Monday, December 31, 2012

China Pouring Fake Drugs Into Africa, Endangering Millions


Though China is increasingly becoming the most visible and active foreign presence on the African continent, there is a downside, as revealed by a recent expose in the UK’s The Guardian: As many as a third of the malaria drugs in countries like Uganda and Tanzania are fake or substandard—putting the health of millions at risk—with most of them believed to originate in China and India.

The Guardian report says the drugs look identical to real ones, and the fake ones can only be identified with lab testing. In addition to the malaria drugs, analysis of antibiotics and contraceptives have also turned up fakes. The article says some pills contain no active ingredients, some are partial strength and some the wrong formulation entirely.

According to the Guardian, the fake medications have led to deaths, prolonged illness and increased drug resistance in areas of east Africa.

In response to the Guardian article, China has denied the allegations—but a foreign ministry spokeswoman said through Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, that foreign traders should “procure medicines from legitimate companies through standardized channels.” That sounds like a tacit acknowledgement that the counterfeiting is going on.

“Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a daily press briefing that the accusations are unfounded, noting that co-operation between the Chinese government and African countries has played an important role in improving the healthcare environment for people in Africa,” Xinhua reported on Thursday night.

China is now Africa’s largest trade partner, with its tentacles reaching into many sectors of African life. Earlier this month, China’s largest English newspaper, China Daily, launched an African edition, continuing a trend of Chinese media expansion into the continent. The trend follows increasingly strong trade partnerships between China and Africa’s fast developing nations. Weekly editions of China Daily will be published in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city. The stat-run paper joins fellow Chinese news outlets China Central Television and Xinhua in the leap to Africa.

“The relationship between China and the African continent is one of the most significant relationships in the world today,” China Daily publisher and editor-in-chief, Zhu Ling told the BBC. “It is growing and complex and not always understood… We hope to set that straight.”

CCTV Africa also launched out of Kenya earlier this year, with Xinhua providing radio service alongside television and print coverage. Xinhua also launched a partnership with a Kenyan mobile firm Safaricom to provide news service by way of mobile devices.

China has spent much of the year advocating its investments in China, promising to help aid in developing infrastructure and trade. The communist republic has become Africa’s largest trading partner, but some analysts believe that the rapidly growing relationship between the two could make Africa too dependent.
The Guardian report on the fake drugs comes as the Sundance Film Festival’s hottest documentary is a movie, titled Fire In Blood, from director Dylan Mohan Gray, focusing on how in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Western governments and pharmaceutical companies blocked low-cost antiretroviral drugs from reaching AIDS-stricken Africa, causing 10 million or more unnecessary deaths.

Apart from the lives lost because of the fake drugs, there are additional concerns about drug resistance building in east Africa.

“It’s a crisis any time someone dies,” Nick White, who chairs the Wellcome Trust’s south-east Asia major overseas programmes and the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (Wwarn). “It’s a massive problem that people have simply ignored. It’s not like a boil that’s beginning to burst because it’s been a problem for a long time. What has happened is we are beginning to recognize it more.”

Laurie Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the US Council on Foreign Relations, told the Guardian: “Nobody has a head count – or a body count – on numbers of Africans that have died as a result. But China’s role certainly has been dreadful.”

Friday, December 28, 2012

"ግንቦት 7 ሃይል የኛ አካል አይደሉም; ግን አላማቸውን እደግፋለሁ" ዶ\ር ብርሃኑብ

በሌሎች የነጻ የመገናኛ ብዙሃን ስለ ግንቦት 7 ሃይል ተጠይቀው ለመመለስ ፍቃደኛ ያልሆኑት ዶክተር ብርሃኑ ለኢሳት ቃለ ምልልስ 
ሰጥተዋል: :ከጋዜጠኛ ሲሳይ አጌና ጋር ቆይታ አድርገዋል : ይመልከቱት::


ESAT Breaking News The Ethiopian army in Bure fought against each other

 
Published on Dec 28, 2012
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

ESAT Kignit Negash Gebru 27 December 2012



Publisert 27. des. 2012
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Ginbot 7 announces formation of armed wing


December 25 (ESAT News)—A group called Ginbot 7 Popular Force (GPF) has announced the launching of armed resistance against the TPLF-led regime that it characterized as oppressive.

The spokesperson of the group told ESAT that the group has laid the ground work to collaborate with other armed groups such as the Tigray People’s Democratic Movement, Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Force, Gambella People Liberation Movement, and Benishangul Liberation Movement.

Asked if the new front is linked with Ginbot 7, a political movement led by Dr. Birhanu Nega, the spokesman declined to comment on this issue.

In a press release it issued on December 23, the front declared that armed insurrection has  become necessary as the conditions for peaceful political engagement in Ethiopia are  firmly shut by the regime in Addis Ababa.

“GPF called on the people of Ethiopia to join the resistance and rise up against the TPLF,” it said. The front also urged the international community “to refrain from bankrolling the criminal regime in Ethiopia and demand that donor countries use their financial leverage to exert pressure on the TPLF regime to stop its policy of terror that will seriously destabilize an already fragile situation in the Horn of Africa.”

