The Heroic Ethiopian Journalist Eskinder Nega by Betre Yacob

August 15, 2013

Ethiopian prominent Journalist and blogger Eskinder Naga is one of those who have been arrested, interrogated, and threatened in Ethiopia, for exercising freedom of expression. He is currently serving his jail sentence in Kality, a notoriously brutal prison in Addis Ababa, where dozens of political prisoners are suffering. Judged a “terrorist” by the regime’s kangaroo court, he was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2012, along with other critical journalists and bloggers.

Ethiopia is one of the leading repressive nations in the world. Particularly, the repression of freedom of expression is the most severe in this poor East African nation more than any other country. According to Amnesty International, during the past three years only, over 100 prominent journalists and influential political activists were prosecuted on fabricated charges of terrorism, and too many others were also subjected to harassment, intimidation, threat, and other violence.

Amnesty International: Ethiopian repression of Muslim protests must stop

August 8, 2013

Young Ethiopian Muslim girl, attacked by Ethiopian government forces during Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Addis Ababa. August 08, 2013

The Ethiopian government must end its use of repressive tactics against demonstrators, following initial reports of widespread arrests of Muslim protestors during this morning’s Eid al-Fitr celebrations, said Amnesty International today.

Eritrea in Critical Defense Corruption By Betre Yacob

August 15, 2013

Eritrea, one of the smallest nations, is known to be most militarised country in Africa. According to different sources, the number of its army is estimated to be more than 600,000—which is approximately 20% of its total population. Many, for this reason, call the country the “North Korea of Africa”. To our surprise, a recent study has also revealed that this smallest nation has not only a huge defense force but also most corrupted. According to the study, titled “Government Defense Anti-Corruption Index 2013”, the Eritrean Defense Force is among the top 9 most corrupted defense forces in the world.

Amazing Tilahun Documentary by Tamagn Beyene

የዘመኑ መንፈስ (በእውቀቱ ስዩም) July 29, 2013

በእውቀቱ ስዩም
ባገራችን ባሁኑ ጊዜ ብዙ ተከታይ ያለው ሃይማኖት ብሄርተኝነት ይባላል፡፡የብሄርተኝነት ምእመን ከሆንክ የነፍስ አባት ይኖርሀል፣በጭፍን የምትቀበለው ቀኖና ይኖርሀል፣ነገ የምትገባባት የተስፋ ምድር ይኖርሀል፣ከሁሉ በላይ ደግሞ ብርቱ ችግርህን የምትደፈድፍበት የመስዋእት በግ ይኖርሀል፡፡
ሃይማኖቶች ምእመናንን ብቻ ሳይሆን መናፍቃንንም ያፈራሉ፡፡ብሄርተኞች በስሜት የሚነድደውን ምእመን ብቻ ሳይሆን የኔ ቢጤውን መነፍቅም እንደሚያፈሩ አንርሳ፡፡በነገራችን ላይ ሃይማኖትን መካድ ማለት ሃይማኖት የሚያነሳቸውን አብይ ጥያቄዎች መካድ ማለት አይደለም፡፡እንዲሁም፣ ብሄርተኝነትን መካድ ማለት የኢትዮጵያን ብሄር ብሄረሰቦች ህልውና መካድ ማለት አይደለም፡፡በዚህ ጉዳይ ፣መናፍቅ መሆን ማለት፣ የብሄርተኛ ነቢያት ሰለ ጭቆና ስለ ነጻነት ብሎም ስለ ኢትዮጵያዊነት የሚያቀርቡትን አጉል እምነት መጠራጠር ማለት ነው፡፡
ከኢትዮጵያዊነት እንጀምር፡፡
ከዘመናችን የብሔርተኝነት ነቢያት አንዱ ጃዋር መሐመድ በቅርቡ ከእንቁ መጽሔት ጋር ባደረገው ቃለመጠይቅ ላይ ስለኢትዮጵያዊነት የሚከተለውን ይላል፡፡
‹‹…ኢትዮጵያን የመሠረታት የሶሰትዮሽ ጦርነት ግብግብ ነው፡፡በአማራው፣በኦሮሞው፣በትግሬው ግብግብ ውስጥ ወደ መጨረሻ ላይ በአመራር ስር የበላይነቱን የያዘው አማራው ነበር፡፡በዚህ የተነሳ አሁን የምናያት ኢትዮጵያ ማንነቷ በአማራ ባህላዊ ሥርጭት እና በአማራ ፖለቲካ የተገነባች ነች፡፡…የኢትዮጵያ አገራዊ ማንነት የምንለው የአማራ ባህላዊ ማንነት ነው››

