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.... Mon opinion est qu'il n'ya pas de relation directe entre la croissance économique et la démocratie historiquement ou théoriquement. Mais mon point de vue est que la démocratie est une bonne chose en soi, indépendamment de son impact sur la croissance économique. Et mon avis est que, dans l'Afrique la plupart de nos pays sont extrêmement divers, qui peut être la seule possibilité, la seule option de conserver des relations saines au sein des nations. La démocratie peut-être la seule option viable pour le maintien de ces diverses nations ensemble. Nous avons donc besoin de démocratiser, mais pas pour grandir. Nous avons besoin de démocratiser afin de survivre en tant que Nations Unies sain d'esprit. C'est mon point de vue. Mais je ne crois pas en cette nuit, vous le savez, des histoires au coucher et les arguments artificielles qui relient la croissance économique avec la démocratie. Il n'y a pas de fondement dans l'histoire et à mon avis aucune base pour cela il en économie. Et il n'est pas nécessaire d'avoir cet argument artificiel parce que l'affaire pour la démocratie et peut se lever et briller sur sa propre ...

Lors de sa visite au Ghana en 2009, le président Obama a dit ce qui suit «l'histoire du coucher artificiel reliant la croissance économique avec la démocratie" aux Africains:

Le développement dépend de la bonne gouvernance. L'histoire offre un verdict clair: les gouvernements qui respectent la volonté de leur propre peuple, qui gouvernent par le consentement et non par la coercition, sont plus prospères, ils sont plus stables et plus florissants que ceux qui n'en ont pas. Aucun pays ne va créer de richesse si ses dirigeants exploitent l'économie pour s'enrichir. Personne ne veut vivre dans une société où la règle de droit cède la place à la règle de la brutalité et la corruption. Ce n'est pas la démocratie, c'est de la tyrannie. Et c'est maintenant le temps pour ce style de gouvernance pour mettre fin à .... Au 21e siècle, capables, d'institutions fiables et transparentes sont la clé du succès - des parlements Trong s; les forces de police honnêtes; des juges indépendants, une presse indépendante; un secteur privé dynamique, une société civile. Ce sont les éléments qui donnent vie à la démocratie, parce que c'est ce qui importe dans la vie quotidienne des gens .... L'histoire est sur ​​le côté de ces courageux Africains, et non pas avec ceux qui utilisent les coups ou les constitutions de changement pour rester au pouvoir. Afrique n'a pas besoin forts, il a besoin d'institutions fortes. Avec une meilleure gouvernance, je n'ai aucun doute que l'Afrique détient la promesse d'une plus large base de la prospérité ....

Mes Histoires enchantées favoris

J'aime des histoires au coucher autant que le gars à côté. Mon préféré est "Pinocchio en Afrique". Le pantin de bois voulait devenir un garçon humain, mais ne pouvait pas arrêter de raconter des mensonges et des histoires à dormir debout. Chaque fois que Pinocchio a menti, son nez s'allongeait.

J'aime l'histoire de "Puff the Magic Dragon et le Land de vie Lies". Puff a pris une petite fille nommée Sandy, qui se trouve un grand nombre, à la terre des vivants se trouve là où l'honnêteté et la sincérité sont poursuivis. Elle rencontre le célèbre fibres de Pinocchio et le petit garçon qui criait au loup, et vu la célèbre vache mauve que personne n'a jamais vu, et un éléphant rose.

J'aime aussi les contes de moralité d'Esope, le conteur éthiopienne ancienne. Il était une fois il y avait un loup qui complotait pour arracher le pâturage des moutons dans le pâturage, mais ne pouvait pas parce que le berger a été vigilant. Un jour, le loup trouve la peau tondue d'un mouton et s'habilla en elle et a rejoint le troupeau. Bientôt, il a commencé à manger du mouton, un par un jusqu'à ce qu'il soit découvert par le berger. Ce fut la fin du loup, il ne pouvait plus voler, tuer et manger les moutons.

Histoires allégoriques de George Orwell de double langage et double langage dit de «langage politique» sont plutôt agréable parce qu'ils "font paraître est véridique et assassiner respectable, et de donner une apparence de solidité au vent pur." Alors, "La guerre est la paix. La liberté est l'esclavage. L'ignorance c'est la force. "George aurait pu ajouter," la dictature est la démocratie. La tyrannie est la liberté. La pauvreté est la richesse. La famine est beaucoup. La censure est liberté de la presse. Brutalité est la civilité. Le mensonge est la véracité. L'opacité est la clarté. Shadow est la réalité. Dépravation est la morale et la cupidité est bonne. "

Oh, oui! J'aime comptines enfantines aussi:

Humpty Dumpty était assis sur un mur de Humpty Dumpty a eu une grande chute ....

Nations Sane, des dictateurs fous et Democrazy

Zenawi a déclaré: «la démocratie est la seule option de conserver des relations au sein des nations sane". Voici quelques histoires vraies de democrazy du Land de mensonges vivants:

Freedom House / Département d'Etat américain (2010)

En Avril 2008 les élections locales ont eu lieu dans toute l'Ethiopie. Freedom House et le rapport USDoS que les candidats d'opposition ont été victimes d'intimidation et d'arrestation par le gouvernement avant les élections ce qui rend difficile pour eux de concurrencer, ce qui conduit à l'opposition de boycotter les élections et résultant en une immense victoire pour les partisans du gouvernement. Le parti au pouvoir a remporté 99% des plus de trois millions de sièges à pourvoir.

La Banque mondiale (2012)

Les élections législatives de mai 2010 conduit à une victoire à 99,6 pour cent pour l'EPRDF au pouvoir et ses alliés, ce qui réduit l'opposition de 174 à seulement deux sièges à la maison 547 membres inférieurs ... L'Ethiopie est le deuxième pays le plus peuplé en Afrique sub-saharienne ... Au Etats-Unis 390 $, le revenu par habitant de l'Ethiopie est beaucoup plus faible que la moyenne sub-saharienne d'Afrique des Etats-Unis $ 1.165 pour l'exercice 2010, ce qui le classe comme le pays le plus pauvre sixième dans le monde.

Amnesty International (2009)

Le Parlement éthiopien a adopté une loi potentiellement répressive nouvelle qui pourrait criminaliser les activités des droits humains à la fois étrangers et nationaux des organisations non gouvernementales (ONG). Les organismes de bienfaisance et du droit Proclamation Sociétés (2009) est conçu pour contrôler et surveiller strictement la société civile dans une atmosphère d'intolérance de l'action des défenseurs des droits de l'homme et les organisations de la société civile. Les dispositions répressives de la loi sont considérées comme une tentative par le gouvernement éthiopien à dissimuler les violations des droits de l'homme, d'étouffer les critiques et empêcher la protestation publique de ses actions à venir des élections attendues en 2010.

Human Rights Watch (2010)

Éthiopie des citoyens sont incapables de s'exprimer librement, organiser des activités politiques, et contester les politiques, par leurs gouvernement manifestation pacifique, le vote, ou de publier leurs points de vue sans crainte de représailles. Cadre technique de la démocratie restera une façade trompeuse et creuse tant que les institutions de l'Ethiopie n'ont pas l'indépendance du parti au pouvoir et il n'y a aucune reddition de comptes pour les exactions commises par des fonctionnaires de l'État.

Global Financial Integrity / Wall Street Journal (2011)

L'Éthiopie a perdu 11,7 milliards de dollars à des sorties de biens mal acquis entre 2000 et 2009. C'est beaucoup d'argent à perdre à la corruption pour un pays qui a un PIB par habitant de seulement $ 365. En 2009, l'argent illicite de quitter le pays ont totalisé 3,26 milliards de dollars, le double du montant de chacune des deux années précédentes. La fuite des capitaux est également inquiétant parce que le pays a reçu 829 millions de dollars dans l'aide au développement en 2008. L'Ethiopie est l'un des pays les plus pauvres sur la terre comme 38,9% des Éthiopiens vivent dans la pauvreté, et l'espérance de vie en 2009 était seulement de 58 ans. Les habitants de l'Ethiopie sont saignés à blanc. Peu importe combien ils essaient de se frayer un chemin hors de la misère absolue et la pauvreté, ils seront nageant en amont contre le courant de fuite illicite des capitaux.

Comité pour la protection des journalistes (2011)

L'Ethiopie n'est devancé que par l'Érythrée au geôlier avant tout des journalistes en Afrique. La répression de l'Ethiopie de la presse indépendante a également poussés à l'exil le plus grand nombre de journalistes dans le monde. Pourtant, Zenawi a déclaré Aftenposten [journal norvégien]: «Nous avons atteint un stade très avancé de la primauté du droit et le respect des droits de l'homme. Fondamentalement, il s'agit d'un pays où les droits démocratiques du peuple sont respectés. "

Human Rights Watch (2011)

Le gouvernement éthiopien est l'exploitation de son rédigée en termes vagues loi anti-terrorisme pour écraser la dissidence pacifique. La loi anti-terroriste elle-même est un énorme problème. La communauté internationale, en particulier l'Union européenne, les États-Unis, et Royaume-Uni, devrait poser les questions difficiles au sujet de du gouvernement éthiopien pourquoi il utilise cette loi pour sévir contre les voix indépendantes pacifiques.

Déclaration du Comité des Congrès Donald Payne (2007)

HR 2003 (la démocratie en Éthiopie et Loi sur la responsabilité de 2007, parrainé par Cong. Payne adopté par la Chambre des représentants américaine le 2 Octobre, 2007) exige que le secrétaire d'Etat à soutenir les droits de l'homme en établissant un mécanisme pour fournir des fonds pour les organisations des droits de l'homme locales. Le projet de loi soutient la démocratisation en orientant l'assistance pour renforcer les processus démocratiques, interdit aux non-assistance humanitaire à l'Éthiopie, si le parti au pouvoir fait obstacle à l'action des États-Unis pour fournir des droits de l'homme, favorise la responsabilisation pour les mesures que le gouvernement éthiopien a pris qui nuisent à la règle de droit et politique fondamental libertés .... et détient les forces de sécurité responsables de violations des droits de l'homme liées aux manifestations de 2005 ...

Déclaration de sénateurs américains Feingold Russ et Patrick Leahy du Sénat le projet de loi 3457 (2008)

M. Feingold. Monsieur le Président, aujourd'hui, je suis heureux de vous présenter le support pour la démocratie et les droits de l'homme en Ethiopie Loi de 2008. Le sénateur Leahy se joint à moi comme un partenaire de parrainage original. Le but de ce projet de loi est de réaffirmer les objectifs de la politique envers l'Éthiopie et d'encourager un engagement accru pour les fondements d'une démocratie vraie une justice indépendante et la primauté du droit, le respect des droits humains et politiques, et la fin des restrictions sur les médias et non les ONG .... Alors que nous tournons les yeux sur l'escalade des tensions politiques, les gens sont jetés en prison sans justification et les organisations non gouvernementales ont été limités, alors que des civils meurent inutilement dans l'Ogaden région comme tant d'autres avant eux dans l'Oromiya, Amhara, et Gambella ....

2010 Élection de l'Union européenne d'observation Rapport de la Commission en mai 2010 Election

La séparation entre le parti au pouvoir et l'administration publique a été brouillée au niveau local dans de nombreuses régions du pays. La MOE de l'UE directement observé des cas d'utilisation abusive des ressources de l'État dans les activités de la campagne du parti au pouvoir. Le parti au pouvoir et ses partis partenaires remporté 544 des 547 sièges à la Chambre des Représentants des Peuples et toutes, mais quatre des 1.904 sièges dans les Conseils d'Etat .... En conséquence, le processus électoral en deçà des engagements internationaux en matière d'élections, notamment en ce qui concerne la transparence du processus et l'absence de règles du jeu équitables pour tous les partis en lice.

