የሞያሌ ነዋሪዎች የደህንነት ክትትሉ እንዳስመረራቸው ገለጹው

ሰኔ ፱(ዘጠኝ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-2 የአልሸባብ አባላት ናቸው የተባሉ የሶማሊ ተወላጆች መያዛቸውን መንግስት ካስታወቀ በሁዋላ፣ በኢትዮጵያዋ የድንበር ከተማ ሞያሌ ከፍተኛ ጥበቃ እየተካሄ መሆኑንና በዚህም የተነሳ መንግስት በህዝቡ ላይ የሚያደርገው ክትትል እንዳስመረራቸው የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ለኢሳት ገልጸዋል።

መውጫ መግቢያ ማጣታቸውን የሚናገሩት ነዋሪዎች፣ የደህንነት ሃይሎችና ታጣቂዎች ማታ ማታ በግለሰቦች ቤት ሳይቀር እየገቡ ፍተሻ ያካሂዳሉ ብለዋል።

በምሽት ለመውጣት መቸገራቸውን የሚገልጹት ነዋሪዎች፣ የአካባቢውን ታጣቂዎች ከፊት የመከላከያ ሰራዊት አባላት ደግሞ ከሁዋላ ሆነው ቁጥጥር እንደሚያደርጉ፣ በከተማው ሰአት እላፊ ሳይታወጅ፣ ህዝቡ እንደልቡ መንቀሳቀስ እንዳይችል እንደተደረገ አክለዋል።

የአልሸባብ ታጣቂዎች በቅርቡ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ድንበር ሰርገው በመግባት 33 የኢትዮጵያ ታጣቂዎችን ከገደሉ በሁዋላ በሁለቱ ክልሎች ያለው ጥበቃ ተጠናክሮአል።

የኢትዮጵያ ጦር ካለፉት 2 አመታት ጀምሮ በሶማሊያ ውስጥ እንደሚገኝ ይታወቃል። መንግስት በተደጋጋሚ አልሸባብ እንደተደመሰሰ ቢያውጅም፣ ታጣቂ ሃይሉ ግን አሁንም በኬንያና በሞቃዲሾ ከፍተኛ ጥቃት እየፈጸመ ይገኛል።

የአዳዲሶቹ የስኳር ፋብሪካዎች ግንባታ መጓተቱትን መረጃዎች አመለከቱ

ሰኔ ፱(ዘጠኝ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-አዳዲስ የስኳር ፋብሪካዎች ፕሮጀክቶችና የነባር የማስፋፊያ ፕሮጀክቶች የግንባታ ስራዎች አፈጻጸም እጅግ ደካማ መሆኑን ከገንዘብና ኢኮኖሚ ልማት ሚኒስቴር የተገኘ መረጃ ጠቁሟል።

ለዚህደካማአፈጻጸምሚኒስቴሩበዋንኛነት ያስቀመጠውምክንያትከስራውስፋትናውስብስብነትአንጻርያጋጠመውትልቅየማስፈጸምአቅምማነስነውብሏል፡፡በቀጣይዓመትበሚጠናቀቀውየመንግስትየዕድገትናየትራንስፎርሜሽንዕቅድየመጀመሪያዎቹሶስትዓመታትማለትምከ2003-2005 ኣ.ምየአዳዲስስኳርልማትፕሮጀክቶችየሚካሄዱትከዚህበፊትምንምየመሰረተልማትባልተዘረጋባቸውናለግንባታስራየሰለጠነየሰውኃይልበማይገኝባቸውአካባቢዎችበመሆኑበዕቅድዘመኑውስጥየመጀመሪያዎቹሁለትዓመታትማለትም 2003 እና 2004 የመንገድናሌሎችየአዋጪነትየጥናትስራዎችመከናወናቸውንመረጃውይጠቅሳል፡፡

በመሆኑምበእነዚህኣመታትለቀጣይስራመደላድልከመፍጠርባለፈተጠናቅቆ ወደምርትየገባፕሮጀክትአልነበረም፡፡ የነባርስኳርፋብሪካዎችየማስፋፊያፕሮጀክቶችየግንባታስራዎችመካከልየወንጂናየፊንጫስኳርፋብሪካዎችተጠናቅቀውበ2005 ኣ.ምወደስራየገቡሲሆንየተንዳሆስኳርፋብሪካበዚህዓመትወደስራእንደሚገባመረጃውይጠቅሳል፡፡

አዳዲሶቹስኳርፋብሪካዎችማለትምኩራዝ፣የጣናበለስእናወልቃትየመስኖመሰረተልማትግንባታ፣የመሬትዝግጅትናየሸንኮራአገዳተከላ፣የፋብሪካናየመኖሪያቤትግንባታዎችእየተከናወኑቢሆንምአፈጻጸማቸውበዝቅተኛደረጃላይእንደሚገኝተመልክቷል፡፡

በዚህምምክንያትፕሮጀክቶቹየዕድገትናየትራንስፎርሜሽንእቅዱ በሚጠናቀቅበትበቀጣይአንድኣመትጊዜያትእንደማይደርሱከወዲሁተረጋግጦአል፡፡

በአንድወቅትየስኳርኮርፖሬሽንዳይሬክተርየነበሩትአቶአባይጸሐዬየስኳርፋብሪካዎቹበዘርፉልምድ ባለመኖሩምክንያትየማስፈጸምአቅምማጋጠሙንአምነው  “እየተማርንበመስራትላይነን” በማለትበፓርላማመድረክያደረጉትንግግርበሃገርሐብትመቀለድነውበሚልከፍተኛትችትአስከትሎባቸውእንደነበርየሚታወስነው፡፡

በሌላ ዜና ደግሞ በውጭሃገርካሉኢትዮጵያዊያንእናመንግስታዊያልሆኑድርጅቶችአማካይነትወደ ሃገርውስጥየሚገባውሃዋላየወጪንግዱንገቢእየተገዳደረውመሆኑንከብሔራዊባንክየተገኘመረጃጠቆመ፡፡

እየተገባደደባለውየኢትዮጵያዊያን 2006 በጀትዓመትዘጠኝወራትከሸቀጦችኤክስፖርት 2  ቢሊየንዶላርሲገኝከግልሃዋላምተቀራራቢበሆነመልኩ 2 ቢሊየንዶላርተገኝቷል፡፡

አምናበ2005 በጀትዓመትሃገሪቱከሸቀጦችንግድ 3 ቢሊየንየአሜሪካንዶላርስታገኝከግልሃዋላደግሞ 4ቢሊየንዶላርማግኘትዋንመረጃውንይጠቅሳል፡፡

የባንኩመረጃእንደሚያሳየውበውጪአገርየሚኖሩኢትዮጵያዊንለወገኖቻቸውንናለተለያዩስራዎችማስኬጃወደሃገርውስጥየሚያስገቡትዶላርበዓመትእስከ 20 በመቶእያደገየመጣሲሆንበአንጻሩበቡናኤክስፖርትላይብቻየታሰረውየወጪንግዱእያሽቆለቆለመምጣቱንመረጃውያሳያል፡፡

የዚህዓመትየዘጠኙወራትኤክስፖርትገቢካለፈውዓመትተመሳሳይናከተያዘውዕቅድጋርሲነጻጸርአፈጻጸሙዝቅተኛመሆኑንየጠቀሰውየብሔራዊባንኩመረጃይህምሊሆንየቻለውበዓለምገበያላይበዋንኛነትየቡናናወርቅእንዲሁምየስጋምርቶችዋጋበማሽቆልቆሉነው፡፡

በኬንያ የሽብር ጥቃት ፈጽመዋል የተባሉ በርካታ ሰዎች ታሰሩ

ሰኔ ፱(ዘጠኝ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-ቢቢሲ እንደዘገበው በላሙ የወደብ ዳርቻ ሰሞኑን የተፈጸመው ጥቃት የ60 ሰዎችን ህይወት አጥፍቷል። ፕሬዚዳንት ኡሁሩ ኬንያታ ጥቃቱን የፈጸመው አልሸባብ አለመሆኑን ገልጸው ነበር። ጥቃቱ በአልሸባብ እንደተፈጸመ ተደርጎ መረጃውን ያሰራጨውን ሰው መያዙም ተገልጿል።

ግድያው ከጎሳ ፖለቲካ ጋር የተያያዘ እንደሆነ የአገሪቱ መንግስት ገልጿል። ሰሞኑን በተፈጸመው ጥቃት ከሞቱት ሰዎች በተጨማሪ 12 ሴቶችም ታፍነው ተወስደዋል። ታፍነው የተወሰዱት ሴቶች የት እንደገቡ የታወቀ ነገር የለም።

ኬንያ ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህ በተለያዩ ሃይሎች ተደጋጋሚ ጥቃት እየደረሰባት ነው።

