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The approximately 250k uniformed TPLF army and militia that trained and displayed its weaponry in the streets and stadiums of Mekele last year discarded its uniform, buried its weapons , and blended with the Tigrean people with the advance of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces(ENDF), the Amhara militia and the Eritrean forces that captured Mekele in three weeks after the conflict began on November 4, 2020. 

When the TPLF heads run to the woods, they were pursued by the ENDF, some arrested others killed. A significant number of the blended militia joined the exodus with the Tigrean peasants who took refuge across the border in Sudan. The TPLF army and militias stayed among the peasantry and in several towns, including Mekele. 

The ENDF generals talked about heinous crimes committed by the TPLF soldiers who discarded their uniforms and blamed the acts on the ENDF. 

After the conventional military conflict was over, chasing the remaining terrorists continued but the human and material cost became untenable in several towns and rural areas. 

To avoid more killings of people on both sides from this conflict, the government of PM Abiy decided for a unilateral cease fire.

What next? For the Tigrean peasants, it’s the season to farm peacefully? Will the hidden TPLF militia in their midst allow them?…or has mobilization for continued conflict began.. The war drums by their survivor chief cadre escalates and western media dutifully echo them. What develops remains to be seen. 

Will the aid promised by international organizations show up as promised or will they continue to remind us of our inadequacy?

(በቁስል አንጨት አንድምንልው)… That also remains to be seen too.

Now that there is unilateral cease fire by the government of Ethiopia and withdrawal of the ENDF and Eritrean forces in Tigray , there should be no more excuses for UNICEF, US and EU to harp about access in the affected areas . 

They need to move on assisting in reversing the malnutritions and impending famine they constantly tell us about instead of recounting their projections on an impending disaster. They should help facilitate assistance in resources to quell the people’s need for food and water in the region. 

People’s need should not be used for misinformation and propaganda like the International Crisis Group (ICG) does . Yes there is urgency in assistance for people suffering in the region. The condition created (i.e unilateral cease fire) should help aid groups unfettered access and move things along. 

Feigning ignorance of the situation, dwelling on problems of access is the last thing the people in the region need now. Yes, let’s talk less and do more in addressing this urgent need of assisting with food and water. International aid organizations tell us there are an estimated one million people affected by the regional conflict. 

If the West and International organizations true intentions are reversing the humanitarian disaster, the conditions are already met. But if their hidden agenda is opening a corridor through the Sudan and trying to revive the TPLF, they will face strong resistance from the government and the Amhara region. PM Abiy is well aware of this and mentioned it in his recent interview with Fana Broadcasting.

We just learned a bridge over Tekeze river in Tigray has been destroyed. Hager Wodad condemns in the strongest terms whoever did this outrages act. We regret to learn aid will be hampered but there are other roads and air travel access in the area. If there is will, there is way.

Natenael Mekonnen

June 2021

ከሀገር አቀፍ የሰላም ሃይላት የቀረበ ግልጽ ደብዳቤ የተመረጠው የዶክተር አብይ መንግስት ማድረግ ያለበት:: 
 
#Ethiopia : አሁን ሁሉኑም ደምሳሽ ሃይላት በአሳማኝ ሁኔታ ሰጥ ለጥ እያደረገ በራሱ መቆሙን እያረጋገጠ የመጣው የጠቅላይ ሚኒስቴር አብይ አህመድ መንግስት የሂደት ለውጡን በልኩ በመመርመር ሊያደርግ ስለሚገባቸው ጉዳዮች ህዝብ በተለያየ መንገድ ሃሳቡን እያዋጣ ይገኛል።

