የተባበሩት መንግስታት የሰብአዊ መብት ድርጅትና አምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል የአንድ ወረቀት ፊትና ጀርባ ናቸው።

አሁን ወደ ቨኔሳ ፀሃዬ  (Vanessa Tsehaye) 

የአሁኑ/የዛሬ ስሟ ሲሆን የልጅነት ስሟ ግን ቨኔሳ በርሄ ነበር ። ቨኔሳ በርሄ የስዊድን ዜጋ ናት። በእስዊድን ከሚኖሩ ኤርትራውያን ቤተሰብ የተወለደች ናት። 

ቨኔሳ በርሄ አምስት ዓመት ሲሞላት አጎቷ ሥዩም ፀሃዬ ኤርትራ አሥር ቤት ውስጥ መሆኑ ተነገራት። ይኼንን ከሰማችበት ቀን ጅምሮ አጎቷን የማስፈታት የኑሯዋ ዐላማ አደረገች። አንደኛ ደረጃና ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ት/ቤት በነበረች ግዜ ገንዘብ በማሰባሰብ አጎቷን ለማስፈታት ያደረገችው ጥረቷ አልተሳካም፤ ሁኔታውም አልፈቀደም ነበር። 

ቨነሳ ፀሃዬ ብላ እራሷን መጥራት የጀመረችው በፈረንጆች አቆጣጠር በ2018/2019 አካባቢ ይመስላል። ቨኔሳ ፀሃዬ ዕድሜ ልኳን የኤርትራን መንግስት ስትቃወም የኖረች አክቲቪስት ናት ።

በዐቢይ ኖቤል ሽልማት ላይ ትልቅ ተቃውሞ አቅርባለች። ለኤርትራ ሕዝብ ነፃነት አያመጣም ኢሳያስን ያጠናክራል በማለት ይመስላል። ሆኖም ግን በማይታወቅ ተአምር በNovember 2020 ቨነሳ ፀሃዬ የአምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል የአፍሪካ ቀንድ የሰብአዊ መብት ተሟጋች ድርጅት መሪ ሆና ተሾመች። ይኼ ምን ማለት ነው? ይኼ እንዴት ሊሆን ቻለ?

አንዱ የተባበሩት መንግስታት የሰብአዊ መብቶች ድርጅት ግንባር ቀደም ዓላማው በሁኔታዎች ላይ አድሎ አለማሳየት “urgency of impartiality”  የሚል መርሆ ሲሆን ፤እዚህ ላይ እንዴት አድርጎ ነው አድሎ አለማሳየት የሚቻለው?

የተባበሩት መንግሥታት የሰብአዊ መብት ድርጅትና አምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል አብረው ስለሚሰሩ፡ ማለትም ታላቅና ታናሽ ፡ የአንዱ ግመገማ ለሌላኛው ድርጅት ስለሚያገለግል፤ የቨነሳ ፀሃዬ የቅፅበት ሹመት በጣም የሚያጠያይቅ ነው። 

ቨነሳ ፀሃዬ ምን ያህል ገለልተኛ መሆን ትችላለች? ኢሳይያስንና አብይን ትቃወማለች።

በትግራይ የተደረጉት ሰብኣዊ መብት ጥሰቶች ሪፖርት አቀነባባሪ ቨኔሳ ፀሃዬ ናት። የተባበሩት መንግስታት የሰብአዊ መብት የሚጠቁመው ይሄንኑ ሪፖርት ነው። ቨኔሳ ፀሃዬ የአክሱምን ጭፍጨፋ ሪፖርት ያቀነባበረች ናት። 

በኢትዮጵያ ላይ የተጠነሰሰ ሴራ ያለ ይመስላል። የተባበሩት መንግስታት ቅርንጫፍ ድርጅቶች በሙሉ የተሞሉት ኢትዮጵያውያንን ለማንበርከክ ከአመሪካ መልእክት የተቀበሉ ይመስላሉ። ስለዚህ ማናቸውም ለኢትዮጵያ ጥሩ ነገር ያስባሉ ብሎ አይታመንም።

