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Here are summary of the salient points made by the AG

In the 2 yrs prior to war, TPLF trained 170,000 militia in addition to its existing special forces. In July 2020 created Central Military Counsel. The Counsel set up 8 fronts with 23 regiments. Recruited current & retired military officers of Tigray origin to join when needed.

Planned logistical supplies including fuel and ration sufficient to sustain its military offensive for 3 months. Records and notes seized show 17 of 23 regional state cabinet members were present when a report presented 10 days before the attack that preparation was completed.

Assigned head of communications of the army to terminate all means of regular communication within the army. Tigray Central Command was funded with a budget 566 million birr in July. Gov’t Recovered 525,000.

Simultaneous attack was made against about 100 separate points against the Federal army stationed throughout Tigray, including minor stations manned by federal troops. The same request was made to all to surrender armament on promise the will not be harmed.

One private corporation, SUR construction, assisted in building trenches and fortifications before and after the start of war. Same company prepared a mass grave intended to be used as burial ground for army hostages that were rescued after an order of execution was given.

Used retired army officers to train its army in mechanized army operation. Evidence showed TPLF organized, supported and funded armed groups in Benshangul and Oromia and expected attacks in various parts of the country to begin simultaneously to weaken the federal response.

Gathered evidence that proved the president of the regional state, Debrestion, ordered the interruption and destruction of telephone lines and communication.

Re: MaiKadra massacre, TPLF recruited civil militia men to “protect the peace” of their area. After start of the war, the group was organized and instigated to engage in selective mass killing of Amharas, exclusively men, by going from house to house.

They were provided machetes, knives, and blunt weapons. After 9 pm, they used 3 trucks to transport the dead bodies, which were then buried in Mass graves. 245 witnesses, 279 named perpetrators. Most of the victims were day laborers.

Out of 279 named perpetrators, only 36 were arrested. Many of the remaining perpetrators are belived to be in Sudan refugee camps based on eye witnesses of people who were at these camps. 10 cases of allegation of rape. Full report to be released.

23 medical experts including 14 doctors participated in the investigation of the bodies recovered from the mass graves. The process was video taped. 87 grave sites at one Church, 2 in Mosque, 6 mass grave and 24 graves in a farm, all but 2 were victims of physical assault

(courtesy of Derege Demissie @law_dd)

ሕሱር ዓለባ ነዊሕ ነየኽድን፡ ሕሱር ፖሎቲካ ነዊሕ ነይሰርሕ፡ ክልቶኦም ቀልጢፎም በለይቲ፡

መቸም ኣብ ታሪኽ ፖሎቲካዊ ስርዓታት ከምዚ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ስርዓት ወያነ ዘጋጠመ ውድቀት ተራእዩ ኣይፈልጥን፡፡ ወይ ክርኤ’ዩ ኢልካ ኣይሕሰብን። ዓለባ ከከም ዓይነቱ፡ ገለ ንነውሕ ግዜ የገልግል ገለ ድማ ኣብ ሓጺር ግዜ ይበሊ። ክብሪ ዋግኡ ድማ ብዓይነቱ ይውሰን። ኣብ ፖሎቲካውን ከምኡ ከም ዘሎ ኣብ ዓመተ 2020 ንመጀመርያ ኣብ ሓጺር እዋን በልዩ ዝተበታተኸ ሕሱር ፖሎቲካ ህ.ወ.ሓ.ት ሪኢና። ዓለባ ምስ በለየ ለጋጊብካ ንቁሩብ ግዜ ዕድል እንተሃበካ ትሰፍዮ። ፖሎቲካ ወያነ ግን ከም ኣብ ኣሲድ (acid) ኣትዩ ዝቆራረጽ ኮበርታ ኮይኑ። ነዚ ንምድሓን ቲፈዞ ህወሃት “ነዊት ዝጠፍኦ ሓረስታይ ዓቕሉ ምስ ጸበብቦ ኣብ ጉብጥሽ ይደሊ” ከም ዝተባህለ: ዓቕሎም ዝጸበቦም ኣብ ህላወ ወያነ ረብሓ ዝነበሮም ድጂታላ፡ ተመጻደቕቲ ዕሱባታ፡ ሰብ ግዙፍ ረብሓን፡ ወጻእተኛ ጋዜጠኛታትን፡ ነዛ ዝተበታተኸት ህወሓት ክሰፍዩ ጻዕዳን ጸሊምን ፈትልታት ክለቓቕቡ ይረኣዩ ኣለዉ። መንግስቲ ሱዳን ዶብ ሰጊሩ ዝወስዶ ዘሎ ስጉምቲ ብቐጥታ ጃንዳ ንምድጋፍ ምዃኑ ዘርኢ’ዩ።