የመጀመሪያው እና ቀዳሚው ጉዳይ ሊሆን የሚገባው የሰላም ማስፈኚያ መንገዶችን ለህዝባችን በተለያዩ ውሳኔዎች ማረጋገጥ ሊሆን ይገባል። የሰላም ማጣት ዋና ምንጭ የሆነው እና የህዝባችንን የዘመናት ተስፋ በጫንቃው ተሸክሞ እየተመነደገ ያለውን የታላቁ ህዳሴ ግድብ ፍፃሜ በፍጥነት ማረጋገጥ ያስፈልጋል። ይህንን ለማድረግ አደናቃፊ ሊሆኑ የሚችሉትን የሱዳን እና ተያያዥ የግብፅ ድንፋታን ለአንዴና እና መጨረሻ ጊዜ ማስቆም ያስፈልጋል። ይህንን ከባድ ውሳኔ ለመወሰን አዲስ ተመራጩ መንግስት ውስጣዊ ሰላምን ማምጣት ቀዳሚ ተግባሩ ሊሆን ይገባል። 

የትግራይ ጦርነት እና ተያያዥ ጉዳዮቹ በፍጥነት ማብቃት አለባቸው ። በቋፍ ላይ ካሉት የትግራይ ህዝብ ነጻአውጭ ግንባር/ትህነግ ቀሪ ሰላም ፈላጊ አካላት ጋር ድርድር በማድረግ ጦርነቱ በጊዜ ድምዳሜ ላይ እንዲደርስ መንግስታችን ቆራጥና ተከታታይ የደህንነት ፣ መከላከያና ሰላማዊ እርምጃዎችን መውሰድ ይጠበቅበታል። የህዳሴ ግድብ ፍፃሜን ለማረጋገጥ ውስጣዊ ሰላም መፍጠር የግድ ያስፈልጋል። ሱዳን እና ግብፅ ወደ ግልፅ ጥምረት በመሄድ አካባቢያዊ ነውጦችን ለማቀጣጠል ቆርጠው መነሳታቸው ከአለም አቀፍ ወዳጆች ተረጋግጧል። ሱዳን በተለይ የምትባለውን እና የሚነገራትን ትብብር ላይ የተመሰረተ እድገት ለመቀበል ፍቃደኛ አይደለችም ። የትህነግ አንዳንድ የነውጥ ሃይላትን በማስተባበር ከፍተኛ የጥቃት ዛቻ እና ልዩ ልምምድ ማድረግ መጀመሯም ታውቋል። ከትህነግ አካላት ጋር ሰላም መፍጠር እና የሀገር ውስጥ ደህንነትን በየድርድሩ በማረጋገጥ ከትግራይ ጀምሮ በቤኒሻንጉል ፣አማራ ፣አፋር ፣ ሶማሌ እና ኦሮሚያ ክልል ከሚንቀሳቀሱ ጽንፈኞች ጋር ድርድር በማድረግ ፖለቲካዊ መፍትሄዎችን በማቅረብ ውስጣዊ ሰላምን ለህዝባችን ማረጋገጥ ይገባል። 
ለባለብሩህ አእምሮው ጠቅላይሚኒስቴራችን ዶክተር አብይ ለመምከር ባንበቃም ያሉት ሀገርወዳድ አካላት አሁን ሁላችንም ይህንን ምርጫ አጠናቀናል መንግስት የሆነው ብልጽግናን በተለያዩ መንገዶች በማገዝ ስራ ሁሉም ሰላም ወዳድ ዜጋ ሊሰማራ ይገባል። ሱዳን እና ግብፅ ግልጽ ሀገራዊ ወቅታዊ ጠላቶቻችን ናቸው ። ሀገር ውስጥ ያለው የትኛውም ሃይል ሰላምን ማስቀደም እና ማረጋገጥ ቅድሚያ የሚሰጠው ተግባሩ ሊሆን ይገባል። 
ሰላም ለትግራይ ሰላም ለኢትዮጵያ፤  የሀገራችንን ሰላም ከተተበተበበት የጥላቻና እልህ ሳጥን አውጥተን በሀገር ዘላለማዊ ፍቅር በማሰዋብ ችግሮችን በድርድር መፍታት እና ሰላምን ማረጋገጥ ባህል እናድርገው!  ይቻላል!