ማንም የሚያየው ነገር ቢኖር ቨኔሳ ፀሃዬ (በርሄ) ፅናቷዋና ለቆመችለት ዐላማ የከፈለችውን ዋጋ ነው። 

Ethiopia’s Unilateral Ceasefire and the West’s (US & EU) Encouragement of TPLF’s Warmongering

After the TPLF’s 27 years dictatorship was overthrown by a spontaneous rebellion and PM Haile Mariam resigned , PM Abiy was elected in April 2018 by the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) to finish the term. PM Abiy immediately began reforms. 

The TPLF settled in Mekele and removed itself from the coalition during the transition of the EPRDF to the Prosperity Party. Though unsuccessful, the TPLF resisted every reform measure by PM Abiy and carried on innumerable direct and indirect actions to eliminate PM Abiy and his reforms. 

PM Abiy, over the last three years continued as a transitional leader until the June 21, 2021 successful elections. Prosperity Party won the election by 410 votes and his party now is headed to take power in October this year. 

TPLF”s eight months war that began in November 2020 against PM Abiy became the last act for most of the TPLF leadership and PM Abiy declared a unilateral cease fire on June 28, 2021 in Tigray, a move that pulled back the ENDF and Eritrean forces out of Tigray Killil ending the current conflict. 

The move was unexpected and concerned US Senator Coons, whose shuttle diplomacy to Addis has not born fruit so far. He wanted to know about the security of his staff after the sudden evacuation of the ENDF from Tigray. 

During this conflict with the TPLF, the West, with help from their experts, predicted a long protracted war with no end in sight. They envisioned the displacement of the majority of the region’s population and an ever widening war that will involve the horn region countries . So far, the horn did not explode though over the years , it has always been a struggle to maintain peace in the area. The current unilateral cease-fire means PM Abiy is going to fight this war on his on terms.

So far , the ENDF destroyed most of the TPLF party heads and a significant portion of their regional army…as described on a recent interview by the TPLF general Tsadkan Gebre Tensai who rejoined the party/war and now speaks on the conflict. He said a significant size of their army and armor was decimated in the initial three weeks phase of the war. 

Despite PM Abiy’s decision for a unilateral cease-fire, the remaining TPLF heads, (including the general and the two wanted terrorist figures Getachew Reda and a weathered Debretsion Gebremichael) said they will continue the war and began fires in Wolkait-Tsegede, Alamata/ Kobo and promised too attack Asmara. Except for Asmara , their probing attacks began in the Amhara regions in the past two days. 

We hear these three TPLF party heads giving interviews on Voice of America (VOA) to let us know they are alive and mobilizing Tigrean children for war. A New York Times picture shows Tigray kids carrying arms as big as themselves. 

The current TPLF party heads continue to make contradictory demands showing a clear rift among themselves. Getachew Reda’s written set of preconditions for the Federal government is nothing short of asking the elected Ethiopian government to surrender. 

For now, the TPLF intransigence and promise to continue the war has forced the Amhara killil government to mobilize the people in the region in preparation for a defensive war. The elected government of PM Abiy and the Amhara regional government are coordinating and mobilizing to address this threat. 

What is clear is the TPLF continues its role as the sought after mole/banda in servitude of the West just as it was when it was in power. It wants to raise itself again and serve as a local mercenary force bent on the destruction of Ethiopia. Nothing depicts this more than the suffocating West propaganda supporting the TPLF and constant demand/ desire for land and air access in Tigray to fortify and militarily build the weakened TPLF.

Even after the Ethiopian and Eritrean forces have left the Killil, the West’s political and “humaitarian” propaganda campaign is ongoing daily to salvage/revive the remaining aged figureheads of TPLF terrorists. 

