DAVID CAMERON WRITES TO ETHIOPIAN PM ON BEHALF OF BRITISH POLITICAL DISSIDENT ON DEATH ROW

Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, a critic of the Ethiopian regime, was kidnapped in Yemen
(The Independent) – The Prime Minister has personally intervened in the case of a British father-of-three facing the death sentence in Ethiopia, after the man’s children appealed for his help.David Cameron writes to Ethiopian PM

David Cameron wrote to the Ethiopian Prime Minister in a bid to save the life of Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, 59, whose plight was revealed by The Independent last Friday.
His actions were in response to what he described as “very touching messages” from Mr Tsege’s children, who are calling for the Prime Minister to help get their father home.

Mr Tsege, who came to Britain as a political refugee in 1979, was arrested at an airport in Yemen in June and promptly vanished. Two weeks later it emerged he had been sent to Ethiopia, where he has been imprisoned ever since. The Briton, a prominent opponent of the Ethiopian regime, is facing a death sentence imposed five years ago at a trial held in his absence.

Menabe, his seven-year-old daughter, recently wrote to Mr Cameron asking him to help get her “kind, loving and caring dad” out of prison. Her twin brother, seven-year-old Yilak, simply asked: “What are you doing to get my dad out of jail?” Mr Tsege’s 15-year-old daughter, Helawit, summed up the mood of the family in her letter: “Please, please, please (!) bring him back soon. We miss him so much.”

Responding to the children’s appeals, the Prime Minister claimed the government is taking the case “very seriously”. In the letter to Yemi Hailemariam, Mr Tsege’s partner and mother of their children, Mr Cameron admitted “Ethiopian authorities have resisted pressure” from British officials to have regular “access” to Mr Tsege.

“As a result of the lack of progress to date I have now written personally to Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to request regular consular access and his assurance that the death penalty (which the British Government opposes in all circumstances) will not be imposed,” he added. “I very much hope that there will be further progress to report in response to my letter,” he concluded.

Responding to the news yesterday, Maya Foa, head of the death penalty team at legal charity Reprieve, commented: “The Prime Minister says he is ‘concerned’ – but where is the outrage at this flagrant breach of international law, and the ongoing abuse of a British citizen?”

She added: “Andy’s small children are terrified of losing their father, his partner is desperate with worry, and we are no closer to seeing Andy released and returned to safety. Enough delays – we need firm action now to bring him home to London.”

Reprieve has begun legal moves which could result in a judicial review to force Foreign Office officials to press for Mr Tsege’s immediate release and return to Britain – something which the Government has resisted to date. A letter to Treasury Solicitors, sent last week by lawyers acting for the charity, argues: “Far from not being ‘entitled’ to request his return, the UK Government has every reason to do so and we urge you to exercise that power as a matter of urgency.”

Meanwhile, Mr Tsege’s family remain in limbo. The past four months have been “agonising” said Ms Hailemariam. “Waking up every day not knowing where Andy is or how he’s being treated is taking a terrible toll on my children and myself.” She added: “The Prime Minister has told our family that he is taking action, but it seems like next to nothing is being done to get Andy back. The children and I need him here with us in London. The Government must demand his return, before it’s too late.”

UK government blasted for ‘dodging obligations’ and not pressing for release of Brit on death row in Ethiopia

THE INDEPENDENT

The PARTNER of a British father-of-three being held on death row after he was spirited into Ethiopia has accused the Government of “dodging its obligations” by insisting it has no grounds for demanding his release.

Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, 59, was arrested at an airport in Yemen in June, and vanished for a fortnight until he reappeared in Ethiopian detention facing a death sentence imposed five years ago after a trial held in his absence.

The Foreign Office is now facing legal action after it classified Mr Tsege’s arbitrary disappearance and removal to Ethiopia as “questionable but not a criminal MATTER” and said that despite the risk of torture and the ultimate sanction hanging over him it did not feel “entitled” to demand he be returned home to London.

Political refugee Andy Tsege ‘kidnapped’ by Ethopia and possibly facing torture

Yemi Hailemariam, Mr Tsege’s PARTNER and the mother of their three children, told The Independent she was deeply concerned that Britain was soft-pedalling on his case to preserve its RELATIONSHIP with an increasingly important ally in east Africa.

