የአዳማ ሰልፍ ፍጹም ሰላማዊ በሆነ መንገድ ተጠናቅቋል!!! የኢቴቪ ድራማ ከሸፈ

በዛሬው ዕለት በአዳማ ከተማ በአንድነት የተጠራው ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ በተሳካ ሁኔታ የተጠናቀቀ መሆኑ ታውቋል። የአንድነት ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ የማይቀር መሆኑን የተገነዘቡት የክልል መስተዳድሮች ሰልፉ የሚጀመርበትን አካባቢ በፌደራል አድማ በታኝና በፖሊሶች እንዲከበብ አድርገዋል፡፡ አስገራሚው ነገር ግን ወደ ሰልፉ መጀመሪያ ቦታ እየተመመ የሚገኘው ህዝብ በዙሪያው እየተከናወነ ለሚገኘው ነገር ቁብ ሳይሰጥ የተዘጋጁ መፈክሮችን እይሰማ መንገዱን ቀጥሏል፡፡ የፖሊሶችና የአድማ በታኞቹ ከበባ የህዝቡን ስነ ልቦና በፍርሃት ለመሙላት እንደሆነ የተረዱ የአንድነት አመራሮች በቁርጠኝነት ያለ ምንም ስጋት ህዝቡ እንዲቀላቀላቸው በማበረታት ሕዝቡም የፍርሀትን ጠርሙስ ሰበሮ ሰልፉን በቆራጥነት ተቀላቅሏል። ሆኖም በአዳማ በተደረገው ሰልፍ ላይ ሰላማዊ ሰልፈኞቹ እንቅስቃሴ እንደጀመሩ ፖሊስ ከፊት በማስቆም ‹‹እኔ የደረሰኝ በዋናው መንገድ እንደማትጠቀሙ ነው፡፡ ስለዚህ በዚህ መንገድ ማለፍ አትችሉም›› ይላል፡፡ በዚህ ና በዚያ መንገድ በማለት በዚህ ሰዓት መከልከል እንደማይችሉ በመጥቀስ ሰልፈኞቹ በመንገዱ ተቃውሟቸውን በማሰማት ቀጥለዋል፡፡

ሌላው አስገራሚ ትዕይንት በአዳማ አንድነት ፓርቲ የጠራውን ሰልፍ ተገን አድርጎ የኦሮሚያ ቴሌቭዥን በአዳማ ሊሰራው የነበረው ድራማ ከወያኔው ኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቭዥን ጎን ለጎን የተደናቀፈበት መሆኑ ታውቋል:: በዚሁ ሰልፍ ላይ የአንድነት የምዕራብ ቀጠና ሃላፊ አቶ አስናቀ ሸንገማ በኦሮምኛ ቋንቋና ፣የአንድነት የድርጅት ጉዳይ ሃላፊ አቶ ስዮም መንገሻ ንግግራቸውን ያሰሙ ሲሆን በመጨረሻም ዶክተር ሃይሉ አርአያ ንግግር አድርገዋል፡፡

From orphanage in Ethiopia to fashion runway, local teen living ‘dream

By Alex McLean
KyForward columnist
When the Fashion Collaborative’s “Future of Fashion” showcase takes place Sept. 12-14, a very special young lady will be making her debut on the runway. Thirteen-year-old Grace Maas, who is from a small village outside Nedjo, Ethiopia, will model designs created by another very special 13-year-old, Claire Williams (I hope to have more on her later).
Thirteen-year-old Grace Maas of Lexington will make her runway debut at the ‘Future of Fashion’ showcase next week. (Photo by Cristian Caballero)
Grace was abandoned by her birth parents at the age of 6 and was first sent to live with a relative. But at age 9, she was placed in an orphanage. It was in the orphanage that Grace began to “pray a good family that believed in God would adopt her.” Those prayers were answered when Darren and Rebecca Maas adopted her.
Now living in Lexington with her parents and nine siblings, Grace has overcome the pain from being abandoned by her parents and teased by other children. Rebecca Maas said her daughter is a “very creative person” who loves expressing herself through art.”
“In my free time I enjoy drawing and sketching fashion designs,” Grace added. “I am always asking my mom if I can cut up my clothes to make new designs.  I spend lots of time in front of the mirror creating new hair designs and trying new makeup techniques.
Grace also aspires to be an actress and is taking her first acting class this year.  She recently signed with Heyman Talent as a model/actress.
While she always wanted to be a runway model, “while living in Ethiopia I never did I think I would have that opportunity. It really has been a dream come true.” Likewise, she’s thrilled to be participating in the “Future of Fashion” event.
“I love fashion so when I heard about the event I jumped at the chance to walk in the show,” Grace said.
When the teen takes the runway next week, she will likely be “modeling” something far more important than fashion.
“One of Grace’s desires is to encourage and empower young girls like herself,” Rebecca Maas said. “She has been through a lot of pain from being abandoned and teased as a young girl. Grace has been able to overcome those feelings and has become a confident and empowered young lady.”

