Ethiopia ‘Will be Digging up Mass Graves For a Decade’: Inside Tigray’s Dirty War

🔥 ኢትዮጵያ ‘ለአስር አመት የብዙሃን መቃብር እየቆፈረች ትገኛለች’: በትግራይ ቆሻሻ ጦርነት ውስጥ

„“በሕይወት ዘመናችን ፣ ወይም በታሪካችንም ቢሆን እንደዚህ ዓይነት ክፋት አላየንም” ብለዋል ፡፡ ቅዱስ ቁርባንን ከወሰዱ በኋላ ነጭ ልብስ ለብሰው የነበሩ ወጣቶችን ገደሉ፡፡ አንዲት ልጅን ይዛ ‘ልጄ ፣ ልጄ’ ብላ ስትጮህ የነበረች አንዲት ሴት ተለይታ ተገደለች፣ የሰባት ወር ጨቅላዋ ከፊት ለፊታችን መሬት ላይ ወደቀች፡፡” 😠😠😠 😢😢😢

“In our lifetime, or even in our history, we have not seen such wickedness,” he said. “They killed youngsters who were wearing white clothes after having taken the Holy Communion. One woman who was holding a child and shouting ‘my son, my son’ was singled out and killed, and her seven-month-old baby fell to the ground right in front of us.”😠😠😠 😢😢😢

ሌላ ነገር ማለት አይቻልም፣ አማራ እና ኦሮሞ ላለፉት ሦስት ዓመታት በጋራ ያቀዱትና የተመኙትን የዘር ማጥፋት ዘመቻ ነው በትግራይ ሕዝብ ላይ በጋራ ጠላቶች መስለው እየተናበቡ በማካሄድ ላይ ያሉት። ይህን ስል እጅግ በጣም እያዘንኩ፣ ደሜ እየፈላ እና ለበቀል እየጮህኩ ነው። የትግራይን ሕዝብ ከጨፈጨፉ በኋላ ሁሉንም ወንጀል በኤርትራውያን (ትግራዋያን) ላይ አመካኝተው ለማመልጥ እየሞከሩ ነው። ሰሞኑን “የኤርትራ ወታደሮች ወደ ኦሮሚያ ገብተዋል” የሚለው ቅስቀሳ ደግሞ፤ ገና በትግራይ ላይ ጦርነቱን ሲጀመሩት ያልኩት ነው ፥ የትግራይን ሕዝብ ሕመም፣ ሰቆቃና ለቅሶ ሰርቀው ወደ ኦሮሚያ ለመውሰድ ነው። ይደፍሩሻል፣ ያሳድዱሻል፣ ይጨፈጭፉሻል ፥ ከዚያ እኛ ነን ተበዳዮች ብለው ድምጽሽን፣ እምባሽንና ነፍስሺን ይሰርቁሻል። እነዚህ የዲያብሎስ ጭፍሮች ያቀዱት ይህን ነው፤ የትግራይን ሕዝብ ሰቆቃ ዓለም ሁሉ ከሰማ በኋላ አትኩሮቱን ሁሉ ለመስረቅ ኦሮሚያ በተባለው ሲዖል ላይ ድራማ መስራት ይጀምራሉ፤ በኤርትራ በቂ የትግርኛ ቋንቋ ትምህርት የቀሰሙ የግራኝ/ ኦነግ ወታደሮች የኤርትራን መለዮ ለብሰው በራሳቸው ሕዝብ ላይ ጥቃት ይፈጽማሉ፤ ልክ እንደ አጫሉ እንደ ጃዋር ዓይነቶቹን ወንድሞቻቸውን ይገድላሉ፣ ከዚያ ያው የኤርትራ ትግሬዎች ጨፈጨፉን “ኧረ ኡ ኡ ኡ!” ይላሉ…

አዎ! አየነው አይደለም! ላለፉት ሦስት ዓመታት ኦሮሚያ በተባለው ሲዖልና በቤኒሻንጉል አምሐራ፣ ትግራዋይ እና ጉራጌ ኦርቶዶክስ ክርስቲያናውያንን ኦሮሞዎቹ ሲጨፈጭፏቸው አማራዎቹ እስካሁን ጸጥ ያሉት ለካስ ቃል ተገብቶላቸው ነው፤ “መጀመሪያ የኦሮማራ ህብረት ፈጥረንና በኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ መሪነት ተደራጅተን ትግሬዎችን እንጨፍጭፍና ከዚያ እንደራደራለን” የሚል ሴራ በመጠነሳስ ጋሎቹ በአማራዎች ላይ ጭፍጨፋ ሲያካሂዱ፣ መሪዎቻቸውን ሲገድሉ፣ ሴት ልጆቻቸውን አግተው ሲሰውሩ፣ አብያተ ክርስቲያናትን ሲያቃጥሉ ቀሳውስቱን እና ካህናቱን ሲያርዱአቸው ሁሉም በጋራ ለምን ተናብበው ዝም እንዳሉ አሁን ገባን? አዎ! ግራኝ አክዓብ አህመድ አሊ ለመላው የአማራ ተቋማት፣ ድርጅቶችና ልሂቃን ለብዕዴን፣ ለአብን፣ ለእነ ደመቀ መኮንን፣ ለእነ ዳንኤል ክብረት፣ ለእነ መምህር ዘበነ ለማ፣ ለእነ አቡነ ፋኑኤል፣ ለእነር ዘመድኩን በቀለ፣ ለማህበረ ቅዱሳን፣ በ”ዘመቻ አክሱም ጽዮን” ሥር ይህን ዲያብሎሳዊ ዕቅዱን በምስጢር ስለነገራቸው ነው። በኦሮሚያ ሲዖል አማራዎችና የተዋሕዶ ልጆች በጋሎቹ በተጨፈጨፉ ማግስት እነ ቧያለው በባሕር ዳር ለሽመልስ አብዲሳ ካባ ማልበሳቸው ይህንን ነው የሚጠቁመን።