Zenawi réponse à l'horizon 2010 de l'Union européenne d'observation électorale Rapport de la Commission:

Le rapport de l'UE est poubelle qui mérite d'être jetés à la poubelle. Le rapport n'est pas de notre élection. Il est juste le point de vue de certains occidentaux néo-libéraux qui sont mécontents de la force du parti au pouvoir. Quiconque a papier et l'encre peut griffonner tout ce qu'ils veulent.

Telles sont les histoires au coucher cauchemardesques de Meles Zenawi en Ethiopie Démo folle!

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Par Tedla Asfaw

Vendredi 18 mai 2012 restera dans les mémoires comme l'un des grandes victoires de la diaspora éthiopienne dans la région de Washington DC a marqué contre Meles Zenawi et ses partisans qui ont été peu coincé sur le coin de Pennsylvania Avenue et 13th St. J'ai été surpris pourquoi ils ont obtenu un permis sur le St 13 et a donné l'opposition un meilleur endroit pour humilier, Meles Zenawi, et son bailleur de fonds du président Obama. Ce fut leur échec majeur qui a sauvé le jour par ailleurs l'immense foule anti Meles aurait imputé à arrêter la limousine d'Obama et aurait été laid.

Vendredi 18 mai autour de partisans des 13 meles coin St 7h ou Neche Kofia faisaient peu de bruit sans aucun impact du tout. Vers 7h30 du matin, nous avons été alertés par d'habiles jeunes organisateurs que les journalistes et d'autres dignitaires ont été alignés pour entrer à l'Building.While Regan a dit que nous n'ont pas de permis d'y aller par les organisateurs et les personnes de sécurité que nous traversons l'avenue Pennsylvanie pour l'action. Emotion course haute, la dénonciation de Mels Zenawi pour son crime contre l'humanité était très fort et clair. Nous sommes allés pendant près de trente minutes tout surveillé par gros canon tiré par la sécurité. Il était incroyable. La bonne chose, Meles n'était pas là.

Nous sommes retournés à notre zone désignée sur Pennsylvania Avenue et 14 coin St avec beaucoup de fierté, après nous avons fait entendre notre voix pour la liberté et la dignité fort et clair à tous ceux qui ont la responsabilité d'écrire et d'éduquer le public, les médias libres du monde. Sur Pennsylvania Avenue le nombre foule triplé et le slogan condamnant M. Meles Zenawi et le président Obama pour la promotion humaine agresseur à droite sur la Conférence du G8 sur la "sécurité alimentaire" était bruyant.

Le journaliste de VOA, Henok a été alerté sur l'action qu'il a manqué à l'entrée de l'édifice Regan. Apparemment, il n'était pas intéressé même à poser sur ce qui s'est passé et a été interviewer l'un des organisateurs brièvement avant qu'il ne quitte la scène autour de 20 heures. Il a rendu compte hier que VOA amharique quelques centaines d'Éthiopiens et les partisans du gouvernement ont été peu condamnant et en soutenant Meles respectivement. Son rapport est inexact car il ne couvre que la première heure de notre action de la journée et même à côté de la grosse action, alors qu'il était là. Nous avons vidéos et audios pour soutenir notre revendication.

La bataille sur Pennsylvania Avenue pour ouvrir le boîtier de Woodrow Wilson Plaza escalier et le trottoir nous a apporté bagarre avec les agents de sécurité. Mais la foule quand on le compare à partir de sa taille était poli et en fait la Plaza nous a aidé à détourner la foule d'ouvrir le trottoir. Le jeune, les vieux, les femmes et les hommes, les musulmans éthiopiens avant la prière du vendredi nous a rejoint pour dire au monde que les Éthiopiens devant l'insécurité alimentaire et la liberté de choisir leur représentant et les dirigeants à tous les niveaux.

Obama: Où est votre promesse? Honte à vous président Obama! Cela a été répercuté sur le Pennsylvania Avenue. Les gens qui allaient à l'école ou au travail nous a vus et a obtenu leur soutien en klaxonnant et en prenant leurs voitures dépliants préparés par différentes organisations civiques dans la diaspora éthiopienne. Lorsque nous avons été alertés de la venue de Meles Zenawi vers 9h, nous rompit toutes les lois pour chasser cet homme avant d'entrer dans le bâtiment. Mayhem et cri forcé les agents de sécurité de tirer leurs armes à feu et mis à genoux, nous avons à tenir notre sol.

Meles est un tueur, Meles est un pilleur, Meles est notre vendeur terre, etc Nous tenons notre sol pendant vingt minutes avant que les gens nous ont emmenés à la sécurité de notre zone de permis à travers la Pennsylvanie Avenue. Je n'ai jamais vu une telle chose auparavant. Lorsque la dernière fois nous avons eu une protestation contre Meles aux Etats-Unis il était Septembre 2010 à New York à la Columbia. Nous n'avons pas eu la chance de le voir et il a été forcé d'entrer dans une porte de derrière.

C'est une humiliation qu'il mérite après avoir pris le pouvoir par Gun il ya sept ans ce mois-ci. Il ya sept ans le 15 mai, il ordonna le massacre de centaines et de l'emprisonnement de milliers d'Ethiopiens quand ils lui démis de ses fonctions. Depuis lors, l'Ethiopie est sous la domination fasciste Miitialry financé par l'Occident. Pour les Meles sept dernières années et sa richesse accumulée près des associés de l'Ethiopie est de plus de 11,5 milliards de dollars tandis que l'USAID se nourrit Ethiopiens pauvres.

L'USAID, en dictateur We Trust était le slogan qui a accueilli Obama. Vers 10h du matin Pennsylvania Avenue a été fermée à la circulation. Trafic refoulés. Ce fut le moment que nous contrôlons cette rue célèbre pour envoyer notre message fort et clair. Obama est arrivé à partir de la Maison Blanche escorté par des voitures de police et de limousines noires. Le drapeau éthiopien Vert et Rouge l'accueillit avec des cris et de condamnation pour soutenir un monde connu agresseur droit de l'homme. Obama, Arrêter de soutenir un terroriste, Meles Zenawi, est un terroriste. Pas de sécurité alimentaire sans la liberté. Honte à vous président Obama!! Américains éthiopiens ne voterai pas pour You Again! Il était tonitruant et sans doute il a eu notre message et c'est à lui maintenant de faire appel à la liberté publique d'organiser et de prendre la parole en Ethiopie. Nous ne facturons pas souscrire à soutenir la diplomatie de la porte. L'Ethiopie n'est pas la Chine!!

Pennsylvania Avenue à haute voix entre 13 et 14 st on se souviendra comme un jour qui a exposé aux Etats-Unis Double Standard vers l'Ethiopie. La lettre de protestation écrite par des organisations de droite et la pétition signée par plus de 8000 personnes, l'appel téléphonique fait à la Maison Blanche à partir Ethiopiens dans le monde entier est un fait, Obama et d'autres politiciens ne peuvent pas ignorer.

Pour d'autres Ethiopiens / Hodams qui sont amateurs de régime sur le st 13, nous fait comprendre à ce qu'ils doivent venir. Ils feraient mieux de se faire les défenseurs de la liberté comme celui dont ils jouissaient ici. Battez-vous pour le même droit et la liberté que vous avez ici pour le retour à la maison des gens. Ne pas exploiter la terre de vos propre peuple au nom du développement. Ethiopiens amour pour leur pays est sans précédent. Toutefois, la douceur qui caractérise notre peuple est mal compris par les étrangers. Ceux qui ont voyagé à l'Éthiopie sont sûrs en Ethiopie parce que le respect des Éthiopiens de vies humaines est profondément ancré dans leur culture. Aucun étranger ne se fait sauter par un kamikaze ou un terroriste en Ethiopie. L'Ethiopie a cependant été jugé en vertu de la Terreur et le régime veut gouverner à vie par lui-même le recrutement comme un allié Corne de l'Afrique de sécurité de l'Occident.

La majorité de notre peuple sont maintenant les badauds dans leur propre pays. «Richesse» des créateurs sont des étrangers et même les agriculteurs sont maintenant contraints de quitter leurs terres pour satisfaire les étrangers qui ont été recueillies à l'édifice Regan au nom de la "sécurité alimentaire". Oui, il est la sécurité alimentaire pour l'Inde, du Golfe des Nations, etc, mais pas pour les agriculteurs éthiopiens. Les habitants de Gambella et Afar se battent pour garder leurs terres. Des vies sont perdues et seront perdues dans cette lutte jusqu'à ce que les propriétaires étrangers quittent le territoire éthiopien pour les agriculteurs éthiopiens seulement. La manifestation devant l'ambassade de l'Inde la semaine dernière est un avertissement et nous allons organiser des manifestations telles l'Arabie Saoudite et d'autres ambassades qui paient en espèces pour la location à long de contrôler une ressource dont nous avons besoin cher pour nourrir notre peuple.

Si les Éthiopiens le droit de protester dans leur pays propre pays aurait été beaucoup abstenu d'activités qui mettent en péril la sécurité alimentaire de notre peuple. Dans les sept dernières années, il n'a jamais été signe de protestation. En Ethiopie, il n'ya pas de liberté du tout! Ce message a été livré directement à tous ceux qui étaient dans la salle de réunion pour parler de la sécurité alimentaire, hier matin. Meles Zenawi est un agresseur droit de l'homme, Il n'ya pas de liberté en Ethiopie, gratuit Eskinder Nega, Liberté, Liberté Liberté crié Abebe Gellaw l'un des producteurs de la télévision ESAT dont la voix Meles Zenawi bloqué sur l'air avec l'aide de la Chine. Meles il a obtenu hier de quelques pieds à partir de Messenger vivent la liberté. Tout sur cette salle de conférence n'oublierai jamais ces quelques secondes de leur temps de vie. Le choc sur le visage de M. Meles était claire pour tous. Je me demande ce qu'il a dit après cette rencontre choquante avec l'un des nôtres. Bravo Abebe!!

Meles Zenawi, qui a été condamné en entrant dans le bâtiment Regan a été humilié une heure après par notre propre devant les dirigeants du monde. J'espère que Meles reçu une leçon à venir une fois dans une durée de vie et de démissionner immédiatement et de libérer tous les opposants politiques. Alah WaKiber, Egzeabher Yetekebere yehune!! Victoire au peuple de l'Ethiopie!!

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Par Yilma Bekele

Deux réunions importantes ont eu lieu il ya une semaine. On était à Addis-Abeba et l'autre à Washington DC. Tous deux ont été au sujet de notre patrie et l'avenir. C'est là que s'arrêtent les similitudes. Un visait à poursuivre le chemin de la destruction affrété par le régime actuel tandis que l'autre essayait de construire sur ce qui a été réalisé tout au long des millénaires et prouvée à travailler au-delà des attentes. La conférence DC était une affirmation de la perspicacité sage et ardent défenseur de nos ancêtres qui ont jeté les bases pour le lieu que nous appelons la maison.

Christianisme et l'Islam sont les deux religions les plus connexes qui trouvent leur origine dans notre propre voisinage. L'Éthiopie est un endroit où les deux ont convergé dans une manière particulière et ont réussi à mener une existence mutuelle assurée aimante. Le lien entre les deux est si profond que nul homme peut se briser et de vivre que de dire à ce sujet. Quelques-uns ont essayé en vain. Comme le mal va la réunion d'Addis est une autre tentative de créer un fossé entre les deux religions et leurs adeptes. Il était conçu par TPLF vintage ou pet cerveau.

