Although fifty years elapsed since the declaration of armed struggle for Eritrean independence and freedom, still the country needs more guns and millions of banners and Awate plead and call the Eritrean people to declare another revolution that embodies him which should spring from the womb of the sufferings of the Eritrean people. If this “golden jubilee” was inaugurated in a country not ruled by this insane tyrant or if Eritrea have had reached its [...]]]> Farajat – Editorial

Although fifty years elapsed since the declaration of armed struggle for Eritrean independence and freedom, still the country needs more guns and millions of banners and Awate plead and call the Eritrean people to declare another revolution that embodies him which should spring from the womb of the sufferings of the Eritrean people.
If this “golden jubilee” was inaugurated in a country not ruled by this insane tyrant or if Eritrea have had reached its 20^th anniversary blessed with freedom, democracy, justice and equality as dreamt by our fathers and the first generation of fighters… we would have seen banners decorating and adorning the trees and light posts and the walls being painted brightly for this very important national event. The school children would have competed in drawing and writing about the stories of the Eritrean revolution and its leading personalities and heroes.

Meanwhile the media would have played revolutionary music, and declared official holidays for three or two days; however, the government specialized in presenting the “Expo” exhibition on yearly basis and prepare for it every six months, celebrated the jubilee in a deliberate tarnished manner. The “Golden Jubilee’ was celebrated in a cinema hall packed with about 200 people to commemorate this very important historical date in a poorly prepared and delivered manner.  Eritrea became abandoned country by its people who celebrated this vital revolution and important event away from the plains and mountains of Eritrea.

The armed struggle was declared fifty years ago after the Eritrean people exhausted all peaceful and democratic means represented in the parliament, newspapers and associations to regain and recover their legitimate rights which were robbed through the venue of Federation which resulted in the annexation of the whole country to the Ethiopian kingdom openly and publicly with the complicity of some Eritreans in 1962.
One year before that date the Eritrean flag was lowered down and the occupation of Eritrea occurred formally and openly with graceful silence of the international community which linked Eritrea with Ethiopia in a dubious Federal system which achieved very little to quell the aspirations of the Eritrean people. The Eritrean nationalists from every corner of the world collaborated and summoned their strengths to declare armed struggle and the first shots were fired in mount Adal to liberate Eritrea from desecration of the Ethiopian occupation. Thanks to those who struggled and were martyred for our sake, today we have a flag, national anthem and a seat in the United Nations only as signs of Eritrean independence. Hence twenty lean years passed and the Eritrean people didn’t abandon their struggle, didn’t put down their gun, and didn’t give up their demand to gain their legitimate rights. Their rebellion and disobedience against all forms of marginalization, effacement of national culture and all processes of change and alienation of land and identity are in progress and will never cease until all their rights are restored.

Yes, Eritrea was liberated twenty years ago; however, today it is living the same atmosphere and environment which existed at the eve of the declaration of armed struggle in 1961. The well studied and planned actions by the dictatorial regime to blur and dismiss the identity and drain the land from its original and native inhabitants are well known today by all people. Also attempts of defacement and distortion of the National Culture and Heritage, the destruction of the national economy are in full progress. The country is on the verge of collapse in all fields and it is poorly managed by loyalists to the regime resulting in a failed state. The economy is being managed by corrupt people and the ignorant generals are in control and benefit from any transaction in the country. Eritrean national security and sovereignty are in danger due to the reckless policies of the regime to result large areas of Eritrean land being under Ethiopian occupation, thanks to the policies of the “one man party” and the destructive policies of its lone leader.
Despite all circumstances that provided impetus for Awate and his righteous companions for the declaration of the armed revolution; today we see some who fault those who are taking up arms to defend themselves. These people drawl and brag about their peaceful means to bring change to restore our rights usurped by the tyrant. Since we believe that each group has the right to choose the means that suit them, by the same token the dreamy elites that entertain themselves by soft landing and fine landing theories and by the third option, fourth and fifth…these people should respect the victims’ rights to defend themselves. It is their right to escape if they wish or to disappear in the safe if threatened or raise their swords and to shot bullets if their wills are integrated. These are our rights for self-defense, honor and dignity, we will practice them whichever way we want and prefer.

Those who think the exclusionary regime in Eritrea can be changed by peaceful means or even deal with him we believe they are completely wrong. The peaceful means of protest have been tried against the regime before and have proved their failure between the years 2000 -2001, where loud grumbling were heard and lack of acceptance and satisfaction about the regime’s policies were proclaimed. Some Eritreans out of concern for the safety of the country posted the Berlin Declaration known as G-13 which clearly put down all their fears and demands to the regime to reply. Then a statement by the cadres and leaders of the Popular Front known as G-15 appeared, followed by demonstrations of Asmara University students, the independent press and civil forces, journalists and intellectuals whose peaceful efforts were failed completely and were thrown in prison and it would have been better for them if they went to the nearest ammunition warehouse and fired the first bullets.
No one denies the possibility of peaceful means to urge democratic change with minimal losses is the ideal option if the right conditions are met. The peaceful means were successful in Egypt and Tunisia due to the presence and great assistance by the presence of institutions, free press, independent monitoring organizations, political parties, trade unions…which resulted in change with limited and minimal losses. However, when such circumstances are absent, the situation is closest to the example Libya where, the size losses are enormous. Although the inflicted losses and sufferings are huge they are not bigger if the despots remained in power for many years resulting in a very large number of prisoners, displacement, destruction and corruption etc…

 For these reasons we are committed with the majority of the Eritrean people to follow the path of the military option because it is more beneficial, more effective and deterrent to the tyrant’s crimes. This country needs a fighting gun, collective courage of all political parties and civic societies that are capable of sweeping the regime’s social system represented by its social security and intelligence forces, the military and the establishment of a democratic system that  remain the guardian of the new revolution.
Even now after fifty years, the gun remains the first and best option and the leader Awate remains the leader of Eritrean people throughout all times.

Glory and eternity to the martyrs of the Eritrean revolution who gave us this green country

Defeat and shame to the dictatorial exclusionary regime of DIA that stole

the dreams of our martyrs and people to live in peace and freedom.

The cowards’ eyes…will never rest

GOLDEN JUBILEE September 01, 1961 – September 01, 2011 

Profile of the national symbol and icon Hamid Awate

Full name: Hamid Idris Awate Faidom Faid Muhammad Idris Abu Aakka.

Date of birth: 1910 – 1962 (28 May 1962) – lived about 52 years.

Place of birth: Garsat village (between Tessenei and Oum Hajer – south west Eritrea)

Awate Offsprings:  Doctor Karrar Hamid Awate [...]]]> MARTYR AND HERO “HAMID IDRIS AWATE” THE FATHER OF THE ERITREAN ARMED STRUGGLE AND   REVOLUTION

GOLDEN JUBILEE September 01, 1961 – September 01, 2011 

Profile of the national symbol and icon Hamid Awate

Full name: Hamid Idris Awate Faidom Faid Muhammad Idris Abu Aakka.

Date of birth: 1910 – 1962 (28 May 1962) – lived about 52 years.

Place of birth: Garsat village (between Tessenei and Oum Hajer – south west Eritrea)

Awate Offsprings:  Doctor Karrar Hamid Awate (graduated from Syria).

Physical characteristics: body: slim, height: 1.65 meters (medium stature), eye and hair color: black, skin color: light wheaten-colored with a visible scar between his index finger and thumb in one of his hands and with three lines of facial scarring (Shiloukh) on each cheek.

Languages spoken: Tigre, Arabic, Nara, Hedarab,  Kunama, Tigrinya and Italian. Awate was multilingual and familiar with all Eritrean cultures and most of its languages and dialects.

Personal traits: He was taciturn (man of few words), tactful, visionary (acting with the end in mind), leader, man of integrity, courageous, charismatic (men who met him loved him and often told tales of his greatness), multilingual, “walked his talk” (practiced what he preached), intelligent, simple, nationalist, dignified, honest and magnanimous.

All the quotations mentioned in this article are collected from an Arabic book titled: “Awate his life and heroism” written by engineer Suleiman Faid and from interviews and narrations of Awate companions of the first generation of fighters who accompanied him.

The following “quotations” by martyr Awate illustrate and reflect his greatness and nationalism.

(In a meeting held by the leader Awate addressing the heroic Eritrean Liberation Army)

“We are all Eritreans and we have to serve our country and people with honesty and sincerity. We are here to achieve a goal, and if there is anybody who has individual ambitions other than the declared objective, then, he must leave now. We all have to show extreme commitment and dedication and carry out the commands and instructions of the leader, no matter how hard they are, for the cause of our country.”

As narrated by the fighter Humed Hassen Idris Dohen, who was one of the first generation of fighters and attended the meeting that evening, where Awate addressed the fighters by saying:

“Today we are here to fight the enemy, not only because they humiliated and usurped our land, but to write a proud and honorable history for Eritrea. We are here to challenge the occupation authorities with all their weapons and armies and tell them that we will not accept after this day the life of humiliation and disgrace. We are determined, supported by all the great Eritrean people, to move forward on the path of struggle and martyrdom until liberation “.

“If we want to save our country, regain our honor and attain our goals, we have to pursue one way only and it is the path of armed struggle. Without the armed struggle it’s impossible to recover, repossess and regain any of our rights.”

“We must fight injustice and oppressors in all possible and various ways?”

“The announcement of armed revolution is not an end by itself, but its continuation is essential to yield the desired result (liberation of Eritrea from Ethiopian occupation).”

Family background: Awate originates from a dignified and honorable Eritrean family well respected in their village and the whole region around them. They were pious Muslim family who lived in peace a decent life with their people in the village. His father was a peasant and the young Awate learned a lot of things from him and was strongly influenced by him. He became skilful at the use of arms at an early age and learned the oral history of Eritrea as narrated to him by his father. Awate inherited from his father and his environment high moral standards and the culture of chivalry, bravery, honesty and magnanimity which gained him great respect by the people around him. He was a principled man of high morals and acted seriously and responsibly in regards to his people and country, due to his upbringing and education.

Italian era (1890 -1941): The Italian colonization of Eritrea was marked with the highest possible exploitation of Eritrean people and land by the Italians. The Eritrean youth were forcibly conscripted to serve in the Italian army and were used as “fuels” to protect the Italian occupation and to conquer new land for the colonizers. The young Awate in 1935 was conscripted to serve in the Italian colonial army as was customary at that time thousands of Eritreans were forced to join the Italian army. Awate was a sagacious, astute and acumen person, multilingual (commanded most Eritrean languages) and in a very short time learned the Italian language. His excellence and prominence among his peers became apparent, which gained him respect and admiration by his superiors in the army. He was chosen among the best soldieries to go to Italy for training in military intelligence for one year.                                                  After Awate return from Italy (Rome) in 1938, he enthusiastically formed a clandestine cell to oppose the Italian occupation of Eritrea. The resistance cell was formed from Eritrean soldiers who returned from Italy after their training there. After his return from Italy he served at several posts (amongst them in Adebara border post near Sudan) and after the end of World War II, he left the Italian army and went back to his village to live a simple and decent life with his people and family. 

British era (1941- 1952): After the defeat of the Italians (in World War II) Eritrea became a protectorate under the British Military Administration (BMA) until its future to be decided by the United nations (UN) and the British army started exerting their authority to all regions of Eritrea. It was a well known fact that Awate was local as well as regional “hero” and he was defending his people against attacks by the “Shiftas” coming from the Sudan, Ethiopia or parts of Eritrea who were looting and causing severe damages to the people of his region. His heroic defense and fight against the “shiftas” was pronounced and greatly anticipated and counted upon, because all the people expected his help and his protection. When the British army was searching for arms in the region, they confiscated properties, killed cattle and terrorized the local people in order to exert their authority. The behavior of the British soldiers angered the brave Awate who attacked them and killed one of their soldiers. Since that period, the relationship between Awate and the BMA was tense. They labeled him as criminal and he was living as fugitive who refused and opposed the British presence and occupation of Eritrea.

The British when discovered that Awate can cause severe damage to them, they tried to accommodate and make peace or treaty with him but failed. Awate never acknowledged and accepted the BMA domination and behavior against the Eritrean people and their land. During the BMA period Awate was closely monitoring the political situation in Eritrea and had contacts with several Eritrean key personalities and his opposition and rejection of the British presence in Eritrea was clear.