በአክሱም ጽዮን፣ በደብረ ዳሞ፣ በደብረ ዓባይ ገዳም፣ በደንገላት፣ በውቅሮ ወዘተ ዓብያተ ክርስቲያናት እና ገዳማት ያ ሁሉ ታይቶ የማይታወቅ ጭፍጨፋ ሲክሄድና የራሱ የወንጀለኛው አገዛዝ ተቋማትና አረመኔው ግራኝ እራሱ ሳይቀር ለመናዘዝ ከተገደዱ በኋላ እንኳን በኢትዮጵያ እና ተዋሕዶ ስም የተሸፈኑት “ካህናት፣ ቀሳውስት፣ መምህራንና ምዕመናን” እስከ እዚች ሰዓት ድረሰ ምንም ነገር እንዳልተፈጠረ በጋራ ዝም ጭጭ።

ታዲያ አሁን ይህ ሁሉ የዝምታ ሴራ ምን ይጠቁመናል? አዎ! “አማራ” እና “ኦሮሞ” የተባሉት ሕዝቦች የትግራይን ሕዝብ ለመጨፍጨፍ የሚደረገውን ይህን የአህዛብ ጂሃድ ገና ከጅምሩ ተመኝተውታል፣ አቅደውታል፣ በተግባርም አሳይተውታል። በትግራይ ሕዝብ፣ በጽዮን ማርያም ልጆች ላይ ጄነሳይድ አውጀዋል ማለት ነው። አማራም፣ ኦሮሞም ቤተክህነትም አህዛብ እንጂ ከክርስቶስ አይደሉም! ለእኔ እነሱ፤ ከፓትርያርኩ እስከ ምዕመኑ ካሁን በኋላ እስላሞች (አህዛብ) ወይንም ጴንጤ (መናፍቃን)እንጂ ክርስቲያኖች አይደሉም! በራሱ ሕዝብ ላይ፣ የኢትዮጵያ ሥልጣኔ እና መንፈሳዊ ቅድስት ሃገር በሆነችው ትግራይ ላይ ይህን ያህል ጭካኔ እና ግፍ ለማሳየት ማሰባቸው ብቻ እራሳቸውን የኢትዮጵያ፣ የተዋሕዶ እና የእግዚአብሔር አምላክ ጠላቶች አድርገዋል ማለት ነው። ይህ ሁሉ ግፍ እርስበርስ አባልቶ ያስጨራርሳቸዋል። ያሳዝናል፤ ግን መሆን ያለበት ይሆናል፤ “ምከረው ምከረው እምቢ ካለ መከራ ይምከረው” እንዲሉ።

ስለዚህ መንፈሳውያን የትግራይ ወገኖች የአባቶቻችሁንና የእናቶቻችሁን የጸሎት መጻሕፍት አውጥታቸው መንፈሳዊ ውጊያውን ሳትለሳለሱ በቁጣ ማካሄድ ይኖርባችኋል። አንድ የትግራይ ተወላጅ “እምነተ ቢስ” ሲሆን ያሳዝነኛል፤ መሆን አይገባውምና፤ ግን እምነት የሌላችሁ ትግራዋያን በተለይ በዲያስፐራ ያላችሁ ይህ የህልውና ጉዳይ ነውና እነዚህን ሁለት ሕዝቦች ለመበቀል አስፈላጊውን ዝግጅት ሁሉ አድርጉ። ለመቶ ሰላሳ ዓመታት ሁሉንም ግፍ በይቅርታ አሳልፋችሁታል፤ በቃ! እስከ መጪው የጌታችን ስቅለት ድረስ አማራዎችና ኦሮሞዎች ሁሉ ከዚህ የጭፍጨፋ፣ የዘር ማጥፋትና የአስገድዶ መድፈር ጽንፈኛ ተግባራቸው ተቆጥበው በትግራይ ሕዝብ ዘንድ ተንበርክከው ይቅርታ ለመጠየቅና ንስሐ ለመግባት ዝግጁዎች ካልሆኑ ትግራዋያን በእነዚህ ቃኤላውያን፣ እስማኤላውያን፣ ዔሳውያንና ይሁዳውያን ከሃዲ ወገኖች ላይ አምላክ የሚፈቅድላችሁን የበቀል እርምጃ በተገኙበት መውሰድ ትገደዳላችሁ። እያንዳንዱ ግለሰብ ይህን ማድረግ ይችላል። ይህን የማያደርግ ለሕዝቡ የቆመ ሊሆን አይችልም! መዳን ያለባቸውን ለማዳን ይነቁ ዘንድ ሌላ ቋንቋ ሊገባቸው አይችልም!

👉 እስኪ እናስበው እየተደረገው ያለው ነገር…ምን ያህል በሰይጣናዊ ቆሻሻነት የተበከሉ ቢሆኑ ነው!?

🔥 ” We’re here to make you HIV positive’: Hundreds of women rush to Tigray hospitals as soldiers use rape as weapon of war”

🔥 “እኛ ኤች.አይ.ቪ. ኤድስ እንዲኖራችሁ ነው እኛ የመጣነው’ ወታደሮች አስገድዶ መድፈርን እንደ ጦር መሣሪያ አድርገው ስለሚጠቀሙ በመቶዎች የሚቆጠሩ ሴቶች ወደ ትግራይ ሆስፒታሎች በጥድፊያ በማምራት ላይ ናቸው።”

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The 78-year-old Orthodox priest stayed inside his house until the killers had gone. Then, leaning on his wooden cane and holding a crucifix, he rushed outside to cover the bodies of his four sons and his two grandsons. Blood seeped through their white cotton scarves.

“They gathered them together and massacred them,” Lieqah Teaguhann Abraha Gaebbrrae said of the killers he identified as Eritrean soldiers by their accents, uniforms and facemarks.

They had arrived on foot in late November, he said, as the priest and his family were sharing injera flatbread and lentils to celebrate a Christian Orthodox holiday in the village of Dengelat in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia.

