Friday, 02 February 2018 20:52

Calais migrants: Five shot in mass brawl

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A migrant receives medical assistance by rescue workers following clashes near the ferry port in Calais, northern France, 01 February 2018. Image copyright EPA Image caption A man gets medical help from rescue workers after clashes in Calais, northern France

At least five migrants have been shot during a mass brawl between Afghans and Eritreans in the French port city of Calais, local officials say.

A 37-year-old Afghan man is suspected of firing shots at a queue for food handouts. Four Eritreans aged between 16 to 18 are in a critical condition.

Hundreds of migrants have converged on the area in an attempt to cross the Channel to the UK.

A sprawling camp known as the "Jungle" was dismantled near Calais in 2016.

Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said the violence had reached a new level and accused gangs that try to smuggle migrants to the UK of instigating the violence.

This is the worst outbreak of violence between migrants in Calais for months, and the use of firearms is a worrying escalation of the tensions, the BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris reports.

How did the violence unfold?

The cause is not yet clear but an initial fight on the city's southern outskirts broke out on Thursday afternoon, where migrants had been queuing for food handouts.

Around 100 Eritreans and some 30 Afghans were caught up in the violence, which lasted almost two hours after the shots were fired.

The four critically injured were shot in the neck, chest, abdomen and spine, AFP news agency reported.

A group of migrants carry sticks during clashes in Calais on 1 February 2018. Image copyright EPA Image caption A group of migrants pictured with sticks during the clashes

A second melee erupted shortly afterwards at an industrial site around 5km (three miles) away, when between 150 and 200 Eritreans armed with iron rods and sticks clashed with about 20 Afghans, the local prefecture said.

Later in the afternoon further violence broke out at a food distribution point in an area of Calais not far from the site of the old "Jungle" camp.

Security forces were sent to the area and there were no reports of incidents during the night.

In total, 22 people were injured, including some with stab wounds, AFP added.

Map showing the location of the fighting

Visiting Calais, Mr Collomb added: "There's been an escalation of violence that has become unbearable for both the people of Calais and the migrants".

The government would take control of food distribution, currently done by charities, with those groups working in association with authorities, he said.

Why are the migrants there?

Though the "Jungle" camp was demolished in 2016, hundreds of migrants are still living rough in the nearby woods, hoping to reach the UK. Many are young men.

 

Media captionViolence broke out near the old "Jungle" camp

Local charities put the number of such migrants living in Calais at around 800, while the authorities say there are between 550 and 600.

Mr Collomb urged migrants not to head to Calais if they wanted to try to get to the UK, saying their attempts from there - often trying to hide themselves in lorries - would be unsuccessful.

The Calais "Jungle" became the French symbol of the European migrant crisis, and some 7,000 people - most from the Middle East and Africa - were living there before the area was cleared.

Earlier this month, President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Theresa May signed a treaty to speed up the processing of migrants in Calais.

 

Media captionThe migrants living where the Calais Jungle once stood

Mr Macron has said that France will not allow a new migrant camp to be set up in Calais, and French police have been accused of brutality by some activists.

He is expected to unveil a new migrant policy next month, which will include speeding up the application process for asylum seekers and faster removal of those who fail to be accepted.

Charities and some of the president's allies have accused the government of taking a hard line on immigration.

Thursday, 01 February 2018 23:19

Radio Demtsi Harnnet Kassel 01.02.2018

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The Frankfurt and Environs' Branch of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) held its first regular monthly meeting for January 2018  in two places: in Kassel and Frankfurt.  Arranged for the sake of convenience, the Kassel meeting was held on 23 January and the Frankfurt meeting  was convened on 28 January. 

The agenda items for the New Year  meetings of this Central Germany branch, which rarely misses holding its regular monthlies, included review of developments affecting Eritreans inside and outside the country; the EPDP and the opposition camp in general; tensions in the Red Sea region and the erroneous decisions and policies of the one-man dictatorship in Eritrea.

Explanations were given by  branch leaders and senior party cadres on all the agenda items before the floor was opened for  questions and wide-ranging discussions. Meeting participants concentrated on condemning  the repeated mistakes made by the ruling clique which is now selling out the territorial sovereignty of the country.

Also discussed were past and ongoing mistakes of the one-man dictatorship. Discussants wondered why the Eritrean people tolerated a leader and clique bent at shamelessly excluding everybody he disliked in finalizing the question of national constitution, national flag, national anthem, the question of the land, the national currency etc. The discussion participants, who did not shy away from mentioning Isaias Afeworki by name, stressed that these issues always required inclusion of all stakeholders in their finalization in order to safeguard national unity of the people and the integrity of the sovereign state of Eritrea.

