Saturday, November 7, 2020
ከኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስቲያን ወቅታዊ የጸጥታ ሁኔታዎችን በማስመልከት የተሰጠ መግለጫ
“የሚያስታርቁ ብፁዓን ናቸው፣ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ተብለው ይጠራሉና” (ማቴ. 5 ፥9)
የኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስቲያን በተለያዩ የሀገራችን አካባቢዎች በተደጋጋሚ በንጹሐን ወገኖች ላይ እየደረሰ ያለውን ሞት መፈናቀል እና የንብረት ውድመት በጽኑ ታወግዛለች። በንጹሐን ወንድሞቻችን እና እህቶቻችን ላይ የሚፈጸመው አሰቃቂ ግድያ ቤተክርስቲያናችንን ጥልቅ ሃዘን ውስጥ ከትቷታል። እግዚአብሔር የሁሉ ፈጣሪ እና አፍቃሪ አባት በመሆኑ በሰው ልጆች ላይ የሚፈጸመው እንዲህ ዓይነት በደል በእጅጉ ያሳዝነዋል። የሰው ልጅ ክቡር ነውና በክብር ልንንከባከበው እንጂ ልናሰቃየው፣ ልናሳድደው እና ልንገድለው በፍጹም አይገባም። በምንም ምክንያት እና ዓላማ ፈጽሞ የሰው ልጆች ደም መፍሰስ የለበትም። የሰውን ክብር የሚያጎድፍ እና ለስቃይ፣ ለእንግልት እንዲሁም ለሞት የሚያጋልጥ ማናቸውም ዓይነት ተግባር በማንኛውም አካል ሊፈጸም አይገባም። የኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስቲያን ሕዝቦች በመከባበር፣ በመወያየት እና በመነጋገር በጋራ እንዲኖሩ እና ለጋራ ሀገራቸው ብልጽግናም ተባብረው እንዲሠሩ ትመኛለች፣ ትጸልያለች።
በኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ መንግሥት እና በትግራይ ክልላዊ መንግሥት መካከል የዘለቀውን አለመግባባት ለማርገብ እና ዘላቂ ሰላም ለማስፈን በሃይማኖት አባቶች፣ በሃገር ሽማግሌዎች እና በሚመለከተቸው ወገኖች የተደረገው ጥረት ፍሬ ሳያፈራ ቀርቶ በመካከላቸው እየተባባሰ የመጣው አለመግባባት ዛሬ ወደ ግጭት ደረጃ ላይ መድረሱ እጅጉን አሳዝኗታል። ወደጦርነት የሚያመሩ አማራጮች በወንድማማች ሕዝቦች መካከል መተላለቅን ከመፍጠር ባሻገር ምንም ጠቀሜታ የላቸውም። ወንድማማች ሕዝቦች እርስ በእርሳቸው ቢገዳደሉ ኢትዮጵያ የምታተርፈው ምንም ነገር የለም። ይልቁንም መላይቱን ሀገራችንን ወደ ውድቀት እና ኪሳራ የሚመልስ እና ማንንም ወገን ተጠቃሚ የማያደርግ ተግባር ነው። በመሆኑም ሁለቱም ወገኖች በአስቸኳይ አሁን የገቡበትን የተካረረ ሁኔታ በማቆም ልዩነቶቻቸውን በሰለጠነ እና በሰከነ አስተሳሰብ በመመራት በመከባበር፣ በመደማመጥ እና በመተማመን ላይ በተመሰረተ ውይይት ብቻ እንዲፈቱ እንማጸናለን።
መላው የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ይህንን ግጭት በቀላሉ እንዲመለከተው አንሻም። ይልቁንም በአንክሮ በመመልከት እና ለመንግሥታት ብቻ የማይተው መሆኑን በመገንዘብ ዕርቅ እንዲሰፍን፣ ሕዝባዊ አንድነት እንዲጠናከር፣ ሰላም እና ጸጥታም እንዲረጋገጥ ሁሉም በባለቤትነት የበኩሉን አስተዋጽዖ ማድረግ ይጠበቅበታል።
በሀገራችን ቅድሚያ ሊሰጠው የሚገባው ጉዳይ የሕግ የበላይነትን ማስከበር ነው። መንግሥት የሕግ የበላይነትን ለማረጋገጥ የሚወስዳቸው እርምጃዎች ሁሉ የዜጎችን ሕይወት አደጋ ላይ የማይጥሉ እና ሀገርንም ከማትወጣበት አዘቅት ውስጥ የማይከትቱ መሆናቸውን የማረጋገጥ ሃላፊነት አለበት።
በሀገር ውስጥም ሆነ በውጭ ሀገራት ሆናችሁ የመገናኛ ብዙሃን ዘገባዎችን የምታቀርቡ ባለሞያዎች በሙሉ የሙያ ሥነ ምግባርን የተከተሉ፣ ግጭትን የማያባብሱ እና ሕዝብን በሕዝብ ላይ የማያነሳሱ ዘገባዎችን በጥንቃቄ እንድትሠሩ ዐደራ እንላችኋለን።
የኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስቲያን በተለያዩ የሀገራችን አካባቢዎች በተፈጠሩ የጸጥታ ችግሮች ሕይወታቸው ላለፈ ዜጎች የተሰማትን ልባዊ ሃዘን እየገለጸች እግዚአብሔር ለቤተሰቦቻቸው መጽናናትን እንዲሰጥ ትመኛለች።