ነዛ ዝተበታተኸት ስርዓት ንምድሓን፡ ጭራም ሓሳብ ካብ ሱዳንን፡ ጭራም ሓሳብ ካብ ግብጺ፡ ፈትልን መርፍእን ካብ ምዕራባውያን ኣላጊብካ ሰፊኻ ትንፋስ ንምሃባ ዝግበር ዘሎ ፈተነ ንሰማዒኡ ዘስደምም እዩ። ኣብ ምድሓን ጁንታ ዝዋሳኣ ዘለዋ ናይ ቀረባ ይኹና ናይ ርሑቕ፡ ሓያላን ይኹና ድኹማት ሃገራት ተሓተቲ ኣብ ርእሲ ምዃነን፡ ፈሸልቲ ከም ዝኾና ዘጠራጥር ነገር ኣይኮነን። እቲ ዝዓበየ ዝገብርኦ ዘለዋ ጌጋ፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ሕጊ ንምኽባር ዝውሰድ ዘሎ መስርሕ ንመንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ዝምልከት ክንሱ፡ ዝገብርኦ ዘለዋ ምትእትታው፡ ንኢትዮጵያውያን ጥራሕ ዘይኮነ ንብሙሉኡ እቲ ዘባ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቅ፡ ንምሕማስ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ሃገራት ናይዚ ዞባ ተራኤን ክጻወታ ይግባእ። ብዓቢኡ ከኣ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ።

እዚ ኣብ ሞንጎ ሱዳንን ኢትዮጵያን ብሰበብ ዶብ ተመኽንዩ ብሱዳን ዝውሰድ ዘሎ ስጉምቲ፡ ደረኽቲ ሓይልታቱ መን ምዃኖም ፍሉጥ ኮይኑ፡ እቲ ነቲ ዕንወት ዝስከም ግን ህዝቢ ሱዳን ምዃኑ መንግስቲ ሱዳን ዝተረድኦ ኣይመስለንን። ሳዕበኑ ቀሊል ከምዘይከውን ምግንዛብ ይሓትት። መንግስቲ ሱዳን ነቲ ኣከራኻሪ ሜሬት ኣብዚ ሕጂ ግዜ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ውሽጣዊ ጸጥትኡ ንምውሓስ ኣተኩሩሉ ዘሎ እዋን ምውራሮም ዋጋ ከየኽፈሎም ኣይክተርፍን እዩ። ሱዳን ትወስዶ ዘላ ጉጉይ ተግባር ኣብቲ ንዑመር በሽር ካብ ስልጣኑ ክወርድ ዝገበረ ሓያል ህዝባዊ ተቛውሞ ከምዘምርሕ ኣንፈታት የርኢ ኣሎ። ጉዳይ ዳርፉር ከምብሓድሽ ላምባ እናተነስነሶ ከሎ፡ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ወጥሪ ምእታው ትርጉሙ ሱዳን ከም በዓል ሱርያ ምግባራ ጥራሕ እዩ።

