሕ’ዩ። ኣብ ጎድኒ ህዝቢ ኣይኮነን።  ፖለቲካ ምእንቲ ህዝቢ ብዙሕ’ዩ ዝዛረብ፡ ግብሩ ግን ውሑድ’ዩ። ንስልጣንን ካልእ ስርሓትን’ዩ። ስለዚ ድሌት ህዝብና ብርግጽ ኣብ ስነ-ጥበብ ክምርኮስ ኣለዎ’የ ዝብል። እምነተይ ከምኡ’ዩ። ኣብቲ ሓፈሻዊ ስራሕ ኩላህና ሓደ ኢና። እቲ ቁጠባዊ ህይወትና ነቲ ፖለቲካዊ ህይወትና ይጸልዎ’ዩ። ኩሉ እቲ ማሕበራዊ ህይወት ተዋሃሂዱ ክሰርሕ ኣይክኣለን። ስነ-ጥበብ ምስ ህዝቢ ተሓቛቒፉ ዝኸይድ ነገር’ዩ። ነቲ ካልእ ጎድንታት ክነቅፍን ክንእድን ዝኽእል ኮይኑ ክርከብ ኣለዎ። ብዙሓት ምናልባት ኣነ ዝወሰድክዎ (ኣካይዳ) ነቶም ናይ መንግስቲ ወይ ካልኦት ፖለቲካውያን ሓይልታት እቲ መርገጺ ብሩህ ኣይኮነን። ‘ኣብራርሲ ኣብቲ ህይወት ናይ ምብላጽ’ መደብ ዘሎ ዝመስሎም ኣለዉ። ግን እቲ ሓቂ ንሱ ኣይኮነን። እቲ ሓቂ ንዝተረዳኣኒ ርኡይ’ዩ። ፖለቲካውያን ነንሓድሕድኩም ኢኹም ትወዳደቡ። ሓደ ናይ እገለ እቲ ሓደ ናይ እገለ፡ ንሕና (ስነ-ጥበባውያን) ግን ናይ ኩሉ ምዃና’የ ዝኣምን። ከምቲ ትማሊ ዝራኣኻዮ (ኣብ ቶረንቶ ዝተወደበ ምርኢት) መን’ዩ ካበይ ዝመጽአ’ዩ ዝፈልጥ የለን። እቲ መልእኽቲ ካብ ህዝቢ ናብ ህዝቢ ዝኣመተ’ዩ ኔሩ። ብመልክዕ ፖለቲካ (ዝተወደበ) ኣይኮነን።

መፍትሕ፡- እቲ ኣብ ስደት ዘሎ ብልጫታት ከምቲ ዝድለ ክንጥቀመሉ ንኽእል ኣለና ዶ?

ኣብራር፡- መጀመርያ ንሕና ኣብ ዝተፈራረሰ፡ ዘይውሁድ ኮምኒቲ ስለንነበር ንባዕሉ ሞያና ቅቡል ኣይኮነን። ካበይ መጺእና ናበይ ንኸይድ’ዩ ዝሕተት’ምበር፡ ንሕና ነቕርቦ እጃም ኣይሕተትን’ዩ። ንኣብነት ትማሊ ‘መን’ዩ ኣምጺእዎም ዝብል ዘረባ ካብቶም ዘምሰዩ ሕቶታት’ዩ’። ንዓይ ሓቂ ይሓይሽ ኣይገርመንን’ዩ ብነዊሕ ግድል ስለዝመጻእኩ። ከምኡ ኢሉ ዝቕጽል ነገር ከምዘየለ ውን ይኣምን’የ። ለይቲ ትኹን’ምበር ዘይትወግሕ የላን። ናይ ኤርትራ ምዃነይ’የ ዝኣምን። ኤርትራዊ ምዃነይ’የ ዝኣምን። ሓለፍኦም ኣይትብጻሓኒ ሓለፋይ ኣይትብጽሖም።

ስለዚ ነቲ ዝሃቡኒ’የ ዝመልስ ዘለኹ’ምበር ናይ ባዕለይ ኣየምጻእኩን። ፖለቲካዊ ህይወት ናይ ውድባት ወይ ናይ ገለ ሒዘ ኣይኮንኩን ዝመጽእ ዘለኹ። ናይ ባዕለይ መልእኽቲ ኣለኒ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ሓድነቱ፡ ያትኡ፡ መንነቱ ጸኒዑ ክነብር። ኣብ ታሪኽ ዘለዎ ተጻዋርነት ከዐሙቕ። ምስ ንፋስ ከይጓዓዝ። መሰታ ትማሊ’ምበር መሰታ ሎሚ ከምዘይኮነ (ክሕብር)። ከምኡ እንተዘይከውን እዚ ሃገር’ዚ ኣይምጸንሐን። ያታ ኣይምሃለዎን፡ ክብሪ፡ ፍቕሪ ኣይምሃለዎን። እዚ ሎሚ ዝርእይዎ ንፋስ ምናልባት ካልእ’ዩ። ናይ ሎሚ ንፋስ ድማ ኣዝዩ እኩይ ንፋስ ምዃኑ ክርድኡ ኣለዎም። እዚ ስነ-ጥበብ ድማ ህዝቢ ኣብ ኩሉ እንተዘይመኺሩ ኣብ ሸቱኡ ክበጽሕ ኣይክእልን’ዩ። እዚ እንተዘይብሉ ጓይላ ኣይዕምርን’ዩ። ንሕና ብምርኢትና ብዙሕ ግዜ ነርእዮ ኢና። ፖለቲከኛታት ግን ጌና ኣይበጽሕዎን። ተስፋ ንገብር ከኣ ክበጽሕዎ። ስነ-ጥበባውያን ዓቃላት፡ ለባማት እንተኮይኖም፡ ነዚ ጉዳይ’ዚ ክበጽሕዎ’ዮም። ኣብ ክንዲ ንኩሉ ሃንጎፋይ ኢልካ ብውዳስ ምጥቓዕ፡ ምስ ህዝቢ ተራኺብካ፡ ካብ ህዝቢ ተማሂርካ፡ ስምዒት ናይቲ ህዝቢ ክትነግሮም’ዩ ዝግባእ። ናትና ስምዒት ክንውስኸሉ ኣየድልን’ዩ። ምስ ሕሙም ዝውዕል ቃንዛ ክፈልጥ ግድን’ዩ።

መፍትሕ፡- ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣብ ክንደይ ሃገራት ዑደት ጌርካ ኣለኻ?