በኢትዮጵያ እና በመላው ዓለም የምትኖሩ ካቶሊካውያን በሙሉ ሀገራችን በዚህ ወቅት ያለችበትን ሁኔታ በአንክሮ በመገንዘብ ከመቼውም ጊዜ በላቀ ሁኔታ በልዩ ትኩረት ሰለ ሰላም እና ሰለ ዕርቅ ልዩ ጸሎት እንድታደርጉ እና ቢኢትዮጵያ ሃይማኖት ተቋማት ጉባኤ በተላለፈው ጥሪ መሰረት ከሌሎች ሃይማኖት ተከታዮች ጋር ሁሉ በጸሎት እንድትተባበሩ እናሳስባችኋለን።
የእመቤታችን ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያም አማላጅነት አይለየን!
እግዚአብሔር ኢትዮጵያንና ሕዝቦቿን ይባርክ!
ጥቅምት 25 ቀን 2013 ዓ.ም.
አዲስ አበባ
ብፁዕ ካርዲናል ብርሃነየሱስ ሱራፌል
የአዲስ አበባ ሀገረስብከት ሊቀጳጳሳት
የኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊክ ጳጳሳት ጉባኤ ፕሬዝደንት
የኢትዮጵያ ዕርቀ ሰላም ኮሚሽን ፕሬዝደንት
Friday, November 6, 2020
United States Institute of Peace Statement on Ethiopia
Statement on Ethiopia by the Senior Study Group on Peace and Security in the Red Sea Arena
As members of the bipartisan senior study group on peace and security in the Red Sea arena, we are watching with grave concern the situation in Ethiopia. While many of the facts remain unclear, the risks of escalation are certain: Intrastate or interstate conflict would be catastrophic for Ethiopia’s people and for the region and would pose a direct threat to international peace and security. The acceleration of polarization amid violent conflict would also mark the death knell for the country’s nascent reform effort that began two years ago and the promise of a democratic transition that it heralded.
As we cautioned in the study group’s Final Report and Recommendations released on October 29, the fragmentation of Ethiopia would be the largest state collapse in modern history. Ethiopia is five times the size of pre-war Syria by population, and its breakdown would lead to mass interethnic and interreligious conflict; a dangerous vulnerability to exploitation by extremists; an acceleration of illicit trafficking, including of arms; and a humanitarian and security crisis at the crossroads of Africa and the Middle East on a scale that would overshadow any existing conflict in the region, including Yemen. As Ethiopia is currently the leading Troop Contributing Country to the United Nations and the African Union peacekeeping missions in Sudan, South Sudan, and Somalia, its collapse would also significantly impact the efforts by both to mitigate and resolve other conflicts in the Horn of Africa.
