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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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Oromo Prisoners to Be Charged as Terrorists

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The government said Thursday that it was preparing to charge more than 100 prisoners with terrorism, and dismissed calls by a rights groups to release them immediately. The government said it had arrested 121 people in March and accused them of being members of the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front rebel group. Human Rights Watch said the government (more)

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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)

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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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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’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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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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Kenya vows to flush out Ethiopia rebels - OLF

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Kenya launched a security operation against Ethiopia rebel militias in northern Kenya on Wednesday. Eastern provincial police officials vowed to flush out Ethiopian's rebel militiamen who were hiding in the expansive rangeland of Marsabit County.The rebel Oromo Liberation Front fighters have been issuing death threats to chiefs and com... (more)

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Ethiopia: SUPPORT BIRTUKAN MIDEKSA FOR THE SAKHAROV PRIZE 2010

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This year, I am proposing Birtukan Mideksa as one of the candidates (see below). If you wish to see her awarded, please do not hesitate to write to Members of the European Parliament asking for their support to this candidate. Ana Gomes Member of the European Parliament Birtukan Mideksa is a young Ethiopian woman judge [...] (more)

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Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi speaks very good english

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An intelligent dictator in my view point is as incandescently oxymoronic as an idiot savant, a fine mess, a little pregnant, or accurate rumors. The renaissance of oxymora in what concerns Ethiopia has not only been limited to the country’s "abundant poverty". In fact, we have recently seen the impossible possibility of an "Amhara Weyane". Indeed, some quarters have insisted on calling the tyrant in Addis Ababa intelligent in the face of a blatantly rigged election while at the same time insisting on cal... (more)

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UN welcomes Ethiopian policy to allow Eritrean refugees to live outside camps

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Ethiopia has recently decided to take a new approach to Eritrean refugees by allowing them to live outside camps, a move welcomed by the United Nations refugee agency. Under the so-called ‘out-of-camp’ scheme announced last week, Eritreans who can sustain themselves financially or have relatives or friends who commit to supporting them no longer have to stay in camps. (more)

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It is the politics, stupid!

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The notion of economic development should not be divorced from analyzing the nature of the state, the market and community structures into account. That oft-made distinction made between the workings of the economy and the state is deceptive. The issue should be recast asking one basic question, “How does the workings of the State in Africa promote or hamper economic development?” (more)

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ከዝንብ ማር አንጠብቅም

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አይሆንም እንጂ ቢሆንና ዝንብ ማር መስጠት ብትጀምር ከአዲስ አበባ አካባቢዎች እንደ ተክለኃይማኖትና መርካቶ ማርን በብዛት የሚያመርት ይኖራል ብዬ አልገምትም። ለምን? ቢሉ አዲስ አበባ ምን ትላለች እኔም አፍንጫ የለኝም ነው ያለው ጋሽ ስብሃት። እውነታው ግን ዝንብም ማር ሰጥታ አታውቅም፤ ወያኔም ዴሞክራሲያዊ ምርጫን። (more)

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Non-Violent Stuggle: We Need a Credible Plan

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For many years, political scientist Steven Levitsky has studied regimes he called “competitive authoritarianisms”. He distinguished these regimes from democracy on the one hand and full-scale authoritarianism on the other. Some of what he has said about them: Competitive authoritarian regimes are civilian regimes in which formal democratic institutions are widely viewed as the primary means of gaining power, but in which fraud, civil liberties violations, and abuse of state and media resources so s... (more)

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British citizen shot dead in Ethiopia’s Ogaden

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8 June 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – A second British citizen is reported having been shot to death in the volatile Ogaden region of Ethiopia bordering Somalia, a Source said. (more)

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Yemen to deport 320 Ethiopian migrants

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Yemen is deporting 320 Ethiopia migrants including 59 women who entered the country illegally, the country's Interior Ministry announced. Officials said the migrants were fleeing poverty and are in search of jobs but have been detained at the Taiz governorate, south-weastren part of Yemen. The Interior Ministry has ordered the Immigration and Passport Authority in the region and the Prisons Authority to coordinate efforts to arrange for the transportation of the detainees to Sana'a before being deported... (more)

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Must Read Analysis: Suppression in Ethiopia

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This blog presents a report on the impact of Ethiopia’s civil society organizations and indigenous people who do NGO research and lead these organizations. Because I have family members and friends who live in or have fled Ethiopia, over the last three years I have heard many stories about [...] (more)

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ፕ/ር መስፍን በዋስ ተለቀቁ - Professor Mesfin released on bail

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አንድነት ለዴሞክራሲና ለፍትህ ፓርቲ ከስምንት ወር በፊት ከአባልነት ያሰናበታቸውና እርምጃውን በመቃወም ‹መርህ ይከበር› በሚል ስም ሲንቀሳቀሱ የነበሩት 12 አባላት በትናንትናው ዕለት መታሰራቸውን የቡድኑ ም/ሰብሳቢ አቶ የሽዋስ አሰፋ ለአውራምባ ታይምስ ገለጹ፡፡ [Read the news on PDF] (more)

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Ethiopia and EU agree on monitoring elections

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Ethiopian authorities and the European Union signed accords Tuesday allowing EU observers to monitor May's general elections in the Horn of Africa country, officials said. (more)

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The case for war

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By Yilma Bekele There are three things important in real estate: location, location, location. Agents never tire mentioning this important fact. What exactly does it mean? Simply put what matters most is not the structure of the house as much as its physical location. It is smart to buy the ugliest house in a good neighborhood [...] (more)

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