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Vol. 22 No. 15
Wednesday, 22nd of april, 2015
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Veteran fighter Mohammed-Ali Tahir Passes Away
Central Region Officials
tour Gash Barka
The heads of different line ministries, PFDJ, administrators of
sub-zones in the Central region
recently returned from a working visit to development areas in
the Gash Barka region. They ex-
plained that development activities being conducted in the region
attest to the bright future of Eritrea.
In the course of their visit to
the Fanco and Gerset dams the
Cycling Tour for Truth, Peace, Justice
and Eritrea achieves set target:
Organizers and Participants
participants received extensive
explanations from Maj. Kibreab
Abraham, head of the Livestock
and Crops Corporation, with regards to achievements registered
so far. Maj. Kibreab further indicated that the main bottleneck
has been electric power supply,
and that currently the electrification program in the areas of Sawa,
Afhimbol and Aqordet is being finalized.
The participants were quite impressed and called on the public
in general and the youth in particular to reinforce their participation in and commitment to nation
building.
The veteran fighter Mohammed-Ali Tahir, who
served as Secretary of the
PFDJ in the regions of
Anseba and Southern Red
Sea passes away on 19
April at the age of 67 due
to illness.
The veteran fighter, who
joined the armed struggle
for independence in 1966,
has served his country and
people in various capacities with dedication and
commitment. Mr. Mohammed-Ali was married
and with four children.
The funeral service of the late
Mr. Mohammed-Ali took place on
21 April at 12 PM at the Asmara
Patriots Cemetery. Expressing deep
sorrow over the passing away of
the veteran fighter, the PFDJ conveys condolence to the bereaved
family of the late Mr. MohammedAli Tahir.
Joint activities are being undertaken in Hagaz sub-zone to
upgrade student competence. The
head of the Education Ministry’s
branch in the sub-zone, Mr. Saleh
Ibrahim, indicated that relentless
efforts have been made to nurture
competent student through reinforcing tripartite relations among
parents, teachers and students.
He further called on pertinent
bodies to play active role in endeavors to strengthen Adult Education Program. Mr. Kifle Zeru,
head of sports and health in the
sub-zone, equally noted the significance of organizing Student
Week as part of endeavors to unravel the all-round potential of
students. and development programs for this
year. The briefings also dealt with
the objective situation in the region.
The participants of the 11th YPFDJ
Conference Europe Chapter from
France also gave briefings regarding
the outcome of the Conference.
The seminar participants reiterated their commitment to back up the
activities of the YPFDJ in France.
Activities that upgrade
student competence Hagaz
Ambassador Hanna conducts seminar
for Eritrean nationals in Paris
The organizers and participants
of the Cycling Tour for Truth,
Peace, Justice and Eritrea that took
place in connection with the 13th
anniversary of the final and binding ruling on border delimitation
by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary
Commission (EEBC) have explained that it has achieved the set
target.
Dr. Eden Tareke, among the organizers and participants of the
Cycling Tour which got underway
on March 31 from Sweden and
concluded in Geneva City after
two weeks, explained that the un-
dertaking has created the necessary awareness among the people
as regards exposing the injustices
committed over the Eritrean people
over the past 60 years.
It is to be noted that the Cycling
Tour, covering a total distance of
1,700 Km., highlighted the urgent
need for putting an end to Ethiopia’s continued occupation of sovereign Eritrean territory, as well
as the illegal and unjust sanctions
resolution against Eritrea. More
than 20 Eritrean nationals from
different countries took part in the
Cycling Tour.
The Eritrean Ambassador to
France, Ms. Hanna Simon, conducted seminar for Eritrean nationals in Paris and its environs on the
objective situation in the Homeland
Eritrea Profile, Wednesday 22nd of april, 2015
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Fair-Play: The Essence
Of Our Tradition
Solomon Mengsteab
In the depth of the abundance of
the Eritrean oral traditions there is
this tale of two friends on a journey
in quest of better life. I have heard
this story has been adapted to a Tigrigna film, although I haven’t seen
the movie yet. The setting of the story is the old feudal days in Eritrea.
In the story, there are two men who
travelled together far away from
their village in search of employment; to work for some landlord,
as it were the only probable job opportunity in those days. These men
were lucky enough to find a landlord
who needed servants and was willing to hire their service. After they
worked on the farms of their master
for while, the landlord became fond
of one of these two servants of his
and so, he promoted him and made
him a house servant. And as the saying goes “The field slave hates the
house slave more than he hates the
salve master”; here in this particular
story also the servant who was left
on the fields grew envious towards
his friend’s promotion. This man
wished that he had been chosen to be
a house servant instead of his friend.
His envy permeated inside him and
became contempt and loathe. And
so, after a while, this field servant
decided to have his friend’s job by
any means necessary. Eventually began to contemplate and plot mischief
against his own friend and he wove
a maliciously twisted web of trap to
remove his friend out of the way of
the job he think he should have.
One day he called his friend
and said, “My friend I heard master is bothered by the stink of your
breath when you poured water for
his hand-wash.” The house servant was alarmed and asked him
for advice and the malevolent field
servant suggested, “You better hold
your breath and turn your face away
while you pour water.” Later this
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spiteful servant approached the master pretending to be concerned and
humble and said, “Master I implore
you not to take this as prudence,
but I feel oblige to inform you that
your servant is telling everyone that
your breath stinks so bad that he has
to hold his breath and turn his face
away while he poured water for your
highness’s hands.” It is needless to
state the position that this plot puts
the house servant on, for anyone
who is has sound point of reference
of the feudal system. However, for
those who don’t a servant probably
is most likely put to death for such
insult on his master in those days.”
The world is a vast showground
of all kinds of competitions. It is
not just that there are all sorts of
formally organized competitions all
over the planet; life itself is an arena
of competition. People compete for
food, water, land, job, money, affection, fame, etc., throughout their
lives. In fact, it is not only people
who compete in this demanding
planet of ours. Even plants and animals compete for food, water and
their very survival; although their
competitions are a bit cruder, more
straight-forward and perhaps on
the surface seemingly more violent
than of people. As Charles Darwin
stated in his theory of evolution the
world is for the fittest. Life forms,