The celebration fell in the midst of conflict — the culmination of a power struggle between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, a regional party that ruled the country for 27 years until 2018.

This war has tipped Ethiopia, a gradually liberalising economic powerhouse and Africa’s second most populous country, into crisis. As tightly restricted humanitarian and foreign media access is loosened, testimonies such as that of Abraha are bubbling to the surface.

So too is evidence of the involvement of troops from Eritrea, which neighbours Tigray, to help the Ethiopian government fight the battle-hardened TPLF. After previous denials, this week Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, conceded that Eritrean troops had crossed into Ethiopia because, he said, they feared attack from the TPLF. During a meeting in Asmara on Friday, Isaias Afewerki, Eritrea’s strongman, “agreed to withdraw its forces out of the Ethiopian border”, read a statement from Abiy’s office.

For Eritrea, this conflict has been an opportunity to fight its decades-old Tigrayan foe, many claim. “This is open season for Eritrea,” said a foreign diplomat in Ethiopia. “Isaias wants to get rid of Tigray once and for all.” Their involvement and that of local militias and forces from elsewhere in Ethiopia has escalated a conflict that threatens to destabilise the region.

“You speak like us in Tigrinya. You are Eritreans. We are brothers. Come in and eat with us,” Abraha recalled telling six soldiers. But instead they took six men, aged between 15 and 46, to the banks of the nearby river, tied their hands behind their backs and shot them in the head. “They killed unarmed human beings whom they have not seen killing others. They are barbarians,” Abraha said.

‘Payback for Eritrea’

In total, local church officials and members of the Inter-Religious Council of Tigray estimate that at least 164 civilians were killed in Dengelat over two days in late November.

These are just a few of the thousands that diplomats and aid workers say have died since early November when Abiy began the so-called law and order operation against the TPLF, an organisation he has labelled a “criminal clique”. Weeks later, Addis Ababa claimed to “have completed and ceased military operations in the Tigray region”, establishing its own government there and killing or capturing some senior members of the TPLF leadership.

But the fighting rumbles on and Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, Tigrayan and other ethnic militias now stand accused of atrocities and even “ethnic cleansing”.

“This could be like the former Yugoslavia. Ethiopians will be digging up mass graves for a decade,” said a senior humanitarian official in Tigray.

Top members of the interim government in Tigray, which was appointed by Abiy, admit that Eritreans are in “full control” of a strip of Ethiopian territory of about 100km along the border. In private, even some senior federal government officials admit that the Eritreans remain present.

The involvement of Eritrea, where conscription is unavoidable and often indefinite, “is payback” because “the TPLF is the biggest existential threat to both Tigray and Eritrea”, said a senior federal government official, adding that Eritrean solders “have to leave” now because this has turned into “a majorly ugly war”.

The UN, US and EU have condemned the Eritrean presence in Tigray and said the perpetrators of human rights abuses should be held accountable. On Monday, the EU imposed sanctions on Eritrea, partly for its involvement in Tigray, diplomats say.

Eritrea’s information minister, Yaemmanae Ghaebremasqael, dismissed the allegations of abuses by Eritrean forces as “outrageous”, while the foreign ministry accused the EU of “doggedly working” to save the “TPLF clique” and to “drive a wedge between Eritrea and Ethiopia”.

For its part, Ethiopia’s foreign ministry has strongly denied ethnically motivated violence. The Ethiopian government recently said in a statement that “it undertook the law enforcement operations in the Tigray region with utmost precaution to avoid as much as possible collateral damage on civilians”, adding that it “takes any allegations of human rights abuses and crimes very seriously”.

Officials in Addis Ababa say the TPLF is “the source of all this mess”, blaming the party for almost three decades of dictatorship and fomenting ethnic division. Addis Ababa alleges the TPLF sought to undermine Abiy by sponsoring terrorist attacks around the country. It blames the TPLF and its militias for carrying out massacres, such as one at Mai Kadra in western Tigray in November.

Mulu Nega, the interim president of Tigray who was handpicked by Addis Ababa, said TPLF fighters were using civilians as “human shields”. “We’re trying to minimise this, but we cannot avoid completely human rights abuses,” he said in his office in the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle.

“This is a dirty war,” Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam, a government general in charge of a task force on the Tigray conflict, told diplomats during a March briefing in Mekelle. “On the atrocities, rape, crime . . . I don’t think we are going to be fortunate to see that such things have not happened,” he added.

Getachew Reda, a senior member of the TPLF, warned from his hide-out that TPLF forces would continue to fight until Tigrayans were liberated from what he called “occupation and perpetrators of genocide”.

‘In our lifetime . . . we have not seen such wickedness’

The wreckage of war is in plain sight on the 100km drive north of Mekelle to Dengelat. The Financial Times passed shelled villages, churches and mosques, looted factories, mangled tanks and charred combat trucks.

On arrival at the mountainous village of stone houses, men immediately rushed out to show mass graves — allegedly of between three and 13 people each — covered with cactus leaves or corrugated zinc. Women crouched under eucalyptus trees, holding photographs of dead relatives, sobbing in anger and despair.

Locals said “Eritrean soldiers” had fired on civilians, saying their orders were to get rid of potential TPLF militias. Some climbed a rock escarpment to shelter in the church but were warned by soldiers it would be shelled. Some who fled were shot dead.

Then, residents say, the Eritrean soldiers went on a murderous spree. They broke into the house of Yemane Gebremariam, 53, a seller of soft drinks. Out of the 13 people gathered there, he said, they killed seven, including his daughter and newly wed son, whose wife was shot in the hand.

“In our lifetime, or even in our history, we have not seen such wickedness,” he said. “They killed youngsters who were wearing white clothes after having taken the Holy Communion. One woman who was holding a child and shouting ‘my son, my son’ was singled out and killed, and her seven-month-old baby fell to the ground right in front of us.”

Weeping outside the church at Dengelat, 53-year-old Emnti Gobezay described the past months of conflict as “the worst war I’ve seen in my lifetime”, surpassing the TPLF’s insurgent war against the Derg regime in the early 1990s and the subsequent border war with Eritrea.

