Police investigating alleged abduction of two Ethiopians (ONLF Leaders) in Nairobi

January 29, 2014, Nairobi, Kenya (Standard Digital) : Kenyan police are investigating alleged abduction of two top officials of Ethiopia’s Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) from outside a popular restaurant in Upper Hill, Nairobi. The two who were identified as Mr Sulub Ahmed and Ali Hussein were members of the ONLF negotiation team that was in Nairobi for a proposed third round of talks. Other officials said the two were members of ONLF central committee. ONLF officials who asked not to be named claimed security agencies from Ethiopia and Kenya were involved in the kidnapping. They had been invited for a lunch date at a restaurant near TSC headquarters on Sunday afternoon when they were abducted by men who were in three waiting cars. One of the cars, a black Toyota Prado was seized and detained at the Turbi police station on Monday but the two were missing amid speculation they had been taken across to Ethiopia. Moyale OCPD Tom Atuti said there had been complaints of abduction of the two officials but they were yet to confirm who were behind it. “The vehicle and driver are under police custody to establish if indeed he was involved in the alleged kidnapping of the officials,” said Atuti. The ONLF officials who spoke in Nairobi said the two officials were invited by the Kenyan government for peace negotiations. “This is not the first time that such an incident happens and we urge that the government of Kenya provides us with security. We do not know the fate of our officials but we know they were taken to Ethiopia,” said an official who asked not to be named. He asked Kenya, which took the responsibility to be a neutral venue, and as a facilitator to investigate fully the incident and request the Ethiopian government to return the abductees. Analysts say that this move may affect diplomatic negotiations between ONLF and Ethiopia brokered by Kenyan Government on 2012. ONLF is a separatist rebel group fighting to make the region of Ogaden in eastern Ethiopia an independent state. ONLF, established in 1984, demands for the autonomy of this region, and claimed responsibility for several attacks since the beginning of 2007 aimed at Ethiopian forces in the area, which the government considers a region under the new federal system. There live nearly eight million people, mainly Somali. Because Ogaden is populated by many ethnic Somalis, the ONLF claims that Ethiopia is an occupying government. However, the Ogaden people are represented in the Ethiopian government by a number of groups, including the opposition Somali People’s Democratic Party (SPDP). Source: Standard Related: Ethiopia Abducts two key-ONLF senior leaders and negotiators in Nairobi, Kenya

Ethiopia Abducts two key-ONLF senior leaders and negotiators in Nairobi, Kenya

By Ahmed Abdi

January 28, 2014 (ONLF) — Two high-ranking members of the ONLF, who were peace negotiators between ONLF-and- Ethiopia have been abducted in Kenya by the Ethiopian security agents on Sunday afternoon(26/01/2014).

The Group issued yesterday a press release saying that “The Ethiopian security abducted Mr Sulub Ahmed and Ali Hussein, two senior ONLF leaders from Nairobi yesterday afternoon. The leaders, who were members of the ONLF negotiation team, were in Nairobi for a proposed third round of talks.”http://onlf.org/?p=578

Amharic fluent speaker-Sulub Ahmed ,a former ONLF-head-quarter’s commander and a member of Central Committee and Ali Hussein aka Ali-dhere ,a member of the 74 ONLF central Committee have been in Nairobi waiting to resume a peace-talk between Ethiopian government -and-ONLF which stalled 17 October last year. 

The two men had no guards with them during their stay in Nairobi. and they went missing yesterday afternoon after going to the town centre. Their cell phones went dead in the early afternoon. Early reports indicate that the Ethiopian security who armed with pistols drugged them and took  them to Moyale through Isiolo Route, crossing through the gaint Ogaden border .

Ethiopia – Land for Sale

As the economy thrives, we examine the plight of Ethiopians forced from their land to make way for foreign investors.

NGO’s and policy advocates say the true consequences of the land grabs are almost all negative [Reuters]

January 28, 2014 (Al Jazeera) — Just a few decades ago, Ethiopia was a country defined by its famines, particularly between 1983-1985 when in excess of half a million people starved to death as a consequence of drought, crop failure and a brutal civil war.

