Life Story of Sultan Hanfare Alimirah

 

#The Life Story of Ambassador Sultan Hanfari Alimirah


Ambassador Sultan Hanfar Alimirah was born in 1942 in Hinale Kebele, Asaita Woreda, Afar Region. As a child, he arrived in Asaita Arabia (now Mohammed Hanfarre High School and attended grades one through four.
He then attended 5th to 6th grade in Asmara, Eritrea.
After graduating, he went to various schools in Addis Ababa (Menelik, Tefari Mokonen, Kotebe) and high school in Egypt in 1960. He took a matriculation and went to Cairo University to pursue higher education. Similarly, in 1964, he moved to the United States and graduated from the American University of Washington, DC, with a degree in political science.

Sultan Hanfar has served in various capacities since childhood. In particular, he served as the head of the Asaita Woreda Administration, the Asaita City Cantiba, and the Asaita Agriculture Bureau.
Since 1961, he has turned his attention to politics and fought for the representation of the Afar people in the central government. He had good relations with Emperor Haile Selassie and many other leaders and conducted their own political activities at the palace. For a short time, he met with President Mengistu Hailemariam for eight consecutive months. Later, their allies, led by Sultan Hanfar, marched to Saudi Arabia to fight the Derg.

They have lived in exile for 17 years and have struggled. Sultan Hanfar Alimirah, one of the negotiators on behalf of the Afar National Liberation Front (ALF), was one of the negotiators during the May 13, 1983, negotiations between the Derg and the opposition in London.
He served as a member of the Federal Parliament, and in the 1987 election he became the President of the Afar National Regional State. He was instrumental in organizing the region and later served as Ethiopia's ambassador to Kuwait from 2000-2006, providing electricity to Afar and similar regions. In particular, the Afar Movement and the Afar Liberation Front (ALF), along with its friends, formed an organization that included two Afar youths in the struggle for self-government, with the support of the Eritrean Afar Youth in Djibouti, both financially, intellectually, financially, intellectually and intellectually. He is one of the leading heroes of the successful Afar people's struggle for the present generation of Afar.

Sultan Hanfar did not bow down to them, they did not bow down to oppression, they did not take advantage of them. He was a hero known for his personality and bravery throughout the Afar people, who did not like gossip and lies. Dr. Abiy was one of the citizens who came home peacefully the day after the election, when he argued about Afar's second foreign exile in protest of the TPLF's involvement in Afar politics during the TPLF regime. He was a veteran politician who fought against the TPLF and fought until the TPLF left the palace.

He was succeeded by his father, Sultan Alimira, in 2004 as a spiritual and cultural leader of Afar, who served the community until his death.  Sultan Hanfar left behind two sons and five daughters on earth and passed away today at the age of 71. May Allah grant them Paradise. I wish comfort to his family and the people of Afar. By the will of Allah, I will present to you a book of testimonies that I took from his mouth at another time, quoting the testimonies of his comrades and friends. Once again, I wished the Sultan paradise and comfort for his family and our people.

# Alo_Yayo

# September_10 / 2013 Posted
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የአፋር ሱልጣን ሀንፈሬ አሊሚራህ ከዚህ አለም በሞት ተለዩ

የአፋር ሱልጣን ሀንፈሬ አሊሚራህ ከዚህ አለም በሞት ተለዩ

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የአፋር ሱልጣን ሀንፈሬ አሊሚራህ ባደረባቸው ህመም የህክምና ክትትል ሲያደርጉ ቆይተው በ74 ዓመታቸው ከዚህ አለም በሞት ተለዩ። 

ሱልጣን ሀንፈሬ አሊሚራህ ከ2004 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ ህይወታቸው እስካለፈ ድረስ የአፋር ህዝብ ሱልጣን በመሆን አገልግለዋል። 

ሱልጣን ሀንፈሬ የአፋር ብሄራዊ ክልላዊ መንግስት ፕሬዝዳንት በመሆን የመሩ ሲሆን በኩዌት የኢትዮጵያ አምባሳደር በመሆንም ኢትዮጵያን አገልግለዋል። 

የሱልጣን ሀንፈሬ ስርአተ ቀብር ነገ መስከረም 11 ቀን 2013 ዓ.ም  በአይሰኢታ ከተማ በሀደሌ ጌራ የሚፈፀም መሆኑን  የክልሉ ኮሙኒኬሽን ቢሮ ዘግቧል። 