“I saw them with my own eyes,” she sobbed, describing when the “Eritreans” caught and killed her 20-year-old son. The Ethiopian government and its Eritrean “supporters” want “to wipe out the people of Tigray” by killing “peaceful people, teenagers, children, and priests”, she said.

Holding a leaf from a eucalyptus tree, she said: “The innocent blood of Tigrayans will fertilise this ground and grow fresh leaves. Our dead children will not be forgotten.”

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ሰይፍም በከንፈሮቻቸው አለ፤ ማን ይሰማል? ይላሉ። አንተ ግን አቤቱ፥ ትሥቅባቸዋለህ፥ አሕዛብንም ሁሉ ትንቃቸዋለህ

✞ ✞ ✞ አምላኬ ሆይ፥ ከጠላቶቼ አድነኝ፤ በላዬም ከቆሙት አስጥለኝ። ከግፍ አድራጊዎች ታደገኝ፥ ከደም ሰዎችም አድነኝ። እነሆ፥ ነፍሴን ሸምቀውባታልና፥ ብርቱዎችም በላዬ ተሰበሰቡ። አቤቱ፥ በበደሌም አይደለም፥ በኃጢአቴም አይደለም። እነሆ፥ በአፋቸው አሰምተው ይናገራሉ፤ ሰይፍም በከንፈሮቻቸው አለ፤ ማን ይሰማል? ይላሉ። አንተ ግን አቤቱ፥ ትሥቅባቸዋለህ፥ አሕዛብንም ሁሉ ትንቃቸዋለህ።

ድል አድራጊው መልአክ ቅዱስ ሚካኤል ሆይ፤ ያ የቀድሞ አመፀኛው አውሬ (ዲያብሎስ) የጥንት ተንኰሉ ሊተወው አልቻለምና፤ የጦር መሣሪያህን ታጥቀህ መጥትህ ድምጥማጡን አጥፋው። ቅዱስ ሚካኤል ሆይ አውሬው ዲያብሎስ በመሀመድ በኩል መጥቶ በሃገረ ኢትዮጵያ፤ በውቅሮ ውስጥ (አል-ነጃሺ) ችግኙን ተክሏልና ከነችግኙ ነቃቅለህ የኤርታ አሌ እሳተ ገሞራ ውስጥ ጨምረው። አሜን! ✞ ✞ ✞

✞ ✞ ✞[መዝሙረ ዳዊት ምዕራፍ ፶፰]✞ ✞ ✞

፩ አምላኬ ሆይ፥ ከጠላቶቼ አድነኝ፤ በላዬም ከቆሙት አስጥለኝ።

፪ ከግፍ አድራጊዎች ታደገኝ፥ ከደም ሰዎችም አድነኝ።

፫ እነሆ፥ ነፍሴን ሸምቀውባታልና፥ ብርቱዎችም በላዬ ተሰበሰቡ። አቤቱ፥ በበደሌም አይደለም፥ በኃጢአቴም አይደለም።

፬ ያለ በደል ሮጥሁ ተዘጋጀሁም፤ ተነሥ፥ ተቀበለኝ፥ እይም።

፭ አንተም አቤቱ፥ የኃያላን አምላክ፥ የእስራኤል አምላክ፥ አሕዛብን ሁሉ ትጐበኛቸው ዘንድ ተነሥ፤ ዓመፅ የሚያደርጉትን ሁሉ አትማራቸው።

፮ ማታ ይመለሱ እንደ ውሾችም ይራቡ፥ በከተማም ይዙሩ።

፯ እነሆ፥ በአፋቸው አሰምተው ይናገራሉ፤ ሰይፍም በከንፈሮቻቸው አለ፤ ማን ይሰማል? ይላሉ።

፰ አንተ ግን አቤቱ፥ ትሥቅባቸዋለህ፥ አሕዛብንም ሁሉ ትንቃቸዋለህ።

፱ እግዚአብሔር መጠጊያዬ ነውና ኃይሌን ወደ አንተ አስጠጋለሁ።

፲ የአምላኬ ቸርነቱ ይገናኘኛል አምላኬ በጠላቶቼ ላይ ያሳየኛል።

፲፩ ሕግህን እንዳይረሱ አትግደላቸው፤ አቤቱ ጋሻዬ፥ በኃይልህ በትናቸው አውርዳቸውም።

፲፪ ስለ አፋቸው ኃጢአት ስለ ከንፈራቸውም ቃል፥ መርገምንና ሐሰትን ስለሚናገሩ፥ በትዕቢታቸው ይጠመዱ።

፲፫ በቍጣ አጥፋቸው፥ እንዳይኖሩም አጥፋቸው፤ የያዕቆብም አምላክ እስከ ምድር ዳርቻ ድረስ እንዲገዛ ይወቁ።

፲፬ ማታ ይመለሱ እንደ ውሾችም ይራቡ፥ በከተማም ይዙሩ።

፲፭ እነርሱም መብል ለመፈለግ ይበተኑ፤ ያልጠገቡ እንደ ሆነም ያንጐረጕራሉ።

፲፮ እኔ ግን ለኃይልህ እቀኛለሁ፤ በምሕረትህም ማልዶ ደስ ይለኛል፤ በመከራዬ ቀን መጠጊያዬና አምባዬ ሆነኸኛልና።

፲፯ ረዳቴ ሆይ፥ ለአንተ ለአምላኬ እዘምራለሁ፤ አንተ፥ አምላኬ፥ መጠጊያዬ ምሕረቴም ነህና።

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የአህዛብ አህመድ እና አፈወርቂ ሌቦች ወታደሮች | ሕግ ማስከበር = ሕገወጥነት