የፌደራል ጉዳዮች ሚኒስቴር ከቤንሻንጉል ጉሙዝ የተፈናቀሉት ዜጎች ለክስ የሚያበቃ በደል አልደረሰባቸውም አለ።

ሰኔ ፰(ስምንት)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-ከቤኒሻንጉል ጉምዝ ክልል የተፈናቀሉ ዜጎች በተወካዮቻቸው አማካኝነት የመሰረቱት ክስ በፌደራል ከፍተኛው ፍርድ ቤት 8ኛ ፍትሃ ብሄር ምድብ በዋለው ችሎት የታየ ሲሆን ፣ በቀረበው ክስ ላይ የፌደራል ጉዳዮች ሚኒስቴርና የቤንሻንጉል ክልል መንግስት መልስ ሰጥተዋል።

ከሳሾች ለበርካታ አመታት ከኖሩበት ቀየ በህገወጥ መንገድ በመፈናቀላቸው ሃብትና ንብረታቸውን ማጣታቸውን በጠበቃቸው አማካኝነት ተናግረዋል።

የፌደራል ጉዳዮች ሚኒስቴር በበኩሉ ከሳሾቹ ቤት ንብረት አለማፍራታቸውን ጠቅሶ፣ ምንም ለክስ የሚያበቃ ነገር ሳይኖራቸው ጉዳያቸው ለፖለቲካ ፍጆታነት እየዋለ ነው በማለት መልስ ሰጥቷል።

በጉዳዩ ዙሪያ ላይ ያነጋገርናቸው ጠበቃው ዶ/ር ያእቆብ ሃይለማርያም  የፌደራል ጉዳዮች ሚኒስቴር ‘ጉዳዩ የሚመለከተው የክልሉን መንግስት እንጅ የፌደራሉን አይደለም’ በማለት የሰጠው መልስ ትክክል አለመሆኑን ተናግረዋል። የህገመንግስቱ አንቀጽ 52 ማንኛውም የሰብአዊ መብት ጥሰት ሲፈጸም የፌደራል መንግስቱን እንደሚያገባው፣ በዚህም የተነሳ የፌደራል መንግስቱ አይመለከተኝም ማለት እንደማይችል ገልጸዋል።

ዶ/ር ያእቆብ   ጠ/ሚ ሃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ ‘ከቤንሻንጉል ጉሙዝ ሰዎች እንዲፈናቀሉ ያደረጉትን ለፍርድ እናቀርባለን’ በማለት ተናግረው  እንደነበር አስታውሰዋል። አሁን እየታየ ያለው ግን የዚህ ተቃራኒ ነው ነው ሲሉ አክለዋል።

ከቁጫ የአገር ሽማግሌዎች በድጋሜ ለአቤቱታ ሊሄዱ ነው።

ሰኔ ፰(ስምንት)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-በደቡብ ክልል በቁጫ ወረዳ በቅርቡ ከተነሳው የመልካም አስተዳደር ፣ የማንነትና የፍትህ ጥያቄ ጋር በተያያዘ ፍትህ አጥተው ያለፉትን ስምንት ወራት በእስር ቤት ካሳለፉ ትመካከል የ14 የቤተሰብ አባላት አስተዳዳሪ የሆኑት የ39 ዓመቱ አቶ ሻልሼሸዋ ከሞቱና የሌሎችም እስረኞች ህይወት አደጋ ላይ በመውደቁ እንዲሁም በአካባቢው ድጋሜ ግጭት ይነሳል የሚል ስጋት በመፍጠሩ 4 የአገር ሽማግሌዎች ጉዳዩን ለፌደራሉ መንግስት በድጋሜ ለማመልከት ወደ አዲስ አበባ መንቀሳቀሳቸው ታውቋል።

ሁለት ሴቶችና 2 ወንዶች የሚይዘው የአገር ሽማግሌዎች ቡድን በአካባቢው ስላለው ከፍተኛ የሰብአዊ መብት ጥሰትና በእስር ቤት ውስጥ ስለሚፈጸመው ግፍ ለመንግስት ባለስልጣናት የማሰማት እቅድ አለው።

ከዚህ ቀደም በህዝብ ተወክለው ጉዳያቸውን ለጠ/ሚንስትሩ ቢሮ ሲያቀርቡ የነበሩ የአገር ሽማግሌዎች አብዛኞቹ መታሰራቸው ይታወቃል።

300 ዎቹእስረኞች በአርባምንጭ እስር ቤት በህክምና አድሎአዊ በሆነ አያያዝ ከፍተኛ የሆነ መጎሳቆል እየደረሰባቸው መሆኑን ኢሳት መዘገቡ ይታወሳል።

የጋዝጊብላ ነዋሪዎች ኢህአዴግ ክዶናል ሲሉ ተናገሩ።

ሰኔ ፰(ስምንት)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-ነዋሪዎቹ እንደሚሉት ከትግራይ ህዝብ በመቀጠል ኢህአዴግ ወደ ስልጣን እንዲመጣ ከፍተኛ የህይወት መስዋትነት የከፈለው የሰቆጣና አካባቢዋ ነዋሪዎች ቢሆኑም፣ ኢህአዴግ አዲስ አበባ ከገባ ጀምሮ እንደረሳቸው ገልጸዋል።

ከሶቆጣ 48 ኪሜ ርቀት ላይ በምትገኘዋ ጋዝጊብላ ወረዳ የሚኖሩ የቀድሞ ታጋዮች ለኢሳት እንደገለጹት፣ ለኢህአዴግ ልጁን ያልገበረ ሰው ባይኖርም፣ ባለስልጣናቱ ግን ውለታቸውን መርሳታቸውን ተናግረዋል።

ከሰቆጣ ላሊበላ የህዝብ ትራንስፖርት አለመኖሩን ፣ ከአዲስ አበባ ሰቆጣ ደግሞ አገር አቋራጭ አውቶቡሶች ያልተመደቡ መሆናቸውን የሚገልጹት ነዋሪዎች ከአዲስ አበባ ሰቆጣ ለመድረስ ደሴ ከተማ ላይ እስከ 4 ቀናት መጠበቅ ግድ እንደሚላቸው ተናግረዋል። ከ 17 አመታት በፊት የተጀመረው ከአለም ከተማ ወደ ላሊበላ የሚወስደው መንገድም በአየር ላይ መቅረቱን ገልጸዋል። ህዝቡ ተቃውሞ ሲያሰማ ” ዛሬ ነገ ይሰራል” በማለት እንደሚደልሉት የሚናገሩት ነዋሪዎች፣ መንግስት ለጥያቄያቸው መልስ ከመስጠት ይልቅ ህዝቡን መከፈፋል መምረጡን ገልጸዋል።

አቶ በረከት ስምኦንና ሌሎች ባለስልጣኖች ሲመጡ የህዝቡን ችግር ሰምተው እንዳልሰሙ ሆነው እንደሚያልፉት ነዋሪዎች ገልጸዋል።

የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ከዋግ ህዝብ ትምህርት ይውሰድ የሚሉት ነዋሪዎች፣ በተለይ የድሮ ታጋዮች በረንዳ ላይ መውደቃቸውንና የሚሰማቸው ማጣታቸውን ገልጸዋል።

በኬንያ በርካታ ሴቶች ታፍነው ተወሰዱ።

ሰኔ ፰(ስምንት)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-አልሸባብ እንደፈጸመው በተጠቀሰው ጥቃት 48 ሰዎች በተገደሉ ማግስት፣ ሌሎች ተጨማሪ 12 ሰዎች የተገደሉ ሲሆን፣ ከ12 ያላነሱ ሴቶችም በታጣቂዎች ታፍነው መወሰዳቸውን ቢቢሲ ዘግቧል።

ምፔኬቲኒ እየተባለ በሚጠራው የወደብ ከተማ ላይ የደረሰውን ተከታታይ ጥቃት አልሸባብ እንደፈጸመው እየተዘገበ ባለበት ወቅት፣ የአገሪቱ መሪ ኡሁሩ ኬንያታ ፣ ጥቃቱ በራሳቸው ባለስልጣናት የተቀነባበረና ከጎሳ ጋር የተያያዘ መሆኑን በመግለጽ፣ አልሸባብ ፈጸምኩ የሚለውን ጥቃት አስተባብለዋል።

በአካባቢው የሚገኙ የፖሊስ አዛዦች ከሃላፊነት እንዲነሱ ያደረጉት ፕሬዚዳንቱ ለፍርድ እንደሚቀርቡም ተናግረዋል።

አልሸባብ በበኩሉ ኬንያ ጦሩዋን ከሶማሊያ እስካላስወጣች ድረስ ጥቃቱ እንደሚቀጥል ተናግሯል።

Building Free African Futures (Prof Mammo Muchie)

By Prof Mammo Muchie

Prof Mammo Muchie

Projecting a future can provide agency to realise what is selected to be addressed or do the exact opposite. Instead of projecting a future, what may be more sensible is to create a future by making it change both the makers as well as the destination.

