EPRDF’s ethnic policy imperils the goal of AU

By Robele Ababya, 31 March 2013

Unity of Ethiopia is paramount

The EPRDF regime is killing, arbitrarily arresting and encouraging ethnic cleansing; therefore an all-inclusive struggle in self-defense is morally and legally justified. The Amharas and Oromos are the main victims of such heinous crimes and must rely on their combined overwhelming majority and join other progressive democratic forces in order to dislodge the TPLF minority warlords from power and save Ethiopia from disintegration. In this regard, the call for justice, freedom and democracy is irresistible!

I would like to elaborate my point starting with the following Abraham Lincoln’s quote in August 22, 1862. I do so in order to stress the supreme importance of Ethiopian unity and territorial integrity under the umbrella of the African as the theme of this piece.

Ethiopian Foreign Minister fled the scene on foot

The Horn Times Breaking News 29 March 2013
By Getahune Bekele, South Africa

ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER FLED THE SCENE ON FOOT AFTER SCUFFLE WITH OPPOSITION IN A SOUTH AFRICAN HOTEL.

Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Warlord Tedros Adhanom’s 30 meters sprint to a waiting car after being separated from his body guards during scuffle with refugees must have been the most embarrassing moment of his life.

 

He lost his wallet, a note book and his glasses while sprinting like a cheetah.

 The warlord was in South Africa to meet TPLF cadres and supporters at Hyatt hotel in Rose bank near Johannesburg when angry refugees and members of the Ethiopian community association get crashed the gathering which was being attended by less than 50 TPLF cadres out of an estimated 3,000 believed to be living in South Africa.

The rest stayed away fearing the opposition and the reaction of the South African government which unknowingly offered them political asylum.

As the ruling minority junta continues to suffer total rejection by Ethiopians at home and abroad and as guerrilla activities flaring up in northern part of the country, Tedros Adhanom was trying to allay fears that the junta is collapsing when the sound of “freedom, freedom! Let our voice be heard! Death to the TPLF!” began to reverberate inside and outside of the hall.

Realizing the huge presence of the opposition the warlord then panicked and sneaked out through the back door and dashed towards the car with his driver sprinting after him but unable to catch up.

Few refugees gave a mock chase amid laughter and excitement enjoyed by South African on lookers, hotel security guards and staff members of the hotel.

“Your foreign Minister is fit but a coward.” A female hotel employee joked with the Horn Times reporter.

“Look how this decayed junta is scared of its own people. We didn’t come here to make a citizen’s arrest, we are here to confront the warlord about issues of human rights, absconding with his tail between his legs is what we got as an answer.” A refugee who cannot be named for fear of attack on his family back home told the Horn Times.

However, after the shameful exit of the warlord and his entourage a dramatic moment took place at the very same hotel.

The Ginbot-7, and Oromo People Liberation Front (OLF) members together with Muslim Ethiopians and members of the Ethiopian community held an emotional meeting, reaching agreement to stand as one people in the face of increased TPLF atrocities on Ethiopians back home.

The refreshments bought by the Ethiopian embassy for the warlords and TPLF members were consumed by the demonstrators and all TPLF flags and emblems including a huge picture of the dead cannibal Meles Zenawi were confiscated by the refugees.

The meeting was concluded late afternoon by driving past the Ethiopian embassy in Pretoria, about 75 kms away from Rose bank, denouncing the ongoing crack down on Muslim protesters and expressing solidarity with the most persecuted ethnic Amharas.

The terror smitten warlord was still inside the Ethiopian embassy with handful diehard TPLF supporters by the time of going to the press.