ኣብራር፡- ብዙሕ ግዜ ኣብ ስራሕ ትሑዝ’ዩ። ሽዱሽተ መዓልታት ኣብ ሰሙን’የ ዝሰርሕ። ብዙሕ ንምንቅስቓስ ኣይጥዕመንን’ዩ። ህዝባዊ በዓላት ክህሉ ከሎ ግን ይንቀሳቐስ’የ።

መፍትሕ፡- ስለዚ ህይወትካ ብሞያ ስነ-ጥበብ ጥራሕ ኣይኮንካን ትመርሕ ማለት’ዩ . . .?

ኣብራር፡- ብርግጽ ኣብ መጀመርታ ናብ ኤውሮጳ ክመጽእ ከለኹ እቲ ዕላማ ከምኡ’ዩ ኔሩ። ህዝብና ኣብ ዘለዎ፡ ትንኣስ ትዕበ ነዚ ሞያ’ዚ ክሰርሕ’የ ናብ ኤውሮጳ ተሰዲደ። ብጥሜት ተሰዲደ ኣይፈልጥን’የ። ግን መሰናኽላት ምስ ኣጋጠመ ናብ ካልእ ህይወት ኣምሪሑ። እቶም መሰናኽላት ዝፈጠሩ (ኣካላት) ጠጠው ዘበሉና ይመስሎም ይኸውን፡ ግን ጠጠው ዝበለ ነገር የለን። ስራሕ ኣዝዩ ጠቓሚን የኽብረካን ብምዃኑ ብምስርሐይ ብልቢ ሕጉስ’የ። መሳርያ ወይ ናውቲ ፖለቲከኛታት ክኸውን ብዘይምብቅዐይ፣ ‘እዚ ናትና’ዩ እቲ ናይቲኦም’ዩ’ እናበልካ ፈቖዶ ምርኢት ምዕንቃፍ ኔሩ። ከም ኤርትራዊ ናይ ስነ-ጥበብ ሰብ ዋላ’ኳ ሃንጎፋይ ኢሎም ዝቕበሉና እንተነበሩ ሓይሊ ኣይነበሮምን፡ ድላዮም ከኣ ክረኽቡ ኣይጸንሑን። በዚ ምኽንያት ከይንጠሚ ፈሪሕና ኣይኮናን። እቲ ምርጫ ከምኡ እንተኮይኑ፡ ከይትዕገት ካልእ መንገዲ ከተናዲ ናይ ግድን’ዩ። ንስኻ ናይ ብሕቲ ዋንነት ናይቶም ዘስርሑኻ፡ ህይወትካ ኣብኦም ዝምርኮስ ዝመስሎም ከምዘይከውን ከረድእ’የ ነዚ ሞያ ዝሰርሖ ዘለኹ።

መፍትሕ፡- ስለዚ ኪኖ ገንዘብ ዝኸይድ ንምምዕባል ስነ-ጥበብ ዘተኮረ ዕላማ ኢኻ ሒዝካ ትኸይድ ዘለኻ?

ኣብራር፡- ቀላዓለም ዘይብሉ፡ ንሱ ኔሩ እንተዘኸው ሞ ብኩሉ መዳይ ኣብዚ ጉዳይ ብልበይ ኣይምኣተኹን። ስነ-ጥበብ መስትያት ናይ ህዝቢ ምዃኑ ይኣምን። ንፍቕርን ሰላምን ፍትሕን ናይ ህይወት መሳልል ኣቕሪቡ ዘርኢ መስትያት ምዃኑ’የ ዝኣምን። ብስምዒተይ የ ዝሰርሕ። እንተረኸብኩ ንሞያዊ ወጻኢታተይ ዝሕግዝ’ምበር ክሳብ ግዚኡ ዘፍቅዶ ንከምኡ ዕላማ ዝሰርሕ ኣይኮንኩን።

መፍትሕ፡- ምስጢር ዕቤትካ ንሱ ዶ ክኸውን ይኽእል?

ኣብራር፡- ተስፋ ይገብር ንሱ ክኸውን። ንምንታይሲ ካብ ልቢ ናብ ልቢ መልእኽቲ ኣለዎ። ‘እምንቶኻ ኣሚነ ፍቕርኻ ተቐኒተ፡ ናትካ’የ ህዝቢ ናትኪ’የ ኤርትራ’የ’ ዝብል። ርትዒ ንዘለዎ፡ ንማንም ዝርታዕ’የ። ርትዒ ንዘይብሉ ክርታዕ ኣይተፈጠርኩን። ኣካልካ ክኸውን ርትዓኒ። ዘዕግበኒ፡ ዘየዕግበኒ ነገር ሃሰውሰው ክብል የብለይን። ንዓይ ህዝቢ’ዩ ዘዕግበኒ። ምስጢሩ’ዚ’ዩ። ህዝቢ ዝጽበዮ፡ ጽባሕ ድማ የሻቕለኒ። ፍቕሪ ሞይቱ ኮንቱ ኣይከውንን’ዩ።

መፍትሕ፡- ስነ-ጥበባውያና ብዓይኒ ገንዘብ ክረብሑ ይኽእሉ’ዮም ዶ ንብል? ንስኻ ነብስኻ ከመይ ትግምግማ?

ኣብራር፡- ኣነ ብነብሰይ ዝረባሕክዎ ነገር ኣሎ እንተኢለካ ክሕሱ’የ። ኣነ ኣብ ስራሕ ዓለም ክኣቱ ከለኹ ብማእገር ተሰኪመ ክሰርሕ ከምዝኽእል ኣብ ዝኣመንክሉ ግዜ ንዝኾነ ድኽመታተይ ክሽፍን ከምዝኽእል ስለዝኣመንኩ’የ። ጎድናዊ ጥራሕ ኣይኮነን። ገዛ ክራይ ጥራሕ ክትከፍለሉ ኣይኮነን። ክትሰርሕ እንተኪእልካ ምስኡ ብዙሕ ነገር ከተማልኦ ትኽእል ስለዘሎ፡ ሞያይ ከኣ ንከይቆርር ካብቶም ዘሙቑኒ ነገራት ምዃኑ ስለዝኣመንኩ’የ።

መፍትሕ፡- ብዛዕባ መሰል ኣሕታሚ (ኮፒ ራይት) ዘለካ ኣረኣእያ ዶ ምገለጽካለይ?