The West’s vociferous attempts to demonize PM Abiy’s government has backfired and the Ethiopian people votes, as announced by the National Election Board, showed who their next leader will be . 

Ethiopians are not buying the West’s chorus about “feeling concerned” about “humanitarian situations in Tigray” and other Hollywood like drama that they cook up every other day…

Ethiopians future and their daily lives depends on their unity and struggle against internal and external enemies for sometime to come. 

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Ethiopian National Election Board (NEB) announced results of the June 21, 2021 elections

Ethiopia’s Unilateral Ceasefire and the West’s (US & EU) Encouragement of TPLF’s Warmongering

The Ethiopian National Election Board (NEB) announced results of the June 21, 2021 elections and Prosperity Party has won 410 out of the 436 contested seats in the House of Peoples Representatives.

Security issues deterred voting in some woredas (constituencies) and they are scheduled for voting in a few weeks. A total of 547 seats constitute the federal parliament.

The elections were peaceful and some irregularities in some regions were reported by the NEB which included intimidation of observers and the forgery of documents.

The honorable NEB board chair Birtukan Mideksa stated that lots of lessons were learned from the process and reassured the nation that transfer of power will be through elections from here on. 

The NEB board chair took the time to detail the efforts of the young election workers determination to make the election a success. She thanked the leading staff of the election process for taking up the challenges of laying the foundation of a reformed strong institution. 

At the same time, the Washington Post decried PM Abiy’s governance with negative propaganda… with a headline charging on how Ethiopia claims to have laid down its arms as it continues to weaponize starvation in Tigray…with choice words such as on set of famine making a difference between life and death, a government blockade, absence of commercial flights, and blockage land routes in and out of Tigray. 

TPLF continues to beat war drums in the region (killil) not minding the plight of some Tigreans for peace.

Who are our friends and who are not?

Nothing makes the answer to this abstract question clearer as when you find yourself needing to fend off extinction by hunger. 

Building the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) to harness energy and end recurring famines and hand outs that follow ; seeing our emaciated people who are dying uttering Hail Mary, Lord Almighty or Allah the merciful as their lives are/were slowly being snuffed out…this we hope will end with harnessing our water resource and energy. 

Some make life for themselves out of our poverty and under development and want us to stay this way …these are not our friends and certainly are our enemies. 

Unlike our enemies and with no malice to none, we want to retain water and create energy to sustain our people’s life/existence and end hunger of our nation. 

As friends to our neighbors, we want to share our nations abundant gift of water. It is the right thing to do and is in our best interest. 

If our neighbors want to take all the water and leave us in darkness and hunger, it won’t do. It will be death again for our people. If we must die, let’s remember Claude McKay poem.

If We Must Die

by CLAUDE MCKAY

If we must die, let it not be like hogs

Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,

While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,

Making their mock at our accursèd lot.

If we must die, O let us nobly die,

So that our precious blood may not be shed

In vain; then even the monsters we defy

Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!

O kinsmen! we must meet the common foe!

Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,

And for their thousand blows deal one death-blow!

What though before us lies the open grave?

Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,

Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!

Scramble For Africa in The Twenty First Century

History shows there was tremendous competition among European nations to acquire colonies in the African continent in the 18th and 19 centuries . They came to Africa with the bible in hand to preach the word of God and about the kingdom of heaven and civilize these brute Africans.

Europeans among themselves knew they were competing for sphere of influence and natural resources. The savage Africans needed civilizing and Europeans justified their crusade (i.e devastating wars) under the slogan “Glory of God and Gold” as they killed, destroyed, and enslaved millions of Africans. They divided the African people so they fight against each other and many examples can be sighted ..(Nigeria being one).

Despite the devastating wars, there was Ethiopia, a country in Africa, that stood against the colonial campaigns. Italy invaded Ethiopia and was dealt a crushing defeat on March 1, 1896. 

The news of an African country defeating an European country shocked the white Europeans. They could never believe a black man, King Menelik of Ethiopia, could out maneuver the Italians with their modern weapons. 