የዘገየው አብዮት

ተመስገን ደሳለኝ

‹‹አረብ ስፕሪንግ››ን ተከትሎ በርካታ የሀገር ውስጥ እና የውጭ ፖለቲካ ተንታኞች በዘርፈ ብዙ ቅሬታ በተሞላችው ኢትዮጵያም ተመሳሳይ ነገር መከሰቱ አይቀሬ እንደሆነ ደግመው ደጋግመው መተንተናቸው ይታወሳል፡፡ ለድምዳሜያቸው ገፊ ምክንያት አድርገው ከወሰዷቸው ችግሮች ውስጥ ስርዓቱ ለሁለት አስርታት በስልጣን ላይ መቆየቱ፣ አስከፊ ድህነት መስፈኑ፣ የስራ አጥ ቁጥር ማሻቀቡ፣ ሰብዓዊና ዴሞክራሲያዊ መብቶች ክብር አልባ መሆናቸው፣ የፍትህ እጦት… ተጠቃሽ ናቸው፡፡ ቁጥራቸው የበዛ ምሁራኖች እነዚህ ችግሮች በጊዜ መፍትሄ ካላገኙ አብዮት ወደ ሚያቀጣጥል ‹‹ካምሱር››ነት ለመቀየራቸው የተለያዩ ሀገራትን ታሪክ ጭምር ጠቅሰው በርካታ ፅሁፎችን አስነብበዋል፡፡ የሆነ ሆኖ የሰሜን አፍሪካ ሀገራት ህዝቦች ለተቃውሞ አደባባይ መውጣታቸውን ተከትሎ፣ በኢትዮጵያ የተፈጠረውን መነቃቃት ለማደብዘዝ ስርዓቱ ራሱን ለተጋነነ ወጪ መዳረጉ ይነገራል፡፡ በተለይም የደህንነት ተቋሙን፣ መከላከያ እና የፖሊስ ሠራዊትን ለማጠናከር የሀገር ሃብት ባክኗል፡፡

ጋዜጦችን እና ማህበራዊ ድረ-ገፆችን ማፈን፣ አባላትን ማብዛት፣ ካድሬዎቹ በየመንደሩ ሰርገው በመግባት ጥቃቅን እንቅስቃሴዎችን ሳይቀር እየተከታተሉ ሪፖርት እንዲያቀርቡ ባለፉት ሁለት ዓመት ዋነኛ ስራው ከማድረጉ በተጨማሪ ግዙፍ ‹‹ፕሮጀክቶች››ን አዘጋጅቶ እንደማስቀየሻ ለመጠቀም የገባበት እዳ ሸክሙን ቢያበዙበትም፣ ‹‹እሳት ማጥፊያ›› ሆነው ህዝባዊ አብዮቱን አዘግይተውለታል፡፡ ይህን መደምደሚያ ለማረጋገጥ በግብፅ በአብዮቱ ዋዜማ ከታዩ የማነሳሻ እንቅስቃሴ ጋር የሚመሳሰል ቅስቀሳ በኢትዮጵያም ታይቶ ነበር፡፡ ካይሮ የሚገኘው ግዙፉ ‹‹ታህሪር›› አደባባይ በለውጥ ናፋቂዎች ከመወረሩ ጥቂት ቀደም ብሎ በወጣቶች ውስጥ ለውስጥ የተላለፈ በአረብኛ ‹‹Kifaya›› የተሰኘውና በአማርኛ ‹‹በቃ›› (Enough) የሚል ትርጓሜ ያለው የቅስቀሳ ጥሪ ነበር፤ በኢትዮጵያ ደግሞ ግብፃውያን አደባባይ በወጡ ማግስት ‹‹በቃ›› የሚል እንቅስቃሴ ተሞክሮ ብዙም ሳይራመድ መቀጨቱን ጠቅሶ ማመሳሰል ይቻላል፡፡

Laureate Tsegaye Gebremedhin-Poem ሰቆቃው ጴጥሮስ

አቡነ ጴጥሮስ ለሊቱን በግራዚያኒና በባንዶቹና በባንዶቹ አሽከሮዎች አኮርባሽ በገነተልኡል ጉድጓድ ቤት ውስጥ ሲገረፍ ሲመረመር ኢትዮጵያን ከድተህ በሞሶሎኒ እመን ተብሎ ሲፍተረተር አድሮ በማግስቱ ጠዋት ሰኔ 21, 1931 ዓ.ም በአደባባይ በጥይት ተደበደበ በግራዚያኒ ትእዛዝ ሩምታ ተኩሰው ጭንቅላቱን በጥይት የጠቀጠቁት ጣሊያን ያሰለጠናቸው የሰሜን ባንዶች ወንድሞቻችን ናቸው ። 