ኣብራር፡- ብዛዕባ ኮፒ ራይት ክሓስብ ግዜ ኣይረኸብኩን’የ ዝብል። ጌና እዋኑ ኣይበጽሐን’የ ዝብል። ካብኡ ዝናኣሰ ኤለመንታሪ ነገራት ኣይተገብረን። ንናትካ ሞያውያን ዝግባእ ኣመላኻኽታ ክህልወካ፡ ጻዕሮም ክትፈልጥ፣ ከምኡ ኣይተራእየን፡ ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ውን ዝርአ ኣይመስለንን። ብዝኾነ ንህዝብና ናብዚ ደረጃ ኣተሓሳስባ ከነምጽኦ ኩላህና ክንጽዕር ኣለና። ካብኡ ሓሊፉ ግን ኣብ ዘየለ ባይታ ዝትግበር የለን። ንስምዒትና ብዘይምትሕስሳብ ብፍቕሪ ክንሰርሕ ጥራሕ’ዩ ዘዋጽእ። ምትሕስሳብ ዘድልዮ መድረኽ ኣይኮነን።

መፍትሕ፡- ግን ዓቕሚ ስነ-ጥበባውያና የዳኽም ስለዘሎ ነዞም መሰል ኣሕታሚ ዘይሕልዉ ሰባት እንታይ ዓይነት ምኽሪ ምሃብካዮም?

ኣብራር፡- ናይ ሕልና ሕቶ’ዩ። ኣብዚ ምዕራባዊ ዓለም ዝነብር ሰብ ነዚ ህይወት’ዚ ዘይርዳእ ሰብ የለን። ግን ኩሉ እቲ ዝግበር ምቕዳሕ ካብ ናይ ክፋእ ድሌት ከምዘይኮነ በቲ ሓደ ሸነኽ ይርድኣኒ’ዩ። ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ግዜ ምስ ድምጺ መሰልና ደሊና ቃለ-መጠይቕ ጌረ ኔረ፡ ከምዚ ዓይነት ሕቶ ሓቲቶምኒ ኔሮም። ሓደ ንሕና ኣብ ስደት ኣብ ዘየለናዮ ቦታ የለን። ናይ ምዝርጋሕ ዓቕምና ድማ ውሱን፡ ዘይጥርኑፍ ስለዝኾነ፡ ዘይውዱብ ስለዝኾነ ዘይበጽሖም ዝበዝሑ’ዮም። ስለዚ ነቲ ዝፈትዎ ቀዲሑ ነቲ ኮፒ ናብ ካልኦት ክሰዶ ይርአ። ካብ ዓዲ ናብ ዓዲ ከምኡ ዓይነት ምልግጋስ ኣሎ። ብሓደ ሸነኽ ኣስተዋጽኦ ስነ-ጥበባውያን ኣብ ሓደ ሸነኽ ጥራሕ ተደሪቱ ንከይተርፍ ዝሕግዝ ስለዝኾነ ነቶም ዓቕሊ-ጽበት ዘለዎም ተመንዮም ከምኡ ዝገብሩ ይርድኣኒ’ዩ። ኮነ ኢሎም ዘባኽኑ እንተለዉ ግን እቲ ተዕንውዎ ዘለኹም ባህልኹም ምዃኑ ክትፈልጡ ኣለኩም። ዋጋ መንነትኩምን ባህልኹም እንተትርድኡ ዝሓሸ’ዩ ይብል።

መፍትሕ፡- ግጥሚ ወይ ዜማ ከተውጽእ ከለኻ፡ ኣብ ከመይ ኩነታት ብዝያዳ እቲ ዋሕዚ ይመጻልካ?

ኣብራር፡- ኣብ ናተይ ኩነታት ኣብዚ ክብለካ ኣይክእልን። ኣብ ሕማቕን ጽቡቕን ይመጽእ። እታ ህሞትና ብመንፈስ ምስ ሃገር ስለንነብር ሓደ መዓልቲ ጽቡቕ ተሰሚዕኒ ኢለ ክኣምን የሸግረኒ። ምናልባት ተኸዲነ ንዝራኣየኒ ከምኡ ይመስሎ ይኸውን። ግን እቲ ልብና ዝነግሮ ኢና ንነብር። እታ ጭንቀትን ህይወትን ድማ ኩሉ ግዜ ናታ ቦታ ኣለዋ ብከምኡ’የ ከኣ ግጥሚ ዝፈጥር። ምቹእ ነገር ተሰሚዕኒ ኣይፈልጥን፡ ኣብ ህይወትና ከምኡ የለን። ተስፋ ይገብር ብሕጂ ክመጽእ። ስነ-ጥበብ መኣዝኑ ንረኽበሉ ቦታ ይህሉ ይኸውን።

መፍትሕ፡- እንታይ ዓይነት ናይ ሙዚቃ መሳርያ ትጻወት?

ኣብራር፡- እቲ ምጽዋት ብትርጉም ናይ ሙዚቃ ካልእ ስለዝኾነ፡ ይኽእል’የ ክብለካ ኣይደፍርን’የ። ብዝኾነ ግን ንመትሓዚ ዜማታት ዝፈታትኖ መሳርያታት ኣሎ። ክራር፡ ጊታር።

መፍትሕ፡- ብክንደይ ቋንቋታት ትደርፍ? ክንደይ ቋንቋታት ከ ትዛረብ?

ኣብራር፡- መቸም ክሳብ ሕጂ ብሰለስተ ቋንቋታት’የ ዝደርፍ። ኣብ ማልቲካልቸራል ሕብረተሰብ ስለንነብር እቲ መልክዕ ሃገራዊ ባህልና ድማ ኩሎም ኤርትራውያን ክስቆሮም ስለዘለዎ፡ ግርማና ዋላ ዓቕሚ እንተዘይብለይ ነቶም ዝመጽኡ ሰባት ብልቢ ከሐጉሶም’የ ዝፍትን። ምኽንያቱ ኩሉ ግዜ ብዝተኻእለ መጠን ዓቕሚ እንተዘይሃለወኒ ክገጥሞን ክደርፎን ይፍትን’የ። ሳሆ፡ ትግርኛ፡ ትግረ ይደርፍን ይዛረብን። ብዛዕብኡ ቆርጠምጠም ክብል ይኽእል’የ።

መፍትሕ፡- ጀርመን፡ ዓረብ ከ?

ኣብራር፡- ኖእ፡ ኣይፋለይን። ክትደርፎ ጽቡቕ’ዩ ዝያዳ ሃብቲ። ንካልኦት ሕብረተሰብ ኮምኒከይት ዝገብር ሃብታም’ዩ። እቲ ምድራፍ ቀሊል ኣይኮነን፡ እቲ ካልኦት ዘየማዕድውዎ ምምዕዳው ዓቢ ነገር’ዩ። ሰብ ምስ ልቢ ሰብ ምርኻብ ቀሊል’ዩ፡ ምናልባት ንገለ ስነ-ጥበባውያን ከምኡ ኣይርድኦምን፡ ንዓይ ግን ከምኡ’ዩ ዝርድኣኒ ምስታ ሃገር፡ መሬት፡ ባህሪ፡ ህይወት ዝራዳዳእ ዘለኹ ኮይኑ’ዩ ዝስማዓኒ።

መፍትሕ፡- ኣብ ህይወትካ ትሕበነሉ ወይ ትጣዓሰሉ ነገር እንታይ ኣሎ?