Ethiopian era:  The Ethiopian occupation tried all possible means to stop the armed struggle from its birth and even before its declaration. They sent delegates to ask Awate to give up arms, promised Awate to grant high posts and money and all possible incentives. But it was fruitless because the martyr and hero Awate decided to wage a “revolution” by the use of arms. It became apparent and very clear to him the Ethiopian intentions were to occupy and enslave Eritrean people and Ethiopian policy was to kill “all the Eritrean people” if it was necessary to achieve their goals (they were interested in Eritrean land and sea and not its people). However; the Ethiopian occupation authorities were not hopeless from their attempts to persuade Awate to reverse his opinion and to lay down arms and return to his village. Thus, they sent him a large delegation of dignitaries from the region in this regard. His response was decisive when he told the delegation:

“Tell to those who sent you to modify and alter their opinion regarding the occupation of Eritrea. We will not retreat from the goal that the Eritrean people have chosen and announced by declaring the armed struggle. We are not bandits and war amateurs, but we demand freedom and we will endure all the difficulties for the sake to liberate the homeland.” Thus, the armed struggle for dignity and freedom was declared on 1^st of September 1961 to mark one of the most significant dates in Eritrean history.

Declaration of Eritrean Armed Struggle for Freedom and Independence by the leader Awate and his thirteen brave companions.

The leader and hero Awate with his thirteen brave companions on the 1^st of September 1961, at nine o’clock in the morning, led the first battle against the Ethiopian occupation forces in mount Adal. Here the first shots were fired to declare the birth of Eritrean people’s armed struggle for independence and freedom. 01 /09/1961  corresponding to: Friday 20 Raby` al-awal 1381 A.H.

Awate said to his companions: “Today the azzanit (meaning the rifle) was pronounced and the last link has been cut off between us and the occupier; from today onwards there is no rest or sleep“

Our modern political history started as peaceful and political struggle and when it was discovered that it was futile, in vain and fruitless, the Eritrean people resorted to armed struggle to demand for their legitimate rights for liberation and independence. The freedom fighters, the pioneers or the first generation of fighters who accompanied Awate, to launch the armed struggle were 13 heroes and they are: 

1. Abdu Muhammad Faid 
2. Ibrahim Mohammed Ali Qalhai
3. Humed Gadef
4. Awate Muhammad Faid
5. Baiareq Norai Adem
6. Muhammad Adem Hassan
7. Saleh  Muhammad Adem Kiroug
8. Ahmed Fekak
9. Muhammad Al-Hassan Idris Dohen.
10. Adem Fegoorai
11. Ali Bekhit
12. Idris Mahmoud
13. Omer Muhammad Ali Karai

The news of Awate going out to the mountains (his rebellion) was a big surprise to the Ethiopian occupation authorities, who had never imagined for such a challenge to occur. Therefore, they immediately strived to contain the event by luring Awate by temptation with money and prestige by sending him a letter in this regard by one of the members of Eritrean Parliament. Awate replied by writing a letter in Italian language where he said: “My rebellion by going to the mountains and raise up arms against Ethiopia is only for the Liberation of Eritrea and not for personal gains or benefits.“

The Ethiopian occupation forces didn’t stop their pressure to force Awate surrender and retreat from his call and waging of armed struggle. They went to great lengths and imprisoned several of his family members including his pregnant wife who gave birth in Tessenei prison to Karrar Hamid Awate, the son of our hero and martyr.

The Eritrean Minister of Justice (during the Federation period), Omer Hassen Hasano sent a written message to Hamid Awate, who was present at the time in “Algaden” region, asking Hamid Awate to meet him. Hamid replied with a written letter where he clearly rejected the meeting and confirmed his declaration of armed revolution in the following words (and that was on 10 / 9 / 1961): “If you want to take down the Eritrean flag, I with all those with me, God willing, will raise it up with the force of arms and inform the Eritrean government about that.“

Awate has been honest with the public and was always saying: “The path of revolution is difficult, long and bumpy and it is flanked by risks and dangers from all sides. But it is the path with guaranteed results to approach the hour of salvation (from Ethiopian occupation).“

The first battle at mount Adal against the Ethiopian colonial presence in Eritrea! The first battle at mount Adal against the colonial presence of Ethiopian forces in Eritrea was a message to the world that the people of Eritrea were impatient and decided to restore their usurped legitimate rights by armed forces (struggle). In this battle Awate and his colleagues were able to defeat the Ethiopian army and achieve a deserved military victory. In this first confrontation against the enemy forces which lasted for about six hours, the outcome boosted the moral of the heroic fighters to continue the long and hard road to freedom and independence.

The first captive of the Eritrean armed struggle for Liberation and Independence! At the first battle of Adal on the morning of 1st of September 1961, the first hero and fighter was captured by the enemy forces.  He was the hero and fighter Bairaq Adem who was martyred in one of Ethiopian prisons in 1975.

The first martyr of the Eritrean armed struggle for Liberation and Independence! The second battle was at mount Omaal in 14/9/1961 in which Eritrea lost its first martyr and hero Abdu Muhammad Faid. In the third battle of Adal Hajr the leader Awate was wounded in his arm with a light wound.

The first female martyr of the Eritrean armed struggle for Liberation and Independence! No one can deny the role of Eritrean women in the armed struggle for Independence because they paid more than their expected shares. Their heroism, devotion, commitment is unparalleled in the world, and in an interview by fighter Nisrit Karrar conducted by journalist Saleh Jazaeri under the title: “Forgotten pages of Eritrean Women history”,  she talked about the national roles by women in the early stage of armed struggle. She confirmed countless women were preparing food for the rebels in the countryside and helped them to take in and out of the cities all their needs. She mentioned the name of the first female martyr in Eritrean history of armed struggle, she was a young woman called Fatma Jafar from the city of Haikota who was killed while carrying out the tasks of the revolution.

Following the victories achieved by the Eritrean Liberation Army in the battle of Adal and Omaal, the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie issued his strict orders to his armed forces in Eritrea to continue committing violence freely (which in practice means to commit crimes freely against the Eritrean people at large) in order to suppress the outlaws (the label given by the Emperor to the revolutionaries).  To achieve their declared goals, the Ethiopian army  mobilized more than one thousand and five hundred soldiers and began to plan to hit the whole region (where the fighters moved and were present)  from all directions and then  gradually narrow the hold and  surround the rebels in a closed  area to be able to exterminate them. Awate realized the seriousness of this aggressive plan aimed to quell the flames of revolution is in its infancy and to address the issues and the gravity of the situation, he called for a meeting with his fellow fighters, and addressed them by saying: “You know that our number is small and we do not possess enough weapons fit for use to face the huge enemy forces creeping and targeting to extinguish the flame of revolution and kill the hope of liberation. We must work hard to keep the flame of revolution burning constantly until the full liberation of Eritrea is accomplished. If the flame is extinguished (God forbid) it will be very difficult to re-ignite it in a short time.”

The battles led by Awate! The leader and martyr Awate led all the battles since the 1^st of September 1961 (mount Adal, mount Omaal, Adal Hajar etc…) to the day of his death on 28^th of May 1962.

In a meeting with the heroic and brave Eritrean Liberation Army (ELA) fighters, Awate addressed them by saying: “My salute to the brave fighters who summoned all the national will and are competing riding the difficulties and sacrifices for the defense of your country, to give life and independence to your people.  I am comfortable and fully confident that your enemy, their agents and spies after this day, cannot extinguish the spark of the Eritrean armed struggle.”

Death of the hero:  “The life of this hero was a series of sacrifices, which ended in his sudden martyrdom on a Monday morning of the 28^th of May 1962. On the eve of a day full of activities, Awate moved with some of his fellow combatants to the village close to the mountains of Aktain (western Eritrea) in the Gash region and had dinner. As it was customary, after the dinner meal, Awate moved away from the village and camped in a safe place to spend the night. At midnight Awate awakened the fighter Kboub Hajjaj to tell him that he felt a sharp drop in his heart beats, and felt cold and pain throughout his body. Awate held his rifle (Abu Aashara), with which he fired the first shots of the Eritrean revolution armed struggle declaring its official birth, and handed it over to the pioneer Kboub Hajjaj and said to him:

 Raise this rifle high (continue the armed struggle), until final victory is accomplished, God willing.

Then took his sword and gave it to Kboub Hajjaj and asked him to deliver it to his son Karar Hamid Awate. Also asked him to deliver the dagger to his nephew Awate Mohamed Fayed, and his briefcase of documents to his deputy Mohamed Idris Hajj, and then closed his eyes and calmly appeared resigned to a long drowsiness and rested in peace. Awate was martyred at five in the morning (5 am) of that day with his face raised to the sky and his body embracing the dust of his dear and beloved homeland. His worldly body was gone forever,  to live with us with his spirit and his eternal compassion and tenacity which is reflected in the heartbeats of his people (Eritrean people), leaving  behind a generation of fighters to continue the march, amid storms  raising the Eritrean flag high by changing hands  martyr after martyr until the  final victory will be accomplished. ”

Burial place: Martyr Awate’s original burial place was kept secret (except to very few individuals) and it was in the east of Hadamdami and west of Gash where special and clear signals were marked to identify the burial place of the martyr Awate. In September 1994, the remains of martyr Hamid Awate were buried in the historic city of Haikota. 

The Eritrean Opposition (political, non-violent), Resistance (use of force) and Revolution went through Four main historical phases or stages:

Phase  One: The Muslim League (Al-Rabita Al-Islamiya al-Eritrea) Al-Rabita was founded on 03 December 1946 in the town of Keren and its first conference was held in Keren on 18 February to 21 February 1947. The party was officially founded on March 21, 1947. Mr. Bakri Merghani was nominated as the first Honorary President of the party, while Sheikh Ibrahim Sultan was elected as the first Secretary General of the party and Sheikh Abdul Kadir  Kabire was elected as president of the branch of the capital Asmara and its environs (Hamasien).

The first martyr during the period of self-determination is the father of martyrs and national leader Sheikh Abdul Kader Muhammad Saleh Kabire one of the leaders of the Eritrean independence bloc. He was assassinated by Ethiopian gangs of the Andnet party at the eve of his departure to the United Nations to defend the right of his country and people to freedom and independence on March 29, 1949. He was the first political leader who was assassinated in the modern history of Eritrea. Hundreds of Rabita members had been killed by the “shifta’ of Andnet supported and financed by Ethiopia, they also burned fields and shops and stole cattle belonging to the “supporters of Eritrean Independence”. Al-Rabita al-Islamiya (the Muslim League) is the first Eritrean national party which formally and officially declared and fought for complete Eritrean Independence and rejected the unconditional union with Ethiopia as declared by the Unionist party (Andnet).  So, we can conclude that on 21 March 1947, the first Eritrean non-violent, political opposition party to Ethiopian occupation of Eritrea was declared.                       

Phase Two: The Independence Bloc The Muslim League (Al-Rabita al-Islamiya), the Liberal Progressive party plus other five smaller parties met in Asmara and declared a united front to be named “Independence Bloc” on 22 July 1949. Their main objective was to get direct Independence from Ethiopia and formation of democratic government, preservation of Eritrea’s colonial borders and continue the struggle against the partition of Eritrea. The honorary and respected Ras Tessema Asberom was named the first President of the Bloc for Independence, Sheikh Ibrahim Sultan Ali was elected the Secretary General, and Woldeab Woldemariam became the Deputy Secretary General and editor of the newspaper for the umbrella organization. By end of August 1949, it became a great and strong force and it represented about 75% of the Eritrean population and this caused the Ethiopian regime and the Unionist party to look for ways to disintegrated it by all means including propaganda, bribery, assassinations, and terrorism.

Phase Three: ELM (Eritrean Liberation Movement) The ELM was formed in the port city of Port Sudan in 1958. It was an opposition movement to the incorporation of Eritrea to Ethiopia. It was involved in clandestine political activities intended to educate and prepare the Eritrean people to defy Ethiopian occupation and cultivate the culture of non-violent resistance. The movement was known also by “haraka” (which means movement) and “mahber showate” (group of seven); this is because the members were organized in groups of seven. The movement faced several grave setbacks and obstacles which endangered its existence and continuation. Its leadership was “unknown” and was kept as “secret” to its members and was residing outside Eritrea. The opposition in a non-violent way was fruitless because Ethiopia was ruthlessly crushing its members day after day. The feudal regime of Haile Sellasie was ready to destroy and kill as many people as possible and never listen to the demands of the Eritrean people. After the declaration of the armed struggle by Awate, the ELM members joined the ELF en masse and eventually all its members joined the armed struggle to fight the occupation forces.

Phase Four: Declaration of Armed Struggle by Hamid Awate “The Father and Founder of the Eritrean Revolution and armed struggle” to liberate Eritrea from Ethiopian occupation on 1^st of September 1961. Awate was regarded as the “savior” due to his history as local and national hero and due to his integrity and courage; thus, he was contacted by many people as individuals and groups, to initiate and declare the armed struggle for independence. Day after day, the Eritrean people were becoming impatient and hopeless because even the illegal and unjust Federation of Eritrea with Ethiopia was abolished, the Eritrean flag was lowered down and the two Eritrean official languages (Arabic and Tigrinya) were replaced by Amharic and the Ethiopian army entered Eritrea as occupation forces and the situation became very clear that the invasion of Eritrea was a nightmare which had to be opposed by all means to liberate Eritrea. The armed struggle and the use of force was the only option left after all the previous means such as non-violent and political opposition were exhausted and proved to be fruitless and delusional.

