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Pre 2015 Election and The Fate of The Opposition In Ethiopia

When we talk about election in Ethiopia, the 2005 national election has become foremost as previous elections under both Derg and EPRDF were fake. The national election of 2005 has shown a hint of democracy until election date in Addis Ababa but in regions it was until one month before the voting date. The ruling party has been harassing the opposition and has killed strong opposition candidates. In Addis Ababa the hint of democracy disappeared after the ruling party diverted the election results. Having no other option than forcefully suppressing the anger of the people caused by its altering of election results, the ruling party intensified the harassment and killing. So the outcome for the opposition was either to go to prison or follow the path given by EPRDF.  Election 2005 ended in this manner. The plan of the ruling party to give a quarter of the 540 parliamentary seats to the opposition and to minimize outside pressure and to restart the flow of foreign aid was unsuccessf

የመኖሪያ ቤቶች ኅብረት ሥራ ማኅበራት መመርያ ለማሻሻል ረቂቅ ተዘጋጀ

•   በረቂቅ መመርያው መንግሥት ለማኅበራቱ መኖርያ ቤቶች አይገነባም መንግሥት የመኖሪያ ቤት ችግሮችን ለመቅረፍ ካቀረባቸው አራት ፕሮግራሞች መካከል አንዱ የሆነው የመኖሪያ ቤት ኅብረት ሥራ ማኅበራት መመርያ ሊሻሻል ነው፡፡ የአዲስ አበባ ንግድና ኢንዱስትሪ ልማት ቢሮ ከሚመለከታቸው ጋር በመሆን ረቂቅ መመርያውን አዘጋጅቶ ለአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አስተዳደር ካቢኔ ማቅረቡን ምንጮች ገልጸዋል፡፡  ለነዋሪዎች የቀረቡት የመኖሪያ ቤት ፕሮግራሞች ባለፈው ክረምት ምዝገባቸው ተጠናቆ ወደ ሥራ ቢገባም፣ በመኖሪያ ቤት ኅብረት ሥራ ማኅበራት ፕሮግራም ግን ምንም ዓይነት እንቅስቃሴ ባለመደረጉ ተመዝጋቢዎችን እያስጨነቀ ነው፡፡ መሰባሰብ የቻሉት ተመዝጋቢዎች በቅርብ ለከንቲባ ድሪባ ኩማ አቤቱታቸውን አሰምተዋል፡፡  ከንቲባ ድሪባም ይህንን ጉዳይ በቅርብ መርምረው ምላሽ እንደሚሰጡ ለቅሬታ አቅራቢዎች ቢገልጹም፣ እስካሁን ግን ይህ ነው የሚባል ምላሽ አለማግኘታቸውን ቅሬታ አቅራቢዎቹ ለሪፖርተር ገልጸዋል፡፡ ምዝገባ ከተካሄድ ከዓመት በኋላ ምንም ሥራ ያልተካሄደበት የመኖርያ ቤት ኅብረት ሥራ ማኅበራት መመርያ በድጋሚ እንዲከለስ የከንቲባው ጠረጴዛ ላይ ተቀምጧል፡፡  ምንጮች እንደሚገልጹት የተዘጋጀው ረቂቅ መመርያ በተለይ ከግንባታና ከዳያስፖራ ጋር በተያያዘ የተወሰኑ አንቀጾች እንዲሻሻሉ ይደረጋሉ፡፡ በግንባታ በኩል ማሻሻያ የሚደረገው ከዚህ ቀደም አስተዳደሩ ባወጣው የመኖሪያ ቤት የኅብረት ሥራ ማኅበራት የአደረጃጀት መመርያ ላይ ማኅበራቱ ስለሚገነቡት መኖሪያ ቤት ሲያትት፣ ማኅበራቱ ከከተማው አስተዳደር ጋር በሚገቡት የውል ስምምነት መሠረት መንግሥት ያቋቋመው የመኖሪያ ቤቶች ልማት ኢንተርፕራይዝ ግንባታውን ሊያካሂድ እንደሚችል ይገልጻል፡፡  መንግሥት ያቋቋመው የግንባታ

Media rights group calls for release of imprisoned Ethiopian journalists

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) has on Friday called on the government of Ethiopia to free all journalists in jail and to create the conditions for tens of journalists in exile to return home and work for their country’s development. “We are very concerned about persistent reports of press freedom violations in Ethiopia and the increasing number of journalists in jail and in exileâ€� said Mohamed Garba, President of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ). “I join my voice to call on the Ethiopian government to engage the media through genuine dialogue and self-regulation.â€� The Ethiopian Minister for Communication Affairs, Mr. Redwan Hussien on Thursday 18 September received a three-man delegation comprising Muheldin Titawi, President of the Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA), Alexandre Niyungeko, Secretary General of EAJA, and the Africa Director of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Gabriel Baglo on the sidelines of a workshop on in

Obama thanks Ethi­o­pia for cooperation on counterterrorism

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September 25, 2014 12:54 PM EDT  -  During a meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, President Obama said Ethiopia’s “cooperation and leadership” in fighting al-Shabab in Somalia is “making a difference as we speak.”   ( Reuters ) የቪድዮ ምስል

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRIME MINISTER DESALEGN OF ETHIOPIA BEFORE BILATERAL MEETING

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 25, 2014 United Nations Building New York City, New York 9:57 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I want to extend a warm welcome to Prime Minister Desalegn and his delegation. When I spoke previously at the Africa Summit about some of the bright spots and progress that were seeing in Africa, I think theres no better example than what has been happening in Ethiopia -- one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. We have seen enormous progress in a country that once had great difficulty feeding itself. Its now not only leading the pack in terms of agricultural production in the region, but will soon be an exporter potentially not just of agriculture, but also power because of the development thats been taking place there. Were strong trading partners. And most recently, Boeing has done a deal with Ethiopia, which will result in jobs here in the United States. And in discussions with