Mr Tsege, who came to Britain as a political refugee in 1979 and is a prominent dissident campaigning against the Ethiopian regime, is feared by Ms Hailemariam and the legal charity Reprieve to be at extreme risk of torture. Electrocution, beatings and abuse, which includes tying bottles of water to men’s testicles, have been REPORTED by detainees, and Mr Tsege’s whereabouts has not been revealed by the Ethiopian authorities.

Ms Hailemariam said: “For anyone reading what has happened, it must be clear that Andy is the victim of a crime. He was kidnapped to Ethiopia and faces the death sentence from a trial where he wasn’t even represented. He is a political prisoner.

“The Foreign Office is dodging its obligations and it is hard to see any other reason than it is to preserve Britain’s wider relationship with Ethiopia. It is now 117 days that he has been in detention and Britain must now say enough is enough.”

Reprieve, which has taken up Mr Tsege’s case, said it was STARTING legal action against the Government, potentially leading to a judicial review, to force it to press for the Briton’s immediate release and repatriation.

Maya Foa, director of the Reprieve’s death penalty team, said: “Andy Tsege is now well into his fourth month of detention and, incredibly, we are no closer to knowing where he is or even whether the Ethiopians plan to execute him. The UK Government’s unwillingness to take action is simply unacceptable.”

The father-of-three was en route to Eritrea when he was arrested during a two-hour stop over in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, at the apparent request of the Ethiopian authorities, who seem to have had foreknowledge of Mr Tsege’s TRAVEL arrangements.

The 59-year-old sought asylum in Britain in 1979 after being threatened by Ethiopian authorities over his political beliefs (Reprieve)

The Yemeni authorities have claimed the arrest and subsequent transfer of the Briton to Ethiopia – without any OPPORTUNITY to challenge the move – took place on the basis of a security agreement between the two countries.

In a letter to LAWYERS for Ms Hailemariam, seen by The Independent, the FCO said it accepted “due process” did not appear to have been followed in the case but said his disappearance did not amount to a “kidnapping”.

It added that it required evidence that a British national was not being treated “in line with internationally accepted standards” before it could consider approaching local authorities. The letter said: “On the INFORMATION presently available, the Foreign Secretary does not consider that the United Kingdom is entitled to demand Mr Tsege’s release or his return.”

Tsege was arrested during a two-hour stop over in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a (EPA)

Ms Hailemariam said: “Andy has been abducted and placed on death row on the basis of a politically motivated trial. It is difficult to think of circumstances that would fall further below ‘internationally-accepted standards’. What will it take for Britain to demand the return of one of its citizens?”

A FCO spokesman said: “The British Embassy in Ethiopia remains in CONTACT with the Ethiopian authorities about regular consular access to Mr Tsege in the future so we’re able to continue to monitor his welfare. We also continue to press for reassurances that the death penalty imposed in absentia will not be carried out.”

The Independent revealed earlier this month that public MONEY is being used to train security forces in Ethiopia under a £2m programme run by the Department for International Development (DfID) to fund masters degrees for 75 Ethiopian officials on improving the ACCOUNTABILITY of security services.

Material on the DfID website explaining the scheme has since been removed, prompting Reprieve to write to International Development Secretary Justine Greening asking whether the policy is under review or has been erased “to avoid embarrassment”.

DfID admitted it had cancelled the masters courses due to “concerns about risk and value for money”. A source said the decision was not linked to the case of Mr Tsege.

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/

Djibouti Internet start-up aims to boost broadband speeds across east Africa

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By Matt Smith

DUBAI (Reuters) – Internet access in east Africa is still relatively slow and costly but a Djibouti-based technology start-up company has ambitions to help change that.

Djibouti Data Center (DDC), set up by a group of local and international investors 18 months ago, is the first data centre and Internet exchange in east Africa connected to eight fibre optic cables that are part of the main Internet route from Europe to Asia.

The Internet route travels through the Mediterranean, Red Sea and into the Indian Ocean, and passes by tiny Djibouti, which is sandwiched between Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia.

African Internet users have typically enjoyed little benefit from these cables passing along its coast because connectivity to them has been limited, something DDC aims to correct as it plans to expand from its home base into Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Somalia, which are all at varying stages of Internet development.

“The Djibouti market itself may be small, but the DDC serves as a unique gateway hub to the many millions of customers in these neighbouring east Africa countries,” said Anthony Voscarides, chief executive of Djibouti Data Center.

The company launched services in March 2013 in partnership with Djibouti Telecom and will connect to at least three more cables on the Europe/Asia route next year.