ጴጥሮስም እንኳንና ህዝቡ ምድሪቱም ጭምር በፋሽስት እንዳትገዛ አውግዞ ሞተ። ታዲያ ምን ይደንቃል በአሁን ዘመን ሃገራችንን እያስተዳደሩ ያሉት የባንዳ ልጆች እነማን እንደሆኑ ለማወቅ አያስቸግረንም። ስለዚህ ከሆዳቸው በላይ ሀገራቸውን አስቀድመው ግንባራቸውን ለሰጡት ጀግኖች አባቶቻችን ሃላፊነታችንን የምንወጣው ከባንዳ ልጆች ጋር በሰላም በድርድር ሳይሆን እንደ አባቶቻችን ባለን አቅምና ሃይል ባንዳዎችን ግንባር ግንባራቸውን  እያልን ወደ እንጀራ አባታቸው ግራዚያኒ የቀብር ስፍራ መላክ አለብን። ከባንዳ ልጆች ጋር  ምንም አይነት በሐገር ሉአላዊነት ድርድር አያስፈልግም። ስለዚህ ሐገር ቤት ለምትኖሩ ወጣቶች በድርጅትም ሆነ በግል በሐገራችን ጉዳይ ላይ ከባንዳው ወያኔ አገዛዝ ጋር ጉሮሮ ለጉሮሮ የተያያዛችሁ ምንም እንኳን ጉልበቱ ቢበረታም የመውደቂያው ጊዜው ሰአቱ  አሁን ስለሆነም ጠንክረን እንስራ። 

ክብርና ሞገስ ለ ጀግኖች አባቶቻችን ይሁን 
ኢትዮጵያ በጀግኖች አባቶቻችን ደም ተከብራ ትኖራለች
ድል ለ ኢትዮጵያ

እስክንድር አሰፋ 
ከኖርዌይ 
28, 2013

ESAT Breaking News 59 Ethiopians Died with Car accident 26 March 2013

Published on Mar 26, 2013

http://www.ethsat.com - Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT)
ESAT is the first independent Ethiopian Satellite Television 

service and Radio Station who broadcast to Ethiopia and the rest of the world

እኛ ካልረዳን ማን ? አሁን ካልሆነ መቼ ? ከ ሰሜን አሜሪካ የፍኖተ ጋዜጣ ዝግጅትድጋፍ አስተባባሪ ኮሜቴ

March 7, 2013 | Filed under: News & Views | Posted by: Andinet USA


አገር ዉስጥ ለበርካታ ወራት ስትታተም የነበረችዉና በሕዝብ ዘንድ ታላቅ ተወዳጅነትን ያተረፈችዉ፣ የፍኖት ጋዜጣ፣  በአገር ዉስጥ መታተም ካቆመች ብዙ ሳምንታት አሳልፋለች። አገር ቤት ያሉ ማተሚያ ቤቶች በሙሉ፣ ከኢሕአዴግ በተሰጣቸው መመሪያ፣  የፍኖት ጋዜጣን ለማስተናገድ ፍቃደኛ አልሆኑም። ኢሕአዴግ «የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ መስማትና ማንበብ አለበት» ከሚላቸዉ ዜናዎችና ሃተታዎች ዉጭ የተለዩ ሌሎች የፖሊሲ አማራጮች እንዲስተናገዱ አይፈልግም።

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መረጃ ኃይል ነዉ። ከዉጭ በቴለቭዥንና በራዲዮ የሚገኙ፣ ከኢሕአዴግ ገለልተኛ የሆኖ ዜናዎች የታፈኑ ናቸዉ። በርካታ ድህረ ገጾች ታግደዋል። በፌስ ቡክ፣ ትዊተር  በመሳሰሉት ሕዝብን ማደራጀት እንዳይቻል፣ የቴሌኮሚኒኬሽን ተቋማትን በመቆጣጠር ሕዝቡ በኢንተርኔት መረጃ እንዳይደርሰዉ ተደርጓል። የሚያሳዝነው የኢንተርኔት አገግልግሎት ተጠቃሚ የሆነው የሕዝባችን ክፍል ከ0.5 በመቶ በታች መሆኑ ነው።