ብኻልእ ወገኑ ነተን ኣፍሪቃ ሰላም ረኺባ ተጠቃሚት ባህርያዊ ሃብታን ዓቕሚ ሰባን ንኸይትኸውን ሓለይቲ ዝመስላ መዝመዝቲ ሃገራት ባብ ንምኽፋት ዕድል ምሃብ እዩ። ብሰንኪ ሱዳን ንጹር መርገጽ ዘይምህላዋ፡ ብቐዳምነት እቲ ዝመጽእ ሃስያ ንዓኣ፡ ብኻልእይ ድማ ነቲ ዞባ ሃሳዩ እዩ። “ላምስ ብኢዳ ዝቐርባ ብእግራ ትሓክኽ” ከምዝበሃል ንሽምግልና ጎረባብታ ገዲፋ ናብ ምዕራባውያን ትጽግዓሉ ምኽ.ንያት፡ ነቲ ብቐሊሉ ዝጠፍእ ቁልዒ ናብ ጓህሪ ምንብድባድ እዩ። ብበዓል ግብጽን ኣሜሪካን ተደፋፊእካ ሓይሊ ኢትዮጵያ ደንዲንካ ትንፋስ ወያነ ንምድሓን ዘይከኣል ኣብርእሲ ምዃኑ፡ ዝሓቶ ዋጋ ልዕሊ ሱዳን ትግምቶ’ዩ ክኸውን። ንጉዳይ ምስሕሓብ ዶባት ዝምልከት፡ ብቕንዕናን ብንጹርን፡ ብሕውነታውን ሕጋውን ታሪኻውን ክፍታሕ እንተኾይኑ፡ ብሽምግልና ጎረባብቲ መንግስታት ድኣንበር ብሽምግልና ካልኦትስ ሳዕበኑ ኢድ ኣዙር መግዛእቲ’ዩ ዝዕድም።

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ቃልሲ ትግራይ ምስ ጀመረ እቲ ብድኽነትን ሕማምን ዝሳቐ ዝነበረ ህዝቢ ትግራይ ካብዚ ኩሉ ከርፋሕ ናብራን ልመናን ተጸባይነትን ተገላጊሉ ዝሓልፈሉ መሲልዎ ብምሉእ ልቡ እዩ ንቓልሲ ወያነ ደጊፍዎን ተቐቢልዎን። ግን እንተኾነ እቶም ነቲ ቃልሲ ዝመርሑ ዝነበሩ ጃንዳ እቲ ውድብ ገና ብንእሱ ከሎ እዩ ደም ህዝቢ ትግራይ ክመጽይዎ ዝጀመሩ። ንቓልሲ ኢሉ ዝወጸ ትግራይዋይ ካብቲ ኣንጻር ስርዓት ኢትዮጵያ ዝሞተ ዘይኮነ ባዕሎም ዘጥፍእዎ ይበዝሕ ኔሩ። እዞም ነብሰ ምትሓት ዝሳቐዩ ጃንዳ ጥልመትን ጽልእን ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቦም ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ካብ ሽዑ ጀሚሩ ክሳብ ሎሚ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ኣይተጋደፎምን።

ነቲ መስዋእቲ ደቁ ብዕሊ ዘይተነግሮ መንጽዓ ህዝቢ ትግራይ ረሲዖም ጃንዳ ወያንቲ ን 27 ዓመት ናብ ሃብቲ ኢትዮጵያ ምዝራፍን ምስራቕን እዩም
ዘምቢሎም። እዚ ከይኣክል ንህዝቢ ኢትዮጵያ ብዓልየት፣ ሃይማኖት፣ ክልል፣ ፈላልዮምን መሬቱ ሸይጦምን ነንሕድሕዱ ከምዝባላዕ ጌሮሞ። እዞም ሓንጎሎም ጽቡቕ ክሓስብን ክሰርሕን ዘይተዓደሉ ጃንዳ ቀጺሎም ኣብ ልዕሊቲ በዓል ውዕለቶም ዝኾነ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ርእሰ ምትሓት ትንኩልናን ተበጊሶም ንሽርሕን ጽልእን ተደጋጋሚ ወራራት ከካይዱ ድሕር ኣይበሉን። በዚ ምስ ፈሸሉ ብሜድያ እዮም ሕልሞም ከተግብሩ ፈቲኖም። ካብ ራድዮ ሓሰና ክሳብ ትግራይ ሜድያ ሃውስ ዘለዉ ግዙኣትን ኣብ ፈይስቡክን ዩትዩብን ተዋፊሮም ዝነበሩን ዘለዉን ብኣሽሓት ዝቑጸሩ ተጋሩ ኣንጻር ኤርትራ ዘካይድዎ ጽልኢ ቀሊል ኣይነበረን። ትማሊ በቲ ባዕሎም ዝወልዕዎ ሓዊ ምስ ምክልኻል ሰራዊት ኢትዮጵያ ዓቡይ ምስክር እዩ።