መንግስት የለም ወይ? መንግስት የለም ወይ? (ህዝብ)


ዘረኛው ህወሃት የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት እኔ  ነኝ ይላል። ህዝቡ ግን መንግስት የለም ወይ እያለ መጠየቁን አላቆመም። ህወሃት የመንግስት ቅርፅና መልክ የሌለው ቡድን ስለሆነ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ መንግስት አለ ለማለት አይቻልም። ህወሃት መንግስት መሆን ማለት ምን ማለት እንደሆነ ለማወቅ ብርቱ የሆነ የአቅም ችግር አለበት። ይሄን ደካማነቱን የተመለከተ ህዝብ ነው ድምጹን ከፍ አድርጎ መንግስት የለም ወይ ? መንግስት የለም ወይ? ብሎ የጠየቀው።ህወሃት የመንግስትነት ባህሪይ ቢኖረው ኑሮ ይሄን ድምጽ ማድመጥ በቻለ ነበር። እንዲህ ያለውን ድምጽ አሁን በዚህ ዘመን ያለ ይቅርና በዚያ በጨለማ ዘመን እግዚአብሄር ሾመን የሚሉ ነገስታት እንኳ ቢሆኑ ያደምጡት ነበር።ህወሃት ከጨለማው ዘመን ነግስታት እንኳ የማይሻል እጅግ ኋላ ቀር መሆኑን ከሚያሳዩን ድርጊቶቹ መካከል አንዱ ይሄው የህዝቡን ድምጽ መስማት አለመቻሉ ነው።

አንዳንድ ሰዎች ህወሃት የህዝቡን ድምፅ ለመስማት ፍላጎት እንዳይኖረው ያደረገው ምንድ ነው ብለው ይጠይቃሉ። መልሱ ተፈጥሮው ነው የሚል ነው። የህወሃት ተፈጥሮው የሚገለፀው በትእቢት እና በወንጀል ነው። ትዕቢቱና ሲፈፀመው የኖረው ወንጀሉ ደግሞ ከህዝብ ጋር አብሮ እንዳይኖር አድርገውታል። ህወሃት ራሱን “እኔ አውራ ነኝ ፤እኔ ከሌለው አገሪቷ ትፈርሳለች”እያለ በአደባባይ ሲፎክር መኖሩን እናውቃለን። ”እኔ ከሌለው አገር ትፈርሳለች” የሚለው አባባል አንደኛ የትዕቢቱ ማሳያ ሁለተኛ ደግሞ ለአገሪቷም ሆነ ለህዝቧ ምንም ኃላፊነት እንደማይሰማው የሚያስረግጥ አባባል ነው። በአጠቃላይ ህወሃት ራሱን አለማወቁና ወሰን ያጣው ትዕቢቱ የህዝብን ድምፅ እንዳይሰማ አግደውታል። ከዚህ ትዕቢቱ መላቀቅ ባለመቻሉም የህዝብድ ድምጽ አድምጦ ከህዝብ ጋር የመኖርን ጥበብ ሊያገኛት አልቻለም።

“እኛ አውራዎች ነኝ፤እኛ ከሌለን አገሪቷ ትፈርሳለች” የምትለዋ አባባል ያላዋቂዎች እንቶ ፈንቶ ብትሆንም እንዲህ እንላችኋለን፤

ህወሃቶች እውነት እውነት እንላችኋለን እናንተ ትሄዳላችሁ አገራችንም በሠላም ትኖራለች።የእናንተ አለመኖር አገራችንን አያፈርሳትም። እንዲያውም በተቃራኒው የእናንተ መኖር አገራችንን ከጎሬቤቶቿ ጋናንና ከኬኒያን ከመሳሰሉ አገራት በሁሉም ዘርፍ አንሳ እንድትታይ አደረጋት እንጂ የተሻለች አላደረጋትም።በእናንተ መኖር ምክንያት ዜጎች በተገኘው መንገድ ሁሉ መሰደድን መረጡ እንጂ ተረጋግተው በአገራቸው መኖርን አልመረጡም። ህወሃቶች አሁንም ስሙን እናንተ ባትኖሩ ኑሮ አገራችን ሠላሟ በዝቶ፤ ህዝቡ ተፋቅሮና ተከባብሮ፤ ብሄራዊ ስሜቱ በሚገባው ደረጃ ላይ ሁኖ፤ ሁሉም ኢትዮጵያ በአገሩ እኩል ከህግ በታች ሁኖ የሚኖርባት አገር በሆነች ነበር። ህወሃቶች አሁንም ስሙ የእናንተ መኖር አገሪቷን አፈርሳት እንጂ አልገነባትም።በእናንተ መኖር ምክንያት ህዝቡ “በአገራችን ሠላም አጣን”” ብሎ እንዲማረር ሆነ እንጂ ደስ ብሎት እንዲኖር አልሆነም።