Against this backdrop, it is impressive that in recent years, Ethiopia has been experiencing stellar economic growth. The headline statistics are certainly remarkable: the country is creating millionaires faster than any other in Africa; output from farming, Ethiopia’s dominant industry, has tripled in a decade; the capital Addis Ababa is experiencing a massive construction boom; and the last six years have seen the nation’s GDP grow by a staggering 108 percent.

But it is not all positive news, because for all the good figures there are still plenty of bad ones.

Around 90 percent of the population of 87 million still suffers from numerous deprivations, ranging from insufficient access to education to inadequate health care; average incomes are still well below $1500 a year; and more than 30 million people still face chronic food shortages.

And while there are a number of positive and genuine reasons for the growth spurt – business and legislative reforms, more professional governance, the achievements of a thriving service sector – many critics say that the growth seen in agriculture, which accounts for almost half of Ethiopia’s economic activity and a great deal of its recent success, is actually being driven by an out of control ‘land grab’, as  multinational companies and private speculators vie to lease millions of acres of the country’s most fertile territory from the government at bargain basement prices.

Ethiopian opposition leaders detained after meeting with Amnesty International

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Amnesty International | 31 August 2011

Bekele was held immediately after he was interviewed by Claire Beston of Amnesty International U.K

Two Ethiopian opposition leaders have been arrested after meeting an Amnesty International delegation, which was afterwards expelled from the country, the organization said today.

One of the men was accused of terror-related offences, while the charges against the other man are not known.

“We are extremely concerned that the arrests of the two men occurred within days of talking with our delegates. Although the Ethiopian government has denied it, we are worried that their arrests are not a coincidence, but because they spoke to Amnesty International,” said Michelle Kagari, deputy programme director for Africa.

Bekele Gerba, deputy Chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) and Olbana Lelisa of the Oromo People’s Congress party (OPC) were both arrested on 27 August.

On the same day that the two men were arrested, the Amnesty International delegation was called to a government meeting, where they were ordered to leave the country.

Bekele Gerba, an English teacher at Addis Ababa University, was arrested on allegations of belonging to the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), a charge the government often uses to silence members of the Oromo political opposition. It has not been made public what Olbana Lelisa is accused of, but it is anticipated that the charges will be the same.

Amnesty International delegates had met with Olbana Lelisa the day before his arrest, to exchange information. They also met with Bekele Gerba, four days before his arrest. Amnesty International delegates were photographed by secret service agents leaving his office after the meeting.

Bekele Gerba kept in prison for bureaucratic reasons

January 24, 2014

Ethiopia’s opposition politician Bekele Gerba is not legible for release until next month and may not be released until next year, Horn Affairs learnt.

Bekele Gerba, former dep. Chairperson of Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM), was detained in August 27, 2011. He was sentenced to eight years imprisonment on charges of “provocation crimes against the state” and collaborating with the Oromo Liberation Front, an organization designated as terrorist by Ethiopian Parliament.

The sentence was reduced to three years and seven months after Bekele appealed to the Federal Supreme Court.

There have been claims on social media that Bekele was supposed to be released on probation last weekend, but has been kept in prison for bureaucratic reasons.

Public Relations officer of the Federal Prison Administration Commission contradicted the claims.

Addisu Tedros told Horn Affairs today that:

“A prisoner’s release on probation is determined based on a thorough evaluation and finally submitted to court for approval. However, Bekele Gerba’s case has not reached that stage yet.

If Bekele Gerba is to be released on probation it would not be sooner than February 10, 2014. Otherwise, his prison term will end on May 11, 2015.”

Asked whether the dates are counted correctly, the officer added that it is based on a computerized data base.

On the other hand, a senior official in the Ethiopian government told Horn Affairs that Bekele Gerba won’t be released on probation.

The official, speaking off-the-record, said that: “The government has no intention of releasing [Bekele Gerba] until he completes the full prison term.”

Oromo Demonstrajon i Bergen Oktober 26,2013 Med Oromo Unge Gruppe i Norge.