መንእሰይ ኤርትራ ሃገር ገዲፉ ስለ ዝወጸ ኤርትራ ሰብ የብላን ይብሉ ከም ዘይነበሩ ተገልቢጦም ሰራዊት ኢሰያስ (ምክልኻል ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ማለቶምዩ) ወሪሮምናዶ ከቢቦምናዶ ክብሉ ቀንዮም። ካበይ ድኣ መጺኡ እዚ ኩሉ ሰራዊት እዚ? እቶም ማሪኸናዮምን ቀቲልናዮምን ዝበልዎም ሰራዊትናኸ ኣበይ ድኣ ኣበልዎም? እና ሃደምካን እናተማረኽካን ድኣ ከመይ ጌርካ እዩ ሰራዊት ኢሰያስ ምምራኽ ዝክኣል? ሓሶት መድያኦም መወዳድርቲ የብሉን።

ተረፍ ጁንታ ዝኾነ ቀንዲ ዕሉል ጸያቒ ስየ ኣብርሃ ከይሓፈረ ዓለም ትሓግዘና፣ ትግራይ ትጸንት ኣላ ክብል ቀንዩ። ትግራይ ኣይተዓደለትን ከምዚኦም ዝመሰሉ ዘጥፍእዋ ጁንታ ክትወልድ። እቶም ን 2 ዓመት ኣብ መቐለ ተወሺቦም ዝነበሩ ኣዕሩኽቱ ጁንታ፣ ምውራር ኤርትራ፣ ኣፍደገ ባሕርን ሕልሚ ዓባይ ትግራይን ምስ ፈሸሎም ናይ ዕርበቶም መርኣያ፣ መሰናበቲ ብሚሳይል ኤርትራ ምጥቅዖም ተወሳኺ ዓቡይ ምስክር እዩ። ሚድዮኦምን ሚሳይሎምን ሓደዩ ንዓና። እተን ዝበልዕወን ገንዘብ ክሳብ ዝውድኣ በዓል ራድዮ ሓሰናን ትግራይ ሜድያ ሃውስን ካልኦትን ገና ናይ ሓሶት ስርሖም ይሰርሑ ኣለዉ። እዘን ብሓሶት ዝፍለጣ ሜድያታት ኣንጻር ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጥራይ ዘይኮናስ ኣንጻር ህዝቢ ትግራይ ውን እዩ። ኣብ ክንዲ ይቕረታ ሓቲቶምን ተናሲሖምን ንህዝቦም ናብ ሰላም ዘምጽእ መንገዲ ዝመርሑ መመሊሶም እዮም ከም ዝጽላእን ዝፍንፈንን ዝገብርዎ ዘለዉ። ምስቲ ሓዎም ዝኾነ ህዝቢ ኢትዮጵያ ውን ከቀራርብዎ ኣይፈተኑን። ልዕሊ እቲ ኣብ ልዕሌና ዝፈጸምዎ በደል ንዓና ምፍልላይ ዘይምሃዝዎ ተንኮላት ኣይነበረን። ከምዚ ናይ ሜድያታቶም ንዕዘቦ ዘለና፣ ተረፍ ጁንታ መሬት ተገልቢጥዎም ኣሎ። ነታ ናይ ብዓል ቆለ ወይ ዛር ትመስል ባንዴራ ኮመኒስት ሒዞም ኣብ ፈቐዶ ከተማታት ዓለም ኣብ ጽርግያ ከንገርግሩ ተራእዮም ኣለዉ። እዚኦም ኩሎም ብስም ኤርትራ ዑቕባ ረኺቦም ኣታሊሎም ኣብ ወጻኢ ሃገራት ዝነብሩ ዘለዉ ተጋሩ ኮይኖም፣ እቶም ትማሊ ፈስቲቫላታና ባዕላትናን ዝዘረጉ ዝነበሩ እዮም።

