Joomla! site syndication http://www.amharicnews.com/newzena Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:58:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.amharicnews.com/newzena/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.amharicnews.com/newzena Joomla! site syndication http://www.amharicnews.com/newzena/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=517&Itemid=2 የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት የፕሬስ ነፃነትን አላከበረ�� Sunday, 01 March 2009 - የአሜሪካ የውጭ ጉዳይ መሥሪያ ቤት ሪፖርትበጌታቸው ንጋቱበአሜሪካ መንግሥት የውጭ ጉዳይ መስሪያ ቤት ሰሞኑን የ2008 የሠብዓዊ መብት ሪፖርቱን ያወጣ ሲሆን በሪፖርቱም በኦጋዴን ለደረሰው ጥፋት የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥትና የኦጋዴን ነፃ አውጭ ግንባር የጋራ ተጠያቂ እንደሆኑ አስታወቀ፡፡ የኢትየጵያ መንግሥት የፕሬስና የመናገር ሕገ መንግሥታዊ መብቶችን እንዳላከበረ ሪፖርቱ አመልክቷል፡፡ የአሜሪካ የውጭ ጉዳይ መስሪያ ቤት (ሰቴት ዲፓርትመንተ) የሠብዓዊ መብት፣ የዴሞክራሲና የሥራ ቢሮ ያወጣው ሪፖርት እንደሚያመለክተው በኦጋዴን ባለፈው ዓመት በመንግሥትና ጦርና በኦብነግ መካከል በተቀሰቀሰ ግጭት ሲቪል ዜጐች መገደላቸውን፣ ቤቶች መቃጠላቸውን፣ አስገድዶ መድፈር እና ሌሎች ችግሮች ተከስተው እንደነበር ያትታል፡፡ በኦጋዴን ለደረሰው ጥፋት መንግሥት፣ የፀጥታ ኃይሎች እና ኦብነግ የጋራ ተጠያቂ ናቸው፡፡ የፀጥታ ኃይሎችም ሲቪል፣ ዜጐችን ገድለዋል ሲል ሪፖርቱ ገልጿል፡፡ የአሜሪካ የውጭ ጉዳይ መሥሪያ ቤት በኦጋዴን አካባቢ የሚሠሩ መንግሥታዊ ያልሆኑ ድርጅቶችንና ሌሎች ድርጅቶችን ሪፖርት መሠረት በማድረግ በአካባቢው ተፈጥሯል ስለተባለው ሠብዓዊ ቀውስ ያብራራል፡፡ የኦጋዴን አካባቢም ከፍተኛ የደህንነት ችግር እንዳለበት የሚያብራራው ሪፖርት ቻይናዊያንና ኢትዮጵያዊያን ላይ የደረሰውን የኦብነግ ጥቃት ሲያነሳ በተያያዘ መልኩም የፈረንሳዩ ቡድን አባላት የሆኑ ሁለት የውጭ አገር ዜጐች ተጠልፈው ሜዲስን ዱ ሞንዴ ወደ ሶማሊያ ተሸጠው፤ ሶማሊያ ያሉት ወገኖች ደግሞ እስካሁን ድረስ የጠየቁት ክፍያ ስላልተሰጣቸው ሰዎቹ እንደታገቱ እንደሚገኙ ሪፖርቱ ያስረዳል፡፡ ሪፖርቱ በፕሬስና በመናገር ነፃነት ክፍሉ ላይ እንዳመለከተው ደግሞ የጋዜጠኞች መታሰር፣ የአንድ አንድ ድረ ገፆች መዘጋት፣ ለድረ ገፆቹ መዘጋት የኢትዮጵያ ቴሌኮሙኒኬሽን ኮርፖሬሽን እጁ እንደሌለበት መግለፁ፣ ይሁን እንጂ የተዘጉት ድረ ገፆች በመንግሥት እንደሆነ የተለያዩ ሪፖርቶች እንዳሉት ያመለክታል፡፡ በዓመቱ ውስጥም ደረሱ ያላቸውን የጋዜጠኞች እስራት፣ ማስፈራራትና መንገላታት ያሰፈረው ሪፖርቱ የኢትዮጵያ ሕገ መንግሥት የፕሬሰና የመናገር ነፃነት መብትን ያጐናፀፈ ቢሆንም በተግባር ግን የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት የፕሬስ ነፃነቶችን አያከብርም ብሏል፡፡ ሪፖርቱ የብሮድካሰት ሚዲያ ከሆኑት መካከል ቴሌቪዥን እስካሁን በመንግሥት ብቻ መያዙንና ሦስት ኤፍ.ኤም ጣቢያዎች ብቻ በግል መያዛቸው ያመለክታል፡፡ በአገሪቱ ያሉ 20 የግል ጋዜጦች ሳምንታዊ ስርጭትም 150 ሺህ ኮፒ እንደሆነም ሪፖርቱ ይገልፃል፡፡ Last Updated ( Sunday, 01 March 2009 ) News - Politics Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:38:49 +0100 http://www.amharicnews.com/newzena/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=506&Itemid=2 President George Bush recently visited five African countries — Ghana, Liberia, Tanzania, Benin and Rwanda — and sent his Secretary of State to Kenya to try to end the political crisis there. But when it comes to Somalia, the Bush administration is not only silent but openly supports Ethiopia's occupation. The situation there is now far worse than it was in December of 2006, before Addis Ababa's invasion.In Mogadishu and much of Somalia, the American-supported Ethiopian intervention caused the deaths of more than 6,000 Somalis. According to United Nations officials, the humanitarian crisis in Somalia is worse than Darfur — more than a million Somalis fled their homes.The Ethiopian occupation did not deliver the outcome that Washington desired — crushing the Islamists, creating a secure environment and leaving the country quickly. Instead, after more than a year of occupation, the picture is one of assassinations, bombings, looting, media repression and systematic displacement. Worse, there is no end in sight to the quagmire.If there is the will, the U.S. and the rest of the international community can reverse the Somalia crisis.The issue is not about fixing an artificial and illegitimate government that exists on the backs of Ethiopian soldiers and donors' money. The U.S. should aim at the real goals: ending the Ethiopian occupation (the source of Somalia's current problems), addressing the humanitarian catastrophe, initiating a genuine Somali-owned peace process, and dealing with the war crimes committed in the country.It is about time the U.S. realizes that Ethiopia's occupation is radicalizing more Somalis and that the government of warlords is beyond repair. There is no choice: The occupation has to end immediately. Somalis do not want Ethiopian troops in their country and, based on the what has been happening so far, resistance to the occupation will only grow.Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's scheme to create a no-win situation for the Somalis — accept the Ethiopian occupation or face a brutal civil war — will surely have a negative impact on long-term relations among the diverse communities in the Horn of Africa and different clans in Somalia. From the Somali perspective, Washington and the world community must understand that Ethiopia's occupation troops and their warlord proxies are a huge liability.Moreover, there is an urgent need for a Somali-owned peace process. Earlier peace-building efforts failed because one or another key stakeholder was excluded. Islam as a faith and Islamists as a force cannot be ignored; the values these diverse Islamist groups represent have roots within the Somali people and must be included in any peace process. Dismissing those forces resisting the Ethiopian occupation as terrorists is neither accurate nor useful for building peace in Somalia.The U.S. also needs to understand that its policy preference of incrementally fixing the results of the Ethiopian-manipulated peace