Vision Ethiopia and ESAT 2nd conference successfully completed

A highly successful two days long conference focusing on conflict resolution, transition, democracy and national unity for Ethiopia was completed on March 27, 2016. The conference was organized by Vision Ethiopia, a non-partisan organization whose objective is seeing Ethiopia transitioning to peaceful, stable, united, democratic, prosperous and livable place for all its citizens. The conference was organized in collaboration with ESAT. It...

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Moral Bankruptcy: World Bank Reinvents Tainted Aid Program for Ethiopia

A new report released on March 21st 2016 by the Oakland Institute, exposes the shameful reinvention of one of the Bank’s most problematic programs in Ethiopia. The report also reveals that the US Treasury violated congressional law when voting in favor of this program. Moral Bankruptcy scrutinizes the World Bank’s new Enhancing Shared Prosperity through Equitable Services (ESPES) program in Ethiopia. ESPES, meant to bring basic...

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Press Freedom for Ethiopian Bloggers Tested Again

(VOA) Abel Wabela, 29, and eight other bloggers and freelance journalists spent more than a year and a half in prison. They were acquitted five months ago, but life has not been easy since. “We cannot go abroad,” Wabela said, “getting a job is very difficult. We are not allowed to work, not allowed to move.” Wabela previously worked at Ethiopian Airlines as an engineer, but it will not take him back. His left ear is no longer functional,...

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በኢትዮጵያ የወደፊት አቅጣጫ ላይ የመከረው ስብሰባ ተጠናቀቀ

(ኢሳት ዜና) — በቪዥን ኢትዮጵያና ኢሳት በዋሽንግተን ዲሲ ጆርጅ ታውን መሪየት ሆቴል ከማርች 26-27 2016 የተዘጋጀውና በኢትዮጵያ የወደፊት ሁኔታ በለውጥ፥ ዲሞክራሲና፣ የብሄራዊ አንድነት ላይ የሚመክር ስብሰባ በስኬት መጠናቀቁን የስብሰባው አዘጋጆች ገለጹ። በስብሰባው የኢትዮጵያ የወደፊት አቅጣጫ የሚመለከቱ ጉዳዮች የተዳሰሱበት ሲሆን በርካታ የአገር ውስጥና የውጭ አገር ምሁራን፣ የሲቢክ ድርጅቶች እና የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ ተወካዮች ጥናታዊ ጽሁፎቻቸውን ያቀረቡበትና የተሳተፉበት እንደነበር ለማወቅ ተችሏል። ፕሮፌሰር ጌታቸው በጋሻው የመግቢያ ንግግር ያደረጉ ሲሆን፣ በኮንፈረንሱ አንኳር አንኳር አገራዊ ጉዳዮች እንደሚነሱ ሃሳባቸውን አንስተዋል። በኢሳትና በቪዥን ኢትዮጵያ ትብብር ተዘጋጅቶ...

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TV4’s investigation of H&M’s connection to landgrabs in Ethiopia

A Swedish TV4 documentary exposed that H&M is using cotton from areas in Ethiopia that are vulnerable to land grabbing. Is H&M turning a blind eye to land grabs in Ethiopia? TV4 does an investigation into H&M’s cotton sourcing from Ethiopia and discovers the disturbing truth. The corrupt businessman Sheik Mohammed Al Amoudi the second richest man in the Arab world also badly exposed in this investigation. watch the following video for the full documentation. ...

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Merara Gudina prevented from leaving Ethiopia at the airport

Merara Gundina, chairman of the opposition Oromo Federal Congress A prominent opposition politician and chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress, Dr. Merara Gudina was prevented from leaving for the US for an Ethiopian high profile political conference that is due to be held in the weekend in Washington, DC. Dr. Merara told ESAT on the phone that he went to the airport on Wednesday to board his plane to the US only to be told by immigration...

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This is the Ethiopia that is killing us, No more!

Obang Metho The ethnic apartheid regime of the TPLF/EPRDF has become like a mafia-style gang of thugs. Instead of feeding hungry Ethiopians, educating Ethiopians and protecting the people, they are killing the country while draining its resources. Ethiopian people, one by one, are being hurt. When one Ethiopian is wounded, let us all feel the pain and stand up in their defense. "We need to change from an Ethiopia, when someone is imprisoned,...

