የሟቹ አቶ መለስ ዜናዊ የመጀመሪያ ልጅ የሆነችው ሰመሐል መለስ ልጅ ወለደች.

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• የሟቹ አቶ መለስ ዜናዊ የመጀመሪያ ልጅ የሆነችው ሰመሐል መለስ ልጅ በሰላም መገላገሏን ምንጮች አስታወቁ። ሰመሐል ከወለደች በኋላ እናትዋ አዜብ መስፍን « አዋረድሽኝ» በማለት ከቤት እንዳትወጣ በማድረጋቸው በአሁኑ ወቅት ሰመሐል በፕሮፌሰር እንድርያስ እሸቴ መኖሪያ ቤት እንደምትገኝ ምንጮቹ አያይዘው ገልፀዋል። ሰመሐል ማታ ማታ ሲያስለቅሳት የነበረው መፀነሷ እንደነበረና ለእናትዋም ሳትናገር መቆየትዋ ታውቋል። “ሰመሐል” በኤርትራ ውስጥ የሚበቅል ሽታ ያለው ቅጠል ሲሆን በበአል ቀናት ይህን ቅጠል ይነሰነሳል። ለማንኛውም ሰመሐል እንኳን በሰላም ተገላገልሽ። ..የአቶ መለስ የቅርብ ታማኝና ወዳጅ የሆኑት ፕ/ር እንድርያስ መኖሪያ ቤት ሳር ቤት አካባቢ ይገኛል። ከቪላው ደጃፍ አንድ ትልቅ ግራር አለ። ከስሩ አንድ ነጭ አህያ ሁሌም ታስራ ስትግጥ ትታይ ነበር። አሁን ትኑር አትኑር አላውቅም። ነጯ አህያ ከ12 አመት በላይ ነበረች። ለፕሮፌሰሩ የቅርብ ወዳጅ የነበረው እስኬ ጓደኛዬን “አህያዋ ምንድናት?” ስል ደጋግሜ ጠይቄዋለሁ። እሱም እንድርያስን ሲጠይቅ መልስ ሰጥተውት አያውቁም። ነጭ አህያ ምን ትሆን?…በነገራችን ላይ ..ማራዘሚያ ከሚወስዱት ባለስልጣናት አንዱ ፕ/ር እንድርያስ እሸቴ ናቸው። 

Oromo refugee community to set up NGO to promote integration in Malta.

Oromo refugee community to set up NGO to promote integration in Malta

August 9, 2014 (UNHCR) –The Oromo refugee community in Malta is forming its own Non-Profit Organization to promote integration in Malta and raise awareness on the Oromo community in Ethiopia.

Samson Yosepha, who fled Ethiopia in 2004, is with fellow Ethiopians forming the first Oromo NGO in Malta.
Samson spoke with UNHCR Malta about his experience in growing up as part of the Oromo community in Ethiopia. “We have no rights, no opportunities and no right of participation in the country,” Samson said.

Since then he has moved on to find safety. In 2004, he fled to Sudan, proceeding to Libya and then risking the journey on a boat, ending up in Malta where he was granted Refugee Status.

In 2010 – together with some 200 Oromo Ethiopians – Samson started thinking about creating an organization to raise awareness about the Oromo situation. The number has since gone down to around 120 – others have moved on from Malta – but their determination to make their voice heard remains.

Samson and other Oromo intend to apply with the Maltese authorities to become a recognized NGO, the aims being twofold: promote integration in Malta and raise awareness on the situation of Oromo in Ethiopia.

They held a peaceful rally in Valletta to express their concern about the situation of Oromo in Ethiopia .oromopic

“The recent crackdown is not the first time that our young children are massacred, torched, jailed and disappeared. Many of them are dying from inhuman treatment, torture, attacks and humiliation and from deprival of medical treatments,” Samson said.

Following their first Valletta rally, the NGO also hopes to become the voice for their community in Malta.

“Integration is important. Malta is a peaceful country and we need to learn Maltese and English to better communicate,” Samson said. He looks forward to contributing further to promoting interaction between his own community and Maltese people

Today Samson works as a care worker and lives with his wife and two children in Qormi.

Source: UNHCR Malta

የመከላከያ ሰራዊት አባላት ለመለስ ፋውንዴሽን ገንዘብ እንዲያዋጡ መጠየቃቸውን ተቃወሙ.

 የሰራዊቱ አባላት ለመለስ ፋውንዴሽን ገንዘብ እንዲያዋጡ በተጠየቁበት ወቅት ተቃውሞ አሰምተዋል።
 በባድሜ አካባቢ የሰፈሩት የመከላከያ አባላት በደሞዝ ክፍያ ሳምንት መነሻው 200 ብር ሆኖ በየደረጃው ያሉ ወታደሮች እንደ ማእረጋቸውና ደሞዝ መጠናቸው
እንዲከፍሉ ሲጠየቁ፣ የሰራዊቱ አባላት ደሞዛችን አይቆረጥም በማለት ተቃውሞ አሰምተዋል።

ደሞዝ ከፋዮቹ ከላይ የመጣ መመሪያ ነው በሚል ሊያግባቡዋቸው ቢሞክሩም የሰራዊቱ አባላት ፈቃደኞች ሳይሆኑ ቀርተዋል። አንድ የ3ኛ ሻለቃ አንደኛ ጋንታ አባል የሆነ ወታደር
አመጹን መርተሃል ተብሎ ሊታሰር ሲል አምልጦ እስከነመሳሪያው ተከዜ ውስጥ ገብቶ መሞቱ ታውቋል። ይህንን ተከትሎ መጠናኛ ብጥብጥ መነሳቱን ምንጮች አክለው ገልጸዋል።
በአሁኑ ሰአት ውጥረቱ እንዳለ ሲሆን፣ ከመከላከያ እየጠፉ የሚሄዱትም ቁጥራቸው እየጨመረ ነው።

