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ቃለ መጠይቅ – አቶ መለስ ዜናዊ ከአገር ውስጥ ጋዜጠኞች ለቀረቡላቸው ጥያቄዎች የሰጡት መልስ

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በሰሜን አፍሪካ እና በመካከለኛው ምሥራቅ ያለው ሕዝባዊ እንቅስቃሴ በኢትዮጵያም ሊከሰት ይችላል ወይ? የሰሜን አፍሪካ ነውጥ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ሊከሰት ይችላል በሚል ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች የሚያራምዱት ነው። የእኛ ሕገ መንግሥት ትግሎች በሰላማዊ መንገድ እንዲካሄዱ ሰፊ ጎዳና የከፈተ ነው። ከዚህ ውጭ የሚደረግ የሥልጣን ለውጥ ሕገ ወጥ መኾኑን አስቀምጧል። እያንዳንዱ ዜጋም ሕገ መንግሥቱን ማክበር እና ማስከበር እንዳለበት አስቀምጧል። በዚህም ላይ ከዐሥር ወር በፊት ምርጫ ተካሂዶ ኅብረተሰቡም የነበረው መንግሥት እንዲቀጥል በካርዱ ብይን ሰጥቷል። ኅብረተሰቡ ከዚያ በፊት የነበረውን ኢኮኖሚያዊ እንቅስቃሴ ዐይቶ በምርጫው እንቅስቃሴ ላይ ሐሳቡን ገልጧል። በተነጻጻሪ ከእናንተ በተሻለ የልማት ሥራ የሚሠራ የለንም ብሎ የአምስት ዓመት ኮንትራት ለኢሕአዴግ ሰጥቷል። ሕዝቡ ኢሕአዴግን እንዲሠራ ብቻ አይደለም ዕድል የሰ... (more)

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Ethiopia Accused of Detaining Activists to Deter Uprising

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Ethiopia has detained dozens of political activists as part of what opposition groups say is a crackdown aimed at preventing a North African or Middle Eastern style popular uprising. Our correspondent in Addis Ababa says the crackdown is focused on the politically sensitive Oromia region, home to more than one third of the country’s population. Oromo opposition leaders say as many as 100 of their party members have been arrested in federal police sweeps over the past two weeks. They say many of those de... (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: nazret.com tags: Activists, eprdf, ethiopia, news about ethiopia, opposition parties, Oromo

Newspapers And Journalists Face Threats And Legal Pressure

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Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the steadily worsening climate of harassment and intimidation that the Ethiopian authorities have imposed on the media, especially the private media. "By taking legal action against news media that criticize its policies or simply dare to ask awkward questions, the government is trying to suffocate them," Reporters Without Borders said. "As they are unable to pay exorbitant legal costs, newspapers ri... (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: eprdf, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press, Politics

10,000 Christians flee homes after 69 churches burned down

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A Work of Mercy: In Lent, we ask each user to make a small sacrifice to fund our work.Click here to advertise in this spot on CatholicCulture.org. Ethiopia: 10,000 Christians flee homes after 69 churches burned down Muslim extremists have burned down 69 Protestant churches-- 46 of them Pentecostal-- in southwestern Ethiopia. The violence started in the town of Asendabo following reports that the Qur’an was being flushed down the toilet at one of the churches. Thirty homes, a school, and an... (more)

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Government Arrests Hundreds of Opposition Supporters

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Addis Ababa — Ethiopia's biggest opposition party, Medrek, said on Saturday that at least 200 of its supporters and members have been jailed in a crack down over the past ten days. Arena-Medrek chairman, Gebru Asrat told Sudan Tribune that most of the detainees were supporters and some were candidates in last year's national election in which the ruling EPRDF party won nearly 100% of the total votes. "Over 200 Medrek party members and supporters are arrested during the pas... (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: eprdf, Gebru Asrat, Medrek, Meles Zenawi, OFDM, OLF, opposition parties, wolega

Unusual moderate, but dangerous earthquake near Yirgalem, Ethiopia

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Medhanit Aynalem wrote to earthquake-report from Yirgalem, the town closest to the earthquake epicenter : Today March 19 ,2011 at 11:09 PM earthquake happened at yirgalem its real earth quake (shake) it didn’t cause any disaster as far as I have seen it, but everybody felt it for 4 seconds. It was the longest quake I have witnessed in my life. Everything in my house was shaking. Some books were dropped to the floor. Electric power also gone for 10 minutes .and I fell the shake at 7:57 am for 1 second ag... (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: earthquake-report.com tags: ethiopia, news about ethiopia, Yirgalem

Ethiopia to overthrow Eritrean government?

