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12 ፓርቲዎች መጪውን ሀገራዊ ምርጫ በተመለከተ ቅሬታዎቻቸውን በጋራ ለምርጫ ቦርድ አቀረቡ

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በ2005 ዓ.ም በትብብር ሲሰሩ የቆዩ 12 ፓርቲዎች ከአሁን ቀደም የጠየቅናቸው ጥያቄዎች ባልተመለሱበት ሁኔታና አሁንም ከአሁን ቀደም የተነሱትን ጥያቄዎች የሚያጠናክሩ ተግባራት እየተፈጸሙ በመሆኑ ከሀገራዊ ምርጫው በፊት ሊፈቱ ይገባቸዋል ያሏቸው ጉዳዮችን በተመለከተ ምርጫ ቦርድም ኃላፊነቱን  እንዲወጣ በጋራ በጻፉት ደብዳቤ ጠየቁ፡፡ ፓርቲዎቹ ጥቅምት 5 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም. በጻፉትና ዛሬ ለቦረወዱ ባስገቡት ደብዳቤ ላይ እንዳመለከቱት በመንግስት/ገዢው ፓርቲ በማንአለብኝነት የተወሰዱ ህገ-ወጥ እርምጃዎች ዘላቂ ልማትና ሠላም፣ የመድብለ ፓርቲ ሥርዓት ግንባታ፣ ህገ-መንግስታዊ፣ ሰብዐዊና ዴሞክራሲያዊ መብቶች አከባበርና የህዝብ ለህዝብ ግንኙነት እና ሌሎች ጉዳዮችን የተመለከቱ ጥያቄዎችን አንስተዋል፡፡ ፓርቲዎቹ በጋራ ካነሷቸው ጥያቄዎች መካከል፡- 1ኛ/ በተለያየ የመዋቅር ደረጃ የሚገኙ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ አመራሮችን ማስፈራራት፣ የአካላዊና የንብረት ጉዳት ማድረስ፣ በሃሰት ውንጀላና የፈጠራ ክስ ማሰር፣ እየተጠናከረ መምጣትና በዚህም የፓርቲዎችን በዕቅዳቸው መሰረት የመሥራትና የዕለት ተዕለት ነጻ ህጋዊ እንቅስቃሴ መገደብ፤ 2ኛ/ በአንድ በኩል የሠላማዊ ትግል ስልቶች ተግባራዊ የሚሆኑበትን መንገድ በመዝጋት፣ የተቃዋሚ ፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች ከህዝብ ጋር እዳይገናኙና ዓላማቸውን፣ ፕሮግራማቸውንና አማራጭ ፖሊሲዎቻቸውን ለህዝብ እንዳያደርሱ በማድረግ፣ በሌላ በኩል ደግሞ ገዢው ፓርቲ ከምርጫ የጊዜ ሰሌዳ በፊት በመንግሥት መገናኛ ብዙኃን፣ መንግስታዊ መዋቅርና ሃብት በመጠቀም ለት ተለት በአብዮታዊ ዴሞክራሲ እየጠመቀ የምርጫ ቅስቀሳ ያደረገበትና እያደረገ ያለበት ሁኔታ ግልጽ መሆኑ፤ 3ኛ/ ገዢው ፓርቲ ከመንግስት ካዝና በሚሊዮኖች የሚቆጠር ገንዘብ ተቀብሎ ያለምንም መስፈርት ለሚፈ

Ethiopia launches Meningitis A campaign

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Ethiopia on Sunday (October 19, 2014) launched a campaign to vaccinate 27 million Ethiopians against Meningococcal Meningitis A targeting regions of the country. This second phase preventive campaign is targeting people aged between one and 29 years in 39 zones of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Oromia and Addis Ababa. A Meningitis risk assessment conducted by WHO in 2012 determined the risk profile by region and, with support from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), Ethiopia launched large scale campaigns in three phases targeting all regions over a period of three years under the leadership of the Federal Ministry of Health. The first phase, conducted in October 2013, successfully reached 19 million people. The largest burden of Meningitis occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, known as the ‘Meningitis Belt’ that stretches from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east. Neisseria meningitidis is recognized as the leading cause of

Arabica in Addis Ababa: Climbing the coffee ladder in Ethiopia

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Eighteen-year-old Aster Endale quickly gives the coffee cups a rinse before putting them back into her basket and picking up a bag with canisters of coffee. Then she crosses the road, weaving between traffic, to find her next customers. Time wasted is coffee not poured — and money not earned — in the Ethiopian capital, where the humble cup of coffee is contributing to economic advancement starting at the lowest level and finishing at the counters of upmarket gourmet coffee houses in Tokyo and beyond. Coffee has long played a central role in Ethiopia’s macroeconomic fortunes as the country’s largest export earner. In 2012 coffee exports generated more than $800 million, a figure expected to exceed $1 billion by 2015. But besides the grand figures in annual economic reports, the simple act of selling a cup of cheap coffee plays a significant socioeconomic role for many trying to carve out a better life in Ethiopia. This is especially true amid the hubbub

300,000 Birr Worth Fake currency notes seized in Hawassa

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300,000 Birr Worth Fake currency notes seized in Hawassa Police News

Penniless, starving and at the mercy of marauding armed gangs: Appalling fate of Yemen and Somalia's khat addicts revealed

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Khat is a narcotic leaf that induces mild euphoria popular in Somalia, Yemen and Ethiopia among others Drug was reclassified as Class C in the UK and banned in a ruling that came into effect last June There are an estimated 20 million khat addicts across the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula Mental illnesses, mouth and heart disease and gang violence are all problems linked to khat use Fresh, green and innocent-looking, the neatly tied bunches of khat found in markets across the Horn of Africa look far from dangerous. But, as these photographs reveal, that is exactly what they are. Banned in the UK earlier this year, khat, a narcotic green leaf which produces a sense of euphoria in users, is a common sight on the streets of Yemeni capital Sana'a as well as other cities in the region. But with side-effects that include mouth disease, tooth loss and, in some cases, mental illness, the drug takes a terrible toll on addicts, which in some cases, include children as