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[Zmeselo]

Eritreans all over the world are honoring their martyrs in different ways- Vigils, Dev't campaigns, Blood donations...etc.

The Asmara Taxi Owners Union, #AsmaraYellowCabs, participated in greenery activities, donated blood; on top of their usual contribution to martyrs families. @EriPrism





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It was my great pleasure to welcome Ms. Lily Ghebrai, an accomplished professional who visited @Eritrea_UN. We discussed ways in which she could contribute 2 Eritrea's development & support the work of our Mission.

ኣለዋና!

Eritrea remains a hopeful nation, because of her children. @AmbStesfamariam

[Fiyameta]

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[Zmeselo]

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[Zmeselo]

Eritrea Marks World Desertification and Drought Day

https://shabait.com/2023/06/17/eritrea- ... ought-day/

Q & A

The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) marked World Desertification and Drought Day, under the theme ‘Her Land, Her Rights,’ on 16th June, at its headquarters in Asmara. Following is an interview with Mr. Semere Amlesom, Director General of the Department of Agricultural Extension at the MoA and National Focal Point for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

• Mr. Semere, what is UNCCD and what are its goals?

Mr. Semere: UNCCD is one of the three Rio Conventions in addition to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is the only multilateral environmental agreement that addresses land Issues and has three governing bodies — Conference of Parties (COP), Committee for Reviewing the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC), and Committee for Science and Technology (CST). It works closely with the Global Mechanism (GM) and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF).

The main mission of the Convention (UNCCD) is to provide a global framework to support the development and implementation of national and regional policies, programmes and measures to prevent, control and reverse desertification/land degradation and mitigate the effects of drought through scientific and technological excellence, public awareness, standard setting, advocacy and resource mobilisation, thereby contributing to poverty reduction.

• What do you think about Eritrea’s engagement in the convention?



Mr. Semere: Eritrea signed the UNCCD on 14th October, 1994, and ratified it on 14th August 1996; and holds the objectives of Agenda 21 of the UN. In addition, the MoA revised and aligned its National Action Plan with the UNCCD 10-Year Strategy (2008-2018). This ensures the Government’s commitment and compliance with the UNCCD’s decision (3/COP.8 of 2007) that requires affected country parties

to align their action programmes and other relevant implementation activities relating to the Convention.

UNCCD invited all country parties to

formulate voluntary targets to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)

and to incorporate them in UNCCD NAPs.

The Government of the State of Eritrea is one of the first country parties to adopt and even to submit the Land Degradation Neutrality Target Setting Program (LDN TSP). This is because it is not an option for Eritrea but a necessity. Moreover, Eritrea reports regularly The PRISE report to UNCCD. For instance, this year’s (2023) report has been submitted to the UNCCD, which is available at its website. Also, the Eritrean National Drought Plan has recently been submitted to the UNCCD.

• What are the theme and key messages of this year’s World Day to Combat Desertification?

Mr. Semere: The theme of the 2023 Desertification and Drought Day is “Her Land, Her Rights” and its objectives are:

•Raise awareness of the disproportionate impact of desertification, land degradation and drought on women and girls and the barriers females face in decision-making on land issues;

• Highlight women’s contributions to sustainable land management and broader Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);

• Mobilize global support to advance land rights for women and girls around the world.

When we come to the Key messages of the day, UNCCD has outlined the following:

• Desertification, land degradation and drought disproportionately impact women and girls, as they often do not have access to and control of land resources. They are most affected by reduced agricultural yields and increased water scarcity.

• In the vast majority of countries, women have unequal and limited access and control to land. In many regions, they remain subject to discriminatory laws and practices that impede their right to inherit, as well as their access to services and resources.

• When women are empowered, entire families and communities benefit. In addition to being on the frontlines of land degradation and climate change impacts, women can also be at the forefront of global efforts to restore land back to health and boost drought resilience. Gender-responsive land restoration is a pathway to reduce poverty, hunger, and malnutrition.

• Investing in women’s equal access to land and associated assets is a direct investment in their future and the future of humanity. Securing women’s land rights can help advance global gender equality and land restoration goals, and contribute to the achievement of broader SDGs.

• What achievements has Eritrea registered regarding the convention’s goals and objectives?