In this OAU/AU@50 Jubilee, the question of whether Africans know where they have been, where they are now and where they are able to go is critical to reflect upon and to chart a future that will close all varieties of coloniality for good and open a free, prosperous, spiritual, humane and free and independent future. Africa’s new relationship with the rest of the world will be born when Africans learn to neutralise the harm that the unholy trinity of loans, aid and debt has done to them. How can Africa construct a future by creating a Pan-African monetary union to forge an integrated relationship with each other in order to relate with the rest of the world on equitable, fair and just principles and values and not through dependence and subordination as it is broadly understood to be now? Africa’s new relationship with the rest of the world will be born when Africans learn to neutralise the harm that the unholy trinity of loans, aid and debt has done to them. One key initiative African leaders can take collectively is to establish a dual currency system that can largely self-finance an integrated African development. The currency for the domestic economy should be an inconvertible people’s money. The existing state currencies that are not exchanged directly with each other, and whose exchange rate is mediated with the dollar, the franc and the Euro, should give way to direct exchanges based on a fair settlement of the appropriate par value. Naturally, diversities, inequalities, different levels of development, differing attitudes and interests present problems in constructing a workable unified currency system. It is precisely to deal with these varied problems that Africa needs a currency system to create liquidity. The direct exchange of local currencies promotes the exchange of private labour across Africa. The exchange of the local to local currency via a global currency continues to fragment Africa and integrate discrete interests and regions with the world economy. The key is to find strategies for Africa to integrate with a world economy as a whole and not in parts. The domestication of the foreign orientation of the existing national currencies is necessary to make Africa re- link with the world economy on its own terms and not terms dictated by others. Monetary union is a key strategy to bring about a new relationship. Its proper construction requires bountiful political will that we cannot take for granted exist given the ties and propensity of the existing states not to pursue real collective action that matters. Differences in economic size and significance of the existing 54 states cannot be shunned aside. In principle, large and small economies can enter into a unified system without loss. As long as a situation of ‘being better off for some without being worse off for all’ exists for all those embarking on currency union, negotiations for a peaceful and evolutionary monetary system can proceed. At all costs states should not demand parity between large economies and small economies. The objective is in the end to evolve into a unified market, unified currency area and unified economic zone. However, the move must be sensible and realistic and various domestic constituencies and their external supporters within the existing states have to be brought along by initiating a programme of fair, gradual and transparent African-wide currency or monetary union. If the cost and benefits for the various sections of social groups can be fairly worked out, possibilities exist even to neutralise transnational, supranational actors, who will no doubt be worked up by the suggestion for an African monetary union.

WFP Ethiopia Warns of Funding Shortfall to Respond to Sharp Influx of South Sudanese Refugees

Saturday, June 21st, 2014 | Posted by Zehabesha

Addis Ababa — As South Sudanese continue to flee their conflict-torn homeland, the United Nations World Food Programme in Ethiopia marks World Refugee Day with an urgent appeal for US$50 million to meet the needs of nearly 150,000 who have sought shelter here since the conflict began in December 2013-and for our larger refugee response.

“Thanks to its generous open-door policy, Ethiopia currently hosts the largest number of South Sudanese refugees of any neighbouring country,” said WFP Ethiopia’s Country Director, Abdou Dieng. “If WFP is to meet their food and nutritional needs, we need a massive and rapid influx of funds. Otherwise, we risk running out of food for our refugee operation in Ethiopia by the end of August.”

In Rome, WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin highlighted the devastating fallout of the humanitarian crises in South Sudan and in several other nations where conflict has uprooted millions. Roughly 45.2 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide, including half-a-million people who have fled the renewed violence in Iraq, according to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

Working with the UNHCR and other partners, WFP assisted 4.2 million refugees and 8.9 million internally displaced people around the world in 2013.

“As the newly displaced join the ranks of those already forced from their homes by conflict or natural disaster, no one should feel alone and without help. No refugee should ever feel forgotten,” Cousin said. “Together with our colleagues at UNHCR, partner organizations and donor governments around the world, we are diligently responding to their urgent and life stabilizing needs.”

In Ethiopia, WFP assists roughly 550,000 refugees from neighbouring countries, including the latest influx of asylum-seekers from South Sudan. At the border points, we are distributing calorie-packed High Energy Biscuits to give an immediate boost to the many South Sudanese who arrive here exhausted and famished, after walking for days to reach safety.

WFP also distributes rations of grains, pulses, vegetable oil, sugar and salt at camps and border points. And we are providing special nutritional supplements to counter often alarmingly high malnutrition rates among the most vulnerable, notably young children, pregnant women and nursing mothers.

“The fighting has prevented people from planting their fields,” WFP Country Director Dieng says of South Sudan. “This will push more people to flee their country – this time not because of conflict, but because of hunger. All the more reason for the international community to give generously to those in need.”

WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, delivering food in emergencies and working with communities to build resilience. In 2013, WFP assisted more than 80 million people in 75 countries.

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For more information please contact (email address: firstname.lastname@wfp.org):

Elizabeth Bryant, WFP/Ethiopia, Tel. +251 011 551 5188 ext. 2130, Mob. +251 911 077 708

Melese Awoke, WFP/Addis Ababa, Tel. +251 011 551 5188 ext. 2130, Mob. +251 911 201 981

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ከምዕራብ ወለጋ የተፈናቀሉ እና አሁንም በአካባቢው ያሉ ዜጎች ፍትህ ማጣታቸውን ተናገሩ

ሰኔ ፲፩(አስራ አንድ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-የአሜሪካ ድምጽ ራዲዮ ከምእራብ ወለጋ ዞን ጊምቢና ከቄለም ወለጋ ዞን የተፈናቀሉ አማርኛ ተናጋሪ ኢትዮጵያውያንን በተመለከተ ያቀረበውን ዘገባ ተከትሎ ኢሳት ከጊምቢ በታች በሚገኘው አሹ ቀበሌ ነዋሪ የሆኑትን እንዲሁም ተፈናቅለው ባህርዳር ከሚገኙት መካከል አንዳንዶቹን አነጋግሮ እንደተረዳው ፍትህ አጥተው የሚሰቃዩ ወገኖች በብዙ መቶዎች ይቆጠራል።

አሹ ቀበሌ ውስጥ የሚኖረው በንግድ ስራ የሚተዳደረው ወጣት እንደተናገረው ወንድሙ አካባቢውን ለቆ ባህርዳር ቢገባም፣ እርሱና ቤተሰቡ ግን ለመውጣት አልቻሉም። ” መውጣት መግባት አልቻንልም፣ ንብረት ተቃጥሎአል፣ ሰዎችም ተገድለዋል” የሚለው ወጣቱ፣ የአካባቢው ባለስልጣናት እጅ አለበት ብሎ እንደሚያምን ገልጿል። ድርጊቱን የሚፈጽሙትን ወጣቶች የሚያደራጁት ልዩ ሃይሎች፣ ፖሊሶችና ባለስልጣኖች መሆናቸውን ከድርጊታቸው መረዳት ይችላል ብሎአል

ተፈናቅለው ባህርዳር ከሚገኙት መካከል  ስሙ እንዳይጠቀስ የፈለገው ኢትዮጵያዊ ደግሞ ፖሊሶች ልበሳቸውን ቀይረው እየመጡ ድርጊቱን የሚፈጽሙትን እንደሚያበረታቱዋቸው ገልጿል

የአማራ ክልል ፕሬዚዳንት አቶ ገዱ አንዳርጋቸው ተፈናቃዮችን ቢያነጋገሩዋቸውም፣ ምንም አይነት መፍትሄ ሊሰጡዋቸው አለመቻላቸውን ተፈናቃዮች ተናግረዋል ጉዳዩን በማስመልከት ጥያቄ ያቀረብንላቸው የመኢአድ የሰሜን ቀጠና ሃለፊ ኢንጂነር ሽፈራው ዋሌ የክልሉ መንግስት ሰዎቹን በአድማ በታኝ ፖሊስ ከመስተዳድሩ አካባቢ እንዲርቁ ማድረጉን ገልጸዋል

ተፈናቅለው ወደ ባህርዳር ከመጡት መካከል አብዛኞቹ ሴቶችና ህጻናት መሆናቸውንም ኢ/ር ሽፈራው ገልጸዋል

በጉዳዩ ዙሪያ የአማራ ክልል እና የኦሮምያ ክልል ባለስልጣኖችን ለማነጋገር የተደረገው ሙከራ አልተሳካም። ይሁን እንጅ የኦሮምያ  የኮሚኒኬሽን ቢሮ ሃላፊ የሆኑት ወ/ሮ ራብያ ኢሳ ተፈናቃዮቹ መቶ የማይሞሉ መሆናቸውን ገልጸው ፣ አንድ የኦሮሞ ብሄር ተወላጅ እና 2 የሌሎች ብሄር ተወላጆች መሞታቸውን ገልጸው መንግስት ሌሎችም እንዳይፈናቀሉ፣ የተፈናቀሉትም እንደሚለሱ የአማራ ክልልና የኦሮምያ ክልሎች በጋራ እየሰሩ መሆኑን ገልጸዋል

አንድነት ፓርቲ በአዋሳ ለሚያደርገው የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ችግር እንደገጠመው ታወቀ

ሰኔ ፲፩(አስራ አንድ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-በመጪው እሁድ በአዋሳ የሚካሄደውን የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ተከትሎ በቅስቀሳ ላይ የሚገኘው አንድነት፣ ሶሰትአባሎቹ እንደታሰሩበት አስታውቛል።