ለወራት ተቋርጦ የነበረው የሙስሊም ኢትዮጵያውያን ተቃውሞ ተጀመረ

ጥር ፲፮ (አስራ ስድስት) ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-በዛሬው የሰደቃ እና ዱአ መርሀ ግብር በተለያዩ የአገሪቱ ክፍል በብዙ ሺ የሚቆጠሩ የሚገኙ ሙስሊሞች በእስር ላይ የሚገኙ የመፍትሄ አፈላላጊ የኮሚቴ አባላትን አስበው ውለዋል። እጆቻቸውን ወደ ላይ በማንሳትም ለፈጣሪያቸው ተመጽኖ አቅርበዋል።

በአዲስ አበባ በታላቁ አንዋር መስጊድ በመቶሺዎች የሚቆጠር ህዝብ ተገኝቶ ድዋ አድርጓል። መንግስት የሙስሊሙን እንቅስቃሴ ተቆጣጥሬዋለሁ በማለት መግለጫዎችን ሲሰጥ ቆይቷል። የተለያዩ ፊልሞችን በመስራትም የሙስሊሙን ተቃውሞ ከሽብርተንነት ጋር ለማያያዝ ሙከራ እያደረገ ነው። የዛሬው ተቃውሞ በመንግስት ሊመቀርበው የቅስቀሳ ፊልሞችና በ ቃሊቲ የሚገኙት አስተባባሪዎች ሙስሊሙ ትግሉን እንዲቀጥል ላቀረቡት ጥሪ የተሰጠ ምላሽ ይመስላል።

በሌላ ዜና ደግሞ ከሙስሊሙ ተቃውሞ ጋር በተያያዘ ለእስር የተዳረገው ጋዜጠኛ የሱፍ ጌታቸው በቂልጦ ማረሚያ ቤት ስቃይ እየደረሰበት ነው።
በቂልንጦ በእስር ላይ የሚገኘው ጋዜጠኛ የሱፍ ጌታቸው በዞን 2 ውስጥ በተነሳ ፀብ ምክኒያት ሶላት እንዳይሰግዱ መከልከሉ የታወቀ ሲሆን በሰንሰለት ታስሮም ተደብድቧል። ለጋዜጠኛው ቅርብ የሆኑ ምንጮች እንደገለጹት ድብደባው የተፈጸመበት ለምን ብሎ ጥያቄ ስላነሳ ነው። በክፍሉ ውስጥ በቡድን ለተነሳው ጸብ መንስኤ ነህ በሚል ከፍተኛ ማስጠንቀቂያ ተሰጥቶታል። በግልም ሆነ በቡድን የኢሻ የመግሪብ የሱብሂ ሶላት በክፍሉም ውስጥ እንዳይሰግድ እገዳ ተጥሎበታል።

ለወራት ተቋርጦ የነበረው የሙስሊም ኢትዮጵያውያን ተቃውሞ ተጀመረ

ጥር ፲፮ (አስራ ስድስት) ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-በዛሬው የሰደቃ እና ዱአ መርሀ ግብር በተለያዩ የአገሪቱ ክፍል በብዙ ሺ የሚቆጠሩ የሚገኙ ሙስሊሞች በእስር ላይ የሚገኙ የመፍትሄ አፈላላጊ የኮሚቴ አባላትን አስበው ውለዋል። እጆቻቸውን ወደ ላይ በማንሳትም ለፈጣሪያቸው ተመጽኖ አቅርበዋል።

በአዲስ አበባ በታላቁ አንዋር መስጊድ በመቶሺዎች የሚቆጠር ህዝብ ተገኝቶ ድዋ አድርጓል። መንግስት የሙስሊሙን እንቅስቃሴ ተቆጣጥሬዋለሁ በማለት መግለጫዎችን ሲሰጥ ቆይቷል። የተለያዩ ፊልሞችን በመስራትም የሙስሊሙን ተቃውሞ ከሽብርተንነት ጋር ለማያያዝ ሙከራ እያደረገ ነው። የዛሬው ተቃውሞ በመንግስት ሊመቀርበው የቅስቀሳ ፊልሞችና በ ቃሊቲ የሚገኙት አስተባባሪዎች ሙስሊሙ ትግሉን እንዲቀጥል ላቀረቡት ጥሪ የተሰጠ ምላሽ ይመስላል።