be it animals or plants, do whatever
they have to do and be whatever they
have to be to survive in the challenging and ever changing environments
of our planet. They fight to survive,
they injure and even kill competitors, and they devour preys. There is
no particular rule, etiquette or code
of conduct in the struggle for survival there is one simple fact the strong
and fit survives and the weak and unfit perishes. A hyena doesn’t leave a
newborn of wildebeest alone feeling
sorry for it. A lion doesn’t restrain itself from robbing a kill from weaker
hunters such as leopard or hyena
out of pity. Parasites, plants and/or
animals don’t stop themselves from
taking advantage of their hosts, even
if their consumption brings death to
their hosts, out of etiquette. Indeed,
survival of the fittest has no moral,
rule or law.
However, this lawless dog-eat-dog
law of theory of evolution applies a
bit differently for humans. Mankind,
although basically an animal, is very
much different from any other life
forms on this planet. Mankind possess a special gift of power of reasoning which makes it conspicuously
different from every other life form
inhabiting the earth. This makes every aspect of mankind’s conduct essentially different than that of other
living things. Whether, as a result of
evolution, its ability to reason or any
other significant factor, mankind,
from time to time, has polished the
ways of engagement, in its strive
and struggle for survival, into more
orderly ways. Some, rationally so,
might argue that the ability of mankind to reason has added malice to
its animalistic crudeness and made
it even more violent and dangerous
species. Yet still, it remains true that
it is only mankind that possesses the
ability, will and sentiment to make
conscious decisions and efforts to
make things better for other fellow
human beings, animals, plants and
the world in its entirety. And this, in
my opinion is basically what makes
us different from beasts.
Humanity is blessed with this incredible gift of faculty of reasoning
which enables it make conscious
choices to shape the way it acts in
life. Needless to say, of course, people use this priceless gift to do both
heartfelt deeds of kindness and despicable sins of malice. Indeed, people are capable of plotting and caring out the most disreputable malice,
like that of the servant in the story
above, as they compete to secure
their boundless selfish wants and
needs. In the olden days, the wickedness of the servant in the story was
considered so great that it became a
famous morale tale. However, in the
modern world such malice has sadly
grown to be considered as common
and, even worse, as intelligence and
is individually and, even institutionally promoted. Indeed, our supposedly modern world is being invaded
by this new wave of extremely selfish and individualistic competitive
mindset. The more this self-centred
mindset dominates human way of
conduct however, the more the actions of people are headed away
from kindness, decency and common good to malice, mischief and
selfishness. And unless it is contained in one way or another, this
wave sooner or later is bound to lead
humanity into its own doom.
The storm of this highly selfcentred and self-interest-oriented
anti-social-solidarity mindset, which
has its roots in the individualistic
western culture, have been blow-
ing towards the third world and is
gradually lurking and creeping into
our lives. Taking notice into this
trend, it is never too soon to begin
to erect our wall to defend our way
of life from this cultural plague. For,
this dog-eat-dog way of competitive
individualism is no good for us as individuals and/or as a people. While
it has an edge in promoting the individual prosperity of few minorities, it exposes the majority for the
exploitive plots of the opportunistic
few. And this creates a gap between
individuals and communities which
disconcerts peace and harmony by
creating dissatisfaction, contention
and conflicts. Competition is healthy
and is, in fact, an important motivation for progress. Nevertheless,
competitions without rules, laws
and concerns of ethical fairness have
destructive consequences. Even the
less consequential, seen in the light
of life in general, competitions of
sport have game-rules and order of
fair-play. Even war, one of the most
violent conducts of mankind, has
some sort of rules and conventions.
Which is why, we need to critically
question this lawless and immoral
competitive atmosphere before we
open our doors to it. And if we are
to question this trend what better
perspective can we possibly have in
analysing it than our own rich cultural heritages?
I was having a casual conversation with a colleague and a good
friend of mine the other day, when
the issue of traditional social support
systems come into our discussions.
This friend of mine was brought up
in a small town until he finished elementary school and he told me a
story from his early childhood days
with his family concerning this issue. He said, “Once our donkey died
and my uncle gave us a female donkey. A few years passed by and this
donkey gave birth to a male donkey
who grew up to become a fine beast
of burden. We had two donkeys in
the house but we had use only for
one. I suggested that we should sell
the young beast and use the money.
But my mother decided to give the
ass away to her newly wedded niece,
who, indeed, in retrospect, was in
need of a beast of burden in her new
wedded life. I, with my naive rationalism, argued and quarrelled with
my mother asking her how she could
possibly decided to give away such
a fine animal, worth a lot of money,
when we can sell it and use the money for a lot of things that our family
needed. Then, my father said something to me that I shall never forget.
He said, ‘my son don’t you remember, my brother, your uncle, gave us
the female donkey when our donkey
died? If it weren’t for that gift we
wouldn’t even have this young donkey in the first place. Be calm, we
are not giving away anything we are
barely paying our debt.’”
Indeed, we, Eritreans have a highly interdependent communal way of
life, which possess various ways of
supporting one another in times of
need. For traditional Eritrean communities, survival, even more prosperity, is a road to be travel together
by the entire members of communities hand in hand not a separate individual road. In Eritrea, traditional
communities have all sorts of social
support systems, with which they
help the weak carry the burden of life
and make it out of the rainy days. As
a result, everyone raised and living
in such communities, is expected to
reflect similar moral in helping those
who are in need. And so, although
competition is an important part
of life, in our society competition
is supposed to be fair and orderly,
maintaining a steady pace comfortable for both the strong and the weak.
Indeed, fair-play is the very essence
of our traditional way of life. Which
is precisely why, we still possess the
qualities of social harmony, peace
and solidarity among ourselves,
living in the world of extreme individualism, where the Machiavellian
idea of “The end justifies the means”
seem to prevail.
Eritrea Profile, Wednesday 22nd of april, 2015
The following children story had
once appeared in a research the
writer had conducted and was entitled ‘Discovering the Path of the
Sages: Resurrecting from Quagmires of Stories Poverty.’ This children story is, therefore, an asset of
