Saturday, October 20, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
The sagacious Mo Ibrahim and Africa’s corrupt despots
The sagacious Mo Ibrahim once again shunned Africa’s corrupt despots and habitual election cheaters
Getahune Bekele for indepth Africa magazine
One of the most revered Sons of Africa, admired for his firm stance on good governance, human right issues and economic development inOne of the most revered Sons of Africa Mo Ibrahim the continent, the Sudan born telecommunication billionaire, Mo Ibrahim, once again sided with tyrannized Africans by withholding his foundations lucrative award for the third time in four years.
Although he lags far behind Africas’ wealthy black men, Ethiopia’s Almoudin Mohammed who often caught flirting with accursed warlords and Nigeria’s sugar mogul Aliko Dagote who cares very little about the well being of the people, the selfless Mo Ibrahim (pictured), took a bold step to encourage democratic changes in Africa by establishing the Mo Ibrahim foundation based in London, England
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The foundation handsomely awards African heads of state who deliver security, health care and education to their constituents, and who democratically transfer power to their successors.
The winner pockets a cool 5 million USD, which is far higher than the 1.3 million Nobel peace prize.
The winner then gets 200,000 USD a year for life.
However, Africa’s voracious dictators who doesn’t distinguish between state finances running in to billions of dollars and their own accounts, appeared largely ungrateful to the foundations efforts and choose to cling to power at all cost.
The foundation’s selection committee chairman Dr Salim Ahmed Salim stated that although the economy has been moving forward relentlessly, the human right issue remains a huge concern
Ethiopian Muslims Continue Protests, as New PM Continues the Legacy of Defiance
A couple of days after Ethiopia’ new Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn voiced his government’s stubborn stanceEthiopian Muslims Continue Protests, as New PM Continues the Legacy of Defiance towards the legitimate demands of the country’s Muslims, the faithful continued their nationwide protests against government interference in religious affairs.
The mosque-based protest was staged on Friday, October 19, at Anwar and Nur mosques, two major mosques in the capital Addis Ababa, as well as at mosques in a number of towns across the country. Today’s protests took place in predominantly Muslim cities such as Harar, Dessie, Bati and Kemise, among others.
Muslim communities have been staging similar weekly peaceful protests for the last eleven months. The last of such massive protests was staged in Addis Ababa and several cities across the country on October 5, 2012.
The October 5 nationwide protest was meant to send a strong message to the government that Muslim communities all over the nation are not taking part in the ruling-party-orchestrated election of Majlis leadership that was slated for October 7.
The October 7 election was significantly boycotted by the country’s Muslims, but that did not prevent the ruling EPRDF from orchestrating a politico-farce drama employing every means, which included coercion, intimidation, involvement of non-Muslims as well as unwary Muslims, especially in rural areas.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The Ethiopians and moral conduct
I dreamt about my uncle. He has been dead for over ten years so I was wondering what brought him to my conscious now. It was a vivid dream and I woke both sad and happy. So all day long I kept wondering what is
it that made me dream about him. I really think I was able to come up
with a reasonable explanation why this memory was triggered in my brain.
I believe it is due to what I have been reading lately that woke up this memory about service, integrity and today’s Ethiopia.
The night before the dream I read a very revealing article on http://www.goolgule.com/ (follow the link at the end to read the article) about the land grab in Oromia region. It is a very depressing tale of what those in position of power
and authority do to our people. The story was told to give us
perspective about Ato Jundin Sado who seems to find himself in a very
precarious position lately. His problem that started before the death of
the tyrant has escalated to his being dismissed from that
TPLF satellite organization OPDO. It looks like this human puppet that
has been serving his masters faithfully betraying the Oromo people is
now paying the price for his sins.