ባለፉት 3 ቀናት መከላከያን ጥሎ የጠፋ አንድ ወታደር እንደገለጸው፣ ሰራዊቱ በከፍተኛ ምሬት ውስጥ እንደሚገኝና የሚከዳው ሰራዊት ቁጥርም ከፍተኛ መሆኑን ተናግሯል። በተከዜ
አካባቢ በሚካሄደው የኮንትሮባንድ ንግድ የአንድ አካባቢ ሰዎች የሆኑ የመከላከያ አዛዦች እየተጠቀሙ ነው የሚለው አባሉ፣ ከእነሱ ውጭ ያለው የመከላከያ አባል በችጋር እየተጠበሰ
ባለበት ወቅት ለመለስ ፋውንዴሽን በሚል እንደገና መዋጮ መጠየቁ ብዙዎችን ስሜት የረበሸ ሆኗል ብሎአል።

እነሱ ተጨማሪ ገቢ አላቸው፣ እኛ ግን የምትሰጠንን ደሞዝ እንኳ ቆጥበን ለቤተሰቦቻችን እንዳንረዳ በመዋጮ እና በሰበብ አስባብ ይወስዱብናል ሲል ተናግሯል።
በኢትዮጵያ በወታደራዊ አዛዦችና በተራው ሰራዊት መካከል ከፍተኛ የሆነ የኑሮ ልዩነት አለ። አብዛኞቹ የመከላከያ መኮንኖች የህወሃት አባላት ሲሆኑ፣ በአዲስ አበባ እና በኢትዮጵያ
ዋና ዋና ከተሞች ዘመናዊ ቪላዎችንና ፎቆችን ሰርተው በወር በመቶሺዎች የሚቆጠር የኪራይ ገቢ ያገኛሉ። በአገሪቱ ውስጥ የሚካሄደውን የኮንትሮባንድ ንግድ የሚያስፈጽሙት፣
በመከላከያ ስም ያለቀረጥ የሚያስገቡዋቸውን እቃዎች በርካሽ በመሸጥ ህጋዊዎቹን ነጋዴዎች እያከሰሩ ከስራ ውጭ እያደረጉዋቸው መሆኑን በርካታ ነጋዴዎች  ይናገራሉ።

What is the Value of American Values in Africa?

“We did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks; we did some things that were  contrary to our values. When we engaged in some of these enhanced interrogation techniques, techniques that I believe and I think any fair-minded person would believe were torture, we crossed a line. And that needs to be understood and accepted,” said President Obama at a press conference a couple of days ago.

President Obama offered his comments to blunt Congressional criticism following an inspector general’s report which concluded that the CIA improperly scanned the computers of Senate staffers looking into allegations of enhanced interrogation techniques by that agency. He cautioned Americans “not to feel too sanctimonious in retrospect about the tough job that those folks had.” In the same breath, he instructed, “The character of our country has to be measured in part, not by what we do when things are easy, but what we do when things are hard.”

The “torture” condemned by President Obama was initially launched under the auspices of former Vice President Dick Cheney, the architect of the “War on Terror”  and enhanced interrogation. The Bush Administration denied “enhanced interrogation”, which included such techniques as waterboarding, sleep deprivation, sensory bombardment by noise and light, prolonged isolation and sexual humiliation, among others, is torture. Recently, Cheney said, “If I would have to do it all over again, I would.”

The President’s remarks on torture got me thinking about the torturers attending the “U.S.-Africa Leaders” Summit. On August 5-6, President Obama has invited to the White House the “finest” practitioners of torture, corruption experts and master criminals against humanity from Africa to talk business and American investments (not human rights or American values). Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, who is on trial with his deputy president William Ruto, at the International Criminal Court on various counts of crimes against humanity is expected to attend. The roster of invitees reads like a rogues’ gallery of certified human rights violators including Paul Biya of Cameroon,  Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of  Equatorial Guinea, José Eduardo dos Santos of Angola, Idriss Deby of Chad and Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia. These wicked African criminals against humanity make the CIA’s practice of “enhanced interrogation techniques” look like a walk in the park.

Incredibly, President Obama calls these human rights scofflaws and crooks America’s “partners”.  President Obama exhorted, “The character of our country has to be measured in part, not by what we do when things are easy, but what we do when things are hard.” But how do we “measure the character”  of our President? By his lofty words and catchy phrases or his inactions “when things are hard” ?   If the old saying that “one can judge a man by the quality of friends he keeps” is true, does it necessarily follow that one can also judge a man by the quality of the “partners” he keeps?  When President Obama made “partners” of African criminals against humanity,  did he “cross the line”  between decency and sleaze?  Should it not be “understood and accepted” that American values make no distinction between torturers in America and torturers in Africa?

I believe American business investments in Africa without morality breed only misery and thievery.  An American economic investment policy in Africa that is not anchored in human rights will only accelerate the endemic corruption on the continent and deepen the despair and agony of Africans. President Obama should realize that it is wholly insufficient to invest in African banks, dams, mines, rail lines, hotels and bricks and mortars without a moral foundation. After all, America is not China.  American values are not Chinese values.  President Obama said, “I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks…” That exceptionalism is built on the American values of liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, republicanism, populism and laissez-faire economics.

