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A Tapestry of Triumph: A Celebration of Independence, Equality, and Inclusion

Post by Zmeselo » 11 Jun 2025, 12:40



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A Tapestry of Triumph: A Celebration of Independence, Equality, and Inclusion

Bana Negusse

https://shabait.com/2025/06/11/a-tapest ... inclusion/

Jun 11, 2025



Just several weeks ago, Eritreans across the country and around the world – joined by innumerable friends and well-wishers – joyously celebrated the nation’s hard-won independence. The occasion, along with the period surrounding it, was marked by spirited festivities, exuberant gatherings, and a huge outpouring of pride and excitement. Eritrea’s independence, achieved through immense sacrifice in both blood and treasure, holds profound significance. Accordingly, Independence Day – together with Martyrs Day, which is commemorated in June – is recognized as one of the most important and revered dates on the national calendar.

A central and inspiring theme woven through the many events and activities, especially those held across various regions of Eritrea, was the celebration of the country’s rich and colourful diversity. For instance, attending events in Asmara provided a unique opportunity to witness and engage with individuals and groups that represented the broad tapestry of Eritrean society: men and women of all ages; residents from each of the country’s six administrative regions; followers of different religious faiths; people from various socioeconomic backgrounds; and members of the nation’s diverse ethnolinguistic communities.



These inclusive gatherings fostered an atmosphere of warmth, camaraderie, and national pride, where people came together to smile, share in the joy, and celebrate their collective identity. More than just a commemoration of independence, the period served as a vivid and powerful expression of one of Eritrea’s most beautiful and defining attributes: peace and unity in diversity.

Diversity – whether in terms of race, religion, ethnicity, language, or culture – can be a powerful catalyst for the flourishing of new perspectives, the birth of innovative ideas, and the cultivation of creativity and dynamism. It often acts as a driving force behind progress, enriching communities, societies, and nations alike. However, history – at both the global level and even the continental and regional level – offers many sobering examples where diversity, if poorly managed or misunderstood, has instead fuelled societal fragmentation, discord, and at times, violent conflict.

As a multi-ethnic and multicultural nation, Eritrea has remained firmly committed to promoting peaceful coexistence, mutual respect, and national unity. Its development and nation-building efforts are rooted in the foundational principles of equality and social justice. The country places unwavering emphasis on ensuring that all Eritreans – irrespective of ethnicity, religion, gender, or social status – have the right and opportunity to fully participate in, contribute to, and benefit from sustainable development.

The country’s laws, regulations, and policies, anchored in deeply held socio-cultural values, create a robust framework for inclusive political, social, and economic development. National legislation expressly prohibits and penalizes discrimination, exclusion, or preference based on disability, ethnicity, colour, religion, socioeconomic background, language, gender, or any similar distinction.



Over the past thirty years, Eritrea has developed and implemented a wide range of policies and legal instruments tailored to uplift and support vulnerable and marginalized groups. These include the poor, women, children, persons with disabilities, nomadic communities, and those living in remote or underserved regions.

These interventions are designed to close social and economic gaps and to foster equitable opportunities across all segments of society. The objective is clear: to ensure that every Eritrean is empowered to pursue success and partake in the benefits of inclusive growth and national progress.

To that end, essential health services are provided at no cost, and individuals with chronic illnesses or other serious conditions receive free medical care and necessary medications. Similarly, the country’s education policy guarantees free access to schooling from primary through tertiary levels. These commitments are bolstered by several complementary initiatives designed to promote inclusivity and equal opportunity, such as the mother-tongue education policy, adult literacy programs, and outreach learning efforts.



An additional cornerstone of inclusive development – especially relevant given the large proportion of the population that resides in rural areas and depends on agriculture and pastoralism for livelihood – is the Minimum Integrated Household Agricultural Package (MIHAP). Launched in 2007, MIHAP has positively impacted thousands of rural households, including many headed by women. The package includes one improved dairy cow (or 12 goats), 25 chickens, two beehives, 20 trees (a mix of fruit-bearing, leguminous, and firewood species), a vegetable plot, cropland, and sustained technical support from Ministry of Agriculture experts. This comprehensive approach promotes food security, increases household income, and strengthens community resilience.



In sum, Eritrea’s enduring dedication to social justice and equality has not only enhanced the inclusiveness and vibrancy of the nation but has also been instrumental in nurturing peace, stability, and cohesion. By valuing diversity and upholding the dignity of all its citizens, Eritrea continues to build a more united, equitable, and prosperous future. It is this very spirit – of unity in diversity, of resilience grounded in equality – that was so vividly on display during the recent Independence Day celebrations, offering a glimpse into the kind of future the nation continues to strive for.