The two meetings of the Central Germany branch also repeated their old call upon the Eritrean opposition organizations to defer their secondary differences and start a joint action plan to remove the cancerous regime within the shortest time possible.   

ብቀዳምነት ብስም ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ ኣብ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ዕዙዝ ሰላምታና ነቕርበልኩም።ኣብ ጉዕዞ ቃልስኹም ከኣ ዓወት ንምነየልኩም።

ስምና ከም ዝሕብሮ፡ ንሕና ኣብቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ቅዋማውን ደሞክራስያውን ስርዓት ንምትካልን፡ ማሕበራዊ ፍትሒ ንምንጋስን ዝግበር ቃልሲ፡ ህዝብና ኣድማዒ ተራ ንኽጻወት፡ ህዝቢ ንምብርባርን፡ ንምልዕዓልን ዝተበገስና ህዝባዊ ፖለቲካዊ ምንቅስቓስ ኢና።

መሰረታውያን መቖሚያታትና፡

1.  ኣገባብ ኣሰራርሓናን ኣወዳድባናን ካብ ታሕቲ ናብ ላዕሊ  ዝቐንዐ እዩ፣

2.  ኣባልነት ኣብ ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ብውልቂ ደረጃ ኮይኑ፡ ኣብ ኩሉ ጸፍሕታት ዝግበር ምርጫታት ኣብቲ ሓደ-ሰብ ሓደ-ድምጺ ዝብል ኣምር ዝተርመርኮሰ ይኸውን፣

3.  ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ፡ ህዝባዊ ፖለቲካዊ ስልጣን ንክረጋገጽ ዝቃለስ እምበር፡ ንባዕሉ ንፖለቲካዊ ስልጣን ዘይወዳደር በርጌሳዊ ማሕበር እዩ፣

4.  ከም ሻርነት ዘይብሉ ነጻ ፖለቲካዊ ምንቅስቓስ መጠን ኣንጻር ወይ ደገፍ ናይ ዝኾነ ውድብ መርገጽ ኣይወስድን፣

5.  ንኩነታት ሃገርናን ህዝብናን ብዝምልከት ኣብ ዝለዓሉ ዛዕባታት ንጹር መርገጽ ይህልወና፣

6.  ኣብ ታሪኻውን እዋናውን ግደ ናይ ፖለቲካውያን ውድባት ኣብ ደሞክራስያዊ ቃልሲ ንኣምን፣

7.  ንናይ ሓባር ራእይና ንምዕዋት ምስ ኩሎም ፖለቲካውያን ውድባትን በርጌሳውያን ማሕበራትን ብምትሕብባር ንሰርሕ፣

8.  በርጌሳዊ ማሕበርና እንኮ ወካሊ ናይ ኣብ ደያስፖራ ዘሎ ደላይ ፍትሒ ክኸውን ዕላማ የብሉን፣

ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ ሃገርናን ህዝብናን ንምድሓን ምስ ኩሎም ኤርትራውያን ፖለቲካውያን ውድባት ክሰርሕ ድልው እዩ። ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትና ፍልልያተን ኣጽቢበን ብኹሉ ዓቕመን ኣንጻር እቲ ቀዳማይ ጸላኢ ንኽቃለሳ ኣብ ዝውሰድ ተበግሶታትን ዝግበር ርክባትን ኣወንታዊ ተራ ይጻወት።

ኣብ መደምደምታ፡ ዕላማ ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ፡ ኣብ ምስዓር ህግደፍ፡ ምስ ናይ ኤርትራውያን ፖለቲካውያን ውድባት ዕላማ ተማላላእን ተደጋጋፍን ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ኣባላት ፖለቲካውያን ውድባት ኣብ ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ ድርብ ኣባልነት ብምሓዝ ምሳና ሓቢርኩም ክትቃለሱ ንዕድም። ኣብቲ ነተን ዘይተወደባ ዘለዋ ከተማታት ንምውዳብ እነካይዶ ዘለና ጻዕሪ ሓገዝኩም ከይፍልየና ከኣ ነማሕጽን።

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Egypt's FM Shoukry said that Cairo, Khartoum and Addis Ababa have agreed to resolve all disagreements on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam technical issues within one month

Ahram Online , Monday 29 Jan 2018

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President Sisi with Sudan's Bashir and Ethiopian PM Desalegn after tripartite summit in Addis Ababa (Snapshot ONTV)

Following a tripartite summit between the leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in the Ethiopian capital on Monday to discuss differences over the Grand Ethiopian Renainssance Dam, Egypt's president told reporters, "People should be assured. None of [us three] countries – Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia – will be harmed."