Mr. Semere: Eritrean women have already achieved equal rights when it comes to acquiring land, access to education, employment and equal pay for equal work. The problem that still persists is the land tenure system, which affects long term investment on land. It affects men and women equally.

In terms of the rehabilitation of degraded land and the development of water resources, the following achievements have been registered.

• Around 207,997 hectares of on-farm and 88,168 hectares of off-farm land has been treated;

• Around 4.6 million meter-cube of check-dams constructed by mobilizing communities, including women;

• 787 small, medium and big dams constructed for irrigation; human and livestock consumption, and inland fish production

• 64 million tree-seedlings planted in catchments, on road sides, public places and on the grounds of schools and government and religious institutions;

• 396, 930 hectares of protected enclosures established, with a plan to expand them to 800,000 hectares;

• 174,000 energy saving stoves manufactured, reducing fuel wood consumption by 50%; and

• 21,000 date palm seedlings planted in different parts of the country.



• What is the way forward with regards to combating desertification, land degradation and drought?

Mr. Semere: To address these issues, the Government, as usual, will focus on the following areas: reinforcing community-based development activities to enhance land productivity; constructing all kinds of water holding structures to improve agricultural productivity; installing alternative energy sources to minimize the cutting of trees; raising public awareness about environmental conservation, in general, and tree planting, in particular; shifting from chemical-based or inorganic farming to organic farming by promoting organic fertilizers – mainly compost and bio-pesticides; and finally fostering sub-regional, regional and international engagements through pragmatic investments.

• Any final thoughts.

Mr. Semere: As UNCCD put it in this year’s message, governments can help by promoting laws, policies and practices that end discrimination and secure women’s rights to land and resources; businesses can give priority to women and girls in their investments and facilitate their access to finance and technology; and individuals can support women-led initiatives that are restoring land.

Public Relations Division
Ministry of Agriculture
June 16, 2023

[Meleket]

ረዚን ሕድሪ!

https://mereja.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=308857&

https://mereja.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=291645&

[Zmeselo]

ንሓደ ብዱዕ ፍጥረት፡ ብኾፉ፡ ነቶም ዝደምዩን ዝርህጹን ዝያዳ ሕድሪ ከሰክም ዝህቅን፡ በምሓርኛ ሰባኺ- ጠንቋሊ ሰይጣን፡ ካብ ካዕካዕ ኢልካ ምሕላፉ፡ ካሊእ እንታይ ይግበር?

ኣብ ቅድሜኻስ'ኳ፡ ጥይት ተኾልሶ!

ንሕና በንጻሩ፡ ዉጽኢት ድኻሞምን ርሃጾምን፡ ግቡእ ዓቐንናን ደረጃናን ብምፍላጥ፡ ኣብዚኣ ምስብጻይነት ንሕብር።

እቲ ጋግ፡ ገፊሕ'ዩ።

እዚ ዘይኤርትራዊ ባህርያቱ፡ ነቲ ዓስታኽ ችግራዉነቱ መሊሱ የጉልሖ።

"ሓደራኻ"፡ ወትፎ ኣብ መዉጽኢኻ ንብሎ።

[Zmeselo]

Adem Faid in Conversation

By: Delina Yemane Dawit

https://shabait.com/2023/06/17/adem-fai ... versation/

Q & A

Jun 17, 2023

Adem Faid is widely regarded, as the father of Nara music. According to celebrated music composer Mohammed Salh Hussein – through whom I had the pleasure of meeting the famous artist – Adem is responsible for elevating Nara traditional music, during the armed struggle and beyond. He is also a man of many talents: he has (as Mohammed Salh attested) a critically acclaimed voice, is a distinguished Koboro (traditional drums) expert, a gifted dancer and the best Mesenqo player in Eritrea.

• So, Adem, how did you get to become a musician?

I started playing the Mesenqo in Golij, when I was about twelve or thirteen years old. A Mesenqo is a pluck-string instrument, much like a guitar, but usually made of hollowed gourd covered in animal rawhide to make the base (or resonator) and five strings connected to a wooden rod.