Kunama’s—one of the nine Eritrean
ethnics groups—culturally enriched
yards.
The Deadly Reflection
“Why is that the wolf being a
shoe maker never tried to make you
a pair of shoes?” asked the monkey
and the fox fearing to look the lion
in the eye. “I never thought of that?”
replied the lion. Here, the lion, the
monkey, the fox and the wolf had a
pacific track of life, and, undoubtedly, they were well famed for their
harmonized habituating style; they
had a great sense of understanding
each other unequivocally. Hence,
even all know deep-down that Mr.
Lion was their king, but they were
proud of living together in one alienated cage.
Suddenly the lion mounted his
voice and intrigued the wolf. “You
never thought of making me a pair
of shoes,” the lion showered his triggered feelings. The wolf, however,
answered quietly and said, “You
are perfectly right. But, for clarifying you so clearly, shoes are made
of monkey’s and fox’s skins.” The
lion hurried to the cage in which
the fox and the monkey had their
cozy sleeping time; and he, the lion,
declared a carnage on the victims.
Soon, the lion skinned their hides
neatly thinking of facilitating for
having a beautiful pair of shoes.
The wolf took the skin and went
onto a lake. To the question the
lion raised, the wolf enticed that
it is proper to soak a skin in a lake
thereby to have a softer and exceedingly qualified hide. Unfortunately,
after a limited time cycle, the wolf
returned from the lake and told to
King Lion: “Lord Lion, I’m sorry
to tell you this, but I’ve just met
someone who looks like you in the
lake and he snatched the skin from
me.” The lion roared his voice and
authenticated his unreserved anger.
Soon, he ran toward the lake to deal
with the new situation.
When he—the lion—reached the
lake, he saw his own reflection in
the water. He now became sure of
the one who snatched the skin aggressively from the wolf. To kill this
lion, therefore, he dived to the lake.
However, the king of the animals
drowned in the reflecting lake with
great splashing and splattering. Just
he declared his own destiny to be
that!
Its Multi-Featured Perspectives
Sainte Jerome (c.341-420) once
philosophized that ‘one man’s benefit is another man’s loss.’ Assuredly, this is one of the pillars that have
supported for the creation of the
Westerners ‘ultra-individualistic’
society. It has once been echoed that
there is no such a battle in which the
rich and the poor would wage a war
in a same room for a same reason.
According to their so alleged philosophy, it is naturedly architected path
to comprehend that ways for the
enriched and the destitute are differently positioned. The aisle on which
the rich countries, the militarily
empowered states and the globally
respected nations have been travelling is, therefore, a track for others
to travel on it with deep sorrow and
desperation!
Just read between lines in this Kunama’s children story. The animals
had a great moment of courage and
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Kunama’s Children Story:
The Deadly Reflection
living earnestly. Their time was allocated for singing peace, to compose
integrity and unison, and to share
happiness and modest lifestyle.
Unfortunately, the wolf came with
its entire mightiest tool: conspiracy
and paving the way for eternal lost.
Unfold economic books and there is
you will find Englishman’s philosophy: “All cannot be happy at once
because the glory of one state depends upon the ruins of the other.”
He had archived this account of
advocacy in 1643. However, its impacts have been continuing. Nations
and individuals’ turned their time,
energy and wealth in searching this
gate for derailing the poor onto morasses of poverty, the thinker into
mercenary, the religious into extremist, and the temples into venues
of politicized tricks. As lucidly portrayed in the Kunama’s children story, there are wolves that have remain
sleepless during nights and days for
inventing excuses and means to
isolate others from their own paths
for self-growth, development and
friendship.
How the wolf derailed the one
time peaceful ‘brothers’ and typical
‘family’ members into such demise
has been clearly animated. Paving
such trap is the first mean. Just the
wolf remained successful in exploiting the innocence of the animals
as a means to be harassed and kill
by Mr. Lion. Here, I may have, together with the victim animals in
this story, two options: whether to
follow the Listian Principle or the
Neo-Classical principle. No matter
of her political perspectives, British
Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher laid
the foundation of the Neo-Classical
principle after she advocated that
there was no such thing as society in
1987. The Listan is, however, different from this.
As in the story the King Lion denied to live peacefully by avoiding
his ‘untruly’ founded demand, currently, even individuals have chosen
swimming against their respective
societies positive storms. But we
need individuals those who minimize
our sufferance, those who share our
joy and those who point on the glittering moon when we have started
thinking of the gloomy seem darkness. Yes. There is no such a great,
influential, empowering, destroying,
resurrecting force and mystical as
a society is. In the aforementioned
Kunama’s children story, the lost
life of the animals has, indeed, appreciatively tuned implications. We
can read how an irrational idea emanated from the deeply covered evil
of the wolf ruined others life. Society of the animals, therefore, judged
for eternal condemnation.
Hence, while there are innumerable wealth accounts that have been
amassed by individuals, why in turn
did the individuals are still unsatisfied, attacked by the feelings of paranoid and skeptics? Just they heard
the wolves of hegemony, materialistically maddened wolves which
believed that ‘ultra-individualistic’
lifestyle is the best offer. And the
unreasonably fermented philosophy
is mounting all its calamities. Individuals turned into greedy human
beings. However, as reflected deep
inside in the Kunama’s children story, enhancing your awareness from
such traps, defending strongly your
society from the ruining wolves’
acts, supporting for the peaceful
societies, joining volunteer organizations that strive to usher hope
and peace, are just a few means for
remedying the wounds of our contemporary world.
Of course, the enjoyment of the
tenacious mother who is chatting
heartedly while sipping her coffee,
of fathers who are spending their
spare times in ‘Enda Suwas’, and
those who are working in cottage industries like Medeber, there is great
and thanksgiving lifestyle. Just we
need to expel the wolf that is soaring to destroy positive side of our
social traces, our prolific heritages.
At last, the Lion in this Kunama’s
children drowned untimely. That is
why I chant no more canes to hit the
poor nations, no more conspiracies
to isolate others, no such defamatory speeches, no more futile wealth
philosophy, no more unreasonably
applied ‘ultra-individualism’ privileges. Just what more needed is
giving societies their means to sit in
their yards and to deliberate about
peace, development, friendship, and
guarding flocks of the sheep against
the wolves. Because, conspiracy
is there to breed hatred feelings by
turn-off the lights of living peacefully, of course, we all suppose to
oppose it vehemently. Just let’s read