“Africa has historically been challenged by high Internet costs,” Voscarides, an Australian former telecoms industry executive, said.

According to The Internet Society, 15.7 percent of Kenya’s average GDP per capita is required for broadband access, compared to 6.1 percent in South Africa and less than 2 percent in most of Europe.

In Ethiopia the figure rises to 60.4 percent while in Uganda

it is 31 percent in Uganda and 7.4 percent in Sudan.

Less than 2 percent of Ethiopia’s 97 million population use the Internet. But Sydney-based consultants BuddeComm, in a report published last month, said the country’s “broadband market is set for a boom following massive improvements in international bandwidth, national fibre backbone infrastructure and 3G mobile broadband services.”

Kenya is the biggest market in the region with Internet penetration of 39 percent, the fourth-highest in Africa, according to the International Telecommunications Union.

In terms of median download speeds, however, Kenya is ranked 105th globally, while Ethiopia is 94th, Sudan 154th, South Africa is 116th, according to the Internet Society. Madagascar is the highest ranked African country at 61.

FASTER CONNECTIVITY

DDC’s goal is to expand into neighbouring east African countries with small data centres which would then allow telecom operators, cable companies and others in those countries to access the submarine cables off Djibouti via its main data centre.

Access to more cables should spread the load, reduce the impact of cable cuts or other problems in those countries and also increase capacity as Internet penetration and usage rise.

“The results are reduced latency, faster connectivity, and lower costs for network operators and Internet users in East Africa,” said Voscarides.

Latency is the time it takes for Internet data to travel from source to destination: the closer together these two points are together, the lower the latency.

Voscarides did not give estimates of how much connectivity could be improved or cost reduced.

DDC’s customers include MTN, Belgacom International Carrier Services (BICS) and Telkom South Africa, who can house data at DDC in Djibouti, which connects to the cables running north towards Europe and East towards Asia.

Voscarides said DDC had been “designed to not only reduce costs for operators, but to also add significant value by being a tool for carriers, content providers and other service providers to improve the efficiency, resilience and performance of their networks.”

Government regulatory policies and the deployment of new technologies could affect the timing of the company’s expansion plans, he said. He did not give a timeframe for the expansion into new markets.

DDC’s customers, which also include so-called content delivery networks (CDN), do not pay high import taxes for equipment housed at the facility or need special import permits, he said.

CDNs are the likes of Google, Microsoft and Amazon, although DDC has not confirmed if they are customers.

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Freedom House calls Ethiopian court to overturn the charges against bloggers

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Ethiopia Extends Trial of ‘Zone Nine’ Bloggers and Journalists

In response to the brief re-convening of the trial of seven bloggers and three journalists in Addis Ababa on October 15, Freedom House issued the following statement:

“The terrorism charges against the journalists and bloggers are unfounded and the defendants are on trial for simply exercising their constitutionally recognized right to freedom of expression” said Vukasin Petrovic, director of Africa program at Freedom House. “We reiterate our call for the court to overturn the charges and release the bloggers and journalists, rather than repeatedly rescheduling the proceedings, now set to reconvene November 4.

“If the court does not act, then Ethiopia’s donor governments and institutions should press the government to drop the charges and end its attempts to stop legitimate dissent as the country prepares for elections in May.”

To learn more about Ethiopia, visit:

Freedom in the World 2014: Ethiopia
Freedom of the Press 2013: Ethiopia

Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that supports democratic change, monitors the status of freedom around the world, and advocates for democracy and human rights.

Continuation of the trial of Zone 9 bloggers and journalists

(Front Line Defenders) – On 15 October 2014, several bloggers and journalists appeared before a court for the 10th hearing of their trial on fabricated terrorism-related offences. The defence raised procedural and constitutional issues and the hearing was eventually adjourned to 4 November 2014.bloggers and journalists appeared before a court

The defendants include seven bloggers who were members of Zone9, a group of bloggers and human rights defenders who discuss online issues of public interest in Ethiopia. With the exception of Ms Soliana Shimelis, who was charged in absentia, the other bloggers and human rights defenders, Ms Mahlet Fantahun and Messrs Natnael Feleke, Befekadu Hailu, Atnaf Birhane, Zelalem Kibret and Abel Wabela, were arrested on 25 and 26 April 2014, and have been in detention since then. They have been detained together with journalists Mr. Tesfalem Weldyes, Mr. Asmamaw Haile Giorgis and Ms Edom Kassaye.

