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የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ምርጫ 2007 መቃረቡን ተከትሎ በነጻ ሚዲያ ላይ በመውሰድ ላይ ያለው እርምጃ እንዳሳሰባት ኣሜሪካ ኣስታወቀች በትናንትናው እለት በተለይ በዞን 9 ቢሎገሮች ላይ የኣገሪቱ ፌዴራል ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት የሰጠው ውሳኔ በኣገሪቷ የሚዲያ እና የመናገር ነጻነትን የጣስ ነው ብለዋል። የጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ ሙሉ ቃል ከታች ያንቡ፦    Zone 9 Bloggers Move to Trial on Amended ATP Charges in Ethiopia Press Statement Jen Psaki Department Spokesperson Washington, DC January 29, 2015 Share on facebook Share on twitter The United States is concerned by the Ethiopian Federal High Court’s January 28, 2015, decision to proceed with the trial of six bloggers and three independent journalists on charges under the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation. The decision undermines a free and open media environment—critical elements for credible and democratic elections, which Ethiopia will hold in May 2015. We urge the Ethiopian government to ensure that the trial is fair, transparent, and in compliance with Ethiopia’s constitutional guarantees and international human rights obligations. We also

State minister for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dewano Kedir, met with Ambassador William Lacy Swing, Director General for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday January 29. Ato Dewano expressed his appreciation of the support provided by the IOM since it first came to Ethiopia in 1996. The State Minister said the IOM had been providing support for migration management and in any crisis related to migrants. He stressed that illegal migration was a global problem which required a comprehensive and collaborative international effort in response. He pointed out the Ethiopian government has been working to tackle illegal migration by providing training and education at grass-roots level as well as formulating strategies and policies to discourage and human trafficking and signing binding labor g agreements with different countries on the rights of workers. Ambassador Swing welcomed Ethiopia's open door policies and its efforts to curb illegal migration

The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) made it final decision on the fate of the leadership of the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ), and the All Unity Ethiopian Party (AUEP), which earlier had their new presidents rejected due to an alleged breach of the bylaws of the parties. This decision was disclosed during a press conference held at Hilton Addis Ababa by Merga Bekana (Prof.) head of the NEBE and Nega Dufessa secretary and head of the secretariat office of the election board. UDJ will be headed by Tigistu Awelu while Abebaw Mehari will lead AEUP in the upcoming general election, which is scheduled for May 24. Though the press conference was attended by more than 20 journalists the chair of the board ended the briefing without entertaining questions from the media. Read more at: allafrica.com

የኡጋንዳው ኤንኣር ኣኤም/NRM/ ፓርቲ  ኢሕኣዴግ ላለፉት ሁለት ኣስርተ ኣመታት በኢትዮጵያ የፖለቲካ ስልጣን ላይ ልቆይ የቻለበትን ምስጥር እንዲያካፍለው የፓርቲውን ኣባላት መጋበዙን ኦብዘርቨር የተባለው የኣገሪቱ ጋዜጣው ዛሬ ባወጣው እትሙ ላይ ኣስነብቧል።  “We are inviting someone from the ruling party of Ethiopia to take us through discipline and party cohesion and then explain to us how their party has managed to be in power for all this time,” Lumumba said. ዝርዝር ዜናውን ከታች ያንቡ፦    NRM consults Ethiopia on holding onto power All government departments, ministries and local government authorities will be held to account before the NRM retreat at Kyankwanzi, the party’s secretary general has said. In an interview at Parliament on Wednesday, Justine Kasule Lumumba said that during the February 7-15 retreat, the MPs would also hear from political experts from abroad about how to grow Uganda’s economy and strengthen the NRM’s hold on power. Among other things, the party wants to use the retreat to know how much the NRM government has delivered on President Museveni’

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