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Here’s a reminder about the “Future of Fashion” event:

“The Future of Fashion” has been expanded to a three-day celebration Sept. 12-14. All events are at the Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center and will put the spotlight on the Lexington area’s talented fashion community.
On Thursday, Sept. 12, doors open at 6 p.m. and features the emerging designers competition. The first designer will take the stage at 7:20. Eight emerging designers will compete for first, second and third places. A highlight will be Enrique Gonzales painting a dress in front of the audience. Admission is free.
Then on Friday, Sept. 13, clothing and accessories from 12 more designers will be in the spotlight. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the first designer will be featured at 7:25. Tickets are $20 before the day of the show and $30 at the door.
Finally, on Saturday, Sept. 14, another group of designers will showcase their work, beginning at 7:40 p.m. (doors again open at 6 p.m.) Tickets are $20 prior to and $30 at the door.

SMNE Applauds Non-Violent, Peaceful Struggle in Ethiopia

SMNE Applauds Non-Violent, Peaceful Struggle in Ethiopia as TPLF/ERPDF Tries to Intimidate and Label Opposition as Extremists

We in the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) are deeply disturbed by illegal and violent actions by the TPLF/EPRDF that prevented the Semayawi Party from carrying out its peaceful rally on Sunday, September 1. Despite receiving the go ahead from authorities to stage this lawful rally nearly two months ago, with no warning, federal police stormed and ransacked Semayawi [also known as the Blue Party] headquarters on Saturday, August 31, 2013.
After first cutting off all electricity to their office, the TPLF/EPRDF police officers forcibly took over the office of the Semayawi Party. Leaders and volunteers working on final preparations for the next day’s rally were beaten and kicked by authorities before being detained for a number of hours. After further harassment, interrogation and intimidation in detention, they were released, but the federal police maintained control of Semayawi headquarters until the next morning.  
During that time, the federal police ransacked their office and confiscated and/or destroyed their computers, flyers, flags, T-shirts, banners, office documents and nearly all other Semayawi property; essentially making it impossible for the Semayawi party to move ahead with their plans for the rally.