በሌላ ዜና ደግሞ ከሙስሊሙ ተቃውሞ ጋር በተያያዘ ለእስር የተዳረገው ጋዜጠኛ የሱፍ ጌታቸው በቂልጦ ማረሚያ ቤት ስቃይ እየደረሰበት ነው።
በቂልንጦ በእስር ላይ የሚገኘው ጋዜጠኛ የሱፍ ጌታቸው በዞን 2 ውስጥ በተነሳ ፀብ ምክኒያት ሶላት እንዳይሰግዱ መከልከሉ የታወቀ ሲሆን በሰንሰለት ታስሮም ተደብድቧል። ለጋዜጠኛው ቅርብ የሆኑ ምንጮች እንደገለጹት ድብደባው የተፈጸመበት ለምን ብሎ ጥያቄ ስላነሳ ነው። በክፍሉ ውስጥ በቡድን ለተነሳው ጸብ መንስኤ ነህ በሚል ከፍተኛ ማስጠንቀቂያ ተሰጥቶታል። በግልም ሆነ በቡድን የኢሻ የመግሪብ የሱብሂ ሶላት በክፍሉም ውስጥ እንዳይሰግድ እገዳ ተጥሎበታል።

Obbo Lenco Lata’s party is registered for 2015 election

Rundassa Asheetee | January 23, 2014

There is no doubt that CIA is crowing victory by obbo Lenco Lata’s party returning to Finfinnee.  Mean time, the TPLF bosses too will be satisfied by the pleasure they harvest from Lenco Lata’s return to Finfinnee.  For the CIA, it is a matter of botching an unprecedented opportunity to control the horn of Africa, and for the TPLF, the return of Lenco Lata’s party is a matter of gaining more legitimacy that it is a democratic government with an Oromo president and a Walayita prime minister.  Obviously no other governments of empire Ethiopia had ever installed two fake men in power, one from the marginalized majority Oromo, and the other from the most demeaned and looked down upon small tribe known as Walayita. 

Certainly, the TPLF will win the election and declare that every thing is working as planed, while  it’s victory would give all those who are robing the country a new chance of five more years of profit making venture.  Yet, no body would be more glad than abba Biyyaa and Dima Nogo, men who have worked hard for this day to come. On the other hand, the OPDO will not be pleased to see Lenco  returning home, of course unless Lenco’s return wold zero-out the influence of the Blue and Madirek parties propaganda, provided an agreement is reached that the ODF would be OPDO’s Trojan Horse.  What is sure however is that all nations who bought lands and business in Oromia will back the TPLF and continue to fund it’s military and spying networks.

Egypt may take Nile dam dispute with Ethiopia to UN

Al-Monitor, (By Walaa Hussein), January 20, 2014

After all attempts to solve the Egyptian-Ethiopian crisis over the Renaissance Dam at the negotiating table ended in failure after a third round of negotiations on Jan. 4, with Egypt withdrawing from the discussions and conferences being held in Khartoum, there is now talk at the governmental level about internationalizing the issue. At the same time, Egypt is witnessing rising popular demands to resort to the UN Security Council to establish Egypt’s right to veto the establishment of the Renaissance Dam, given the potential danger it represents to Egyptian water security.

After negotiations broke down between Cairo and Addis Ababa regarding the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the Egyptian government is considering internationalizing the issue through filing a complaint with international bodies.

Khalid Wasif, the official spokesman for the minister of irrigation and water resources, revealed to Al-Monitor that Egypt has “begun to explore international channels for setting up alternative diplomatic and political tracks to ward off the dangers that might afflict the country if the Renaissance Dam is built, in light of the announced specifications of the dam.” He emphasized, “Egypt will not allow the dam to be built and will move to rally international pressure to prevent it from being funded. Moreover, Cairo will work [to secure] a public declaration by the international community rejecting the dam’s completion, in the absence of [Ethiopian] guarantees that Egypt and Egyptians will not suffer any loss in water security, nor will the other states of the Nile Basin. Egypt has rights guaranteed by international law and agreements, which the Ethiopian side is not respecting.”