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"ሃገራዊ ቻርተር ኤርትራ"

ኪዳን ኣብ መንጎ ህዝቢ ንሓድሕዱ።
ኪዳን ኣብ መንጎ ህዝብን መንግስትን።
ኪዳን ኣብ መንጎ ማሕበረሰብን ውልቀሰብን።
ኪዳን ኣብ መንጎ ውልቀ-ሰባት።

“ሃገራዊ ቻርተር ኤርትራ" መሰረት ልኡላውነታዊ: ማሕበራዊ: ፖለቲካዊ: ቁጠባዊ ዉዘተ መትከላትናን (ፖሊሲታትና): ትካላትን ትግባረናን።

ንኣብነት:

ሃገራዊ ቻርተርና መሰረት ቅዋምና።

ቅዋምና መሰረት ሲቪላውን ገበናውን ሕግናን ትካላት ፍትሒና።

ውጽኢቱ ከኣ ማሕበራዊ ፍትሕን ሰብኣዊ ክብርን።

ኣስፊሕካን ኣዕሚቕካን እንተዳህሲስካ ኩሉ ዝተሓሓዝ እዩ።

እዞም ኣንጻር ሃገራዊ ረብሓ ገበናት ዝፍጽሙ: ብመሰረት: “ገበናዊ ሕጊ ሃገረ-ኤርትራ 2015" ካልኣይ መጽሓፍ - ገበናት ኣንጻር ረብሓ ሃገር።

ምዕራፍ 1. - ንጸጥታ ሃገር ኣብ ሓደጋ ዘውድቕ ገበናት።

ዓንቁጽ. 112. - ክድዓት”

ተሓተቲ ምዃኖም ክፈልጡ ይግባእ።

ከምኡ’ውን ክሲ እንተ ተመስሪትዎም እተን ምስ ኤርትራ ውዕል ዘለወን ሃገራት ንኤርትራ ከረክበኦም ግድነት ኣለወን። እንተላይ ኢትዮጵያ። ወዲ በሻሻ ከም መሳርሒ ስለዝጥቀመሎም ኣይከተግብሮን እዩ። ንሱ ኣብ ዝወደቀሉ እዋን ወይ’ውን ባዕሉ ስልጣኑ ንምንዋሕ ንከዳዓት መዋገይ ከምዝገብር ኣየጠራጥርን። ቅድሚ ሕጂ ዘይወዓሎ ኣይኮነን። ልዕሊ ሕግን ሳዕቤኑን: ምስ ሃገርካን ህዝብኻን ደው ምባል ዝመስልዎ የለን። እሞኸኣ ነዛ ላህመት ሕብረተሰብና ከፊልና ሓራ ዘውጻእናያ ሃገር።

ዘለኣለማዊ ዝኽሪ ንሰማእታትና።

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Re: A Tapestry of Triumph: A Celebration of Independence, Equality, and Inclusion

Post by Zmeselo » 11 Jun 2025, 12:44








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UN in Eritrea with colleagues from different UN organizations are conducting meeting from 11 -12 June, 2025 in Salon Massawa @hotelasmarapalace.

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Re: A Tapestry of Triumph: A Celebration of Independence, Equality, and Inclusion

Post by Zmeselo » 11 Jun 2025, 12:47



Since 2016, the Eritrean Government, in partnership with UNDP and with support from the Global Environment Facility (@theGEF) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation @noradno has been combating land degradation and promoting sustainability in Serejeka sub-zone within the Central Highlands in Eritrea .


The rehabilitation of 25 hectares in Gereme, exemplifies sustainable land use and environmental stewardship. With 57,000 🌳trees planted, the community and livestock benefit from a healthier environment.



We were proud to share this success with Eritrean champion Biniam Girmay @GrmayeBiniam who recently visited the project area.
@UNDPEritrea






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ኤርትራ - መንእሰያት ልዕሊ 190,000 ሽሕ ወዲቁ ዝጸንሖም ገንዘብ ናብ ፖሊስ ኣረኪቦም!

ምንጪ - መጽሔት ህዝብን ፖሊስን ሕታም ቍ.111 ግንቦት-ሰነ 2025!

Eritrea - Youth found 19,000 Nfa and handed it over to the police.


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Re: A Tapestry of Triumph: A Celebration of Independence, Equality, and Inclusion

Post by Zmeselo » 11 Jun 2025, 12:55



ኣሜሪካ ትናሳሕ ኣላ!