ህወሃቶች የዚያች አገር መንግስት ለመሆን የሞራልም ሆነ የእውቀት ብቃት እንደሌላቸው ባለፉት ሁለት አስርተ ዓመታት በአገራችን ላይ የፈፀሟቸው በደሎች ህያዋን ምስክሮች ናቸው። አዲስ አበባ ውስጥ መንግስት የለም ወይ ? መንግስት የለም ወይ ? የሚለው ጥያቄ የመጠየቁ መነሻም ትግሬን ነፃ አወጣለሁ ብሎ የተነሳው ይሄ ዘረኛ ቡድን ያችን አገር ለመምራት የሚያስችል ስነ-ባህሪይ ማሳየት ባለመቻሉ ነው።ይህ ቡድን ራሱን ከጋረደበት ጥላቻ አላቆ እንደ ሰው ልጅ አስቦ ከሰው ልጆች ጋር አብሮ ለመኖር የሚያስችለውን ባህሪይ በሙሉ መልሶ ላያገኘው አጥቶታል። ይሄ ቡድን የሠላምን ዋጋ አያውቃትም።ይሄ ቡድን ነፃነት ማለት ምን ማለት እንደሆነም ገና አልገባውም።ህወሃት ከሌሎች ጋር አብሮ መኖርንም አያውቅም። ከጎጠኛ አስተሳሰቡ ለመላቀቅም የአዕምሮ ብስለት የለውም። ይህ የጎጠኞች እና የትዕቢተኞች ስብሰብ የሆነው ማፊያ ቡድን ሳይፈለግ ከተቆናጠጠበት የስልጣን ኮርቻ ላይ መውረድ አለበት። ኢትዮጵያን እንዲህ ያሉ ዘረኞችና ወንበዴዎች ሊመሯት አይገባም።

ህወሃት የሚመራት ኢትዮጵያ ህዝቧ ቀንና ማታ የሚያለቅስባት፤ልቅሶውን የሚያደምጥ መንግስት የሌለባት አገር ነች። ዛሬ በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ በሃና ማሪያም መንደር ነዋሪ የሆኑ ዜጎች ጥረውና ግረው የሠሩት ቤት ፈርሶ ህፃናት፤ እመጫቶች፤ በእድሜ የገፉ አዛውንት አባቶችና እናቶች ወደ ምትሄዱበት ሂዱ ተብለዋል።የት እንሄዳለን ብለው፤ የአገሪቷን ባንዲራ ይዘው የምንሄድበትን ቦታ ንገሩን ብለው ቢማፀኑም የያዙትን ባንዲራ ተነጥቀውከዚህሂዱየኢትዮጵያህዝብድሮምየሚኖረውመንገድላይነው ተብለው በህወሃት ቅጥረኛ ነፍሰ ገዳዮች አማካኝነት እንዲባረሩ ተደርጓል።

እናንተ ህወሃቶችና  ከጎናቸው የቆማችሁ ሌሎች ሆይ ነውር ነገር ታውቁ እንደሆነ ያደረጋችሁት እና የተናገራችሁት ነውር ነው።እናንተ ግን ነውር ነገርን ታውቃላችሁ ለማለት በጣም እንቸገራለን። ለማንኛውም እንዲህ እንላችኋለን፤

የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ጎዳና ላይ መኖር የጀመረው ህወሃት አገሪቷን መቆጣጠር ከጀመረ ወዲህ ነው።ዛሬ በሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ዜጎች በአዲስ አበባ ጎዳናዎች ላይ እንዲኖሩ የሆነው ህወሃቶች የአገሪቷን ሃብት ዘርፈው ለራሳቸው ብቻ በማድረጋቸው ነው።ዛሬ በውጭ አገራት ባንኮች ከኢትዮጵያ ህገ ወጥ በሆነ መንገድ ወጥቶ የተቀመጠው ብዙ ቢሊዮን ዶላር ዜጎች ጎዳና ላይ እንዲኖሩ ተደርጎ መሆኑን አበክረን ልናስታውሳችሁ እንወዳለን።ይሄ ዝሪፊያችሁ ነው የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብን ጎዳና ተዳዳሪ እንዲሆን ያደረገው እንጂ ሌላ አይደለም።

እናንተ ጎጠኛ ህወሃቶች ስሙ!!!