A synopsis of modern Eritrean political history:

The Italian king (Umberto I, king of Italy) proclaimed on 1^st of January 1890 Eritrea as an Italian colony. The Italian colonization of Eritrea lasted 51 years (from1890 to 1941) when Italy was defeated in the Second World War by the allies and lost all its colonies in Africa (Eritrea, Libya and Somalia).

After the Italian defeat, its Eritrean colony was made a British protectorate under the British Military Administration (BMA) by the allies, until the Eritrean people will decide their future. The BMA lasted from 1941 to 1952 until Eritrea was federated to Ethiopia under UN resolution 390 (V) against the will of the majority of the Eritrean people. The British era was a period of relative freedom where several Eritrean parties emerged, tens of newspapers and magazines came into existence, the education system developed and the Eritrean people had to decide for their political future and it was a period with marked turmoil and political instability because the ”future” of Eritrea was undecided and the interferences by external forces i.e. Ethiopia, USA and British were at their peak.

A United Nations (UN) commission was dispatched to Eritrea in February of 1950 in the absence of Allied agreement and in the face of Eritrean demands for self-determination. On 2 December 1950, the United Nations General Assembly voted for a federal solution as the best way to resolve the Eritrean question. The resolution 390 (V) recommended the following:

1.-Eritrea shall constitute an autonomous unit federated with Ethiopia under the sovereignty of the Ethiopian state.

2.-The Eritrean government shall possess legislative, executive, and judicial powers in the field of domestic affairs.  (Wikipedia).

On the 11^th September, 1952 the Territory of Eritrea was federated with Ethiopia under the sovereignty of the Ethiopian Crown under the feudalist Emperor Haile Selassie.

Within 10 years, Haile Selassie fundamentally transformed the relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia and forcibly annexed Eritrea on 15 November 1962. Ethiopia’s unilateral decision to annex Eritrea abrogated the UN provisions, which stated that only the UN General Assembly could amend the federal relationship. Ethiopia justified the annexation of Eritrea by referring to the Eritrean General Assembly’s majority vote for the union in 1962.

What are the reasons that led to the declaration of  “Armed Struggle” by martyr and hero Hamid Idris Awate?

“The Cold War listening station, Kagnew Station, was located nearly on the equator and at an altitude of 7,300 feet (2,200 m) above sea level. Its altitude and close proximity to the equator made Kagnew Station an ideal site for the Cold War listening station’s dishes and the 2,500-acre (10 km²) antenna farm. In all Kagnew sprawled over 3,400 acres (14 km²) containing eight fenced or walled tracts. Kagnew Station became home for over 5,000 American citizens at a time during its peak years of operation during the 1960s.”  (Source: Kagnew Sation – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

After the war (WWII), the United Nations conducted a lengthy inquiry regarding the status of Eritrea, with the superpowers each vying for a stake in the state’s future. Britain, the last administrator at the time, put forth the suggestion to partition Eritrea between Sudan and Ethiopia, separating Christians and Muslims. The idea was instantly rejected by all Eritrean political parties as well as the UN. The United States point of view was expressed by its then chief foreign policy advisor John Foster Dulles who said: “From the point of view of justice, the opinions of the Eritrean people must receive consideration. Nevertheless, the strategic interests of the United States in the Red Sea Basin and considerations of security and world peace make it necessary that the country [Eritrea] be linked with our ally, Ethiopia.”   John Foster Dulles, 1952    (Source: Heiden, Linda (June 1978 1979). “The Eritrean Struggle for Independence”. Monthly Review 30 (2): 15.)

The regional security interests of the western powers and the polarized political situation resulted in a compromise: autonomy for Eritrea within an Ethiopian-Eritrean Federation. The United States of America was influential in securing this solution because of its control in the United Nations in the immediate post-war period. Ethiopian guarantees of the use of a telecommunications complex (Kagnew Station)  near Asmara seem to have been crucial.

Thus the rights of Eritrean people were ignored and usurped at the expense of USA interests (use of Kagnew Station) and Ethiopian occupation of Eritrea to have access to the sea and enslave the Eritrean people.

External factors: Israel: Under Haile Selassie rule, relations with Israel and that country‘s assistance complemented the above ties with United States, who, by the time of the Suez crisis in 1956, “finally provided Ethiopia with the type, if not the amount, of American assistance the emperor really wanted.”

Incoda [which exported Ethiopian beef] was a station for Israeli intelligence in Africa. We had a huge arms cache. It was there when we arrived…There was a military delegation [in Ethiopia], and they did their correspondence through us. With Israeli spies in Arab countries as well. We were only a cover in Mossad deals.

Israel had a dozen or more advisers on counterinsurgency based in Eritrea. They organized, trained and supplied Ethiopian commandos and frontiers guards-men, whose numbers numbered 3,200 and 1,200, respectively, by 1974. Also, the Israeli were involved when the Eritrean conflict spilled over the border into Sudan. (Source: conflict Quarterly Israel and Ethiopia: from a Special to a Pragmatic Relationship by: Michael B. Bishku page 46)

Again the rights of Eritrean people were ignored and usurped at the expense of Israel interests (use Eritrea as a station for Israel intelligence in Africa) and Ethiopian occupation of Eritrea to have access to the sea and enslave the Eritrean people.

Ethiopian History: The Ethiopian Emperor born Tafari Makonnen, renamed himself Haile Selassie (which means “power of Trinity”) to endow “sanctity or holiness” to himself  and to be able to rule as “God sent king” to subjugate the Ethiopian people and enslave them in the name of “God” and by the help and collaboration of the Christian Orthodox Church.  He also called himself the “Lion of Judah”  (Conquering Lion of the tribe of  Judah Haile Sellasie I Elect of God, Emperor of Ethiopia) for he accepted and promoted the myth and  the unfounded historical fairy tales and lies (as described in the book “Kebra Nagast”) which says that the Ethiopian Solomonic ruling dynasty established in 1270 A.D., of which he was the last, that had its roots with the birth of Menelik I, who was said to be the son of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon.

 “The amusing and interesting character of the book which piles up fancy tales, fables, legends, folk-lore, dogma, mysticism and pious remarks on a substratum of historical fact was frankly admitted by all the reviewers, but a few of them raised the question of the historicity of the Book of the Glory of Kings. It must be said at once that we shall never know whether the queen who visited SOLOMON was a pure-blooded ABYSSINIAN or an Arab queen from YAMAN or HADRAMAUT or some other part of the great Arabian Peninsula. But the tradition that some “Queen of the South” did visit SOLOMON is so old and so widespread, that a kernel of historical fact, however small, must be hidden somewhere in it.” (Source: Preface to the present edition of the book “Kebra Nagast”  by: Sir E. A. Wallis Budge MCMXXXII Oxford  university Press London: Humphrey Milford)

Ethiopian history is one of oppression (domination by the Amhara or Tigray rulers) to the rest of Ethiopian people, based on fables and fairy tales. The same was used in Europe in the middle ages and in Russia before the Russian Bolshevik revolution of 1917. The feudalist medieval Ethiopian king of kings was the head of the Ethiopian Orthodox church and had great influence to control and subjugate the Ethiopian and Eritrean people by using the “church” and  “religion” to his own advantage and he was successful and ruled for about 44 years.

 In Europe when such events occurred a century ago (use of religion to enslave people and accept the king as sent by God)  as Karl Marx described “religion is the opium of the people”, when rebellions occurred which completely separated religion from politics resulting in secular system of governance.  In Ethiopia (including Eritrea) the church succeeded to brain wash millions of people and made them submissive (to authority) people who believed in the notorious slogan “zbereket tsahaina , zneghese ngusna” (whichever sun sets is ours and whoever king rules we submit to him). The brain washed Eritreans became ardent supporters of Ethiopia and the unconditional union of Eritrea to mother Ethiopia and their dogma reached its zenith when they declared “Ethiopia wei mot”  (Ethiopia or death) and committed shameful crimes against the noble and nationalist Eritrean people who were calling for Eritrean Independence to free them from Amhara subjugation and enslavement.

Ethiopia: Haile Selassie The unjust and unfair Federation of Eritrea with Ethiopia was “born dead” because the Ethiopian Emperor understood it to be a transition forced stage before complete annexation to his feudalist empire. While the Eritrean people and nationalist parties considered it to be better than “unconditional union with mother Ethiopia” as demanded by UP. The king of kings Haile Selassie crossed the Mereb river on 4 October 1952 to celebrate and inaugurate the “federation” a curse fallen upon the Eritrean people. In a long speech in Asmara he unashamedly claimed and said:  “Eritrea is part of Ethiopia…Asmara was founded by Ras Alula and Adoulis was an Ethiopian port”, instead of talking about the federal system and its implementation.

The honorable first Eritrean Mufti Sheikh Al Mukhtar Ibrahim Ahmed Omar wrote under the title: “Abolition of the Federal system and its serious implications” under “Hawadith” or “Incidents” section describing the incident as follows: “The priest Dimitros Ghebremariam (Vice President of the Eritrean Assembly), together with Asfaha Woldemicael  (Chief Executive of Eritrea after Tedla Bairu) and Tedla Oqbit (Eritrea’s Police Commissioner) were the primary players who orchestrated the abolition of  “federation” in the Eritrean Assembly in collaboration with Ethiopia.  Ethiopian foreign minister Aklilu Habtewold was present in Asmara during that period and conducted meeting in the imperial palace with many people. Dimitros called many MPs to his office and asked them to sign documents to support and request the abolition the federal system and demand unconditional union with Ethiopia. The priest offered many MPs generous donations and promised more and valuable donations from the Emperor to follow.  However, he threatened those who refused or were hesitant by severe punishments and said to those MPs that the country is threatened by “Shiftas” and there is no solution except union with Ethiopia to save the country. He was provoking fear of Islamic expansion from neighboring countries and confirmed to the Christian MPs,  the only safe solution was to unite with Ethiopia to avoid the calamity.

On Wednesday, the 14^th of November 1962 at 10:30 am Asfaha Woldemicael arrived with his ministers and with Tedla Oqbit to the Eritrean Parliament and delivered a very long speech. He surprised the MP a proposal to declare by their name to abolish the Federation of Eritrea with Ethiopia and annex Eritrea to Ethiopia in a unitary system (to be Eritrea the 14^th province of Ethiopia). Immediately after him Dimetros supported and blessed the abolition of Federation.”

Thus in a very poorly directed play in an illegal and sarcastic way,  even the unjust and forced federal system was abolished leading the country to an era of endless sufferings and bloodshed.

Within 10 years, Haile Selassie fundamentally transformed the relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia and forcibly annexed Eritrea on 15 November 1962. Ethiopia’s unilateral decision to annex Eritrea abrogated the UN provisions, which stated that only the UN General Assembly could amend the federal relationship. Ethiopia justified the annexation of Eritrea by referring to the Eritrean General Assembly’s majority vote for the union in 1962. Eritrean nationalists, however, discounted the General Assembly’s vote by alleging that the Ethiopian regime had packed the chamber with its supporters and destroyed the integrity of the National Assembly.

In 1956 the Ethiopian government began to destroy the democratic features of the Eritrean state. The Ethiopians banned independent political parties and muzzled the press. It forced opponents of annexation to go into exile while the office of the chief executive was put under the control of the government’s representative, the enderase. In 1958 the disembodied Eritrean National Assembly voted to rescind their right to fly an Eritrean flag and later, in 1959 when Ethiopian law was imposed on Eritrea, it virtually destroyed the Eritrean National Assembly’s legitimacy and power to act independently. The final act of Eritrean annexation was the National Assembly’s announcement of the legalization of the annexation.

 “Kennedy Trevaskis, a British official, has depicted the role of the priesthood under the direction of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the role of Ethiopia in giving direction and assistance to the Unionist movement and the part played by the church hierarchy in influencing the Christian community.  

“By 1942 every priest had become a propagandist in the Ethiopian cause, every village had

become a centre of Ethiopian nationalism and popular religious festivals such as Maskal (the

Feast of the Cross) had become occasions for open displays of Ethiopian patriotism. The

cathedrals, the monasteries and village churches would be festooned with Ethiopian flags and

the sermons and prayers would be delivered in unequivocal language.“

Divide and Rule: Every colonialist power had used skillfully the “Divide and rule” method to enslave and kneel down their subjects and conquer them. The British Empire was exemplary in the use and success of this method.