Even Adam Smith, the “father” of capitalism understood the utmost importance of a moral foundation and continued education in creating and maintaining a just, fair and harmonious society in a free enterprise system. He called it “mutual sympathy”, something without which a society would degenerate into immorality and amorality. It is  “mutual sympathy” that restrains and bridles the natural predation and avarice of the rich and powerful from ravaging the weak and powerless.  In American business investments in Africa, the moral foundation of “mutual sympathy” is and should always be human rights. I lament the fact that Africa, the cradle of humanity,  is today the graveyard of human rights.

Does President Obama “truly believe” in “American values”? Which American values has he “betrayed” in “partnering” with African dictators?

In his book, the Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, then-Senator Obama wrote:

We hang on to our values, even if they seem at times tarnished and worn; even if, as a nation and in our own lives, we have betrayed them more often that we care to remember. What else is there to guide us? Those values are our inheritance, what makes us who we are as a people. And although we recognize that they are subject to challenge, can be poked and prodded and debunked and turned inside out by intellectuals and cultural critics, they have proven to be both surprisingly durable and surprisingly constant across classes, and races, and faiths, and generations. We can make claims on their behalf, so long as we understand that our values must be tested against fact and experience, so long as we recall that they demand deeds and not just words… If we aren’t willing to pay a price for our values, if we aren’t willing to make some sacrifices in order to realize them, then we should ask ourselves whether wetruly believe in them at all.

I am not sure what President Obama means when he speaks of “American values” or “our values”. He never quite spells them out. It is hard to know on which values he wants us  “to hang on”. Which values have “we” “inherited” or “betrayed”? Who has really betrayed American values: the “intellectuals and cultural critics” who “poke, prod and debunk” American values or the leaders who are not willing “to pay a price for our values”? What American values are we supposed to “test against fact and experience”? Can we “test against fact and experience” American values in Africa? For which values are we supposed to “pay a price” and make “sacrifices in order to realize them”? What American values do Americans “truly believe in”?

Is torture an American value? 

In a rare instance, President Obama, speaking at the United Auto Workers Conference in February 2012, offered a glimpse of his conception of American values. “Let me tell you, I keep on hearing these same folks talk about values all the time.  You want to talk about values?  Hard work — that’s a value. (Applause.)  Looking out for one another — that’s a value.  The idea that we’re all in it together, and I’m my brother’s keeper and sister’s keeper — that’s a value.”

American values I “truly believe in”

Americans have many great cultural values that I value highly and “truly believe in”.  A strong work ethic,  altruism and giving a hand up to those who are down are definitely signature American values. I think there are many great American values the President glibly omitted in his stump-like speech. Americans place a high value on individual freedom and individualism, which simply means they believe in the uniqueness and paramountcy of the individual person. They value highly individual initiative, individual expression and individual privacy. They value equality and an open society. They value science and technology. They believe in competition (they have a “USA #1 mentality”). They value and practice volunteerism and philanthropy. They believe in pragmatism and are achievement-oriented.  They are frank, open, and direct in their dealings.  I “truly believe” in these values.

However, there are other American values I believe in even more and am “willing to make some sacrifices in order to realize them.” The most important one is the rule of law. It simply means that law should govern a nation, not politicians. To paraphrase President Dwight D. Eisenhower, “The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to Americans in everyday life is to recall what is happening in much of Africa today where there is no rule of law.” I became a constitutional lawyer because I have an unshakable belief in the rule of law.

I am “willing to make some sacrifices in order to realize”, defend and protect the American values of freedom of speech, and of the press, the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, the right to counsel and against self-incrimination and so on. I “truly believe in” due process, the principle that before government takes a person’s life, liberty or property, it must comply with fair procedures and be guided by fundamental American values of fairness: The accused is presumed innocent until the government proves the accused’s guilt. The government bears the entire burden of proving the accused’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The government may not interrogate a criminal suspect without informing the suspect of his/her right to remain silent and right to counsel during custodial interrogations, and so on.

I am also “willing to make some sacrifices in order to realize” the American values of representative government, limited government and federalism. I believe in a system of government where “ambition is made to counteract ambition”, there is constitutional separation of powers so that there is not a dangerous  concentration of power in the hands of one individual or branch of government. I believe in a system of government where there are checks and balances with an independent judiciary as the backbone of that system. I believe in a federal form of government that clearly delineates the powers of the national and sub-national governments.  In short, I have a worldview founded on the values of liberty, equality and human rights; and I am “willing to make some sacrifices in order to realize”.

Is it possible to form a “partnership” with African dictators if one “truly believes in” American values?

Over the past six years, we have heard a lot of talk about American values and many promises on human rights in Africa from President Obama and his Administration. “We will work diligently with Ethiopia to ensure that strengthened democratic institutions and open political dialogue become a reality for the Ethiopian people… We will work for the release of jailed scholars, activists, and opposition party leaders… We align ourselves with men and women around the world who struggle for the right to speak their minds, to choose their leaders, and to be treated with dignity and respect…. Africa’s future belongs to its young people… We’re going to keep helping empower African youth… Africa doesn’t need strongmen, it needs strong institutions. We support strong and sustainable democratic governments…. America will be more responsible in extending our hand. Aid is not an end in itself… [Dictatorship] is not democracy, [it] is tyranny, and now is the time for it to end… America is watching…” All empty promises and cheap talk.