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Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia has revealed that his government has embarked on new strategy that targets Eritrean president Isayas Afwerki, his arch foe, and government. "We (have) reached a political decision to change our strategy which has been passive for the past years and focuses only on detering Eritrea’s attacks and destablizing Ethiopia," Meles told local media last weekend. On Wednesday March 16, Berehane Gebrejirstos, state minister for Foriegn Affairs, reiterated the Prime Minister... (more)

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Egyptian fears over new dam 'groundless'

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The Ethiopian government has downplayed the effect that a dam it is planning to build near the Sudanese border could have on lower Nile riparian sates, Egypt and Sudan. Addis Ababa has qualified fears expressed by Egyptian officials as “unsubstantiated”. Reports from Egypt have indicated that the north African country is alarmed over Ethiopian plans to construct more hydroelectric dams, including a planned power plant at Benishangul state. Cairo fears that a cumulative effect could translate into much l... (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.afrik-news.com tags: Addis Ababa, egypt, Electric Power, news about ethiopia, Nile, Nile River, Sudan

African presidents meet in Addis Ababa on Cote d'Ivoire crisis

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A panel of five African presidents discussed the worsening crisis in Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday, after failing to persuade the country's sitting president Laurent Gbagbo to cede power to his rival Alassane Ouattara. Officials of the 53-member African Union said the talks involved Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Chadian leader Idriss Deby, South Africa's Jacob Zuma, Tanzania's Jakaya Kikwete and Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaore. The five-president panel, which was mandated by the AU to tack... (more)

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Ethiopia Charges 130 in Church Burning Incidents

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Ethiopia Charges 130 in Church Burning Incidents Several US-based Christian websites say Muslim extremists burned dozens of churches near Jimma in western Oromia region over past several days ... (more)

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Ethiopian court throws OLF members into jail for life

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Three Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) leaders have been imprisoned for life by the Ethiopian High Court after they were found guilty of carrying out terrorist attacks on innocent Ethiopians. Three members of the Oromo Liberation Fron (OLF) identified as "rebel commanders" were on Thursday February 3, 2011 sentenced to life prison terms by the third criminal bench of the Ethiopian High Court, read a statement released by the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice after the court ruling. The court convicted Jateni Ke... (more)

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Ethiopia led Nile treaty gains ground as Burundi joins

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Ethiopian authorities have expressed their contentment over Burundi’s decision to sign a new Nile water equitable sharing treaty that will end Egypt’s historical control over the Nile water. Last week, Burundi became the sixth member of the Nile basin countries to append its signature to a new Nile Basin Co-operative Framework in a bid to replace a colonial era treaty and ensure a new equitable water sharing agreement that will end Egypt’s historical control over the Nile water. The new Nile Basin Co-op... (more)

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Tamagne's speech @ Atlanta Mahdere Andnet Radio 15th Anniversary

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woy milas...belijinetu min belto new yadegew? (more)

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Crackdown nets 120 Ethiopian rebels

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Some 120 Oromo Liberation Front rebels have been arrested in a crackdown in northern Kenya. The operation was launched three months ago by Kenyan and Ethiopian forces to mop up illegal arms and secure the border. Upper Eastern deputy provincial commissioner Wenslas Ong’wayo said the ope... (more)

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Ethiopia’s Best-Known Opposition Leader to Quit Politics

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Ethiopia’s best-known opposition leader has announced she is quitting politics, at least temporarily, and is going to the United States. Birtukan Mideksa’s departure will leave Ethiopia without a prominent female politician. Mideksa, the leader of Ethiopia's Unity and Democracy for Justice Party, or UDJ, returned home from prison last October to wild celebrations in her Addis Ababa neighborhood. There was hope that the charismatic former judge might provide the spark needed to revive the country’s moribu... (more)