ኣብራር፡- ዝሕጎሰሉ ነገር፡ ኣካል ናይዚ ህዝቢ ኮይነ ኣብ ስነ-ጥበብ ነዚ ህዝቢ’ዚ ክገልጾን ክፍቅሮን ካብቲ ዘሐብነኒ ነገር’ዩ። ንኩሉን ካብ ኩሉን ምዃነይ ብጣዕሚ የሐብነኒ። ዝሓልሞን ዝሓስቦን ንሱ’ዩ።

ንዓይ ዘጣዕሰኒ ነገር እንተሎ ህይወት ቤት ትምህርቲ ምዃኑ ይርድኣኒ’ዩ። ዋላ እቲ ሓሲብካ ዝኣተኻዮ ከምቲ ዝሓሰብካዮ ኣይጸንሓካን’ዩ። ኣብ ህይወት እቶም ቤት ትምህርቲ ዝባሃሉ እቲ ኣወንታን ኣሉታን’ዩ። ስለዚ ካብዞም ክልተ ተርእዮታት ክማሃር ይኽእል’የ ይብል። ካብ ዘሎ ዝመጽእ ይበዝሕ ስለዝብል። ዝተበደለ ነገር እንተሎ ብወገነይ ዝፈልጦ የብለይን፡ ኣነ ግን ካብ መዓልታዊ ስጉምተይ ክመሃር ከምዘለኒ’የ ዝኣምን። ዘጣዕስ ዘሎ ኣይመስለንን። ዝኾነ ይኹን ጉድለት ድማ ኣካል ናይቶም ዝኣምነሎም ስለዝኾንኩ፡ መስትያተይ ንስኻን ኩሉኹምን ስለዝኾንኩም እቲ ዝወሃበኒ ምኽሪ ብኣኽብሮት እናተቐበልክዎ’የ ዝኸይድ።

መፍትሕ፡- ካብ ሰማዕቲ እንታይ ዓይነት ግብረ-መልሲ ትረክብ?

ኣብራር፡- ብሓቂ ምቕሉላት፡ ሕያዎት፡ ለባማት ሰባት የጋጥሙኒ። ኣብቲ ሞያ ብቑዕ’የ ዝብል ተሪር መርገጺ የብለይን። ከም ኩሉ ኣብ ህይወት ተማሃራይ ምዃነይ’የ ዝኣምን። እዞም ነዚ ዝርድኡ ሰባት ዝመጽኡኒ ድማ ዋላ ዝራኣይዎ ጌጋ ይሃሉ ንምትብብዐይ ይርእዩ ይኾኑ ኩሉ ግዜ የተባብዑኒ። ‘ንምንታይ ደንጒኻ’ ንምንታይ ሲዲ ዘይተሕትም ይብሉኒ። ኣነ ይቃለስ ኣለኹ ይብል።

መፍትሕ፡- መጻኢ መደባትካ እንታይ’ዩ?

ኣብራር፡- ኣብዛ ሞያ ምቕጻል’ዩ። እንተተኻኢሉ ምዕባይ፡ ምምሃር፡ ምውሳኽ’ዩ። ንባዕሉ ንጥፈት መምህር’ዩ። እቲ ቲዮሪ (ክልሰ-ሓሳብ) ካብቲ ንጥፈት ስለዝወጽእ፡ ይሰርሓሉ ኣለኹ ካብኡ ከኣ ክመሃር’የ። እቲ ሎሚ ዝራኣየኒ ጽባሕ ብከምዚ ከምዘይርእየኒ ክፈልጥ ኣለዎ።

መፍትሕ፡- መዓስ’ያ ትቕጽል ኣልቡምካ ክትወጽእ?

ኣብራር፡- ኣብ ዝመጽእ ዓመት ክትኮነለይ ይጽበ ኣለኹ። ክሉ ግዜ ናይ ሓባር ስራሕ ስለዝኣመንኩ፣ እቶም መሳርሕቲ ድማ ጥርኑፍ ህይወት ስለዘየለ፣ ከም ሓደ ባንድ ከም ሰባት ኣብ ፋሕ ዝበለ ቦታ ስለንርከብ፡ እቲ ንደልዮ ነገራት ብቀሊሉ ኣይነተግብሮን ኢና። እቲ ብኣይ ዝውዳእ ኩሉ ግዜ ኣብኡ ስለዘለኹ ጸገም ኣይኮነን። ብዓቕመይ ንእሽተይ እናማዕራረኹ ይኸይድ ኣለኹ። ኣብ ዘይትኽእሉ ምምጥጣር ካብቲ ሞያኻ ዓቕምን ግዜን ስለዝሰርቁ፡ ኣብ ሓደ ሸነኽ ድኽመት ስለዝፈጥር ነቶም ዝኽእሉ ሰባት መማህራን ክኾኑ ኣለዎም ዝብሎ ስለዘቕልብ፡ ንሳቶም ከኣ ምስ ኩነታቶም ስለዘይሰማማዕ ክሰልጥ ኣይክኣለን። ተስፋ ይገብር ሕጂ በዚ ኮይኑ በቲ ክሰልጥ።

መፍትሕ፡- ተመርዒኻ ዶ? ክንደይ ቆልዑ ኣለውኻ?

ኣብራር፡- ክልተ ቆልዑ ኣለውኒ። ምዉቕ’የ።

መፍትሕ፡- ሞያኻ ክወርሱ ይደናደኑ ዶ?

ኣብራር፡- ብርግጽ ካብዚ ሞያ’ዚ ዝፍጠር ቆልዓ ናብኡ ገጹ’ዩ። ሓደ ሓደ ግዜ ተተባብዖ፡ ሓደ ሓደ ግዜ ድማ ብዙሕ ጸገማት የጋጥመካ’ዩ። እቲ ወሳኒ ግን ምርጭኡ ስለዝኾነ ኣብቲ ንሱ ዝሓሸ ዝብሎ ክኣቱ’የ ዝምነ።

መፍትሕ፡- ንስኻ ኸ ኣብቲ ሞያ ክኣትዉ ትደልዮም ዶ?