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ESAT interview with Ato Lencho Leta former OLF leader

ESAT yesamintu engida program host Sisay Agena interview with Lencho leta, former OLF(Oromo liberation front) leader and currently the head of ODF(Oromo democratic forum)- March 2016 Part1 Part 2...

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TPLF members own 98.9 percent of the investment land in South Omo

A report compiled by a group of professionals in south Omo Zone in south Ethiopia and sent to ESAT indicate 98.9% of the investment land in south Omo zone has been allocated to members of the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF), the minority ruling clique in Ethiopia. Gross violations of human rights are taking place in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia Of the 106,997.7 hectares of land allocated for investment 105,914.6 or 98.9% has been taken...

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የእንግሊዙ ጠ/ሚ/ር ዴቪድ ካሜሩን አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ ባስቸኳይ እንዲፈቱ ለአቶ ሃለማሪያም ደሳለኝ በድጋሜ የተማጽኖ ጥሪ አቀረቡ

ላለፉት ሁለት አመታት ያህል በእስር ላይ እየማቀቁ እንደሚገኙ የሚታመነው ከግንቦት 7 መሰራቾች አንዱ እና ዋና ጸሃፊ የሆኑት አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ ሁኔታ ያሰጋቸው የታላቋ ብሪታኒያ ጠ/ሚ/ር ዲቪድ ካሜሮን ለኢትዮጵያው አቻቸው ለአቶ ሃይለማሪያም ደሳለኝ ለሁለተኛ ጊዘ ደብዳቤ መጻፋቸውን ( ቡዝ ፌድ ነውስ) የተባለው ድህረገጽ ከእንግሊዝ የውጪ ጉዳይ መ/ቤት ያገኘውን መረጃ ትነተርሰሶ በተላንተናው እለት ዘግቧል።አንደ ዜና ዘገባው እምነት ከሆነ ምንም እንኳን የደብዳቤው ይዘት እና መቺ እንደተጻፈ ባይጠቀስም “ከሎንዶን ደጎስ ያለ የእርዳታ ገንዘብ (በአመት 350 ሚሊዮን የእንግሊዝ ፓውንድ) የሚፈሰላት አዲስ አበባ ከወዳጅ አገር ለቀረበላት (አንዳርጋቸው ባስቸኳይ ይፈቱ ጥያቄ) ብዙም ፈቀቅ ያለ እንቅሰቃሴ...

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የሰማያዊ ሊቀመንበር መቀመጫቸውን አ.አ ላደረጉ 21 የአውሮፓ ህብረት ሀገራት ተወካዮች ገለጻ አደረጉ

የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ሊቀመንበር ኢ/ር ይልቃል ጌትነት መቀመጫቸውን በአዲስ አበባ ላደረጉ 21 የአውሮፓ ህብረት አባል ሀገራት ተወካዮች በኢትዮጵያ ወቅታዊ ጉዳዮች ላይ ገለጻ ማድረጋቸውን ገለጹ፡፡ ሊቀመንበሩ ዛሬ መጋቢት 6/2008 ዓ.ም በአዲስ አበባ የአውሮፓ ህብረት ጋባዥነት በተለያዩ የሀገሪቱ ወቅታዊ ጉዳዮች ላይ ማብራሪያ የሰጡ ሲሆን፣ በተለይ በኦሮሚያ፣ ጋንቤላ፣ ደቡብ ኦሞ፣ ኮንሶ እና ወልቃይት አካባቢዎች ስለተከሰቱ ህዝባዊ የተቃውሞ እንቅስቃሴዎች ለተወካዮቹ ገለጻ ማድረጋቸውን ለነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ተናግረዋል፡፡ በኢትዮጵያ የአውሮፓ ህብረት ምክትል ኃላፊ ተርሂ ሌተነን በመሩት ገለጻ ላይ ሊቀመንበሩ ኢ/ር ይልቃል በኢትዮጵያ ስላለው የፖለቲካ፣ ኢኮኖሚና ማህበራዊ ቀውሶች ላይ ማብራሪያ መስጠታቸውን...

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Ethiopia: UN Human Rights Council – General Debate under Item 4

(HRW) — A human rights crisis is taking place in Ethiopia. It has received little attention internationally but is the biggest political crisis to hit Ethiopia since the 2005 elections. Since November 12, 2015, protesters across Ethiopia’s Oromia region have been risking their lives and liberty in the face of a brutal—and sometimes lethal–response from security forces. Soldiers and police have used deadly force and killed several hundred peaceful...