Pourquoi notre pays a réussi dans cette entreprise alors que la plupart de l'humanité est encore à essayer de comprendre comment se réconcilier avec la religion et la question de l'État est un sujet merveilleux pour nos historiens. Je suis en aucun cas un historien, mais je vais essayer de partager le peu que je sais de ma lecture sommaire de notre passé glorieux.

La date exacte de l'apparition du christianisme en Éthiopie n'est pas encore réglée. La plus ancienne référence et à l'introduction du christianisme en Éthiopie se trouve dans le Nouveau Testament (Actes 8:26:38) lorsque Philippe l'évangéliste a converti un fonctionnaire de la cour éthiopienne dans le siècle de notre ère 1 ^er. Le crédit est donné à Saint Frumence comme le premier à apporter le christianisme au Royaume d'Axoum. Frumentius un Grec syro-phénicienne de Tyr avec son frère Edesius accompagnés de leurs Meropius oncle ont fait naufrage sur la côte rouge autour de l'an 316 AD. Les deux garçons ont été prises comme esclaves au roi d'Axoum. À la mort du roi, ils ont été mis en liberté, mais à la demande de la reine, ils sont restés pour aider dans l'éducation de la jeune héritier Ezana. Lorsque Ezana est venu de l'âge des deux frères retournèrent à Tyr, mais Frumentius a réussi à convaincre le patriarche d'Alexandra, Athanase d'envoyer un évêque à l'Ethiopie. Dans l'année 328 Frumentius a été renvoyé comme premier évêque. Il a réussi à baptiser le roi Ezana d'ouverture de la propagation du christianisme. Les Ethiopiens se référer à Frumentius comme Kesete Birhan (Révélateur de la Lumière) et AbBbA Selama (Père de la paix) et il est le Abune notre premier.

L'Islam est venu à l'Ethiopie autour de 615AD. Les premiers musulmans étaient des immigrants de la Mecque en raison de la persécution par la tribu de Quraysh décision. Le prophète Mohamed (paix et bénédictions sur lui) a estimé l'Éthiopie d'être un refuge pour sa famille et ses compagnons. Historiens musulmans se réfèrent à lui comme le premier ou Higra la migration et l'empereur chrétien comme Ashama ibn Abjar. Le prophète a demandé à ses partisans à "respecter et de protéger l'Ethiopie et ainsi que de vivre en paix avec les chrétiens éthiopiens. Aujourd'hui Harar, en Ethiopie est considérée comme la quatrième ville sainte de l'islam avec 82 mosquées dont trois datent du 10 ^ème. Siècle.

La conférence qui s'est tenue à Washington DC par le Saint Synode de l'Eglise orthodoxe Tewahedo éthiopienne en exil était une affirmation de ce lien historique entre les deux religions et les peuples. C'était un bâtiment moment de fierté sur le fondement décontracté forte et inébranlable siècles qui dure encore, malgré la tentative de quelques-uns de rompre ce que Dieu et Allah a voulu.

D'autre part la réunion tenue à Addis était une tentative flagrante de scier la dissidence et affaiblir le lien entre la religion et les gens. Ce fut un moment embarrassant et un acte honteux qui a apporté la honte et le chagrin de pays et du peuple. Il était le reflet de Kilil apporté à la sphère de la religion. C'était un autre plan mal ourdi par Meles et l'entreprise pour intimider notre terre ancienne et une faible tentative de diviser pour régner. Qu'il est tombé dans l'oreille d'un sourd n'est pas une surprise. Comme je l'ai dit notre maison n'est pas construite sur le sable, mais sur le granit vendus qu'aucune somme d'astuce idiote homme fait causera aucun mal. Je me risquerais à dire qu'il finit par faire plus fort et plus puissant de brûler les usperes reculer de honte et d'horreur.

Notre Abun à Washington DC ont été célébrés pour leur solidarité avec force avec nos frères et sœurs musulmans tandis que l'usurpateur à Addis s'est fait conspuer par notre Abun-ce que c'est résolument défendu leur terrain, malgré la menace de violence, y compris la mort. Notre profonde gratitude à la force de l'Abun en supporter une telle laideur comportement par l'usurpateur Paulo et ses sbires remplit notre cœur de fierté et nous rappelle nos bien-aimés Petros Abune père et sa foi inébranlable dans le pays et les gens en face du peloton d'exécution fasciste.

Le chef de l'invasion italienne de notre terre le général Graziani Rodolfo proclamé "Le Duce (Mussolini) aura l'Ethiopie, avec ou sans Ethiopiens". Abune Petros a répondu, "Le cri de mes compatriotes qui sont morts à cause de votre nerf de gaz et de la terreur machines ne permettra jamais que ma conscience d'accepter votre ultimatum. Comment puis-je voir mon Dieu, si je donne les yeux sur un tel crime? C'est sur les traces de notre Abune actuelle suivent. Nous les remercions pour qui nous rend fiers à la fois à Addis et à Washington DC. Nous les louons pour leur leadership et leur message opportun de remuer ce sentiment fort de ce que cela signifie d'être un Ethiopien à la fois comme un chrétien et un musulman. Personne ne peut briser que Dieu et Allah a uni.

Comme il l'a fait avec la nomination d'un patriarche cadre du régime Meles est dissidence sciage occupé et l'animosité au sein de la communauté musulmane. Il n'ya pas de truc laissé au hasard. Les églises ont été brûlées à mettre le blâme sur nos citoyens musulmans et les musulmans ont été accusés d'être des terroristes, etc wahabists Comme il l'a mis au cadre de Paulos au pouvoir aujourd'hui le régime est de protéger le leader musulman et illégale plaçant sa sécurité intérieure autour de lui.

Toute politique est locale. Il est dans cet esprit Ethiopiens dans la Bay Area se rendent à Los Angeles pour assister à une démonstration du World Wide le week-end du ⁴ Juin. contre les interférences du régime dans la religion en général et la tentative de détruire notre patrimoine ancien, le monastère dans le nord de l'Ethiopie Waldeba. Les personnes intéressées à assister à cet événement peut envoyer un courriel Monastère Waldeba bayarea4waldba@gmail.com .

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White House spokesman Jay Carney announced last week that President Obama has invited the presidents of Ghana, Tanzania, Benin and Meles Zenawi to attend the G8 Summit (the forum for the governments of eight of the world's largest economies) for a discussion of food security on May 19 at Camp David (Presidential retreat) in Maryland. The US has been handing out food aid to the African continent for decades. Now President Obama says there is another looming “food crises” in Africa. Oxfam affirme que, "Tous les signes pointent vers une sécheresse de plus en une catastrophe si rien n'est fait rapidement." L'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) a lancé des appels pour un montant supplémentaire de 70 millions d'aider quelque 800.000 ménages dans la région touchée par la sécheresse du Sahel en Afrique de l'Ouest. Ethiopia and Somalia are expected to be ground zero for the anticipated famine. According to the April 25, 2012 report of the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), southern Ethiopia will most likely experience famine: “The anticipated below-average rains will have significant negative impact on crop production, pasture regeneration, and the replenishment of water resources throughout the region, with the most severe and immediate impact in belg-dependent areas of southern Ethiopia.” Over the past couple or so years, I have written over one-half dozen commentaries on famine and food shortages in Ethiopia. (See links below.)

The Hunger Word Games in Ethiopia

Ethiopian governments over the past four decades have blamed food shortages and famines on everything except their own indifference, incompetence and negligence. Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974 pretended there was no famine until “The Hidden Famine” by Jonathan Dimbleby was aired to a shocked and angry Ethiopian public. Former socialist junta leader Mengistu was arrogantly dismissive of the 1984-85 famine in which an estimated one million people perished. Mengistu would contemptuously respond to reporters by challenging them, “What famine?”

Zenawi is more clever than his predecessors. He plays public relations and semantic games with famine in the country. He will use any word, except the “F” word, to describe the chronic and massive food shortages in the country. For Zenawi there is “no famine in Ethiopia”, only “spot shortages,” “severe malnutrition”, “food insecurity”, “food crisis”, “serious drought” and so on. “Food shortages” are not the result of poor agricultural planning and practices, official incompetence, massive corruption, criminal negligence, etc., but are caused by “drought conditions,” “erratic rains” “damaged or delayed crops”, “deforestation”, “soil erosion,” “overgrazing” and other ecological factors. In January 2012, Zenawi once again denied famine in Ethiopia in a CNN interview: “Ethiopia is facing a major famine. How can you justify spending on a military operation in another country when your own people are starving?” Zenawi responded, “There is no famine in Ethiopia as all humanitarian organizations will tell you. There is a serious drought, but we are able to keep our people fed….”

The international poverty mongers/pimps (PMPs) have invented a “scientific” classification system for “food shortages” behind which Zenawi has been able to hide the true magnitude and severity of the problem in the country. The euphemisms of the PMPs avoid the “F” word altogether regardless of the extremity of the food shortage. For the PMPs the conditions fall into one of the following categories: “Acute Food Insecurity, Stressed, Crisis, Emergency and Catastrophe.” It is “scientifically” impossible to have famine in Africa! So the conspiracy of silence goes on to keep famine in Ethiopia hidden by clever use of masking euphemisms.

Zenawi and his top lieutenants have been promising to end “food shortages caused by drought” in a very short time. In 2009, Simon Mechale, head of the country's “Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency”, proudly declared: “Ethiopia will soon fully ensure its food security.” For several years now, Zenawi has been advertising his “Productive Safety Net Programme” as the mechanism to end the “cycle of dependence on food aid” by bridging “production deficits and protecting household and community assets”. In October 2011 Zenawi told his party faithful: “We have devised a plan which will enable us to produce surplus and be able to feed ourselves by 2015 without the need for food aid.” Zenawi's “plan to produce surplus” is by “leasing” out millions of hectares of the country's prime agricultural land to so-called international investors (land grabbers) whose only aim is to raise crops for export. Ethiopia will produce food to feed other nations while Ethiopians starve. Zenawi has adamantly opposed private ownership of land, which by all expert accounts is the single most important factor in ensuring food security in any nation. Yet last year, food inflation in Ethiopia remained at 47.4 percent.

Food has been used as a political weapon in Ethiopia. Hunger has been the new weapon of choice to generate support for Zenawi's regime and to decimate his political rivals. Zenawi has been pretty successful in crushing the hearts, minds and spirits of the people by keeping their stomachs empty. Those who oppose Zenawi's regime are not only denied humanitarian food and relief aid, they are also victimized through a system of evictions, denial of land or reduction in plot size as well as denial of access to loans, fertilizers, seeds, etc. In the case of the people of Gambella in western Ethiopia, entire communities have been forced off the land to make way for Indian “investors” in violation of international conventions that protect the rights of indigenous peoples. Human Rights Watch, among other organizations, has raised serious concerns over the misuse of humanitarian food aid: “The Ethiopian government is routinely using access to aid as a weapon to control people and crush dissent. If you don't play the ruling party's game, you get shut out. Without effective, independent monitoring, international aid will continue to be abused to consolidate a repressive single-party state.” In 2009, US State Department promised to investigate allegations that “$850 million in food and anti-poverty aid from the US is being distributed on the basis of political favoritism by the current prime minister's party.” No report has been issued.

In 2011, US Census Bureau made the frightening prediction that Ethiopia's population by 2050 will more than triple to 278 million. Ethiopia's chronic “food insecurity” is expected to get increasingly worse culminating in a “Malthusian catastrophe” (where disease, starvation, war, etc. will reduce the population to the level of food production) in the foreseeable future. Zenawi's regime has failed to implement a national family planning program which will avert such a catastrophe.