ኣብራር፡- ናይ ባዕሉ ተበግሶ ዘይብሉ ነገር ኣይዓብን’ዩ። ስለዚ ንሱ ብነብሰ-ምትእምማን ክብገስ ኣለዎ። ኣቦኡ ኣብዚ ሞያ’ዚ ስለዝሰርሕ  ናይዚ ሞያ’ዚ ሰብ ክኸውን ኣለዎ ኣይብልን’የ። ተፈጥሮ ከምኡ ኣይብልን’ዩ። በበይኑ’ዩ። እዘን ሓሙሽተ ኣጻብዕትና በበይነን’የን። እንተድኣ ብተፈጥሮ ህያብ ኣለዎ ኮይኑ፡ ዋላ ከልኪለዮ ውን ስለዘይክልከል፡ ክዓቢ ምዃኑ’የ ዝኣምን።

መፍትሕ፡- ክትብሎ ትደሊ?

ኣብራር፡- የቐንየለይ፡ ክብረት ይሃበለይ። ሞያና ሓደ’ዩ። ኣብ ሓደ ምዕራፍ ኣብ ሓደ ባይታ ስለዝኾነ። ኣብ ምርኢት መጺእካ ሓውኻን ብጻይካን ኣተባቢዕካ ፡ ብጣዕሚ ዓቢ ክብሪ ይስማዓኒ። ከምዚ ዘለኻዮ ክትቅጽል ኩሉ ግዜ ምኽሪ ዘድልዮ ስራሕ ስለዝኾነ፡ ኣብ ተሞክሮ ከምዝተማህርናዮ 99 ካብ 100 ዘራኽበና ነጥቢ ገዲፍና ኣብ ሓንቲ ነጥቢ ኮለል ንብል ስለዝኾና ኩሉ ተሪፉ ኣብ ዝዓበየ ህይወታዊ ነገራት ተራኺብካ ነተን 99 ነጥቢ ዘራኽበኻ ምልማዕ ይሓይሽ ኣብ ዝበሃለሉ እዋን ከምዘለና ክትሕብረለይ እፈቱ። ብውህደት ንስኹምን ንሕናን ካልኦት ስነ-ጥበባውያን ክሰርሑ የተባብዖም። ሓው ሃብቶምን (ድምጻዊ) ሓው ኢፍሬምን (ሙዚቀኛ) ከመስግኖም ይፈቱ። ንኩሎም ኣብ ካናዳ ዝነብሩ ኤርትራውያን ምስጋናይ ኣብጽሓለይ። ብዘይምትብባዕኩም ዝዓቢ ነገር ስለዘየለ፡ ኣብ ሕማቕን ጽቡቕን ከተተባብዑና ደስ ይብለኒ። ሕማቕ እንተዘይኣሪምካዮ ኣይዓብን’ዩ። እንተዘይህሉ ግን ሕማቕ ኣይምበልናዮን። ስለዚ ኩሉ ግዜ ኣብ ጎድንና ክንርእየኩም ተስፋ ይገብር።

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Eritrean Representative to the UN wrote to Security Council….

28/11/09

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Early this week, the Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations wrote to the President of the Security Council to denounce the draft resolution tabled in the Security Council last week. The resolution called for sanctions on Eritrea following its open support of extremist and terrorist opposition to the TFG in Somalia and its wider activities in the region of the Horn of Africa. This resolution was referred to experts for further analysis and has yet to come up for a vote.

Ambassador Araya’s letter took the expected line of suggesting that Eritrea’s interest and involvement in Somalia had been misunderstood. He claimed Eritrea did not favor or support a military solution in Somalia, did not support one party as opposed to another, nor work with one against others. Eritrea holds that any solution needs participation of all key Somali actors in an inclusive political process. The Ambassador also claimed that Eritrea has been attempting to organize such a process by engaging with various countries in the region to encourage an inclusive process. All this might sound persuasive but the Ambassador’s letter makes no mention of a number of undeniable facts:

1. Eritrea has consistently and publicly denied the legality of the TFG in Mogadishu, thus denying the inclusivity of a majority of Somali political figures, and calling for its overthrow;

2.It has repeatedly backed minority extremist elements, starting with the ICU in 2006, and among these have been Sheikh Hassan Dahir ‘Aweys’, who was provided with a base in Eritrea for over two years, and then in May 2009 was given sufficient quantities of arms to attempt the overthrow of the internationally recognized Somali Government in conjunction with the terrorist organization, Al-Shabaab;

3. It has consistently supported Hizbul Islam, the organization of Sheikh ‘Aweys’, and encouraged his connections with Al-Shabaab, and both, according to UN Monitoring Reports, have been the recipient of Eritrean arms;

4. Fighters from both Hizbul Islam and Al-Shabaab, who have been captured or who have defected in Mogadishu, have made no secret of the fact they have received training in Eritrea;

5. Members of the terrorist Ogaden National Liberation Front that has been operating in Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State have confirmed Eritrean support and training;

6. Last year, Eritrean troops crossed the border into Djibouti, and they remain there despite UN Resolutions and international calls for their withdrawal;

7. There are currently plausible allegations today that Eritrea has been supplying arms to rebels in Yemen, as it has been doing for several anti-government elements involved in armed struggle in Ethiopia, and for rebels in several other parts of the region.

Eritrea, in fact, far from assisting in trying to resolve the problems in Somalia has been encouraging the differences between political organizations there and actively supporting two of the most extreme factions, both identified as terrorist organizations. It has consistently, since its invasion of Ethiopia in 1998, worked for the destabilization of the Horn of Africa. It has never responded positively to any reasonable approaches as Ethiopia knows only too well with all its efforts to open dialogue and normalize relations since 2000 being aggressively rejected. Asmara and its President have consistently made it clear that prudence and negotiations are to be seen as a sign of weakness. Flexibility is seen as a sign of compliance with “the enemy”, and the enemy is apparently the rest of the world.

Nevertheless, however, as we noted last week, the Eritrean Government is prepared to abandon its normal intransigence and stubbornness on (rare) occasions, if only under duress and temporarily. It has been a regime following the logic of war since 1998, and even earlier; it is a regime driven by violence, and it only responds to overwhelming pressure as it did, albeit briefly in February 1999 and May 2000, when it acted in the same predictable manner. Demonstrating a complete inability to consider any reasonable course of action, it remained intransigent until the last minute and then succumbing under duress. Equally, it returned to its implacable immovability as soon as possible subsequently. It finds any departure from this, even with a gimmick such as the Ambassador’s letter, extremely difficult. Indeed, this is demonstrated by Ambassador Araya’s letter. Despite his supposed moderation, the Ambassador berates the Security Council for acts “contrary to the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations”, repeating a number of attacks the Eritrean Government has made against the Security Council in the last two or three years. He even insists on raising the issue of the Eritrean Ethiopia border, continuing to claim this is at the heart of what he calls the turbulent situation in the region, and suggests it lies behind the conflicts in the region. As Ethiopia has consistently pointed out, and indeed as Eritrea does not deny, it has been Eritrea which has been behind many of the problems of the region. To put down Eritrea’s invasion of Djibouti or its support for terrorism in Somalia to “frustration” with Ethiopia and the UN is carrying absurdity a step too far. To then claim, as senior Eritrean figures do, that this also explains the Eritrean Government’s refusal to implement its constitution, to allow elections or political parties, to close down its independent media, to hold an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 political prisoners, to refuse to allow demobilization of its hundreds of thousands of national service conscripts, is carrying the argument to the ludicrous.

