Elase-Ethiopia ibhekisa umunwe e-Eritrea ngokuhlaselwa
ITigray People’s Liberation Front, iqembu elilawula iningi lesifunda esisenyakatho yeEthiopia, iTigray, ngeSonto lisole i-Eritrea ngokuhlasela amasosha ayo.
Kwesinye isigameko kule ngxabano, izinhlangano zosizo zimise ukusebenza kwazo endaweni esenyakathontshonalanga yeTigray lapho kubulawe khona izakhamuzi ezingu-56 ngesiteleka somoya ngempelasonto, kusho inhlangano ye-UN yezindaba zosizo lwabantu (UNOCHA). “Amasosha ase-Eritrea ahlasele amasosha ethu izolo eSigem Kofolo etholakala eNorthwestern Tigray eduze kwedolobha iSheraro,” kubhala umkhulumeli weTPLF uGetachew Reda kuTwitter. AbakwaReuters abakwazanga ukuqinisekisa izinsolo zokuhlasela njengoba inethiwekhi yezokuxhumana iphansi endaweni. UNgqongqoshe
Wezolwazi wase-Eritrea u-Yemane Gebremeskel akazange aphendule ngokushesha izicelo zokuthi aphawule. Umkhulumeli wamasosha ase-Ethiopia uColonel Getnet Adane (osesithombeni) kanye nomkhulumeli kahulumeni uLegesse Tulu abazange baphendule ngokushesha izicelo zokuthi baphawule. Umkhulumeli kaNdunankulu u-Abiy Ahmed uBillene Seyoum naye akazange aphendule esicelweni sokuphawula.
Ukushoda kwemithi, uphethiloli nezinye izinto ezibalulekile “kuphazamise ukuphendula kwabalimele,” kusho i-UNOCHA esitatimendeni imemezela ukumiswa komsebenzi kulandela isiteleka sezindiza esihlasele inkambu yabantu abashiye amakhaya abo ngoLwesihlanu. “Abalingani abasiza abantu bamise imisebenzi endaweni ngenxa yokusatshiswa kweziteleka eziqhubekayo,” le nhlangano itshele abeReuters, ngaphandle kokunikeza imininingwane eyengeziwe.
Kwaqubuka impi endaweni enezintaba enabantu abayizigidi ezi-5 ezinyangeni ezili-14 ezedlule, ihlanganisa amabutho aseTigrayan namasosha enhlangano esekelwa ozakwabo base-Eritrea. UMengameli wase-Eritrea u-Isaiahs Afwerki utshele i-Eri-TV engaphansi kukahulumeni ngoMgqibelo ukuthi amasosha akhe azozama ukuvimbela amasosha aseTigrayan ukuthi ahlasele izwe lakhe, noma asongele ukuzinza kweEthiopia.
Amasosha ase-Eritrea alwe namabutho ase-Tigrayan kusukela kwaqala impi esekela amasosha ka-Abiy, kodwa zombili lezi zizwe zachitha izinyanga ezinhlanu zokuqala zengxabano ziphika ukuba khona kwama-Eritrea. Amasosha ase-Eritrea ahoxa engxenyeni enkulu yesifunda ngoNhlangulana, ngayo leyo nyanga amasosha enhlangano yase-Ethiopia nawo ahoxa ngayo.
Amasosha aseTigrayan ahoxile ezifundeni ezingomakhelwane ayezihlasele, esinyathelweni sokuqeda ukudubula okungenzeka. AbakwaReuters babike isihluku esenziwa yizinhlangothi zonke, okuhlanganisa ne-Eritrea, okuyinto amaqembu alwayo ayiphikile. Ingxabano enyakatho ye-Ethiopia isibulale izinkulungwane zezakhamizi futhi yashiya izigidi zisele dengwane.