Famine in Ethiopia is Ninety Percent Man-Made

In 2011, Wolfgang Fengler, a lead economist for the World Bank, in a refreshingly honest moment for an international banker said, “The famine in the Horn of Africa is a result of artificially high prices for food and civil conflict than natural and environmental causes. This crisis is manmade. Droughts have occurred over and again, but you need bad policymaking for that to lead to a famine.” In other words, it is bad and poor governance that is at the core of the famine problem in Ethiopia, not drought or other environmental causes. Penny Lawrence, Oxfam's international director, after visiting Ethiopia observed: “Drought does not need to mean hunger and destitution. If communities have irrigation for crops, grain stores, and wells to harvest rains then they can survive despite what the elements throw at them.” Martin Plaut, BBC World Service News Africa editor explains that the “current [Ethiopian food] crisis is in part the result of policies designed to keep farmers on the land, which belongs to the state and cannot be sold.” So the obvious questions are: Why does a regime that has rejected socialism and is presumably committed to a free market economy insist on complete state ownership of land? Why is there not an adequate system of irrigation for crops, grain storages and wells to harvest rains throughout the country? Does Zenawi really have a food security policy for the country?

The Hunger Games at Camp David

After four decades at the humanitarian food aid trough, it is unlikely that Ethiopia will achieve food security even in the distant future. President Obama is rightly concerned over the “food shortages” in the Horn and the Sahel in the coming year. Last month, the United States pledged to provide nearly $200 million in additional humanitarian aid to the Horn in anticipation of “poor rains and drought”. In 2011, the US provided over $1.1 billion in humanitarian aid to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.

On May 19, President Obama and the G8 leaders will have to face some tough questions: What is the moral hazard of endlessly supplying food relief to the Horn countries? Why should the world continue to help a country that leases millions of hectares of the most fertile land in the country and become the breadbasket for India and the Middle East while its people are starving? Why should the world provide food aid to a country when the ruling regime weaponizes the aid to decimate opposition, crush the democratic aspirations of the people and flagrantly violate human rights? Does aiding dictators who use food aid for political purposes end famine and food shortages in Africa?

The G8 leaders can talk about “food shortages” until the cows come home, but the answer to famine in Ethiopia and in the Horn is not never ending handouts to starving populations and free lunches to panhandling dictators. Handouts create a moral hazard of negative dependency by recipients which incapacitates them from fending for themselves. Zenawi and the other African dictators have no incentive to address the “food shortage” issue because they are absolutely and positively sure that the US and other G8 countries will ALWAYS deliver humanitarian food aid to their starving populations year after year. As a world leader, the US has a moral obligation to provide humanitarian food aid to famine victims; but it also has the moral responsibility of leveraging the billions in handouts (development aid, loans from the multilateral institutions and budget support payments) to dictators to promote democracy, human rights and rule of law in Africa.

In May 2010, Zenawi's party won 99.6 percent of the seats in parliament. Despite two decades of one-party domination, Zenawi has not been able to do much to address the structural problem of food insecurity in the country. But he has been blowing his horn about bogus stratospheric economic growth. Ethiopians suffer from chronic food shortages and famine because they lack a political framework that can deal effectively with the problem. The Indian economics Nobel laureate Amartya Sen argued that the best way to avert famines is by institutionalizing democracy and strengthening human rights: “No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy” because democratic governments “have to win elections and face public criticism, and have strong incentive to undertake measures to avert famines and other catastrophes.” Famines are kept hidden from public view by jailing opposition leaders, journalists and civic society advocates who could sound the alarm over an impending famine.

What Should the US Do for Ethiopia?

All the US needs to do for Ethiopia is practice what it preaches. In 2009 in Accra, Ghana President Obama preached:

Development depends on good governance. History offers a clear verdict: Governments that respect the will of their own people, that govern by consent and not coercion, are more prosperous, they are more stable, and more successful than governments that do not. No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves. No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. Ce n'est pas la démocratie, c'est de la tyrannie. And now is the time for that style of governance to end…. Au 21e siècle, capables, d'institutions fiables et transparentes sont la clé du succès - des parlements puissants, des forces de police honnêtes; des juges indépendants, une presse indépendante; un secteur privé dynamique, une société civile. Ce sont les éléments qui donnent vie à la démocratie, parce que c'est ce qui importe dans la vie quotidienne des gens .... History is on the side of these brave Africans, not with those who use coups or change constitutions to stay in power. Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong institutions. With better governance, I have no doubt that Africa holds the promise of a broader base of prosperity….  

Listening to Zenawi plead for more aid before the G8 to deal with the looming “food crises” (but “no famine”) is like listening to the man who killed his parents and asked for leniency from the court because he is an orphan. Now that's a chutzpah!

Amharic translations of recent commentaries by the author may be found at:

http://www.ecadforum.com/ Amharic/archives/category/al- mariam-amharic

http://ethioforum.org/?cat=24

Previous commentaries by the author are available at:

http://open.salon.com/blog/ almariam/ and

www.huffingtonpost.com/ alemayehu-g-mariam/

Author's prior commnetaries on famine in Ethiopia:

The “Silently” Creeping Famine: http://www.huffingtonpost. com/alemayehu-g-mariam/ ethiopias-silently-creepi_b_ 418068.html

What Should the World Do To Save Starving

Why are Ethiopians Starving Again in 2011? http://open.salon.com/ blog/almariam/2011/08/20/why_ are_ethiopians_starving_again_ in_2011

“Famine and the Noiseome Beast” http://www.ethiopianreview. com/content/11124

Ethiopia: Apocalypse Now or in 40 Years? http://open.salon.com/ blog/almariam/2011/07/10/ ethiopia_apocalypse_now_or_in_ 40_years

Ethiopia: Starve the Beast, Feed the People! http://open.salon.com/ blog/almariam/2011/08/14/ ethiopia_starve_the_beast_not_ the_people

Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi and the Weaponization of

በካምፕ   ዴቪድ   የአፍሪካ   የችጋር   ትርኢት

ከፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ

ባለፈው ሳምንት የሁዋይት ሀውስ ቤተ መንግስት ቃል አቀባይ ጄይ ካርኒ ፕሬዜዳንት ኦባማ የጋናን፤ የታንዛንያን፤የበኒን ፕሬዜዳንቶችንና መለስ ዜናዊን የስምንቱን የኤኮኖሚ ሃያላን ሃገሮች (G8) ስብሰባ ላይ በካምፕ ዴቪድ ሜሪላንድ በሜይ 19 ስለ ምግብ ዋስትና በሚካሄደው ውይይት ላይ እንዲገኙ መጋበዛቸውን ይፋ አድርገዋል፡፡ የአሜሪካን መንግሥት ለዘመናት ለአፍሪካ አህጉር የምግብ እርዳት ሲያደርግ መክረሙ ይታወቃል፡፡ አሁንም በድጋሚ አፍሪካን << የመረረ የችጋር ወቅት >> ገጥሟታል ይላሉ ፕሬዜዳንት ኦባማ፡፡ ኦክስፋም በበኩሉ ከአሁኑ አስፈላጊው ሁሉ ካልተደረገ በስተቀር በመታየት ላይ ያሉ ጠቋሚ ምልክቶች ሁሉ እጅጉን ዘግናኝ የሆነ መአት እንደሚከተል ያሳያሉ ይላል፡፡ የተባበሩት መንግስታት የምግብና የእርሻ ድርጅት በበኩሉ ባስተላለፈው የድረሱ ጥሪው፤ በሳሄል ምእራብ አፍሪካ ለ 800000 በችጋሩ ለተጎዱት ረሃብተኞች መርጃ የሚሆን 70 ሚለዮን የአሜሪካን ዶላር እንደሚያስፈልግ፤አስቀድሞ ማስጠንቀቂያው መተንበዩን መሰረት አድርጎ ኢትዮጵያና ሶማልያ በጉዳቱ ወደ አዘቀዘቀው ደረጃ እንደሚወርዱም ይፋ አድርጓል፡፡ የዝናቡ አናሳ መሆንም አስፈላጊውን ምርት ስለማያስገኝ የግጦሽ መሬትንም መልሶ ስለማያለማው፤ በአጠቃላዩ አካባቢም የውሃ እጦት ሌላው ችግር በመሆኑ የደቡብ ኢትዮጵያውን ክፍል በእጅጉ የሚጎዳና ሕዝቡንም ለመረረ ችጋር ከብቱንም ለእልቂት የሚዳርግ ክፉ ቀን እንደሚመጣ ይተመናል :: ይህ ደሞ በገሃድ እየታየ ያለ በመሆኑ አደጋው ከአደጋዎች ሁሉ የባሰ በሆነ መልኩ ነው፡፡ አንባቢዎቼ እንደሚያስታዉሱት ሁሉ ባለፉት ሁለታ ዓመታትና ከዚያም ባለፈ በኢትዮጵያ ስለሚከሰተው ችጋር በርካታ አስተያየቶችን አስመልክቼ ጽፌ ነበር፡፡

የችጋር   ትርኢት በኢትዮጵያ

ባለፉት ዘመናት የነበሩት አሁንም ያሉት የኢትዮጵያ ገዢዎች ስለችጋር መከሰት የራሳቸውን ቸልተኛነት፤ አቅምየለሽነት በመካድ ነጻ በማድረግ በተጠያቂነት ያልወቀሱትና ሃላፊነት ያልሸሹበት ዘዴ የለም፡፡ በ 1974 ዓ.ም. ግርማዊ ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ስላሴ ዲምብልቢይ ይፋ እስኪያደርገው ድረስ ረሃብ የለም ሲሉ ከርመው ነበር፡፡ በዲምብልቢይ ፊልም ሕዝቡ ረሃቡን አየ፤አዘነ፤ አንገቱን ደፍቶ አለቀሰ፡፡ የወገኑ በችጋር መቆላት ቅስሙን ሰበረው፡፡ የቀድሞው የሶሻሊስት ጁንታ መሪ መንግስቱ ሃይለማርያምም በ 1984-1985 የተከሰተውን ችጋር በድፍረተና በማንአለብኝት ክዶ ሁኔታውን በዓይናቸው ያዩትንና የታዘቡትን ሁሉ ገሸሽ በማደረግ ስችጋሩና እልቂቱ አንስተው ሲጠይቁት በመመጻደቅ << >> የምን ችጋር ነበር እያለ ያሾፍ ነበር፡፡