Edmund Burke, the British statesman and philosopher said, “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” Talk of magnificent American values costs nothing to those who talk the talk and never have to walk the talk. However, talk of magnificent American values exacts an exorbitant price on those who listen to the talk and harbor deep in their hearts the audacity of hope that they will one day see those talking the talk in America walking the talk in Africa.

In the global “war on terrorism”, it may be necessary for the U.S. to partner with state terrorists. As between terrorists and state terrorists, state terrorists may be the lesser of two (d)evils for the Obama Administration. It is true that the politics of “anti-terrorism” has made for strange bedfellows of U.S. and African leaders. Having said that, I am exasperated watching the American people being flimflammed into believing that their tax dollars are supporting American values in Africa. I get completely bummed out watching hard-earned American tax dollars bankrolling ruthless and cunning African dictators who laugh straight to the bank to deposit their American tax dollars. But when I think about those miserable Africa-leaders-cum-panhandlers “enfolded in the purple of Emperors” making a beeline at the White House rubbing their palms and grinning ear to ear ready to pick up their foreign aid welfare checks in a couple of days, I just plain get pissed off!!!

“If we aren’t willing to pay a price for our values, if we aren’t willing to make some sacrifices in order to realize them, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.” Senator Barack Obama.

“When the United States stands up for human rights, by example at home and by effort abroad, we align ourselves with men and women around the world who struggle for the right to speak their minds, to choose their leaders, and to be treated with dignity and respect. We also strengthen our security and well being, because the abuse of human rights can feed many of the global dangers that we confront — from armed conflict and humanitarian crises, to corruption and the spread of ideologies that promote hatred and violence.” President Barack Obama.

Ethiopia and its press: The noose tightens.

Bloggers and journalists who criticise the government are under the cosh

August 7, 2014 (The Economist) — A RANKING that countries do not aspire to ascend is the one compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based group. It reckons that Ethiopia is Africa’s second-worst jailer of journalists, ahead only of its ultra-repressive neighbour and bitter enemy, Eritrea. Cementing its lamentable reputation, on August 4th Ethiopia briefly resumed the trial of ten journalists and bloggers, nine of whom it has kept in prison since April; one is being tried in absentia. The court proceedings are to start again in earnest on August 20th.

The ten are accused of several offences, including breaches of the country’s controversial anti-terrorism laws. These include having links to banned opposition groups and trying to cause instability via social media. The government says the journalists and bloggers are connected to two groups that it deems terrorist organisations: the Oromo Liberation Front, a rebel outfit that seeks a better deal for Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, which predominates in the south; and Ginbot 7, a leading opposition movement formed after widespread protests following Ethiopia’s general election in 2005.

The arrests are part of a broader clampdown on the opposition and the media. In June Andargachew Tsigie, Ginbot 7’s exiled secretary-general, was detained in transit through Yemen and flown to Ethiopia. He had previously been sentenced to death in absentia in two separate trials.

On August 4th Ethiopia’s ministry of justice upped the ante by filing fresh charges against five magazines, a newspaper and their publishers, alleging that they were “engaging in incitements that could undermine national security” and promote discord. Readers view the five popular magazines, which have criticised government policies, as an alternative to the rosy narratives of state media. With a general election due next year, this seems to be making the ruling party twitchy.

Isa tokkoof shororkeessaa; isa biraaf falmataa bilisummaa yoo ta’u.

When one man’s terrorist becomes another man’s freedom fighter.

Hawwii Caalaa

Hawwi Caalaa | Hagayyaa 6, 2014

Jijjirama adduunyaa keenya kanaan walqabatee jijjirama jechootaa ( terminology ) na ajaa’ibsisu keessaa inni tokko jecha “ terrorism “ jedhu dha. Yeroo tokko tokko hiika isaatiif namoonni  ykn dhaabni “terrorist (shororkeessaa)” jedhamanii waamaman waliin waan hin madaalleef, jechi kuni baayyee na dinqisisa. Hiikaan waliigalaa jecha kanaaf ta`u  waan hin jiraanneef, hundi akka fedhi ofitti  fi akka itti tolutti yeroo fayyadamu ilaalla. Namoonni ykn dhaabonni bilisuummaa saba tokkof falmatan ummata falmatan sanaaf akka goota ykn hogganaa isaanitti yeroo ilaallaman , mootuummaa  biyya sana bulchu  biratti immoo akka shororkeessaatti ilaallamu.Asi irratti kan hubatamuu qabu shororkeessaa dhugaan hin jiru jechuu koo miti. Namoota qulqulluu fi nagaa ta’an lafaa ka’aanii kan ajjeesan adduunyaa keenya kana keessatti hedduuminaan argamu. Kana kan ragaa nuuf bahu oduu guyyaa guyyaan agarru fi dhaggeeffannu dha.

Akka ilaalcha kotti balaa shororkeessummaa biyya Ameerikaatti bara 2001 (9/11) mudate booda ilaalchi ummanni adduunyaa jecha shororkeessummaa(terrorism) dhaaf qabu hedduu waan jijjirame natti fakkaata. Balaa kanaan wal qabatee, “terrorist “ kan jedhaman hundi ija tokkon akka ilaalaman godheera. Sabaahimaaleen(Media) adduunyaa gugguddoon, gochaa kana bal`inaan waan gabaasaniif ummanni adduunya namoota kana, akka waan dhala namaa hin taane fi akka laphee mararfataa namaaf hin qabne akka bofa nama hidduutti sammuu keenya keessatti awwaalaniiru.