ሕግ አስከባሪ የተባሉት የአህዛብ አብዮት አህመድና ኢሳያስ አፈቆርኪ (ሰ)አራዊቶች ሌቦች ሆነው ቁጭ አሉ። ኢትዮጵያ ዘ-ስጋ ለሰባት ትውልድ የሚቀመጥ ዕዳ፣ ዕዳ፣ ዕዳ፣ ዕዳ፣ ዕዳ፣ ዕዳ፣ ዕዳ ነው በትግራይ እያመረተች ያለችው

“ሌባው ሊሰርቅና ሊያርድ ሊያጠፋም እንጂ ስለ ሌላ አይመጣም” [የዮሐንስ ወንጌል ምዕራፍ ፲፥፲]

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የትግራይ ቤተክርስቲያን በአቢይ አህመድ ቦምብ ሲደበደብ | አማኑኤል ቤተክርስቲያን ውቅሮ

በስልክ ካሜራ የተቀረፀው ይህ ምስል የውቅሮ አማኑኤል ኦርቶዶክስ ቤተክርስቲያን በቦምብ ሲደበደብ ያሳያል፡፡ ጥንታዊው ቤተክርስቲያም በታዋቂው ነጋሽ (አል–ነጃሺ) መስጊድ አቅራቢያ በሚገኝ አንድ ኮረብታ ላይ ይገኛል።

ቀረፃውን ያደረገው ግለሰብ እንደገለጸው ቤተክርስቲያኑ ኅዳር ፲፭ /፪ሺ፲፫ ዓ.ም (የነብያት ጾም መግቢያ – ልክ በዚሁ ዕለት በግብጽም አንድ ቤተክርስቲያን ላይ መሀመዳውያኑ ጥቃት አድርሰው ነበር) በታንኮች በተተኮሰው ጥይት ተመታ፡፡ ቤተክርስቲያኑም ግለሰቡ ታክሎ ፲፯/17 ጊዜ ተመታ ፣ ግን ሁሉም ግባቸውን አልመቱም ፣ የተወሰኑት ወደ ኮረብታው አረፉ። ሰውዬው አክለውም ጥቃቱ የተከናወነው ከቅርብ ርቀት አይቼዋለሁ ባሉት የኤርትራ ጦር ነው ብለዋል፡፡ በቪዲዮው ውስጥ አንድ ድምጽ “መድሃኔ አለም አዲ ቄሾም እንዲሁ ተደብድቧል” የሚል ድምጽ ተሰምቷል፡፡

ወራሪው ጦር ሆን ተብሎ የትግራይ ሃይማኖታዊ ቦታዎችን ዒላማ ማድረጉን ከጦር ከወንጀለኛው ጄነራል ብርሃኑ ቁራ ጁላ አፍ ሰምተነው ነበር፡፡ በማሪያም ደንገላት ቤተክርስቲያን፣ በውቅሮ ጨርቆስ እና በአክሱም ጽዮን ማሪያም ላይ የተደረጉት ጭፍጨፋዎች እንደሚያሳዩት እጅግ በጣም አሰቃቂ ግድያዎችም በአብያተ ክርስቲያናት ውስጥ መፈጸማቸውን ነው፡፡

ዘገባዎች እንደሚያመለክቱት አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ዋናዎቹ የግድያ ቦታዎች ናቸው፡፡ ከፍተኛ ዋጋ ያላቸው ንብረቶቻቸውም ተዘርፈዋል። ግን እነሱም በጥይት ተደብድበው ሲፈራርሱ በዛላምበሳ አይተናል፡፡ በቅርቡ ከአውስትራሊያ የመጡት አባት ሰረቀ ብርሃን ከሌላው የትግራይ ተወላጅ የሃይማኖት አባት ጋር ባደረጉት ቃለ ምልልስ በሁሉም የትግራይ አካባቢዎች የሚገኙ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት በከባድ መሳሪያዎች ተደብድበዋል ፣ ተዘርፈዋል፡፡ ደብረ ዳሞ ፣ በምዕራብ ትግራይ ደብረ ዓባይ ፣ በአፅቢ የሚገኙ አብያተ ክርስቲያናትን ፣ በሐውዜን የሚገኙ አብያተ ክርስቲያናትንና በሌሎችም በርካታ ቦታዎችን ጠቅሰዋል፡፡ ቃለ–መጠይቅ ያደረገው ሰው አክለውም የተገደሉ ፸/70 ቄሶችን መቁጠሩን አክሏል፡፡ በተጨማሪም የኤርትራ ወታደሮች ሆን ብለው በትግራይ አብያተክርስቲያናት ላይ ምእመናንም እዚያው በተገኙበት ሽንት ሲጥሉ ታይተዋል፡፡

The Shelling of a Tigrayan Church by Abiy Ahmed | St. Emmanuel Church Wuqro

The footage, recorded with a smart phone from a distance, shows Amanuel Orthodox church being shelled. The church is situated atop a hill near the famous Negash (al-Nejashi) mosque which has also been attacked and damaged.

According to the person who recorded the footage, the church was shelled by artillery fired by tanks on November 24, 2020. The church was, the person added, shelled 17 times, but not all of them hit their target, some landing on the hill. The person also added that the shelling was done by the Eritrean army, which he said he saw in close range. In the video, one voice is heard saying “Medhane Alem Adi Kesho has also been shelled”.

The invading armies have deliberately targeted Tigrayan religious sites. The most gruesome massacres are also committed in churches, as the massacres in Mariam Dengelat church and Mariam Tsion of Aksum showed.

Reports indicate churches are the main massacre sites. Their valuable properties are also looted. But they are also shelled and destroyed. In a recent interview Father Sereke Berhan from Australia did with another religious father from Tigray, churches in all parts of Tigray have been shelled, looted and plundered. He mentioned Debre Damo, Debre Abay in western Tigray, churches in Atsbi, churches in Hawzen and churches in many other places. The interviewee also added that he counted 70 priests that have been killed. He also said the Eritrean soldiers deliberately urinate on the Tigrayan churches while the faithful are there.