Certainly, the Eritrean Government should now be able to read the writing on the wall. Faced by the real threat of international sanctions over its behavior, it is not surprising that it is opting for the appearance of moderation. However, on past record, this is not the moment to modify the pressure. As the Ambassador’s letter demonstrates, Eritrea has made no more than a slight change of language and has shown no indication of any real change of heart, nor indeed of policy. It has shown no indication of any change of policies over Somalia, over Djibouti, over its support for armed struggle in other states and regional destabilization. Indeed, if the reports from Yemen are true, it is actually intensifying its actions, whether at the behest of its paymasters or on its own account. That Eritrean officials speaking from Asmara and New York are not sincere can easily be seen by comparing notes of what EU/Eritrean interlocutors have been told in Asmara and what the Eritrean Ambassador in New York has informed the Security Council in writing. We are changing and entering a new phase, says a top Eritrean official in Asmara, adding tantalizing hints about how things might change in the future. He talked about the re-ordering of Eritrea’s priorities, even suggesting that the exclusive pre-occupation with boundary matters might for the moment be left in the background. Within a few days or less, the Ambassador in New York was saying the opposite, confirming that prudence and commonsense advise that Eritrean statements must be treated with considerable skepticism.

Even in Asmara itself, depending to whom one talks, one can get diametrically opposed renditions of what Eritrea may be up to. Interviews with the President over the last few days make it all too apparent that what the EU Ambassadors and other EU delegations have been told by other officials contain no truth. They are designed to confuse and are no more that thinly designed prevarication. Indeed, the President was yesterday quoted as threatening the international community which he said would regret moves to impose sanctions on Eritrea. Eritrea has consistently made it clear it only responds to overwhelming pressure, and this is what must be applied. Clear changes of policy and active implementation of acceptance of UN Security Council Resolutions should be the first indication of compliance. It is only this which will help bring back the region towards the rule of law and the goals of defeating poverty and keeping extremism at bay. (MoFA)

Eid Al-Adha colorfully celebrated nationwide…

Asmara, 27 November 2009

Eid Al-Adha was today celebrated across the nation in a colorful manner.
At a gathering held in Bahti Meskerem Square here in the capital, prayers headed by the Eritrean Mufti, Sheik Al-Amin Osman Al-Amin, were conducted in which tens of thousands of the faithful took part.

Speaking on the occasion, Sheik Al-Amin conveyed congratulations to the Eritrean people inside the country and abroad and stressed the need to extend a helping hand to needy compatriots and the offspring of martyrs. He further called on the Eritrean people to reinforce the cherished values of unity and harmony, and thereby back up the nation-building process. The Mufti further expressed conviction that the Eritrean people would as ever emerge victorious in meeting all challenges.

Present on the occasion were Ministers, Administrators and other Government and PFDJ officials.

Meanwhile, Eid Al-Adha was celebrated in Qatar through the collaboration of the Eritrean Ministry of Information, the Eritrean Embassy and the Eritrean Community in Qatar.

Speaking at the celebrations that was transmitted live via ERI-TV and Dimtsi Hafash, the Eritrean Ambassador to Qatar, Mr. Ali Ibrahim Ahmed, stated that the celebrations fully attest to the Eritrean nationals’ strong attachment with the Homeland.

The Chairman of the Eritrean Community in that country, Mr. Tahir Mohammed Arrei, on his part indicated that the long-standing joint celebration of religious holidays on the part of the Eritrean people is the source of their unity and identity. A cultural troupe from Asmara staged musical performance, thus adding color to the event.

What will sanctions mean to Eritreans?…

What will sanctions mean to Eritreans?…

by -A Call for Action
The Action Group for Eritrea

25/11/09

What will sanctions mean to Eritreans? The consequences in human terms:

o Freezing Eritrea’s assets abroad will mean that our access to hard
currency will be curtailed and Eritrea will not be able to import essential goods that are necessary for our people and the nation’s survival;

o The impact of sanctions on the health of our country will be huge. Many
people who depend on medicine imports will be the first to suffer. The long term impact will mean that the health of our people will vastly deteriorate – our water quality will be affected (we will not be able to import water purification supplies) while shortage of spare parts for medical equipments such as X-rays and important lab machines will have monumental impact. Generally, Eritrea’s capacity to provide health care will be greatly diminished and all the gains that have been made in the fight against malaria, contagious diseases and other illnesses will be lost;

o Eritrea’s imports will be hurt badly. This will include medicines, all
kinds of food imports, much needed agricultural products such as fertilizers, pesticides, machinery spare parts, industrial spare parts, fuel, educational materials and etc;

o Food Security: All the efforts to ensure food security will be badly
affected. There will be even more shortages of basic food supplies while prices for basic foodstuffs will be even more expensive than they are now.
This will be coupled with low agricultural production which will make the situation even more dire;

o Eritrea’s economy will be so badly damaged because of lowered economic
activity, loss of trade partners, decline in export revenue, chronic unemployment and sharp decline in GDP and GNP per capita income;

o The country’s ability to defend itself and the interest of its people
from Ethiopia’s aggression will be severely curtailed. Any invasion could lead to a disaster in terms of displacement of citizens, loss of life and damage to infrastructure;

o A travel ban on government officials will result in a detrimental
diplomatic impact which will have short and long term consequences;

o The economic, social and political repercussions will set our country
years back and by the time sanctions had reached their final stage, everything that has been gained in Eritrea will have been completely lost;

o Ultimately, every single Eritrean will lose out – it will be our mothers
and fathers, young brothers and sisters, cousins, nephews and nieces, uncles and aunts – in short, every ordinary Eritrean will be the victim of the sanctions. Those who are trying to impose sanctions against Eritrea without any evidence at all are intent on plunging this young country into the Stone Age. If we allow this to happen, then we’ll all rue the day we couldn’t be bothered;

We, the Action Group for Eritrea, call upon all Eritreans and Friends of Eritrea to remain steadfast and oppose the draft resolution. We ask you to call for an end to the injustice and the co-ordinated attack against Eritrea by writing to your MP and other relevant bodies.