አዲስ አበባ መስተዳድር የህዝብ ግንኙነት ሃላፊ አቶ ያሬድ አማረ በቅስቀሳ ላይ የነበሩ 3 ሰዎች መያዛቸውን ገልጸዋል።

መስተዳድሩ የሰላማዊ ሰልፍ እውቅና ለመስጠት በሂደት ላይ በመሆኑ መቀስቀስ አትችሉም መባላቸውን የገለጹት አቶ ያሬድ፣ የእውቅና ጥያቄ ካስገቡ አንድ ወር ሞላቸው በመሆኑ በመስተዳድሩ የቀረበውን ምክንያት እንደማይቀበሉት ተናግረዋል።

የመስተዳድሩ ባለስልጣናት አዋሳ ከተማ ውስጥ የድምጽ ማጉያ  መጠቀም አይቻልም የሚል አቋም እንዳላቸው የገለጹት አቶ ያሬድ፣ ሰልፉን እሁድ እንደሚያካሂዱ በእርግጠኝነት ገልጸዋል።

አንድነት “የሚሊዮኖች ድምጽ ለመሬት ባለቤትነት” በሚል አላማ ሰልፉን የሚካሂድ ሲሆን፣ በኦሮምያ መንግስት የወሰደውን እርምጃ፣ በክልሉ ከማንነት ጋር በተያያዘ እየተፈጸመ ያለውን ግፍ፣ የሙስና መበራከትና ሌሎችም ጉዳዮች አንስቶ ያወግዛል።

መድረክ በቅርቡ በአዋሳ የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ማድረጉ ይታወሳል።

አዲሱ የጉምሩክ ረቂቅ አዋጅ ለገቢዎችና ጉምሩክ ባለስልጣን ዋና ዳይሬክተር በፍርቤቶች ሊወሰን የሚገባ ጉዳዮችን እንዲወስን የተለ የመብት መስጠቱ አነጋጋሪሆነ፡፡

ሰኔ ፲፩(አስራ አንድ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-ረቂቅ አዋጁ ሰሞኑን ለፓርላማው የቀረበ ሲሆን በዚሁ አዋጅ በዋና ዳይሬክተሩ ውሳኔ ብቻ ክስ የማይመሰረትባቸው ድንጋጌዎች ማካተቱ በፓርላማ አባላቱ ዘንድ ጥያቄ አስነስቷል፡፡

ረቂቅአዋጁ “ለሕዝብጥቅምሲባል በዋና ዳይሬክተሩ ውሳኔ ክስ የማይመሰረትባቸው አዲስ ሁኔታዎች በሚል ከዘረዘራቸው ውስጥ ወንጀል ፈጽሞአል የተባለ ሰው በዕድሜ መጃጀት ወይም በበሽታ ምክንያት ጉዳዩን በፍርድ ቤት መከታተል የማይችል ሲሆን ፣ጉዳዩ በክስሒደትውስጥቢያልፍብሔራዊደህንነትንወይምዓለምአቀፍግንኙነትንይጎዳልተብሎሲታመን፣የክሱመመስረትተመጣጣኝናሚዛናዊያልሆነየጎንዮሽጉዳትየሚያስከትልመሆኑከታመነበት፣ወንጀሉስልጣንላለውፍርድቤትሳይቀርብበመቆየቱአስፈላጊነትያጣከሆነ ክስ እንዳይመሰረትዋና ዳይሬክተሩ ሊወስን እንደሚችል ደንግጎጓል፡፡

እነዚህ ድንጋጌዎች የፍርድ ቤቶች ሰልጣን እንጂ የአንድ መ/ቤት ሃላፊ ወይም ዋና ዳይሬክተር ስልጣን እንደማይሆን በመጥቀስ ድንጋጌዎቹ ለሙስናና ብልሹ አሰራር ቀዳዳ የሚከፍቱ ጭምር በመሆናቸው እንዲሻሻሉ አንዳንድ ፓርላማ አባላት ጠይቀዋል፡፡

በተለይየአንድሰውየዕድሜመጃጀትምሆነጉዳዩንበፍርድቤትቀርቦመከታተልአለመቻል የሕክምናማስረጃጭምርየሚፈልግጉዳይመሆኑንበመጥቀስይህጉዳይበዋናዳይሬክተሩውሳኔእንዲሰጥበትየተፈለገበትምክንያትግልጽአለመሆኑአስተያየትተሰጥቶበታል፡፡

ይህአዲስአዋጅጥፋቶችተፈጽመውበሚገኙበትጊዜአጥፊውንሁሉበቁጥጥርስርበማዋልጉዳዩለፍርድቤትቀርቦውሳኔእስኪያገኝሰዎችለእንግልትናእስርየሚዳረጉበትሁኔታንለማስቀረትአዋጁንበመተላለፍየሚፈጸሙጥፋቶችእንደክብደታቸውመጠንበአስተዳደራዊእናበእስርናበገንዘብቅጣትየሚታይበትሁኔታማካተቱእንደበጎጎንታይቶአል፡፡አዋጁለሚመለከተውቋሚኮምቴተመራሲሆንከሰኔ 30 በፊትይጸድቃልተብሎይገመታል፡፡

ሌ/ጄኔራል ዮሃንስ የጁባ የሰላም አስከባ ሃይል አዛዥ ሆኑ

ሰኔ ፲፩(አስራ አንድ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-የተባበሩት መንግስታት ድርጅት የሰላም አስከባሪ ሃይል በአብየ አዛዥ የሆኑት ሌ/ጄ/ዮሃንስ ገብረመስቀል በደቡብ ሱዳን የሚመሰረተውን የሽግግር መንግስት ሂደት እንዲመሩ ተሹመዋል። ከ100 ያላነሱ ወታደሮች ደቡብ ሱዳን የገቡ ሲሆን፣ አዛዡም ጁባ መግባታቸው ታውቓል።

ጄ/ል ዮሃንስ በወር ከ20 ሺ የአሜሪካ ዶላር በላይ  እንደሚከፈላቸው የውስጥ ምንጮች ለኢሳት ገልጸዋል። በአዲስ አበባ በተፈረመው የሰላም ስምምነት መሰረት በደቡብ ሱዳን አዲስ የሽግግር መንግስት ይመሰረታል።

በኢትዮጵያ 34 ድርጅቶች ጤፍ ወደ ውጭ በመላክ ላይ ናቸው

ሰኔ ፲፩(አስራ አንድ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-ከመንግስት የተገኘው መረጃ እንደሚያመለክተው የመንግስቱን የእርሻ ሰብል ድርጅት ጨምሮ 34 የንግድ ድርጅቶች ጤፍ ወደ ውጭ አገር በመላክ ላይ ናቸው።

መንግስት በአገሪቱ የጤፍ ምርት እጥረት ማጋጠሙን ተከትሎ ጤፍ ወደ ውጭ እንዳይወጣ አግዶ የነበረ ሲሆን እገዳውን ከ ግንቦት ወር 2005 ጀምሮ  አንስቷል።

አንድ ኩንታል ጤፍ በአዲስ አበባ ከ1800 እስከ 2000 ብር በመሸጥ ላይ ይገኛል።

በእነማይ ወረዳ የመኢአድ አባላት እየተዋከቡ ነው።

ሰኔ ፲(አስር)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-በምስራቅጎጃም ዞን  በነማይወረዳደንጎሊማቀበሌ የሚኖሩት አቶሞሳአዳነቅዳሜሰኔ 7 ቀን በኢህአዴግ ታጣቂዎች ከተገደሉ በሁዋላ ሌሎችም አባሎች እየተዋከቡ መሆኑን የወረዳው የመኢአድ ተወካይ መቶ አለቃ ደመላሽ ጌትነት ተናግረዋል።

ግለሰቡ ገበያ ውሎ ሲመለስ አዲሱ ጫኔ እና ብርሃኑ ታምሩ የተባሉ ካድሬዎች መንገድ ላይ አስቁመው በዱላ ደብድበው እንደገደሉት የሟቹ ወገን የሆኑትና በህይወትና በሞት መካከል ባለ ጊዜ ደርሰው ቃሉን የተቀበሉት አቶ ይልቃል የሻነው ተናግረዋል።

አቶ ይልቃል እርሳቸውንም ለመግደል ሙከራ በመደረጉ አካባቢውን ለቀው መሰደዳቸውን ገልጸዋል። ፖሊስ ምንም የተጨበጠ መልስ እንዳለስጣቸውም አክለዋል

አቶይበልጣልወንድሜነህ የተባሉ በደብረጥሞና ቀበሌ የሚኖሩት ሌላው የመኢአድ አባል ደግሞ  መሣሪያ ደብቀሃል በሚል ቤታቸው ተከቦ እንደሚገኝ ግለሰቡ ግን ማምለጣቸውን መቶ አለቃ ደመላሽ ተናግረዋል።