My father was a good Mesenqo player himself, so I had been accustomed to hearing him play. I remember I contracted some illness at the time, so I couldn’t play or work alongside my friends. One day, I was so bored that I decided to build a Mesenqo and learn how to play it myself. So I set out to find the material to build one: I managed to find bits and pieces here and there, and even found cowhide cast away along a riverbank. When I finally built one, I showed it to my father, but he did not take it well. When he saw me with the Mesenqo, he was worried that it would cause me to stray from the right path, so he took it from me and broke it down.

Fortunately, I did not give up very easily. I went and made another one. And another one! By the third time, my father realized I wasn’t going to relent, so he finally gave me his blessing to continue. And in return, he made me promise that I wouldn’t start any habits that are considered Haram in our faith.

After that, I started learning how to play by listening to others and then trying to recreate the songs on my Mesenqo. I never had any formal training; I just practiced the same song over and over again, until I got it right. With time, I became the youngest and the best Mesenqo player in my community and people would invite me to play at weddings, amazed that I could play the Mesenqo so well at my age.

• And did you start singing, around the same time?

Well, singing was a more complicated matter.

You see, in Nara tradition, the men normally only dance and play the Mesenqo; whereas the women only sing and play the Koboro (traditional drums) and those lines were never crossed. I think in my case, because I had been invited to play at Tigre weddings as well, I had the opportunity to see men sing, so I started normalizing it.

It was only in 1977, several years after I started playing the Mesenqo, that I decided to sing a song to celebrate the liberation of the town of Tesseney from Ethiopian occupation by the Eritrean Liberation Front. This shocked my community at first, they were outraged, but with time, people realized that my song meant something more- I was singing about the unity of our people, and the dream to see our country free from oppression. Ultimately, my family conceded that my songs were for the greater good. Thankfully, nowadays, it has become rather normal for Nara men to sing.

• I heard, that different modes are attached to different themes or meanings in a Mesenqo. Can you tell me more about that?

A Mesenqo has three different modes or scales, each named in Bedawyet [one of the nine ethnic groups in Eritrea]: Besay, Dubarbay and Shamber. Each of these modes conveys different themes of songs. For instance, when you’re tuned on Besay, the listeners automatically know (from the scale and rhythm) that the song is about war, bravery, strength and manhood. Dubarbay deals with heavy themes meant to make the listener meditate and reflect on subjects like community, unity, cooperation, compassion and perseverance. When someone is playing in Dubarbay mode, the custom dictates that the audience listens aptly, without uttering a word, letting the song transport them in their minds where it may. Sometimes, in these sorts of circumstances, the women there prepare soup or stew for the men to eat, and set the bowls in front of them as silently as they can.

Shamber, the third mode, is lively and upbeat in nature. It’s pleasant to listen to and it deals with lighter themes, like love. Much of the songs in this mode, are inspired by the sounds of birds and other animals. Because of its bright nature, it can be played in the background, or early in the morning to set a positive mood for the day. The interesting thing is that people can easily learn to differentiate between the songs’ themes based on these modes, even if they don’t understand the words that are being sung.

• Ok, now that I understand the different modes, can you give me some examples of songs for each of them?

So firstly, there’s the song Hjum (ህጁም), which means “Attack” in Arabic, played in Besay mode. Hjum is a very well-known call-to-arms song among our people, especially during the armed struggle for independence. After I joined the liberation struggle, I was part of the cultural group, and I had the privilege to modify the song and make it my own to perform in various parts of the country and abroad. During those years, the song also helped to motivate many young Nara men and women to join the armed struggle.

There’s another widespread traditional folk song called Chilico that’s played in Besay mode, named after an indigenous bird in Gash Barka Region: it’s white and has a red beak [possibly the Red-billed tropicbird]. This specific bird normally lives around water bodies and has a taste for crop like Sorghum, so it irritates the men and women in the villages who want to leave their Sorghum to dry in the sun. The first verses express admiration for the bird’s beauty and grace, but as the song progresses, it gradually morphs into a menace (which explains why the song is in Besay mode). The tune demonstrates that not everything is as it appears to be on the surface: the bird seems beautiful at first, but deep down it’s a sly creature looking to steal food; just as the song may seem innocuous at first, but then turns out to be anything but having said so, I must give a word of caution: Besay songs generally provoke strong emotions within the listeners, so it’s not to be sung lightly. We reserve it for times when they are absolutely necessary.