Sirak Bahlbi

መቸም ኣብ ኣርባዓታት ሃገረ ኤርትራ ከም ኩለን ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ ናጽነታ ረኺባ ብሰላምን ርግኣትን ምስጎራባብታ ክትነብር ዝነበራ መሰል ከምዝተገፈፈ ዘይፈልጥ ኤትራዊ ኣሎ ክብሃል ኣይክኣልን እዩ።

እንተኾነ፡ ሃይለስላሰ ነቲ ናይ ድሕሪ ካልኣይ ኲናት ዓለም ዝነበረ ኩነታት ተጠቂሙ፡ ብኢንግሊዝን ብሕልፊ ክኣ ሓዪላ ዝወጸት ኣሜሪካን ዝነበራ ናይ ክፍለ ዓለማት ምዕብላልን ምቁጽጻርን ዝነበረን ሸውሃት፡ ንኤርትራ መቓቒልካ ታሪኻን ህዝባን ኣሕቂቕካ፡ መሬታን ወደባታን ምጉባጥ ዝተገብረ ሱሱዕ ሃቐነ ብህዝብን፡ ሰራዊትን፡ መሪሕነትን ሃገር ኤርትራ ተመኪቱ፡ ተሳዒሩ እዩ።

እቶም ቀዳሞት ትኩራት ኣቦታትናን/ ኣቦሓጎታትናን ነዚ ናይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሕቶ ተረዲኦም፡ ብፍላይ ክኣ መሪሕነት ህዝባዊ ግንባር ነዚ ናይ ወለዶታት ቃልሲ ኤርትራ፡ ብርቀትን ብስለትን ኣንጻር እቲ ክምከት ዝይክኣል ዝመስል ልዕለ-ሓያላን ገጢሞም፡ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ዘውሓሱ፡ ኣብ ታሪኽ ኤርትራ ዘንተእለት ክዝከሩ ክነብሩ እዮም።

መረሕትን ልሂቃንን ኢትዮጵያ ነዚ ታሪኽ ኤርትራ ብሕልፊ ክኣ ኣብ ኣርባዓታት ዝተገብረ ገበን ንኽዓብጡን ንኽሽፍኑን ዝይገብርዎን ዘይብልዎን ነገር ኣይነበረን ሕጂ`ውን የለን። ሓደ ካብቲ ንኢትዮጵያ ስጋብ ሕጂ ዝገጥማ ዘሎ ምግምማዓት ክኣ፡ ታሪኽ 'ታ ሃገር ብግቡእ ሓባራዊ መረዳእታ ዘይምፍጣራ እዩ።

እቲ ኣብ ኣርባዓታት ዝተገብረ ዓሎቕ ስጋብ ሕጂ ብዝተፈላለዩ መረሕትን ተረኽትን ተመራመርትን ኤርትራውያን ክግለጽን ክጽሓፍን ጸኒሑ እዩ። እቲ ሎሚ ዘጽሓፈኒ ሓድሽ ነገር ግን፡ መንግስቲ ኣሜሪካ ባዕላ ነዚ ኣብ ላዕሊ ዝተጠቕሰ ገበናት ዝገልጽ ናይ ኣርባዓታት ምስጢራዊ ሰነዳት ቅሉዕ (Declassify) ጌራቶ ኣላ። እቲ ኩሉ ብደገ ንፈልጦ ዝነበርና፡ ኣሜሪካ ባዕላ ተናሲሓ ኣላ።

ድሕር ሕጂ ኣቢ ኣሕመድ ይኹን ካልኦት ኢቶጵያውያን ኤሊት ብዛዕባ ወደብ ይኹን ጭራም መሬት ኤርትራ ክዛረቡ ከምዘይክእሉ፡ ኣሜሪካ ዝሰራሓቶ ውዲት፡ በቲ ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ዝተፈነወ ኣዝዩ ምስጢራዊ (TOP SECRET) ተባሂሉ ኣብ ከብሕታቶም ተሓቢኡ ዝጸንሐ ሰነዳቶምን፡ ተጋሂዱ [Declassify] ይርከብ። እዚ ድሕሪ 80 ዓመታት ዝተቓልዐ ሰነዳት፡ ገለ ካብቲ ዝግበር ዝነበረ ድሓን እዩ ኢሎም ዘውጽእዎ እምበር፡ ካልእ ካብኡ ዝገድድ ሰነዳት ከውጽእዎ ዘይደልዩ ከምዘሎ ካብቲ ጽሑፋት ክትርዳእ ትኽእል ኢኻ።

እዞም ሰነዳት ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ክፈልጦም ክዛተየሎም ኣለዎ፡፡ ነዚ ኣገዳሲ ዛዕባታት ባዕልና ተረዲእና ንካልኦት ከነፍልጥ ኣገዳሲ እዩ።


Why? — Eritrea’s Fate in 1946

🔹 Italy renounced all its colonies after WWII, including Eritrea — opening the question of their future.