conference in Nairobi (or imposing the Ethiopian design on the Somalis, as many believe) is untenable — the process that produced the current charter, parliament and government was tainted. What is needed is a comprehensive process that addresses governance, security and justice. The debate should start with Somalia's 1960 constitution — it is the only one that a majority of Somalis voted for and one that can accommodate different groups' constitutional and policy concerns.The real challenge is establishing a Somali-owned peace process. One important precondition would be to empower a neutral and credible third party. The UN understands this, and urged the Saudi government to take the lead. Others believe Qatar would be an excellent candidate. The international community should also tap the expertise and connections of the Djibouti government and its president, Ismail Omar Guelleh. As an ethnic Somali, Mr. Guelleh understands the nature of the conflict, and he has good relations with Washington. He might be able to facilitate such a process if the international community is serious about ending the conflict.Charles Taylor, Liberia's former warlord/president, is on trial for the crimes that his forces and his proxies committed against the civilians of neighbouring Sierra Leone. Therefore, the international community should not turn a blind eye when it comes to the war crimes that Ethiopia's troops and proxy Somali warlords have been committing against Somalis for the past year. Perhaps the recently created, New York-based Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect should make Somalia its first project.If a Somali-owned peace process is established, there will be no need for foreign forces — Somalis will keep the peace as they did in peaceful areas of the country, and they will challenge all forms of extremism. The key to bringing the Somali people on board is ending the Ethiopian occupation and the warlords' impunity.The international community has a responsibility to protect Somali civilians from Ethiopia's occupation troops. Its silence sends the wrong message — that Ethiopian soldiers are in Somalia with its consent.Afyare Abdi Elmi is a doctoral candidate and sessional lecturer in political science at the University of Alberta. News - Latest Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:37:30 +0100 http://www.amharicnews.com/newzena/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=505&Itemid=2 ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie said on Monday he would not compete in the Olympic marathon because of fears that Beijing's air pollution would damage his health.The Ethiopian runner, who suffers from asthma, said he would still compete in the shorter 10,000 metres event in the August Games. The pollution in China is a threat to my health and it would be difficult for me to run 42 km in my current condition, he told Reuters by telephone. But I am not pulling out of the Olympic event in Beijing all together. I plan to participate in the 10,000 m event, he added.Pollution is a major issue facing Beijing in the run-up to the Games.International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge said last year that events such as the marathon could be rescheduled if contingency measures did not have the desired effect.Gebrselassie called on China to deal with the problem, saying that pollution would be a hazard to athletes, seriously affecting their performances. Dube Jillo, technical director of the Ethiopian Athletic Federation, said as far as his federation was concerned, Haile was expected to compete in the Olympics. But whether he runs in the marathon event or 10,000 m for which he holds a world record, would be his own choice, Dube told Reuters.Rogge told reporters last November in New York that a monitoring system would be set up in Beijing to gauge whether air pollution warranted delaying events.Events that involve endurance, such as the marathon or cycling distance races, could be delayed for a few hours or until another day, Rogge said. During a marathon for more than two hours, riding a bicycle race for five to six hours -- that could be a danger hazard and then we would postpone the race, he said at the time. News - Latest Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:26:43 +0100 http://www.amharicnews.com/newzena/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=499&Itemid=2 ASCOM, Citadel Capital's geology and mining business, has just announced the acquisition of promising gold concessions in northern Ethiopia near Eritrea and the city of Mekele. News - Latest Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:24:56 +0100 http://www.amharicnews.com/newzena/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=498&Itemid=2 ADDIS ABABA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - China signed a deal with the African Union on Friday to build a $61 million convention centre at the organisation's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Beijing would fund the project, due to be finished by 2011, and was committed to helping the continent develop itself. News - Latest Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:21:57 +0100