ዛሬ እናንተ ልጆቻችሁን በአሜሪካና በአውሮፓ እንዲሁም በቻይና ልካችሁ የምታስተምሩት ከድሃው ኢትዮጵያዊ ዘርፋችሁ መሆኑን እኛ እንድንነግራችሁ ትፈልጋላችሁን? የእናንተ ልጆች ተንደላቀው ሲማሩ ሌላው ኢትዮጵያዊ ግን ጎዳና ተዳዳሪ ሁኖ በድንቁርና ውስጥ እንዲኖር የፈረዳችሁበት መሆኑንስ አትገነዘቡምን? የዘመኑ ባለስልጣናት ለራሳችሁ ባለ ብዙ ፎቅ ቤቶችን  ሠርታችሁ ተንደላቃችሁ ስትኖሩ ከራሳችሁ የተረፈውንም በብዙ ሺህ ብር እያከራያችሁ ደስ ብሏችሁ ስትኖሩ ድሆች በላባቸው ጥረውና ግረው የሰሩትን ቤቶች አፍርሳችሁ ሜዳ ላይ መጣላችሁን ህዝቡ የማያይ ይመስላችኋልን ?እኛም ሆንን ሌሎች ሁሉንም እያየን እና እየሰማን ነው።ከህዝብ ተሰውሮ የሚቀር አንዳችም ነገር የለም።

እናንተ “እኔ” ብቻ ማለትን የምታውቁ ህወሃቶች ስሙ !!!

በኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ ውስጥ እንዲህ እንደ እናንተ ዘመን ጎዳና ላይ የሚኖር ዜጋ ታይቶ አይታወቅም። እንዲህ አይነት ሁኔታ በጎሬቤት አገሮችም አልታየም። በሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ዜጎች በአገሪቷ ዋና ከተማ ጎዳና ላይ የሚኖሩት እናንተ እንመራታለን በምትሏት ኢትዮጵያ ብቻ ነው። ጭካኔያችሁ ወደር የሌለው በመሆኑና አገራዊ ስሜት በማጣታችሁ የአዲስ አበባ ጎዳናዎች በሺዎች በሚቆጠሩ ጎዳና ተዳዳሪዎች ሊሞሉ ችለዋል ።

“ኢትዮጵያን የምንስበር እኛ፤ የምንጠግንም እኛ” ብላችሁ በቅዥት የምትኖሩ ህወሃቶች አሁንም ስሙ!!!

መተማመኛችሁ ጠመንጃችሁ መሆኑን እናውቃለን። እናንተ ከጠመንጃ ወዲያ ማሰቢያ አካል እንደሌላችሁም ደህና አድርገን እንገነዘባለን። እኛ ግን እንዲህ እንላችኋለን ያ ስትግድሉት አልቅሶ ዝም ያላችሁ ህዝብ ሞትን የሚንቅበት ግዜ እሩቅ አይሆንም። ካሁን ወዲያ ምን ሊመጣ የሚልበት ግዜም እየመጣ ነው። ለዲኑ፤ ለሃይማኖቱ፤ ለነፃነቱ መሞት ክብርና ጀግንነት መሆኑን አምኖ የሚቀበልበት ግዜ ደርሷል።ያን ግዜ ያ የተሞረኮዛችሁት ጠመንጃ የሸንበቆ ምርኩዝ ሆኖ ተሰብሮ የሚወጋችሁ መሆኑን ልናሳውቃችሁ እንወዳለን። ያ ከመሆኑ በፊት ግን ከህዝብ ጎራ እንድትቀላቀሉ ሳንመክራችሁ አናልፍም።

ድል ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ !!!

ግንቦት 7

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Norway to close embassy in Eritrea

Norway is to close its embassy in Asmara, Eritrea, while Nigeria and Kenya will be given extra resources in order to strengthen their efforts concerning Niger and Somalia situation respectively. Meanwhile, a new embassy was opened in Accra, Ghana, and a joint Nordic embassy office was opened in Yangon, Myanmar.


When Espen Barth Eide , Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway visited Addis Ababa in December this year to discuss on substantially regional issues and bilateral relations with his Ethiopian counterpart Tedros Adhanom (PhD) both ministers emphasized on regional issues.

“We talked about the situation in South Sudan, where we have a shared concern about lack of progress. We talked about the positive developments in Somalia and how we can plug-in the political vacuum left by Al Shabab,” said Eide to journalists after his meeting with Tedros. Eide said that the Horn Africa is moving in good direction. “We see economic growth; we see less conflict.”

Meanwhile, Eide has told Tedros that Norway is closing up its embassy in Asmara.
Norway is committed to continue the process of moving its Foreign Service’s resources to where they are most needed in order to effectively safeguard its interest, according to the Foreign Minister.

Norway is making changes in its diplomatic presence in Africa, as the country announced in early 2012. Staff levels at some missions in Africa will also be reduced in order to free up resources.

The press briefing states that in recent years the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strengthened Norway’s presence in countries such as Brazil, India, Indonesia, China and Russia. In order to do this, several diplomatic and consular missions have been closed and staff levels at other missions have been reduced. A total of eight missions were closed in 2011 and 2012.

“As well as ensuring that we have missions in countries where we can best promote Norway’s interests, it is also important that we organize the Foreign Service in such a way that we can take full advantage of the opportunities provided by information technology. We can also improve the efficiency of the Foreign Service by establishing joint Nordic missions. The recently established embassy office in Yangon is a good example of this type of Nordic cooperation,” said Eide.