this Kunama’s children story again
and again!
Yosief Z. Abraham
Eritrea Profile, Wednesday 22nd of april, 2015
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Ability to read and write English
2.
Rigger
Type of Contract; Indefinite period
Duties / Functions
 Assist to load and offload containers and equipment safely.
 To assist to do maintenance in and around Bisha Mine
 Plan jobs and manage Assistant Riggers and Trainees to operate forklifts and cranes efficient
in and around the Bisha Site.
 Must be willing and able to do training on lifting and Rigging inside and around the plant.
 Ensure safe and correct working practices at all times following Standard Operating Procedure.
 Must be willing to work overtime required.
 Ensure continues operations and optimum performance of all fixed plant production equipment by strict adherence to maintenance schedules and standards of workmanship.
Profile: Qualifications and Experience
If he have similar experience on slinging and
Formal Education,
working with lifting equipment it will be an
Certifications or
advantage.
Equivalents
Must be very Safety conscious and be able to work
on heights.
2 Years post trade experience of which 1 year must
be in an industrial environment with preference in
Working Experience –
the materials handling or crushing plants will be an
Nature & Length
advantage
Leadership Experience –
Nature & length of time
Preference will be given to demonstrate leadership
experience.
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Other skills and abilities
Fluent Tigrigna, basic knowledge of English. Tool
recognition and correct application. The ability to
apply the most efficient work procedure to execute
the work.
3.
Carpenter
Type of Contract; Definite
Duties / Functions
 Erection and assembling steel structure and prefab houses.
 Follow established safety rules & regulations and maintain a safe and clean working environment.
 Erect scaffolding and ladders for erecting and assembling structures and prefab houses.
 Construct forms and chutes for pouring concrete in to structural foundations.
 Formwork erection for plinths, foundation walls, columns and beams.
 Fabricate wooden doors, shelves and cup boards etc.
 Perform other related works as instructed by supervisor.
Profile: Qualifications and Experience
Formal Education, Certifications
or Equivalents
Working Experience – Nature &
Length
Grade six and above and fit to work on
heights, roofing etc.
Worked for five years or more with known
national and international construction
companies.
Familiar on using of portable electrical
power tools and other related construction
equipment
Have experience in working on wood
working machines and power tools
Leadership Experience – Nature &
length of time
Not Applicable
Other skills and abilities
Experience in working on wood working
machines will be an advantage.
General Information and other requirements:
 Place of Work: Bisha.
 Salary: As per Company salary scale.
 Additional requirement for Nationals:
 Having fulfilled his/her National Service obligation and provide evidence of release paper
from the Ministry of Defense.
 Present clearance paper from current/last employer.
 Testimonial documents to be attached (CV, work experience credentials, a copy of your
National Identity Card etc.).
 Only shortlisted applicants would be considered as potential candidates for an interview.
 Application documents will not be returned to sender.
 All applications should be sent through the post office.
 Deadline for application: 10 days from the day of publication in the Newspaper.
 Address: Please mail your applications to;
•
Bisha Mining Share Company,
•
P. O. Box 4276 Asmara, Eritrea
 Note to Eritrean applicants:
 Please send a copy of your application to
 Aliens Employment permit Affairs,
 P. O. Box 7940 Asmara, Eritrea
How The Us Administration.. .
continued from page 8
BATT); — Zelambessa, in UNMEE’s Sector
Center; and — the disputed town of Badme,
currently under Ethiopian control but awarded to Eritrea in the April 2002 decision of
the Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission
(EEBC). The USG delegation met only with
UNMEE officials at Adigrat and Zelambessa. On January 20, the Ethiopian National
Defense Force (ENDF) airlifted the delegation to Badme. A young NCO assisted with
Amharic interpretation as the group moved
throughout Badme, speaking at random with
male and female residents of Badme, ranging
from young schoolchildren to the elderly, in
what was clearly an unexpected visit. The local administrator of Badme said that Badme
had 5,000 residents. The delegation also met
with UNMEE military observers (MILOBs)
at UNMEE’s Badme team site….”
“…She said she had a better understanding
of the challenges Meles faced in implementing the EEBC decision, citing the “strong
impression of Ethiopian identity in Badme.”
She said that residents of Badme were well-
informed and opinionated, spoke with “the
passion of a people invaded,” and had criticized the EEBC decision as unjust, unfair,
and unbalanced. Badme villagers, including a
one-legged man who said he was prepared to
sacrifice his remaining leg, claimed that they
would rather go to war than live under Eritrean administration. Elders, who spoke Amharic rather than Tigrinya, asserted that Eritrean President Isaias had banned a traditional
song whose lyrics identified a nearby river as
the boundary…”
“…Meles had told A/S Frazer that he accepted the EEBC decision, and that the GOE’s
caveat that it accepted the decision (only) “in
principle” came as a suggestion offered by the
UK. For Meles, the problem was the implementation of the EEBC’s decision, for which
he seeks dialogue with Eritrea, she added.
SRSG Legwaila said that Meles dropping
the caveat would be a positive development,
which would then allow the international
community to push Eritrea. Legwaila noted
that “in principle” did not appear in the GOE’s
January 16 memorandum on the border situation submitted to the UN Security Council.
Legwaila agreed not to publicize Meles’ flexibility on “in principle,” however…”
Eritrea Profile, Wednesday 22nd of april, 2015
Aron Hidru
The most important and key factor for accelerating the successful
achievement of development goals
of any nation is its ability to effectively utilize its workforce. All other opportunities and resources for
developing the economies of poor
countries are certainly fruitless unless there is competent manpower
devoted towards the materialization of development objectives.
In other words, if a country has
competent personnel with required
degree of commitment, it does not
matter whether the country is or
not endowed with considerable resources; it is human resource that
makes a difference in the journey
of developing nation-states.
That is why nation-states heavily
invest in educating their citizenry.
That means education is considered a means for equipping individual members of a society with the
right skills and techniques needed
for developing the economy and
for changing the society. For this
reason, education is regarded as a
major determinant or an engine of
long-term growth. To this degree,
we can imagine how considerably
important the returns on the investments associated with education
can be.
Unfortunately, in the case of developing countries, the returns on
the huge amount of money poor
nations invest in educating their