However severe the events of the last 48 hours and the preceding violence in multiple parts of the country may be, a wider war is not inevitable, nor is it too late to prevent one if Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy and Ethiopia’s federal states exercise responsible leadership. To do so, they must take immediate, visible steps to defuse the crisis and signal to the Ethiopian public a commitment to de-escalation. These steps should include a cessation of military operations and the launch of an inclusive political dialogue that is credible to the Ethiopian people and lays the groundwork for free and fair elections. Neither will be possible while many of the country’s most prominent political leaders remain in prison. In addition, the closing of political space and the internet and communication blackouts must be reversed while inter-communal violence and the rise of incitement and hate speech are addressed.
At this crucial inflection point, the United States, its allies and partners in Europe and in the region, the members of the U.N. Security Council and the relevant multilateral organizations, including the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, must speak with one voice in promoting de-escalation on this basis. The United States should support initiatives by Ethiopian religious and civil society leaders to reach a peaceful resolution of the crisis. To reinforce these efforts, the United States, including Congress, should make clear that any change by force or fiat either to Ethiopia's constitutional order or to its internal or external borders will not be recognized, in line with the African Union’s standards. The United States must also signal that it will hold accountable those responsible for escalation, including any foreign states that exacerbate tensions or provide material support to any of the parties to the conflict. And Ethiopian leaders should refrain from attempting to draw their neighbors into their domestic dispute. Finally, as recommended at length in our recent report, U.S. development and humanitarian assistance should be anchored in a commitment to promoting inclusive, legitimate governance.
Ambassador Johnnie Carson
Senior Advisor to the President, United States Institute of Peace
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin
President Emeritus, Middle East Institute
Former Deputy U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
Former USAID Assistant Administrator for Asia-Near East
Ambassador Chester Crocker
James R. Schlesinger Professor of Strategic Studies, Georgetown University
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Ambassador Eric Edelman
Roger Hertog Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence, School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Former U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey
Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman
Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution
Senior Fellow, U.N. Foundation
Former U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Ambassador Michelle Gavin
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Former Senior Director for Africa, U.S. National Security Council
Former U.S. Ambassador to Botswana
Nancy Lindborg
President and CEO, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Former President, United States Institute of Peace
Former USAID Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance
Andrew Natsios
Executive Professor, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University Former Administrator of USAID
Former Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan
General Joseph L. Votel
President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security
Former Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Central Command
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Eritrean Hub
BREAKING: Ethiopia’s failed “Surgical Strike” commando raid to remove the Tigray leadership
Very early Wednesday morning aircraft carrying Ethiopian commandos took off on a mission to eliminate the Tigrayan leadership.
Ethiopian sources suggest that the force was airlifted into Mekelle in two helicopters and an Antonov from Bahr Dar, to try and seize the TPLF leadership at a hotel.
Social media reports that the hotel in question was the Planet.
The commandos landed without a problem and drove into Mekelle, seizing control of the hotel.
But the intelligence they were operating from was faulty. The Tigrayan leaders they were seeking were not there. The commandos then withdrew.
It is not clear if the unit was involved in any fighting.
But after the failed raid Tigrean forces took over the Ethiopian National Defence Force camp (the Northern Command barracks for Mekelle) near the airport (when there was some fighting), as well as taking control of the airport itself.
It is not clear if the commando raid preceded Prime Minister Abiy’s claim of a TPLF attack on the Northern Command barracks. But there had already been some fighting in Western Tigray by then between Amhara Special Forces and Tigrean troops.
Ethiopians report Prime Minister Abiy as saying that aircraft had been sent to Tigray to “deliver new notes” – presumably cover for the unsuccessful raid.
The official Ethiopian position is that the TPLF leaders must surrender; no discussions possible.
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