The country has also decided to close the embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, and re-establish an embassy in Bogotá, Colombia as the latter’s economy is undergoing rapid growth and government is pursuing an active reform policy.

EUFF Rebels kill 17 prison guards, free five comrades from Markos Prison

A partial view of the city of Debre Markos
DEBRE MARKOS, Northern Ethiopia - Rebels on December 22 killed 17 prison guards, wounded at least 13 members of the security personnel and freed five of their comrades who have been languishing behind bars for several months, a source told Ethiomedia by phone on Tuesday.


The attack was carried out by combatants of the Ethiopian Unity and Freedom Force (EUFF).
The report couldn't be verified by an independent source. If proven true, however, the latest attack constitutes the third major offensive after operations on Adigrat Prison in November and Metema town in May in which several business units belonging to ruling party officials were razed to the ground (See details below).

 Over 14 killed, dozens injured in bomb attack on Adigrat Prison.


ADIGRAT, Northern Ethiopia (Nov 2, 2012) – Over 14 inmates were killed and dozens were injured when a building housing at least 1300 prisoners was destroyed in a bomb attack in Adigrat town on Wednesday, a source said.
Bulldozers were used to pull out bodies from the debris. Those critically injured were admitted to the hospital in town. Fears have mounted that the death toll may rise. 




The government has remained quiet.
Adigrat
Adigrat town, which is about 900 km north of Addis Ababa, has an estimated population of 150,000, according to "Adigrat Vision"
Meanwhile, rebels of the Ethiopian Unity and Freedom Force (EUFF) have claimed responsibility for the attack. However, their claim couldn't be verified by an independent source.

An EUFF spokesperson told Ethiomedia by phone that the action was taken to free political prisoners that the government had kept behind bars since the ill-fated 2005 elections in which the opposition Kinijit was believed to have won.

Most inmates were Kinijit supporters arrested from Gonder, Gojjam, Addis Ababa and other parts of the country during a brutal government crackdowns in the aftermath of the 2005 elections, the source said. "Demands that the government release the political prisoners had fallen on deaf ears, thus prompting a public demand that the rebels take action."

Over 40 prisoners have remained at large, according to the spokesperson. A climate of fear and uncertainty has engulfed the once-bustling town of Adigrat.  



Unlike other rebel groups that claim support from Ethiopia's arch enemy Eritrea, the fiercely-independent EUFF has been active in northern Ethiopia in recent years.
Last April, the rebels set on fire a business district in Metema town on the border with Sudan. Over 60 business units that belonged to the ruling party officials were razed to the ground.

EUFF rebels burn down Metema town's TPLF-owned business units

Contraband and other businesses thrive in the redlight district of the town of Metema, known locally as Jinghera.
Daytime Metema is bustling with people of all sorts - from contraband workers to shoppers of all sorts: contraband goods as well as agricultural produces
METEMA, Northwestern Ethiopia (May 1, 2012) - A business district in this town on the border with neighboring Sudan was burned down on April 28, rebels said on Sunday.

Over 60 units in the business quarter of the town called Jinghera were sent up in smoke as they were housing security agents of the ruling TPLF regime, rebels of the Ethiopian Unity and Freedom Force (EUFF) told Ethiomedia on Sunday.

Metema has been a transit point for those who import and export - legally or illegally - items into Sudan and Ethiopia.

Earlier in April, the rebels had set fire to Khartoum Hotel in Metema, claiming it was owned by a ruling party official. In June 2011, EUFF had decimated about a dozen stores owned by ruling party officials.

On April 9, EUFF forces opened fire on Sudanese Al-Qadarif governor, Karam Allah Abbas, who had tried to stop an Ethiopian farmer from working on a farm the Sudanese official thought was a Sudanese territory.
Karam Allah Abbas protested to Ethiopian officials whom he was to meet across the border in the Amhara region.

The Meles regime, which is resented by the Ethiopian people for selling off fertile lands to Sudan as well as many other governments and multinational corporations, blamed EUFF rebels as Eritrean-backed shiftas.
In a recent interview with Bloomberg's William Davison, Ethiopia's second-in-command Bereket Simon confirmed the news report that those who had fired on the Sudanese governor were rebels assisted by neighboring Eritrea.

Many believe EUFF is a politically conscious, self-reliant patriotic group that operates 100% in Ethiopia, scoffing at those who seek shelter in Eritrea.

EUFF rebels burn down Metema town's TPLF-owned business units

Contraband and other businesses thrive in the redlight district of the town of Metema, known locally as Jinghera.
Daytime Metema is bustling with people of all sorts - from contraband workers to shoppers of all sorts: contraband goods as well as agricultural produces
METEMA, Northwestern Ethiopia (May 1, 2012) - A business district in this town on the border with neighboring Sudan was burned down on April 28, rebels said on Sunday.

Over 60 units in the business quarter of the town called Jinghera were sent up in smoke as they were housing security agents of the ruling TPLF regime, rebels of the Ethiopian Unity and Freedom Force (EUFF) told Ethiomedia on Sunday.