መለስ ካለፉት መሰል ገዢዎች ሁሉ የተለየ ብልጣ ብልጥ ነው፡፡ በሃገሪቱ በላይ በሚንሰራፋው የችጋር ወቅት ሁሉ የህዝብ ግንኙነት መሳይ ተግባር ይወጣል፡፡ያለው "የምግብ እጥረት" በሚል ሽፋን በመጠቀም በጣም የጎላውን "ረሃብ" የሚለውን ቃል አይጠቀም እንጂ ከዚያ ባሻገር ምንም አይቀረውም፡፡ ለመለስ በሃገሪቱ ላይ ችጋር የለም፡፡ ያለው የምግብ እጥረት ነው፡፡ የከፋ የተመጣጣነ የምግብ እጦት ነው: ያለው የምግብ ዋስትና ማጣት ነው፤ የምግብ አቅርቦት ችግር ነው፤ እና ሌላም ልላም ይላል መለስ፡፡ እንደሱ የማሳሳቻ ጥምጥም አካሄድ እነዚህ ሁሉ የየእርሻ ዘዴን አጠቃቀም አለማወቅ ያመጣቸው ችግሮች፤የባለስላጣናቱ የእውቀት ድህነት ፤ሙስና፤እና የወንጀለኛነት ውጤት ወዘተ አይደሉም ቢልም፤እነዚህ ሁሉ ግን በችጋርና ድርቅ፤በተደጋገመ የዝናብ እጥረት ሳቢያ የሰብል መበላሸት፤የደኖች መጨፍጨፍ፤የመሬት መሸርሸር፤ ከመጠን በከላይ የመሬቱ ምርታማነት ማጣት እና በሌሎችም ሰበቦች የተፈጠሩ ችግሮች ናቸው፡፡ መለስ ባለፈው ጃነዋሪ 2011 ላይ ለሲ ኤን ኤን በሰጠው የቅጥፈት መግለጫ ላይ፡ "ኢትዮጵያ በጣም አሰቃቂ የሆነ የችጋር ወቅት ውስጥ ሆና፤ ሕዝቡም ለችጋር ተጋልጦ ሳለ አንተ በሌላ ሃገር ጉዳይ ጣልቃ ገብ በመሆን ይህን ያህል ገንዘብ እንዴት ታባክናለህ? ለሚለው የሰጠው ዓይን ያወጣ የቅጥፈት ምላሽ፤ << ማንኛቸውም ሰብአዊ ድርጅቶች ሊነግሩህ እንደሚችሉ በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ችጋር የለም ድርቅ ቢኖርም እኛ ግን ሕዝባችንን በአግባቡ ልንመግብ እንችላለን ....... >> ብሎ አድበስብሶታል ::

ዓለም አቀፎቹ የድህነት ቃራሚዎች / አጎብጓቢዎች (marchands de la pauvreté ou des proxénètes "PMP") የምግብ እጥረትን ለማስረዳት << >> ሳይንሳዊ መገለጫ ፈጥረውለት፤ መለስ ደግሞ ያንን በሃገሪቱ ላይ ያንሰራፋውን የችጋር መጠንና በሕዝቡ ላይ የሚያደርሰውን እልቂት ለመደበቂያና መሸሸጊያነት እየተጠቀመበት ነው፡፡ እነዚህ ቃራሚ / አጎብጓቢዎች ምንም ያህል የምግብ እጥረት ቢኖርና ገጦ ቢታይም ችጋር የሚለውን መግለጫ እየሸሹትና ሳይንሳዊውን መደባበቂያ መግለጫ በመስጠት ላይ ናቸው፡፡ መለስ ደግሞ በዚህ በተፈጠረው መግለጫ ውስጥ በመሸጎጥ ችጋረ የለም ይለናል፡፡ በነሱ ብልጥታዊ ሰበብ ደግሞ ሁኔታው ​​በ << የከፋ የምግብ ዋስትና እጦት >> ጭንቀት፤አጉል ገጠመኞች> ... እያሉ ያሾፋሉ፡፡ በአፍሪካ ውስጥ በሳይንሳዊ ማስረጃ እንደተረጋገጠው ችጋር ሊኖር ጨርሶ አይችልም ብለው ሳያምኑበት ሊያሳምኑ ይጥራሉ፡፡ ስለዚህም የዚህ ሁኔታውን አፍኖ በዝምታ የማለፉ አድማና ዱለታ በማጭበርበሪያ ጭንብል በመሸፈን የኢትዮጵያን የችጋር አሰቃቂ መልክ ለመደበቅ ከፍ ያለ ጥረታቸው ነው፡፡

መለስና ከፍተኛ መኮንኖቹ በድርቅ ሳቢያ የተፈጠረውን የምግብ አቅርቦት እጥረት በአጭር ጊዜ ውስጥ ተቆጣጥረን እናሸንፈዋለን ብለው ምለው ተገዝተው ነበር፡፡የሃገሪቱ የድርቅ መከላከያን የአስቀድሞ ጥንቃቄ ሹም ስምኦን መቻሌ፤ መኩራራትና በእርግጠኝነት << ኢትዮጵያ በቅርቡ የምግብ ዋስትናን ጣረጋግጣለች >> ብሎ ነበር፡፡ ላለፉት በርካታ ዓመታትም መለስ "የሴፍቲ ኔት ፕሮግራም "፤ በምግብ ተረጂነት ላይ መተማመንን ለማስቆም፤ፈላጊውንና አቅራቢውን በማቀራረብና በቂ ምርት በማስገኘት የፕሮግራሙን ስኬታማነት በማስተዋወቅ ላይ ይገኛል፡፡ በኦክቶበር 2011 መለስ ለታማኝ የፓርቲው ሰዎች የተለመደ ቅልመዳውን ሲያቀርብ << ከምግብ ተረጂነት የሚያወጣንንና እራሳችን በበቂ ለመመገብ የሚያስችለንን፤ በ 2015 ከምግብ እርዳት ጋር የምንለያይበትን ዘለቄታዊ እቅድ ነድፈናል ብሎ ነበር፡፡ የመለስ የበቂ ምርት ማግኛ ዘዴም፤የሃገሪቱን በሚሊዮን ሄክታር የሚቆጠር ለም መሬት ለውጭ ኢንቬስተሮች ለሚላቸው ባዕዳን የተመረጡ የእርሻ ቦታዎችን በሊዝ በመችብቸብና ዓላማቸውም የሃገሪቱ ሕዝብ በችጋር እያለቀ ምርታቸውን ወደ ውጭ ሃገራት ለመሸጥና ለማትረፍ የሆነውን አሰራር ነው፡፡ መለስ የመሬቶችን የህዝብ ሃብት በማድረግ ከተረጂነት መውጫ መንገዱን ጥርቅም አድርጎ ዘግቶ የህዝቡን ባለንብረትነት ፈጽሞ ይቃወማል :: ይህ ደግሞ በየትም ቦታ ታይቶ የማይታወቅ ስርአት ነው፡፡ባለፈው ዓመትም የምግብ አቅርቦት ዋጋ ግሽበት 47,4 በመቶ እንደሆነ ቀጥሏል፡፡

በኢትዮጵያ የምግብ አቅርቦት እንደፖለቲካ መሳርያነት ጥቅም ላይ እየዋለ ነው፡፡ችጋር አዲሱ የተቃዋሚዎች ማጥፊያ፤ ማዳከሚያ ተስፋ ማስቆረጫ መሳርያ በመሆን በማገልገል ላይ ነው፡፡ መለስ ኢትዮጵያውያንን በችጋር ማጥ ውስጥ በመዝፈቅና ሆዳቸውን ባዶ በማድረግ ሕዝቡ አንገቱን እንዲደፋ ሞራሉን እንዲያጣ፤ ጥንካሬው ተሰብሮ አገልጋዩ እንዲሆን፤መንፈሱ እንዲላሽቅና ህሊናው የመከራ ቋት እንዲሆንና ማሰብ እንዲያቅተው በማድረግ ገዢነቱ ተሳክቶለታል፡፡ ሕዝቡም አቅሙን ተገፏል ወኔው ተዳክሟል፡፡ የመለስን አገዛዝ የሚቃወሙ ሁሉ ሰብአዊ የምግብ ተረጂነት መብታቸውን መገፈፍ ብቻ ሳይሆን፤ለስደት በሚዳርገው ዘዴ ስደተኛ በማድረግ፤እነሱነታቸውን በማጣጣልና ተስፋ በማስቆረጥ፤አለያም የያዙትን የእርሻ ማሳቸውን በሰበብ አስባቡ በመቆራረጥና በማሳነስ፤የብድር ተጠቃሚነት መብት እንዳይኖራቸው፤ የማዳበርያና የዘር እህል እንዳያገኙ በማድረግና በሌላም ሌላ ግፍ ማዳከሙ ተሳክቶለታል፡፡ የጋምቤላን ጉዳይ በተመለከተም የዓለም አቀፉ የሰብአዊ መበት የሚጥሰውን ነዋሪዎች ከያዙትና ካለሙት መሬታቸው ላይ በግዴታ እንዲለቁ በማድረግ አንድ ሙሉ ነዋሪ ቦታውን ሕንዶች በኢንቬስተርነት እንዲነጥቋቸው ተደርጓል፡፡ ከብዙዎቹ ተሟጋቾች መሃል ሁማን ራይትስ ዎች፤ በሰብአዊ የምግብ እርዳታ ፕሮግራሙ ላይ: ሲዘግብ << የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት በተከታታይ የምግብ እርዳታውን እንደ ፖለቲካ መጠቀሚያ፤ ተረጂውን ማግለያ፤ ለመቆጣጠርያነት እያዋለው ነው፡፡ የገዢውን ፓርቲ ጨዋታ ለመቀላቀል ፈቃደኛ ካልሆንክ በተገቢው የተቆጣጣሪ የውጭ ታዛቢ ግበረ ሃይል እንዳትታገዝ ሆነህ ከጨዋታው ውጪ ትደረጋለህ፡፡ ስለዚህም የተጠናከረና ወለም ዘለምን የማይቀበል በራሱ ተማምኖ የሚንቀሳቀስና ግድፈቱን ይፋ የሚያወጣ የውጪ ታዛቢ ካለተፈጠረል በስተቀር ይህን ጨቋኝ ኢሰብአዊ የሆነ ገዢ መንግስት ማስተካከል የማይሞከር ነው >> ብልዋል :: በ 2011 ላይ በሃገሪቱ ውስጥ ካለው ገዢ ፓርቲ ጋር ተወዳጅተውና ተቀብለው ከሚንቀሳቀሱት ውጪ በፖለቲካ አመለካከት ልዩነታቸው ሳቢያ ከአሜሪካን መንግስት ተችሮ የነበረው 850 ሚሊዮን ዶላር የማግለል ስርጭት በመለስ ፓርቲ ስለተፈጸመው የስርጭት ደባ የአሜሪካው ስቴት ዲፓርትመንት ለማጣረት ቃል ቢገባም፤ << እስካሁን ድረስ ስለጉዳዩ አንድም የወጣ ዘገባ የለም >> :: በ 2011 የአሜሪካው የምርምር ቢሮ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ቁጥር በ 2050 በመጠን በመግዘፍ ወደ 278 ሚሊዮን ያሻቅባል፤ ብሎል :: በዚህም በሽታ ችጋር ጦርነትና እልቂት ሌላም ሌላም ሰበብ ሕዝቡን ወደ ምግብ አምራችነት ግዳጅ ያሰድገባዋል፡፡ የመለስ ገዢ መንግስት ብሔራዊ የቤተሰብ መምሪያ እቅድ በአግባቡ መዘርጋት ስላልቻለ ወደ ተፈራው ችጋርና ችግር በተፋጠነ ሂደት መግባቱ የማይቀር ነው፡፡