Ethiopia: What We Can Learn from Our Distance Runners
Ethiopia is known for the best and the worst. Ethiopia is known for the legendary hospitality and charm of its people,
unrivalled beauty of its picturesque landscape, fabulous coffee and, of
course, unbeatable distance runners. Ethiopia is also known as the
epicenter of human rights abuses, citadel of press repression and home
to the largest population of political prisoners in Africa. Sadly,
famine (or as the experts call it “acute/chronic malnutrition”) has
marred the beautiful face of Ethiopia for decades. But Ethiopia is
marching out of dictatorship into democracy, or should I say Ethiopians
are running away from tyranny to freedom?
Ethiopia has produced a
high percentage of the most competitive middle distance and distance
runners in the world for the last two decades. The great Abebe Bikila
was a trailblazer not just for Ethiopians but the entire continent. He
was the first African to win a gold medal in the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Perceptive observers at the time noted that it took an entire division
of the Italian Army to invade Ethiopia in 1935 but one barefooted member
of the Imperial Guard to conquer Rome 25 years later. For Abe, it was
all about duty, honor and country: “I wanted the world to know that my
country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.” So were
the noble words of Ethiopia’s greatest athletic hero of all time. Abe
repeated the same performance in Tokyo in 1964. Few noted the fact that
Abe had triumphed in two former Axis capitals.
ከኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል መቋረጥ ጋር ተያይዞ በድሬዳዋ የዋጋ ግሸበት በአስደንጋጭ ፍጥነት እየጨመረ
ጥቅምት ፯ (ሰባት) ቀን ፳፻፭ ዓ/ም
ኢሳት ዜና:-በምሥራቁ የኢትዮጵያ ክፍል መስከረም 30 ቀን 2005 ዓ.ም የኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል ከባድ ተሸካሚ መስመር መዘረፍ
በኃላ መብራት ባጣችው በድሬዳዋ ከተማ የሸቀጦች ዋጋ በአስፈሪ ሁኔታ እየጨመረ መምጣቱን ነዋሪዎች አረጋገጡ፡፡