Dhuguma dubbachuuf karaa tokkon isaanis dhugaa qabu. Kanneen namoota nagaa ajjeesan, namoota waa bitachuuf (shopping) ykn bashannanuuf  manaa ba’aan kan karaatti hambisan mararfannaa namaaf waan hin qabneef isaan kun dhugumatti shoroorkeessitoota dha. Kanaaf fakkeenya gaarii kan ta`u balaa biyya Ameerikaatti mudate(2001),balaa biyya Keeniyaa gamoo daldalaa 2013 (shopping mall) keessatti dhaqabe, balaa biyya Yugaandaa bara 2010 namoota kubbaa milaa hordofan irratti raawwatame,balaa yeroo garagaraatti biyya Naayjeeriyaa keessatti dhaaba Bokkuu Haaraamitin raawwatamu fi kkf.

Waan baayyee na gaddisisu yoo jiraate garuu gotoota bilisummaa saba isaanitif falmatanii fi  wareegaman jaroota kana waliin ija tokkon ilaalamuu fi maqaa tokkoon waamamuu isaaniti. Jeecha biraatin kanisnif  tisiisni tokko jeechu fakkaata. Kun immoo dhugaa lafa irra jiru wajjiin wal faaleessa.

Barreefamni koo kan xiyyeeffatu waa`ee namoota dhugumatti gochaa shororkeessummaa raawwatan otoo hin taane namoota ykn dhaabota saba isaanitiif falmatan garuu mootummaa yeroo sanatti biyya bulchu biratti garuu akka golii kaasaa(shororkeessaa)tti ilaalaman irratti ta`a.

Yeroo tokko tokko namoota ykn dhaaboota bilisummaa uummata ofitiif falman,”terrorist” jedhamun akka dhagaa ce`umsaa(stepping stone ) waan ta’u nati fakkaata. Seenaa adduunyaa kana keessatti namoonni fi dhaabooni adda addaa mootummaa isaanii biratti “terrorist” jedhamanii booda immoo deebi`anii kan ummataa fi biyya isaani bulchan heddutu jiru. Armaan gaditti fakkeenya namootaa fi dhaabota kanaa xiqqoo ibsuun yaala.

1. Nelson Mandela (south Africa)

Mandellaan fi paartin isaa ANC bara 1960 hanga 2006/7 tti motummaa biyya isaatii fi adduunyaa irrati akka shororkeessaa ta`etti lakkaawamaa ture. Hanga bara 2008 maqaan isaa “American terrorist lists” keessaa hin haqamne ture.

Namoota ummata adduunyaa hunda keessatti jaalatamee fi kabajamee darbe keessaa kan akka Nelson Mandela jira jedhe hin yaadu. Bilisummaa ummata isaatif fiduuf waggaa 27 mana hidhaa keessatti dabarse booda irra ummata isa bulchiinsa  Apaartaayidii jalaa bilisa baasee ofifis prezidantii biyyati ta’uu danda`eera. Falmii inni Apaartaayidii balleessuuf taasise adduunyaan dinqisifachuun bara 1994 badhaasa Nobeelii nagaa(Nobel Peace prize) badhaafamuu danda`eera. Kan nama dhibu namichuuma akkanati leellisan kana duraan “terrorist” jechaani turan. Mummittiin ministeraa biyya UK yeroo sanaa Margareth Thatcher bara 1987tti akkana jettee turte “  Dhaabni Mandellaa ANC dhaaba shororkeessaati. Jarri ANC biyya Afriikaa Kibbaa(South Africa) bulchu jedhanii yaaduun habjuu dha.”Hamma bara 2008tti gootichi saba gurraachaaf fakkeenya ta`u kun galmee shororkeessitoota biyya Ameerikaa keessatti galmeeffame ture. Baruuma 2008 kana  keessa prezidaantii George W.Bush dhaan maqaan isaa galmee kana keessaa haqamuu danda`eera.

2. Eduardo do Santos (Angola )

Bara 1975 dura biyya Angoolaa keessatti paartilee lamatu bilisummaa ummataa fi xumuura seera koloonii(colonial) porchugaal falmaa turan. Isaan keessaa tokko paartii   Popular movement for the  Liberation of  Angola(MLPA). yeroo jedhamu inni lammataa immo United front for the Total Independent of Angola(UNITA) dha. Paartiin UNITA jedhamu kun kan bulchinsa koloonii Porchuugaaliin deeggaramu yeroo ta’u paartiin MLPA jedhamu waliin hantuutaa fi adurree walitti ta`uun wal waraanaa turan. Paartiin MLPA kan prezidantii ammaa Dos Santos  kan hogganu bulchiinsa Porchuugaalitin akka “terrorist” ilaallame  biyya keessatti akka hin  falmanne dhorkamee ture. Hanga aangoo qabatanitti prezidantii Dos Santoos fi partiin isaa MLPA biyya Kongoo keessa taa`anii falmaa turan.  Paartiin MLPA fi Dos Santoos duraan akka golii kaasaatti (terrorist ) ilaallamaa turan. Bara 1975 kaasee hamma ammaatti aangoo siyaasaa biyyatti qabachuu danda`aaniru.