በኢትዮጵያ የሚከሰተው ችጋር 90 በመቶው ሰው ሰራሽ ነው፡፡

የዓለም ባንኩ መሪ ኤኮኖሚስት ዎልፍጋንግ ፌንግለር በኦገስት 17 2011 ላይ እንደ ዓለም አቀፍ የባንክ ሰውነቱ ለአስተያየቱ እጅጉን ታማኝ ነበር፡፡ ሲናገርም፡ - << በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ያለው የችጋር ጉዳይ ለዋጋ የሚጠየቀው የተጋነነነ ዋጋና በሚፈጠረው የእርስ በእርስ ግጭት የመጣ እንጂ በተፈጥሮ ሳቢያ የተከሰተ አይደለም፡፡ይህ ችግር ሰው ሰራሽ ነው፡፡ድርቅ በተደጋጋሚ ተከስቷል፡፡በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ሁኔታው ​​ወደ ርሃብ እንዲቀየር ያደረገው ግን ዋነኛው ሁኔታ መጥፎ ፖሊሲ መፈጠሩ ነው፡፡በሌላ አገላለጥም በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ መጥፎና እኩይ አስተዳደርየችጋሩ መንስኤ ነው እንጂ ድርቅና የአካባቢ ዓየር ያመጣው ጣጣ አይደለም፡፡ የኦክስፋም ዓለም አቀፍ ዳይረክተር የሆኑት ፔኒ ላውረንስ ፤ኢትዮጵያን ከጎበኙ በኋላ የደረሱበት ድምዳሜ ‹‹ሕብረተሰቡ ለሰብሉ የመስኖ ውሃ ቢኖረው፤የሰብሉ ማጠራቀሚያ ጎተራ በብቃት ቢያገኝ፤እና በቂ ውሃ ከዝናቡ ማቆርያ ቢሰራለት ማንኛቸውንም የሚያጋጥማቸውን ችግር ሁሉ በቀላሉ ሊቋቋሙት ይችላሉ በማለት ዘግበዋል፡፡ የዓለም አገልግሎት የአፍሪካ ኤዲተር የሆኑት የቢቢሲው ማርቲን ፕላውት ሲሉ፤ያሁኑ በገበሬው ላይ የወረደበት ችግር መንስኤ መንግስት መሬቱን የራስህ ነው ግን አታዝበትም አይነት ደንብ በማውጣት ገበሬው ከዚያ እንዳይነቀሳቀስ ለማድረግ ያወጣው ደንብ በመሆኑ ሊነሱ የሚገባቸው መሰረታዊ ጉዳዮች፤ ሶሻሊዝምን ያወገዘው መንግስት እና ነጻ የገበያ ኤኮኖሚን እተላለሁ የሚል አካል፤ መሬትን በተመለከተ ከመንግስት ቁጥጥር ውጪ ሊሆን አይችልም በማለት መመጎቱ ለምንድን ነው? ለምበንስ ስርአት ያለው የመስኖ ውሃ እንዲዘረጋ አልታቀደም? የሰብል ማከማቻ ሰፋፊ ቋትስ ለምን የለም? የዝናብ ውሃ መማቆርያስ ለይስሙላ ሳይሆን በወጉ ለምን አልተዘጋጀም? በእርግጥና በእውነት ግን ለኢትዮጵያ መለስ ዜናዊ የምግብ ዋስትና ፖሊሲ አለው?

ለዓመታት በሰብአዊ የእህል ምጥዋት አረንቋ ውስጥ የተዘፈቀችው ኢትዮጶያ በቅርቡ የምግብ ዋስትናን ታረጋግጣለች ብሎ ማሰብ ከቅዠት ውጪ ሊሆን አይችልም፡፡ የመጪው ዐመታት በአፍሪካ ቀንድና በሳህል ሊያጋጥም በሚችለው ችጋርና የረሃብ ሰደድ እጅጉን ያስጨንቃቸዋል፡፡ ባለፈው ወር የአሜሪካን መንግስት ሊከተል የሚችለውን የዝናብ እጥረትና የሚያመጣውን የድርቅ ሁኔታ ለመቋቋምና ሕዝቡን ከችጋር ሞት ለመታደግ ተጨማሪ የ200 ሚሊዮን የምግብ ዕርዳታ ለመቸር ቃል ገብቷል፡፡የአሜሪካን መንግስት ለኢትዮጵያ፤ ኬንያና ሶማልያ የ1.1 ቢሊዮን ዶላር የሰብአዊ ዕርዳታ ሰጪ ነው፡፡

በሜይ 19 ላይ ፕሬዜዳንት ኦባማና የ G8 መሪዎች እንደገና ሊያጤኑት የሚገባቸው 3 መሰረታዊ ጥያቄዎች አሉ፡፡ማለቂያ የሌለው እርዳታ ለአፍሪካ ቀንድ ሃገራት መስጠቱ የሚያስከትለው የሞራል ድቀት ምን ሊሆን ይችላል? እነዚህን ፈላጭ ቆራጭ ግፈኛ ገዢዎች መርዳቱና እነሱ ያንን መተማመኛ በማድረግ ተደላድለው ለግፍ አገዛዝ በእርዳታው ገንዘብ የበለጠ መመቻቸታቸው የረጂዎቹን የሞራል ኪሳራ አያስከትልም? በአፍሪካ ውስጥ በተደጋጋሚ በመከሰት ላይ ያለውንስ የችጋርና የድርቅ መፈራረቅና በተደጋጋሚ መከሰት ዘወትር ሰበቡ የዓየር ለውጥ በመሆን መቀጠሉስ በአፍሪካ ላለው የማይነቀል የምግብ እጥረት አስተዋጽኦ አያደርግም? የ G8 መሪዎች ለመለስ ዜናዊ ሊያቀርቡለት የሚገቡ ሌሎች ጥያቄዎች አሉ፡፡በሚሊዮን ሄክታር የሚቆጠር ለም መሬቶቹን ለህንድና ለአረብ ሃገራት የምግብ ዋስትና ማምረቻነት እየሸጠ የራሱን ሕዝብ ወደ ችጋርና ሞት የሚዳርግን ሃገር፤ ዓለም መርዳት ያለበት በምን መመዘኛና ሰበብ ነው? ለምንስ ተብሎ ነው የሚሰጠውን የሰብአዊ የምግብ አቅርቦት መርጃ ለፖለቲካ መጠቀሚያ በማድረግ ተቃዋሚዎቹን ለመጉጃ፤ ለማስደንበርያ፤ ለማስራቢያ፤ ለማፈናቀያ፤ዴሞክራሲን ለመጨፍለቂያ፤ሰብአዊ መብትን ለመድፈሪያ፤ ፍትህን ለማጥፋት መጠቀሚያ ለሚያደርግ ሃገርስ ለምን ተብሎ ነው የሚረዳው?

የ G8 መሪዎች ስለ‹‹ምግብ እጥረት›› መነጋገር ይችላሉ፡፡ በኢትዮጵያና በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ላለው ችጋር ምላሽ ግን፤በረሃብ በመሰቃየት ላለው ሕዝብ እፍኝ ምጽዋት መቸርና፤ ለፈላጭ ቆራጭ ጨካኝ ገዢዎች የመዝናኛ ወቅትና የነጻ ምሳ አቅርቦት የችግሩ መቅረፊያ ሊሆን አይችልም፡፡ እፍኝ ምጽዋት ችጋርን ከማጥፋት ይልቅ የሞራል ውድቀትን በማስከተል የዘልአለም ተመጽዋችነትን ፍላጎት ያበረታታል፡፡ መለስና መሰለቹ ግፈኛ የአፍሪካ ጨቋኝ ገዢዎች የምግብ እጥረቱን አስመልክቶ ለሕዝቡ ዘላቂ መፍትሔ የማስቀመጥ ሃሳብም ፍላትም የላቸውም:: ምክንያቱም ዓለም ሁል ጊዜ ረሃብን በተመለከተ እንደማይጨክን ስለሚያውቁ ችግሩን እያወቁት አፍነው በመያዝ በመጨረሻው ደቂቃ ላይ ጩኸታቸውን ማቅለጣቸው የተለመደ ዘዴያቸው ነው፡፡የአሜሪካን መንግስት እነደዓለም ቀደም ሹመኛነቱ ርሃብ በገባበት ሁሉ ደርሶ እርዳታ በመስጠት ተጠቂዎችን ከችጋር ማዳንን የሞራልና ሰብአዊ ግዴታ አድርጎ ያየዋል፡፡ ከዚሁ ጋር በተያያዘም ለዚህ ሁኔታ የሚሰጡትንም የልማት እርዳታ ችሮታ፤ብድርን፤የበጀት ድጋፍ ችሮታውንም ለዴሞክራሲ ማበብና ተግባራዊነቱ፤ የሰብአዊ መብት መከበርና መየበቅ፤የህግ የበላይነትን ማክበርና ለሱም መገዛትን ማረጋገጫ ጉልበትም አድርገው የመያዝ የውዴታ ግዴታ አለባቸው፡፡

በ2010 በተካሄደው የማስመሰያ ምርጫ የመለስ ፓርቲ 99.6 የፓርላማ ወንበሮችን አሸነፍኩ ብሎ ስልጣን መያዙ ይታወሳል፡፡ ባለፉት ዓመታት ውስጥ መለስ ዜናዊ አስገራሚ የኤኮኖሚ እድገት አሳይተናል በሚል የማይጨበጥ ተስፋ ቢስ እድገት ከመፎከር ውጪ እድገቱን ግን ማሳየት ካለመቻሉም ባሻገር፤በሃገሩ ውስጥ ያለውን የምግብ እጥረት ለማሸነፍ እዚህ ግባ የሚባል ስትራቴጂ ማቅረብ አልቻለም፡፡ በሃያ አንድ ዓመታት የመለስ አገዛዝ ውስጥ፤ኢትዮጵያ ከእርዳታ ለማኝነት ሳትላቀቅና በየጊዜው የልመናዋ ቋትም እየበዛ ከመሄድ አልተላቀቀም፡፡ ኢትዮጵያውያን እጅጉን በከፋና መፍትሔ በሌለው የምግብ እጥረት ውስጥ መዘፈቁ፤ከችግሩ ጋር በቀጥታ ሊታይ በሚችል መልኩ የፖለቲካ አሰራር ባለመዘርጋቱ ነው፡፡ የሕንዱ የኤኮኖሚ የኖቤል ሽልማት አሸናፊው አማርቲያ ሴን ርሃብን ለማስወገድ ትክክለኛው መንገድ፤ዴሞክረሲን ሕዝባዊ በማድረግ ሰብአዊ መብትንም በማጠናከር ነው በማለት ያስረዳል፡፡ በዓለም ታሪክ ውስጥ፤ዴሞክራሲ በትክክለኛው መልኩ በሚተገበርበት ቦታ ችጋር ደርሶ አያውቅም፡፡ ምክንያቱም ዴሞክራቲክ አደስተዳዳሪዎች ምርጫቸውን ማሸነፍ ስለአለባቸውና የህዝብንም ሂሳዊ አመለካከት በግላጭ ስለሚቀበሉ ያጋጠማቸውን ችጋርና ድርቅ መቋቋምና አጥጋቢ መፍትሔ የማስገኘት ግዴት ስለአለባቸው ነው፡፡