Again on October 3, 1935 Italy invaded Ethiopia. This time, the black world specially African Americans in the United States supported Ethiopia and some volunteers came to Ethiopia to join the fight on the side of Ethiopia. Ethiopia stood as symbol of freedom and struggle for blacks everywhere. 

Today Ethiopia is being maligned by the likes of Linda Thomas in the United Nations Security Council who is president Biden’s representative. President Biden and his administration are spewing despicable campaign towards the people of Ethiopia. He has surrounded himself with a coterie of TPLF advocates like Susan Rice, Samantha Powers and Linda Thomas. 

The Ethiopian Government was forced to take the law enforcement operation on November 4, 2021 when the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) attacked the Ethiopian Northern Defense Forces (ENDF). Immediately, the Biden administration started echoing the TPLF’s propaganda with no counter balancing input or sources. 

The previous president was clear how he felt about Africa and African Americans. President Biden’s approach to Africa raises some questions. Is his approach really different from Trump?

He has taken the TPLF’s lies and propaganda lock, stock and barrel. So has Linda Thomas in the United Nations Security Council spewing “vast displacement”, “countless human right abuses”, “famine and starvation”, “killing of civilians”, “systematic rape of women and girls” etc.. 

These charges that Linda Thomas is referring to are a direct reproduction of the TPLF propaganda campaign of lies as expressed by a diaspora TPLF hack Alula Solomon and the internal Tigrai Media House that crank out daily lies. 

The question that needs to be asked is . Why is the United States echoing and misinforming the world when it fully knows the TPLF is the initiator of the crises by attacking the ENDF? US is also rallying allied Western European countries on the lying campaign through their media. 

Europeans have done this in 18th and 19th centuries for scramble of Africa, but today’s campaign is being waged by the United States.

The Biden administration has put blacks in the forefront to hide its anti-African policies. In the year of Black Lives Matter, with black brothers and sisters in the US Senate, the US Congress and the administration, it seems they are pushing Biden’s policies to weaken Ethiopia, without question.

Ethiopia is a strong and a moral African country with rich, dignified anti-colonial history and home of the African Union, a symbol of African unity on the African continent. 

We have seen actions mirroring questionable motives within the US before. For example, often times prominent black Americans like Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson are met with slanderous assumptions. They were accused and charged with rape and child abuse. To this day no one “really” knows the truth about Michel Jackson and Bill Cosby. We see our African American brothers and sisters murdered by police and victimized by systemic racism that is shockingly rampant with no end in sight.

The US is now accusing the ENDF as rapist of woman, girls and children. To the West, the ENDF is a savage and indiscriminate killer, rampaging through Tigrai, destroying everything that stands in its way. You get the picture. 

African blacks, particularly Ethiopians are still African savages. The US is selling and trying to achieve this through fake media institutions like CNN, New York Times ,The Guardian, Washington Post, BBC …..who propagate and recycle the same horryfing news month after month. 

US hopes to achieve its objective of weakening Ethiopia, Ethiopia’s moral standing, and her prestige in Africa and the world using black faces (sometimes outright uncle Toms and aunt Jemimas). The black world and Africa should not allow this to happen.

Secretary Blinken is misinformed and his imperial power projection comes through very clearly and shows how much distaste he has for Ethiopia. He is telling Ethiopia do this or else. Somehow somebody forgot to tell Secretary Blinken Ethiopia is a sovereign country not a US territory. 

We call on all people around the world and black leaders and all US friends of Ethiopia and countries of Africa to rally together and stop this madness of president Biden under the guise of fighting China in Africa.

The scramble for Africa is happening today by weaponizing a collective Western media with horrifying words like rape of woman, girls and children, human right abuses etc… 

In 17th and 18th centuries it was “God and Gold” . Today it is protection of human rights, feed the hungry..etc.

The agenda of yesteryears and today’s are essentially the same.