🔹 Eritrea was not given to Ethiopia automatically — instead, its fate was discussed by global powers at the Council of Foreign Ministers.

🔹 The UK memorandum (April 30, 1946) explicitly stated that Ethiopia’s claim was to be heard, not accepted.

🔹 The representatives of Eritrea’s people were to be consulted before any decision — confirming Eritrea’s separate identity.

🔹 Libya was made independent, but Eritrea was left in diplomatic limbo — debated, proposed for trusteeship, and treated as a unique case.

🔹 The very fact of deliberation proves that Eritrea was never legally or historically part of Ethiopia.

🔹 If Eritrea was “reunited” with Ethiopia, why was it up for negotiation in 1946?

🔹 The 1946 record shatters the myth of "unity" — Eritrea's fate was international, not Ethiopian.

🔹 This document is evidence of sovereignty interrupted, not surrendered.

🔹 The truth was documented — Eritrea’s question was global, because her answer was freedom.

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Re: A Tapestry of Triumph: A Celebration of Independence, Equality, and Inclusion

Post by Zmeselo » 11 Jun 2025, 13:09

Eritrea's contributions to Oromo people right for self-determination.

EPLF and ELF provided logistical, diplomatic, operational and financial assistance to Oromo fighters from 1970s to 1991 and Eritrea hosted OLF from 1998 to 2018.

Eritrean freedom fighters sacrificed their lives in Oromia alongside Oromo fighters to liberate Oromo land and people. Oromo POWs who believed in the just cause of the Eritrean struggle fought and paid their lives in Eritrea, during the Armed Struggle.

EPLF's Military Operations in Oromia (Ethiopia)

-In April 1989 to January 1990: Operations in Wellega

Between April 1989 and January 1990, EPLF units conducted multiple military operations in Wellega, Ethiopia, approximately 1,800 kilometers from their base in Sahel. Mobilizing roughly 85 trucks, EPLF fighters undertook these long-distance missions as tactical maneuvers to regain the element of surprise ahead of their planned operation to liberate Massawa, while also supporting the OLF in expanding its military bases.

-In April 1989: Dabus River/Dam Operation
In the first major operation, EPLF forces attacked and destroyed Ethiopian army units stationed along the Dabus River, dealing a significant blow to government defenses in the region.

-In May 1989: Ethio-Libya Marble Factory Strike
The second key operation occurred in May 1989, targeting the Ethio-Libya marble factory, a critical financial resource for the Ethiopian army. EPLF units successfully demolished the facility, further undermining the government’s economic and military strength.

-In January 2, 1990: Large-Scale Assault
The third and most ambitious operation took place on January 2, 1990. EPLF forces launched a lightning attack across a 140-kilometer front, annihilating 15 Ethiopian military camps in just few hours and took control of Assosa Town, The daring military operations in Assosa significantly bolstered OLF's presence in Ethiopia.
From 1998 to 2018, Eritrea was the only country in the Horn of Africa where Oromo fighter took refuge.

In mid 1990, in a meeting held in Massawa which included the EPLF (Eritrean People’s Liberation Front), TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front), and OLF (Oromo Liberation Front), the EPLF put forward a proposal: Ethiopian POWs, whom the TPLF had organized into the OPDO (Oromo People’s Democratic Organization), should instead align with the OLF.

The TPLF, represented by Meles Zenawi and possibly Tewolde Gebru, first agreed but backtracked the next day. The EPLF argued that the Oromo didn’t need an additional entity like the OPDO to achieve their internal self-determination, seeing the OLF as sufficient.

Eritrea’s played a key role in championing Oromo self-determination. Against this backdrop, it’s poignant and unfortunate to see some Oromo figures now eyeing Eritrean land, a stark contrast to Eritrea’s past support for their self-determination struggle.

On Aug. 8 2006, Brig General Kemal Gelchu, Commander of 18th Div of Ethiopian Defense Forces defected to Eritrea with 200 soldiers & lower level officers. He was joined a month later by the head of 8th Mechanized Div Brig.Gen. Hailu Gonfa. Both pledged allegiance to the OLF.

Pictures: Martyr Tesfayohannes Tesfamichael, Martyr Mesghana Mebrahtu and Asmeret Ghebreberhan were few of our freedom fighters who laid their lives in Wellega Oromia, Ethiopia.