What will sanctions mean to Eritreans?…

by -A Call for Action
The Action Group for Eritrea

25/11/09

What will sanctions mean to Eritreans? The consequences in human terms:

o Freezing Eritrea’s assets abroad will mean that our access to hard
currency will be curtailed and Eritrea will not be able to import essential goods that are necessary for our people and the nation’s survival;

o The impact of sanctions on the health of our country will be huge. Many
people who depend on medicine imports will be the first to suffer. The long term impact will mean that the health of our people will vastly deteriorate – our water quality will be affected (we will not be able to import water purification supplies) while shortage of spare parts for medical equipments such as X-rays and important lab machines will have monumental impact. Generally, Eritrea’s capacity to provide health care will be greatly diminished and all the gains that have been made in the fight against malaria, contagious diseases and other illnesses will be lost;

o Eritrea’s imports will be hurt badly. This will include medicines, all
kinds of food imports, much needed agricultural products such as fertilizers, pesticides, machinery spare parts, industrial spare parts, fuel, educational materials and etc;

o Food Security: All the efforts to ensure food security will be badly
affected. There will be even more shortages of basic food supplies while prices for basic foodstuffs will be even more expensive than they are now.
This will be coupled with low agricultural production which will make the situation even more dire;

o Eritrea’s economy will be so badly damaged because of lowered economic
activity, loss of trade partners, decline in export revenue, chronic unemployment and sharp decline in GDP and GNP per capita income;

o The country’s ability to defend itself and the interest of its people
from Ethiopia’s aggression will be severely curtailed. Any invasion could lead to a disaster in terms of displacement of citizens, loss of life and damage to infrastructure;

o A travel ban on government officials will result in a detrimental
diplomatic impact which will have short and long term consequences;

o The economic, social and political repercussions will set our country
years back and by the time sanctions had reached their final stage, everything that has been gained in Eritrea will have been completely lost;

o Ultimately, every single Eritrean will lose out – it will be our mothers
and fathers, young brothers and sisters, cousins, nephews and nieces, uncles and aunts – in short, every ordinary Eritrean will be the victim of the sanctions. Those who are trying to impose sanctions against Eritrea without any evidence at all are intent on plunging this young country into the Stone Age. If we allow this to happen, then we’ll all rue the day we couldn’t be bothered;

We, the Action Group for Eritrea, call upon all Eritreans and Friends of Eritrea to remain steadfast and oppose the draft resolution. We ask you to call for an end to the injustice and the co-ordinated attack against Eritrea by writing to your MP and other relevant bodies.

Sanctions on Eritrea will not solve the problem….

A Call for Action
The Action Group for Eritrea

Original Article http://www.youngpfdj.org/index.php

24/11/09

It has been reported that a draft resolution is being circulated among UN Security Council members calling for sanctions against Eritrea for allegedly supplying weapons to Somali insurgents fighting against the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in violation of a U.N. arms embargo.
The draft resolution which was drafted by Uganda calls for an arms embargo, freezing of assets and travel ban for members of the Eritrean government. The draft resolution calls for member states to be authorized to inspect cargos to and from Eritrea if they suspect the cargo.

 

We wholeheartedly and unequivocally reject the idea of sanctions against Eritrea and view it as unjust and irresponsible for the following reasons:

• The UN or any other country for that matter cannot be the accuser, the
judge and jury. To date, there has not been a single shred of evidence to link Eritrea with whatever/whichever party in Somalia by way of aiming to make the region unstable. The government of Eritrea has denied all charges levelled against it including weapons smuggling – thus far, the UN and AU have not been able to present any credible facts to prove otherwise.

• The accusation against Eritrea was based on an unfounded and
unsubstantiated report produced by the U.N. Arms Monitoring Group. The Group accused Eritrea of shipping arms and claimed that 2,000 Eritrean soldiers were fighting alongside the Somali Islamic Court Union (ICU), which turned out to be pure fabrication. No Eritrean was found dead or alive in Somalia following Ethiopia’s invasion of the country. A plane that was allegedly transporting weapons and fighters from Eritrea was later found crashed in Uganda while being used by Dyncorp, a contractor for the US military and Intelligence service.

• The UN Envoy for Somalia has admitted that despite the talks about
Eritrea supplying arms to Somalia, there is no hard evidence to link Eritrea with these accusations.

• Therefore, the call for sanctions against Eritrea rests on flawed
premise – not only are the UN and AU intent on unfairly meting out punishment but their action represents a travesty of justice.

• Sanctions on Eritrea will not solve the problem in Somalia and Eritrea
cannot be used as a scapegoat for the failure of others to bring about ‘peace’ in Somalia.

• Sanctions never work: realistically speaking, all evidence points to the
inefficacy of sanctions. What’s more, when imposed against countries, sanctions have always produced a result that does not match the desired outcome. History is rife with examples of countries that have been left destitute as a result of sanctions.

• What will sanctions mean to Eritreans? The consequences in human terms:

o Freezing Eritrea’s assets abroad will mean that our access to hard
currency will be curtailed and Eritrea will not be able to import essential goods that are necessary for our people and the nation’s survival;

o The impact of sanctions on the health of our country will be huge. Many
people who depend on medicine imports will be the first to suffer. The long term impact will mean that the health of our people will vastly deteriorate – our water quality will be affected (we will not be able to import water purification supplies) while shortage of spare parts for medical equipments such as X-rays and important lab machines will have monumental impact. Generally, Eritrea’s capacity to provide health care will be greatly diminished and all the gains that have been made in the fight against malaria, contagious diseases and other illnesses will be lost;

o Eritrea’s imports will be hurt badly. This will include medicines, all
kinds of food imports, much needed agricultural products such as fertilizers, pesticides, machinery spare parts, industrial spare parts, fuel, educational materials and etc;

o Food Security: All the efforts to ensure food security will be badly
affected. There will be even more shortages of basic food supplies while prices for basic foodstuffs will be even more expensive than they are now.
This will be coupled with low agricultural production which will make the situation even more dire;

o Eritrea’s economy will be so badly damaged because of lowered economic
activity, loss of trade partners, decline in export revenue, chronic unemployment and sharp decline in GDP and GNP per capita income;

o The country’s ability to defend itself and the interest of its people
from Ethiopia’s aggression will be severely curtailed. Any invasion could lead to a disaster in terms of displacement of citizens, loss of life and damage to infrastructure;

o A travel ban on government officials will result in a detrimental
diplomatic impact which will have short and long term consequences;

o The economic, social and political repercussions will set our country
years back and by the time sanctions had reached their final stage, everything that has been gained in Eritrea will have been completely lost;

o Ultimately, every single Eritrean will lose out – it will be our mothers
and fathers, young brothers and sisters, cousins, nephews and nieces, uncles and aunts – in short, every ordinary Eritrean will be the victim of the sanctions. Those who are trying to impose sanctions against Eritrea without any evidence at all are intent on plunging this young country into the Stone Age. If we allow this to happen, then we’ll all rue the day we couldn’t be bothered;

We, the Action Group for Eritrea, call upon all Eritreans and Friends of Eritrea to remain steadfast and oppose the draft resolution. We ask you to call for an end to the injustice and the co-ordinated attack against Eritrea by writing to your MP and other relevant bodies.