In Eritrea, the Ethiopian Emperor discovered the “religion” tool to be his best option and used it extensively. The majority of Eritrean highland Christians belongs to the Orthodox Church the same Church of the majority of Ethiopian Christians of which the emperor was the Leader (highest authority). The Emperor with the help of the Church and priests was able to convince and win the majority of Eritrean Orthodox Christians. He used the religion card very well with the help of Eritrean priests such as Abune Markos and Keshi Dimitros.

“Religious propaganda went along with religious pressure. In 1949, before the arrival of the UN

Commission, the church announced in the newspaper Ethiopia that those who supported

independence would not be baptized, married or buried and would be given neither communion nor absolution. The effect of what was a declaration of excommunication on a traditionally religious society was considerable.

The Unionist party was also linked to Ethiopia through the Ethiopian liaison officer in Asmara, Colonel Nega Selassie. It used less spiritual influence to further its goals: assassinations, bombs and grenades were used against supporters of independence.“ (Source: ERITREAN NATIONALISM David Pool  page 182)

The majority of the active members of the Unionist Party (unconditional union with Ethiopia) were influenced by religion and their party was financed by Ethiopia while the Christian Orthodox church provided the support and advocacy in all its weekly sermons. The UP was also able to win the support of some of the Muslim “tribal aristocracy” or chief men from the western lowlands and coastal regions of Eritrea because they hoped and believed that the future Ethiopian government will allow them to keep their feudal privileges. These tribal chiefs were losing their inherited social prestige and privilege due to social and historical developments; thus, they believed by cooperating and supporting union with Ethiopia to preserve their social status and privileges. The most famous amongst them was Kantebai Osman of Sahel whose ardent support of union with Ethiopia was strong. The UP was the most violent party and some of its members committed several terrorist activities against many nationalist and proud Eritreans.”

But we have to remember those brave highland Christians who adamantly opposed Ethiopian propaganda, pressure and terrorism and paid dearly for their defiance. At the forefront comes the honorary and nationalist Ras Tesema Asberom, Woldeab Woldemariam and many others. Also, the role of the Liberal Progressive Party was great and ultimately the formation of the Independence Bloc by Eritreans (Muslims and Christians) showed that the Ethiopian card of “religion” did not succeed. When the Eritrean people were united as “Eritreans” they succeeded and the Independence Bloc represent a brilliant part of our modern history. Again the ELM was a great experience which united the Eritrean people as “Eritreans” fighting to get their independence from Ethiopian occupation. However, the 30 years of armed struggle based a strong foundation for the “unity” of the Eritrean people, because all Eritreans regardless of their religion, region, ethnicity, social status, fought side by side in an exemplary way of comradeship and companionship to liberate their land from occupation.

We have we invest on the positive side of our history to build a democratic state where the majority rules and all the minorities rights are respected. We have to build institution to be the fundaments to be governed by rule of law, justice and democracy. Our heroic martyrs paved the way for our liberty, unity and prosperity and we have to build our nation armed with optimism and determination. We have to protect our unity and sovereignty because the price paid to get our Independence was very high and very dear. We have to learn from our past mistakes and learn from history, look forward and thrive for better future for our new generations to come.

United we stand and succeed…Divided we fail and fall

Golden Jubilee

People who don’t respect and honor their heroes and national symbols…do not deserve a life of dignity and freedom!!!!!! Thus, it is our national and moral responsibility to respect, honor, write their true history, celebrate and commemorate their anniversaries.

Change comes only when we have a free and dedicated people who understand well their reality and feel the sufferings and the crimes inflicted upon their people and are ready and willing to struggle and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their people, for their liberty and emancipation and for the sake of a better and brighter future.

Today after 20 years of Eritrean land liberation and 50 years since the launching of the armed struggle for Eritrean Independence and freedom and after 64 years since the beginning of Eritrean opposition for Eritrean Independence…what did we achieve???

The Eritrean land is liberated but the Eritrean people are not free!!!

We have in Eritrea a regime led by a tyrant who is leading Eritrea to destruction and complete failure. We have to fight relentlessly to gain our “freedom” from the illegal and criminal despot, because the “Eritrean people are not Free”. On the occasion of this “Golden Jubilee” I would like to present my gratitude, recognition and respect to all Eritrean martyrs and fighters of the last 64 years. It is because of their sacrifices that today we have a country called Eritrea; therefore, we will never forget them and  we will follow their entrust to “liberate” the Eritrean people from dictatorship.

 The “hope” lies on the Eritrean ‘Youth” those inside and outside Eritrea. On this occasion of the “golden jubilee” to bear their historical responsibility to liberate the Eritrean people from tyranny. As we can see the “revolutionary spring” in the region they are led by “young” people who revolted against oppression and dictatorship and we are hopeful to be part of this blessed change. The events have shown that the dictators are fallible, weak and can be defeated and as we can see they are following down like dry autumn leaves. Please do not wait and expect a lot from others, plan and act and fight for change at the right time with the right means as determined by you.

I am fully confident that change is imminent and what we have to care most on HOW Eritrea to be ruled and not interested WHO rules Eritrea. It is ideal and a must that we all have to work together, complement each other, support each other and respect the choices of each other and try to resolve and narrow our differences for the sake of our country.

Undoubtedly, our heroic martyrs will be remembered forever. Our war veterans, handicaps,                 orphans, widows, refugees, war victims. These are our pride, our best, our people and our dignity. All of them fought and paid dearly for the sake of our freedom and independence.

The price of Eritrean independence was very high and we must acknowledge its value. Let us continue on the same spirit of Awate and all our martyrs to build a strong nation based on rule of law, justice and equality to restore and materialize the  entrust of our brave martyrs.

Glory and eternity to ALL our faithful heroes and martyrs

Glory and honor to the “Father of the Eritrean Revolution and armed struggle

martyr and hero Hamid IdrisAwate for Freedom and Independence”

Long Live Liberated Eritrea and its Free people!

FARAJAT TEAM

The 24th of May, 2011 marks the 20th   anniversary of the Eritrean land liberation.   The Eritrean independence was achieved after a long and continuous struggle of the Eritrean people which lasted for decades.  Our modern political history started as peaceful and political struggle and when it was discovered that it was futile, in vain and fruitless, the Eritrean people resorted to armed struggle to demand for their legitimate rights for liberation and independence. It started in 1947 when the [...]]]> Farajat:   Editorial

The 24^th of May, 2011 marks the 20^th   anniversary of the Eritrean land liberation.   The Eritrean independence was achieved after a long and continuous struggle of the Eritrean people which lasted for decades.  Our modern political history started as peaceful and political struggle and when it was discovered that it was futile, in vain and fruitless, the Eritrean people resorted to armed struggle to demand for their legitimate rights for liberation and independence. It started in 1947 when the Al-Rabita al-Islamiya – the Muslim League (the first Eritrean national party) formally called for complete Eritrean Independence and rejected the unconditional union with Ethiopia as declared by the Unionist party (Andnetist).                        

 The Independence Bloc continued the same path of demanding Eritrean independence, followed by ELM (Eritrean Liberation Movement) then ELF (Eritrean Liberation Front) and EPLF (Eritrean People’s Liberation Front).  When the martyr and hero Awate declared the Armed Struggle for Eritrean Independence on September 01, 1961 and formed the ELA (Eritrean Liberation Army), the long path to Eritrean independence begun. The armed struggle started because the Ethiopian king refused any peaceful solutions and declared war on the Eritrean people by saying: “We need the land of Eritrea and not its people” thus, the Eritrean people were left with no other options except raise arms and wage armed struggle to demand and defend their legitimate rights. The Eritrean people fought bravely for long 30 years under different organizations such as ELF, EPLF etc… It took about five decades for the Eritrean people to get their long awaited, priceless and dear independence after paying very dear and heavy prices.

What are the achievements of the past 20 years since independence?

Unfortunately, today after 20 years of independence the situation in Eritrea is very gloomy. The Eritrean people are suffering under the hands of a despotic one-man rule (DIA). The unelected illegitimate tyrant is ruling the country according to his whims and made Eritrea “hell” on earth. After 20 years of tyrannical rule of DIA there is: no constitution, no rule of law, no parliament, no independent judiciary system…the country is ruled by gangsters and it is time that the Eritrea rise and struggle by all means to get their rights to live in a free and democratic country.  The human rights situation is miserable…the Eritrean economy is “zero” thanks to the “09” (Bado 9) economic body which reduced the Eritrean economy to “9 zeroes”.  Our sisters became house servants in the Sudan and across all over our neighboring countries. Our sisters are being kidnapped and raped…in Sawa by military officials…in the Sudan in the Sinai desert etc…Our youth became victims of smugglers and human traffickers…starting from the Rashaida, Sinai Bedouins…they are dying in the Sudan and Libyan deserts….imprisoned in Egypt, Israel, Malta etc…Our youth are dying in hundreds day after day in the Mediterranean sea. The majority of Eritreans want to escape and flee Eritrea, at any cost, from the hell of DIA. The continuous and unlimited slavery of youth under the name of national service is a nightmare to our youth especially our sisters and daughters. The Eri-Tv – serving the Dictator, continuously presents worthless programs of dancing and singing, to distract us…with no benefit to our youth and people. Dancing, making uncoordinated and unsynchronized funny movements like puppets do not serve our youth at all. We need educational developments, economic growth, human rights, rule of law, freedom of speech etc…dancing and singing will take us nowhere.

Is this what we fought for? Did our people deserve such a criminal and inhumane treatment from the despicable DIA regime? What went wrong and when? What is needed to get our real freedom and independence? What has to be done?

Unfortunately, the struggle and sacrifices of our people had been hijacked by a few “gangsters” who are ruthlessly torturing the Eritrean people and Eritrea became the hell on earth. Today Eritrea is ruled by an illegal and illegitimate tyrant DIA (dictator isaias afwerki) and his party PFDJ composed of a bunch of sycophants, yes men who are serving their lunatic master obediently without questioning. How did DIA come to power?

Nhnan Elamanan (DIA)   à EPLF   à    PFDJ  à  DIA and his gangs   à  “Failed State”

At the beginning it was called EPLF, then became PFDJ and at the end became DIA (one-man totalitarian regime), which led Eritrea to became a “failed state” with distinction. If closely observed from 1971 until now (for 40 years) Isaias was the strongest man in EPLF and now is a totalitarian dictator ruling Eritrea as a “gangster”.

Seen in its  proper historical perspective and context (taking into account the political atmosphere of that specific period) the  notorious document “ Nhnan Elamanan” authored by Isaias and 13 others in 1971,  is full of: wrong information,  lies, dogmas, hypocrisy, divisive, sectarian and venomous ideas, which are still alive today. At the 3^rd congress of the EPLF in February 1994, the EPLF was officially transformed into a political movement, the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). After the imprisonment of the G-15 the PFJD was practically dissolved and DIA became the absolute one-person despotic ruler of Eritrea and Eritrea became a big prison for the G-4M (Group of 4 Million) the entire Eritrean people inside Eritrea.

The DIA and his failed leadership are responsible for all our sufferings!

What are the main characteristics of “tyrants”? Isaias and Qaddafi as example:

Dictators suffer from symptoms of megalomania and grandeur psychological traits and they think and believe that “the countries are impersonated in them”, they are the nation and the nations are them.  Any demonstration or malcontent is against the nation and it endangers the national security etc…and the peaceful demonstrators are either agents of foreign countries, traitors or terrorists. Undoubtedly Isaias is a tyrant and as such he believes that “he is Eritrea and Eritrea is him”, then “who are we to criticize him?” He believes that he is the source of power…from him emanates legitimacy, nationalism and bravery. Dictators have false impression that they are indomitable. They look at their opponents with contempt and arrogance and call them names such as: mice, traitors, criminals and all vulgar names that reflect their true nature. One can easily see and identify DIA megalomaniac behavior in his interviews and it becomes apparent when he ventures into exploring and explaining world politics, ideologies and starts rumbling, grumbling and fumbling unintelligible and uncoordinated ideas for long boring hours.      He deliberately mentions names like: Samuel Huntington, Francis Fukuyama and political views like “creative chaos” on order to show and impress people that he is a learned and intelligent person. On the contrary it reflects and exposes his shallow analysis and sick mentality.    Is he a foreign policy expert, political strategist, east Africa expert or world encyclopedia?  Really it is astonishing and frustrating to listen to DIA interviews for they are long, boring and with no clear message.  He talks about Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Southern Sudan, Darfur Djibouti etc…in details. His speeches reflect his neurotic nature, he like his mentor is a lunatic and arrogant sick person. The DIA doesn’t know his job and responsibility…I expect him to talk about Eritrea, current developments, failures, future plans etc…most of his time (80% or more) should be spent talking about Eritrea as an Eritrean president. . DIA like his lunatic mentor “king of kings of Africa”  wants to imitate him and become “king of kings of East Africa” that’s why he spends most of his time talking about his protectorates. The supercilious DIA, as usual, was unable to give ideas or opinions that have any profound meaning and his absurdity were manifested in all his three nonsensical interviews.     All the boring interviews don’t make the tyrant cultured and educated as he tried to present himself. He is a first year university drop out with limited mental capabilities. The main problem of the Eritrean people is that he is the absolute ruler with limited capacity and with no advisors. The interviews he conducts, exposes his real personality and capacity. It is not strange, our world recently was “cursed” with dull and with below average mental capacity world leaders, such as: George W. Bush, Qaddafi, Mubarak, Ali Saleh and Isaias. It is always funny to listen to their interviews and speeches…they bombard us with a lot of funny, stupid and laughable remarks and comments which are funnier than most comedy shows and programs.