በጉዳዩ ዙሪያ የወረዳውን ባለስልጣናት ለማነጋገር ያደረግነው ሙከራ አልተሳካም።

ለመለስ ፋውንዴሽን ማሰሪያ እየተባለ በግዴታ የሚዋጣው ገንዘብ ፋውንዴሽኑን ለመስራት ከሚፈልገው በእጅጉ እንደሚልቅ ታወቀ

ሰኔ ፲(አስር)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-ለመለስ ዜናዊ ፋውንዴሽን በሚል በአገሪቱ ያሉ ወረዳዎች እያንዳንዳቸው በአማካኝ ከ17 እስከ 25 ሚሊዮን ብር ከህዝብ እንዲሰበስቡ ቢታዘዙም የሚዋጣው ገንዘብ ፋውንዴሽኑን ለመስራት ከሚፈለገው 300 ሚሊዮን ብር በላይ መሆኑን የሚናገሩት ምንጮች ትርፉ ገንዘብ የት እንደሚገባ እንደማይታወቅ ጠቁመዋል።

በአማራ ክልል  106 ወረዳዎች ያሉ ሲሆን ለፋውንዴሽኑ ማሰሪያ 2 ቢሊዮን 600 ሚሊዮን ብር ያላነሰ ገንዘብ ይሰበሰባል። በኦሮምያ ደግሞ ከ205 በላይ ወረዳዎች ሲኖሩ ከ4 ቢሊዮን ብር በላይ ይሰበሰባል። በትግራይ ከ38 ወራዳዎች ከ600 ሚሊዮን ብር በላይ ፣ በደቡብ ከ500 ሚሊዮን ብር በላይ ሲዋጣ፣ በአዲስ አበባ የሚወጣው ደግሞ እስከ 2 ቢሊዮን ብር ይደርሳል። በመላ አገሪቱ  በሚገኙ ወረዳዎች ከ10 ቢሊዮን ብር በላይ የሚወጣ ሲሆን፣ ለፋውንዴሽኑ ከተበጀተው 300 ሚሊዮን ብር ውጭ ያለው ከ9 ቢሊዮን ብር በላይ ገንዘብ የት እንደሚገባ እንደማይታወቅና ቁጥጥር የሚያደርግ አካል አለመኖሩንም ምንጮች ገልጸዋል።

ደሃውበምግብውድነት: ነጋዴውበግብር አርሶአደሩ በማዳበሪያ እዳ እየተሰቃዩ ባለበት ጊዜ ይህን መክፈል አይቻልም በማለት ተቃውሞ ያስነሱ ሰዎች፣ ተቃውሞቸአውን የሚሰማቸው አካል አላገኙም። አንዳንድ  ዜጎች ገንዘብ የከፈሉበትን ደረሰኝ ለኢሳት በመላክ፣ ዝርፊያው እንዲቆም ህዝቡ ተቃውሞ እንዲያሰማ እየጠየቁ ነው።

የመለስ ፋውንዴሽን፣ የቀድሞውን ጠ/ሚ መለስ ዜናዊን የሚዘክሩ ስራዎችን የመስራት አላማ አለው። ፋውንዴሽኑ በህዝብ ፈቃድ እና ከመንግስት በሚሰጥ ገንዘብ ይሰራል ተብሎ ቢነገረም፣ ህዝቡ  ለማዋጣት ፈቃደኛ ባለመሆኑ በግዴታ እንዲያዋጣ እየተደረገ ነው። ከህዝብ ፈቃድ ውጭ የተሰራ ፋውንዴሽን ፣ ኢህአዴግ እስካለ ጊዜ ብቻ እንደሚቆይ የሚናገሩት አስተያየት ሰጪዎች፣ ፋወንዴሸኑ ከደሃው ኢትዮጵያዊ ገንዘብ መሰብሰቢያና ሃብት ማካበቻ መሆኑንም አክለዋል።

የዋስትና መብት የተነፈጉ ነጋዴዎች ፍርድ ቤት ቀረቡ

ሰኔ ፲(አስር)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-በሃረር በቅርቡ ከተነሳው ቃጠሎ ጋር በተያያዘ በእስር ላይ ከሚገኙት ከ20 በላይ ነጋዴዎችና ሰራተኞች መካከል ፍርድ ቤት የቀረቡት 3ቱ ተከሳሾች እንደገና ሌላ ቀጠሮ ተሰጥቷቸዋል።

የ25  አመቱ  ቢኒያም ጌታቸው፣ የ28 አመቱ ሲሳይ አሊ አህመድ እና የ16 አመቱ  ዙቤር  አህመድ  በ1996 ዓም የወጣውን የወንጀል ህግ በመተላለፍ ” በፌደራል ህገመንግስት የተቋቋመውን የሃረሪ ህዝብ ክልል መንግስት ፣ በዚህ ክልል መንግስት የተቋቋሙትን የአስፈጻሚ አካላትን የተለያዩ የመንግስት መስሪያ ቤት ሰራተኞች መስሪያ ቤቱ የእለት ተእለት ስራውን በተለይም የትራንስፖርት  መገናኛ ጽ/ቤት ባለስልጣን እና ሰራተኞች እንዲሁም የክልሉ ፖሊስ ሃይል አባላት የሃረር ብሀረሰብ እና ሰራተኞች በፌደራልና በክልል ህገመንግስት የተሰጣቸውን የማስተዳደር ስልጣን ለማደናቀፍ ተከሳሾች መጋቢት 1/2006 ዓም ከጠዋቱ ከ3፡00 እስከ 7 ሰአት ባለው ጊዜ በቀበሌ 14 ውስጥ በሚገኘው የትራንስፖርትና መገናኛ ጽ/ቤት እና ፊት ለፊቱ ባለው መንገድ ከ300 እስከ 500 የሚሆኑ ህወገወጥ ስለፈኞችን በመምራት በዛቻ፣ መንገድ በመዝጋት፣ ድንጋይ በመወርወር የመንግስት ሰራተኞች እና የክልሉ ነዋሪዎች ወደ እለት ስራዎች እንዳይሄዱ በመከላከል በመንገድ ትራንስፖርት መገናኛ ጽ/ቤት ላይ ግምቱ ከፍተኛ ጉዳት በማድረስ እና እንዲደርስ በማድረግ፣ አንድን ብሄረሰብ ነጥሎና ፖሊስን በመሳደብ፣ የመንገድ ትራንስፖርት መገናኛ ጽ/ቤት በእሳት ለማጋየት በሞመከር የክልሉን ሰንደቃላማ ከተሰቀለበት በማውረድ የመንግስትና የህዝብ ንብረት በማውደም የክልሉን ህገመንግስታዊ ተግባርን በማደናቀፍ ወንጀል” መከሰሳቸውን የክስ ቻርጁ ያመለክታል።

በተለይ አንደኛው ተከሳሽ ቢኒያም ጌታቸው የሃረሪ ክልልን ሰንደቃላማ በንቀት ከተሰቀለበት በማውረድና በማቃጠሉ የመንግስት ምልክት በመድፈር ወንጀል መከሰሱን የክስ ጃርጁ ያመለክታል።

ሶስቱም ተከሳሾች ” የሃረሪ ክልል ባለስልጣኖችን፣ ያሃረሪ ፖሊስን፣ የሃረሪ ብሄረሰብን ሌባ በማለት የሃሰት ወሬዎችን በመንዛት የፖለቲካና የዘር ጥላቻን በመቀስቀስ በፈጸሙት የሃሰት ወሬዎችን በማውራት ህዝብን በማነሳሳት ወንጀል መከሰሳቸውንም የክስ ቻርጁ ይዘረዝራል። ተከሳሾች በበኩላቸው የሃረሪን መንግስት እንጅ ህዝቡን አልተሳደብንም በሚል እየተከራከሩ ነው።

ፍርድ ቤቱ የዳኛ እጥረት አለብን በሚል ለሃምሌ 24 ቀጠሮ ሰጥቷል። በ20 ሰራተኞችና ነጋዴዎች ላይ የተመሰረተው ክስ ደግሞ ሰኔ 20 ቀን እንደሚታይ የደረሰን መረጃ ያመለክታል።

ቻርለስ ቴለር ወደ አፍሪካ ሄደው የእስር ጊዜያቸውን እንዲፈጽሙ ጠየቁ

ሰኔ ፲(አስር)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-የቀድሞው የላይቤሪያ መሪ ቻርለስ ቴለር በሴራሊዮን እኤአ ከ1991-2002 በነበረው የእርስ በርስ ጦርነት እጃቸው አለበት በሚል በሄግ ኔዘርላንድስ በተቋቋመው ልዩ ፍርድ ቤት  የ50 አመት እስር ተፈርዶባቸዋል።

የእስር ጊዜያቸውን በእንግሊዝ የሚያሳልፉት ቴለር፣ 15 ልጆቻቸውን በየጊዜው ለማየት ባለመቻላቸው ወደ ሩዋንዳ ተወስደው እንዲታሰሩ ጥያቄ አቅርበዋል።

ከቤተሰቦቻቸው እርቀው እንዲታሰሩ መደረጉ አለማቀፍ ህግን የሚጥስ መሆኑን የቴለር ጠበቆች ተናግረዋል። ይሁን እንጅ የእንግሊዝ መንግስት በጉዳዩ ዙሪያ የሰጠው አስተየያት የለም።

ቻልረስ ቴለር በሰሩት ወንጀል የተቀጡ የመጀመሪያው አፍሪካዊ መሪ ናቸው። በስልጣን ላይ ካሉት መሪዎች መካከል የሱዳኑ ጄኔራል አልበሽር በአለማቀፍ ፍርድ ቤት የሚፈለጉ ሲሆን፣ የኬንያው መሪ ኡሁሩ ኬንየታና ምክትላቸው ዊሊያም ሩቶም ጉዳያቸው ዘሄግ በሚገኘው ፍርድ ቤት እየታየ ነው።