Metema has been a transit point for those who import and export - legally or illegally - items into Sudan and Ethiopia.

Earlier in April, the rebels had set fire to Khartoum Hotel in Metema, claiming it was owned by a ruling party official. In June 2011, EUFF had decimated about a dozen stores owned by ruling party officials.

On April 9, EUFF forces opened fire on Sudanese Al-Qadarif governor, Karam Allah Abbas, who had tried to stop an Ethiopian farmer from working on a farm the Sudanese official thought was a Sudanese territory.
Karam Allah Abbas protested to Ethiopian officials whom he was to meet across the border in the Amhara region.

The Meles regime, which is resented by the Ethiopian people for selling off fertile lands to Sudan as well as many other governments and multinational corporations, blamed EUFF rebels as Eritrean-backed shiftas.
In a recent interview with Bloomberg's William Davison, Ethiopia's second-in-command Bereket Simon confirmed the news report that those who had fired on the Sudanese governor were rebels assisted by neighboring Eritrea.

Many believe EUFF is a politically conscious, self-reliant patriotic group that operates 100% in Ethiopia, scoffing at those who seek shelter in Eritrea.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

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ESAT Tikuret Fezralizm Tamagn Beyene Part 2.


በጣም የሚገርም እና የሚያሳዝን  ዘገባ ሲሆን የቀኝ አገዛዝ ስርአቱም በሃገራችን ኢትዮጵያ ላይ የነገሰው በአንድ ብሄር ብቻ  የስልጣን መቀራመትና ሌላውን ህብረተሰብ የማምበርከክና እኔ አውቅልሃለው የሚል  እንደሆነ ከሚደረገው ጭቆናና እረገጣ  በቀላሉ ማወቅ ይቻላል።  ስለዚህም ነው ወንድማችን ታማኝ በየነ ሃገሩ የመቆራረስ እና ህዝቡ ከደረሰበት ኢሰብአዊ ድርጊት አላስችል ብሎት ቀን ከለሊት ሳይል ለአለም ለማጋለጥ ቀና ደፋ እያለ ውጤቱን ከዳር ለማድረስ ለጀመረው ውጣውረድ እና ጥረት በጣም የሚመሰገን ነው ፡፡ 

  እንደኔ ከሆነ ለዚች ሃገር የሚበጃት የስርአቱም ተጠቃሚ  ሆነ በተቃዋሚዎች ጉራ ያሉት  በአንድነት ሆነው ነገ የታሪክ ተወቃሽ እንዳይሆኑ መንቃት እንዳለባቸው አውቀው ኢትዮጵያ ከወደቀችበት አረንቋ እጅ ለእጅ ተያይዘው በአንድነታችው አምነው አባቶቻችን ያስረከቡንን ሃገር እኛም ለመጪው ትውልድ የማስረከብ ግዴታም ሆነ ሃላፊነት አለብን በማለት መነሳት አለባቸው ። ያለበለዚያ በአሁን ሰአት እየተደረገ ያለው ፌ ዘራሊዝም አካሄድ ለማንም አይጠቅምም  እያልኩኝ ኢሳት ትኩረት ፌዘራሊዝም  ክፍል ሁለትን እየጋበዝኩኝ እሰናበታለው ። 
                                                                                                  ምስጋና 
                                                                                   ኢሳቶች ጊዜአችሁን ሰውታቹ ስለሃገራችሁ ሁኔታ ከዚህም ከዛም
                                                                                 ብላቹ ለምታቀርቡት ዘገባ ሁሉ በጣም ምስጋናዪን እያቀረብኰ  
                                                                                      የኢትዮጵያ አምላክ ከጠላት ፍላጻ  ይጠብቃቹ  እላለው 
                                                                                         ኢትዮጵያ ለዘላለም በልጆቿ ተከብራ ትኑር  ።

                                                                                             እስክንድር  አሰፋ 
                                                                               

Friday, December 21, 2012

Ginbot 7 Popular Force (GPF) Formed


Ginbot 7 Popular Force (GPF) Formed

GPF Pict 1
GPF_Logo-Small
For Immediate Release
London, United Kingdom,
December 20, 2012
Ginbot7 Popular Force (GPF) makes official announcement on its formation and calls on all freedom loving Ethiopians to join the resistance against tyranny.
Ginbot7 Popular Force (GPF) announces its official formation and calls on the oppressed people of Ethiopia to join the resistance and rise up in arms against the Tigrai People Liberation Front (TPLF) led dictatorial regime of Ethiopia. GPF has taken this radical step because the alternative will be forfeiting to tyranny all rights and dignity associated with being human and a citizen of Ethiopia.
GPF believes that all civilised options for peaceful political engagement in Ethiopia are firmly shut by the regime in Addis Ababa.  The degree of terror that prevails inside the country has made the general public live in absolute fear and insecurity.
Under the prevailing conditions the only way that citizens of Ethiopia can bring about democratic change and make liberty and justice a reality for all is to use all available means, including arms, against the brutal dictatorship in Ethiopia.
GPF is committed to the forcible removal of the dictatorial regime of the TPLF, usher the condition for peaceful and democratic transition, play a part in the creation of a strong and capable national defence, security and police force whose only allegiance is to the constitution of the land, thereby, bringing an end to the existing affiliation of these institutions to the political forces in the country.
Finally, GPF urges the international community to refrain from bankrolling the criminal regime in Ethiopia and demand that donor countries use their financial leverage to exert pressure on the TPLF regime to stop its policy of terror that will seriously destabilize an already fragile situation in the Horn of Africa.