ሕዝብ ካልነቃ፣ ካልተማረ፣ የተሻሉ አማራጮች በፊት ካልቀረቡለት፣ ከፍርሃትና ከተስፋ መቁረጥ እንዲወጣ ካልተደረገና ካልተደራጀ፣ በዉጭ አገር በሚደረግ ትግል ወይንም በዉጭ ኃይሎች ተጽእኖ ብቻ ፣ ለዉጥ ሊመጣ አይችልም። የለዉጥ ባለቤት አገር ዉስጥ የሚኖረው የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ እራሱ ነዉ። ይሄንን ሕዝብ ከማደራጀትና ከዚህ ሕዝብ ጋር አብሮ ከመስራት ዉጭ ሌላ አማራጭ አይኖርም።

በአገር ዉስጥ የሚንቀሳቀሱ የፖለቲካ ድርጅቶ፣ ጋዜጠኞችና የሰብአዊ መብት ተሟጋቾች ፣ የኢሕአዴግን ምንነት ጠንቅቀዉ ያውቃሉ። ብዙዎች ታስረዋል። ከሥራቸዉ ተባረዋል። ሕይወታቸዉን  ያጡ ፣ ከመኖሪያ ሰፈራቸውም  የተፈናቀሉ ጥቂቶች አይደሉም።

በአሁኑ ወቅትም ሊታሰሩና ዋጋ ሊከፍሉ እንደሚችሉ እያወቁም፣ ከራሳቸዉ ይልቅ የአገራቸውን ጥቅም አስቀድመዉ፣  ትልቅ ስራ እየሰሩ ያሉ የሚደነቁና አገር ወዳድ የሆኑ ታጋዮች በአገር ቤት አሉን። ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ከኢሕአዴግ የተሻለ አማራጭ ለማቅረብ፣ ሕዝቡንም ለመብቱና ለነጻነነቱ እንዲነሳ ለማደራጀት የተቻላቸዉን እያደረጉ ነዉ።  «በማተሚያ ቤት አሳቦ ፍኖት እንዳትታተም ኢሕአዴግ ቢያደርግም፣ ተስፋ አንቆርጥም። ማተሚያ ማሺኑን ገዝተን ለሕዝቡ መረጃ እንዲደርስ እናደርጋለን» ብለዉ በሚያኮራና በሚያበረታታ መልኩ ተነስተዋል። ኢሕአዴግ ዝም እንዲሉ ቢፈልግም፣ «የኢሕአዴግ ዉሳኔ የኛን  አላማ አይገታዉም» በሚል ዝም ላለማለት ወስነዋል።  ትግል፣ የትግል ወኔ ማለት ይሄ ነዉ !!!!!

በዉጭ አገር የምንኖር ኢትዮጵያዉያን በተለያዩ ጊዜያት አስተዋጾዎች ማድረጋችን አይዘነጋም። ነገር ግን  የጠበቅነዉን ዉጤት ስላላገኘን ብዙዎቻችን  ተስፋ ቆርጠን ሊሆን ይችላል። ነገር ግን አንድ ማየት ያለብን ትልቅ ቁም ነገር  አለ። እኛ አልታሰርንም። እኛ አልተገደልንም። እኛ ከስራችን አልተባረርንም። እኛ ከቤታችን አልተፈናቀልንም። አገር  ቤት ያሉ ወገኖቻችን ብዙ መከራ እየደረሰባቸው፣  ተስፋ ካልቆረጡና ካልሸሹ፣ ጋዜጣችን ባይታተምም ማተሚያ ማሽኑን ገዝተን እንቀጥላለን ካሉ ፣ እኛ እንዴት ተስፋ ልንቆርጥ እንችላለን ? እነርሱ ሕይወታቸው ሲያቀርቡ እኛ እንዴት በገንዘብና በሞራል ትንሽ ድጋፍ መስጠት ያቅተናል? እኛ ካልረዳን ማን ? አሁን ካልሆነ መቼ ?