When I saw the Libyan mad dog interviews, where he was feigning sarcastic forced arrogant laughs, I remembered his junior mad DIA feigned repeated laughs when squeezed in his famous Al-Jazeera English-channel interview with Ms Cristina. Dictators do not accept criticisms and they think and believe they are faultless and infallible. They think they are smarter than the whole world, while in fact they are dull ignoramus people. DIA is a stigma to the Eritrean armed struggle history. He is queer like him mentor Qatafi and both cause revulsion and pity.            Dictators are detached from reality and live in their illusionary world. They abnegate, negate, reject…incontrovertible facts. This easily reveals their sick nature and many decent and naive people take a very long time to discover their intrinsic nature.

The dictators are encircled by sycophant, entourage ….who give them wrong information, idolize and glorify them. Look at the people who work and serve any tyrant…you will discover that they are cheap, worthless and contemptuous people. They are ready to serve their master and are very careful not to make mistakes to avoid the anger and furor of their master and are obedient and submissive to their masters.

The tyrants are unhesitant and ready to destroy everybody and everything, even the entire country in order to stay in power and at any price. They are very dangerous people and like a chronic cancerous gangrene they have to be cut off as soon as possible because they are not curable and are destined to perish.

In all countries led by dictators there are: no rule of law, human rights, free press, social justice etc… There is nothing salvageable in the surreal and bizarre world of the gangster DIA regime in Eritrea. He succeeded to make Eritrea a “failed state” with distinction. Therefore, he has to go “now” enough is enough, people cannot tolerate him anymore.

Social justice, rule of law and …and democracy

Eritrea is multicultural, multi ethnic and multi religious society and a culturally and economically developing country. In order to build our nascent nation we badly need more of justice and rule of law than democracy, at least at the first stages of our nation building.    What is the most important and valuable asset in any country?    The simple and logical answer should be: “its people”. However, in all totalitarian and despotic regimes, the most important asset is the despot, his family members, his sycophant entourage and the security that guards and protects the tyrant and his kingdom.                 

We have a big problem in Eritrea…in the past we had people who worshipped and idolized the king of kings Haile Sellasie and took decades of political and armed struggle to liberate these people and make them free Eritreans. Similarly, now we have diehard DIA supporters…blindly supporting oppression and dictatorship and without any logical reasons and justifications. How can a person support a criminal and illegitimate self declared ruler? We should entertain the ideals of democracy where every man to be respected as an individual and no man idolized.    The norm is for a country, state or government to have an “army” that protects the country, but in the case of Eritrea and several dictatorial regimes, the “army” is represented in the person of the tyrant who has complete possession of the army through loyal army generals who have complete allegiance to the dictator.

Popular uprising and Eritrea:

The tsunami of popular uprising against all dictators in our region is gaining momentum and leverage and Eritrea will not be an exception. Is Eritrea ready to raise and demand for its freedom from the yoke of the tyrant!?!                                                                                           

  We express gratitude and support for the Eritrean “Youth” to play their historical roles while urging all the Eritrean political parties and people to provide them unconditional support and encouragement to continue their struggle against the  criminal dictator let by the ignoramus and despot DIA, his bestial half literate generals and perishing and crumbling PFDJ party. Also we call upon all Eritrean Civic Societies to play their historical roles in order to serve their people at this critical stage of our history in Eritrea.

Looking forward for a better future!

We have to look forward beyond the realities of today. We have to plan and think beyond DIA’s Eritrea. How do we want our Eritrea of tomorrow to be? We have to “forgive and forget” the small nuisances, mistakes committed in the past and plan properly for the future. Do we want to have a brighter future for our children? Do we want to inherit them all the oddities and grudges of our past mistakes and failures?  Are our vision and intentions clear and they are to get a modern a prosperous country and people and get out of the current muddling and paddling?      To materialize all the above “wishes” political will and determination are needed guided by politically mature and nationalist leadership able to lead people and the country to the shores of the Promised Land.

Leadership is needed to salvage Eritrea!

Albert Einstein said: “You cannot solve the problems of the world with the same thinking that created them.”  We need new, young and talented leadership to take its role and responsibility, a leadership that thinks “Out of the Box” and is able to lead us towards the designed objectives. First we have to make comprehensive studies and identify “why” the Eritrean people are suffering and Eritrea became a “failed state” under the leadership of DIA? Then we can identify “what” are our real problems and their causes?   Once we identity the true causes of our problems, then we can look for “how” to solve them.    We need leadership that “practice what they preach”. We need “group leadership” based on institutions and who are accountable and transparent. We must get rid of the idea of “king” president and we should talk of responsibilities serving our people and not crowning as “kings’ to have absolute powers.

Next, we have to properly plan to achieve our designated goals and ideals:

-          We should have “unity of vision”. We need to have a unified vision on “how” to rule Eritrea of tomorrow and “what” are the fundamentals needed to make it a reality.

-          We have to make use of our diverse talents to succeed…we should have a clearly defined organizations and “specialization of function” and work as a team in a harmonious way and not fight each other at the expense of our people and country.

Simple arithmetic’s shows that:

2 + 2 à 4        Also   2 x 2 à 4         But…    2 – 2 à 0

-          We need leaders that lead us to victory and who are able to raise our people to their potential.  It takes a leader to provide the motivation, empowerment and direction required to win and achieve our goals. We should look at the “whole” picture and get rid of historical and new divisive obstacles. We should look forward and be positive and always remember the sufferings of our people, the sacrifices of our martyrs and the situations of our refuges…It is not time for self aggrandizement, self-glory and self-interest. We all have moral and national responsibility to fight sincerely for the amelioration of our people and country.

-          We need our leaders to have influence…to make things happen…to see and seize opportunities which the laymen do not see. Above all we expect our leaders to be able attract, enlist and rally people to perform and join the opposition and resistance.

-          Leaders are expected to see what others don’t see…they should see beyond today’s frustration and bitter reality of our situation. They should our source of hope and direction.

-          Why did Somalia crumble badly although having one language and one religion? What are the reasons that led to the total decline of the Somali nation?

Why the Sudan is “a nation in the making” after more than 50 years of independence? Why the South in the Sudan fought and got their independence? What about the Darfur crisis? What about Somaliland? What about Djibouti? Is Ethiopia a democratic country as it claims? How is Ethiopian government run?

It is imperative to learn from our own mistakes and it is wise to learn from the mistakes of other nations (with similar history to ours and in our vicinity).

-          We have to make a thorough study of our modern history, to find out the reality of our people and its history. We have to know and study our society, culture,  norms, values popular psychology and disposition.

The Eritrean people fought one of the longest wars of liberation in the world, with marked courage, tenacity, patriotism and determination. The 30 years of heroism, bravery and self-asceticism…united the Eritrean people and created the spirit and identity of Eitreanism and Eritreaness. This created a united people of Eritrea and won their independence deservedly. The independence was a result of the Eritrean people struggle and hard work for decades. What the Eritrean people are lacking is “leadership” that can make use of our unity and lead us to prosperity.

I remember during the times of armed struggle, the slogans we raised, such us:

“Our struggle is destined to triumph”.

“Our struggle is long, but our victory is certain”.

Indeed the slogans were realized, thanks to the sacrifices of our best and supreme martyrs and fighters.

Every era has got its people, and in our new era, we want to have fighters and martyrs, but for the sake of building a strong and democratic institutionalized nation. It needs wise, educated and specialized people in all fields in order to plan and build a free and democratic Eritrea. Now we want martyrs for democracy, social justice, constitutionalism, institutionalism etc…

What has to be done? “We shouldn’t say: “What is in it for me?” We should say: What’s in it for my people and country!”

Be selfless and work for the benefit of our people and country…for better and brighter future of our children and grand children.

It is not easy…it is difficult but possible and it depends on positive contribution by all of us.

Since dictators use all “means” to stay in power, we have the right to use all “means” to get rid of them. However, prudence, wisdom and leadership are needed to make it a reality.

Happy 20^th Anniversary of Eritrean Land Independence

Let us fight united for the Eritrean People’s Freedom and Liberation

The Mission of our Freedom and Independence is not yet accomplished!!!

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I think the above is not true, because Eri-Tv and Dimtsi Hafash didn’t broadcast it at all.

What is ridiculous is the slogan of the Eritrean Television: Eri-Tv Serving the Truth, in the contrary it should be: Eri-Tv Serving the Trash. What happened in Tunisia is not true; it [...]]]> Did you hear about the heroic popular revolt in Tunisia? Did you know that the coward tyrant of Tunisia eloped with his family from Tunis, after stealing millions worth of gold and cash?

I think the above is not true, because Eri-Tv and Dimtsi Hafash didn’t broadcast it at all.

What is ridiculous is the slogan of the Eritrean Television: Eri-Tv Serving the Truth, in the contrary it should be: Eri-Tv Serving the Trash. What happened in Tunisia is not true; it is not real, because people in Tunisia are calling for rule of law and democracy.  Democracy…that is a big delusion and paradoxical word, because as the DIA said: there is no “democracy” in the world or something called “democracy” , the  mercurial tyrant confirmed several times in his interviews with world press that “democracy” does not exist in reality and his diehard supporters still support him, although he knowing he is a criminal.

Egypt…what is happening in Egypt? According to Eri-Tv (serving the truth) there is no news. The ministry of disinformation motto is: “no news is good news” regarding the popular demonstrations in Tunis and Egypt. There is no need to inform the Eritrean people about the “bad news”, they want to keep the Eritrean people in the dark, in delusion by broadcasting lies, music and dancing. The Eri-Tv is called by some people the Eri-MTV in comparison to the famous western music TV channel, which broadcasts music for 24 hours. The popular uprising in Egypt is an internal matter; there is no need for Eri-Tv to interfere in the internal affairs of other nations.

Is it possible, in this era of technological and mass media advancement to censor the “good news” of the heroic popular uprising in Tunis and Egypt?  According to the mentality of the crumbling tyrant that is possible. It is a shameful, repulsive and stupid act by the tyrant and many of the so called third world dictators, because they want to cover the sun single handedly with the palm of their hands. The mentally sick DIA and his Libya queer “concubine” the “mad” colonel are in complete agreement, and whoever is confronted by popular uprising will be dispatched to the dust bin of history first, and that is going to happen soon if people are awakened from their long sleep.

Who is to b kicked first, the insipid hypocrite Libyan colonel or the crass and bigot Eritrean mentally sick dictator? The queer and supercilious Libyan colonel or the mentally retarded, university dropout tyrant of Eritrea? Time will tell, but the beginning of the downfall of all dictators is on the horizon.

 Yes….popular uprising is possible and can overthrow the so called most “stable and feared” dictators, they are neither strong nor stable.

 Yes….people can get up and demand their rights…and can get their rights if they are willing and are determined to get them that are confirmed by historical truths and facts.

Eritrea is being ruled by an ignoramus tyrant and his handful despicable servants. The so called acting minister of Disinformation is a dumb servant of the dictator as are all the other ministers (all acting ministers); they just implement what the dictator dictates them verbally or by phone. The poor country is run by one sick man and several sycophant yes men.

The heroic popular revolt in Tunisia, sent waves throughout the oppressed people of the world, and the oppressors and tyrants started shaking and trembling. While the oppressed people of the third world are praying day and night that the Tunisian people to get emancipated and be able to install a democratic government based on rule of law, human rights and constitution. On the other hand the dictators through the world are shacking and watering (menst……) in their clothes. The queer and weird dictator of Libya tried to minimize the popular revolt in Tunisia and rumbled few nonsensical words as usual, while his concubine the lunatic tyrant of Eritrea kept silent and ignored completely in his media to what happened in Tunisia and Egypt.

We are in an era of technological advancement and nothing can be kept secret or confidential, but the dictators live detached from reality in their own fictitious and self aggrandizement world.

If people: get up, stand up, for their rights…nobody can stop them. The agony of the people in Eritrea surpassed all measures and limits, and it is far worse than that of Tunisia and Egypt. The DIA Eritrean tyrant arrogance is clearly visible, because he can imprison or kill any person in Eritrea without charges, without fear or accountability.