citizens are enjoyed by the rich nations as result of brain drain. Stated
differently, education in the developing world is a sector where what
poor countries sow is reaped by the
rich countries due to the negative
effects of brain drain.
Most of those people who emigrate from poor countries to rich
countries are young and well-educated – mostly people with tertiary education. Hence, brain drain
can be considered as fatal as HIV/
AIDS
- even more detrimental than
HIV/AIDS - to the economy of a
country simply because both of
them attack the most productive
part of a society – the young. Taking into account the contribution
the young members of a society
will have in catalyzing the development of a nation, we can easily
imagine how constraining manpower losses can be in the progress of societies affected by brain
drain.
Thinking that there are circumstances where education is one of
the highly subsidized public services in the developing world,if
the returns of such huge invest-
ment are used up by other nations
this will considerably damage the
economy of the poor countries of
the Third World that are often the
sources of brains that are utilized
by the developed world. If those
who are educated by way of public
subsidies tend to serve those countries that invest nothing in their
education, then indirectly the poor
countries are subsidizing the rich
countries of the West.
Research conducted by one of
Polish banks indicates that Polish immigrants to UK are aged
between 24 and 35 with 40% possessing a university degree (http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_
drain). The UNDP estimates that
India loses $ 2 billion a year because of emigration of computer
experts to the United States (ibid.).
More than 500,000 Russian scientists and computer programmers
have left the country since the fall
of the Soviet Union in 1991. Lithuania has lost about 100,000 citizens (many of them are young and
well-educated) since 2003. More
importantly, Latin American countries and African countries suffer
a much more considerable loss of
professionals as a consequence of
brain drain. It has been stated in
Wikipedia Encyclopedia that conservatively speaking, brain drain
has cost the African continent over
$4 billion in the employment of
150,000 expatriate professionals
annually.
This indicates that brain drain
is among the most constraining
bottlenecks in the progress of the
developing world countries.
When compared to the developing world countries, developed
countries may not be negatively
affected by human capital flight.
This is because there is a net gain
of skills in the case of rich nations.
For example, the fact that many
New Zealanders immigrate to other
nations in search of better opportunities may not have negative impact on the economy of the country since those who emigrate from
New Zealand are outnumbered by
the professionals who immigrate to
New Zealand from relatively poor
countries. In this case, there will be
a net gain of skills. Hover, in the
case of poor countries there is only
a loss of manpower and no gain at
all.
Brain drain is believed to be
common among developing nations such as African countries
mainly for the reason that marketable skills are not financially
rewarded. Not only lack of im-
Brain Gain/
6
Retaining Incentives
pressive salaries but political pressures and lack of other forms of
opportunities are also regarded to
be among the main reasons of for
emigration.To add insult to an injury, there are also opportunities that
are designed by the rich countries
(for example, green card and work
visa granted to skilled professionals in the US and blue card policy
in the EU) to attract highly skilled
professionals from the developing
world. These are partly means of
filling the manpower gaps between
the aged and the young workforce
in these countries. In Europe, fro
example, there is a felt need for
immigration of professionals in
order to mitigate the effects of the
aging population. How can poor
countries counter such activities
and contain the intentions of the
rich countries assuming the differences between the means employed bythe two groups of nations
for attracting the skilled nationals
of poor countries?
Considering that there is an apparent lack of opportunities in the
poor countries when compared to
the corresponding opportunities
in the rich countries, and the fact
that there are tendencies of seeking
better opportunities in the minds of
skilled poor countries’ professionals, can we think that there can be
a metaphoric correlation between
catchment area and a river on the
one hand, and the flow of educated
people from poor countries to rich
countries on the other? Is it a rule
of life for better opportunities to
drain skilled personnel into the
developed world just as is the case
with a catchemnt area which drains
rainfall into a river? In this case,
can we regard the rich countries as
rivers and the poor countries as basins? Is brain drain an irreversible
process?
Brain drain can not be an irreversible process if poor country governments are committed enough to
contain it. It has to be noted that it
is believed that the reasons fro ensuring sustainable development in
the Asian success stories is partly
linked with the countries’ ability
to attract back home their nationals who previously immigrated
to the developed countries. This is
termed as a brain gain (the opposite
of brain drain). Brain gain has the
advantage of enriching the experiences of such countries due to the
transfers of knowledge and experiences with those who immigrate
back to their home countries.
Therefore, we should not assume that it is unthinkable for poor
countries to check brain drain taking into account the strong economic bases of rich countries and
poor countries’ relative inability
or shortage of incentives to gain
back their emigrated workforce
and retain those who are within
their jurisdiction. The fact that
people love to live in their countries of origin with the relatives
and friends whom they love can be
a good virtue for poor countries to
regain those professionals lost as a
result of brain drain and to retain
those who are serving their people.
To this effect, the incentives that
can be provided by poor societies
in an effort to regain the skills of
emigrants and retain the skills of
the ones serving in their home land
need not be necessarily comparable
in magnitude to the incentives used
by the rich countries in their efforts
to attract the nationals of the poor
countries.
Considering the paramount contribution of educated manpower in
materializing development goals,
poor countries must do their possible best to make an effective use
of their key and scarce resource.
Their investment should not be limited to educating these people only.
Rather it would be much wiser to
invest in devising mechanisms of
owning (retaining) and socializing
their workforce, especially those
with high skills so as to ensure
the optimal use of the returns associated with the investment in the
educational sector.
Manpower experts assert that
there is no goals congruence in the
relationship between organizations
and their members; there is no perfect match between the needs of
organizations and the employees.
The point is that people by their
very nature are believed to be rational creatures whoa are inclined
to act towards the things that maximize their interests. Hence, there
is a need for organizations to be as
flexible as possible in order to align
