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March11th,2009        Under the leadership of Meles Zenawi’s longest serving Foreign Minister, Seyoum Mesfin, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seems to have adopted a robust strategy of wailing much louder than ever before.Lately, Seyoum Mesfin and his wailer-in-chiefs have launched a barrage of loud but empty tantrums against the International Criminal Court, the US Department of State, foreign media outlets, the Ethiopian Diaspora and human rights organizations. It seems Meles Zenawi’s enemies are too many to count.The chief strategist for the ‘diplomatic’ farce in the last 17 years is none other than Dr Tekeda Alemu, who might soon go into the Guinness World Records, along with his boss, as the longest serving Vice “Foreign Minister.” After the Tigray People’s Liberation Front marched into Addis Ababa and took over the helm of power in May 1991, Tekeda, who was once mocked as having a PhD in “political opportunism”, did an incredible somersault to get his position as the chief diplomatic attack dog. He was one of Col. Mengistu Hailemariam’s trusted lieutenants, the former tyrant’s globetrotting Deputy Foreign Minister. With the fall of the Derg, he was on the verge of being sent to jail with the rest of Mengistu’s cabinet. Impressed with his extreme elasticity and gymnastic skills, the current tyrant, Meles Zenawi, forgave his transgressions and took Tekeda and a few others like Mengitu’s “special adviser” turned Zenawi’s close confidant, another accomplished political gymnast, Dr Fasil Nahum. A humorist once joked that those like Tekeda and Fasil were listed with the rest of the fixtures seized at government offices

March 9, 2009

How Sweet It is!

“Justice is like a train that is nearly always late”, but it did arrive just in the nick of time for Omar Hassan al-Bashir, President of the Sudan. Al-Bashir is now a fugitive from justice, a wanted man by the International Criminal Court (ICC).  In his application for an arrest warrant last year, ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo alleged that over the preceding five years, al-Bashir had “masterminded with absolute control” and “appointed key personnel to implement” a criminal a plan “to destroy in substantial part the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups as such. Forces and agents controlled by Al-Bashir attacked civilians in towns and villages inhabited by the target groups, committing killings, rapes, torture and destroying means of livelihood.” Al-Bashir was further accused of causing the deaths of 35,000 people “outright”.  U.N. officials estimate as many as 300,000 people have been killed in the Darfur region since 2003, and 2.7 million displaced.

In Oromiya regional administration, west Shawa Zone, government forces killed Wondimu Damana, a 12th grade Gedo High School student. The soldiers also injured Belay Motuma and another female student.

"During the shooting incident, one student was killed, two were injured; and over 30 students, 1 teacher and 1 development assistant of Oromo national origin were taken into custody," MP and leader of the Oromo People´s Congress Dr Marara Gudina told the VOA.

Asked about the cause of the attacks, Gudina said that students discovered a derogatory letter written in Amharic in the school.

Students said the letter was intended to incite conflict between students of Amhara and Oromo nationalities.

6 March 2009

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Addis Abeba — Ethiopia's economic growth could slow to 6 percent in 2009 as the world slowdown is likely to hit its coffee export, tourism, and transportation the country's leading foreign exchange earners, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.

This is seen to largely contradict with the 12.8 percent economic growth maintained by the government.

But what did the IMF say on Wednesday?

March 5, 2009

 

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Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir parades in the streets of Khartoum and waves to supporters after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on Wednesday.(AFP)

Displaced Darfurians arrive by truck at the Zamzam refugee camp in northern Darfur, Sudan, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. More than 26,000 people from the region of Muhajeria have arrived in Zamzam camp in recent weeks, fleeing fighting and Arab militias. (AP Photo/Sarah El Deeb)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The president of Sudan became a wanted man Wednesday when the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur — its first action against a sitting head of state and one that could set the stage for more world leaders to be indicted.

President Omar al-Bashir's government retaliated by expelling 10 humanitarian groups from Darfur and seizing their assets, threatening lifesaving operations, a U.N. spokeswoman said.

Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said the United States supported the court's action "to hold accountable those who are responsible for the heinous crimes in Darfur." Up to 300,000 people have died and 2.7 million have fled their homes in the region.

U.N. officials in Sudan will continue to deal with al-Bashir because he remains the president of the country, U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said in New York.

In the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, the government denounced the warrant as part of a Western conspiracy aimed at destabilizing the vast oil-rich nation south of Egypt. "There will be no recognition of or dealing with the white man's court, which has no mandate in Sudan or against any of its people," the Information Ministry said.

Several thousand people waving pictures of al-Bashir and denouncing the court turned out in a rally in Khartoum. Some waved posters of chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo's face with pig ears superimposed to chants of, "Cowardly pig, you will not get to the Sudan."

Al-Bashir, who denies the accusations, drove through the capital after the warrant was announced, waving at crowds. Security was tightened at many embassies, and some diplomats and aid workers stayed home amid fears of retaliation against Westerners.