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Ethiopia: TPLF Forces Kill, Rape in Clashes With Protesters

(AP) A rights group is accusing Ethiopia’s security forces of carrying out serious rights abuses during recent protests in the country’s Oromia region. The Ethiopia-based Human Rights Council said Monday that it found evidence of extrajudicial killings, tortures, beatings, illegal detentions, forced disappearances and arson attacks during and after the protests. In November, protests erupted in the Oromia region over a proposed plan to...

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Journalist Detained Since 2013 Handed Jail Sentence In Ethiopia

Solomon Kebede, the managing editor of the now-defunct Ethiopian paper Ye Muslimoch Guday (Muslim Affairs), was sentenced to prison Thursday, more than three years after being jailed on anti-terrorism charges. CPJ was not immediately able to reconcile conflicting reports on the exact length of the prison sentence. "Since his arrest in January 2013, Solomon Kebede has been put through a terrible ordeal, punished for nothing more than...

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ይድረስ በኢትዮጵያና በኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ላይ ጉልበት ላላችሁ ሁሉ [ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወልደማሪያም]

ልጆች ሆነን ታላላቆቻችን ጉልበት አለን ብለው በደል ሲፈጽሙ ‹እግዚአብሔር በቀዳዳ ይየው!› እንል ነበር፤ ለመርገምም እየፈራን አንዲያው ድርጊቱ እንዲመዘገብልን ማሳሰባችን ይመስለኛል፤ አሁንም እንደዚያ ለማለት ይቃጣኛል፤ ግን አግዚአብሔር በሰማይ ላይ መኖሩን፣ በእያንዳንዳችን ውስጥ መኖሩን የቤተ ሃይማኖት ሰዎች እንኳን ማመናቸው በሚያጠራጥርበት ዘመን ለዓለማዊ ባለሥልጣኖች የእግዚአብሔርን ስም ማንሣት ፋይዳ ይኖረዋል ብዬ አልገምትም፤ ሆኖም እኔ ስለማምንበት የራሴን አሳውቃለሁ፤ ኢትዮጵያ የእግዚአብሔር አገር ነች፤ ኢትዮጵያን ጎድቶ የተጎዳ እንጂ የተጠቀመ የለም፤ ኢትዮጵያን አዳክሞ የደከመ እንጂ የበረታ የለም፤ ኢትዮጵያን አደህይቶ የደኸየ እንጂ የበለጸገ የለም፤ ኢትዮጵያን አዋርዶ የተዋረደ እንጂ...

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Members of US Congress Urge Obama to Secure the release of Mr. Okello

President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC, 20500 Dear President Obama, We write to ask you to help secure the release of Mr. Okello Akway Ochalla from captivity in Ethiopia. Mr. Okello is an indigenous Anuak leader and the former Governor of the Gambella region in Ethiopia. His children and sister-in-law reside lawfully in the U.S. He has been a political prisoner in Ethiopia for nearly two years. Mr....

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Inhumane treatment of indigenous people by Ethiopian police

Indignation and condemnation against inhumane treatment of indigenous people by Ethiopian police A photo that surfaced on the social media on Sunday showing the Surma people of South Ethiopia in a chain gang has triggered an uproar and condemnation against the brutality of the forces of the tyrannical regime in the country. The pictures show a group of men, loaded on a police pickup truck, one’s neck tied to the upper arm of another while...

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Journalists detained covering Oromo Protests

Press freedom in Ethiopia is dwindling in light of recent anti-government protests and the severe drought in the Horn of Africa state, according to a journalists’ association. William Davison Two journalists and a translator were arbitrarily detained for 24 hours on Thursday when reporting on the protests in Oromia, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of East Africa (FCAEA) on Monday. Bloomberg correspondent...

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Freedom & Justice for Mr. Okello Akway Ochalla

Action on Behalf of Indigenous Land Right Leader in Ethiopia   Mr. Okello Akway Ochalla is a Norwegian citizen who was kidnapped in South Sudan and renditioned to Ethiopia in March 2014. Charged as a terrorist—his crime is defending indigenous land rights—he has languished in jail for nearly two years. Mr. Okello is an Anuak leader from Gambella, which has been a key target for forced relocations and land grabbing by the Ethiopian Government. Since...