their goals or performance with the
needs of their labor force. That is
policies need to be designed taking into consideration the inherent
inclinations of the human resource.
It is believed that institutions can
reduce goal incongruence by effectively socializing their manpower.
This means organizations can effectively own their employees
by providing different structures
of incentives such as training opportunities and non-monetary rewards. The more public service organizations provide opportunities
to their respective employees, the
more the employees feel a sense of
ownership in the organization that
is willing to invest in their future;
in such a situation, the members
feel that they owe the organization
a lot as a result of the opportunities their organizations provide to
them, and they tend to feel a sense
of compensating their organizations in return to the opportunities provided to them – they tend
to serve them more honestly and
become loyal. In this case, some
manpower analysts argue thatreciprocity is very applicable in such
relationships. Japanese institutions
are believed to be the most effective and successful ones in owning
their employees. This is to mean
that the institutions in Japan invest
much in significantly shaping the
professional life of their employees. This is a strong indication that
socialization coupled with positive
incentives does enable institutions
to effectively own their members.
Public servants can easily be owned
by things that enable them to have
secured life such as enabling them
to own a house in the long run or
promising them to secure a house
at some point of their service in the
public sector. Opportunities that
are likely to enrich or enlarge their
experiences and knowledge horizon are also among the major factors that considerably hearten civil
servants to serve honestly and loyally and enable their institutions to
own and socialize them.
Let me finish by quoting what
Thabo Mbeki once said:
In our world in which the generation of new knowledge and its
application to change the human
condition is the engine which
moves human society further away
from barbarism, do we not have
need to recall Africa’s hundreds
of thousands of intellectuals back
from their places of emigration in
Western Europe and North America, to rejoin those who remain still
within our shores! I dream of the
day when these, the African mathematicians and computer specialists in Washington and New York,
the African physicists, engineers,
doctors, business managers and
economists, will return from London and Manchester and Paris and
Brussels to add to the African pool
of brain power, to enquire into and
find solutions to Africa’s problems
and challenges, to open the African
door to the world of knowledge, to
elevate Africa’s place within the
universe of research the information of new knowledge, education
and information.
ads
Vacancy Announcement
Eritrea Profile, Wednesday 22nd of april, 2015
Bisha Mining Share Company is inviting applicants for the following positions for its Bisha Site Project.
1. Heavy Mobile Equipment (HME) Mechanic (03)
Duties / Functions
 Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures,
rules, and regulations.
 Ensures operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements on production machines, engines, motors, pneumatic systems, following diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer’s instructions, and
engineering specifications; troubleshooting malfunctions.
 Knowledge of KPI’s on all equipment
 Locates sources of problems by observing mechanical devices in operation; listening for problems; using precision measuring and testing instruments.
 Removes defective parts by dismantling devices; using hoists, cranes, and hand and
power tools; examining form and texture of parts to determine failures.
 Determines changes in dimensional requirements of parts by inspecting used parts;
using rules, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments.
 Understands and is familiar with basic hydraulic systems.
 Controls downtime by informing production workers of routine preventive maintenance techniques; monitoring compliance.
 Maintains equipment, parts, and supplies inventories by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed equipment, parts, and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt.
 Conserves maintenance resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to
accomplish best job results.
 Provides mechanical maintenance information by answering questions and requests
for team members and supervisors
 Prepares mechanical maintenance reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends
 Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing
technical publications; establishing personal networks.
 Maintains continuity among work teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
 Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
 Perform any verbal instructions given by supervisors as long as it does not contradict any safety standards.
Profile: Qualifications and Experience
• Relevant level of
competency as a Diesel or
HME Mechanic
Formal Education, Certifications or
Equivalents
• Certification of competency
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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Bisha Mining Share Company is inviting applicants for the following
position for Bisha site project;
Drill and Blast Engineer
Number required – (01)
Type of contract – Definite period (2 years)
Major Duties and responsibilities.
•
Provide drill and blast engineering services including blast hole pattern design and
‘tie-in’/charge design.
•
In consultation with planning personnel, prepare blast master for all mining areas
3 months in advance.
•
Liaise with the Short Term Planning Engineer and Production Superintendent to efficiently schedule the drilling and blasting requirements and minimize interruption of other
mining operations.
•
Liaise with the Drill and Blast Superintendent to ensure drilling and blasting operations are carried out in a cost effective manner.
•
Liaise with the Drill and Blast Superintendent to develop and implement procedures that optimize the drill and blast process.
•
Resolve drill and blast technical problems.
•
Prepare, monitor and update production data associated with drilling and blasting
activities. Review Q/A data, digging sheets and blast videos to determine areas of further
improvement.
•
Liaise with consultant and specialist suppliers as required.
•
Inspect drill and blast areas periodically.
•
Consult and develop a close working relationship with the Geotechnical Engineer
in order to optimize pit wall stability.
•
Provide specialist reports on particular facets of the drill and blast operation.
•
Actively report hazards and incidents.
•
Act in a safe manner.
•
Act for the Drill and Blast Superintendent.
Profile: Qualifications and Experience
A formal degree in Mining of Civil
Formal
Education,
Engineering.
Certifications or Equivalents
Working Experience – Nature
& Length
Leadership Experience –
Nature & length of time
• Minimum of 5 years as a
Mechanic
Working Experience – Nature &
Length
Leadership Experience – Nature &
length of time
Other skills and abilities
• 5 Years’ experience as a
Diesel or HME Mechanic
• None required but would be
an advantage.
• Driver’s license Grade 2
General Information and other requirements:

Place of Work: Bisha.

Type of contract:
definite period

Salary: As per Company salary scale.

Additional requirement for Nationals:

Having fulfilled his/her National Service obligation and provide evidence of release paper from the Ministry of Defense.

Present clearance paper from current/last employer.

Testimonial documents to be attached (CV, work experience credentials, a copy of your
National Identity Card etc.).

Only shortlisted applicants would be considered as potential candidates for an interview.

Application documents will not be returned to sender.

All applications should be sent through the post office.

Deadline for application: 10 days from the day of publication in the Newspaper.

Address: Please mail your applications to;
Bisha Mining Share Company,
P. O. Box 4276 Asmara, Eritrea

Note to Eritrean applicants:
Please send a copy of your application to
Aliens Employment permit Affairs,
P. O. Box 7940 Asmara, Eritrea
Other skills and abilities
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in
designing of drill and blast patterns
• Quarry Manager’s Ticket (Desirable)
Management position for 6-8 years in the
mining open pit operations.
• Demonstrated knowledge of blast
design and initiation software.
(Surpac) and Excel.
• Able to use software such as Blast
Map or Tie In.
• Effective English oral and written
communication skills.
General Information and other requirements:

Place of Work: Bisha.

Salary: As per Company salary scale.
Additional requirement for Nationals:

Having fulfilled his/her National Service obligation and provide evidence of release paper from the Ministry of Defense.

Present clearance paper from current/last employer.

Testimonial documents to be attached (CV, work experience credentials, a copy of your
National Identity Card etc.).

Only shortlisted applicants would be considered as potential candidates for an interview.

Application documents will not be returned to sender.

All applications should be sent through the post office.

Deadline for application: 10 days from the day of publication in the Newspaper.

Address: Please mail your applications to;
Bisha Mining Share Company,
P. O. Box 4276 Asmara, Eritrea