Secondly, there’s my original song Surkumba in Dubarbay mode. Surkumba means “ከደረይቲ” in Tigrinya. I wrote the song as an ode to the beauty of a dark-skinned woman I saw at a wedding, but more than that, the song is an ode to all our women with glorious ebony skin. To me, a dark-skinned woman is the personification of Africa herself, and it reminds me that we Africans are all one; our cultures and lifestyles may be diverse but ultimately, our hearts all beat as one.

And thirdly, there’s the folk song Kilmoyas (ኪልሞያስ) in Shamber mode, which is an elegy to a loyal dog sung by the owner after the dog’s tragic death.

• These stories, are all so fascinating! Do you mind, if I ask for one last song?

Alright. I suppose I could tell you about a traditional song called Jehanie (ጀሃኔ) in Besay mode, named after a valiant camel. According to legend, Jehanie was an incredibly fast and fierce camel, the fastest in his village. He was considered a hero too, because he never failed to catch the thieves who tried to rob the villagers of their possessions. One day, the thieves decided they had to get rid of Jehanie, and so devised a plan: they laid out a trap for the camel to fall into. So when they baited him to run after them, poor Jehanie ran fast and fell into a hole, where a sharp sword had been carefully propped to cut off a limb. Jehanie lost a front leg, and once he recovered from his injuries, started walking with his remaining three legs, generating a unique rhythm that a musician decided to mimic on his Mesenqo. The rhythm was subsequently called Dris Gerabay, or the Limping Camel.

• How interesting! Thank you so much, for taking the time to speak with me today.

[Somaliman]

Blah, blah, blah, blah..............

Eritrea has the world’s second highest prevalence of modern slavery (9 per cent of the population), representing an estimated 320,000 people.

Which one do you think counts!

What mindless worshipers of "the merciless butcher to his own people" are uttering or the fact based report of Walk Free, which is an international human rights group focussed on the eradication of modern slavery!

If to you slavery is only owning slaves at home, FYI, modern slavery covers also forced labour and forced military conscription.

Aren't Jehovah’s Witnesses and other detainees at the Mai Serwa Asmera Flowers Detention Camp, which is in reality a forced labour camp, forced to work on flower farms!

Haven't you little fuckers claimed when you were applying for asylum that you had fled the giant open prison, aka Eritrea, due to forced indefinite military conscription and other human rights violations in Eritrea!

[quindibu]

Never heard of the organization until today. A quick search shows you, of the 21 team members, only one is black, the majority, of course, are the usual ferenjis- mind you they claim a 'global network'.

As far as I'm concerned, the 'paragon" of human rights, is the US. At least, that is what we see in their words, not deeds.......... There are about 2 million prison population in the country, of which 50% are represented by Blacks and Latinos.......And they earn a whopping 86 cents for daily work in prison. This is just one simple illustration of the hypocrisy.......Now, as always I ask the same question, where did these people derive the moral high-ground to accuse others?

I believe, dignifying their propaganda with a response is giving them a weight that they don't deserve.

[Fed_Up]

Blah, blah, blah, blah..............

Eritrea has the world’s second highest prevalence of modern slavery (9 per cent of the population), representing an estimated 320,000 people.

Which one do you think counts!

What mindless worshipers of "the merciless butcher to his own people" are uttering or the fact based report of Walk Free, which is an international human rights group focussed on the eradication of modern slavery!

If to you slavery is only owning slaves at home, FYI, modern slavery covers also forced labour and forced military conscription.

Aren't Jehovah’s Witnesses and other detainees at the Mai Serwa Asmera Flowers Detention Camp, which is in reality a forced labour camp, forced to work on flower farms!

Haven't you little [deleted] claimed when you were applying for asylum that you had fled the giant open prison, aka Eritrea, due to forced indefinite military conscription and other human rights violations in Eritrea!

Warthog cûnt
Blah… blah… blah…. Retard agameee. You can’t blabber about Eritrea which is more than your pay grade. ዴዴብ

Now I dare you to list us the number of folks languishing in the US prisons and their identities. Low IQ baboon

[Zmeselo]

Never heard of the organization until today. A quick search shows you, of the 21 team members, only one is black, the majority, of course, are the usual ferenjis- mind you they claim a 'global network'.