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The Eritrean & Ethiopian Forces Have Destroyed Tigray | የኤርትራ እና የኢትዮጵያ ኃይሎች ትግራይን አፍርሰዋታል

January 27, Mulugeta Gebrehiwot / ሙሉጌታ ገብረ ሕይወት – ጥር ፲፱/19 ፪ሺ፲፫ ዓ.ም

💭 ሙሉጌታ ገብረ ሕይወት በአለም ሰላም ፋውንዴሽን ከፍተኛ የስራ ባልደረባ እና የቀድሞው የ አለም ሰላም ፋውንዴሽን የአፍሪካ ደህንነት ዘርፍ እና የሰላም ኦፕሬሽን ፕሮግራም ዳይሬክተር ናቸው።

💭 ቃለ መጠይቅ አድራጊው አሌክስ ደ ዋል በአሜሪካዋ ቦስተን ከተማ ታፍትስ ዩኒቨርስቲ በፍሌቸር የሕግ እና ዲፕሎማሲ የዓለም ሰላም ፋውንዴሽን ዋና ዳይሬክተር ናቸው።

ይህ በትግራይ ኢትዮጵያ ጦርነት ላይ ከዓለም ሰላም ፋውንዴሽን የተላለፈ ልዩ ፖድካስት ነው፡፡ ሙሉጌታ ገብረ ሕይወት በርሄ ከአሌክስ ደ ዋል ጋር የተነጋገረበት ከጥር ጥር ፲፱/19 ፪ሺ፲፫ ዓ.ም/January 27 ከአንድ ገጠራማ አካባቢ ካለ ያልታወቀ ቦታ የስልክ ጥሪ ቀረፃ ነው፡፡

ሙሉጌታ ገብረ ሕይወት እ.አ.አ ከ 1975 እስከ 1991 ዓ.ም ባለው የሽምቅ ውጊያ ወቅት የህወሃት አባል የነበረ ሲሆን እ.ኤ.አ. ከ 1991 እስከ 2000 ድረስ በኢህአዴግ መንግስት ውስጥ በበርካታ ከፍተኛ የስራ ቦታዎች ያገለገለ ሲሆን በመቀጠልም በአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የሰላምና ደህንነት ጥናት ኢንስቲትዩትን መስርቷል። በአፍሪካ ሰላምና ደህንነት ላይ የጣና ከፍተኛ ደረጃ መድረክ ጀማሪውም እርሱ ነበር፡፡ ሙሉጌታ የቀደመ ውሸትን ለማረፍ ደራሲ ነው-ኢህአዲግ እና የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ግንባታ ተግዳሮቶች እንዲሁም በቅርቡ በዚህ ብሎግ ላይ የተመለከተው “የብሔረተኝነት እና የራስን ዕድል በራስ የመወሰን ችሎታ በዘመናዊት ኢትዮጵያ” የተሰኘ የቅርብ ጊዜ ጽሑፍ በጋራ ጸሐፊ ነው።

ሙሉጌታ ጦርነቱ በተቀሰቀሰበት ህዳር ወር መቀሌ ነበር፡፡ ከከተማዋ ወደ ተራራዎች ተጓዘ፡፡ ከሱ በቀጥታ ስንሰማ ይህ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ መሆኑ ነው።

💭 Mulugeta Gebrehiwot is a Senior Fellow at World Peace Foundation and former Program Director of the WPF African security sector and peace operations program

💭 Alex de Waal is the Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University

This a special podcast from World Peace Foundation on the war in Tigray, Ethiopia. It is a recording of a phone call from somewhere in rural Tigray on January 27, in which Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe spoke with Alex de Waal.

Mulugeta was a member of the TPLF during the guerrilla war from 1975 to 1991, and served in several senior positions in the EPRDF government from 1991 to 2000. Subsequently he founded the Institute for Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University, and among other things initiated the Tana High Level Forum on peace and security in Africa. Mulugeta is the author of Laying the Past to Rest: The EPRDF and the Challenges of Ethiopian State-building and co-author of a recent paper “Nationalism and Self-Determination in Contemporary Ethiopia,” reviewed recently on this blog.

Mulugeta was in Mekelle in November when the war broke out. He evacuated from the city to the mountains. This is the first time we have heard directly from him.

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“They Have Destroyed Tigray, Literally”: Mulugeta Gebrehiwot speaks from the mountains of Tigray

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Ethiopia | መቀሌ ዛሬ Mekelle

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graphic video of killing of children in Mekelle by Ethiopian forces
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— ✍ Rishan (@zeaxumawit) January 29, 2021

💭 የሞትና ባርነት የስጋ ማንነት ፥ ከደቡብ ሃጋር ወደ ሰሜን ሳራ

ቪዲዮውን ዩቴውብ አንስቶታል። ያሳይ የነበረው በመቀሌ ጎዳናዎች የኢትዮጵያ (ሰ) አራዊት የገደላቸውን ሕፃናትን ነው።

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A Pogrom is Happening in Ethiopia | የጅምላ ጭፍጨፋ/ ፖግሮም በኢትዮጵያ እየተከናወነ ነው

ዋው! “ኢትዮጵያዊ ነኝ ክርስቲያን ነኝ” ከሚለው ግብዝ ወገን ይልቅ አስከፊው ሁኔታ በባዕዳውያኑ ዘንድ የተሻለ እውቅና አግኝቷል!

“ኢትዮጵያ የራሷን ዜጎች በግፍ እየገደለች ነው !”“Ethiopia is killing its own citizens, wantonly.”

“በትግራይ የሚካሄደውን ጭፍጨፋ ለማስቆም እና አቶ ዓብይን ለፍርድ ለማቅረብ ጊዜው አሁን ነው።“

“It is Past Time to Stop The Slaughter in Tigray and to Bring Mr. Abiy to Justice.”

An Ethiopian woman who fled the ongoing fighting in Tigray region holds her child under a World Food Programme banner in a on the Sudan-Ethiopia border on Dec. 15, 2020.