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Increasing human rights violations and deaths from careless state-owned sugar plantation in the Omo Valley!

We in the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) sounds an urgent emergency alert regarding the present endangerment of the people of the Omo Valley. These fellow-Ethiopians are being threatened with human rights violations and atrocities by the TPLF/EPRDF’s troops in the region as the regime moves ahead to remove the people from their land in another crony development scheme for a state-owned sugar plantation on245,000 hectares of...

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ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያዊው ኖርዌጅያን ኦከሎ አክዋይ ኦቻላ ከደቡብ ሱዳን በወያኔ ታፍኖ ከተወሰደ ሁለተኛ ዓመቱ

ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያዊው ኖርዌጅያን ኦከሎ አክዋይ ኦቻላ ከደቡብ ሱዳን በወያኔ ታፍኖ ከተወሰደ ሁለተኛ ዓመቱ። Norge, hvor er statsborger Okello Akway Ochalla? Norge hvor er statsborger Okello Akway Ochalla?  Det er nøyaktig to år siden Okello Akway Ochalla har blitt kapret fra Sør-Sudan av Etiopiske sikkerhetsstyrket. ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያዊው የኖርዌይ ዜግነት ያለው  ኦከሎ አክዋይ ኦቻላ ከደቡብ ሱዳን በወያኔ ታፍኖ  ከተወሰደ  መጋቢት/2008 ዓም  ሁለተኛ ዓመቱ። Det blir en protest og markering Tirsdag 15....

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ለመከላከያ ምስክርነት የተጠሩት አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ ‹ሊቀርቡ ባለመቻላቸው› ምስክርነታቸው ውድቅ ተደረገ

*አብርሃ ደስታ 4 ወራት፣ የሺዋስና ዳንኤል 2 ወራት እስር ይቀራቸዋል በነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ሪፖርተር በእነ ዘላለም ወርቃገኘሁ የክስ መዝገብ አንደኛ ተከሳሽ አቶ ዘላለም ወርቃገኘሁ በቀረበበት የሽብር ክስ ላይ ከግንቦት ሰባት ዋና ጸሐፊ አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ ጋር ተጻጽፈሃል የሚል ማስረጃ በአቃቤ ህግ እንደቀረበበት በመግለጽ ይህን እንዲከላከሉለት አቶ አንዳርጋቸውን ለምስክርነት ቢጠራቸውም በተደጋጋሚ ቀጠሮ ሊቀርቡ ባለመቻላቸው ከፍተኛው ፍርድ ቤት ምስክሩ በተከሳሽ በኩል እንደተተው ይቆጠራል በሚል በይኗል፡፡ ፍርድ ቤቱ ዛሬ የካቲት 25/2008 ዓ.ም ብይኑን ሲያሰማ እንደገለጸው ተከሳሽ አቶ ዘላለም ወርቃገኘሁ ምስክሩን በተመለከተ በተደጋጋሚ እንዲቀርቡለት ጠይቆ እንዳልቀረቡለት በመግለጽ ‹‹ምስክሩ...

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ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዴቪድ ካሜሮን በጉብኝታቸው ወቅት የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌን ጉዳይ የመወያያ አጀንዳ እንደሚያደርጉት ተገለጠ

በቀጣዩ ወር በኢትዮጵያ ጉብኝት የሚያደርጉት የእንግሊዙ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዴቪድ ካሜሮን በጉብኝታቸው ወቅት የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌን ጉዳይ የመወያያ አጀንዳ እንደሚያደርጉት ተገለጠ። የብሪታኒያ የሰብዓዊ መብት ተሟጋች ተቋማት ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ከተለያዩ አካላት የቀረበባቸውን ግፊት ግምት ውስጥ በማስገባት በኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ላይ ጫናን እንዲያደርጉ በማሳሰብ ላይ መሆናቸውም ታውቋል። በቀጣዩ ወር መጨረሻ ላይ በኢትዮጵያ ጉብኝታቸው የሚያደጉት ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ከአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ ጉዳይ በተጨማሪም በሁለቱ ሃገራት መካከል ስላለው የደህንነት እና የፀጥታ ትብብር ዙሪያ እንደሚመክሩም በሃገር ውስጥ ያሉ መገናኛ ብዙሃን ረቡዕ ዘግቧል። ስማቸውን መግለጽ ያልፈለጉት የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ባለስልጣናት በዴቪድ...

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