በአሥራ ሶስት ከተሞች ሰልፎች ተደረጉ- የካቲት 19 ቀን 2001 ዓ.ም በአለም አቀፍ ደረጀ ሕወሃት በኢትዮጵያ እያደረገ ያለዉን ግፍ፣ የወ/ት ብርቱካ ሚደቅሳንና በጭካኔ መታሰር፣ የአርቲስት ቴዲ አፍሮና በርካታ ንጹሃን ዜጎች በየእሥር ቤቱ መጎሳቆላቸዉን በማወገዝ የአሜሪካ መንግስት ሕወሃትን መደገፉን እንዲያቆም የሚጠይቁ ጥሪዎች በአለም አፍ ደረጃ በተሳካ ሁኔታ የተጠናቀቀ ሲሆን በአሁኑ ሰዓት ደግሞ በቫንኮቨርና በካልገሪ ካናዳ ኢትዮጵያዉያን በገዢዉ ፓርቲ ላይ ያላቸዉን ተቃዉሞ አስምተዋል።

ሰልፍ የተደረገባቸዉና እየተደረገባቸዉ ያሉ አሥራ ሶስት ከተሞች የሚከተሉት ናቸዉ - በዋሺንግተን ዲስ፣ በለንደን፣ በበርን ስዊዘርላንድ፣ በኦስሎ ኖርዌይ፣ በስቶክሆልም ስዊድን፣ በሮም ጣሊያን፣ በኮፐንሃገን ዴንማርክ፣ በፍራንክፈርት ጀርመን፣ በሙኒክ ጀርመን፣ በሜልቦርን አዉስትራሊያ፣ በቫንኮርቨር ብሪቲሽ ኮሎምቢያ (ካናዳ)፣ ካልገሪ አልበርታ (ካናዳ) ።

ፕሮፌሠር መስፍን ወ/ማርያም (የካቲት 20 ቀን 2001 ዓ.ም.)

ቅንጅትን ያፈረሰው የጥቂት ሰዎች ግለኛና አምባገነናዊ አሰራር በሌላ መልክ በአንድነት ውስጥ ሲከሰት

መግቢያ

አንድ መሰረታዊ ጥያቄ የሚያከራክር ሆኖ አላገኘሁትም፤ያነጋገርኳቸው የአንድነት አባላት ሁሉ ከመድረክ ጋር መቀራረብ፣ መወያየትና መመካከር አስፈላጊ መሆኑን ያምናሉ። ትልቁና ዋናው ጥያቄ በአንድነትና በመድረክ መካከል የሚፈጠረው ግንኙነት መዋቅራዊ ነው? ወይስ ተግባራዊ? (structural or functional?) የሚለው ይሆናል።

 

መዋቅራዊ ህልውናን ሊያሳጣ ይችላል፤ ተግባራዊው አስፈላጊ በሆኑ የጋራ ጉዳዮች ላይ በአቻነትና በነጻነት መመካከርን የሚያመቻች ይሆናል። ከነዚህ ከሁለቱ አማራጮች የትኛውን መንገድ መርጠን ከመድረክ ጋር እንቀራረባለን? በአሁኑ ጊዜ በአንድነት አባሎች መካከል የተፈጠረው የሃሳብ ልዩነት በለዚህ ጥያቄዎች ላይ ያተኮረ ከመሆኑም በላይ የደንብና ሥርዓት ጉዳዮችም አሉበት፤ በደንቡና ሥርዓቱ እንጀምር።

Saturday 28 February 2009

February 27, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) — Tens of thousands of people are reported to have been displaced after days of tribal clashes in one of a remote parts of Ethiopia’s south.

The fighting between the Borena tribes and the Gheri, Somali ethnic, was erupted earlier this month with a major battle on February 5 over land ownership, territory, water resource and grazing land.

Unconfirmed sources coming out from the area said some 300 people were killed and 100,000 residents are displaced as result of the fighting.

However the Ethiopia’s minister of state responsible for emergency and disaster planning, Mituku Kassa, has played down the report saying that this figure is over exaggerated but he acknowledges the existence of the problem.

29.01.2009  The ruling party in Ethiopia often portrays itself as a government that stands for the interest of Ethiopia and is committed to the rule of law.

As the International community and Ethiopians all over the world are calling for the unconditional and immediate release of the popular UDJ leader Birtukan Mideksa et other prisoners of conscience, Mr. Meles Zenawi has been hiding behind the “law”.

ውድ በጀርመን አገር የምትኖሩ ወገኖቻችን!

በሀገር ወዳድ ኢትዮጵያውያን ከተዋቀረው ከአለም አቀፉ አስተባባሪ ኮሚቴ በቀረበው ጥሪ መሰረት በጀርመንም ሀገር በሙኒክና በፍራንክፈርት ከተሞች ከአሜሪካ ቆንሲሎች ፊትለፊት በማርች 2 ቀን ሰላማዊ ሰልፎች ሰለሚካሄዱ የአንድ ቀን የግል ጉዳዮቻችሁን ወደ ጎን አድርጋችሁ በአቅራቢያችሁ በሚካሄደው ሰልፍ በመሳተፍ ወገናዊ ግዴታችሁን ትወጡ ዘንድ የሙኒክና አካባቢው፥ የኑረንበርግና አካባቢው እንዲሁም የኖርድራይን-ቬስትፋለን የአንድነት ድጋፍ ድርጅቶች ፤ ግብረሰናይ ድርጅቶችና ሀገር ወዳድ ግለሰቦች ጥሪውን ከአክብሮት ጋር ያቀርቡላችዃል::

 

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