As far as I'm concerned, the 'paragon" of human rights, is the US. At least, that is what we see in their words, not deeds.......... There are about 2 million prison population in the country, of which 50% are represented by Blacks and Latinos.......And they earn a whopping 86 cents for daily work in prison. This is just one simple illustration of the hypocrisy.......Now, as always I ask the same question, where did these people derive the moral high-ground to accuse others?

I believe, dignifying their propaganda with a response is giving them a weight that they don't deserve.

You're right but they were quoted by Al Jazeera recently, for instance.

[Zmeselo]

[Somaliman]

Never heard of the organization until today. A quick search shows you, of the 21 team members, only one is black, the majority, of course, are the usual ferenjis- mind you they claim a 'global network'.

As far as I'm concerned, the 'paragon" of human rights, is the US. At least, that is what we see in their words, not deeds.......... There are about 2 million prison population in the country, of which 50% are represented by Blacks and Latinos.......And they earn a whopping 86 cents for daily work in prison. This is just one simple illustration of the hypocrisy.......Now, as always I ask the same question, where did these people derive the moral high-ground to accuse others?

I believe, dignifying their propaganda with a response is giving them a weight that they don't deserve.

Never heard of the organization until today.

He has never heard of it before today, yet he dares to utter such a nonsense with regard to the fact based report of Walk Free!

These little fuckers have no shame at all!

A quick search shows you, of the 21 team members, only one is black, the majority, of course, are the usual ferenjis- mind you they claim a 'global network'.

You must be a perfect blueprint to build a dumb cretin!

Let me school you a bit.

A global network is not an organisation in which all ethnicities or races in the world are physically represented by their respective members in an equal ratio!

A global network is simply a network that spans across the world, regardless of its nature.

I believe, dignifying their propaganda with a response is giving them a weight that they don't deserve.

Again, look at this imbecile! He must be suffering from serious mental retardation!

He has the guts to say that he believes his diarrhea of the mouth might give weight to the credibility of Walk Free, which is an international human rights group focussed on the eradication of modern slavery!

Obviously, this idiot is trying to far.t louder than his ar.se can handle!

Where's the little brainless fox, aka Fed-Up, aka Tarik, aka, Wedi el Kelb, aka, Tog Wajale, aka Judgement Day, etc., to shout his stupid Weey Guud!

[Meleket]

ዘሜ Zmeselo 'ዓቢ ሰብ' ፡ እምበር'ከ ኤርትራዊ ደም ኣሎኻ'ዶ? እዙይ ኩሉ 'ዘይኤርትራዊ ባህርያትን' ስድነትን ካበይ ኢዩ ለጊቡኻ? ብርግጽ 7*2 ማጨሎት ጋብር ደርዓንቶ ወይ ቀይሕኮር ወይ ኣቡና ተኽለ ባሕሪ መድለየካ ነቢሩ፡ ንብል ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ደያኑ ማእከልን መስመርን ብኤርትራዊ ጭዉነት ሓበንን ፍናንን!

ንሓደ ብዱዕ ፍጥረት፡ ብኾፉ፡ ነቶም ዝደምዩን ዝርህጹን ዝያዳ ሕድሪ ከሰክም ዝህቅን፡ በምሓርኛ ሰባኺ- ጠንቋሊ ሰይጣን፡ ካብ ካዕካዕ ኢልካ ምሕላፉ፡ ካሊእ እንታይ ይግበር?

ኣብ ቅድሜኻስ'ኳ፡ ጥይት ተኾልሶ!

ንሕና በንጻሩ፡ ዉጽኢት ድኻሞምን ርሃጾምን፡ ግቡእ ዓቐንናን ደረጃናን ብምፍላጥ፡ ኣብዚኣ ምስብጻይነት ንሕብር።

እቲ ጋግ፡ ገፊሕ'ዩ።

እዚ ዘይኤርትራዊ ባህርያቱ፡ ነቲ ዓስታኽ ችግራዉነቱ መሊሱ የጉልሖ።

"ሓደራኻ"፡ ወትፎ ኣብ መዉጽኢኻ ንብሎ።

[Meleket]

ረዚን ሕድሪ!

https://mereja.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=308857&

https://mereja.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=291645&