ኤርትራ ኣይኮነንዶ ሎሚ ብኽልተ እግራ ደው ኢላ ደልዲላ ዘላ ኣብ እዋን
ቃልስን ድሕሪ ነጻነት ዝነበረ ጸቕጢ ሓያላት ሃገራትን ክድምና ወያነ ተወሲኽዎን ከሎ ንኹሉ ተጻዊራን ሲዒራን ዝወጸት ሃገር እያ። ሎሚ ኣብ ትግራይ ሜድያ ሃውስ ናይ ሞት ፈንጠርጠር ዝርኤ ዘሎ ናይ ጽልኢ ጻውዒት፣ ማዕረ ክንደይ ባይታ ዘቢጦም ከም ዘለዉ እዩ ዘርኢ።

ወያነ ኣብ እዋኖም በተን ዝነበረ ሜዳያታቶም ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘይንፈልጦ ኣብ ትግራይ ባዕሎም ዝጠፈጠፍዎ ንኤርትራ ብሃይማኖት፣ ኣውራጃን፣ ቢሄርን ክፈላልይዋ ክንደይ ዘይጸዓሩ። ግን ኣይቀንዖምን። ንሕና ህዝቢ ኤርትራ 9 ቢሄራት ንብሃል እምበር ኩልና ሓደ ኢና። ኩላትና ውን ሰብ ሸደሊ ክንከውን ኣየጸግመናን እዩ። 6 ዞባታት ክንዲ ሓደ ዞባ፣ ባንዴራና ምልክት ክብረትና፣ 2 ሃይማኖትና ዘይፈላለያ ክንዲ ሓደ ሃይማኖት፣ መሪሕነትናን ህዝብናን ክንዲ ሓደ፣ ኩልና ፕረሲደንት ኩልና ኣምበሳደራት ኩልና ሰራዊት ኩልና ህዝቢ፣ ኩልና ህግደፍ ኩልና ሃማድኤ፣ ኩልና ኣብ ውሽጥን ወጻእን ዘለና ህርመት ልብና ሓደዩ።

ዘይናትና ዘይንደሊ፣ ንመጻኢ ኣርሒቕና ንሓስብ፣ ስልጡናት፣ ንምጽወታን ትካቦን ዘይንምብከኽ፣ ብመንነትና ንኾርዕ ህዝቢ ኢና። ሃገርና ኣብ ዋጋ ዕዳጋ ከም ዘይነእቱ ምኹዋና ብኸመይ ኢና ከነረድኦም? ሜድያ ትግራይ ህጂኸ እንታይ እዮም ክኣልሙ እንታይኸ ተሪፍዎም ኣሎ እዩ እቲ ሕቶ? ነዚ ኩሉ ኣብ ስትድዮ ሜድያ ትግራይ ኮፍ ኢልካ ዝቕየር ኣይኮነን። መወልቶም ጁንታ ሕልሞም እንተዝሰምረሎም ኔሩን ሓይሊ እንተዝረኽቡ ኔሮም ከም ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝገበርዎ 10 ክልላትን ባንዴራታትን ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ፣ ካብ 9 ቢሄራት ናብ 90፣ ካብ 2 ሃይማኖት ናብ 20። ካብ 6 ዞባታት ናብ 60 ኣውራጃታት ምመቓቐለቶ ኔራ። ብኸመይ ከም ዘጥፉኡናን ዝስዕሩናን ካብ ምሕሳብ ዓዲ ዊዒሎም ኣይፈልጡን ኔሮም።