Ethiopian AMISOM Membership Scrutinized

Ethiopian troops in Baidoa in 2012
Ethiopian troops have been in and out of Somalia for many years

January 23, 2014 (VOA News) — A former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia says he thinks it’s a “mistake” for Ethiopian troops to join the AMISOM force in Somalia. AMISOM is the African Union Mission in Somalia.

David Shinn is an adjunct professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. He said it could be of particular concern “if Ethiopian forces are expected to go beyond the immediate Ethiopia / Somalia border area. Everyone knows that they have been crossing the border into Somalia for some time now confronting al-Shabab forces or any hostile forces for that matter.”

AMISOM has driven al-Shabab from the capital Mogadishu, but the militant group still controls areas of the country.

Shinn said the Ethiopian incursions into Somalia of late have been “fairly low key and hasn’t drawn a lot of attention. But it’s all been done in the context of a bilateral action obviously with the support of the Somali government. But by joining AMISOM, this I think is going to revive the Ethiopian intervention more broadly in Somalia that they engaged in from the very beginning of 2007 through January of 2009, particularly their engagement in Mogadishu. And that did not end well.”

Ethiopia joins Somalia’s African Union force

January 23, 204 (BBC) — More than 4,000 Ethiopian troops have been formally absorbed into the African Union force in Somalia.

The Ethiopians will be based in Baidoa, about half way between Mogadishu and the Ethiopian border. It has been heavily defended since being taken over a year ago by Ugandan troops in the Amisom force. Al-Shabab has significant positions in the area and attacks Amisom garrisons almost every day.

The 4,395 Ethiopians are a mixture of fresh troops and soldiers who were already in Somalia on a mission which Addis Ababa sees as defending its borders and many Somalis see as an assault on their sovereignty.

Amisom intends to reshuffle its forces now the reinforcements have arrived. There has long been talk of a big Amisom offensive.

But co-ordination between the various Amisom national contingents is sometimes poor. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior officer in one contingent told me late last year that he “wasn’t told” when another contingent attacked an al-Shabab position near his area of operations.

They will be responsible for security in the south-western regions of Gedo, Bay and Bakool, the AU said.

Ethiopia’s contribution takes the AU force to the 22,000-strong level mandated by the UN Security Council.

Ethiopian forces have been operating in neighbouring Somalia for several years, helping the UN-backed government fight the al-Qaeda-aligned al-Shabab group.

Last year, the UN chief Ban Ki-moon asked for a “surge” of extra troops for the AU force in Somalia, known as Amisom, fearing reversals in advances made over the last few years.

Daily attacks

The BBC’s international development correspondent Mark Doyle says the troops from the Ethiopian army – one of most battle-hardened in Africa – will be based in Baidoa, some 300km (185 miles) north-west of Mogadishu.

There was a flag ceremony on Wednesday morning in the town to welcome them and hand over the security of the region.

“The Ethiopian deployment will permit Burundian and Ugandan forces to move into parts of Lower and Middle Shabelle,” the AFP news agency quotes an Amisom statement as saying.

የዶ/ር ነጋሶ ጊዳዳ ከፓርቲ ፖለቲካ መራቅ

የቀድሞው የኢትዮጵያ ፕሬዝደንት ዶ/ር ነጋሶ ጊዳዳ የአንድነት ለዲሞክራሲና ለፍትህ ፓርቲ በእንግሊዝኛው ምህጻሩ UDJ ሊቀመንበርነታቸውን መልቀቃቸውን አስታወቁ። ሊቀመንበርነታቸውን ብቻም ሳይሆን ከUDJ አባልነትም የተሰናበቱት ዶ/ር ነጋሶ ከዚህ በኃላ በማንኛውም የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ ውስጥ አልሳተፍም ብለዋል።

ይህ ማለት ግን ከኣገሪቱ ፖለቲካ ጨርሶ መራቅ ኣለመሆኑንም ኣክለው ኣስታውቐል።

ዶ/ር ነጋሶ ከዚህ ውሳኔ የደረሱት የእድሜ ጫናን ጨምሮ በጤንነታቸው ምክንያትና በተለይም ደግሞ በፓርቲያቸው ውስጥ በተፈጠሩ ፖለቲካዊ ልዩነቶችም ጭምር መሆኑን ለማወቅ ተችሏል።