የቪዲዮ መረጃዎቻችንን ለማግኘት ትክክለኛውን የዩቲዩብ ቻናላችንን ሰብስክራይብ ያድርጉ

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ፈጣን መረጃዎችን ለማግኘት ትክክለኛውን የቴሌግራም ቻናላችንን ይቀላቀሉ

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አብዓላ

 By Ídrís Ķoņńabà

ስለ ፈንቅል አላማው ግድ ባይኖረኝም፤ ነገርግን ለሚያራምዱት የፕሮፓጋንዳና ስለማያውቁት ታሪክ ውስጥ መግባታቸውን እየተዛብኩ ነዉ፥ አብዓላ በየትኛውም ታሪክ የትግራይ አካል ሆና አታውቅም!

ከታሪክ አንፃር ለመናገር ያክል፥ ትግሬዎች "አብዓላን ሽኸት ማለትን እንዴት እንደጀመሩትና አብዓላን መመኘት መቼና እንዴት እንደጀመሩ" እንነጋገር!

አብዓላ እንደ ማንኛውም የአፋር መሬት በጎሳ ባላባት ትተዳደር ነበር! የአፋር አከባቢዎች ከጎረቤት (እንዳርታ፥ ወጂራት) ወረራ ይካሄድበታል፥ አፋር በመሬቱ አይደራደርምና ጠላትን በመመከት አይታማም።

* አፄ ዩሃንስ "ያየኔ ኢትዬጵያ" ንጉስ ነግስት ሆኖ ስሾም፥ አብዓላ "ያኩሚ" (Yaakumi) የሚባል የመላ ሄርቶ ጎሳ (certoh- Affara-af) ባላባት ትተዳደር ነበር! ታዳ የአብዓላ መሬት አቀማመጥ ለወታደራዊ ስልጠና ምቹ መሆኑን የተረዳው አፄ ዩሃንስ "መሬቱን ለስልጠና ሰለሚፈልግ ፍቀድልኝ" ብሎ ወደ ያኩሚ

መልዕክት ላከ! ያኩሚ በበኩሉ "መሬቱ የመላ አፋር እንጅ እኔ ለብቻዬ የሚወስነው የለኝምና አማክራቸው፥ መልስ እሰጠሃለሁ!" አለው!

በዚህ የተናደደው አፄ ዩሃንስ "ማንንም ሳታስቀሩ

ጨፍጭፏቸው።" በማለት ትዕዛዝ አስተላለፈ "ሽኸቱ" በማለት! ትግሬዎች አብዓላን "ሸኸት" ማለት የጀመሩት በዛ የአፄ ዩሃንስ የጭካኔ ትዕዛዝ ነው። ያኩሚ በበኩሉ የንጉሱን ወታደር የሚመካበት የተደራጀ ሃይል ባይኖረውም፥ ለጠላት መንበረከክ ባህሉ አልነበረምና፥ በጀግንነት ተፋለማቸው፥ ከ39 ሺ እስከ 43 ሺ የሚገመት ህዝብ በጦርነቱ ተሰዋ! አላህ ይዘንላቸዉ!

* በደርግ ዘመን አፋሮች በአምስት የተለያዩ ግዛት ስር ተከለሉ፥ ቢሆንም ግን መሬታቸውን ለማንም አሳልፈን አንሰጥም በማለታቸው አካባቢያቸውን በራሳቸው እንድያስተዳደሩ ተደረገ! በተመሳሳይ አብዓላን "ዓባስ አብድላ" ያስተዳድራት ነበር፥ ከሳቸው በኋላም ሀጂ ኢብራህም እስከ ህልፈታቸው አስተዳድሯታል።

~ እንደሚታወቀው በደረግ አገዛዝ ስር የደረሰው ጭቆና በመቃወም ለ17 አመታት መራራ ትግል ስያካሂዱ፥ በአንድ አስተዳደር ስር ቋንቋቸውን፣ ባህላቸውን፥ በአጠቃላይ ማንነታቸው" ማስከበር ነበር። የደርግ አገዛዝ ተገርስሶ ኢህአዴግ ስመጣ ተቀዳሚ አላማው "የብሔር ብሔርሰቦች ጥያቄ" መመለስ በመሆኑ፣ አወቃቀሩ ቋንቋን ብቻ መሰረት ያደረገ ሳይሆን ባህልንም፣ የጋራ ሰነልቦናን ጭምር የሚያካትት ክልላዊ አወቃቀር ነው።