The defendants have all been on trial over fabricated charges of destabilising the nation and terrorism, in an attempt to silence any independent voices talking about the human rights situation in the country. Part of the materials brought by the prosecution as evidence to substantiate the charges is that the human rights defenders used some of the tools and tactics contained in the Security in-a-box package, a digital security resource publicly available on the Internet. The authorities claim that the defendants worked with foreign human rights groups and used social networking tools to “incite violence”.

As the 15 October hearing opened, the defence counsel raised procedural and constitutional issues with the case and requested that it be dismissed on those grounds, and the accused immediately released. The judge adjourned the case until 4 November 2014 to render a decision on the issues raised by the defence.

During the hearing, two female defendants among the group, blogger Mahlet Fantahun and journalist Edom Kassaye, complained about the conditions in which they are detained at Kality prison. They indicated that, with the exception of a few family members, no one else is allowed to visit them. They also complained that the few family members who are permitted to visit are often subjected to mistreatment by guards manning the prison’s gate. Two other defendants among the group complained that they are being labelled as “terrorists” inside the prison. A particular hearing to address the mistreatment allegations has been scheduled for 21 October.

Front Line Defenders is deeply concerned that these bloggers have been held in prolonged pre-trial detention, in connection with their legitimate work in promoting human rights, and is further concerned by the systematic targeting of human rights defenders in Ethiopia on the basis of alleged unfounded connections with “terrorist organisations”.

Kenya: 5 Suspected Bombers Killed at Ethiopia Border

(AP) – Kenyan and Somali soldiers killed five suspected Islamic extremist bombers attempting to cross into the country from Ethiopia in a car laden with explosives and six suicide vests, a Kenyan military spokesman said Sunday.

Bogita Ongeri said authorities recovered 100kg (220 pounds) of TNT from the vehicle which was intercepted at Dolo, along Kenya’s border with Ethiopia on Saturday.

Ongeri said security forces had been tracking the car which has Kenyan registration and were aware that the suspected terrorists had unsuccessfully attempted to gain entry into Kenya at another border point. He said the five killed are suspected members of the Somali militant group al-Shabab, which is allied to al-Qaida. Al-Shabab has vowed to carry violent terrorism in Kenya because Kenyan troops are in Somalia fighting the militants. Kenya sent its troops into Somalia in Oct 2011 to fight al-Shabab after the Kenyan government blamed the extremist rebels for a series of cross-border attacks including the kidnapping of four western nationals.

Al-Shabab are waging an insurgency against Somalia’s weak U.N.-backed government which is bolstered by African Union troops.

The militants claimed responsibility for the attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall a year ago in which more than 67 people were killed by four Somali gunmen.

In March, Kenyan authorities with the help of the FBI, intercepted an SUV at the Kenyan coast with 173 kilograms (381 pounds) of explosives. Kenya police said two men, arrested March 11 in the car spoke on the phone with militants in Somalia connected to the Westgate Mall attack.

Police believe the SUV was to be used as part of a three-pronged coordinated attack on the Mombasa International Airport at the coast, the ferry crossing and a shopping mall.

The Word Bank Group and UN Secretary General new Horn of Africa Initiative?

by Tedla Asfaw

I was alerted on the coming two day visit starting this coming Monday Oct 27 by t The World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

The meeting is billed as a new initiative for Horn of Africa 8 countries on development and security.

The current “development policy ” of the Ethiopian regime is a direct copy of the Chinese Model. Power and Wealth for the very few unelected/selected people through government controlled huge projects.

China has become a giant in the last two decades by bringing more than 200 million people out of poverty. It is expected Ethiopia to do the same. The problem is Ethiopians are not Chinese.

The West including The World Bank has endorsed the Chinese model when it comes to my country Ethiopia. Mr. Obama endorsed this growth model last month in public.

Dr. Kim and Mr Ki-moon are not going to bring anything new on the so called new initiative. If they have the courage they should initiate the South Korea Model of development in Ethiopia and the rest of Horn of Africa. That is development based on accountability and transparency through democratically elected governments.

Security in the Horn of Africa can only be achieved through government elected by the people in a transparent and free election. What we have now is security to protect foreigners interest not our region interest.

If the new initiative is to protect foreigners interest it will not make my country a China of Africa. China’s development has been anchored on Chinese nationalism not driven to fulfill foreigners interest.