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi added, "Egypt's interests are one with Ethiopia's and also one with Sudan's. We are speaking as one voice."

In a response to a question by reporters on whether the crisis over the dam has been resolved, El-Sisi said, "There is no crisis."

Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir concurred with El-Sisi, saying, "There is no more crisis."

Immediately after the end of the summit, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said in press statements that the leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed on resolving all disagreements on the technical issues on the Ethiopian dam within one month.

"There are no mediators in the Renaissance Dam negotiations," Shoukry added.

The meeting between El-Sisi, Al-Bashir and Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn, which came on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, aimed at breaking the deadlock in negotiations over disputes on the impact of the GERD on downstream countries.

Ethiopia and Sudan have not accepted the results of a report issued in March 2017 by a European consultancy firm on the potential impact of the dam on downstream countries, which concluded that the speed of construction could negatively affect Egypt's water share.

Ethiopia has reportedly rejected a recent proposal by Cairo to involve the World Bank in the stalled technical negotiations.

In response to questions from reporters at the Egyptian TV channel ONTV to the President about the dam issue following the meeting, El-Sisi called on the media not to convey messages that cause the public concern or that insult others. 
 
"We already have mechanisms in place, we have committees on the issue," he said.
 
El-Sisi explained that "there is a high-level committee including the ministries of foreign affairs and irrigation who are following up on the issue," asking the public to rest assured.
 
The Egyptian president had met on Saturday with Al-Bashir, and the two leaders agreed to form a joint ministerial committee to deal with all outstanding bilateral issues between the two countries.

El-Sisi has been in Addis Ababa since Saturday to participate in the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, which is taking place from 22 to 29 January.

On Saturday, El-Sisi chaired a meeting by the Peace and Security Council (PSC), the AU body in charge of maintaining continental peace and security, which Egypt is heading in January.

Source=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/288980.aspx

ኣብ ዓለምና ዘይተኣደነ ፍልልያትን ሽግራትን ከም ዘሎ ንማንም ስዉር ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ኣብ ዝካየድ ምንቅስቓሳት ናይ ግድን እዩ ምፍሕፋሕ ክህሉ። እዚ ምፍሕፋሕ እወንታዊ ወይ ኣሉታዊ ክወልድ ድማ ባህሪያዊ እዩ። ይኹን እምበር ነቲ ኣሉታውን እውንታውን ፈላሊና ዘርበሓናን ዘየርበሓናን ኣብ ምጥማት  ስስዕቲ ስለ እነቕድም ኣብ ግርጭትን ፍልልያትን ንኣቱ።

ንፍልልያት ዝፈጥር ሽግራት ክህሉ ናይ ግድን እዩ። እቲ ፍልልያት እቲ ግና ኣብ ምንታይ ዝተመርኰሰ እዩ፡ ነቲ ፍልልያት ክወልድ እንክሎ ምጽናዕ ድማ ኣገዳሲ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ሽግር ኣሎ ኢልካ ጥራሕ ፍልልያት ንምግፋሕ ክትጥቀመሉ ግን ካብ ፍትወት ነፍስን ኣነነትን ዝነቅል ፖለቲካዊ በለጽ እውን እዩ ክኸውን። ኣብዚ ክንግንዘቦ ዝግበኣና ነቲ ካብቲ ሽግራት ዝፍጠር ፍልልያት ኣብ ረብሓ ዝተመርኮሰ ዲዩ ወይ ኣብ መትከል፥ ኣብ ውሽጢ እዚ እቲ ፍልልያት ኣብ መንጎ ውልቀ ሰባት ዲዩ ወይ ኣብ ናይ ኣፈጻጽማ ስራሓት ፈሊኻ ምንጻር እውን ዝያዳ ኩሉ ተደላይነት ኣለዎ። ኣፈጻጽማ መዓልታዊ ስረሓት ምስቲ መትከል ከተጽንዖን ወልቂ ረብሓኻ ከተቐድምን ምዃንካ ርዱእ እዩ።

