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የመድረክ የርእዮተ አለም አሰላለፉ እና የምርጫ ዝግጅቱ ሲቃኝ

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የምስረታ ጊዜው 2001 ዓመተ ምህረት የሆነው የኢትዮጵያ ፌደራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንደነት መድረክ/መድረክ በምርጫ 2002 ተሳትፏል። የፓርቲው የወቅቱ ሊቀመነበር ፕሮፌሰር በየነ ጴጥሮስ ስለፓርቲው አመሰራረትና ስሪት ሲገልፁ፥ መድረክ የአራት ፓርቲዎች ጥምረት በአደረጃጀቱም ግንባር መሆኑ ያነሳሉ። የኢትዮጵያ ማህበራዊ ዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ/ደቡብ ህብረት አንድነት ፓርቲ፣ የኦሮሞ ፌድራል ኮንገረንስ፣ አረና ትግራይ እና የሲዳማ አርነት ንቅናቄ ናቸው አባላቱ። የኢትዮጵያ ማህበራዊ ዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ እና የኦሮሞ ፌድራል ኮንገረንስ ሀገር አቀፍ ፓርቲ ሲሆኑ፥ አረና ትግራይ እና የሲዳማ አርነት ንቅናቄ ክልላዊ ፓርቲዎች ናቸው። መድረክ በጠቅላላ ጉባኤ በየአመቱ የሊቀመንበር ምርጫ ያካሂዳል፤ አንድ አባል ጠቅላላ ጉባኤው እስከ መረጠው ድረስ በተከታታይ ሁለት ጊዜ በሊቀ መንበርነት መምራት ይችላል። ከሁለት ጊዜ በላይ ግን መመረጥም፤ መምራትም አይቻልም። የሚከተለው ርእዮተ አለም ፓርቲው የተለያየ ርእዮተ አለም ያላቸው አራት ፓርቲዎች ስብስብ ነው። ስለዚህ የሚከተለው ርእዮተ አለም ምንነት ላይ ጥያቄ የሚያነሱ አሉ። ሊቀመንበሩ ፕሮፈሰር በየነ መድረክን ያስገኙት አባል ፓርቲዎች የየራሳቸው ርእዮተ አለም እንዳላቸው ነው የሚጠቅሱት። አራቱን ፓርቲዎች በአንድ ጥላ ስር መድረክ ብሎ ያሰባሰባቸው የሚከተሉት ርእዮተ ዓለም ሳይሆን ያላቸው መለስተኛ የፖለቲካ ፕሮግራም ነው ይላሉ ሊቀመንበሩ። መድረክ የተለያየ የፖለቲካ መስመርን ይዞ አንድ ፓርቲ መሆን ይቻላል ባይ ነው፤ በአሁኑ ወቅት የኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲካ የርእዮተ አለም ሹክቻ ውስጥ የመግቢያ ደረጃ ላይ ያልደረሰ በመሆኑ የሚል መከራከራም አላቸው። በዚህ የተለያዩ ርእዮተ አለሞችን ይዞ በተመሳሳይ መለስተኛ የፖለቲካ ፕ

Agricultural Information System: The Case of Hawassa Area, Southern Ethiopia

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In this research, a combination of literature study, surveys, as well as annual research review participation were implemented. The results of the study showed that different factors are constraining the system in the area. Low capacity of farmers, lack of motivation of stakeholders, lack of motivation and knowledge of development agents, poor linkage among actors, negligence of farmers' indigenous knowledge, and low interest/resistance of farmers to newly emerging technologies were among the main bottlenecks in their respective orders. Based on the finding of this study, it is concluded that practicing participatory research approach, capacity building, training, and mobilization of farmers towards agricultural information & knowledge transfer system, equipping development agent workers with knowledge, motivating them and monitoring their performance, giving air time in the government Medias to broadcast agricultural information, considering and incorporating farmers indigeno

Ethiopia’s crackdown on journalists, opposition ahead of May polls leads to funds cut

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THE UK ended support for a programme funding public services in Ethiopia partly because of the  Horn of Africa nation’s crackdown on journalists and opposition politicians in the run-up to May elections, the Department for International Development said. The Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening decided to “accelerate” DfID’s withdrawal from the multi-donor funded Promotion of Basic Services (PBS) in January after making an initial decision in May 2014 to focus more on supporting economic development, according to a statement made to the UK High Court on March 4 and e-mailed to Bloomberg by DfID’s press office two days later. “This was as a result of ongoing concerns related to civil and political rights at the level of the overall partnership in Ethiopia,” DfID told the court. “And in particular recent trends on civil and political rights in relation to freedom of expression and electoral competition, and continued concerns about the accountability of

Hackers, Possbily From Ethiopia Government, Attack US Reporters

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Ethiopian Satellite Television Executive Director Neamin Zeleke is seen in his office in Alexandria, Va., Monday, March 9, 2015. More than a year after researchers revealed an electronic eavesdropping campaign aimed at D.C.-area journalists, the hackers are at it again. Internet watchdog group Citizen Lab said in a report published Monday that hackers who attacked a U.S. employee of Ethiopian Satellite Television in 2013 have recently launched a new round of attacks using upgraded espionage software. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) More than a year after researchers revealed an electronic eavesdropping campaign aimed at D.C.-area journalists, the hackers are at it again. Internet watchdog group Citizen Lab said in a report published Monday that hackers who attacked a U.S. employee of Ethiopian Satellite Television in 2013 have recently launched a new round of attacks using upgraded espionage software. Citizen Lab, which is based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Aff

Italy's Hacking Team allegedly sold Ethiopia's despots cyberweapons used to attack journalists

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Ethopia's despotic regime has become the world's first "turnkey surveillance state," thanks to technology sold to it by western companies, including, it seems, Italy's Hacking Team, whose RCS spyware product is implicated in an attack on exiled, US-based journalists reporting on government corruption. Ethiopian Satellite Television is a consistent thorn in the ruling elite's side. Journalists there were repeatedly targeted with what appears to be a weapon from Hacking Team. Hacking Team has never confirmed that it supplies weapons to Ethiopia, and it claims that its weapons have built-in monitoring systems to prevent abuse by its customers. Ron Deibert from the University of Toronto's Citizenlab has  sent an open letter to Hacking Team  formally notifying it of the  Citizenlab report  on Ethiopia's use of spyware to attack journalists. Ethiopia ranks second in African nations for jailed journalists (Eritrea comes first). Dissidents and others