~ እዚ ጋ አንድ መስማማት ያለብን ነገር አለ! እሱም "የአፋር ክልል" ተብሎ አፋር እንደ ክልል ስዋቀር፥ በመጀመሪያ ደረጃ የታገሉለት አላማ መሆኑን ነው። በሁለተኛ ደረጃ የታገሉለት አላማ "ማንነታቸውን ማስከበር" መሆኑን ነው።

አፋር ደግሞ ማንነቱ "አፋሬ (Qafarre)" በሚባል መሰሶ ላይ የተመሰረተ ነው። አፋሬ ማለት "የአፋር" ማለት ስሆን በውስጡ "የአፋረኛ ቋንቋ፣ የአፋር ባህል፣ የአፋር ማድዓ(ህግ) እንድሁም

የአፋር መሬትን" ያካተተ ነው። ስለዚህ ዓፋር እንደ ክልል ስቋቋም እነዚህ አራት መሰረታዊ ነገሮች መነሻ በማድረግ ነው ማለት ነው።

በዚህ መነሻ አፋሮች፣ አፋርኛን እንደ ስራ ቋንቋ፣ ባህልን እንደ መለያ፣ የአፋር ህግን እንደ መዳኛ፣ እንድሁም የአፋር መሬትን እንደ መኖሪያ በመያዝ "የአፋር ክልል" ተብሎ በአምስት ዞኖች

ተዋቀረ ማለት ነው።

ስለዚህ የአፋር መሬት ከአፋር ማንነት ተነጥሎ የማይታይ "የአፋርነት" አንዱ መለያ ነው ማለት ነው።

*በመጨረሻም ኢህአዴግ ገባ፥ ኢህዴግ ስገባ አገሪቷን የተቆጣጠረው ህወሃት ነበር፥ ህወሃት ታዳ መሬቱ የማን እንደሆነና የሚያመጣዉ መዘዝ ስለሚያውቅ ብዙም ከመስመሩ ማለፍ አልፈለገም! ነገር ግን ስለ ታሪክ አይደለም ስለ ራሳቸውን ቤተሰብ ማንነት የማያውቁ የፈንቅል አስተባባሪዎች አብዓላ የትግራይ እንደነበረች አድረገው ይናገራሉ፥ ነገር ግን አንዳች ታሪክ አያቀርቡም አብዓላ የትግራይ እንደነበረች የሚያስመሰክር፥ እናም እላለሁ በመሬት ጉዳይ ድርድር አይታሰብምና በፍቅር አብሮ መኖር ከሆነ የኛ ባህልና እሴታችን ነዉ::

Afar Youth movement

The Xukko Cina ( Dokuhina) Youth Movement Statement on the process of genocide and ethnic cleansing against Afar Ethnicity in Dankalia region, Eritrea

Afar Region, Samra, Ethiopia

On June 1, 2020

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Since 1991, the Eritrean dictatorial sectarian regime has systematically abused, imprisoned and tortured the Eritrean people in general and in additon to that displaced Afar peoples in Dankalia in particular, and Dankalia has been suffering for 29 years between the absence of freedoms and systematic displacement to the gradual implementation of demographic change, and a vivid example when watching Eritrean TV when it broadcasts national events, In Assab and other Afar cities, the demographic change is most evident and appear clearly, in meetings and celebrations, as the traditional ambiguity of the highlanders and Tigrigna Ethnicity hangs over the scene.

However, this time, the repressive sectarian occupational regime in Asmara started to accelerate its criminal plans by legitimizing the genocide, citing precautionary measures of preventing the outbreak of the Corona virus COVID19, although the region did not record any confirmed infection with the Corona virus, and the Eritrean Ministry of Health announced that the country freed of Corona virus infections after the recovery of 39 cases . Whereas, the regime closed the land and sea ports from the region for two months ago and prevented entering any food from the sources of supplies that were from Djibouti and Ethiopia.

The statement of Red Sea Afar Human Rights Organization, stated that the regime closed the land and sea borders without taking any preventive measures and precautionary measures from the repercussions of these. The global crisis make the residents, and citizens of the region under a suffocating siege and a systematic plan that puts their facing an unknown fate that threatens their lives in this isolated and besieged area by the ruling regime in Asmara, the even, before the Corona crisis, the regime was exposing them forcibly to displacement and leave their lands.