Ethiopia is killing its own citizens, wantonly. That is chilling, but true: By attempting to extirpate Ethiopians of Tigrayan ethnicity and heritage, Ethiopia’s military and government stands accused of purposeful ethnic cleansing, a precursor to all-out genocide, as outlawed by the UN convention against genocide.

Upholders of world order, such as Canada, should immediately refer the atrocities in the Tigrayan region of Ethiopia to the International Criminal Court so that its investigators can examine the massacres and prepare prosecutions. Additionally, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm, championed by a Canadian-instigated commission and adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2005 to end a slaughter of the innocents, should now be invoked.

Late last year, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed decided that leaders from the Tigray region – and apparently, by extension, all Tigrayans – had undermined his authority by defying the central government and holding a vote for its local legislative assembly. As punishment, Mr. Abiy sent the military to invade the small northern region of Tigray.

Only 6 per cent of Ethiopians are Tigrayans, but Mr. Abiy – whose Oromo ethnic group is the largest in the country, comprising 34 per cent of the population – had seemingly decided that their very existence threatened his control of 110 million Ethiopians.

Ethiopian refugees who fled fighting in Tigray province are pictured at a reception centre in Sudan’s eastern Gedaref province, on November 17, 2020. – Around 25,000 Ethiopians fleeing conflict in the Tigray region have crossed into neighbouring Sudan, state news agency SUNA reported, as the UN said it was working to find them shelter. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)

Mr. Abiy promised that the campaign would be short and surgical, but that’s not how events have played out. Because telephone service and the internet have been mostly cut off since November in Tigray, no one really knows how many Tigrayans have been maimed or killed by the Ethiopian army and how much of Tigray has been destroyed. However, smuggled reports indicate that thousands have died in combat and collaterally; despite Mr. Abiy’s claims to the contrary, doctors in the main hospital in Mekelle, Tigray’s provincial capital, have said that indiscriminate shelling has killed civilians. At least 50,000 Tigrayans have fled across the Sudanese border into squalid refugee camps. About 4.5 million of Tigray’s six million inhabitants desperately need emergency food aid, and some will soon starve.

Two weeks ago, the military executed Seyoum Mesfin, Ethiopia’s former long-time foreign minister; at least 47 of 167 prominent Tigrayans on a most-wanted list have also been killed or captured. About 750 civilians huddling in a cathedral in the historic town of Aksum were reportedly massacred. Widespread raping is alleged, especially in Mekelle. Troops are still scouring the jagged Tembien mountains for remaining Tigrayan leaders, taking no prisoners.

Tigrayans, who were once mainstays of the country’s army, air force, sections of the civil service and Ethiopian Airlines (which was headed by a Tigrayan who has since been refused permission to fly), have been marginalized even beyond Tigray’s borders. It has the appearance of a pogrom.

The underlying cause of Mr. Abiy’s sudden hostility to Tigrayans stems from the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974 by a Marxist military junta led by Mengistu Haile Mariam, a vicious dictator who drove Ethiopian deeper into poverty than ever before with a Stalinist-inspired agricultural program.

Meles Zenawi, a charismatic Tigrayan, created a revolutionary guerrilla force in the Sudan and, in 1991, led the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) to a series of striking military victories against Mr. Mengistu’s army. After Mr. Mengistu eventually fled to Zimbabwe, Mr. Meles and a cabal mostly made up of Tigrayans ruled Ethiopia in a quasi-democratic fashion, rigging elections (especially in 2005) but also gradually uplifting the lives of many Ethiopians, including those who are Oromo and Amhara, the largest two ethnic groups in the country.

The Oromo and other ethnic groups felt discriminated against by Tigrayans under Mr. Meles. After he died unexpectedly in 2012, he was succeeded by Hailemariam Desalegn, an Ethiopian from the southern Wolayta ethnic group. He ruled on behalf of the Tigrayans who had assisted Mr. Meles.

After protests by Oromo erupted in 2017, Mr. Hailemariam transferred power in 2018 to Mr. Abiy, an Oromo who had fought with Mr. Meles and the EPRDF against Mr. Mengistu and who was a trusted ally in the Tigrayan-led government. Now, he has abruptly turned against Tigray.

In 2019, Mr. Abiy won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the country’s 19-year diplomatic standoff with Eritrea and for releasing political prisoners and adopting liberal governance within Ethiopia. Mr. Abiy was lauded across Africa, Europe and the Americas as a welcome new democratic leader. Now he has exposed his true colours, besmirching the very name and ideals behind the Nobel Peace Prize.

It is Past Time to Stop The Slaughter in Tigray and to Bring Mr. Abiy to Justice.

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Ethiopia’s Leader Won the Nobel Peace Prize. Now He’s Accused of War Crimes

👉 የኢትዮጵያ (አፍራሽ) መሪ የኖቤል የሰላም ሽልማትን አሸነፉ፡፡ አሁን በጦር ወንጀል ተከሷል

FIFTEEN MONTHS ago Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for ending his country’s conflict with neighboring Eritrea. Now he may be perpetrating grave crimes against humanity. After launching an invasion of the rebellious province of Tigray, Mr. Abiy’s regime stands accused of sealing off the region and blocking deliveries of food and other humanitarian aid. International aid officials are warning that millions of people could be at risk of famine.

When he rose to power in 2018, Mr. Abiy displaced politicians and generals from Tigray who had ruled Ethiopia for 27 years under a ruthless autocracy. In addition to ending the war, the new leader released political prisoners and promised democratic elections. Yet the campaign Mr. Abiy launched against Tigray in early November has all the earmarks of Ethiopia’s previous dictators. In occupying the province’s capital and other towns, federal forces, ethnic militias and allied troops from Eritrea have carried out massacres and rapes, according to the sporadic reports emerging from the region. Journalists have been banned, and phone and Internet services are down. Two million of Tigray’s 6 million people are believed to be displaced.