በኦሮምያ የተነሳውን ተቃውሞ ተከትሎ ከታሰሩት መካከል አንዳንዶች ሲፈቱ ሌሎች ደግሞ ፍርድ አጥተው እየተሰቃዩ ነው

ሰኔ ፱(ዘጠኝ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-ከአዲስ አበባ ማስተር ፕላን ጋር በተያያዘ በኦሮምያ ተነስቶ የነበረውን ተቃውሞ ተንተርሶ ከተያዙት በሺ ከሚቆጠሩ ወጣቶች መካከል የተወሰኑት ከእስር ሲለቀቁ፣ አብዛኞቹ አሁንም በእስር ላይ ይገኛሉ።

የክልሉ ወኪላችን እንደሚለው በወለጋ፣  በአንቦና አጎራባች ወረዳዎች የታሰሩ በርካታ ወጣቶች አሁንም ፍትህ አጥተው በእስር ላይ ሲሆኑ በቡራዩ ታስረው ከነበሩት መካከል 3ቱ ዛሬ በዋስ ተለቀዋል። ጋዲሳ ጉደታ፣ ቱፋ በክሩ እና ጉዲሳ ድሪባ የተባሉት ተከሳሾች ዛሬ ከእስር ሲለቀቁ፣ ዳውድ ሃሰን የተባለው ደግሞ ከሳሽ አጥቶ ወደ እስር ቤት እንደሚለስ ተደርጓል። የዞኑ ፍርድ ቤት የዳውድ ክስ አይመለከተኝም ያለ ሲሆን፣ የወረዳው ፍርድ ቤትም ክስ እንደማይመሰርትበት አስታውቋል። ዳውድ ፍትህ አጥቶ በእስር ቤት እንዲቆይ በመደረጉ በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ የስሜት መረበሽ አጋጥሞት እንደነበር ጉዳዩን በቅርበት የሚከታተሉ ሰዎች ለወኪላችን ገልጸውለታል።

በደዴሳና በአምቦ እስር ቤቶች የታሰሩ ወጣቶች አሁንም በፍትህ እጦት እየተሰቃዩ መሆኑን ወኪላችን አክሎ ገልጿል።

ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ የአዲስ አበባ መስተዳድር በከተማዋ አዲስ ማስተር ፕላን ዙሪያ ውሳኔ ሰጥቶ ወደ ተግባር ለመንቀሳቀስ አለመቻሉን የውስጥ ምንጮች ገልጸዋል።

እንደምንጮች ገለጻ ከፍተኛ ተቃውሞ ያስነሳውን የከተማዋን ካርታ ከመጪው ምርጫ በፊት  ተግባራዊ ማድረግ የአካባቢውን ህዝብ ቁጣ የሚቀሰቅስ በመሆኑ እስከ ምርጫ 2007 ጉዳዩን ላለማንሳት ሊወስን ይችላል።

የአዳዲሶቹ የስኳር ፋብሪካዎች ግንባታ መጓተቱትን መረጃዎች አመለከቱ

ሰኔ ፱(ዘጠኝ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-አዳዲስ የስኳር ፋብሪካዎች ፕሮጀክቶችና የነባር የማስፋፊያ ፕሮጀክቶች የግንባታ ስራዎች አፈጻጸም እጅግ ደካማ መሆኑን ከገንዘብና ኢኮኖሚ ልማት ሚኒስቴር የተገኘ መረጃ ጠቁሟል።

ለዚህደካማአፈጻጸምሚኒስቴሩበዋንኛነት ያስቀመጠውምክንያትከስራውስፋትናውስብስብነትአንጻርያጋጠመውትልቅየማስፈጸምአቅምማነስነውብሏል፡፡በቀጣይዓመትበሚጠናቀቀውየመንግስትየዕድገትናየትራንስፎርሜሽንዕቅድየመጀመሪያዎቹሶስትዓመታትማለትምከ2003-2005 ኣ.ምየአዳዲስስኳርልማትፕሮጀክቶችየሚካሄዱትከዚህበፊትምንምየመሰረተልማትባልተዘረጋባቸውናለግንባታስራየሰለጠነየሰውኃይልበማይገኝባቸውአካባቢዎችበመሆኑበዕቅድዘመኑውስጥየመጀመሪያዎቹሁለትዓመታትማለትም 2003 እና 2004 የመንገድናሌሎችየአዋጪነትየጥናትስራዎችመከናወናቸውንመረጃውይጠቅሳል፡፡

በመሆኑምበእነዚህኣመታትለቀጣይስራመደላድልከመፍጠርባለፈተጠናቅቆ ወደምርትየገባፕሮጀክትአልነበረም፡፡ የነባርስኳርፋብሪካዎችየማስፋፊያፕሮጀክቶችየግንባታስራዎችመካከልየወንጂናየፊንጫስኳርፋብሪካዎችተጠናቅቀውበ2005 ኣ.ምወደስራየገቡሲሆንየተንዳሆስኳርፋብሪካበዚህዓመትወደስራእንደሚገባመረጃውይጠቅሳል፡፡

አዳዲሶቹስኳርፋብሪካዎችማለትምኩራዝ፣የጣናበለስእናወልቃትየመስኖመሰረተልማትግንባታ፣የመሬትዝግጅትናየሸንኮራአገዳተከላ፣የፋብሪካናየመኖሪያቤትግንባታዎችእየተከናወኑቢሆንምአፈጻጸማቸውበዝቅተኛደረጃላይእንደሚገኝተመልክቷል፡፡

በዚህምምክንያትፕሮጀክቶቹየዕድገትናየትራንስፎርሜሽንእቅዱ በሚጠናቀቅበትበቀጣይአንድኣመትጊዜያትእንደማይደርሱከወዲሁተረጋግጦአል፡፡

በአንድወቅትየስኳርኮርፖሬሽንዳይሬክተርየነበሩትአቶአባይጸሐዬየስኳርፋብሪካዎቹበዘርፉልምድ ባለመኖሩምክንያትየማስፈጸምአቅምማጋጠሙንአምነው  “እየተማርንበመስራትላይነን” በማለትበፓርላማመድረክያደረጉትንግግርበሃገርሐብትመቀለድነውበሚልከፍተኛትችትአስከትሎባቸውእንደነበርየሚታወስነው፡፡

በሌላ ዜና ደግሞ በውጭሃገርካሉኢትዮጵያዊያንእናመንግስታዊያልሆኑድርጅቶችአማካይነትወደ ሃገርውስጥየሚገባውሃዋላየወጪንግዱንገቢእየተገዳደረውመሆኑንከብሔራዊባንክየተገኘመረጃጠቆመ፡፡

እየተገባደደባለውየኢትዮጵያዊያን 2006 በጀትዓመትዘጠኝወራትከሸቀጦችኤክስፖርት 2  ቢሊየንዶላርሲገኝከግልሃዋላምተቀራራቢበሆነመልኩ 2 ቢሊየንዶላርተገኝቷል፡፡

አምናበ2005 በጀትዓመትሃገሪቱከሸቀጦችንግድ 3 ቢሊየንየአሜሪካንዶላርስታገኝከግልሃዋላደግሞ 4ቢሊየንዶላርማግኘትዋንመረጃውንይጠቅሳል፡፡

የባንኩመረጃእንደሚያሳየውበውጪአገርየሚኖሩኢትዮጵያዊንለወገኖቻቸውንናለተለያዩስራዎችማስኬጃወደሃገርውስጥየሚያስገቡትዶላርበዓመትእስከ 20 በመቶእያደገየመጣሲሆንበአንጻሩበቡናኤክስፖርትላይብቻየታሰረውየወጪንግዱእያሽቆለቆለመምጣቱንመረጃውያሳያል፡፡

የዚህዓመትየዘጠኙወራትኤክስፖርትገቢካለፈውዓመትተመሳሳይናከተያዘውዕቅድጋርሲነጻጸርአፈጻጸሙዝቅተኛመሆኑንየጠቀሰውየብሔራዊባንኩመረጃይህምሊሆንየቻለውበዓለምገበያላይበዋንኛነትየቡናናወርቅእንዲሁምየስጋምርቶችዋጋበማሽቆልቆሉነው፡፡

በኬንያ የሽብር ጥቃት ፈጽመዋል የተባሉ በርካታ ሰዎች ታሰሩ

ሰኔ ፱(ዘጠኝ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-ቢቢሲ እንደዘገበው በላሙ የወደብ ዳርቻ ሰሞኑን የተፈጸመው ጥቃት የ60 ሰዎችን ህይወት አጥፍቷል። ፕሬዚዳንት ኡሁሩ ኬንያታ ጥቃቱን የፈጸመው አልሸባብ አለመሆኑን ገልጸው ነበር። ጥቃቱ በአልሸባብ እንደተፈጸመ ተደርጎ መረጃውን ያሰራጨውን ሰው መያዙም ተገልጿል።

ግድያው ከጎሳ ፖለቲካ ጋር የተያያዘ እንደሆነ የአገሪቱ መንግስት ገልጿል። ሰሞኑን በተፈጸመው ጥቃት ከሞቱት ሰዎች በተጨማሪ 12 ሴቶችም ታፍነው ተወስደዋል። ታፍነው የተወሰዱት ሴቶች የት እንደገቡ የታወቀ ነገር የለም።

ኬንያ ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህ በተለያዩ ሃይሎች ተደጋጋሚ ጥቃት እየደረሰባት ነው።

SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEES UPDATE: MSF CALLS FOR SPECIAL MOBILIZATION

Elissa Jobson/The Guardian

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International, an organization providing medical aid to South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia since January this year, says the emergency situation of the refugees calls for special mobilizations of South Sudanese refugees.

