an Assessment of the’ No Peace no War‘ Situation Between Ethiopia and Eritrea and Its Implication to Human Security: - The Case of Zelambessa Town Tigray Regional State

No Thumbnail Available

Date

2019-12

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Addis Ababa University

Abstract

The main purpose of this thesis is to assess the ‘no peace no war’ situation between Ethiopian and Eritrea and its implication towards human security in case of Zelambessa town. To this end, the thesis employed qualitative research approach to examine participant’s economic activities, Health security’s, and community interaction among the two country bordering area with Zelambessa town ,the way make sense of their lives or experiences and it’s challenges. The data were collected through in-depth interviews, document review, Focus Group Discussions, and non-participant observation. The participants of the thesis were selected purposefully based on their skills, experiences, knowledge’s and exposures of the research participants to the problem. The result of this study reveals that ‘no peace no war’ situation among Ethiopia and Eritrea affected Zelambessa town in the following ways. One is in its economic security in which, it hinders land use from agricultural cultivation, dairy farming and cattle ranching, inaccessible to local market, trade, and unemployment. Secondly, the Health security problems in the study area are prevalence of HIV/AIDS, rape, unwanted pregnancy and abortion. These are basically due to the presence of military camps and in accessible to health institution because of security threats. The third implication is community disintegration. This implies that the family member of each country is disintegrated and they can’t meet with each other families or relatives. Moreover The Community has lost its shared values like celebrating religious and cultural ceremony freely because they are lived under fear and suspicion. As a result of the current peace process of September 2018, there are new hopes and challenges to Zelambessa town. To solve this both the federal and the local government should work coordinately to ensure sustainable peace and security in accordance with public interest and national security. In addition to this to ensure human security in the study area the government should engage with general public and community elders in the peace making process, besides to attract investors plan and executed problem solving projects in the study area.

Description

Keywords

Human security, Zelambessa Town, ‘no peace no war’ situation

Citation