Note to Eritrean applicants:
Please send a copy of your application to
Aliens Employment permit Affairs,
P. O. Box 7940 Asmara, Eritrea.
Eritrea Profile, Wednesday 22nd of april, 2015
8
How The Us Administration Undermined The Eritrea Ethiopia Peace proces
By: Sophia Tesfamariam
The Eritrean Quislings League
(EQL), a disparate group of selfproclaimed “Intellectuals and
Professionals”, national service
evaders, defectors, pedophiles,
religious extremists who support
groups like the Boka Haram in Nigeria and fringe Christian groups
in the Bible belt, human traffickers and smugglers responsible for
the tragic death of Eritreans in the
Sinai, the Sahara desert, the Red
Sea and Mediterranean and bankrupt mercenaries in their employ
scream foul and jump in defense
of the west, especially the United
States, all the while undermining
Eritrea, its people and government. Everyone that knows a thing
or two about Eritrea and its magnanimous people knows that:
 Eritrea does not fabricate,
lie, pretend etc. to advance its political interests at home or abroad.
 Eritrea does not harbor
any ill will against the United
States or the American people and
only seeks justice and respect for
the rights of her people.
 Eritrea does not make accusations it cannot back up with
facts and evidence-and seeks the
same when being accused.
So when Eritrea puts the responsibility for the “stalemate”
in the Eritrea Ethiopia border issue squarely at Washington’s feetit is not because it imagined it to
be, but because the facts actually
do show that it is the US (with
its allies in tow) that has single
handedly undermined the Algiers
Agreements it witnessed and
guaranteed, attempted to amend,
revise, re-visit the Eritrea Ethiopia
Boundary Commissions’ (EEBC)
final and binding delimitation and
demarcation decisions of 13 April
2002 and November 2007 respectively, and provided the minority
regime in Ethiopia the diplomatic,
economic, political, and military
shield and support as it continues
to occupy sovereign Eritrean territories, including Badme, the casus
belli of the Eritrea Ethiopia border
conflict of 1998-2000.
The orchestrated vilification
and defamation campaigns by the
EQL and their handlers intensified
when the EEBC, which had the
sole mandate to delimit and demarcate the Eritrea Ethiopia border refused to allow the various
gimmicks and ploys presented by
Ethiopia and its handlers in order
to amend, revise, re-visit and annul the EEBC’s final and binding
decisions.
After publicly claiming to have
“won” in court and accepting the
Eritrea Ethiopia Border Commission’s decision as final and binding and urging the international
community to pressure Eritrea
for the speedy demarcation of the
border, Ethiopia defiantly held the
demarcation activities hostage by
demanding changes, amendments,
and revisions, with acquiescence
and tacit approval of the United
States and its allies.
The Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary
Commission (“the Commission”)
following its meeting in private
session in The Hague on 20 November 2006 to consider procedures to be followed in connection
with the demarcation of the boundary between Eritrea and Ethiopia
issued a Statement[1] in which it
painstakingly documented Ethiopia’s obstructions to its mandate
and work. The EEBC said “the
obstacles from the Ethiopian side
took various forms”:
 prohibiting
field-work
within the territory under its control, thus impeding the survey of
ground control points for the aerial photography and the secondary datum survey (April to July
2002);
 filing extensive comments on the Delimitation Decision, amounting to an attempt to
reopen elements of the substance
of that Decision, instead of limiting itself to the requested comments on the draft 1:25,000 maps
(January 2003);
 alleging that the Field
Liaison Officers appointed by
Eritrea were intelligence officers
and refusing to allow field work
to continue in Ethiopian territory, then failing to appoint ad
hoc Field Liaison Officers within
the prescribed time limit following the Commission’s Order of 9
February 2003 so as to allow field
work to resume without further
delay (January to February 2003);
 failing to appoint new
Field Liaison Officers for the remaining demarcation activities
following the Commission’s Decision pursuant to Article 15B of
the Demarcation Directions (July
2003 to March 2006);
 failing to provide assurances for the security of all demarcation personnel (August 2003 to
the present); failing to comment
on maps which indicated the pillar locations in the Eastern Sector
(September 2003);
 repeatedly refusing to authorize necessary flight requests
lodged by the Chief Surveyor;
eventually limiting the Commission’s field work to the Eastern
Sector by statements that the ad
hoc Field Liaison Officers would
only be permitted to operate in the
Eastern Sector; complaining to the
Secretary-General of the United
Part I
Nations of what Ethiopia termed
“illegal, unjust and irresponsible
decisions” of the Commission in
respect of Badme and parts of the
Central Sector, and proposing that
the Security Council set up an alternative mechanism to demarcate
the parts of the boundary it contested (September 2003);
 denouncing in that same
letter the Commission’s Delimitation Decision by stating that it
would only recognise the southern
boundary of the Temporary Security Zone (“TSZ”) as the international boundary;
 failing to provide assurances for the security of the contractors selected for the emplacement and as-built survey of the
boundary pillars (September to
October 2003);
 rejecting the Commission’s invitation to attend a meeting on 5 November 2003, claiming that the notice was too short
and that there was no likelihood of
anything being achieved (October
2003);
 refusing to permit any
work to be carried out by the
Commission’s field staff in the
Western and Central Sectors until
the boundary in the Eastern Sector
had been demarcated and subject
to Ethiopia’s approval of the Commission’s method of demarcation
(November 2003);
 failing to make prompt
payment of its share of the Commission’s expenses (February
2004 to February 2005);
 rejecting the Commission’s invitation to a meeting to
be held on 22 February 2005 on
the ground that the meeting was
premature, would be unproductive
and could have an adverse impact
on the demarcation process, as a
result of which the Commission
was obliged to cancel the meeting
(February 2005);
 failing again to meet its
financial obligations (May 2006 to
the present); introducing qualifications to its previously unqualified
acceptance of the final and binding
quality of the Delimitation Decision (17 May 2006);
 failing to respond to the
Commission’s request for assurances of freedom of movement
and security for its staff travelling
to the region to reopen the Commission’s Field Offices (July to
August 2006);
 and failing to respond to
the Commission’s invitation to a
rescheduled meeting on 24 August
2006…”
Ethiopia which depends on the
US and its allies to feed tis people,
manage its economic, social and
military sectors and subsidize 60%
of its budget has been emboldened
by the shield and support it re-
ceives.
Suffice it to highlight excerpts
from the following US Embassy
cables that clearly show the extent
of US interference and influence
in appeasing the minority regime
in Ethiopia as it violated international law, the EEBC’s final and
binding decisions and the over
two dozen UN Security Council resolutions that called on it to
abide by its moral and legal treaty
obligations.
ETHIOPIA: MELES DISCUSSES BORDER ISSUE WITH DAS
YAMAMOTO-1 December 2005
“…Ethiopian Prime Minister
Meles told visiting DAS Don Yamamoto and Charge Huddleston
November 29, that the time is not
yet ripe to move forward on the
boundary dispute with Eritrea.
The Prime Minister said he would
not send a team to attend a meeting called by the EEBC, but was
not opposed to a future meeting.
Meles maintained that resolution
of the border issue was dependent
on Eritrean President Isaias accepting a dialogue on normalizing
relations…”
Vicki Huddleston wrote:
“…Meles’ stated position remains unchanged. Progress on the
border can proceed only if Meles is
assured of a dialogue with Eritrea
on normalizing relations and Isaias receives equal assurance of demarcation of the border. Potential
elements for moving both parties
proposed by the EEBC discussed
are “open borders”, allowing free
movement of people without restrictions after demarcation; and
giving full authority to the EEBC
to demarcate the border, including
areas where there are “anomalies
and impracticalities.” Ultimately,
when both sides view the necessity for peaceful bilateral discussions, resolution of the border will
become a greater priority…”
UN REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO MONITOR AND
RESOLVE ERITREA-ETHIOPIA
CRISIS-10/28/2005[2] “…Legwaila stated that following Ethiopia’s demobilization of
150,000 troops before 2003, PM
Meles had told him that Ethiopia’s
strategy was to isolate Eritrea and
wait for it to implode economically. According to Legwaila, Meles’s five-point peace proposal of
November 2004 therefore represented a shift in policy, and reflected an attempt to engage Eritrea
constructively in talks. Legwaila
explained that Article 416 of the
cease-fire agreement called for the
UN to deal with the consequences
of demarcation (e.g., in providing
funds to resettle those in border
areas that would be transferred
among parties). Whereas the UN
was originally envisioned as pro-
viding humanitarian or technical
assistance, Ethiopia now sought to
invoke the article to have the UN
play a larger political role, Legwaila said. Eritrea, however, has
explicitly rejected contacts with
both the SRSG and with UN Special Envoy for Ethiopia and Eritrea Lloyd Axworthy…”
“…Upon the announcement
of the EEBC’s decision in April
2002, Ethiopia’s foreign minister
hosted a celebration and issued a
statement hailing the decision as
a victory for both parties; however, Ethiopia had not realized
that Badame had been awarded
to Eritrea. The reason for this
is the the EEBC did not identify
Badame so it took sometime for
the experts to determine to whom
Badame had been given. Legwaila
observed that delimitation of the
border (i.e., determining where
it lies) was complete, whereas
demarcation (i.e., placing physical markers) was stalemated. Delimitation of the border had been
conducted professionally and impartially, Legwaila said, through
an Asmara-based chief surveyor
armed with GPS equipment and
assistance from New Zealand experts, and with aerial mapping
conducted by a Swedish company.
Demarcation would reflect the
boundaries determined by delimiation — there would be very
little change, e.g. Badame would
remain in Eritrea…”
“…Ethiopia’s general objection
to demarcation lies partially in the
August 2003 demarcation directives, Legwaila explained, which
instruct surveyors to confirm the
EEBC’s delimitation of the border.
Specifically, an instruction for surveyors to confirm a line between
“point 9 and point 6″ would serve
to have them reaffirm the EEBC’s
decision that places Badme on the
Eritrean side. Ethiopia cannot accept Badme as Eritrean territory,
Legwaila explained, as doing so
would compel Ethiopia to recognize that it was the aggressor when
entering Badme during 1998 hostilities…”
A/S FRAZER AND UNMEE
SRSG DISCUSS NEXT STEPS
ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER-8 February 2006[3]
“…On January 19-20, AF Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer, AF
Special Assistant Kendra Gaither,
and AF Military Advisor COL
Kevin Kenny, accompanied by
Charge, DATT, and deputy pol/
econ counselor, visited the following sites on the Ethiopia-Eritrea
border: — Adigrat, Sector Center headquarters for the United
Nations Mission in Ethiopia and
Eritrea (UNMEE), manned by
UNMEE’s Indian battalion (INDcontinued on page 5
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