In the case of Eritrea, the system is decaying from corruption, nepotism, miserable economic conditions, all form of abuse (human rights, religious, speech etc..) prisons full of innocent people etc…it needs just a “final push” to ignite the revolt for popular uprising and change, it is moribund and it is in need of euthanasia.

It is funny and shameful that the tyrant’s party to be called – PFDJ (Popular Front for Democracy and Justice). The totalitarian party is neither popular (in fact it is hated and despised by the majority of the Eritrean people except few beneficiaries from the system) nor democratic. Democratic!!!It is funny how the lunatic dictator’s party to be called “democratic” while he clearly acknowledged on several occasions on international TV interviews saying that: “there is no democracy in the world etc…” If there is no democracy in the world, why call your party democratic??? It is a simple question that begs an answer from the mentally disturbed and self-appointed tyrant of Eritrea.

Why do we look at those at the peak of the regime as being very strong, who cannot be defeated or challenged…well protected, while thinking of ourselves (the people) as weak, disunited and unable of reaching at the ruling gangsters and emancipate our people and country.

We have to face and challenge them, be courageous, consistent and persistent in our opposition and resistance and above all we have to be ready to pay the price with our blood, money and time. Negative feelings such as: fear, pessimism, selfishness, negativism, opportunism etc…we have to challenge and be ready to climb the rocky and hard mountains.

“The people frightened of climbing mountains, as destined to live forever in the ditches.”

Do you know the characteristics of those people who are destined to live in the ditches and live forever under the joke of dictatorship? They are the passive, authoritarian and coward people, who do not deserve to be “free” people.

It is the unfortunate ones who surrender to their own fears and despair and become satisfied to live like animals (just eat and drink) and be satisfied and complacent that they are alive and can live with tyrants patiently forever. This is our situation; we cannot change it, what do want us to do?  We are used and became acquainted to the situation. We cannot change our situation, it is beyond our capacity. Everyone knows that the regime is very strong and had got a lot of spies etc…These are some of their questions which are nested on the submissive and pride less people.

Until when the Eritrean people will remain silent under the yoke of the unscrupulous and lurid regime? What are waiting for more to happen until they get up and demand their rights? Submission to oppression and authoritarianism are not the qualities of the Eritrean people as our past history tells us, can our youth follow the path of their heroic fathers?

“Jasmine Revolution” in Tunisia.

“Lotus Revolution” in Egypt.

More popular revolutions are on the horizon, and Eritrea is on the list of countries to be the next candidates for positive changes. Are we ready for the:

 “Rose Revolution” in Eritrea!!!

 I hope so by Allah/God will and his gratitude.

The Eritrean armed struggle for independence was at its infancy when the hero passed away, but his heroic companions continued the struggle with the same determination and spirit.  It took 30 years of continuous and heroic armed struggle for Eritrea to be free from the yoke of Ethiopian occupation.

The price of Eritrean independence was [...]]]> On May 28^th 1962, the martyr and father of the Eritrean armed struggle for independence and freedom,  passed away peacefully without any fanfare or ceremony.

The Eritrean armed struggle for independence was at its infancy when the hero passed away, but his heroic companions continued the struggle with the same determination and spirit.  It took 30 years of continuous and heroic armed struggle for Eritrea to be free from the yoke of Ethiopian occupation.

The price of Eritrean independence was heavy and costly and we paid dearly with the lives of our best and most courageous people, where tens of thousands of Eritrean heroes were martyred for the sake of Eritrea to be a free and independent country.

What did the historians and writers say about the death of  Hamid  Idris  Awate?

Mr. Taher Indoul on his article: The History maker, wrote as follows:

“On May 27^th 1962, Awate drunk milk for dinner, then soon told his unit that he was not feeling good.  His condition began to deteriorate quickly.  It is said that Awate called pioneer Kiboob Hajaj and gave him his beloved gun emphasizing on the continuation of the revolution.  The next morning, Awate rested in peace.  The ELA decided not reveal the martyrdom of Awate, and they buried him secretly.  Awate’s martyrdom was made public 4 years after his death.
Martyr and leader Hamid Idris Awate lead the armed struggle in its critical times.  He laid the way for this new Eritrean experience to take its shape.  Awate died when our revolution was in desperate need for his leadership.  He has gone but left huge legacy of self-reliance.  He left without a farewell to his comrades, people, family, and most importantly his wife and son Karar who was born in the jail in the city of Tessanai.  May Allah\God bless him and bless all our martyrs.”

Engineer Suleiman Faid in his book titled: Awate his life and heroism, writes about his last moments under the title:  Martyrdom of the hero, as follows:

“The life of this hero was a series of sacrifices, which ended in his sudden martyrdom on a Monday morning of the 28^th of May 1962.

On the eve of a day full of activities, Awate moved with some of his fellow combatants to the village close to the mountains of Aquitaine  (western Eritrea) in the Gash region and had dinner. As it was customary, after the dinner meal, Awate moved away from the village and camped in a safe place to spend the night. At midnight Awate awakened the fighter Kboob  Hajjaj to tell him that he felt  a sharp drop  in his heart beats,  and  felt cold and pain throughout  his body. Awate held his rifle (Abu Aashara),  with which  he fired the first shots of the Eritrean revolution armed struggle declaring its official birth, and handed it over to the pioneer Kboob Hajjaj and said to him:

Raise this rifle high (continue the armed struggle), until final victory is accomplished, God willing.

Then took his sword and gave it to Kboob Hajjaj and asked him to deliver it to his son Karar Hamid Awate. Also asked him to deliver the dagger to his nephew Awate Mohamed Fayed, and asked him to deliver his briefcase of documents to his deputy Mohamed Idris Hajj, and then closed his eyes and calmly appeared resigned to a long drowsiness and rested in peace.

Awate was martyred at five in the morning (5 am) of that day with his face raised to the sky and his body embracing the dust of his dear and beloved homeland. His worldly body was gone forever,  to live with us with his spirit and his eternal compassion and tenacity which is reflected in the heartbeats of his people (Eritrean people), leaving  behind a generation of fighters to continue to march, amid storms and raising the Eritrean flag high and changing hands  martyr after martyr until the  final victory was accomplished. ”

The Eritrean war of Independence ignited by the martyr and hero Awate and his brave companions, continued for long 30 years. During these years an immense and infinite stories of heroism, self-asceticism, bravery, compassion, patriotism and devotion can be told and written proudly. The spirit of Awate continued and survived to the end, and all our fighters became Awate in their spirit, actions, devotion and love for Eritrea.

Undoubtedly, our heroic martyrs will be remembered forever. Our war veterans, handicaps,  orphans, widows, refugees, war victims etc…These are our pride, our best, our people and our dignity. All of them fought and paid dearly for the sake of our freedom and independence.

It is our moral and national responsibility to be positive, to fight,  to restore rule of law, justice and democracy in Eritrea. These are the fundamentals to build a united, strong and advanced Eritrea and to protect its sovereignty. If we love and respect our martyrs let us follow their path to strong Eritrea, peace, stability, respect and reconciliation.

The price of Eritrean independence was very high and we must acknowledge its value. Let us continue on the same spirit of Awate and all our martyrs to build a strong nation based on rule of law, justice and equality to restore and materialize the  entrust of our brave martyrs.

Respect and gratitude to all our heroic martyrs!

Awate and all our martyrs will be remembered forever!

Farajat:   Editorial

Many questions hemmed our thoughts, while watching the documentary film titled: (Eritrea after the war), which was broadcast on Al Jazeera satellite channel TV, two weeks ago.  The title is great and captivating which invites people to be eager and longing to watch it, with great anticipation.

However, we were disappointed as the outcome was a fiasco, at least from our point of view and many others especially the Eritreans who [...]]]>

Farajat:   Editorial

Many questions hemmed our thoughts, while watching the documentary film titled: (Eritrea after the war), which was broadcast on Al Jazeera satellite channel TV, two weeks ago.  The title is great and captivating which invites people to be eager and longing to watch it, with great anticipation.

However, we were disappointed as the outcome was a fiasco, at least from our point of view and many others especially the Eritreans who had a chance to watch the film.  The content of the film was in contrast to its title because it narrated the past history instead of the present and the future, and avoided going into details of the political reality, economic, and painful social reality causing us insomnia, headaches and national hysteria. The film contained overt advertising nature that can easily be read between the repetitions of the scenes and the talking personalities that have been carefully selected, suggesting that there are padded political messages to be delivered to the viewer, that will leave an impression different from what is known about the Eritrean national identity, and may also have been a desperate attempt to inflate and embellish the tarnished and distorted image of the dictatorial regime and cover its crimes. It also intends to improve its public image as it is living under exceptional circumstances of world isolation and enforcement of sanctions by the UN. The film is expected to give a boost and the badly needed positive public image by focusing in the past glory at a time when falling under the siege from all sides and with insurmountable economic crisis.
The film was probably produced before four years by a private news information agency, which later was able to sell it to Al Jazeera Documentary channel. It was filmed in the period in which Mr. Osman Saleh was in the Ministry of Education, according to description that appeared in the film, which was not coherent in its scenes, or in the sequence of events that it dealt with … it was moving from scenes of the tour on the history of old buildings in the city of Asmara, to the scenes of vaccinating school children in a village of the Sahel region. From  a narration of EPLF ability to set up  underground factories  during the revolution era, to the miracles it  achieved  as a state, by  rebuilding  a train linking the city of Asmara to  Massawa, after its  stoppage  for more than half a century, which was a witness to racism of the  Italian colonizers and the  oppression of  Eritreans.
The danger of this movie lies in its complete and deliberate disregard and omission of the Islamic element in Eritrea, which forms half of the population as indicated in the report of the film, while nothing was observed that confirms the declared proportion neither from the views and scenes or from the characters who spoke in the context of the film which focused more than they should on the churches and the details of what is happening inside them.  Priests conducting  prayers, and children chanting, and then moves the camera to the views of a religious festival  on one of the churches, show a group of children with lacy vivid colored clothes leading the priests, carrying huge golden  colored crosses  beside the Eritrean flag. At the back, are observed women in white clothes throwing popcorn through the heads of the clergy with enthusiasm.

While the film did not express or present the Muslims in Eritrea except in a glimpse of the Kulafaa Al Rashidin mosque in Asmara, which dates back  to more than a hundred years, and around  it  men sleeping  on the ground, their faces roaming, pale, capped with sadness and despair of the miserable life they are leading. Another scene appeared depicting of a group of veiled Rashaida women collecting firewood in the desert… You may then be wondering what kind of impression the viewer will emerge with about the identity of the Eritrean people!

It was  expected the film  to expose the issue of peaceful coexistence, to explore opinions of  both the Christian and Muslim sides, as required by  the ethics and principles of journalism, but they were contented  by talking with a priest,  who spoke in an angry and hesitant way, covert expressions of hypocrisy and courtesy. The film was not only an attempt to erase and belittle the other (Muslims in Eritrea), but to reduce the national identity in one ethnic and religious sect.
There are clear indications that the film was produced in partnership with  the regime either by funding and  preparation  or by imposing preconditions which were closely observed  by the  producing agency to come out  with a movie  with  propagandist  ridiculous image. Also it is useful to refer here to the keenness of the Eritrean Information Ministry, undertaking the task of promotion and publicity for this movie via its website (Shabait) and to remind the date of broadcast on Al-Jazeera, with an unnecessary small comment describing the film as a reflection of peaceful coexistence in Eritrea.

It is a delusion difficult to absorb, and it seems obscure mystery used reasonably or unreasonably by the ruling group, as they seem to be convinced that the Lord has granted this land (Eritrea) to them alone. Therefore they must crush and subjugate all who opposed its way (our way or the highway), and we have to openly note and recognize the steady widening gap/rift between Muslims and Christians, caused by the ruling regime by its unfair practices, and the policy of the explicit empowerment, being pursued for the benefit of a particular group. The unscrupulous  monopolizing of  power,  caused  negative  feelings among  the members of the society, and in turn affected the values of love and tolerance that prevailed among the Eritrean people in the past.
The realization of peaceful coexistence in a society lacking justice and equality in rights and duties is not probable if not impossible. It is the foundation, which guarantees peace and stability in a society and then co-existence. In contrast, when there is domination, oppression and supremacy by a certain group then   justice is denied an imbalance is created. Then to talk about peaceful coexistence has no meaning except for cheap public relations propaganda. The claim by the illegitimate regime to accept the new distorted and unjust reality as a peaceful co-existence is just a childish mockery. The acceptance of the status quo and co-exist with it peacefully is the end in the childish and sick mentality of those in power.  They want us to live with:  our rights stripped, unjust distribution of wealth and power, accept dwarfism, humiliation, marginalization and oppression, to thank them for their theft and distortion of our history, and then to reconcile and tolerate them when our right pocket is robbed to present them with our left one (pocket). This is clear sign of decadency and political immaturity, because injustice cannot be tolerated forever, as they say “pressure creates explosion”.