ዶ/ር ነጋሶ ከኣንድነት ፓርቲ ብቻም ሳይሆን ከዚህ በኃላ በማንኛውም የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ ውስጥ እንደማይሳተፉም ነው የገለጹት።

Full Speech of the OLF Representative, Dr. Shigux Geleta, on the Frankfurt Horn of African Solidarity Conference

January 20, 2014

Dear Mr. Chairman,

Dear Honorable Representatives of the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), and beloved members of the Oromo, Ogadenian and Eritrean communities as a whole! It is a great privilege and honor for me to be among you today representing the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF).  First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Organizing Committee for having organized such a timely and important conference supposed to assess the social, political and economic situations of the Horn of Africa with a special emphasis on the Ethiopian empire.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Oromo-Ogaden and Eritrean Solidarity, such as the one we see today here in Frankfurt, did not emanate overnight or out of naught. It has rather had its own history and raison d’etre in our distant history of struggles for freedom against the oppression and subjugation we commonly had suffered, and are still suffering, under the Ethiopian empire.  Indeed, I believe that the Oromo-Ogaden-Eritrean solidarity is deeply rooted in the hearts of our respective peoples who continually aspire through their struggles to restore their inalienable right to the right to self-determination. No doubt, each people has its own separate history and social identity – in accordance to which it articulates the specificity of its problems, and hence propose their solutions accordingly. However, those specificities can never override the common experience of colonial oppression, and therefore, the necessity of solidarity among different freedom-seeking peoples. Freedom for each is pre-determined by freedom for all, and vice-versa. Such mutuality and reciprocity lies at the core principle of the type of solidarity I am talking about.

Though the Eritrean people have already counted two decades of freedom and sovereignty, it is precisely because of this basic principle that the Eritrean people and government still remain in solidarity with the Oromos, Ogadenians and other oppressed nations and nationalities. Its freedom will not be a full-fledged one without the freedom of other oppressed peoples of the region, because the security and political stability in Eritrea are unthinkable without peace and justice in the region as a whole. Therefore, the urge and strife for people’s freedom would remain to be the ultimate explanation for the relentless support the Eritrean state has been giving to the Oromo liberation struggle. The Oromo, Ogaden and Eritrean solidarity is a matter of categorical imperative to the political will of the region, and the Horn of Africa in general – not just an accidental phenomenon that lies in the whim of their respective politicians.

በኢትዮጵያ የአደገኛ እጾች ተጠቃሚ ቁጥር በአስደንጋጭ ሁኔታ እየጨመረ ነው ተባለ

ታህሳስ ፳፰( ሃያ ስምንት )ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህ የአደገኛ እጾች ተጠቃሚ ቁጥር በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ መጨመሩን ተከትሎ በህጻናት እና በሴቶች ላይ የሚደረሰውም ጉዳት ጨምሯል።

የተወካዮች ምክር ቤት በቅርቡ የፌደራል ፖሊስ ኮሚሽን ኮሚሽነር ጄኔራል አሰፋ አብዩ ለተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ያቀረቡትን ሪፖርት ሰንደቅ ጋዜጣ በስፋት ዘግቦታል።

በኢትዮጵያ በሶስት አመታት ውስጥ ብቻ 543 ሺ 439 ኪሎ ግራም ወይም 5 ሺ 434 ኩንታል  ካናቢስ ፣ 208 ሺ 172 ወይም 2 ሺ 8 መቶ ከንታል ኮኬይን፣ 409 ኪሎግራም ሄሮይን እና 6ሺ 300 ኪሎ ግራም አምፌታሚን የተባለ አደገኛ ዕጽ በቁጥጥር ስር መዋሉን ኮሚሽነሩ ተናግረዋል። በአጠቃላይ በአገሪቱ ውስጥ የሚዘዋወረው የካናቢስና የሌሎች እጾች መጠን በፖሊስ ቊጥጥር ስር ከዋለው በብዙ እጅ  እንደሚልቅ ባለሙያዎች ይናገራሉ።