Ethiopian Federal police says it has charged suspected rebels, opposition under 36 files

ESAT News
October 22, 2014
The Ethiopian Federal Police Commission has said that it has charged suspected members of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), Ginbot 7 Movement for Freedom, Justice and Democracy, Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), Gambela People’s Liberation Movement (GPLM), Benishangul People’s Liberation Movement (BPLM) and Al Shabaab under 36 files in the past Ethiopian year 2006.
The Force said to loca media that out of the 36 terrorism files, investigation had been completed on 27 of them and the files were sent the relevant department. Out of which four were members of the OLF, six Ginbot 7, one ONLF, three GPLM, two BPLM and two Al Shabaab members.
These suspects were trained and sent over here by the Eritrean government, it said. Police said 119 suspects were found guilty and were sentenced from one to twenty-five years imprisonment.
Meanwhile, the Commission preferred to keep quiet regarding the huge casualties that the Force sustained in the Sheko Mezenger area of Southern Ethiopia.
Although the Commission said its capacity of fighting terrorism has increased, it has been internationally criticised for linking and detaining bloggers, journalists and politicians with the named rebel groups using the internationally condemned Ethiopian Anti Terrorism Proclamation.

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ክትባቶቹን ለማምረትና ለማሰራጨት የሚያስፈልገዉን በቢሊዮን የሚቆጠር ወጪ ያስፈልጋል።ወጪዉን የሚሽፍነዉ ወገን እስካሁን በግልፅ አልታወቀም።ጥረቱ በብዙዎች እምነት የዘገየ ያም ሆኖ ገዳዩን በሽታ ድል ለማድረግ ተስፋ ሰጪ ነዉ።ተስፋዉ ግን የዓለም ጤና ድርጅት ባለሥልጣን እንደሚሉት አሁንም በብዙ ጥያቄዎች የተከበበ ነዉ።
የኢቦላ ተሕዋሲን ስርጭት የሚገታ ክትባት ለማግኘት የሚደረገዉ ጥናትና ምርምር ተስፋ ሰጪ ምልክት ማሳየቱን የተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት አስታወቀ።ዓለም አቀፉ የጤና ድርጅት (WHO) እንዳስታወቀዉ የተለያዩ መድሐኒት አምራች ኩባንዮች ገዳዩን ተሕዋሲ ይከላከላሉ የተባሉ ክትባቶችን እየሞከሩ ነዉ።ወይም ለመሞከር ተዘጋጅተዋል።የድርጅቱ የሕክምና ጉዳይ ምክትል ሐላፊ ዶክተር ማሪ ፓዉለ ኬኔይ እንደሚሉት ክትባቶቹ እስከመጪዉ ታሕሳስ ማብቂያ ድረስ ምዕራብ አፍሪቃ ዉስጥ በሰዉ ላይ ይሞከራሉ።ነጋሽ መሐመድ አጭር ዘገባ አለዉ