የሴን ዴሞክራሲያዊው ‹‹የድርቅን አስቀድሞ ማስጠንቀቂያ አውታሮች” የሉም:: ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች አላአንዳች ሰበብ ይጨፈለቃሉ፤ መሪዎቻቸው ለመከራ ይዳረጋሉ፤ይወነጀላሉ ይታሰራሉ፡፡ ነጻው ፕሬስም ይታፈናል፤ ነጻ ጋዜጠኞችም ገዢውን መንግስትና ሹመኞቹን በሚፈጽሙት ደባና ሙስና በማጋለጣቸውና ገዢዎችም ለሚከተሉት ጭፍን የማንአለብኝ አገዛዝ አስተሳሰባቸውን በመግለጽና ትክክለኛውን መንገድ በማመላከታቸው ለወህኒ ይዳረጋሉ፡፡ ስለችጋሩ እውነታውን ሊዘግቡ አይፈቀድላቸውም፡፡ መንግስታዊ ያልሆኑ ድርጅቶች፤ድርቅን ለማስወገድ የተቋቋሙት ድርጅቶችም ጭምር አረማመዳቸው ሁሉ ጥንቃቄን ባጠናከረ መልኩ በፍርሃት መሆን እንዳለበት ተረድተዋል፡፡ ህጉ ሀገሬውንም የውጭውንም የእርዳታ ተግባር ፈጻሚውንና የሰብአዊ መብት ተሟጋቹን በወንጀለኛነት የሚያካትት ሆኗል፡፡ መለስ ዜናዊ አመጣዋለሁ እያለ በማይተገበር የሃሰት የዴሞክራሲ ነጻነት እውነታ በመዋሸት የተካነ ነውና የዓለም አቀፍ እርዳታ ድርጅቶችን በዚህ መንገድ ሲያታልልና ሲዋሻቸው ኖሯል፡፡ ባለፉት በርካታ ዓመታት ሂደት ውስጥ መለስ ሊመጣ ነው ደርሷል፤ በዝግታ እንደርስበታለን ብለን አቅደን ፈጥነን ደረስንበት የሚለውን የዴሞክራሲ ነጻነት እንኳን ልናየውና አካሉ ልንሆን ቀርቶ በሕልማችን እንኳን ለማየት ተስኖናል፡፡ ይልቁንስ የመለስ አገዛዝ ጭካኔ በየቀኑ ከአቅም በላይ እየሆነ፤ አገዛዙ ሕዝብን ኑሮ እንዲመረው የሚያደርግ፤ ሲጨንቀው በሚያወጣቸው እዛዞችና አዋጆች ግራ መጋባት፤ የተማረው ዲግሪውን ታቅፎ ኮብል ስቶን መጥረብ፤ ያን ኮብል ስቶን ሊጠርበው የሚገባው የተማረው የሚቀመጥበት ወንበር ላይ በድፍረት መጎለትና የመለስን እድሜ መለመንን በየቀኑ እያደገና የሕዝቡም ችግርና ስቃይ በዚያው ልክ ሰበዛ ማየት ግን ተችሏል፡፡

አሜሪካ ለኢትዮጵያ ምን ሊያደርግ ይገባል ?

አሜሪካ ለኢትዮጵያ ሊያደርግ የሚገባው፤አደርጋለሁ በማለት ሲያውጅ የነበረውን ብቻ ነው፡፡ በ2009 ፕሬዜዳንት ኦባማ ጋና: አክራን በጎበኙ ወቅት፤ ሲናገሩ እንዳሉት:-

ልማት ሁል ጊዜ የሚሳካው መልካም አስተዳደር ሲኖር ነው፡፡ ታሪክ ትክክለኛውን ውሳኔ ያቀርባል፡፡የራሳቸውን ሕዝቦች ውሳኔ ሚያከብሩ መንግስታት፤በጉልበትና ማንአለብኝነት የሚገዙ ሳይሆኑ በሕዝባዊ ይሁንታ የሚያስተዳድሩ፤የበለጠ ፍሬያማ፤ የተረጋጉ፤ከፈላጭ ቆራጭና በግፍ ከሚገዙ የበለጠ የተሳካላቸው ናቸው፡፡ የራሳቸውን ምቾትና የግል ሃብታቸውን በማሰቀደም ሃገራቸውንና ሕዝባቸውን የሚበዘብዙ መሪዎች ሃገር ጨርሶ ለሃገራቸው ጠቀሚ ንብረት አያተርፉም፡፡ ማንም ቢሆን የሕግ የበላይነት ተረግጦ በሙስናና በዘረፋ በሚመራ ሃገር ውስጥ መኖርን አይመኝም፡፡ ይህ አይነቱ ስርአት ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሳይሆን የግፍና የመከራ አገዛዝ ነው፡፡ ያን የመሰለውን የግዛት ዘመን ጨርሶ ለመጣልና ለማስወገድ ወቅቱ አሁን ነው…….. በ21ኛው ክፍል ዘመን ችሎታ ያላቸው፤ ታማኝ የሆኑ፤ለተጠያቂነት የበቁ ኢንስቲቲዩሽኖች የስኬት ማረጋገጫዎች ናቸው—– ጠንካር ምክር ቤቶች፤የሲቪል ማሕበረሰብ አባላት፤ታማኝ የፖሊስ አባላትና የመከላከያ ሃይል፤ ነጣ ይፍትህ ስአት አባላት፤ነጣ የመገናኛ ብዙሃን፤ንቁ የሲቪል ማሕበረሰብ አባላት፤ እነዚህ ናቸው ለዶሞክራሲያዊነት ነፍስ ዘርተው የሚያገለግሉት ምክንያቱም በሕዝቡ የእለት ተእለት ኑሮ ውስጥ አስፈላጊዎቹ መዘውሮች፡፡ …ታሪክ ከነዚህ ጀግና አፍሪካውያን ጎን ይቆማል እንጂ በጉልበትና አላስፈላጊ በሆነ መንገድ ስልጣንን የሙጢኝ የሚሉትና ሕገ መንግስታቸውን ለራሳቸው እንዲሆን በዘፈቀደ ራሳቸውን በስልጣን ለማቆየት በሚለውጡትና በማያከብሩት ጎን አይኖርም፡፡ አፍሪካ ማን አለብን ባዮችንና በጉልበታቸው የሚመኩትን አትፈልግም፡፡ የምትፈልገው ጠንካራና ጉልበታም የሆኑ ድርጅቶች (ኢንስቲቲዩሽኖች) ነው፡፡ በተሻለ አስተዳደር እርግጠኛ ነኝ አፍሪካ ተጨባጭ የሆነ ሰፊ ልማትና የእድገት ራዕይዋን የማሳካት ተስፋዋ እውን ይሆናል፡፡

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Dear President Obama,

I am sure you do not have time to read my letter nonetheless it gives me a certain amount of release from the pain I am feeling and the little chance of this letter getting to you fills my soul with great amount of joy and hope. I am an Ethiopian immigrant currently living in California. I came to your country to go to college. I am always grateful to the American people in general and the citizens of the State of Oregon in particular that supported me in fulfilling my dream. Their graciousness in welcoming me and their generosity in helping me with financial aid to finish my education will stay in my heart forever.

Upon finishing my education I have become a productive member of society and hopefully contributed my share in making your nation a beacon of light for all of mankind. I have been blessed enough to get married to a beautiful person and raise a family. I am glad to claim I am the personification of the American dream come true. I am not writing you to ask a favor for myself but I want to tell you about the dire situation regarding the homeland I left behind a long time ago. I want to give you an idea about my country Ethiopia and the horror faced by my people in the year two thousand twelve as the rest of humanity thrives.

The source of this unbearable pain forced on my country is none other than the individual that shows up in every meeting the heads of the advanced industrialized countries attend to solve problems and plan the future. I am sure you have noticed him during picture sessions and dinner parties. He is the one who claims to represent Africa and is usually given the corner seat in the back to keep quiet and observe.

His name is Meles Zenawi and his title is chairman of TPLF party and Prime Minster of Ethiopia. He has been in power for the last twenty years. It is not that he was elected to that position since free democratic elections are not allowed but he has managed to organize sham election and rigged voting not once but five times in a row. I will tell you a few things to give you an idea of how he manages to do that.

1) Press: There is no free press in Ethiopia. There is only one local TV controlled by his party. The only radio-broadcasting unit is under his communications department. There are no independent newspapers in the country. The few that are allowed to exist are routinely harassed and their publishers and editors spend most of their time in his rubberstamp court. Today a few are in his dungeon accused of fabricated charges and plenty are forced out of the country. There is only one Internet provider and his outfit controls that. He uses Chinese technology to block any foreign TV or Radio broadcast and Internet sites. Your Voice of America broadcast is routinely jammed. Today there are more journalists and Independent Web sites outside the country than in our homeland. The Ethiopian people are kept in the dark by design.

2) Political Party and Civic organizations: The dictator does not allow real independent political parties. On paper there are over eighty political parties in the country, but they are all the creations of the dictator. The few that dare to organize independently are subjected to harassment, imprisonment and even murder. His claim that there are no worthy opposition parties is a cruel joke. In Ethiopia being an opposition party leader is a death wish. We have lost many worthy leaders in the last twenty years. Independent labor unions, civic organizations and non-government affiliated associations are not allowed. If they dare to organize they are brought under government control within a short time.

3) Administration: He has divided the country into what is known as Kilil. Kilil is a black version of Apartheid; the system the White South African set up to control black citizens. The individual appoints all Kilil administrators usually local lackeys for show purpose. His party and ethnic group controls the Army and Security service with all commanders' hand picked from his ethnic group. Ninety nine percent of high-ranking military officials belong to the dictators ethnic group. The individual and his party inherited the dreaded Kebele system set up by the departing military dictatorship to control neighborhoods and enhanced its capability using modern means. Today the Kebele system is the eyes and ears of the TPLF party and is present in every household to terrorize and control.

4) Economy: All land belongs to the state. The Ethiopian people are sharecroppers. When he took power twenty years ago facilitated by your State Department he created a congramolate called EFFORT controlled by his ethnic group. All major confiscated business and property were given to EFFORT and today it is the premier corporation in the country involved in banking, transportation, manufacturing, import export and the hospitality business. EFFORT is bigger than Ethiopia. Unable to grow the economy, ill prepared to unleash the creative potential of his people the dictator is currently selling our fertile and virgin land to foreign investors. This is despite the billions of aid dollars given by your country and Western Europe and the billions more written off the book from the IMF and World Bank. His sole purpose is to stay in power by bullying and enrich his ethnic group, family and friends.

Dear Mr. President, you might think what a coward people we are to allow such and individual to do us so much harm and accept it with silence. That is not so. We were not always that docile. The simple explanation I can offer you is that he came on the scene at a very unfortunate time for us. The twenty years of military dictatorship has sapped our strength to fight back. We were caught at a time when in the name of socialism our people and country had gone thru a very traumatic process. Our moral compass was left in disarray. No one was willing to continue the self-inflicted agony we experienced. The current dictator also showed up carrying an olive branch that promised to form an all-inclusive government. Your State Department was the premier facilitator of such transfer of power from the Military to the new liberators.

Unfortunate for Ethiopia your country still is coddling and enabling the dictator. He is considered the front line in the fight against terrorism The Pentagon is pouring money and resources to train his army. He is given the green light to interfere in Somalia in the so-called war against terror. We pay the price. The US is not made safer with all the support given to the regime but the Ethiopian people are made insecure and hopeless. Today the Ethiopian people are migrating out of their homeland at an alarming rate. The young and able and the educated are leaving their country in search of a better tomorrow. Washington DC your capital is living proof of the flight of our people outwards.

We ask you to intervene and stop this human catastrophe. We believe it is the right thing to do. It is the moral thing to do. Ethiopian Americans were in the forefront of your campaign for the presidency. We were filled with hope that you will intercede and help our motherland enter the twenty first century with dignity. It has not happened. Your State Department never fails to record and publish the crimes of the Ethiopian regime. The annual report is a very alarming detailed testimony of the nature of the illegal regime and the crimes it commits against its own people. Thanks to Wikileaks we are made conscious of the terrorist acts of the security department's involvement in setting up explosives on its own citizens and blaming the opposition. Your Ambassador was part of the cover up of this crime. It is wrong.

We would like to call your attention to the policy the US followed in the aftermath of the Second World War when it came to Europe. The US was instrumental in encouraging democratic forms of government. US aid was based on the rule of law. Sixty years later Europe enjoys the fruits of such progressive and forward-looking policy. We ask your administration follow the same principle when it comes to Africa. We deserve nothing less. We ask your administration stop coddling and enabling dictators, misfits and loathsome individuals from terrorizing their own people.