ንሓንቲ መዐልቲ ዕድል እንተዝረኽቡ ኔሮም ከመይ ጌሮም ከም ዝሓራርዱናን ዝቖራርጹናን ርዱእ እዩ ኔሩ። ሜድያ ትግራይ የሕዋት ኢና ዝብል ናይ ይምሰል ቃላት በጨቕ እንተ በሎም ሓቂ ኣይኮነን። ንጥፍኣና ዝጸዓረ ሓይሊ ብምንም ተኣምር ሓውና ክኸውን ከምዘይክእል ፍሉጥ እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ህዝቢ ክልል ትግራይን ፈቲና ጸሊእና ብዶብ ስለ ንራኸብ ከም ጎረባብቲ ክንነብር ግድን እዩ። ጉርብትና እወ ኣሕዋት ኢና ግን ኣይፋል እዩ መልስና።

ተጋሩ ካብ ርእሰ ምትሓት፣ ጽልኢ፣ ቅርሕንቲ፣ ስርቂ፣ ምትላል፣ ጥልመት
ከይተላቐቑ ምሳና ይኹን ምስ ኣሕዋቶም ኢትዮጵያ ብሰላም ክነብሩ ዘይሕሰብ እዩ። ብዓቡዩ ድማ እቲ ኣንጻርና ዝቐንዐን ብዙሕ ገንዘብ ዝበልዕ ዘሎ ሜድያ ትግራይ፣ ለባማት ተጋሩ ነዚ ርኹስ ሜድያ ነጺጎምን ከም ዘይውክሎም ኣፍሊጦምን፣ ንሰላምን ምዕባሌን ዝጠመተ ሜድያ ክምስርቱ ይግባእ። ድሕሪ ጥፍኣት ማሕበር ማፍያ ወያነ ጁንታ፣ ህዝቢ ትግራይ ድሕሪ 48 ዓመት ንመጀመርያ ጊዚኡ እዩ ናይ ናጽነት ኣየር ዘስተማቕር ዘሎ። ነቲ ብሰንኪ ወያነ ክልተ ወለዶ ህዝቢ ትግራይ ካብ ተጸባይነትን ረድኤትን ዝነብር ዘሎ ህዝቦም ክሓስብሉ ኣለዎም። እቲ እቶም ጁንታ ምስ እዘን ኣገልገልቲ ሜድያታት ዝሰርሕዎ ሕማቕ ታሪኽ ከዐርይዎ እንተኾይኖም ጥዕና ዘለዎ ሜድያ ክምስርቱ ጊዚኡ ህጂ እዩ። ጎኒ ማዕረዚ ዝኸይድ ብጥዑይ ሜድያ ምስ ጎረቤቶም ዝኾነ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ይቕረታ ሓቲቶም ዝበደልዎ በደል ጸብጺቦምን ጌግኦም ኣሪሞምን ንሰላም ዝጽውዕ ቃላት ጌሮም ብቕኑዕ ልቢ ጉርብትንኦም ከመሓይሹ ይግባእ። ካብ ታሪኽ ዘበላሽዋን ዝትምንያን ከምኡ ውን ናይ ስነጥበኛታት ስራሕቲ ደርፍታት ይኹን ስእልታት ዝሰርቃ ሜድያታት ክርሕቁ ኣለዎም። ኣንጻር ኤርትራን ራያን ወልቃይትን ሕልሚ ዓባይ ትግራይን ንኽድምና ጽልእን ቅርሕንትን ዘይሰርሓ ሜድያታት መስሪቶም ንምዕባሌን ሰላምን ዝሰርሓ ሜድያታት ክፈጥሩ ኣለዎም። ክሳብ ከም በዓል ትግራይ ሜድያ ሃውስን ራድዮ ሓሰናን ዘለዋ ሽግር ህዝቢ ትግራይ ክፍታሕ ማለት ዘይሕሰብ እዩ።

ዓወት ንሓፋሽ !!
ተስፋይ ወልደጊዮርጊስ
ጀርመን

Ethiopia invites global actors, int’l media to Tigray

January 27, 2021

BY ABDUREZAK MOHAMMED

https://www.press.et/english/?p=29060#



ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia has officially invited the international community to observe the current situation in Tigray State, said Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (MoFA).

During a weekly press briefing of MoFA, Spokesperson Ambassador Dina Mufti yesterday stated that the government has opened its doors to the international community including media institutions to witness the current activities so long as they do not have hidden agenda.