3. Robert Mugabe – Zimbabwe

Biyyi amma Zimbabwe jedhamtu kun bara 1978 dura yeroo bulchiinsa koloonii England jala turtetti Rhodesia jedhamaa turte. Falmii bilisummaa ummata isaatiif gocha a jirufi bara 1964 tti Mugaabee fi paartiin isaa ZANU jedhamu biyya kessatti akka hin sochoone dhorkamanii turan. Paartiiin isaanii akka shororkeessaatti ilaallamee  Mugaabee fi hoggantoonni paartii isaa waggaa 10 mana hidhaatti  dabarsan. Bara 1974 eerga mana hidhaati bahee booda, biyya ollaa Mozaambikitti baqachuun, achumatti falmii bilisummaa saba isaa cimsee bara 1980 preziidantii biyyatti ta’u danda’eera.

Robert Mugabeen namoota biyyota Dhihaa keessatti jibbaman keessaa tokko dha. Erga preziidantii ta’ee booda akkuma bekkamu waan gaariis waan gadhees hojjateera. Waan bara 1980 booda ta`e waan mata duree kiyya hin taaneef, irratti xiyyeeffachuu hin barbaadu. Akkuma jalqaba ibsuuf yaaletti, ani akka fakkeenyaatti kan isa fudhachuu barbaade duraan  “ Terrorist” jedhamee isa booda immo aangoo siyaasaa qabachuu isaati.

4. East Timor. Jose Ramos-

Adduunyaa kana keessatti seenaa nama gaddisisu fi nama ajaa’ibsisu keessaa seenaa falmiin biyyi Timor  bilisuummaaf goote isa tokko. Biyyittin kun waggoota dheeraaf(400) kolonii Porchugaal turte. Xiyyeeffannaa baayyee waan hin arganneef, kolonii Porchugaal alaa(external colony of Portugal)jedhamtee namoota mana hidhaa seenuu malan fi adabbii naamusa sirreessutti itti fayyadamaa turte. Waraana adduunyaa lammaffaa booda Porchugaalitti yaa deebitu malee, Netherland, Australia fi Japanis biyyatti kana wereranii turan. Kolonii Porchugaaliin booda, bara 1975tti biyyittin Indoneeziyaadhan qabamtee. Erga Indonesia qabamtee booda, fincila diddaa gabrummaatin paartiin FRETILIN (The Revolutionary Front of an Independent East Timor) falmuu jalqabe. Akka odeeffannoon adda addaa gabaasanitti namoota gara 250,000 lubbuu isaanii bilisummaaf jedhani dhabaniiru. Yeroo kana paartiin Fretilin fi hogganaan isaani Jose Ramos -Horta … motuummaa Indonesia fi biyyoni hiriyaa ishee kan akka  America, UK , Portugal , Japan fi Australia birrati akka “terrorist”tti ilaallamaa turan. Kan nama ajaa’ibu immo namuuma kanaaf, bara 1996 badhaasa Nobeelii Nagaa(Nobel Peace prize) kennaniif.

Gara biyya keenya Itiyoophiyaatti yeroo dhufnu immo dhaabni ABO fi deggartoonni isaa akka shororkeessaatti ilaallamu.

Erga balaa biyya Ameerikaa bara 2001(9/11) mudatee booda seerri “ anti terrorism proclamation“jedhamu biyyoolee adda addaati bahee jiraa. Motuummaan wayyaaneetis kanumaan wal qabatee seera labsii farra shororkeessummaa(anti terrorism proclamation) bara 2009 baseera.

Namoonni hedduu fi dhaaboonni siyaasaa adda addaa seera kanaan wal qabatee rakkoo cimaaf saaxilamaniru. Yeroo ammaa kana illee mana hidhaa wayyaanee keessatti kan dararamaa jiran lakkofnee hin fixnu. Dhaaboonni kan akka ABO, kaayyoo isaan qabanii fi falmiin isaan saba ofitiif godhaniin, ummata biratti jaalatama haa qabaatan malee, motuummaa biratti garuu akka dhaaba shororkeessaatti(terrorist organization) jedhamani ummata isaanii waliin akka hin falmanne dhorkamanii jiru. Otoo dhugaan kan ilaallamu ta’ee kan akka wayyaanee(TPLF) dhaabni shororkeessaa ta’e hin jiru. Ummata nagaa jiraatu kan ajjeesu, qabeenya ummataa kan saamu, ummanni nagaan akka nyaatee fi dhugee hin bulle kan taasisu TPLF caalaa waan jiru natti hin fakkaatu. Namoota bara 2001(9/11) biyya Amerikaatti ajjeefaman caala, wayyaaneen Itiyoophiyaa keessatti dachaa baayyeen ajjeesera. Keessattuu ummata Oromoo irratti ajjeechaa duguuggaa sanyiidhaa gadi hin taane raawwateera;raawwachaas jira.

Yeroo dheeraatiif wayyaaneen oloola(propaganda) siyaasaa ETV irratti hojjechuun sammuu ummataa keessatti ABOn akka jibbamuu fi akka sodaatamu gochaa turan. Toftaan akkasii kun mootummoota baayyee biratti kan baramee fi waraana xin-sammuu(psychology) keesssaa mala(strategy) isa tokko dha. Dargiinis  akkasuma gochaa ture. Garuu motuummaa biratti haa jibbamu malee,jaalalli isaa immo laphee oromo keessatti guddachaa adeemera.Akka seenaa adduunyaa asiin olitti ilaaluu yaaletti,shororkeessaa jedhamanii waamamun waanuma jiru waan ta’eef qabsoo tokkoof akka gufuutti ilaallamuu hin qabu. Haa ta`utii akka dhagaa ce`umsaatti(stepping stone) ilaallamuu qaba.

