First Ethiopia

By Peter Bruce (http://www.rdm.co.za/) Chinese shoe producer in Ethiopia can get labour for $50 a month that would cost $500 a month back home. What’s not to like? You just cannot run a modern economy in an undemocratic country. The Chinese are discovering this right now as their currency, the yuan, falls precipitously. No matter … Continue reading →

by Abel A. Asfaw, Toronto Many Ethiopians welcomed the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) when it ousted the military junta led by Mengistu Hailemariam and assumed power in 1991 hoping that the new regime would bring democracy, rule of law and more importantly much needed peace that was evidently not present during much of … Continue reading →

ናትናኤል ፈለቀ (ከቂሊንጦ እስር ቤት) – ምንጭ ዞን9 ፌስቡክ ገጽ ይህንን ጽሁፍ ስጽፍ ዓላማዬ ማዕከላዊ ያሉ ሥራቸውን አክብረው የኢትዮጵያውያንን ሰላምና ደህንነት ለመጠበቅ የሚሰሩ ጥቂት ፖሊሶችን (ምናልባትም በአንድ እጅ ጣቶች ተቆጥረው የሚያልቁ መርማሪዎችን) ለማበረታታት አይደለም፡፡ ይህን ዓላማ በሌላ ጽሁፍ እመለስበት ይሆናል፡፡ ለነገሩ ሥራቸውን አክብረው የሚሰሩ ባለሙያ ፖሊሶች የኔ ማበረታታትን የሚፈልጉ አይደሉም፡፡ ያሉበት ደረጃ ላይ ለመድረስ በኃላፊነት … Continue reading →

የዴሞክራሲና የሰብዓዊ መብት ጉዳይ በጣም አነጋጋሪ ከመሆኑ የተነሳ በየጊዜው ዋነኛ አጀንዳ ነው፡፡ የዴሞክራሲያዊ ሥርዓት ግንባታ ጉዳይ ሲነሳ የፖለቲካ ምኅዳሩ፣ ሐሳብን በነፃነት የመግለጽ መብት፣ የመደራጀት መብት፣ የሰብዓዊ መብቶች ጥበቃ፣ ነፃና ተዓማኒነት ያለው ምርጫና የመሳሰሉት ተጠቃሽ ናቸው፡፡ በኢትዮጵያ የዴሞክራሲ መብት መከበርን በተመለከተ በሚነሱ ክርክሮች ዙሪያ የተለመዱ አስተያየቶች ሲንፀባረቁ ይሰማል፡፡ መንግሥት ዴሞክራሲ የህልውና ጉዳይ ስለሆነ መቼም ቢሆን የሚተወው … Continue reading →

ህወሓት የሚመራው መንግስት በትግራይ ህዝብ፣ ሙሁራን፣ ተማሪዎች፣ የፖለቲካ ኣክቲቪስቶች፣ የህወሓት ኣባሎች ሳይቀሩ ከፍተኛ ተቃውሞ እየደረሰው ይገኛል። ከኢትዮ–ኤርትራ ጦርነት በሗላ ህወሓት የነበረት ግርማ ሞገስ ያጥች ስትሆን በጦርነቱ ምክንያት ለሁለት የተከፈለችው ህወሓት ጠበንጃዋ ኣንግባ ሁሉንም የተለየ ሃሳብ የያዘ ሰው የተለያዩ ቅጥያ እያሰጠች ድራሹን ስታጠፋው ነበር። የትግራይ ህዝብ ከህወሓት ጋር የነበረው ቁርኝት ከፍተኛ ከመኖሩና ሙሉ ድጋፍ እንደሰጣት ዋና … Continue reading →

By Richard Dowden I had expected President Obama to say some tough things to Africa’s rulers at the African Union in Addis Ababa last week but I expected him to make the criticisms discreetly, by inference rather than directly. He didn’t. Speaking as the “son of an African” he made a speech that only he … Continue reading →

An Ethiopian court sentenced 17 Muslim activists on Monday to prison sentences ranging from seven to 22 years on charges they plotted to create an Islamic state in the majority Christian country. A journalist for a Muslim newspaper was also sentenced for conspiring with the activists, the court in Addis Ababa said. The defendants, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Mariam’s Commentaries By almariam On July 31, 2015 Does it follow that if you laugh at the world’s most ridiculous election, the world will join you laughing? Last week, Susan Rice, President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser, broke out in uncontrollable laughter when she affirmed the recent 100 percent elektoral victory of … Continue reading →

President Obama on Monday and  Tuesday implored  Ethiopian and African leaders to build strong economies and education systems to provide opportunities for Africa’s rapidly growing youth population, and warned that ignoring these priorities could lead to instability years down the road. Several human right groups and activists criticized president Obama  since he twice called the government … Continue reading →

Ethiopia’s crackdown on dissent drives opposition to push for ‘freedom first’ (The Guardian) Government’s critics weigh options after ruling party landslide leads to loss of faith in ballot box while case of Zone 9 bloggers discourages free speech Ethiopians in Addis Ababa read newspapers on the day before the country went to the polls. Photograph: … Continue reading →

June 2, 2015 by D Demeke The current TPLF government failed to solve Ethiopia’s chronic problems for the last 24 years. Except for the TPLF’s cadres and supporters, there is a wide consensus that TPLF should be replaced for the following reasons (much has been discussed and written about this, and I will not go … Continue reading →

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle May 30, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – One of Ethiopia’s main opposition, Semeyawi (Blue) party rejected both the election process and the preliminary results issued on Wednesday from Sunday’s parliamentary election. A woman casts her vote in Ethiopia’s general election in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sunday, May 24, 2015. (AP Photo) “The Blue Party … Continue reading →

The United States Department Government issued a statement expressing its regrets because Ethiopian government has denied it from observing the Ethiopia’s last Sunday general election. “We regret that U.S. diplomats were denied accreditation as election observers and prohibited from formally observing Ethiopia’s electoral process,” the State Department said in its statement following Ethiopia’s election. “We … Continue reading →