ደቂ ሰባት ኣብ ክንዲ ብፍንው ብሓደ ዝነብርሉን ዘሰማምዕሉን ሕግታት ክሕንጽጹ ኣድላይነት ኣለዎ። ብዘይጠማሪ ሕጊ ምኻድ ግን ደቂሰባት ኣብ ነንሓድሕዶም ንዘቀራርቦም ይኹን ንዝየራኽቦም ፍልልያት መዕለቢ ክገብሩ ብጣዕሚ ክሽገሩ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ፡ ኣብ እዚ ዘይበሃል ምትፍናንን ግርጭታትን እዮም ክጥሕሉ። ከም’ዚ ክርከብ እንከሎ ድማ እቲ ምዕብልና ንድሕሪት ተጐቲቱ ናተይ ጥራሕ ስምዑ፥ ኣነ ዝበልክኹም ግበሩ ዝብል ናይ ምብሓት መንፈስ ይስዕርር። ናይ ምብሓት መንፈስ ክስዕርር እንከሎ ድማ እቲ ክክፉኡ ንካልኦት እንዳለጠፍካ፥ ንስኻ ንጹህ መሲልካ ምርኣይ ይስዕብ። ክሳብ ነቲ ጭቡጥ ስነ-ፍልጠታዊ ዝኾነ ኣምር እውን ብግልባጡ ክትጥቀመሉ ትህቅን። ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት  ከኣ እቲ ዲሲፕሊን ይጠፍእ እሞ ነቲ ብሓባር ከናብረካ ዝኽእል መትከል ዓነውነው ተብሎ። ውጽኢት ናይዚ ከኣ ቅድም ምርሕሓቕ ድሕሪ ምርሕሓቕ ከኣ ጽልኢ ድሒሩ ድማ ምጽልላምን ንሓድሕድካ ምትህርራምን የስዕብ።

ደቂሰባት ብባህሪኦም ዝፈላለዩሉን ዝሰማምዕሉን ጉዳያት ክህሉ ናይ ርዱእ እዩ። ገሊኡ ክጭክን፥ ከንበርክኽ፥ ክመልኽ፥ ኣነ ጥራይ እየ ቅኑዕ ... ወዘተ ይብል ። ገሊኡ ከኣ ክሰማማዕ፥ ክረዳዳድእ፥ ንሰናይ ዘበለ ክፍትሽን ካብ ትምክሕትን ኣነነትን ርሒቑ ነቲ ጌጋኡ ዝእርምን ብሓባር ናይ ምንባር ወጸዓ ደቂሰባት ወጽዕኡ ምዃኑ ዝኣምንን ኣብ ዝብሉ ባህሪያት ወይ ክፈላለዩ ወይ ከኣ ክመሳሰሉ ይኽእሉ። ብውሽጥኻ ብሓባር ንምንባርን  ንኣምር ድሞክራሲ ንምትግባርን እንዳነጸግካ፥ ምስ ካልኦት ኰንካ ንኹሉ ዘርብሕ ክትስርሕ ይኹን ሽግራት ወይ ፍልልያት ኣብ ዝረኣዩሉ ብስልጡን ኣገባብ ፍታሕ ክተናዲ ማለት ዘበት እዩ። እንታይደኣ ኣብ ክንድኡ ምርሕሓቕ ንከዓሙቕ ዝዕድም ዘይምስልኻ ሒዝካ ነቲ ገፈል መፈል ኣብ ካልኦት ክትነግፎ ናብ ምጽላምን ሽምጠጣን ገጽካ ተድህብ። ኣብ ከምዚ ህሞት ከኣ እቲ ምፍራስ እምበር ምህናጽ ዝብል ሓሳብ ካብ ኣእምሮ ደቂሰብ ስለ ዝሕከኽ ነቲ ፍልልይ ዝፈትሕ ሓሳብ ኣብ ምቕራብ ኣይዕወቱን።

ስለዚ እቲ ኣብ ደቂ ሰባት ክርከብ ዝኽእል ፍልልያት ከም ውሁብ ተወሲዱ፥ ነቲ ፍልልያት ናይ ምምእካሉን ኣካሉ ናይ ምዃንን ብሓደ ተጣሚሩ ዝኸይድ እዩ። በቲ ፍልልያት ከይተገዛእካ ነቲ ንኹሉ ዘርብሕ ሕልና ምሓዝን ምትግባርን ቅድመ ተደላይነት ኣለዎ። ከመይሲ ንሱ እዩ ሓደ ካብቲ ኣካላት ናይቲ ፍታሕ።

 

ጨንፈር ፍራንክፎርትን ከባቢኡን ንመጎዓዝያ ምእንቲ ክምችእ ኣብ ክልተ ቦታ፡ ማለት ኣብ ካስል ብዕለት 23 ጥሪ ኣብ ፍራንክፎርት ድማ ብዕለት 28 ጥሪ 2018 ወርሓዊ ኣኼባታት ኣካይዱ። እዚ ኣኼባታት‘ዚ ፈላሚ ኣኼባ ናይ 2018 ብምዃኑ፡ ብኣቦመንበር ጨንፈር ብሰላምታን እንቋዕ ናብ 2018 ብሰላም ኣብጽሓና ዓመተ ሰላምን ጥዕናን ዓወትን ድማ ይግበረልና ብምባል ብናይ ጽቡቕ ምንዮትን ምስ ተኸፈተ፡ ኣብቲ ኣጀንዳታት ተኣትዩ። ኣብ ክልቲኡ ኣኼባታት ዝነበሩ ተመሳሰልቲ ኣጀንዳታት ድማ፡-