Ginbot7 Popular Force
Email – pr@ginbot7pf.org
Phone Number – +44 2081230056

መጪውን እሑድ - ከቅዳሴ በኋላ “ከፓትርያርክ ምርጫ ዕርቅና ሰላም ይቅደም” የምንልበት ቀን ስለማድረግ



(ደጀ ሰላም ታኅሣሥ 12/2005 ዓ.ም፤ ዲሴምበር 21/2012/ READ IN PDF)፦ ቤተ ክርስቲያናችን በመስቀልያ መንገድ ላይ እንድትቆም ያደረጉ ዋነኛዎቹ ርዕሰ ጉዳዮች ሁለት ናቸው። የመጀመሪያው ለ20 ዓመታት በውግዘት የተለያዩ አባቶች አንድ እንዲሆኑ፣ አንዲት ቤተ ክርስቲያን፣ አንድ አስተዳደር፣ አንድ ቅ/ሲኖዶስ እንዲኖረን ለማድረግ ያልቻልነው ለምንድነው? የሚለው ሲሆን ሁለተኛው ደግሞ 20 ዓመት ለቆየው የአባቶች በውግዘት መለያየት ዓምድና ምልክት የነበረው የፕትርክናው ሥልጣን ጉዳይ ነው።


እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድም ይህ ልዩነቱ ሊፈታ የሚችልበት ጭላንጭል ታይቶ ነበር። ነገር ግን ይህንን የተስፋ ጭላንጭል በሚያዳፍን መልኩ በጥቂት የቅ/ሲኖዶስ አባላት ግፊት 6ኛ ፓትርያርክ ለመሾም “አስመራጭ ኮሚቴ” ተቋቁሟል። “የቤተ ክርስቲያኔ ጉዳይ ያገባኛል የሚሉ ምእመናን በሙሉ ውሳኔውን በጽኑዕ በመቃወም ላይ ይገኛሉ። ይህንን “ከኮምፒውተር ጀርባ”ና በስልክ የሚደረግ የኢንተርኔት ተቃውሞ መልክ ለመስጠት በመጪው እሑድ፣ ቅዳሴ ካለቀ በኋላ በየአጥቢያችን በመሰባሰብ ይህንን ሐዘናችንንና መከፋታችንን እንዲሁም በውሳኔው ማዘናችንን ለቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ አባላት ለመግለጽ መሰባሰብ ይኖርብናል።

ሰንበት ት/ቤቶች፣ ማኅበራት፣ ሰንበቴዎች እና ምእመናን በሙሉ ከሚያውቋቸው ሰዎች በመጀመር ለእሑዱ ቀጠሮ መያዝ እና የመሰባሰቡን ሁናቴ መልክ መስጠት መጀመር ይኖርባቸዋል። ዓላማችን አንድ ነው። እርሱም “ሃይማኖታችንን እና ሃይማኖታችንን ብቻ የተመለከተ ነው”። ስብስባችንን የሚጠሉ ሰዎች በፖለቲካ በማሳበብ በመንግሥት ዱላ ለማስደብደብ የሚያደርጉት ሙከራ እንደሚኖር ስለምናውቅ ከወዲሁ ለሚመለከተው ሁሉ ዓላማችንን መግለጽ እንፈልጋለን። መነጋገር የምንፈልገው ከቅ/ሲኖዶስ አባላት ብፁዓን አባቶች ጋር ነው። ይህንን በተመለከተ ሁላችሁም ሐሳባችሁን በመጨመርና በማስፋፋት መልክ ትሰጡት ዘንድ ደጀ ሰላም በትህትና ጥሪዋን ታቀርባለች።

ይህንን ፍፁም ሃይማኖታዊ ጥያቄ ሌላ መልክ ለመስጠት፣ ኢሕአዴግ ላይ የተነሣ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ለማስመሰል የሚሞክሩትን በግልጽ ከወዲሁ መልስ ልንሰጣቸው ያስፈልጋል። በሃይማኖት ስም ፖለቲካ አንነግደም። ፖለቲካውን በራሱ በፖለቲካነቱ የማራመድ ሙሉ ኢትዮጵያዊ መብት አለን። በዜግነታችን እርሱን በቦታው ማድረግ እንችላለን። አሁን የምንጠይቀው ጥያቄ ሃይማኖታዊ ነው፤ ማቅረብም የምንፈልገው ለቅ/ሲኖዶስ ነው ማለት ይገባናል።