That  film (Eritrea after the war) contains a  clear political message overlooked by the Al-Jazeera channel, which claims to defend  public freedoms and human rights, and ignored the plight of Muslims in Eritrea, who are  groaning trampled down by the sectarian regime swallowing and exterminating  everything Islamic or Arabic  in nature with well planned actions and motives. But it seems that in the depths always there are  mysteries and secrets, maybe it is  an attempt on the part of the Al-Jazeera to  soften  the Eritrean government volition and protect its blemishes  revealed  at the Al Jazeera English channel,  in the courageous interview conducted by the presenter Cristina and the tyrant DIA. When faced with reality the dictator lost his temper and prestige and his real nature as a mentally retarded person was revealed. This however  does not negate the success of the Eritrean regime to exploit the Al-Jazeera channel, this time in self-promotion by presenting fabricated facts of a imaginary Eritrea of hade hizbi hade libbi (one Tigrigna Christian nation) as is the final death wish of the moribund regime.
It is a world fascinated by force, motivated by secretive relations, disrespectful of the weak and hesitant, not sympathizing with the slayed ones.

The Editor

farajat@hotmail.com

07/01/07  

በጋጣሚ’ቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ብስም ፈስቲቫል ዘካይዶ ዓመታዊ ፕሮፓጋንዳ፡ ኣብ ኣውስትራልያ ዝርከቡ ታቓወምቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ፡ ንመበል ሓሙሻይ ዓመት ብዝላዓለ ምድላውን ፍናን ኣብ ክፉት ጎደና ኣድራሽ መልበርን ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣካይዶም። ቦታ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣብ ማእከል ከተማ መልበርን ብሙዚቀኛታት ዝተሰነየ፡ ንሰልፈኛታት ፍናን ዝሃበ፡ ንተዓዘብቲ ዝሰሓበ ብምንባሩ፡ ካብቲ ናይ ዝሓለፈ ዓመታት ብዓይነት ይኹን ብዓቀን ኣንጻር ዲክታቶርያዊ ሰርዓት ህግደፍ ዓቢ ስጉምቲ ዝተራኣየሉ ሰልፊ ምንባሩ ክጥቀስ ይከኣል። ብምኽንያት ሰለማዊ ሰልፊ ንህዝቢ ዝተዓደለ ጽሑፋት፡ ዝተራእየ ናይ ቪድዮ ደኩሜንታት፡ ዝተለጠፈ ጭሮሖታትን ነቲ ሰለማዊ ሰልፊ ደምቀት [...]]]> ፈረጀት : መልበርን

07/01/07  

በጋጣሚ’ቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ብስም ፈስቲቫል ዘካይዶ ዓመታዊ ፕሮፓጋንዳ፡ ኣብ ኣውስትራልያ ዝርከቡ ታቓወምቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ፡ ንመበል ሓሙሻይ ዓመት ብዝላዓለ ምድላውን ፍናን ኣብ ክፉት ጎደና ኣድራሽ መልበርን ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣካይዶም። ቦታ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣብ ማእከል ከተማ መልበርን ብሙዚቀኛታት ዝተሰነየ፡ ንሰልፈኛታት ፍናን ዝሃበ፡ ንተዓዘብቲ ዝሰሓበ ብምንባሩ፡ ካብቲ ናይ ዝሓለፈ ዓመታት ብዓይነት ይኹን ብዓቀን ኣንጻር ዲክታቶርያዊ ሰርዓት ህግደፍ ዓቢ ስጉምቲ ዝተራኣየሉ ሰልፊ ምንባሩ ክጥቀስ ይከኣል። ብምኽንያት ሰለማዊ ሰልፊ ንህዝቢ ዝተዓደለ ጽሑፋት፡ ዝተራእየ ናይ ቪድዮ ደኩሜንታት፡ ዝተለጠፈ ጭሮሖታትን ነቲ ሰለማዊ ሰልፊ ደምቀት ዝሃበ ተውሳኺ ሓይሊ ናይቲ መደብ እዩ። ካብ ዘተፈላለየ ከተማታት እውስትራልያ ኣብቲ ሰልፊ ንኽስተፉ ዝመጹ ኤርትራውያን ኣጋይሽ፡ ካብ ተጣበቕቲ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ከም ኣመኒስት ኢንተርናሽናል፡ ትካላት መራኸቢ ብዙሓን ስልፍታት ክኢላታት ሙዚቀኛታት ተሳቲፎም ነሮም። እዚ ኣብ ዕለት 5ን 6ን 2007 ንኽልተ መዓልቲ፡ ካብ ሰዓት 4፡00 ድ፡ቀ ክሳብ ሰዓት 11፡00 ድ፡ቀ ብዘይ ዕርፍቲ ዝተኻየደ ናይ ተቓውሞ ሰልፊ፡ ንስርዓት ህግደፍ ብምኹናን፡ ተቓወምቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ፍትሒ ክነግስ ህዝቢ ካብ ኣርዑት ጭፍለቓ ህግደፍ ክላቐቅ፡ ኣብዝግበር ዘሎ ቃልሲ ብዘይቶግላባ ቃልሶም ከሐይሉ ምዃኖም  ደጊሞም ቃሎም ዘሐድስሎ መድርኽ እዩ ነይሩ።

እቲ ንሃልኪ ቲቪ ኤረ ንፖለቲካዊ ጎስጓስ ተባሂሎ ዝተዳለወ መደብ ህግደፍ ክፈርስ ጀሚሩ ኣሎ። ካብ 2001 ብተኻታታሊ ክካይድዎ ዝጸንሑ ብስም ፈስቲቫል ዝፍለጥ ምትእኽኻብ ንሰብሰልጣናት ህግደፍ በዳሂ ስለዝነበረ፡ ክጸልዉ ይኽእሉ እዮም ዝተባህሉ ሓለፍቲ ህግደፍ፡ ዕብዳላ ጃብርን ኣልኣሚን መሓመድ ስዕድን ተበራርዮም እውስትራልያ ክመላለሱ ጸኒሖም እዮም። ናይ 2007 መገሽኦም ግን ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣጋጢምዎ ብዘሎ ዲፕሎማስያዊ ክሳራ፡ ብፍላይ ድማ ኣብ ጉዳይ ሶማል ብዝገበርዎ ምትእትታው፡ ዝሓተትዎ ቪዛ ክሰልጦም ከምዘይከኣለ ሓበሬታት ኽልሑኽ ጀሚሩ ኣሎ። ደንጒና ዝረኸብናዮ ሓበሬታት ከምዘረጋግጾ ድማ እቶም ክብገሱ ዝሓሰቡ ሰበስልጣናት ህግደፍ ብሕማም ምኽንያት ግብገሱ ሰለዘይተኻኣለ፡ ነዚ ንምፍዋስ ተባሂሉ ብፓስፖርት ኣመሪካ ዝንቀሳቐስ ኣቶ ሳልሕ መኪ ነቲ መደብ ክሽፍን ብተብተብ ተብጊሱ ኣብ ፍርቂ’ቲ መደብ ስለዘርከበ ነቲ ዘጋጠሞም ናይ ቪዛ ክሳራ ክጎላብብዎ ይፍትኑ ኣለዉ። ቅድሚ’ዚ ሳልሕ መኪ’ውን ከርክብ እይካልን እዩ ዝብል ስኽፍታ ስለዝነበሮም፡ ብሞግዚትነት ዕብደላ ጃበር ዝሰርሕ ሸኽስያ ኣልቦ ኣምበሳደር ኣስመሮም ዝመርሖም እኽብካብ ግጅለ ህግደፍ፡ ሓምዳን ናይ’ዚ ዓመት’ዚ ዝላዓለ ጋሻ እዩ ብዘስምዕ ቃና ኣብ መዕርፎ ነፈርቲ መልበርን ናይ ምቕባል ስነስርዓት ገይርሉ ነይሩ። ብዛዕባ መንነት ሓምዳን ምዝራብ ሚዛንካ ምዝንጋዕ ኣብራሲ ምዃኑ ንተቐማጦ ጀርመን ንገድፈሎም።  

ሞራል ሰዓብቲ ህግደፍ ነዚ ስነስርዓት ዝጎደሎን ንወልቃዊ ዝነኦም ተባሂሉ ንስእሊ ዝተዳለወ ቀብዘርዘርን፡ መውዳእታ ዘይብሉ መደረ ሃለውለው ኣስመሮም ነቲ ናይ ቀዳማይ መዓልቲ ናይ ጓይላ መደብ ሰለዘህሰሶ፡ ተለኣኣኽቲ ናቲ ስርዓት ከይተረፉ ክጻወርዎ ኣይከኣሉን። እቶም ክሳብ ሰዓት ሰለስተ ክትጻወቱ እኹም ተባሂሎም ገንዘቦም ዝኸፈሉ ፈተውቲ ጓይላ መደረን ፖለቲካን ህግደፍ ክንሰምዕ ኣይመጽእናን ኢሎም ብዝፈጠርዎ ነውጽን ባእስን፡ ድሕሪ 3 ወይ 4 ደርፊ፡ ወዲ ትኹል እንዳደረፈ እንከሎ ሓለፍቲ እዳራሽ መብራህቲ ብምጥፋእ ሰዓት 12፡30 ካብቲ ኣድራሽ ኣውጺኦሞም። ዝኾነ ኮይኑ ውራይ ህግደፍ ኣብ”ዞም ክልተ ተመሳሳሊ ባህሪ ዘለዎም ሰባት ብምውዳቑ፡ ነቲ ብዝተፈለለየ መንገዲ ኣብ ፈስቲቫል ከይተረፍ ጎስጓስን ምፍርራህን ክግበርሉ ዝቐነየ ህዝቢ ዝዕግብ ኮይኑ ሰለዝይተረኽበ፡ እቲ ፈስቲቫል ዝብል ስም’ሲ ይተረፍ እቲ ጓይላ ‘ውን ኣይደመቐን።

ተቓወምቲ ኣብ መስመር ዲሞክራስን ፍትሕን ረጊጾም፡ መስል ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክሳብ ዝረጋገጽ፡ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብ ዝኣተዎ ቦታን ዝሕንጸጾ ናይ ምትላል መደብን ብምስዓብ፡ ብግልባብ ማሕበረሰብ ኤርትራ ዝፍጽሞ ዘይሕጋውን ኣነዋርን ተግባራት ንምቅላዕን ጉዱ ንምውጻእን ዝተኻየደ ቃልሲ ናህሪ ክውስኽ መደባት ሓንጺጾም ኣለዉ።

ወርሒ መስከረም ኣብ ታሪኽ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ትፍለጠሉ ቀንዲ ነጥቢ ምጅማር ብረታዊ ቓልሲ ብሓርበኛ ሓምድ እድሪስ ዓዋተን ብጾቱን እዩ። ስለዝኽነ ድማ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ጉዕዞና ንግምግመሉን መጻኢና እንእምተሉ ነጻ ካብ ጨኳኒ ዲክታቶርነት ሓርነት ውልቀ ዜጋ እነረጋግጸሉን ማእከል ናይ ሃገራዊ ታሪኽና ዝኾነት ወርሒ እያ ።

ብተወሳኺ ኣብ’ዚ ወርሒ’ዚ ኣብ ልዕሊ’ቶም  ሂወቶም ምእንታና በጃ ዝኸፈሉ ጀጋኑ ስውኣት ዘሎና መብጸዓን ኣኽብሮትን ዲሞካራሲያዊ ሕብረተሰብ ንምህናጽ ነቲ እሶም ዝጀመርዎ ቃልሲ ንመሰልን ክብርን ህዝብና ተላዒልና እንቃለሰሉ ኣጋጣሚዩ ። ዝኽሪ መበል 45 ዓመት ምጅማር ብረተዊ ቓልሲ ህዝብና ዝኸፈአ ሓደገኛ ኩነታት [...]]]>

ወርሒ መስከረም ኣብ ታሪኽ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ትፍለጠሉ ቀንዲ ነጥቢ ምጅማር ብረታዊ ቓልሲ ብሓርበኛ ሓምድ እድሪስ ዓዋተን ብጾቱን እዩ። ስለዝኽነ ድማ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ጉዕዞና ንግምግመሉን መጻኢና እንእምተሉ ነጻ ካብ ጨኳኒ ዲክታቶርነት ሓርነት ውልቀ ዜጋ እነረጋግጸሉን ማእከል ናይ ሃገራዊ ታሪኽና ዝኾነት ወርሒ እያ ።