Martyr Mohammed Adem, an Oromo POW turned freedom fighter, who took part in Assosa operation returned to Nakfa and laid his precious life for Eritrea.







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Re: A Tapestry of Triumph: A Celebration of Independence, Equality, and Inclusion

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ዓንሰባ - ንጥፈታት ቱሪዝም ንምምዕባል ይስራሕ



ኣብ ዞባ ዓንሰባ ዝርከብ ጸጋታት ቱሪዝም ንምምዕባልን ንምልላይን ይስራሕ ከምዘሎ፡ ዋና ዳይረክተር ክፍሊ ቱሪዝም ኣቶ ሳልም ዓሊ ሳልም ሓቢሩ።

ጽላት ቱሪዝም ብግቡእ እንተተሰሪሑሉ ምንጪ ቁጠባዊ እቶት ምዃኑ ዝጠቐሰ ኣቶ ሳልም፡ ቱሪዝማዊ ጸጋታት ዝተዓደለት ሃገር፡ ሰላምን ርግኣትን ዝሰፈና ምስ እትኸውን ዝያዳ ስሕበት በጻሕቲ ከምዝህልዋ ብምጥቃስ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ብሓፈሻ ኣብ ዞባ ዓንሰባ ድማ ብፍላይ ንበጻሕቲ ዝስሕቡ ሓያሎ ጸጋታት ከምዝርከቡ ኣብሪሁ።



ብደረጃ ዞባ፡ ጥንታዊ ህንጻታት፡ 2ይ ኲናት ዝተዛዘመሉ ቦታን ድፋዓትን፡ መቓብራት ወተሃደራት ጣልያንን እንግሊዝን፡ ዓበይቲ ወተሃደራዊ ግጥማት ዝተኻየደሎም ግንባራት፡ ታሪኻውያን ቦታታት፡ ባህርያውያን ጸጋታት፡ ከምኡ’ውን ሃይማኖታውያን ቦታታትን ኢደ-ጥበባዊ ስርሓትን፡ ካብቶም ቀንዲ ጸጋታት ከምዝዀኑ ኣነጺሩ።



ኣብ ምምዕባል ጽላት ቱሪዝምን ምስሳን ቊጽሪ በጻሕትን ዝዓበየ እጃም ዘለዎ፡ ሕብረተሰብ ብሓፈሻ ትካላት ድማ ብፍላይ ምዃኖም ጠቒሱ ድማ፡ ንዘሎ ቱሪዝማዊ ጸጋታት ንምዕቃብን ዘቤታዊ ቱሪዝም ንምዕባይን፡ ኣብ ኣብያተትምህርትን ትካላት መንግስትን ጎስጓሳት ከምዝግበር ኣፍሊጡ።

ሕብረተሰብ ኤርትራ ብዘማዕበሎ ንቕሓትን ዝዀስኰሶ ክብሪታትን፡ ኣብ ቱሪዝማዊ ንጥፈታት ዝጥቀስ ብድሆታት ከምዘየለ ብምሕባር፡ ንቕሓትን ኣወዳድባን ብምሕያል ብዝበለጸ ንምምዕባሉ ከምዝከኣል ገሊጹ።



ኣቶ ሳልም ኣብ መወዳእታ፡ ትካላት ወሃብቲ ኣገልግሎት ኣብ መናድቕ ዝሰቕልኦ ስእልታት፡ ዝጥቀማሉ ደርፍታትን ኣልባሳትን ንሃገርን ሕብረተሰብን ዝገልጽ ንክኸውን፡ ብትሕዝቶን ኣቀራርባን ምድልዳለንን ንዘሎ ቱሪዝማዊ ጸጋታት ምስ ህዝቢ ምልላይን፡ ካብ ናይ መጻኢ መደባት ምዃኑ ኣብሪሁ።


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Eye Surgery in Southern Red Sea Region

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Eye surgery was successfully conducted on over 200 patients at Assab Hospital in the Southern Red Sea Region, from 4 to 10 June. The program was conducted in collaboration between the Ministry of Health’s regional branch and Birhan Aini Hospital, in Asmara.

Dr. Eyob Beyene, an eye surgery expert and program coordinator, stated that this initiative was a continuation of similar surgeries previously held in the Northern Red Sea Region. He added that surgery performed on 10 children, was particularly successful and unique.

Nurse Gebre Hailemicael, head of eye treatment at Assab Hospital, explained that a survey had been conducted on 3,000 citizens across four sub-zones and 52 villages prior to the surgeries. He highlighted that the program was successfully implemented and noted that other patients received medicines and eyeglasses.

The beneficiaries, expressed their gratitude for the opportunity provided.

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