ጃዋር የኢትዮጵያን መሠረት የሦስት ብሄረሰቦች የስልጣን ግብግብ አድርጎ ወስኖታል፡፡ በመጀመርያ፣ ሌሎች ብሄረሰቦች በግብግቡ ተሳትፎ እንዳልነበራቸው አድርጎ ማቅረቡ አንድ

ከ“ሙስና”ው ክስ በስተጀርባ ከተመስገን ደሳለኝ

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  የኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲካ ለትንተና አዳጋች መሆኑን የሚናገሩ ምሁራን መከራከሪያቸው ፖለቲከኞቹ ከርዕዮተ-ዓለም ይልቅ ‹‹ሴራ››ን ማስቀደማቸውን በመጥቀስ ነው፡፡ በርግጥም አብዛኛው የፓርቲዎቹ የአመራር አባላት ከክህሎት እና ርዕዮተ-ዓለም መራቀቅ ይልቅ በዘልማዱ ፖሊቲካ የተካኑ ናቸው፡፡ በተለይም የ1966ቱ ‹‹አብዮት›› ያሰረፀው የ‹‹ፓርቲ ፖለቲካ›› የተደራ ‹‹ሴራ›› ምን ያህል ኩነትንም ታሪክንም መቀየር እንደሚችል አሳይቷል፡፡
  የሁሉንም ፓርቲ የአመራር አባላት አመዳደብ መስፈርት ከምር ከፈተሽነው ከፊት መስመር ከምናገኛቸው አብዛኞቹ በዚህ አይነቱ የጨዋታ ህግ የተሻሉ ሆነው ስለተገኙ መሆኑን ለመረዳት አያዳግትም (ሻዕቢያ፣ ኦነግ፣ ደርግ፣ ኢህአፓ-እነጌታቸው ማሩንና ብርሃነመስቀል ረዳን፣ ህወሓት-እነስሁል፣ እነአረጋዊ፣ እነስዬ፣ ብአዴን-እነያሬድ ጥበቡንና ሙሉዓለም አበበን፣ ኢህአዴግ፣ መኢአድ፣ ኢዴፓ፣ ቅንጅት፣ አንድነት… የመርህና የህግ ተገዥ የሆኑ አመራሮቻቸውን ደግመው ደጋግመው በሴራ ፖለቲካ በጓሮ በር ሸኝተዋል) የዚህ ፅሁፍ ዓላማ አውራው ኢህአዴግ፣ በተለይም ከድህረ ትጥቅ ትግሉ ወዲህ ባለተፃፈ ህጉ በመሪዎቹ ላይ የፈፀማቸውን የሴራ ፖለቲካ ለመቃኘት መሞከር ነው፡፡ እንደ ሚታወቀው ስርዓቱ ወደስልጣን ከመጣ በኋላ ተአማኒነትን ያላገኙ ግዙፍ የፖለቲካ እርምጃዎችን በጉምቱ መሪዎቹ ላይ በተደጋጋሚ ሲወስድ አይተናል (በተጠመደ ፈንጅ ህይወቱ ያለፈውን የብአዴን መሪ ሙሉዓለም አበበንና የጄኔራል የሎም ግድያን ሳንጨምር)

ETHIOPIA: LEGALLY CORRUPT July 24, 2013 by Wondimu Mekonnen

Introduction

The simplest definition of state corruption is the self-enrichment of government officials through the use of the power bestowed on them and state mechanism. In Ethiopia, the TPLF is a mafia type gang that is running its own Mafiosi economic empire, not the country as a legitimate caring government.

The country itself is up for sale, as long as there are buyers out there. That is why people in Gambella were to evicted and their land sold to Indian and Arab, Turkish, Pakistani Billionaires. Recently, the Ethiopian Government refused to cooperate with the World Bank when it was asked to investigate whether the World Bank violated its own policies by funding, in which thousands of people were allegedly relocated to make way for agricultural investors. The British Government actually knowingly or unknowingly funded a programme that evicted the tribes of the Lower Omo Valley in south west Ethiopia – chief among them the Mursi, the Nyangatom, the Bodi and the Daasanach, who depend on a combination of flood retreat cultivation on the banks of the Omo