ብተወሳኺ ኣብ’ዚ ወርሒ’ዚ ኣብ ልዕሊ’ቶም  ሂወቶም ምእንታና በጃ ዝኸፈሉ ጀጋኑ ስውኣት ዘሎና መብጸዓን ኣኽብሮትን ዲሞካራሲያዊ ሕብረተሰብ ንምህናጽ ነቲ እሶም ዝጀመርዎ ቃልሲ ንመሰልን ክብርን ህዝብና ተላዒልና እንቃለሰሉ ኣጋጣሚዩ ። ዝኽሪ መበል 45 ዓመት ምጅማር ብረተዊ ቓልሲ ህዝብና ዝኸፈአ ሓደገኛ ኩነታት እናንጸላለዎ እንከሎ ስለቲ ዝኽሪ ጥራይ ተዘኪራ ውዒላ ።እቲ ንመሰሉ ንፍርቂ ዘመን ዝተቓለሰ ህዝቢ ሎሚ ኣደዳ ጥሜትን ምብትታንን ማአሰርትን ጥፋትን ህልቂትን ኮይኑ ይርከብ ።

እዚ ኩሉ ተደማሚሩ ከኣ እቲ ኣብ መስከረም ዝተሰንቀ ሓቦ ድርዒ ወስኹ ንፍትሒ ከበግስ ናይ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ሃገራዊ ሓላፍነትን ግቡእን እዩ ።እዚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝንጸላሉ ዘሎ ሓደጋ ካብቲ ቅድሚ 45 ዓመት ዓመጽ ንምልዓል ዝደረኸ ኩነት ዝከፈአ ምዃኑ ሓተታ ዘይድልዮ ግሉጽ ብምኻኑ፡ እታ ናይ ዓዋተ ጥይት ዳግም እትትኮሰሉ ግዜ ሕጂ እዩ። እዚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዓስኪሩ ዘሎ ጭፍራ ህግደፍ ኣብ ስነሞጎት ሓይሊ ዝኣምን ብግሁድ ንዝተቃወምዎ ጥራይ ዘይኮንስ ዝተፈልየ ሓሳብ ንዘለዎም ሃገራውያን ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ዝጽንት ዘሎ ስርዓት ስለዝኾነን፡ ንሃገርናን ህዝብናን ካብዚ ዝኸፍእ ጸበባ ከጋጥሞ ስለዘይክእልን ምእንቲ ድሕነት ሃገርን ህዝብን ነዚ ናይ ዓዋሉ ግጅለ በቲ ዝርድኦ እንኮ ኣማራጺ ጎነጽ ክንምልሰሉ እዋኑ ዝጠልቦ እዩ። ስለዚ ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ኪዳን ነቲ ዝሓጸርን ኣማራጺ ዘይብሉ ምርጫን ክወስድን ነቲ ዝሓለፈ ክልተ መስከረማት ሒዝዎ ዝጸነሐ ፍታሕ ዘየምጸአ መርገጺ ካብ ዝተለኮተ ማዕጾ ምልማን ንሰላም ወጺኡ፡ ምስ ግዜ ዝኸይድ ስቓይ ህዝቢ ዘሕጽር ቃልሱ ምስ ምጥቃም ሓይሊ ምስዘዋሃህዶ ጥርሕ እዩ።

ኣብዚ ህጂ እዋን ህዝብና ዘሕልፎ ዘሎ ሕማቕ ሂወት ጸብጺብካ ዝውዳእ ኣይኮነን ንኽሉ’ቲ ብስርዓት ህግደፍ ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ቅትለት ጃምላዊ ማኣሰርቲ ጥሜየት ድንቁርና ሕማም ወዘተ ንጎኒ ገዲፍና፡ ሓልፍነት ሃገርን ህዝብን ክስከም ዝግበኦ መንእሰይ ብስም ኣግልግሎት ኣብ ውትህድርና ከምዝጽመድ ብምግባር ድሕሪ ናጽነት ጉልበቱ ብባርነት መደልደሊ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኮይኑ ኣሎ። ካብ’ዚ ናይ ባርነት ሂወት ንምምላጥ መንእሰይ ዝፈትዋ ሃገሩ ራሕሪሑ ናብ ዝሰለጦ ይሃድም ኣሎ። እቶም ካብ መጻወድያታት ህግደፍ ኣምሊጦም ኣብ ጎረባብቲ ሃገራት ዝበጽሑ መናሰያት ዉሕስነት ሂወትን ተስፋን ሰለዘይረኸቡ ሂወቶም ንሓደጋ ኣወፍዮም ናብ ምሉእ ዓለም ይበታተኑ ኣለዉ። ካብዚኦም ብሂወትም ኣብ ናይ ግዚኡ መዕረፊ ዝበጽሑን ኣብ ኣብያተ ማኣሰርትታት ናይተን ዝኣተውለን ሃገራት ዝሳቐዩ ዘለውን ብሂወትም ብምህላዎም እቶም ዕድለኛታት እዮም። ኣበይ ከምዝኣተዉ ዘይፍለጡን ምድረበዳታት ሳህራን ባሕርታትን ቀላያት ዝውሕጦም ዘሎ መንእሰያት ምስእትጽብጽብ ብሓቂ ሃገርን ህዝብን ይጥፍኡ ምህላዎም ዘይካትዕ ኮይኑ ትረኽቦ። ነዚ ኩነታት’ዚ ዝፈጠረ ናይ ዓዋሉ ስርዓት ብገበን ዝሕተት ኣብርእሲ ምዃኑ ብሓይሊ ክእለ’ምበር ከም’ቲ ናይ መብዛሕትኡ ደላይ ጽቡቕ ሃገራዊ ጉዳይና በቲ ንበር ናይ ሰላም መንገዲ ክሰጋገር ከምዘይካኣል ተረጋጊጹ እዩ።

መፍትሒ ናይዚ ኩሉ ጸበባ ምእላይ ናይቲ ሰርዓት እዩ። ኣዚ ዝጠፍእ ዘሎ መንእሰይ ድማ ዋናን በዓል ጉዳይን ናይቲ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ናይ ተቃውሞ ምንቅስቃስ ኮይኑ ንኽሳተፍ ምቹእ ባይታ ኣይጸነሖን።  በተን ከም መሰጋገሪ ዝጥቀሙለን ዘለዉ ሃገራት ዘጋጥሞም ዘሎ እዚ ዘይበሃል ግፍዕታት ንምክልኻል ወይ ንምቅላል ብተቓወምቲ ሓይልታት ሚዛን ክወሃቦ ዝኽእል ስራሓት ተኻይዱ ክትብል ዝድፈር እይኮነን። ሓደ ክንጸር ዝግብኦ ነገር እንተሃልዩ ደንበ ተቓውሞ እምነት ናይ መንአያት ረኺቡ ኣብ ምሕጻር ዕድመ ዲክታቶር ከሰልፎም ኣይከኣለን ፡ እዚ ኸኣ ስጋብ ሕጂ ዘይተፈወሰ ሕማም ኮይኑ ኣብ ምንዋሕ ዕድመ ዲክታቶራያዊ ስርዓት ዓቢ ግደ ይጻወት ኣሎ።

 በዚ ሓንቲ ካብተን ብሕማቕ ታሪኽ ናይ ህዝብና ትዝከር ዘላ ሃገር ሊብያ  እያ። መንግስቲ ሊብያ ምስ ሰርዓት ህግደፍ ብዘለዎ ዝምድና መንእሰያትና ኣብ ምእሳርን ንኣደዳ ማኣሰርትን መቕተልትን ኣሕሊፍካ ብምሃብ ኣብ ኣከይ ተግባራት ይሳተፍ እሎ። ሂወት ናይዞም መንእሰያት ንምድሓንን እካል ናይቲ ቃልሲ ኮይኖም ተርኦም ንኽጻወቱን ተቓወምቲ ውድባት ብዓቢኡ ድማ መሪሕነት ኪዳን ኣበርቲዑ ክሰርሓሉ ዝግበኦ መሰረታውን ኣዋናውን ጠለብ እዩ። ሐደ ካብቲ ናይዚ ኣዋን ኣሻቃሊ ኩነታት መንእሰያት ነቲ ብመንግስቲ ሊብያ ነቶም ተኣሲሮም ዘለዉ መንእሰያት ንሰርዓት ኣስመራ አሕሊፍካ ንምሃብ ዝግበር ዘሎ ውዲት ንምድሓኖም ናብ መራሒ ሊብያ ሙዓመር ኣልቓዛፊ ምሕጽንታ ምቕራብ ሃገራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን ክጓየየሉ ዝግበኦ ህጸጽ ግዳይ እዩ።

ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብ ሃገራት ዓረብን ገለ ሃገራት ኤውረጳን ተሰዲዱ ንዝነብር ዘሎ ህዝብና ናይ መንበሪ ፍቓድ ሰንዳቶም ምስ ናይ ኤርትራ ፓስፖርት ስለዝተእሳሰር ኣብ ግዜ ምሕዳስን መገሻታትን ከም ቀንዲ ሚንጪ ናይ እቶቱ ብምራኣይ ብቶም ብኮራብሽን ዝመሽመሹ ዲፕሎማቱ ጌሩ ዓቅሎም ከጽብበሎምን ከፈራርሖምን እንከሎ፡ ሽግራት ኣብ ዘጋጥሞም ግዜ ግልጽ ኢሉ ከምዘይሪእዮም አብነት ንምጥቃስ፡ ኣብ ሊባኖስ ዝርከቡ  ኤርትራውያን ብመንገዲ ኤንባሲ ግብሪ እናተወሰደሎም ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ ወርሒ ብሰንኪ እቲ ዝነበረ ግጭት ሓገዝ እናደለዩ ዝተገብረሎም ሓገዝ ከምዘየለ ኣዩ።

መበል 45 ዝኽረ ዓመት ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ኣብ ንዝክረሉ ኣዋን ኣብ ተዘክሮታትና ዝቕልቀል ኣወንታዊ ተራ ህዝቢን መንግስትን ሱዳን እዩ። ይኹን እምበር ሓሓሊፉ ስርዓታት ሱዳን ንግዝያዊ ሃገራዊ ጥቕሞም ክብሉ ነቲ ኣሚኑ ተዓቂቡ ዘሎ ህዝብን ናይ ተቓውሞ ውድባትን ጽቕጥታት ክገብሩን ከጋፍዑን ይራኣዩ ኣዮም። መበል 45 ዝኽሪ ዓመት ድማ ነዚ ትምስከር ዘላ ትመስል። ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብ ምዝራግ ሰላም ሃገር ሱዳን ታሪኽ ዘይርሰዖ ተራ ከምዘይተጻወተ ሎሚ ካብ’ቲ ኣትይዎ ዘሎ ዓለማዊ ተነጽሎን ቁጠባዊ ውድቀትን መስተንፈሲ ንምርካብ ኣብ ሽግር ሱዳን ሸምጋሊ ተመሲሉ ናይቶም ሒዝዎም ዝጸነሐ ናይ ደቂ ምብራቕ ሱዳን ጠለባት ዋና ኮይኑ ይጣላዓሉ ኣሎ። በቲ ካልእ ሸነኽ ከኣ መንግስቲ ሱዳን ንስርዓት ህግደፍ ንምጥባር ነቶም ምእንቲ ዲሞክራሲን ፍትሕን ዝቃለሱ ዘለዉ ውድባት ኣቐዲሙ ንዝተመደበ ጉባኤታትን ኣኼባታትን ንኽይካየድ ከልኪሉ። እዚ ኣብ ግምት ምስዝኣቱ ኣገባብ ቃልሲ ናብ ዝለዓለ ክሰጋገርን ሓያል ዲፕሎማስያዊ ስራሓት ክካየድ ይጥለብ ከምዘሎ ድምበ ተቓውሞ ክዝንግዕ የብሉን።

ሰፊሕ ሃገራዊ ዋዕላ ንምክያድ ውጥናት ካብዝውጽን ብዝሓት ካብ ዝዛረቡሉን ነዊሕ ኮይኑ እዩ። እዚ ዋዕላ’ዚ ንኹሎም ተቓወምቲ ውድባት፡ ዘይፖለቲካውያን ማሕበራት፡ ደቂኣንስትዮ፡ መራሕቲ ሃይማኖት፡ አገደስቲ ዉልቀሰባት፡ መንእሰያት፡ ትካላት ነጻ ፕረስ ዘሳትፍ ኮይኑ ክዳሎን፡ ንዘለና ሃገራዊ ሽግራት ዘትዩ ንእዋናዊ ኣግባብ ኣታሓሕዛ ቃልሲ ዝስእል ዋዕላ ክካየድ ኣለዎ። ኣዚ መደብ’ዚ ብሃገራዊ ምሕዝነት ከም ቀንዲ መደብ ተወሲዱ ይዘረበሉ እምበር ከይተትግበረ ናብ ኪዳን ተመሓላሊፉ እዩ። ከነታት ህዝብናን ሃገርናን እናሓደረ ናብ ጥፍእት የምርሕ ስለዘሎ ሃገራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን መደምደምታ ክገብረሉ ይሕተት ኣሎ።

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