If the international community wants to see the current situation in Tigray in connection with humanitarian and rehabilitation activities, they can enter the state and see the situation having fulfilled basic requirements.

As to him, the Ethiopian government together with relief agencies is providing all the necessary supplies, food, non-food items and pharmaceuticals to the people in need of relief aids in the state, although infrastructure destroyed by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) junta made the distribution difficult. He added that the government is also working tirelessly on rebuilding the damaged infrastructure by the junta.

He further noted that claims regarding gender-based violence, robbery, killings of civilians, and other related issues in Tigray State will be investigated. But the allegation does not match to Ethiopia’s zero-tolerance to sexual violence and the ethical track record of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) has been served in various United Nations peacekeeping missions.

He also reported that the alleged violence might be committed by the criminal groups, including thousands of prisoners that the TPLF junta had deliberately released from prisons in Tigray before the ENDF took full control of the State.

Meanwhile, regarding the Ethio-Sudan border issue, the Ministry said some leaders of Sudan are beating war drums and have continued to looting and displacing Ethiopian farmers.

He also assured that Ethiopia still believes that the issue can be solved peacefully through negotiation. However, before the commencement of a given negotiation, Ethiopia has demanded the Sudanese army to evacuate the area it has occupied currently displacing Ethiopian farmers and to respect its agreement to keep the status quo.

The Ethiopian Herald January 27/2021

TPLF Twitter bots are very creative - Dedebit like creative.
No morals - there is nothing they wouldn't do, to get attention for their #FakeTigrayGenocide

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ኣምባ. ሰመረ ንኣ/ሃ/ጋንታ ቅ/ብሽክሊታ ተቐቢሉ ኣዘራሪቡ።
ኣብቲ ርክብ፡ ኣምባ. ሰመረ እቶም ኣባላት ሃ/ ጋንታ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ውድድራት ንዘመዝግብዎ ዓወታት ብምሙጓስ፡ ኮሮና ቫይረስ ኣብ ቅ/ ብሽክሊታ ዝፈጠሮ ጽልዋ በቶም ኣ/ሃ/ ጋንታ መብርሂ ተዋሂብዎ።

ኣብ መወዳእታ ኣምባሳደር ሰመረ ነቶም ኣባላት ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ጽቡቕ ናይ ውድድር ግዜ ክኾነሎም ድሕሪ ምምናይ ብሃገራውን ውልቃውን ውድድራት ንምክያድ ብመገዲ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ኣብዝገብርዎ ጉዕዞ ኣድላይ ምትሕብባር ከምዝግበረሎም ቃል ኣትዩ።
(Embassy of The State of Eritrea Addis Ababa: @ERIEMBAET)

Checking the Spread of Viruses – a Lesson from an Eritrean Community

By Abrahaley Habte

https://shabait.com/2021/01/30/checking ... community/

HISTORY & CULTURE

Jan 30, 2021



The world is no stranger to plagues and pandemics. It has seen many in the past, and it is expected to have new ones in the future. The Black Death, which raged between 1346 and 1353, and, according to Dorothy H. Crawford, the author of ‘Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History’, spread through the whole of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, killing “nearly half the inhabitants” and causing

the most dramatic fall in population ever recorded.

Similarly, the Spanish flue killed between 20 and 40 million people between 1918 and 1919.

History gives us important lessons on how we should deal with pandemics such as Covid-19, though as modern, well equipped with sophisticated equipment and advanced knowledge, we also have our ways of dealing with our own problems. Dorothy H. Crawford reminds us that in the absence of effective methods of preventing the spread of SARS, the World Health Organization (WHO) was forced to employ traditional methods.

WHO’s global health alert issued on 12 March caused long-unused traditional public health measures to swing into action [after the SARS spike in 2003]. These included routine isolation of SARS cases and quarantine for anyone who had contacted a case to prevent spread in hospitals, while travel restrictions with country entry and exit screening were imposed to interrupt the microbe’s spread in the community.