Describing the situation, Antoine Foucher, MSF’s head of mission in Ethiopia, said since the conflict in South Sudan broke out in December, an average of 1,000 people have been arriving daily in Ethiopia’s Gambella region. However, that average only partially reflects massive inflows of between 10,000 and 15,000 people per day, for example, as occurred after the battle of Nasir in Jonglei state. There are more than 130,000 South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia today. According to an HCR estimate, that number could reach 350,000 by the end of the year.

Are the refugees receiving assistance?

The vast majority are women and children, who are extremely weak when they arrive, having traveled several days or weeks, on foot or by boat. They may arrive at different points of entry into Ethiopia – Tiergol, Pagak or Burubiey. MSF teams provide medical care in these transit camps, treating the children, some of whom die within the first days following their arrival in Ethiopia. The population at the Burubiey transit camp today exceeds its capacity. Approximately 13,000 people are housed there, under extremely precarious conditions, while awaiting transfer to Kule camp. However, transfer to the region’s two main refugee camps, each of which holds around 45,000 people, does not guarantee healthy living conditions. Despite efforts, these camps, which are often located in flood prone zones, lack adequate shelter and sufficient water (seven liters per day per person at the Burubiey center), and latrines (one latrine per 60 people at Lietchuor and one latrine per 288 people at Kule 1). These conditions are among the primary vectors of morbidity and mortality in the camps.

It’s an emergency situation

The refugees are in a state of extreme physical vulnerability., said MSF: “We observed the extent of their malnutrition when they arrived in Burubiey in April. Nearly one child out of four was suffering from malnutrition and the rate of severe acute malnutrition was above 7%. After several weeks in the camps, where living conditions are very precarious, they do not get any better. Although malnutrition rates declined, they remained above emergency thresholds. Diarrhea and pneumonia are the primary illnesses associated with malnutrition, we see at the hospital and health center where we are working in Lietchuor camp, and at the Itang hospital, 10 kilometers from Kule camp. These illnesses are linked to poor living conditions. As a result, mortality rates have been above emergency thresholds. In May, mortality rates ranged between 7 and 18% at the two MSF centers in Lietchuor and Itang, where children are hospitalized and receive intensive nutritional treatment. Of course, we do not have an overview of mortality for the entire refugee population, but the indicators available to us reveal alarming rates. With the start of the rainy season, sanitary conditions will worsen and new illnesses, such as malaria, appear.

What has been the response to this emergency?

This emergency situation requires an exceptional mobilization. Gambella region must receive a commensurate attention and support to the critical situation from national authorities, the United Nations and NGOs. Increased administrative, financial and political resources must be provided so that humanitarian aid can be deployed rapidly and massively. Unless we are willing to risk a health catastrophe, we cannot accept a deployment that improves day by day but is never adequate to turn the epidemiological situation around.

A cholera epidemic Jonglei

MSF has proposed a preventive strategy that includes a cholera vaccination campaign and a pentavalent pneumococcal vaccination campaign. We’ve got to move quickly to deliver vaccinations against cholera that can protect 60 – 80% of those who are potentially infected. The cholera vaccine is an oral vaccine, administered in two doses that can be given to adults and children.
This preventive strategy also involves positioning major supplies for treating malaria and cholera as soon as an epidemic begins. It will save many lives but does not substitute for a major deployment of assistance that provides water, sanitation and shelter.

Teams treat refugees when they arrive at transit centers and at Lietchuor camp. The organization set up an 85-bed hospital and a health center at Lietchuor and a 75-bed hospital at Itang.

Cover Photo: South Sudanese children gather at a refugee camp in Gambella, one of the poorest regions in Ethiopia.

Tewodros Beharu: Ethiopia’s prosecutor from hell in America

June 16, 2014

by Abebe Gellaw

Under the brutal rule of the TPLF, courts are key instruments of repression. This is not an allegation. It is rather a well-documented and substantiated fact widely known across the world. One of the worst crimes the TPLF has committed in the last two decades is using fake laws, Kangaroo courts, unjustly ruthless “prosecutors” and “judges” to silence and torment anyone opposed to its criminal tyranny.

“Prosecutors” and “lawyers” in the league of Shimelis Kemal have committed heinous crimes under the guise of nonexistent due process. Among other things, Shimelis is the author of the so-called anti-terrorism proclamation and the charities and societies law. Tewodros Beharu, who was recruited as a student OPDO operative at college, is one of those who were willingly followed the bloody footsteps of TPLF’s hacks like Shimelis.

Journalists, activists and political dissidents that have survived torture chambers, killing sprees and all sorts of inhumane treatment are mostly forced to go through the Kangaroo court system even if the whole process is a sham designed to give repression a semblance of justice. The system deliberately dispenses injustice by imposing the will of the TPLF under the guise of justice.

The fake and unjust “lawyers” like Tewodros Beharu, Berhanu Wondimagegn, Zeresenay Misganaw and Berihun Teklebirhan were given tasks to persecute journalists and activists using the anti-terrorism law. In the service of their TPLF paymasters, the hack lawyers have fabricated countless treason and terrorism charges against innocent people whose only crime was exposing and challenging the corruption and tyranny of the TPLF.

Fake prosecutor Tewodros Beharu is no exception. He willingly and passionately played a key role in sending Eskinder Nega, Andualem Aragie, Reeyot Alemu, Nathnael Mekonnen, Bekele Gerba, Olbana Lelisa, the Muslim leaders and so many political prisoners to the hellish TPLF jails. This unjust man is now living in Silver Spring, Maryland. While his victims are suffering in harsh jails, he appears to go to bed without any remorse and regrets.

After shattering the dreams of so many patriots condemned to suffer nightmares just for the love of their people and country, he is pursuing “happiness” and the American dream. It appears that the former TPLF tormentor and persecutor has sought asylum under false pretence that he was persecuted and tortured. To make matters worse, he rejected numerous requests to explain about the way he and his partners in crime were able to convict innocent people with serious terrorism offences and crimes they have never committed. He even tried to blame it all on Shimelis Kemal despite the key roles he played in the whole drama.

Whatever the justification, Tewdoros knows the fact that political prisoners deemed to be threats to the TPLF are always guilty, even before they are pronounced guilty as charged by opportunistic Kangaroo court judges and prosecutors like himself hired to do the dirty job. He is also aware of the fact that the “terrorists” he convicted faced concocted and fictitious charges without the need to present any shred of evidence. They have been denied a fair trial and the basic right to challenge false accusations to prove their innocence.

The worst and most outrageous legal drama unfolded in the aftermath of the 2005 elections. The landslide election victory the opposition had pulled off triggered Meles Zenawi’s panic attacks. Over 193 civilians including minors were mowed down by the brutal Agazi brigade and the federal police. Then opposition party leaders, journalists and civil society leaders were detained and charged with genocide, outrage against the constitution and treason, charges authored by Shimelis Kemal and his handlers.

Former publisher and journalist Serkalem Fasil and her son Nafkot Eskinder, who was born in jail in the wake of the 2005 election turmoils, were forced to flee Ethiopia almost a year ago. Her husband , the fiery award-winning journalist Eskinder Nega, was convicted of trumped-up “terrorism” offenses. He was condemned to 18 years in jail. The chief prosecutor in this and other high profile anti-terrorism charges to inflict maximum harm and pain was none other than Tewodros Beharu.

Following Eskinder’s terrorism conviction, their two houses and a car were confiscated. Adding insult to injury, TPLF was very eager to make sure that not only Eskinder but his family suffer the injustice. After losing everything they have, it was a hard and heartbreaking decision for Serkalem to leave her husband behind. But upon his insistence, she had no choice but to go into exile, at least to protect their child from the unjustly tormenting and painful experience.

A couple of weeks later, Tewodros Beharu, along with his wife Meron Girma, left Ethiopia dreaming a better life in the United States. Unlike the majority of Ethiopian exiles that flee persecution, torture, killings and discrimination, the former public prosecutor left behind the shattered dreams of so many political prisoners and their families.

Tewodros was one of TPLF’s prosecutors, or rather persecutors, trained and employed to fabricate terrorism charges against political prisoners like Eskinder Nega, Andualem Aragie, Nathaniel Mekonnen, Reeyot Alemu, Wubishet Taye, Bekeke Gerba, Olbana Lelisa, the Muslim community leaders and the two Swedish journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye. Tewdos also convicted exiled “terrorists” such as Obang Metho, Neamin Zeleke, Dr. Berhanu Nega, Ephrem Madebo, Fasil Yenealem, Mesfin Negash, Abiy Teklemariam and myself.