መዉደቅ መነሳት አለ። መሳሳት አለ። ከዚህ በፊት ወድቀናልና «አንነሳም» ማለት የለብንም። የትላንትናዉ ዉድቀታችንና ጠባሳችን  ወደፊት እንዳንገሰግስ ሊያስረን አየገባም። ከወደቅንበት ተነስተን፣  የምንችል እየሮጥን፣ የማንችል እያነከስን ወደፊት መሄድ ይኖርብናል። ተኝተንና ወድቀን ግን መቅረት የለብንም።

እንግዲህ የትግሉ አካል ለመሆን፣  ፍኖት ስራዋን እንድትቀጥልና ሕዝብ መረጃ እንዲያገኝ የምንፈልግ ካለን፣   በሚከትለዉ ሊንክ እንዴት መርዳት እንደምንችል መረጃዎችን  እናገኛለን።

በሰሜን አሜሪካ የፍኖተ ጋዜጣ ዝግጅትድጋፍ አስተባባሪ ኮሜቴ

ኢትዮጵያ ለዘላለም ትኑር !

UN Human Rights Council Adopted a Resolution on Human Rights Defenders

by Betre Yacob

As the authoritarian government in Ethiopia continues its violence against journalists and human right defenders, the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a new resolution on 21 March 2013 calling an end to the impunity and the protection of dissent.

In a statement issued on 21 March 2013, the council says that the resolution on “protecting human rights defenders (A/HRC/22/L.13)” is successfully adopted at its 22^nd Session in Geneva having received the support of 62 states across 6 continents.

“We welcome the resolution as a significant statement by the UNHRC reaffirming the positive obligation upon States to facilitate the work of HRDs, and remove obstacles to their work, including legislation that illegitimately criminalises the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information”, the statement explains.

The statement says that the new resolution can be seen as a timely response to the increasing challenges faced by human right defenders, and it strongly calls on States to ensure that it translates to real action on the ground.

“We call on all states to review their domestic laws and practices to ensure that they comply with the new resolution and with other international human rights standards in this area”, the statement adds.

According to the statement, the resolution supports the obligation upon governments (including the Ethiopian Tyrannical Regime) to: create a safe and enabling environment in which HRDs can operate free from hindrance and insecurity; ensure laws to protect national security are not misused to target HRDs and that counter-terrorism measures comply with international human rights standards; ensure HRDs can perform their important role in the context of peaceful protests; ensure that reporting requirements for civil society do not inhibit functional autonomy, and that no law criminalises or places discriminatory restrictions on funding sources; and protect the expression of dissenting views.

Journalist Eskinder was arrested because he was a terrorist not his journalism: Ethiopian government to the EP

March 25, 2013

ESAT News

In a written response given to questions raised by the members of European Parliament (EP) regarding Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega, the Ethiopian government stated that Eskinder was sentenced not because he practiced his journalistic activities but because “he supported terrorist organizations”.

The Official response also stated that Eskinder had a clandestine contact with the Eritrean government and Ginbot 7 Movement and also trained terrorists that sneaked in from Eritrea to Ethiopia.

Apopular Ethiopian journalist said to ESAT that the response the Ethiopian government gave toEuropean parliamentarians was “hugely disgraceful”.

Journalist Eskinder Nega won the 2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. He is now serving an 18-year sentence on terror charges. Eskinder’s wife, Journalist Serkalem Fasil had been arrested for one year and eight months in relation to the 2005 election and had also given birth to their sole child, Nafkot Eskinder while in prison.

ቪኦኤ - ልዩ ቃለ ምልልስ ከብ/ወቅ/አቡነ ማትያስ ጋር

 እዚህ ጋር በመጫን ወደ  ቃለ ምልልሱ ይሻገሩ፣  http://amharic.voanews.com/content/voa-exclusive-with-hh-abune-mathias-ethiopian-patriarch/1627805.html

የኢትዮጵያው ስድስተኛ ፓትርያርክ ከቪኦኤ ጋር ልዩ ውይይት አደረጉ።

ብፁዕ ወቅዱስ አቡነ ማትያስ፤ ፓትርያርክ ርዕሰ-ሊቃነ-ጳጳሳት ዘኢትዮጵያ

ቪኦኤ - ልዩ ቃለ ምልልስ ከብ/ወቅ/አቡነ ማትያስ ጋር

  

ብፁዕ ወቅዱስ አቡነ ማትያስ፤ ፓትርያርክ ርዕሰ-ሊቃነ-ጳጳሳት ዘኢትዮጵያ

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ብፁዕ ወቅዱስ አቡነ ማትያስ ለኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋኅዶ ቤተክርስትያን ስድስተኛው ፓትርያርክ ሆነው በቅርቡ መመረጣቸው ይታወቃል።