Eritrea, as part of the world community, has not been spared. It has experienced similar devastating plagues in the past. An Eritrean scholar, Prof. Sibhatu Ghebremichael, in his autobiography in Tigrigna titled, “Etom Tezekrotatey” (My Reminiscences”), reminisces:

Probably about one year after that, sometime around 1942-3 CE [Common Era], a very difficult time known as Zemen Akahida in Eritrea began. At that time the most severe famine, diseases, and death abounded. Especially a disease known as bedido (i.e. smallpox) debilitated and killed many people. Not a few families were wiped off the face of the earth and a number of villages were destroyed.

Later, after much delay, a vaccine for smallpox arrived, and saved the lives of many. I, myself, received a shot at the upper arm of my left hand, which grew into a festering sore. I still have the scar which I had as a result.

As Covid-19 ravages the world, one wonders how less developed societies defeated such plagues as smallpox. Seeing that Covid-19 has not spared the most developed countries, and has become a medical challenge even to the most medically advanced, one is led to ask how societies in the developing world (such as past Eritrean societies) survived and defeated such plagues.

As I read through a compilation of the different customary laws in Eritrea, which included more than seven of them, I came across a passage in the Logo Chiwa Customary Law, the customary law that served the area between Dubarwa and Mai Nefhi, where the Eritrea Institute of Technology is located.

In Eritrea, which came under the same administration in 1890, different districts had their own customary laws, which regulated relationships between individuals, and served as the civil and criminal codes of their respective districts before the advent of the Italians. I believe that lack of central administration or government forced the population groups to draft their own customary laws, and they enforced them the best way they could. Left to its own devices, each group (in its own way) prepared a code that included articles on such diverse issues as engagement, marriage, divorce, support for children and other issues.

One of these, the Logo Chiwa Customary Law, was for the first time codified in 1492, and was revised almost two hundred years later, in about 1658. It was revised for the third time during the Italian Colonial period, in 1900. Finally, the code was reviewed around 1943, during the British Colonial period.

The article in question reads:

It is known to all of us how infectious diseases destroy populations and ravage whole villages. Due to this reason, our population, which should be increasing and multiplying, is declining. The diseases that bring about much damage and death are these. Infectious disease, Saal (probably TB), measles, scarlet fever, typhoid, kufungni, and other similar diseases. If any family contracted any of these, the Chika Adi (the village administrator) should make sure that no other person from outside makes contact with the family, and that the family should not meet other people. They should not leave their house for any reason.

If the whole family is infected,

the article explains,

a woman, a close relative, should look after their needs. The woman should not leave the house. The village administrator should instruct other villagers to provide them with a supply of water and firewood. This should be left outside their house. The woman looking after the needs of the family should collect this after the one that supplied it had left. The village administrator should inform the mislene about this immediately. The mislene should, in turn, inform a medical officer straight away. If anyone violates this law he/ she should stay with the infected people. If the Chika adi fails to carry out his responsibilities, he should be held responsible (or be fined). If the mislene fails in the same way, he should be fined.

The article doesn’t mention any authority higher than the district mislene, implying the district relied on its resources to fight infectious diseases, though it does refer to a hakim (a doctor or nurse), who resides outside the district. Neither does it mention organized medical services. The fact that it mentions a hakim may imply that this article is an addition that didn’t appear in the original code, and may imply the beginning of modern medical services, but not organised enough to reach the district level. The fact that the mislene contacts him may imply there was a body that took responsibility and handled such medical cases.

The article stresses a number of important principles, the same principles now being employed by governments all over the world due to Covid 19 pandemic in the absence of effective mechanisms. The principles advocated by the customary law take into account the needs of the family infected and, most importantly, the safety needs of the larger society. Firstly, it instructs that village members should be informed of the occurrence, and should be duly warned of the dangers of making contact with the infected family. Secondly, it specifies the responsibilities of individual members, and their expectations, if the society was to defeat the spread of the infectious disease. Thirdly, it stipulates that some kind of fine would be imposed not only on the individual violators but also on people with responsibility such as the chika adi and the mislene, if they didn’t carry out their responsibilities responsibly.

It may be important to establish if this article was in the original code, or whether it was an addition, after it was revised in about 1900 for historical purposes. But it clearly shows the initiative of the people with no authority from a central government.