Adduunyaa hundi duraan shororkeessaa jedhanii kan moggaasan hundi, yoo dhaabni jabaatee iddoo kaayyoo isa gahe falmataa bilisummaa (freedom fighter ) jedhanii waamuu jalqabu. Garuu yoo dhaabni dadhabee kaayyoo isaa bira otoo hin ga`iin hafe yeroo sana shororkeessaa(terrorist) jedhamee hafa.

Kanaafu akka seena namoota adunyaa ilaaluf yaaleti, akka isaani,  nus falmanee saba keenyaaf falmata bilisuuma ta’u keenya adunyaati mirkaneesinu qabna.

Yoo jabaanne falmanee bilisummaa taana,yoo dadhabne(laafne) garuu shororkeessaa jedhamne hafna.

(If you win, you are a freedom fighter.)
If you loose, you are a terrorist.

Rebel no-show at South Sudan talks in Ethiopia.

August 5, 2014 (BBC) — South Sudan rebels have failed to attend the second day of peace talks aimed at ending months of conflict, mediators say.

Peace has proved difficult to maintain in South Sudan since conflict began in December

Organisers of the talks said it was not clear why they had not shown up.

On Monday, rebel negotiators had complained about the continued presence of Ugandan forces in South Sudan.

The talks are part of a long-running effort to finalise details on a transitional government. It is not clear whether they will continue.

The UN is struggling to cope with the huge number of refugees fleeing the fighting

The regional bloc overseeing the talks, Igad (the Intergovernmental Authority on Development) has set a 10 August deadline to agree on a transitional government and implement a ceasefire.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir is in Washington to attend a summit of African leaders

The last round of talks between President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar stalled in June.

Conflict erupted in December after Mr Kiir accused Mr Machar – his former deputy – of plotting a coup.

Mr Machar denied the allegation, but then gathered a rebel army to fight the government.

Speaking in Washington on Tuesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry accused Mr Machar of being responsible for breaking previous ceasefires.

“He needs to understand the importance of living by the agreements,” Mr Kerry said.

South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar has been accused of breaking previous ceasefires

More than 1.5 million people have been displaced and the UN has warned that the country is on the verge of famine.

Igad has now urged the international community to pressurise the opposition to go back to the negotiation table.

Earlier chief mediator Seyoum Mesfin had warned that punitive measures could be taken if these round of talks failed.

Separately at least six South Sudanese aid workers have been killed over the last two days in violence close to the South Sudan-Sudan border, the UN has said.

Correspondents say that ethnically targeted attacks are characteristic of the violence which has blighted South Sudan since December.

The murdered aid workers belong to the Nuer ethnic group, the same group as Mr Machar.

South Sudan is the world’s newest state and became independent in 2011.

The US and the EU have slapped sanctions on military leaders on both sides of the conflict.

US-Africa: Make Human Rights Central to Summit.

Obama Should Press African Leaders to End Repression

August 5, 2014, Washington, DC (HRW) – US President Barack Obama should ensure that human rights concerns are a major focus of the US-Africa Leaders Summit, Human Rights Watch said today. Rights concerns should not be relegated to meetings in the margins of the summit. The theme of the August 4-6, 2014 summit in Washington, DC, is “Investing in Our Future.”

The summit will host some 45 African heads of state, at least a dozen of whom lead repressive governments that have imprisoned journalists, human rights defenders, and anti-corruption campaigners. Many have approved laws that stifle freedom of expression and used national security, defamation, and anti-terrorism laws to prosecute independent writers, protesters, and activists who criticize government policy.

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a business leaders forum in Dar es Salaam July 1, 2013. REUTERS

“The Leaders Summit seems to have dispatched Africa’s serious human rights problems to a sideshow, but the summit’s development and security goals hinge on addressing repression, corruption, and the rule of law,” said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “President Obama should put human rights squarely on his list of issues to discuss with African leaders.”

The Obama administration has made a number of public and private statements criticizing African governments that have used repressive tactics, but they do not reflect a broader policy approach that could help lead to the repeal or substantial amendment of repressive laws, Human Rights Watch said.

Among the leaders expected at the summit will be President Eduardo Dos Santos, who has ruled Angola, the third-largest oil producer on the continent, for more than 30 years. He has used criminal defamation suits, arbitrary arrests, and a brutal police force to silence the media and public. In one case in September 2013, police arrested a 17-year-old activist and protest organizer over “disgusting dictator” t-shirts that were to be used at a protest. The authorities arrested, severely beat, and threatened three journalists who interviewed some of the detained protesters.

In Ethiopia, the government has systematically closed space for peaceful dissent over the past decade. In 2009 it passed a draconian law regulating nongovernmental activity which bars work on human rights, good governance, conflict resolution, and advocacy for the rights of women, children, and people with disabilities if organizations receive more than 10 percent of their funds from foreign countries. The country’s most reputable human rights groups closed or scaled down their operations. The government has also used a 2009 counterterrorism law to arbitrarily detain and prosecute dozens of journalists, protesters, and political opposition leaders. Most recently, in July the police charged three journalists and seven bloggers known as “the Zone 9” collective after they wrote articles calling for reforms and peaceful opposition to government policies. They were charged with having links to banned groups under the anti-terrorism law.

In Rwanda, almost no independent voices are speaking out. Journalists and activists who criticize the government of President Paul Kagame have been threatened, prosecuted, imprisoned, forced into exile, and even murdered. A few weeks before the 2010 presidential elections, Jean-Léonard Rugambage, a journalist with the independent newspaper Umuvugizi, was shot dead outside his house in the capital, Kigali. He had been investigating sensitive cases, including the attempted murder of a prominent government opponent in exile.