መንበረ ፀባዖት ቅድስት ሥላሴ ካቴድራል

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ሊቀ-ጳጳስ አባ ማትያስ ባለፈው የካቲት ፳፬ ቀን ፳፻፭ ዓ.ም. ነበር “ብፁዕ ወቅዱስ አቡነ ማትያስ፤ ፓትርያርክ ርዕሰ-ሊቃነ-ጳጳሳት ዘኢትዮጵያ፣ ሊቀ-ጳጳስ ዘአኲስም፣ ወዕጨጌ ዘመንበረ-ተክለ-ኃይማኖት ተብለው የቅዱስ ሲኖዶሱ አባላት ሊቃነ-ጳጳሳት «ይደልዎ-ይገባዎታል» ብለው በ6ኛ ፓትርያርክነት በመንበረ ፀባዖት ቅድስት ሥላሴ ካቴድራል ሲመተ-ፕትርክናቸውን ያከናወኑላቸው።

ፓትርያርክ አባ ማትያስ ማናቸው?

ከልጅነት እስከ እውቀት፣ ከዲቁና እስከ ቅስና፣ ከጵጵስና እስከ ፕትርክና ያለፉበትን ሕይወት ያስቃኙናል።

አዲሱ አበበ ነው ያወያያቸው።

የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋኅዶ ቤተክርስትያን ቅድስት ቤተክኅነት

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ESAT Meade Esat Ethiopia March 23 2013

የቅዳሜ መአድ በኢሳት ጋዜጠኛ ገሊላ በጂኔቭ United Nation አዳራሽ ውስጥ ተገኝታ ትምህርታዊ ዘገባ ይዛላችሁ ቀርባለች እንዲሁም ሌሎች ፕሮግራሞች ስላላቸው እንዳያመልጣችሁ ተከታተሎት መልካም ሰንበት

Published on Mar 23, 2013

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ዲኢህዴን አቶ ሃይማርያም መለስን በሊቀመንበርነት መርጧል

አዲስ አበባ ፣ መጋቢት 11 ፣ 2005 (ኤፍ ቢ ሲ) የደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ ህዝቦች ዲሞክራሲያዊ ንቅናቄ (ደኢህዴን) አቶ ሀይለማርያም ደሳለኝን የንቅናቄው ሊቀመንበር አደርጎ መረጠ።

አቶ ሽፈራው ሽጉጤን ደግሞ  በምክትል  ሊቀመንበርነት መርጧል ።

ጉባኤው ዛሬ ካካሄደው የንቅናቄው ማዕከላዊ ኮሚቴ አባላት ምርጫ  ጋርም ሰባት የኢህአዴግ ስራ አስፈፃሚ አባላትን ጨምሮ 15 የንቅናቄው ስራ አስፈፃሚ አባላትን መርጧል ።

በዚህም መሰረት አቶ ሀይለማርያም ደሳለኝንና አቶ ሽፈራው ሽጉጤን ጨምሮ አቶ ሬድዋን ሁሴን ፣ አቶ መኩሪያ ሀይሌ ፣ አቶ ሲራጅ ፈጌሳ ፣ ዶክተር ሽፈራው ተክለማርያም ፣ አቶ ዓለማየሁ አሰፋ ፣ አቶ ደሴ ዳልኬና አቶ ተስፋዬ በልጂጌ የኢህአዴግ ስራ አስፈፃሚ ኮሚቴ አባል ተደርገው ተመርጠዋል ።

እነዚህ  የኢህአዴግ  ስራ አስፈፃሚ  አባላትን ለሚያካትተው የደኢህዴን ስራ አስፈፃሚ ኮሚቴ ደግሞ አቶ ተክለወልድ አጥናፉ  ፣ አቶ መለሰ ዓለሙ ፣ ወይዘሮ ሙፍሪያት ካሚል ፣ አቶ ታገሰ ጫፎ ፣ አቶ ደበበ አበራና አቶ ሳኒ ረዲ በአባልነት ተመርጠዋል ።