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FOREIGN INVESTORS GRAB UP MORE LAND IN ETHIOPIA

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As more reports of foreign land leases in Ethiopia surface, the GoE continues to insist local farmers will not be adversely affected by its land deals. Regarding agricultural investment, the GoE views foreign investor involvement as key to the country's move from subsistence to commercial farming (reftel). On top of any potential damage to local farmers, international and political opposition party critics cite concerns over exporting food from a country that relies so heavily on imported food aid and th... (more)

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ብርቱካን “ቁርጣችንን ንገሪን” - ግልጽ ደብዳቤ ለብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ

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ብርቱካን ፖለቲከኛ ነች። ወይም ነበረች። ስለዚህ ብርቱካን የህዝብ ነች። ብርቱካንን ጠምጃታለሁ። ምክንያቱም፡ በትንሹ፡ በአስራምናምን አመት የተገነባን ዝናና ሰብእና እንዲህ በዋዛ እንድናጣው አልፈቀድኩም። ይሄንን የግል ደብዳቤ አርቅቄ እንዴት እንደማደርሳት ግራ ቢገባኝ፡ የለም ፖለቲከኛ ምን የግል ነገር አለው ብዬ በድረገጾች ልሰቅለው ወደድኩ። (more)

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“Journalism can be a deadly profession, and not only in war and conflict zones” Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

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An Ethiopian editor who spent 21 months in jail, a reporter working in Russia’s deadly Caucasus region and An Iranian editor who exposed horrific prison abuses and are among four journalists winning an international press freedom award, says the Committee to Protect Journalists. The annual awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday in New York, also [...] (more)

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WikiLeaks Reveals Details of U.S. Dialogue With Meles Zenawi

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told top visiting American officials before elections in May this year that he would “crush… with our full force” opposition leaders who “violated the laws of Ethiopia,” according to a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks. The cable, sent to Washington from the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, reported Meles as telling a U.S. delegation in January that such leaders would suffer the fate of the jailed opposition leader, Birtuka... (more)

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Thirsty child of the Nile versus the Nile accord irony

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Harnessing Ethiopia’s rivers for development “Thirsty child of the Nile” is a popular proverbial irony in water-rich Ethiopia where hunger and thirst are rampant amid plenty. The Amharic version widely used is “Ye Abayin lij wuha temat”; it is meant to ridicule the paradox of abject poverty amid plenty; it extends to laxity [...] (more)

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ቃለ መጠይቅ – አቶ መለስ ዜናዊ ከአገር ውስጥ ጋዜጠኞች ለቀረቡላቸው ጥያቄዎች የሰጡት መልስ

Ethiopia Accused of Detaining Activists to Deter Uprising

Newspapers And Journalists Face Threats And Legal Pressure

10,000 Christians flee homes after 69 churches burned down

Government Arrests Hundreds of Opposition Supporters

Unusual moderate, but dangerous earthquake near Yirgalem, Ethiopia

Ethiopia to overthrow Eritrean government?

Egyptian fears over new dam 'groundless'

African presidents meet in Addis Ababa on Cote d'Ivoire crisis

Ethiopia Charges 130 in Church Burning Incidents

Ethiopian court throws OLF members into jail for life

Ethiopia led Nile treaty gains ground as Burundi joins

Tamagne's speech @ Atlanta Mahdere Andnet Radio 15th Anniversary

Crackdown nets 120 Ethiopian rebels

Ethiopia’s Best-Known Opposition Leader to Quit Politics

FOREIGN INVESTORS GRAB UP MORE LAND IN ETHIOPIA

ብርቱካን “ቁርጣችንን ንገሪን” - ግልጽ ደብዳቤ ለብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ

“Journalism can be a deadly profession, and not only in war and conflict zones” Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

WikiLeaks Reveals Details of U.S. Dialogue With Meles Zenawi

Thirsty child of the Nile versus the Nile accord irony

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