ባለፈው ሳምንት ረቡዕ ከምሸቱ አንድ ሰዓት አካባቢ የኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል መቋረጡን ያስታወሱት ነዋሪዎቹ ከዚያ በኃላ
በከተማዋ የመጠጥ ውሃ መጥፋቱን ተናግረዋል፡፡ ከዚሁ ጋር ተያይዞም ታይቶ በማይታወቅ ሁኔታ የአንድ ብርጭቆ የመጠጥ
ውሃ ዋጋ 0.25 ሳንቲም፣ የ20 ሊትር ጄሪካን ውሃ ዋጋ 6 ብር፣ለትራንስፖርት ደግሞ 10 ብር እየተጠየቀበት
መሆኑን፤ በዚህ ምክንያት አነስተኛ ገቢ ያላቸው በርካታ የህብረተሰብ ክፍሎች ከፍተኛ ችግር ውስጥ እንደሚገኙ
ጠቁመዋል፡፡
በየሆቴሉ በምግብ ወቅት እንኳን ለእጅ መታጠቢያ ውሃ ማግኘት አለመቻሉን፣ገላን በውሃ መታጠብ ቅንጦት
እየሆነ መምጣቱን የተናገሩት ነዋሪዎቹ ከሁኔታው ጋር ተያይዞ እንደኮሌራ ያሉ ተላላፊ በሸታዎች እንዳይከሰት ሥጋት
መኖሩን ጠቁመዋል፡፡
የኢትዮ-ጅቡቲ የባቡር መንገድ ግንባታ በከፍተኛ ሙስና ስራውን ማጠናቀቅ አልቻለም
ጥቅምት ፯ (ሰባት) ቀን ፳፻፭ ዓ/ም
ኢሳት ዜና:-የህወሀቱ መስፍን ኢንጂነሪንግ ኩባንያ በሀዲድ አምራችነት የሚሳተፍበት የኢትዮ-ጅቡቲ የባቡር መንገድ ግንባታ በከፍተኛ ሙስና ስራውን ማጠናቀቅ አልቻለም
ከአውሮፓ ኀብረት የ114 ኪሎሜትር የባቡር ሐዲድ በአዲስ መልክ ለመገንባት ለኢትዮጽያ መንግስት የተሰጠው ገንዘብ
በትትክክል ሥራ ላይ አለመዋሉን ከኢትዮ-ጅቡቲ ምድር ባቡር ድርጅት የተገኘ መረጃ አመልክቷል፡፡
ገንዘቡ በዕርዳታ መልክ ከዛሬ አምስት ዓመት በፊት መሰጠቱን ያስታወሱት ምንጮቹ ከ114 ኪሎሜትር ውስጥ እስካሁን
ማጠናቀቅ የተቻለው በድምሩ 17 ኪሎ ሜትር ገደማ ብቻ ነው፡፡ መተሐራ አካባቢ ውሃው ላይ ወደ 7 ኪሎሜትር ገደማ
የባቡር ሐዲድ ኮናስታ በተባለ የጣሊያን ኩባንያ መሰራቱን ያስታወሰው ምንጫችን ፣ ነገር ግን ሥራው በጥራት ባለመጠናቀቁ ሐዲዱ አገልግሎት ሳይሰጥ ወደ ውሃው መስመጡን ተናግረዋል፡፡
በትትክክል ሥራ ላይ አለመዋሉን ከኢትዮ-ጅቡቲ ምድር ባቡር ድርጅት የተገኘ መረጃ አመልክቷል፡፡
ገንዘቡ በዕርዳታ መልክ ከዛሬ አምስት ዓመት በፊት መሰጠቱን ያስታወሱት ምንጮቹ ከ114 ኪሎሜትር ውስጥ እስካሁን
ማጠናቀቅ የተቻለው በድምሩ 17 ኪሎ ሜትር ገደማ ብቻ ነው፡፡ መተሐራ አካባቢ ውሃው ላይ ወደ 7 ኪሎሜትር ገደማ
የባቡር ሐዲድ ኮናስታ በተባለ የጣሊያን ኩባንያ መሰራቱን ያስታወሰው ምንጫችን ፣ ነገር ግን ሥራው በጥራት ባለመጠናቀቁ ሐዲዱ አገልግሎት ሳይሰጥ ወደ ውሃው መስመጡን ተናግረዋል፡፡
ሌላው
ከድሬዳዋ እስከ ሸንሌ ያለው 10 ኪሎ ሜትር ገደማ መንገድ ተጠናቋል ተብሎ ከትላንት በስቲያ ሰኞ ዕለት
የትራንስፖርት ሚኒስቴር ተወካይ ባሉበት በሸንሌ የምረቃ በዓል መካሄዱ ሰፊውን ሠራተኛ ግራ ያጋባ ክስተተት
እንደሆነም ተናግረዋል፡፡
ግንባታው በውሉ መሰረት ካለመካሄዱም በተጨማሪ ለ114 ኪሎሜትር በአውሮፓ ኀብረት ሰዎች ጭምር ተረጋግጦ የተፈቀደ
ገንዘብ ባልታወቀ ሁኔታ ለ17 ኪሎሜትር ወጪ ከመደረጉም ባሻገር ይህንኑ ሥራ ለመረከብ የተደረገው መጣደፍ
በሰራተኛው ዘንድ መደናገር መፍጠሩን አስረድተዋል፡፡
ግንባታው በውሉ መሰረት ካለመካሄዱም በተጨማሪ ለ114 ኪሎሜትር በአውሮፓ ኀብረት ሰዎች ጭምር ተረጋግጦ የተፈቀደ
ገንዘብ ባልታወቀ ሁኔታ ለ17 ኪሎሜትር ወጪ ከመደረጉም ባሻገር ይህንኑ ሥራ ለመረከብ የተደረገው መጣደፍ
በሰራተኛው ዘንድ መደናገር መፍጠሩን አስረድተዋል፡፡
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