1 - እዋናዊ ሓደሬታታት ሰልፍናን፡ ሃገርናን፡ ዞባናን ሃለዋት ደምበ ተቓውሞን፤

2 - ንዞባ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ኣንጸላልዩዎ ዘሎ ሓደጋታት፤

3 - ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዝፈጥሮ ዘሎ ወጥርታትን ኢደ-ወነናዊ ስጉምትታትን፤ ዝብሉ ኔሮም።

እቶም ኣጀንዳታት ሓደ ብሓደ ኣኼበኛታት ተዘራሪቦሙሎም። ድሕሪ‘ቲ እዋናዊ ሓበሬታታት ምልውዋጥ፡ ኣብቲ ካልኣይን ሳልሳይን  ኣጀንዳታት ስፍሕ ዝበለ ምርድዳእ ተኻይዱ። እዚ ከኣ መላኺ ኢሳያስ ንስልጣኑ ንምንዋሕን ንግዝያዊ ረብሓኡን ክብል፡ ኣብ ዘይምልከቶ ጉዳይ ኢድ እናኣእተወ፡ ንመሬትን ማያትን ኤርትራ መተሃላለኽን ዓውደ-ውግእን ንምቕያሩ ዘይሓላፍነታውን ኢደ ወነናውን ስጉምትታት ዝወስዶ ዘሎ ብምዅናን፡ ንዝኾነ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክመጽእ ዝኽእል ሽግር ድማ ሓላፍነቱ ባዕሉ ዝስከሞ ምዃኑን ኣኼበኛታት ኣስሚሮሙሎም።

ከምቲ ግቡእ እቲ ንመላእ ህዝቢ ዝምልከት ጉዳያት ከም ሃገራዊ ቅዋም፡ ሃገራዊ ሰንደቕ ዓላማ (ባንዴራ)፡ ሃገራዊ መዝሙር፡ ሃገራዊ ባጤራ፡ ጉዳይ መሬት ወዘተ… ፥ ብሓደ ውድብ ወይ ሰልፊ ወይ‘ውን መራሒ ይኹን ብሔር፡ ክውሰኑ ዘይግብኦም እዮም። ኢሳያስ ኣፎርቂ ግን ብግስ ከይበለ ጀሚሩ ኩሎም እዞም ዝጠቐስናዮምን ካልኦትን ብኢደወነኑ እናወሰኖም ክመጽእ ጸኒሑ እዩ። እዚ ድማ ንሓድነት ህዝቢ ዝዘርግን ንልኡላውነት ሃገር ዝደናደንን፡ ዜሩ ዜሩ ድማ ንሃገር ዘጽንትን ዘብርስን እዩ ዝኸውን። እዚ ስለ ዝኾነ ድማ ኣኼበኛታት፡ ነዚ ጉዳይ‘ዚ ህዝቢ ክነቕሓሉን ይኣክል ክብልን መጸዋዕታኡ የቕርብ።

ደምበ ተቓውሞ‘ውን እንተኾነ፡ ነዚ ጸገማት እዚ ንምእላይ ብቐዳምነት እቲ ዘሎ ስርዓት ካብ ሱሩ ተማሕዩ ከልግስ ስለ ዝግባእ፤ ኣብ መንጎኦም ዘሎ ፍልልያት ካልኣዊ ቦታ ኣትሒዞም፡ ነቲ ድሕሪ ውድቀት እቲ ስርዓት ክፍጸም ዝግብኦ ጉዳያትን ሕጂ ዝጥለብ ዘሎ ቀዳምነት ክወሃቦ ዘሎዎ ጉዳያትን ኣለልዮም፡ ኩሉ ዓቕምታቶም ኣወሃሂዶም ተወሃሂዶም ክሰርሑ ኣኼበኛታት ምሕጽንታኦም ኣቕሪቦም።

ኣኼባ ካስሰል ንክልተ ሰዓት ኣኼባ ፍራንክፎርት ድማ ንሰለስተ ሰዓት ዝወሰዱ ኔሮም። ኣኼባታት ድማ ብጽቡቕ ምርድዳእ ተደምዲሞም።