For Original Article go to http://www.youngpfdj.org/index.php

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President Isaias’ Speech On The Occasion Of The 30th Anniversary…

22/11/09

Shabait.com – NEWS

Ladies and Gentlemen
Invited Guests and Participants

On this auspicious occasion marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Eritrean Workers Union, I would like to convey my warm congratulations to the Eritrean people in general and members of the National Confederation of Eritrean Workers (NCEW) in particular.

The role played by Eritrean workers under various categories and in different forums, both before and in the course of the 30-year armed struggle for independence, along with the rest of the Eritrean people, occupies one of the significant chapters in the history traversed for a Free and Sovereign Eritrea. In this regard, the establishment of the Workers Union 30 years a go, i.e. 12 years before the achievement of total independence, aimed at placing and underscoring the role of Eritrean workers in its rightful historical perspective.

Nurturing freedom, achieving national development and progress, ensuring better standard of living and prosperity, indeed every aspect of life… and above all building a vibrant nation are essentially anchored on the value of work!

In the same manner, as the pledge and enduring motto of the workers union sought from the very beginning to nurture a workforce equipped with the requisite education, professional skill and experience, coupled with modern technological know-how, it is equally important at this juncture to see to it that workers’ productivity and output live up to the desired objective. Indeed, this is the hallmark of a potent workforce for building a vibrant nation. Equally important is the need to nurture a workers movement that possesses high economic, social and political awareness, as well as qualified, organized, conscious and dynamic labor-force fully committed to discharge national duties.

Hoping that this occasion would provide impetus to the task of realizing the aforementioned goals, I wish the National Confederation of Eritrean Workers and its action programs every success.

Glory to our Martyrs!
Victory to the Masses!

Draft sanctions to Eritrea experts not yet been discussed it…

Images google search 22/11/09 AP – NEWS

A proposed U.N. resolution is calling for an arms embargo and other tough sanctions against Eritrea for supplying arms to opponents of the Somali government and refusing to resolve a border dispute with Djibouti.Uganda has circulated the draft to the 14 other members of the United Nations Security Council but diplomats said Friday no experts meeting has been scheduled to discuss it.Some council members are privately concerned that the proposed resolution, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, is too tough and might make it even more difficult to deal with the tiny Red Sea nation of Eritrea.   It would impose an arms embargo, call on U.N. member states to inspect all suspect cargo between Eritrea and Somalia, and impose a travel ban and asset freeze on Eritrea’s political and military leadership. It would also freeze the assets of government and private companies that violate the arms embargo. The draft resolution also calls for financial and travel sanctions against any Eritrean individuals or entities that support Somalia’s armed opposition, obstruct implementation of a council resolution demanding that Eritrea pull its troops back from the Djibouti border, or support acts of violence or terrorist acts in the region. Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year guerrilla war. It has been feuding over its border with Ethiopia ever since, and uncertainty over its border with the tiny port nation of Djibouti led to hostilities between the two countries twice in the 1990s. In June 2008, the Security Council condemned Eritrea for launching an attack against Djibouti, a key U.S. ally in the Horn of Africa, which the U.S. said left 44 Djiboutian soldiers dead and many more missing. The council called for a cease-fire and urged the two countries to withdraw their forces from the border, which overlooks key Red Sea shipping lanes. Djibouti did, but Eritrea has not. The U.S. and Britain have also accused Eritrea of supplying weapons to opponents of Somalia’s Western-backed transitional government in violation of a U.N. arms embargo. Last month, Britain called for sanctions against Eritrea for supplying arms to Somalia’s opponents. The African Union has also asked the Security Council to impose sanctions on Eritrea. The draft resolution demands that Eritrea comply with the U.N. arms embargo on Somalia and withdraw its forces from the Djibouti border. Somalia has not had an effective government since 1991 when warlords overthrew longtime dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned on each other, plunging the country into chaos and anarchy. The fragile U.N.-backed government and an undermanned, poorly resourced African Union peacekeeping force have struggled to defend government buildings, the port and airport in the capital, Mogadishu _ most recently rebuffing an offensive by Al-Shabab and the allied Islamic Party. The Islamist militia group was designated a terrorist group by Washington in 2008 and has been trying to topple the transitional government. The draft resolution demands that Eritrea stop all assistance to Al-Shabab and other militias trying to destabilize Somalia and incite “violence and civil strife in Djibouti, including the issuance of passports to non-Eritrean nationals.

Eritreans have been awarded for contributing in the community in uk…..

22/1109

24Dash.com

Arhag Housing Association has hosted a 30th anniversary event to celebrate its achievements and recognise the valuable contribution refugees and migrants have made to community life.

Arhag was founded in 1979 as a campaign group to challenge the housing disadvantages experienced by African migrants and refugees. It developed as a housing association in the 1980s and now manages over 700 homes in 12 London boroughs, making it the largest HA in the UK that specifically sets out to address the needs or refugee and migrant communities.

Arhag provides homes for people from all countries and continents but the majority of its tenants are African, a significant proportion of which are from the Horn of Africa.

The award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Community’ was presented to Alem Gebrehiwot by the Mayor of Camden, Councillor Omar Faruque Ansari.

Alem has been an Arhag tenant since 1998 and is the Executive Director of a community project called Embrace UK.

Embrace UK was established in 1994 and seeks to further the integration of refugees and those of a refugee background by providing information, advice and guidance on a range of issues including education, training, welfare benefits, immigration, housing, money and debt, business start-up, employment, parenting and health.

The two runners up were Petros Tesfaghorghis and Habbib Azim.

Petros has been a tenant since 1996 and was recognised for his work with the Eritrean Elders Group, based in Kensington & Chelsea.

He was also recognized for his study into the experiences of failed Eritrean asylum seekers which he felt helped to influence accommodation and subsistence being made available to failed asylum seekers e.g. prior to appeal and pending going home.

Habbib has been a tenant since 1996 and was recognized for his role in setting up a disability support group amongst parents/carers in Newham in 2002. Many of the parents and carers are themselves refugees and migrants and his group has helped to remove some of the isolation they experienced.