የመድሐኒት ኩባንዮች-ጠቀም ያለ ገንዘብ ለማጋበስ፤ሥም ዝና በመሸመት ይሁን የመንግሥታትና የድርጅቶችን ፍላጎት ለማርካት፤ መድሐኒት ለማግኝት እየተራኮቱ፤ እርስ በርስ እየተሻኮቱ እየተሽቀዳደሙም ነዉ።ገዳዩ ተሕዋሲ ከአፍሪቃ አልፎ የአዉሮጳና የዩናይትድ ስቴትስን በሮችን ማንኳኳቱ ደግሞ በሐያላኑ መንግሥታትና ድርጅቶች ዘንድ በፍራት-ላይ ድንጋጤን፤ በጥያቄ ላይ ጫናን አሳድሯል።
መንግሥታቱና ድርጅቶቹ በፋንታቸዉ መድሐኒት አምራቾችን በማጓጓትም፤በማግባባት-በመጫንም ከሚፈለገዉ ለመድረስ እያሮጧቸዉ ነዉ። ተሕዋሲዉን የሚገታ ክትባት ለማግኘት ለሚደረገዉ ምርምር ሁለት መቶ ሚሊዮን ዶላር የመደበዉ የዩናይትድ ስቴትሱ ጆንሰንና ጆንሰን ኩባንያ በሩጫዉ የመጀመሪያዉን ደረጃ የያዘ መስሏል።GSK የሚባለዉ የብሪታንያ ኩባንያ እና አንድ የፈረንሳይ ኩባንያም ሲሆን ለመቅደም ካልሆነም ዉጤት ለመጋራት እየተፎካከሩ ነዉ።ሌሎችም አሉ።ዉድድሩን በቅርብ የሚከታተለዉ የዓለም ጤና ድርጅት እንዳስታወቀዉ ኩባንዮች እስካሁን የምርምር ዉጤታቸዉን በየ ቤተ-ሙከራዉ እየፈተሹ፤ አለያም ለመሞከር ተዘጋጅተዋል።የድርጅቱ የሕክምና ጉዳይ ምክትል ሐላፊ ዶክተር ማሪ ፓዉለ ኪኔይ እንደሚሉት ክትባቱን በሽታዉ ባየለበት ምዕራብ አፍሪቃ ለመመኮርም ዝግጅቶችና ስምምነት ተደረገዋል።
«ክትባቱንና ክትባቱ የሚመኮርባቸዉን ሁኔታዎች በተመለከተ ከሠወስቱ ሐገራት ጋር የትብብር ሥምምነት የማድረጉ ጥረት ቀጥሏል።የደም ንጥረ-ነገር በጥንቃቄ ተሰብስቦ ክትባቱ በተሕዋሲዉ የተለከፉ ሰዎችን መርዳት አለመርዳቱ ይሞከራል።»
የአሜሪካዉ ጆንሰንና ጆንሰን ኩባንያ በሁለት ደረጃ እንዲስጥ ላሰበዉ ክትባት እስከ ታሕሳስ ማብቂያ ድረስ ለአንድ ሚሊዮን ሰዎች የሚሰጥ ምጥን-ክትባት ማዘጋጀቱን አስታዉቋል።ኩባንያዉ ከብሪታንያዉ ተፎካካሪዉ ከGSK ጋር ክትባቱን በጋራ ለማምረትና ለመሞከር እየተደራደረ ነዉ።
የዓለም ጤና ድርጅት ባለስልጣን ዶከተር ኪኔይ እንደሚሉት በድርጅታቸዉ አስተባባሪነት ክትባቶቹን ከሰዉ በሚወሰድ የደም ንጥረ ነገር ወይም በኢቦላ ተሕዋሲ በተለከፉ ሰዎች ላይ ለመሞከር ከሰወስቱ የአፍሪቃ ሐገራት ላይቤሪያ ቀዳሚዉን ሥፍራ ይዛለች ።
«ሥምምነቱን በማድረጉ ሒደት ላይቤሪያ ፈጠን ብላለች።በሚቀጥሉት ሳምንታት ደም መሰብሰና ለሙከራ ማዘጋጀት ይጀመራል የሚል ተስፋ አለን።ከሴራሊዮንና ከጊኒም ጋር ሥምምነት ለማድረግ ዉይይቱ ቀጥሏል።ጊኒ ዉስጥ ሙከራዉን ለማድረግ የሚረዳዉን ስምምነት የሚመራዉ ኢታቢስሞስ ፍራንሴ የተሰኘዉ የፈረንሳይ ተቋም ነዉ።»
ክትባቶቹን ለማምረትና ለማሰራጨት የሚያስፈልገዉን በቢሊዮን የሚቆጠር ወጪ ያስፈልጋል።ወጪዉን የሚሽፍነዉ ወገን እስካሁን በግልፅ አልታወቀም።ጥረቱ በብዙዎች እምነት የዘገየ ያም ሆኖ ገዳዩን በሽታ ድል ለማድረግ ተስፋ ሰጪ ነዉ።ተስፋዉ ግን የዓለም ጤና ድርጅት ባለሥልጣን እንደሚሉት አሁንም በብዙ ጥያቄዎች የተከበበ ነዉ።
«ብዙ ጥያቄዎች ገና አልተመለሱም።አሁን ባለንበት ደረጃ ክትባቶቹ አደጋ ላላማስከተላቸዉ ምንም ማረጋገጪያ የለንም።ጠቃሚነታቸዉንም አናዉቅም።ቢጠቅሙ እንኳን ምን ያሕል ዉጤታማ እንደሆኑ አናዉቅም።መቶበመቶ በሽታዉን ይከላከላሉ?-ይሕ የመሆኑ እድልም ብዙ አልተለመደም።»
ኢቦላ በተለይ በሰወስቱ የምዕራብ አፍሪቃ ሐገራት በሰባት ወር እድሜ አራት ሺሕ ስድስት መቶ ሰዉ ገድላል። ከአስር ሺሕ በላይ ለክፏል።
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