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Once again, reform is high on the agenda of the EPRDFites. The latest rhetoric seems to come from the core of the power circle, overseen by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, renowned for his progressive approach to changes. Put into historical context, however, little of the reform rhetoric is new, in every sense of the word. It all started in the final years of the Imperial regime. Ruling the nation for over 43 years, they faced public resistance over their rigidity for change in the 1960s. Wealth was concentrated in the hands of the connected feudal lords. The majority used to live in submission to the few. Economic mobility was something entertained by the connected. Rights, including basic human rights, were thought to be something to be bestowed to the public by the King of Kings. Respect to these rights was, therefore, experienced under the rule of preferential treatment. The feudalist political economy, which favours only the few, created disappointment within the

After 5 years of documenting the Sidama tribe’s food ways, Donna Sillan, MPH has completed the first “Sidama Cookbook” ever written to capture the traditional art of this ancient and unique cuisine.  It is an anthropological document to preserve the dying art of enset, the staple of the Sidama.  She spent time planting, processing and preparing enset in Ethiopia before attempted to capture what has only been transmitted orally to date and is on the verge of extinction. A blurb from Donna on her shocking process :  Sidama food takes the prize for being the most complicated, intricate, ancient food processed on the planet.   What strikes me as most amazing is the fact that an ancient people discovered “enset” and found out how to make it edible and determine its utility as a staple.  How did they figure it out hundreds of years ago? I wrote this book for two reasons. First of all, I admit, I’m obsessed with food and particularly exotic, ethnic food.   It is no wonder that I s

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በሳዑዲ ዓረቢያ በኢትዮጵያዊያን ስደተኞች ላይ እየተፈጸመ ያለውና እየተስተጋባ ያለው አሰቃቂ ግድያና ድብደባ ይዘገንናል፣ ይሰቀጥጣል፣ ያቅለሸልሻል፡፡ አረመኔያዊ ነው፡፡  የሳዑዲ ዓረቢያ መንግሥት የራሱን ሕግ ማስከበር እንዳለበት እናምናለን፡፡ በሕገወጥ መንገድ አገሪቱ ውስጥ የገቡትን ሰዎች ወደ አገራቸው ቢመልስ ወይም ቢያባርር ተቃውሞ የለንም፡፡ ጥያቄያችንና ተቃውሞአችን ግን በሕገወጥ መንገድ የገቡትን ኢትዮጵያውያን ለምን መለስካቸው?ለምን አባረርካቸው?የሚል አይደለም፡፡ ሕገወጦችን መቆጣጠርና ሕግን ማስከበር የማንም አገር መብትና ኃላፊነት ነውና፡፡ ግን! ነገር ግን! በሕገወጥ መንገድ የገቡትን ኢትዮጵያውያን በሕጋዊ መንገድ ወደ አገራቸው ይመልሳል ወይም ይቀጣል እንጂ፣ ግድያና ማሰቃየት ማካሄድ የለበትም፣ አልነበረበትም፡፡  እኛም እንደምንከታተለው የዓለም መገናኛ ብዙኃንም እያስተጋቡት እንዳለው፣ በመጀመሪያ ከኢትዮጵያ የሄዱት የቤት ሠራተኞች እንደ ባርያ እንጂ እንደ ነፃ ሰው አይታዩም፡፡ እንደ እንስሳና እንደ ባርያ ነው የሚቆጠሩት፡፡ በሕጋዊ መንገድ የገቡትም ጭምር፡፡  ከዚያም አልፎ በየቤቱ ፖሊስ እየገባ ሕገወጥ ናችሁ እያለ ሲገድልና አስከሬን በየጎዳናው ሲወረውር በግልጽ በሚስቀጥጥ ሁኔታ እየታየ ነው፡፡ የሳዑዲ መንግሥት የራሱን ሕግ የማስከበር መብት እንዳለው ሁሉ፣ ማክበር ያለበትና የሚገደድባቸው ዓለም አቀፍ የሰብዓዊ መብት ሕጎች እንዳሉም ሊገነዘብና ሊተገብር ይገባዋል፡፡  በተለይም በዘፈቀደ አንዳንድ የሳዑዲ ዓረቢያ ተወላጆች የሚፈጽሙት ግፍ አልበቃ ብሎ፣ የመንግሥት የፀጥታና የፖሊስ ኃይል ቤት ለቤት እየገባ ግፍና ወንጀል በኢትዮጵያውያን ስደተኞች ላይ ሲፈጽም፣ በማያወላዳ መንገድ ዓለም አቀፍ ሕግን መጣስ ነው፡፡ ሕግ መጣሱና ወንጀ