ካናቢስ በማምረት አደገኛ ተብለው የተፈረጁት ቦታዎች ኦሮምያ፣ ደቡብ ፣ አማራ፣ አዲስ አበባ፣ ቤንሻንጉል ጉሙዝና ጋምቤላ ክልሎች ናቸው። በኦሮምያ በሻሸመኔ አካባቢ ከ2 ሺ 840 ካሬ ሜትር በላይ የካናቢስ ተክል ተገኝቷል።

በአደገኛ እጾች የተጠቁት ሴቶች፣ ህጻናትና ወጣቶች ሲሆኑ፣ ፖሊስ እንደሚለው ወጣቶቹ ወደዚህ ወንጀል የሚገቡት እጾቹ የሚያመጡትን ጉዳት ባለማወቅ፣ በጓደኞች ግፊት፣ እጾችንና መድሀኒቶችን በቀላሉ በማግኘት ነው። የስራ አጥ ወጣቶች ቁጥር መጨመር፣ ከስራ እና ከትምህርት ቤት ውጭ ወጣቶች የሚያሳልፉባቸው የመዝናኛ ቦታዎች በብዛት አለመኖር ወጣቶችን ለአደገኛ ሱሶች እንደሚዳርጋቸው ጥናቶች ያሳያሉ።

Ethiopia’s Court Sentences Oromo Political Prisoners

January 7, 2014 (CNN iReport) — Ethiopian Federal Court gave a prison sentence to an Oromo nationalist and political prisoner from three to twelve years in prison.The defendants were arrested in 2010 and were accused of being members or sympathizers of the Oromo Liberation Front, or OLF, which the government considers to be a terrorist group.
Most of the prisoners are members of Oromo People`s Congress(OPC) and Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement(OFDM).

1. Teshale Bekeshi……..
2. Tirfesa Megersa……..Oromo People`s Congress
3. Mulatu Abdissa………. 
4. Wegayehu Dejene…..
5. Bulcha Sori Guyu…….Oromo People`s Congress
6. Gutu Mulisa……………Oromo People`s Congress
7. Asfaw Angaso……….Oromo People`s Congress
8. Mezgebu Debela…..
9. Itana Senbeto……..Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement
10. Taddese Gelalcha….Oromo People`s Congress
11. Waqgari lechisa…….Oromo People`s Congress
12. Gurmesa Fufa………Oromo People`s Congress and others oromo nationalist sentences from 3 to 12 years.

Source: CNN

Telecom Deal by China’s ZTE, Huawei in Ethiopia Faces Criticism

For Ethiopians, a Chinese Telecom Project Changes Lives but Draws Scrutiny

Towers like the one pictured have spread cellphone use across Ethiopia. Matthew Dalton/The Wall Street Journal

January 7, 2014  LAKE WENCHI, Ethiopia (The Wall Street Journal)—In the green highlands here southwest of Addis Ababa, farmers like Darara Baysa are proud owners of cellphones that run on a network built by China’sZTE Corp. 000063.SZ -1.91%

The trouble is, they have to walk several miles to get a good signal. “The network doesn’t work well,” says Mr. Baysa, a former army sergeant, stopping on the unpaved road near his home to show his hot-pink smartphone.

Among other troubles: Ethiopian government officials have in recent years complained to ZTE that the company’s contract for building the network requires Ethiopia to pay too much, say people familiar with the discussions.

The Ethiopian network’s glitches underline the broader troubles that sometimes face poorer nations as they borrow heavily to invest in telecommunications, roads, utilities and other infrastructure to help lift them out of poverty.

China’s financial firepower helps its firms win many of these contracts. But in agreeing to such deals, some governments appear to have flouted rules meant to foster sound public investment. When countries sidestep such rules, say experts at institutions such as the World Bank, big projects often cost more and are more likely to be poorly executed.

China’s impact has been particularly visible in telecom projects. In Ethiopia, ZTE beat out Western competitors in 2006 for a major telecom project by offering $1.5 billion in low-interest financing, funded by Chinese state-run banks.