The Leaders Summit seems to have dispatched Africa’s serious human rights problems to a sideshow, but the summit’s development and security goals hinge on addressing repression, corruption, and the rule of law. President Obama should put human rights squarely on his list of issues to discuss with African leaders.

Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch

In Burundi, President Pierre Nkurunziza’s government has increased its harassment of human rights activists and other critics. In May, Burundi’s most prominent human rights activist, 66-year-old Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, was arrested and charged with endangering state security and using false documents. The government has blocked protests over his arrest and prohibited broadcasting of a song about Mbonimpa. 

In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni’s 28-year tenure features increasing suppression of basic rights. The government has threatened groups working on a range of issues, including corruption, land, oil, and good governance. A 2013 public order law gives police wide discretionary powers over whether to allow public meetings.

President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea has been in power for 35 years, longer than any other African head of state or non-monarch in the world. Obiang’s government is characterized by corruption, repression, and torture. Conditions on the registration and operation of nongovernmental groups are so restrictive that no independent human rights groups are able to register and legally function. The few activists who seek to address human rights concerns face intimidation, harassment, and reprisals.

In Swaziland, there has been a drastic deterioration in respect for human rights in recent years. Political parties are banned, the judiciary is severely compromised, and an anti-terrorism law has been used to target independent organizations and harass civil society activists. On July 25, Bhekithemba Makhubu, editor of Swaziland’s monthly news magazine The Nation, and a human rights lawyer, Thulani Maseko, were sentenced to two years in prison following an unfair trial after The Nation published two articles by Maseko criticizing Swaziland’s chief justice.

Similar restrictive practices against nongovernmental organizations and independent media have been used in the Gambia, Somalia, Chad, and Cameroon, all of whose leaders are expected to attend the summit. Three other repressive African leaders – Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, Eritrea’s Isaias Afeworki, and Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir – have not been invited. The Obama administration said that their governments were not “in good standing” with the United States. Central African Republic Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza has also not been invited because the country has not yet held elections necessary for it to be readmitted to the African Union, among the criteria for summit participation.

The governments of Ethiopia, Uganda, Nigeria, and Kenya, among others, benefit from strong bilateral partnerships on development and substantial security assistance, even though their security services have been implicated in extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, rape, and other serious abuses. The Obama administration has not done enough to press for investigations and prosecutions in many of these cases, Human Rights Watch said.

In much of Africa, endemic corruption and weak judicial systems routinely undermine citizens’ rights. The judiciary, which could mitigate some rights abuses in many African countries, is neglected or manipulated, allowing a dangerous culture of impunity to take hold. Those responsible for serious human rights violations, corruption, and state-sponsored repression are rarely investigated and held to account, leaving victims with little hope for legal redress.

“The US-Africa Leaders Summit is a prime opportunity for President Obama to take the side of the African people and not of repressive leaders,” Bekele said. “Trade, investment, and improved global security, all key items on the summit’s agenda, will only come about if human rights and the rule of law are respected.”

TPLF’s Malicious Practices and Bantustanization of Ethiopia

TPLF increasingly paranoid. Recent explosion of obnoxious Tigrayans posing as Eritreans troll nonsense on the about Eritrean people and government

July 31, 2014 (tesfanews) – It was revealed last month that not only does Ethiopia’s minority regime jams satellite broadcasts of its neighbors in a deliberate act of vandalism causing great outage and disruptions to African and Middle Eastern televisionaudiences, the TPLF regime has also hired and trained internet bloggers to harass and troll Eritrean websites as well as Ethiopian ones that are opposed to its rule.

If you have ever wondered why there has been a recent explosion of obnoxious Tigrayans posing as Eritreans and writing a lot of nonsense about Eritrea and its government, there is your answer. These trolls TPLF hired hang around Eritrean websites 24/7  to defame, harass and blacken Eritrea’s image on the web. 

We have come to expect such kind of obnoxious behavior from TPLF (Weyane) but it must know that it isn’t going to help it change its predicament or the fact that it is sitting on barrel of dynamite, ready toexplode at any moment.

Its invasion of Eritrea under the pretext of a border war and impossible dream of setting-up “Greater Tigray” having failed, Weyane and Tigrayans are truly in a pickle these days. Hated both in Ethiopia and Eritrea, one can say that they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Not a good place to be.

The bantustanization and ethnic federalism it cynically and maliciously introduced to the Ethiopian polity to help it divide-and-rule the country has now come full circle to bite it in the rear-end.

A recent city expansion plan this summer touched off a wave of violence lasting days among the Oromos because it was seen as encroaching on their “Kilil.”

There is now a generation of Ethiopians who grew-up thinking of themselves in ethnic terms – not as Ethiopians but as Sidamas, Welaytas, Hadiyas, Kemabatas, Oromos, Somalis…etc. The bantustanization of Ethiopia under TPLF is now complete but it will not necessarily accrue to Weyane’s or Tigrayans’ benefit in the long-term.

Weyane tries to hoodwink the public and international media by claiming that it is presiding a growing economy. This too is a fallacy. Regional administrators of the ethnic kilils had recently spoken about how they are routinely pressured to falsify growth rates in their kilils and report exaggerated figures to the authorities in Addis.

There is a lot of aid money flowing into Ethiopia as Ethiopia has always been a poster child for “International aid” but much of it lines up the pockets of Weyane officials and rarely trickles down to the average Ethiopian to improve his or her lot in life.