In a reversal of fortune, Tewodros Beharu has ended up among the terrorists he falsely accused and convicted. This beggars the question how the persecuted and the persecutors can coexisted in the land of freedom where the rule of law is supreme. When victims and tormentors face off, the “dreamer “in the pursuit of happiness may be too sad to face truth, justice and reality….

As Malcolm X once said, “I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” Not only Tewodros but all the false accusers and judges in Ethiopia should realize the fact that those of us they convicted with all sorts of crimes and terrorism are not criminals and terrorists but law-abiding citizens that dare to speak truth to power.

Tormenting and attacking innocent people with false accusations and fake laws is nothing but terrorism. Those who falsely accuse and prosecute others are conscious criminals. They cannot invoke ignorance or arrogance as a defense.

Let the truth speak for itself. The truth never lies. It is always powerful and irrefutable.

Ethiopian: Moving Toward a Generation of Negotiation and Principled Compromise?

June 18, 2014

by T. Goshu

The very reason for me to come up with this piece of writing is the recent truly encouraging political step taken by the two major opposition political parties in Ethiopia, Unity for Democracy and Justice (Andinet), and All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP). I was one of many Ethiopians who were genuinely concerned about the question of whether the process for unification could be successful or not. This serious concern was not without legitimate reason. The concern was because of certain obstacles between the parties themselves, and most outrageously because of the tyrannical ruling elites who have stupidly attempted to disrupt the process for genuine democratic change not only by using their usual dirty political game but also by deploying their deadly parasitic political cadres to infiltrate the process of which they considered as a threat to the continuation of their notoriously dirty political game.

It was with a very mixed feeling that I heard and read the news about the signing of the pre-unification agreement between the two parties on June 8, 2014. Needless to say that this kind of feeling of mine about the “breaking news” is not something different from the feelings of most of my fellow Ethiopians. It goes without saying that the very reasons for this mixed feeling do emanate from: a) a very strong aspiration to see this kind of critically desirable political move in our political history in general and at this critical moment in time in particular b) and the second reason has a lot to do with something that challenges the first one when it comes to multiple of terribly failed past experiences of which various opposition political parties and movements have come across.

Yes, we have come across failure after failure for the last two decades as far as the issue of real sense of dialogue, reasonable level of selflessness for the sake of national interest, resolving issues of differences through negotiation and principle compromise, and marching together for the realization of a democratic society is concerned. I do not think I need to enumerate all the names of councils, forces of unity, coalitions and the like which terribly had failed and had caused very deep discontent to the people of Ethiopia. Because I do think that these terrible stories of failures were parts of our day-to-day political lives. I am equally well aware that it is true the ruling front led by the ethnic-based minority (TPLF) had and still has its own poisonous contribution to those terrible failures of political opposition forces. However, it would be stupidly wrong not to admit what went terribly wrong within and among opposition forces and not to do something about it here after. I reasonably hope that the great news about the political step taken by UDJ and AEUP will turn our ugly political discourse of the past quarter of a century into a wonderfully desirable political reality. It is from this optimistic view of mine that I want to believe that the current mixed feelings we are experiencing will slowly but surely become positively clear and refined.

I tried hard to make some sort of reasonable and rational meaning out of this kind of mixed feeling (skeptical and optimistic state of mind) of mine. The first thing I had to do was to get more information (opinions and clarification) from those who made their own contribution to the success of the process as well from the members of the leadership of the two would- be -united parties. I listed to the very brief interview by journalist Eskindir Frew (the reporter of VOA Amharic Service) with Dr. Yaqob Hailemariam on 06/12/14. I have to say here that my mixed feeling has relatively turned into a more of clear optimism when I heard Dr. Yaqob saying that four genuinely concerned and well –known Ethiopians (Himself, Dr Dagnachew Asefa, Dr. Almayehu Areda and Ato Yilam Yifru) have made a great effort in keeping the process in the right track and finally witnessing its signing ceremony. Dr. Yaqob’s comment on the political significance of the agreement between the two parties, and his advice based on the current political and socio-economic reality in the country is so powerful if we look at it with our open and sincere minds and hearts. The point he made about the direct and strong relationship between the makings of political unity, if not genuine cooperation and coordination among all genuinely concerned political parties and the coming election is a very convincing case in point. Yes, as there is no a system of proportional representation in the current political system, there is no doubt that TPLF/EPRDF will continue its evil-driven political agenda even by securing twenty percent of the vote if the opposition parties do not do something serious about walking and working together towards the upcoming election. We have to be so grateful to those four senior citizens of Ethiopia who have made great efforts and helped the two political parties to come to a remarkable agreement and to be examples for others to do the same, if not to create some sort of healthy and cooperative working political environment.

Needless to say, those citizens have shown us how the role of cultural or traditional settling of disagreements and conflicts in the history of societal interaction of our country could be effective if we really use it genuinely and properly. Families, friends, neighbors, elders, religious leaders, respected personalities in communities, honestly prominent intellectuals have played their own roles in resolving disputes and conflicts between or among individuals, groups and communities. Unfortunately enough, our political elites have seriously damaged this wonderful cultural mechanism of settling disagreement or conflicts. How? Either by making it part of their corrupt, immoral, cynical, and even deadly political games, or by attacking it whenever they believe it could not serve their dirty purposes.

The terrible assault on the valuable of traditional mechanism of resolving disputes or conflicts coupled with the total absence solving political problems with a democratic mechanism has led the people of Ethiopia to a situation where survival is extremely difficult let alone aspiring for the better. I am not arguing in reference to a well-developed way of dealing with political problems. What I am trying to emphasize here is that our political history is almost devoid of civility as far as the issue of resolving differences of political views and interests, and thinking of the better generation of tomorrow is concerned. Needless to say, the consequences of the absence of resolving our political differences and conflicts through dialogue and principled compromise are seriously troubling and disturbing unless we learn from our miserable failures and do something about them. And this has to start today, not tomorrow.

I also carefully listened to Abebe Belew of Addis Dimts radio conducting fairly brief interview with Engneer Gizachew Sheferaw , chairman of Andinet ; and Ato Abebaw Mehari , chairman of AEUP on 06/14/14. My impression about the responses of the two politicians is that things look very encouraging. Their strong reaffirmation to move forward in a united force is truly commendable. The way they expressed the very inspiring and strong initiation from members of both parties to see this very desirable political step being realized is the most interesting and encouraging factor for moving forward in an irreversible manner. By the way, this is or was the powerful expression expressed by Dr. Yaqob too.

It goes without saying that mere theorization and preaching about democratic society without the culture of engaging in a real sense of dialogue, negotiation and reaching a resolution based on principled compromise does not make sense at all. And this kind of senseless political discourse has brought about disastrous consequences to subsequent generations of the country. Yes, our politicians in general and the royal families (monarchies) and subsequent ruling groups, including the current ethno-centric ruling elites in particular had no and have no any interest in engaging the generation of their own time let alone the generation of tomorrow. They had been and are blinded by getting their own wildly voracious short-term interests satisfied. And that is why our political lives especially for the last half a century (1960s – present) is mainly characterized by unprecedented level of degradation and crises after cries. It goes without saying that unless we want to continue with our pretending mentality and the foolish sentiment of avoidance of the political reality we are experiencing, we should be courageous enough to face a very critical challenge that requires a deeply thoughtful and feasible way of doing things beyond this generation of ours; that is to say for the sake of the generation of tomorrow. May we have a sincere look at the following realistically touching equation?

“The children of tomorrow must be good negotiators. They must be prepared to resolve differences in a civilized way: to listen, to be responsible, and to be unafraid to adjust conflicting values. The alternative in an age of rising expectations is violence.”

This timeless truth is stated by Chester L. Karrass in his book, The Negotiating Game (1970). Although the book is mainly about the role of negotiating game in dealing with our day –to – day lives in general and our socio –economic interactions in particular, there is no doubt that it powerfully tells us about the very deeply unfortunate side of our own political history . Needless to say, this very unfortunate situation is mainly because of the ruling elites who have been using and continue to use not only any dirty but also deadly political game to maintain and advance their own monstrously voracious self-interests. They never have shown any common sense about the future of their own children and families let alone about the very fate of this generation and the generations to come. The very challenge we continue to face is that the current ruling elites have unequivocally told us through their late mentor, Ato Meles Zenawi that a change of their political power will be on their graves only. And the current prime minister, Ato Desalegn Hailemariam has told us that he is instructed by the bosses of the front in which he belongs (TPLF) to carry on the legacy of the late “great leader” and he is committed to do so. That is why there is a compelling reason to be convinced that the struggle for a democratic change is extremely challenging and the victory will be remote without taking a unified and coordinated, and timely political action. And this strongly requires the interpretation of words into deeds.

Let me sum up my opinion by a quotation from a small but very thoughtful book of Louis Fischer (Gandhi: His life and Message for the World, 1954, 1982). He states, “He (Gandhi) took words and ideas seriously and felt that having accepted a moral precept he had to live it. Then he could preach it. He preached what he practiced.”