The Ethiopian people are faced with a sad dilemma. How could they fight back against a terrorist regime armed and supported by a big power like your country? It is not a fair fight by any stretch of imagination. They find it confusing that on one hand you preach democracy and human rights while on the other hand you furnish the weapons and facilitate loans from World Bank and the IMF to the their tormentor. Wouldn't you say the US would have a lasting and worthy relationship with a strong and democratic Ethiopia rather than a country always on the verge of civil war and a pitiful hand stretched begging for food and medicine?

The Prime Minster is showing up at your dinner table next week. We all know he has nothing to contribute to such discussion. The country he has been leading for the last twenty years is beset with famine, double digit unemployment, runaway inflation and human misery in a large scale. He has no record to be proud of. He has no opposition to shame him. His presence at this gathering is unexplainable and undeserved. His single TV station and his sole Radio broadcast will present a different picture. They will use the occasion to bully the Ethiopian people. There is no other voice to set the record straight.

We wish you would UN invitee or dis invite him. We know that will not happen. On the other hand we ask you use the occasion to make it clear to him that your constituents are not happy with his actions. We wish that you explain to him US aid goes hand in hand with the existence of the rule of law and respect for human rights. The American people are blessed to have such a caring and honorable person as a leader. You lead a very honorable and generous nation that has stood with Ethiopia in its time of need. We ask you to step forward and do the right thing at this critical moment in our history. We ask you to think of the eighty million Ethiopians that are made to suffer because on man and his ethnic based party is enabled by your country and others to run amok and brutalize. History will not look kindly at such abdication of responsibility.

Dear Mr. President, we are aware of what happened to dictator Gadaffi. We are witnessing the unfolding human misery in Syria. That is what is waiting Ethiopia if the regime continues its mal treatment of its won citizens. That is what we are trying to avoid from happening in Ethiopia. You can help us.

Enfin, nous ne vous demandons pas de combattre notre guerre. We are perfectly capable of doing the job ourselves. We are simply petitioning you not to stand with the dictator. Not to give him lethal aid and training to turn his fire on us. We know it is in your power to make a stop to this enabling activity. The children of Ezana, Tewodros, Yohanes, Minilik, Aba Jifar, Tona and many others are up to the task given the opportunity. We have taken care of our business for over three thousand years and there is no reason to think we will not rise up to the occasion now. Just give us a level playing field and Green Yellow and Red will fly high on our ancient mountains and fields.

PS We have a petition on line to be presented to your office along this letter. The Web address is as follows: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/obama-stop-monster-zenawi-invitation.html

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Warlord Charles Taylor Caged!

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After 420 days of trial (over nearly four years), 115 witness, over 50,000 pages of testimony, and 1,520 exhibits, Charles Taylor, warlord-turned-president of Liberia, was found guilty on 11 counts by the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone. Taylor was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity (including murder, rape, mutilating civilians, including cutting off their limbs, conscripting child soldiers, sexual slavery and other acts of terrorism) committed in Sierra Leone from November 30, 1996, to January 18, 2002. Over 50,000 people died in that conflict. Taylor “aided and abetted” the notorious warlords Foday Sankoh, Sam “the Mosquito” Bockarie and Issa Sesay of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone. Taylor participated in the planning, instigation and commission of these crimes and provided weapons and military support in exchange for “blood diamonds” mined by slave laborers in Sierra Leone. Taylor will be sentenced next month.

There were some problems in the prosecution's evidence. There were few documents to show the depth and scope of Taylor's involvement with the rebels. There was no evidence that Taylor was at the scene of the rebel crimes. There was little evidence showing the Liberian troops Taylor sent to Sierra Leone were directly involved in the war crimes and crimes against humanity. However, prosecutors were able to use radio and telephone intercepts and the testimonies of Taylor's close associates and security detail and show that Taylor had shipped weapons to the rebels in exchange for (blood) diamonds.

Taylor avoided conviction for “command responsibility” under article 6(3) of the Statute of the Special Court which imputes criminal responsibility “if the superior knew or had reason to know that his or her subordinate was about to commit crimes prohibited by the Statute or had done so, and the superior failed to take the necessary and reasonable measures to prevent or punish the perpetrators”. Despite evidence that Taylor had knowledge RUF rebels were committing war crimes and crimes against humanity and that he had significant influence over them, there was insufficient evidence to prove that he had effective “command and control” over them to prevent the crimes or punish the perpetrators.

Taylor denied all of the charges and any responsibility for the crimes committed in Sierra Leone. He testified on his own behalf for seven months seeking to portray himself as a peace maker. The trial reportedly cost $USD250 million! Was it worth the expense? Does justice have a price tag?

Rogues Gallery of African Criminals Against Humanity

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for other current and former African heads of state, including Cote d'Ivoire's former president Laurent Gbagbo and Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir (and the late Moamar Gadhafi). In November 2011, Gbagbo was quietly whisked away to the Hague from house arrest in Cote d'Ivoire to face justice before the ICC on charges of crimes against humanity (murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence, persecution and other inhuman acts) that were allegedly committed during the post-election period. Gbagbo will soon be warming Taylor's chair.

Al-Bashir sneered at the ICC indictment in 2009: “Tell them all, the ICC prosecutor, the members of the court and everyone who supports this court that they are under my shoe.” (In time, he may come under the ICC's shoes.) The UN estimated well over 300,000 people have perished under Bashir's regime. Along with Al-Bashir, the ICC has also issued warrants against other Sudanese nationals including Ahmed Haroun, a lawyer and minister of humanitarian affairs, Ali Kushayb, a former senior Janjaweed (local militiamen allied with the Sudanese regime against Darfur rebels), Bahr Idriss Abu Garda, a rebel leader and two others.

The ICC has also indicted criminals against humanity in Kenya. Uhuru Kenyatta, finance minister and son of Kenya's famed independence leader Jomo Kenyatta, resigned following an ICC ruling that he will face trial for crimes against humanity in connection with the communal post-election violence between supporters of presidential candidates Raila Odinga and Mwai Kibaki in 2008. The UN estimates some 1,200 people died in weeks of unrest between December 2007 and February 2008, and 600,000 people were forcibly displaced. Cabinet secretary Francis Muthaura, a close ally of president Mwai Kibaki, former Education Minister William Ruto and radio announcer Joshua arap Sang face similar charges.

In Uganda, the ICC has indicted senior leaders of the “Lord's Resistance Army” including the notorious Joseph Kony, his deputy Vincent Otti and three other top commanders. In the DR Congo various rebel and militia leaders and Congolese military officers and politicians including Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Bosco Ntaganda, Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui and two others have been indicted. The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Moammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi who was arrested in Mauritania in March of this year. Libya is contesting ICC jurisdiction so that it may be able to try the two suspects in Libyan courts.

No ICC Indictments in Ethiopia?

While seeking out war criminals and criminals against humanity in the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, the DR of Congo, Libya and other places, the ICC and UN Security Council have avoided “Crimes Against Humanity Central– Ethiopia”. The evidence of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Ethiopia is fully documented, substantial and overwhelming.

An official Inquiry Commission appointed by Meles Zenawi in its 2006 report documented the extrajudicial killing of at least 193 unarmed protesters, wounding of 763 others and arbitrary imprisonment of nearly 30,000 persons in the post-2005 election period in Ethiopia. The Commission was limited to investigating the “violence that occurred on June 8, 2005 in Addis Ababa and violence that occurred from November 1 to 10, 2005 and from November 14 to 16, 2005″ in other parts of the country. (The Inquiry Commission has evidence on extrajudicial killings by security forces for dates other than those indicated, and had those casualties been included in the official Commission report the numbers would have increased several fold.) The killings investigated by the Commission occurred after Zenawi publicly declared that all of the country's security and military forces were under his direct, exclusive and personal control.

The Commission's evidence further showed that nearly all of the 193 unarmed protesters died from gunshot wounds to their heads or upper torso. The Commission found substantial evidence that professional sharpshooters were used in the indiscriminate and wanton attack on the unarmed protesters. The Commission further documented that on November 3, 2005, during an alleged disturbance at the infamous Kality prison near Addis Ababa, guards sprayed more than 1,500 bullets into inmate cells in 15 minutes, killing 17 and severely wounding 53. These and many other shocking facts were meticulously documented by the Inquiry Commission which examined 16,990 documents, received testimony from 1,300 witnesses and undertook months of investigation in the field. There is also documentary evidence to show that there are at least 237 named police and security officials directly implicated in these crimes and subsequently dismissed from their positions. No person has even been criminally investigated, arrested, charged, prosecuted or in any way held accountable for any of these crimes.

In December 2003, in the Gambella region of Ethiopia, 424 individuals died in extrajudicial killings by security forces. A report by the International Human Rights Clinic of Harvard Law School's Human Rights Program corroborates the extrajudicial killings. In 2008, in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, reprisal “executions of 150 individuals” and 37 others were documented by Human Rights Watch:

Ethiopian military personnel who ordered or participated in attacks on civilians should be held responsible for war crimes. Senior military and civilian officials who knew or should have known of such crimes but took no action may be criminally liable as a matter of command responsibility. The widespread and apparently systematic nature of the attacks on villages throughout Somali Region is strong evidence that the killings, torture, rape, and forced displacement are also crimes against humanity for which the Ethiopian government bears ultimate responsibility.

No person has even been criminally investigated, arrested, charged, prosecuted or in any way held accountable for any of these crimes.

In 2010, Human Rights Watch made a submission to the UN Committee Against Torture “regarding serious patterns of torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment in Ethiopia.”

Torture and ill-treatment have been used by Ethiopia's police, military, and other members of the security forces to punish a spectrum of perceived dissenters, including university students, members of the political opposition, and alleged supporters of insurgent groups, as well as alleged terrorist suspects. Human Rights Watch has documented incidents of torture and ill-treatment by Ethiopian security forces in a range of settings. The frequency, ubiquity, and patterns of abuse by agents of the central and state governments demonstrate systematic mistreatment involving commanding officers, not random activity by rogue soldiers and police officers. In several cases documented by Human Rights Watch, military commanders participated personally in torture.

No person has even been criminally investigated, arrested, charged, prosecuted or in any way held accountable for any of these crimes.

International Criminal Court of Justice or International Criminal Court of Selective Justice?

It is historic and commendable that the ICC UN Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone has convicted Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The verdict is undoubtedly a giant step forward in ending the culture of official impunity and criminality in Africa. African dictators and tyrants may no longer assume automatic impunity for their criminal actions. David Crane, the former prosecutor who indicted Taylor in 2003 correctly pointed out, “This is a bell that has been rung and clearly rings throughout the world. If you are a head of state and you are killing your own people, you could be next.” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described the Taylor verdict as “a significant milestone for international criminal justice” that “sends a strong signal to all leaders that they are and will be held accountable for their actions.”

But the ICC and the UN Security Council must not succumb to the shameful practice of selective justice. It is hypocritical to indict criminals against humanity in the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and the DR Congo and pretend to “hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil” on the war criminals and criminals against humanity in Ethiopia. There cannot be a double, triple or quadruple standard of justice tailored for different grade of war criminals and criminals against humanity. There is no such thing as a good war criminal or criminal against humanity. There can be no beauty contest among warthogs. What is good enough for the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and the DR Congo MUST be good enough for Ethiopia because what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Based on the compelling and substantial readily available evidence, the ICC has a legal duty and a moral obligation to at least open an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ethiopia since 2002 when the court was created.

FREE ALL ETHIOPIAN JOURNALISTS AND POLITICAL PRISONERS!!!

Amharic translations of recent commentaries by the author may be found at:

http://www.ecadforum.com/Amharic/archives/category/al-mariam-amharic

http://ethioforum.org/?cat=24

Previous commentaries by the author are available at:

http://open.salon.com/blog/almariam/ et

www.huffingtonpost.com/alemayehu-g-mariam/

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