የአፍሪቃያን ስደተኞች የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ በእሥራኤል

በሺ የሚቆጠሩ አፍሪቃውያን ስደተኞች ፤ እሥራኤል ውስጥ መብታቸው እንዲከበር ትናንት ታላቅ የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ አድርገዋል ፤ እንዲሁም ዛሬ ቴል አቪብ ውስጥ

ከምዕራባውያን ኤምባሲዎች ፊት ለፊት በመሰለፍ ፣ እሥራኤል ፤ ባወጣቸው አዲስ ህግ በረሃ ውስጥ ይዛ ያሠረቻቸው ባልደረቦቻቸው እንዲፈቱላቸው ያደርጉ ዘንድ መጠየቃቸው ተመልክቷል ። በአሥራኤል ባጠቃላይ ፤ 60 ሺ ያህል አፍሪቃውያን ስደተኞች እንደሚገኙ ይነገራል። እሥራኤል እነዚህን ሰዎች ህገ ወጥ ሥራ ፈላጊዎች ናቸው ትላለች፤ የሰብአዊ መብት ድርጅቶች ደግሞ ስደተኞች መሆናቸውን ነው የሚገልጹት።

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በሞያሌ ከተማ የኦነግ ታጣቂዎች የፈጸሙትን ጥቃት ተከትሎ ከተማዋ በመከላከያ ሰራዊት ስትታመስ ዋለች

ታህሳስ ፳፭( ሃያ አምስት )ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-ባለፈው ረቡእ ታጣቂዎቹ  ከቀኑ 10 ሰአት ገደማ ወደ ከተማዋ በመግባት 3 ጠባቂዎችን በመግደልና አንደኛውን ታጣቂ መሳሪያውን በመቀማትና ልብሱን በማስወለቅ ” ሂድና ለአለቆችህ ንገር” በማለት ጉዳት ሳያደርሱበት መልቀቃቸውን የከተማዋ ነዋሪዎች ገልጸዋል። ታጣቂዎቹ አንድ ድግን መትረጊስ፣ አንድ ላውንቸርና አንድ ባዙቃ ማርከው ወስደዋል። ይህንን ተከትሎ በአካባቢው የደረሱት የመከላከያ ሰራዊት አባላት አንዳንድ የከተማ ነዋሪዎችን እየደበደቡ ሲያሰቃዩ መቆየታቸውን ጉዳት የደረሰባቸው ሰዎች ለኢሳት ገልጸዋል።

አንድ ሹፌር ለኢሳት እንደገለጹት የመከላከያ ሰራዊት አባላት ተሳፋሪዎችን ከመኪና ላይ በማስወረድ ድብደባ እንደፈጸሙባቸውና እርሳቸውም በጥፊ እንደተመቱ ተናግረዋል

“እኛ ለምን እንደተደበደብን አልገባንም” የሚሉት ነዋሪዎች፣ ሁኔታው እስከትናንት ድረስ ውጥረት የነበረበት እንደነበርና ፍተሻው በእየጫካው እየተካሄደ መሆኑን  ገልጸዋል።

ታጣቂዎቹ በነዋሪዎች ላይ ምንም አይነት ጉዳት አለማድረሳቸውም ተገልጿል። በጉዳዩ ዙሪያ የሞያሌን አስተዳደር ለማነጋገር ሙከራ ብናደርግም አልተሳካልንም። መንግስትም በጉዳዩ ላይ የሰጠው አስተያየት የለም።

ኦነግ ገዢውን ሀይል በትጥቅ ትግል ለማስወገድ ከሚንቀሳቀሱት ድርጅቶች መካከል አንዱ ነው። ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ የመንግስት ታጣቂዎች በኦጋዴን ውስጥ በሚኖሩ ዜጎች ላይ እርምጃ እየወሰደ መሆኑን ኦጋዴን ፕሬስ ዘግቧል።

ልዩ ሚሊሺያ የሚባሉት ሀይሎች ከመከላከያ ሰራዊት አባላት ጋር በወሰዱት እርምጃ ፍሪህ ደሃግ አዳር የተባለው ሰው ሲገደል ሌሎች ደግሞ ቆስለዋል።