Without food deliveries, many of those people could starve. Yet up until late last week, federal and regional officials were blocking deliveries by the United Nations, even while government troops reportedly burned crops and destroyed livestock. On Friday, U.N. humanitarian relief coordinator Mark Lowcock reported that authorities had finally authorized the movement of 500 metric tons of food to Tigray’s main cities and two out of four refugee camps. But, he tweeted, “we must get more aid workers and life-saving supplies into Tigray so we can scale up operations.” U.N. officials say about 80 aid workers are waiting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for permission to travel to Tigray. Until they can get in, it won’t be clear how serious the food problem remains.

Mr. Abiy’s government claims to be engaged in a “stabilizing mission” after routing the forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). In fact, it has been relentlessly hunting down fugitive TPLF leaders — including longtime former Ethiopian foreign minister Seyoum Mesfin, 71, who was gunned down this month in what authorities claimed was a shootout. Though four dozen TPLF leaders have reportedly been killed or captured, scores remain at large, along with thousands of fighters who still control parts of the province.

Mr. Abiy contends his forces have already triumphed in Tigray and the conflict will soon be over. More likely, a guerrilla war with the TPLF will drag on for years, and the humanitarian crisis will deepen, even if an immediate famine is averted. That’s why the United States and the European Union, which heavily fund Ethiopia, should withhold further aid until there is full humanitarian access to Tigray and the government agrees to pursue peace talks.

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Christian Solidarity Worldwide Calls for Action on Genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day

የዓለም አቀፍ ክርስቲያኖች አንድነት ተቋም በጅምላ ጭፍጨፋ መታሰቢያ ቀን የዘር ማጥፋት ወንጀል ላይ ትግራይ ኢትዮጵያን በመጥቀስ እርምጃ እንዲወሰድ ጥሪ ያቀርባል።

As the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) calls for swift intervention in current situations where atrocity crimes may currently be underway.

Signatories to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) are under an obligation to take measures to prevent and to punish this crime. However, indicators of genocide and other atrocity crimes are rarely addressed in a timely manner, as attempts to do so become mired in international politics, resulting in a failure to protect vulnerable communities.

there are indications that atrocity crimes may be underway in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where a violent conflict has been ongoing since November between the Ethiopian authorities and the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF), formerly the regional authorities. The Ethiopian authorities, whose forces are fighting alongside soldiers from Eritrea and Somalia and a militia the Amhara region, claim they are only targeting the Tigrayan leadership and its forces. However, over the course of the conflict, egregious human rights violations have been reported, including mass rape, extrajudicial killings of men and boys in particular, extensive looting and the indiscriminate bombing of homes, churches, mosques, educational establishments, and other civilian structures.

A particularly egregious example of the violations underway in Tigray is the reported massacre, allegedly by Eritrean forces, of around 750 people at the Maryam Zion Church in Axum, which is believed to house the biblical Arc of the Covenant. While details surrounding these extrajudicial killings have been slow to emerge, it is currently alleged that the victims were attempting to protect the Arc from government-allied militia from the Amhara ethnic group, who sought to relocate it to their region. Tigray is home to several world heritage sites, and the massacre occurred against the backdrop of extensive looting of ancient religious manuscripts and objects.

The Eritrean government stands accused of committing crimes against humanity since 1991. In a joint letter issued in November 2020 to various officials of the United Nations (UN) and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, CSW and eight other organizations had raised concerns regarding the presence of thousands of Eritrean troops in Tigray, which posed a serious threat to the wellbeing of Eritrean refugees in the region. The letter also highlighted concerning reports of refugees being forcibly returned to Eritrea in an appalling violation of international law and humanitarian norms.

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የአክሱም ጽዮን ጠላቶች የአማራ ልሂቃን መንፈሳዊ ሞት | ዳንኤል ክብረት | ይህን ያህል? ዋው!

የአረመኔው አክዓብዮት አማካሪና አፈ-ቄሳር ዳንኤል ክብረት በድጋሚ በሐሰት መስከረ። ምናልባት በኢትዮጵያና በአክሱም ጽዮት ታሪክ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ የኅዳር ጽዮን ዕለት ዘንድሮ ሳትከበር አልፋለች፤ ምን ይሄ ብቻ በወሩ፤ አሁን እየተወራ እንዳለው፤ እስከ ዘጠኝ መቶ ምዕመናን አቶ ዳንኤል ክብረት በሚመክራቸው የግራኝ አብዮት አህመድ ፣ በኢሳያስ አፈቆርኪ ፋሺስት (ሰ ) አራዊቶች እንዲሁም ፋኖ በተባለው የፋሺስት መንጋ ተጨፍጭፈው ለሰማዕትነት በቅተዋል።

አፈ–ቄሳር ዳንኤል ክብረት በተደጋጋሚ በሐሰት በመመስከሩ የእግዚአብሔርን ትዕዛዝ/ሕግ ብቻ ሳይሆን የተላለፈው፤ የጽዮን ማርያምን ልጅ አምላካችንን ክርስቶስንም ነው የካደው! ለንስኅ ያብቀው፤ ይህ ግን ከባድ ኃጢዓት ነው! በሐሰት በመመስከሩ በአክሱም ጽዮን ለተገደሉት ምዕመናን ሞት ከግራኝ አክዓብዮት ጎን ተጠያቂ ይሆናል። ምናልባት የአክሱም ምዕመናን አክሱም ጽዮንን፣ ጽላተ ሙሴን ለመከላከል ሲሉ ዳንኤል ክብረት በተከላከላቸው የአገዛዙ ወታደሮች እጅ ተገድለው ሰማዕታት ለመሆን በቅተዋል። እነ ዳንኤል ክብረትስ?

👉 አክሱም ጽዮንን የካደ ሁሉ ክርስቲያንም ኢትዮጵያዊም አይደለምና ክርስቶስ ይክደዋል!

❖ [የማቴዎስ ወንጌል ምዕራፍ ፲፥፴፫]❖

“በሰው ፊትም የሚክደኝን ሁሉ እኔ ደግሞ በሰማያት ባለው በአባቴ ፊት እክደዋለሁ።

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