በጉባኤው በአጠቃላይ 250 አባላትን በባህር ዳር ከተማ በሚካሄደው የኢህአዴግ ምክር ቤት  መደበኛ  ጉባኤ ላይ እንዲሳተፉ የተመረጡ ሲሆን ፥  ከነዚህ መካከልም 45ቱ የምክር ቤቱ አባላት ናቸው ።

አማርኛ በቻይና ዩኒቨርሲቲ ውስጥ ሊሰጥ ነው

አዲስ አበባ ፣ መጋቢት 9 ፣ 2005 ፣ (ኤፍ ቢ ሲ) በቤጂንግ  የውጭ  ትምህርቶች ዩኒቨርሲቲ የአማርኛ  ቋንቋን ማስተማር የሚያስችለውን ስምምነት ከአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ጋር ስምምነት ገብቷል ። ሁለቱ ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች ስምምነቱን ባለፈው ሳምንት

ተፈራርመዋል። በስምምነታቸው መሰረትም አማርኛ  ቋንቋ ከሚቀጥለው መስከረም ወር  ጀምሮ በዩኒቨርሲቲው  መሰጠት ይጀመራል ።የአዲስ  አበባ  ዩኒቨርሲቲም የቻይና  ቋንቋ  ስልጠና  ፕሮግራሙን  ወደ መጀመሪያ ዲግሪ ደረጃ ከፍ የሚያደርግ ይሆናል ።

የትምህርት መርሃ ግብሩን ለመጀመርም ዛሬ  አዲስ አበባ  ላይ  የስምምነት ፊርማ ይፈፀማል ።

Ethiopians in Frankfurt call for release of all political prisoners

FRANKFURT, Germany - Ethiopian protesters in the Germany city of Frankfurt condemned the dictatorial regime in Addis Ababa and called for greater freedom in the country. The activists called for the release of all political prisoners. Religious leaders also took part in the rally organized by EPPF-Guard (March 1, 2013)

Ethiopia 'blocks' Al Jazeera website

 The leading website Ethiomedia.com has been blocked since 2007 
  By Aljazeera; March 19, 2013

Al Jazeera’s English and Arabic websites are reported to have been blocked in Ethiopia, raising fresh fears that the government is continuing its efforts to silence the media.

Though the authorities in Addis Ababa have refused to comment on the reported censorship, Google Analytics data accessed by Al Jazeera shows that traffic from Ethiopia to the English website had plummeted from 50,000 hits in July 2012 to just 114 in September.


Traffic data revealed a similar drop for the Arabic website, with visits to the site dropping to 2 in September from 5,371 in July.

A blogger, who cannot be identified for his own safety, said Ethiopian censors had been targeting Al Jazeera since the Qatar-based network began airing coverage of ongoing protests against the way in which spiritual leaders are elected in the Horn of African nation.



The steep decline in web traffic began on August 2 last year, the same day that Al Jazeera Mubasher aired a forum with guests denouncing the government's "interference" with Muslim religious affairs, and three days after Al Jazeera English published an article detailing deadly ethnic clashes between two of the country's southern tribes.

Attempts by Al Jazeera to get an official response from authorities failed.
Poor track record

Ethiopia is ranked 137 out of 179 surveyed nations on the latest Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international advocacy group for press rights.

Both RSF and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have tied Ethiopia's deteriorating media environment, in part, to a 2009 anti-terrorism law that has been used to sentence 11 journalists since its ratification.

"The usage and practice of this law is illegal. It has a clause that makes whoever writes about so-called terrorist groups, which are mostly normal opposition groups, a terrorist," CPJ's East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes told Al Jazeera.

"Now it's got to the point that the law is being used to label those in the Muslim community conducting peaceful protests to defend their right to choose their spiritual leaders as terrorists. It's a sad state of affairs."

CPJ says Ethiopia is the second-highest jailer of journalists in Africa after neighbouring Eritrea, were seven journalists are currently detained.

Both the RSF and CPJ have expressed concern over reports that the country has begun using much more sophisticated online censorship systems over the last year, including ones that can identify specific internet protocols and block them.

Since Ethiopia's government owns the sole telecommunications provider in the country, Ethio Telecom, it allows authorities to tightly control internet freedom

Ethiopia refugees being tortured in Saudi Arabia

Ethiopia refugees being tortured in Saudi Arabia. Many refugees still flee their country trying to escape the 

political repression in Ethiopia.