Therefore, what was stated in the statement of RSAHRO and the hashtag that engulfs social media sites by Afar activists, Eritreans and their sympathizers from the Sudanese, Ethiopians, Djiboutians and Somalis, indicates the seriousness of the catastrophic humanitarian situation that the Afar people go through and calls for urgent intervention from International community, humanitarian organizations and countries in the region The Eritreans, in their different ethnicity, political organizations, civil society organizations, and the Afar ethnicity from its different nationalities, political organizations, elders, elders, and sultans in three countries.

Consequently, we, Afar youth in Afar Region, Ethiopia, condemn in strong terms the Eritrean criminal and starving measures and appeal to the parties concerned.

First, we call International community to assume its legal and moral responsibility towards genocide occurring in the front of the world’s seeing and hearing that the Afars in Eritrea struggle with death due to the man made starvation and famine by a sectarian regime that seeks to exterminate the Afar race from its land which is the land of its ancestors, and replace another race in its land by practicing all kinds of Crimes, which are war crimes in every sense of the word, and therefore we call on International community, the United Nations, the Security Council, the European Union, the Asian Union, the African Union, and all international organizations to intervene immediately in accordance with international, humanitarian, and human rights law because what happens in Dankalia puts the world in the form of powerlessness in front of the fascist and apartheid racist oppressive. Therefore, the regime that that challenges international community and violates international laws, norms, and covenants must be brought to an end by holding accountable and saving humanity from his crimes. You are facing a historical moral and human legal test.

We appeal to the Sister country United Arab Emirates to exert pressure on the regime and provide aid and food to our people, and we heard at the end of April 2020 AD the head of your forces stationed at the UAE military base in Assab provided (food and health equipment) but unfortunately this gesture was rejected by the head of the Eritrean army and the local administration of the Eritrean government in Assab, knowing that the government earns hundreds of millions of dollars from you in exchange for leasing assab port to you for the military base and strategic port without any benefits or returns to the people of the region and therefore we appeal to Crown Prince His Highness Prince Muhammad bin Zayed to use his influence and provide assistance to our people, and it is the moral and religious responsibility, also, we would like to appeal the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and all Islamic countries to extend a helping hand and move at an International level to save Muslims who are subjected to genocide.

We request the Ethiopian federal government to assume its moral and human responsibilities imposed by the neighborhood, and we call on the Prime Minister, Dr Abiy Ahmed, to invest his distinguished relationship with the Asmara regime and President, Isaias Afwerki, to alleviate the stifling siege imposed on the Afar people, who is our body and our flesh, and to provide immediate food support to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe that will put everyone in front of black history.

We call the Djibouti authorities and Afar officials in the government, officials headed by Honorable Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamel, to bear their moral and Ethnic responsibilities.  We know that they couldn't practice direct pressure, due to absence of strong diplomatic relationships, but we appeal you to make international diplomatic and media efforts to show what is happening against you as Afar in the other geographical area.

We request the Afar region's Administration , headed by His Excellency President Hajj Awal Araba, bear their customary, political, moral, humanitarian, and national responsibilities, and we call on His Excellency and his government officials for urgent political action and pressure on the federal government and urging the federal government and Honorable Prime Minister to use the distinguished relationship with Asmara regime to stop the regime, which is their ally from Committing a massacre against our brothers, but against us, yes, and in such extraordinary cases, the artificial borders doesn't make sense, therefore, call for work to open the borders and allow food supplies to enter from the Afar region in Ethiopia to the afflicted Dankalia, which is on the edge of a humanitarian catastrophe due to famine starvation, and we note that

great responsibility relies on the Afar region leadership, considering that the region is the only entity that represents the whole of Afar ethnicity, regardless of their geographical presence, and for this we remind the Honorable President of the Region, Hajji Awal Arba, Ethnicity responsibility, even if it is not constitutional responsibility that rely on he and his ministers, and we strongly stress that we with you in all the efforts that you will make, and we call all Afar in general, and youth in particular, to bear the historical responsibility in this critical juncture by leaving different, paving the rows and unifying efforts to focus on efforts to save our people in Dankalia, and it must be taken into account that the Afar ethnicity is going through a very critical and articulate period in an area that anticipated to geopolitical changes that are difficult to predict outcomes, and which requires concerting efforts and prepare for all possibilities.

Finally, we call both Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization, which is fighting the armed struggle, and the Eritrean Afar National Congress, which is fighting the political struggle, to leave your political differences, by setting a national charter uniting your ranks, and exerting maximum efforts by investing your relations with all regional and international organizations to save our people from catastrophe, and systematic genocide.