እስካሁን ባየነው፣ ክርስቲያኑ ማንኛውንም ጥያቄ ለማንሣት ሲነሣ “በመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ጥቅስ” ጭንቅላት ጭንቅላቱን በማለት ክርስቲያኑ እንዳይተባበር፣ እንዳይሰባሰብ፣ እንዳያውቅ፣ እንዳይጠይቅ የሚያደርጉ የተደራጁ ክፍሎች እንዳሉ ደጀ ሰላም ለማሳሰብ ትፈልጋለች። እነዚህ ሰዎች ፌስቡክን በመሳሰሉ ቦታዎች በመበተን ለሁሉም የክርስቲያኑ ጥያቄ የተጣመመ ሃይማኖት ቀመስ ማብራሪያ በመስጠት የሰዉን አፍ ያስዘጋሉ።

ለምሳሌ በተደጋጋሚ ከሚያነሷቸው አስተያየቶች አንዱ “ዋናው ጸሎት ነው፤ ሌላ ምንም ነገር አያስፈልግም” የሚል ነው። ጸሎት የሁሉ ነገር መጀመሪያና መጨረሻ ነው። ወሳኝ ነው። በጸሎት የማይለወጥ ነገር የለም። የኤርትራ ባሕር የተከፈለው፣ የኢያሪኮ ግንብ የፈረሰው፣ የአናብስት አፍ የተዘጋው ወዘተ በጸሎት ነው። ነገር ግን ጸሎት ያለ ሥራ/ምግባር ብቻውን አልነበረም። ሙሴ ከግብጽ እስከ ከነዓን ተጉዟል፣ ኢያሱ ኢያሪኮን ግንብ እየዞረ እንጂ ቁጭ ብሎ አልጮኸም፣ ዳንኤል ቀን ከሌሊት ወደ እግዚአብሔር ተማጠነ፤ ጉድጓዱ ከለከለው እንጂ። ስለዚህ “ጸሎት ብቻ” በሚል የክርስቲያኑን ልብ ከሥራ የሚያቀዘቅዙትን ልንነቃባቸው ይገባል።

ከዚህም በላይ የክርስቲያኑ ጥያቄ “አመጽ” የሆነ ይመስል ክርስቲያን አያምጽም በሚል ለማቀዝቀዝ ይፈልጋሉ። አመጽ የሰይጣን ነው። ነገር ግን ክፉ ነገርን መቃወም ግዴታችን ነው። ሰው ባንጎዳም ራሳችን ለሰማዕትነት ለማቅረብ ማን ይከለክለናል። “እክህደከ ሰይጣን” ብለን እንነሳለን። የተጣመመ ሃይማኖታዊ ትምህርት የምታስተምሩትን ነቅተንባችኋል እንላችኋለን።

እስከ እሑድ ባለው ጊዜ ለመነሻ እንዲሆን ይህንን ለማድረግ እንሞክር፦  
  • መረጃውን ለመላው ሕዝበ ክርስቲያን እናድርስ፣ (በስልክ የኤስ.ኤም.ኤስ መልእክቶች፣ በፌስቡክ፣ በትዊተር)፣
  • ዜናውን ለመገናኛ ብዙኃን እናድርስ፣
  • ብፁዓን አባቶችን በስልክም በአካልም በመቅረብ ስለ ጉዳዩ ማነጋገር፣ በውሳኔው እንደማንስማማ እናሳውቅ፣
  • ጉዳያችን እና ዓላማችን “ድብቅ የፖለቲካ አጀንዳ” ሳይሆን የቤተ ክርስቲያናችን አባት የመምረጥ ጉዳይ መሆኑን ለሚመለከታቸው አካላት አለ ፍርሃትና ያለ ሥጋት እንግለጽ፣
  • ከመንግሥት አካላት የተደበቀ የመሥራት ፍላጎት እንደሌለን ከወዲሁ በተደጋጋሚ እንግለጽ፣
  • በአገር ውስጥ ያሉ ጋዜጦችና መጽሔቶች ለጉዳዩ ሽፋን እንዲሰጡት እናበረታታ፣
  • የውጪ አገር ኢትዮጵያውያን ሚዲያዎችም በአንድ ድንጋይ ሁለት ወፍ በሚል በዚሁ ሰበብ ኢሕአዴግን ለመተቸት ሳይሆን ጉዳዩን ለክርስቲያኑ ሕዝብ በማይጎረብት መልክ እንዲያቀርቡት እናግዝ፣
  • ኦርቶዶክሳውያን ጡመራ መድረኮችም ዜናዎችን በትብብርና በኅብረት ለምእመኑ እናድርስ፣
  • እሑድን ለቤተ ክርስቲያን ጥያቄ ማቅረብ የምንጀምርበት የመጀመሪያው ቀን እናድርገው።

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