Despite photographs and numerous corroborative testimonies by victims and witnesses of TPLF/EPRDF involvement in all of this, it is no surprise that the TPLF/EPRDF gave a very different account of what happened to the international media. When the Semayawi party requested a permit for the rally two months ago, they had allegedly been given a verbal okay, assuring party leaders they could proceed with planning; however, just this week, the TPLF/EPRDF reversed their authorization. Instead, the TPLF/EPRDF made plans to conduct their own rally, calling on the people to come out to applaud their government for its “religious tolerance” and to condemn and report religious extremists among them; particularly pointing fingers at Ethiopian Muslims who have been peacefully rallying for religious freedom for nearly two years, exasperating TPLF/EPRDF officials. 
Rumors spread quickly that the TPLF/EPRDF intended to hijack the rally from the Semayawi Party as local authorities throughout Addis Ababa began an intensive campaign to pressure people to participate in the pro-government rally through the use of threats, bribes and intimidation, even promising to provide transportation to the rally so they would have no excuse not to attend. However, because the TPLF/ERPDF may have feared that Semayawi protestors would overtake their event, the federal police made sure they could not follow through by storming their headquarters and detaining the organizers. According to some sources, the TPLF/ERPDF event which was to draw 200,000 people, reportedly, drew fewer than 1,500 attendees.
The TPLF/EPRDF rally appeared to be done in conjunction with a large religious conference on inter-religious dialogue and inter-religious tolerance the Ethiopian Ministry of Federal Affairs and the Ethiopian Inter Religious Council had called earlier in the week. We believe the aim of the conference was to reassert TPLF/EPRDF authority over religious groups within the country and to delegitimize religious communities like the Ethiopian Muslims who were objecting to government control of their internal religious affairs. The government-controlled website, Walta Info, later reported that the conference was organized by King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Inter-religious and Inter-cultural Dialogue (KAICIID) along with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Religions Initiative-Africa.[i]
According to a news release on August 27 from Walta Info, the conference theme was, “We shall strive to realize Ethiopia’s renaissance through strengthening the value of religious coexistence and respecting constitutional provisions.”[ii]  At the conference, Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn called on religious groups and their followers to “unmask undercover operations of religious fundamentalists” and warned that the government would continue taking legal measures against religious fundamentalists who promoted intolerance under the disguise of religion [paraphrased].[iii]
In truth, the real “undercover extremists” and “promoters of intolerance,” who need no unmasking, are the TPLF/EPRDF.  However, their real goal is hegemony, including over the religious, even if they must call them extremists to do so; or, worse yet, to actually commit extremist acts in their name to sway opinion and gain support—a tactic used repeatedly since TPLF/ERPDF’s beginnings.
The TPLF/ERPDF, founded on an atheistic belief-system, see people of genuine faith—from any religious background—as a threat to their control and have pitted themselves against them. From the beginning, the TPLF/ERPDF has closely followed a Marxist-Leninist inspired plan laid out in 1993 where religious tolerance was only condoned if the religious remained silent or if their first allegiance was to the party of the TPLF/ERPDF. As one can read from the TPLF/ERPDF’s guidebook, “TPLF/EPRDF’s Strategies for Establishing its Hegemony & Perpetuating its Rule,[iv] one will see the plan to use and control religious groups. The following quote is from the 64-page Amharic document’s subsection titled; Religious Organizations:
“These[religious organizations]are always propaganda tools and in most cases they align themselves with the reactionary forces in the society. Therefore, these organizations should be used to disseminate the views of Revolutionary Democracy within a certain limit. If that is not possible we should try to curtail their obstructionist activities. The scientific content of the school education is one means of countering the damage which religious propaganda can cause. In the process of countering these organizations’ influence, the focus should not be on the leadership but rather on their branches at the village level; the religious leaders at the grassroots level are closer to the people. Without denying them due respect, we should mold their views, curtail their propaganda against Revolutionary Democracy, and even use them to serve our end.  Focus on the lower level, however, does not mean the upper echelon should be forgotten. We should forge a close relationship with this stratum, find out and exploit to our advantage their internal contradictions, and at least disable them from coordinating their propaganda against us. If possible we should use them to disseminate the propaganda of Revolutionary Democracy.”
In fact, the conference and pro-government rally appear to be a TPLF/ERPDF attempt to discredit Ethiopian Muslims who have been peacefully rallying for nearly two years in response to TPLF/ERPDF religious interference, including the TPLF/EPRDF appointment of pro-government religious leaders, who they claim are trying to indoctrinate them, against their will, with a foreign brand of Islam. Other religious groups claim similar interference, all in violation of the Ethiopian Constitution that guarantees freedom of religion.  
One of the goals of the Semayawi rally was to demand the release of political prisoners and Muslim leaders, the latter who had been organizers of previous peaceful rallies. It also should be remembered that Muslims, Christians and others joined with the Semayawi party in their first rally in June 2013 and the greatest fear was surely that all of these groups might join together and hijack the entire façade of the government to accuse others of what they were doing themselves. 

The SMNE, which represents the diverse people of Ethiopia, stands in solidarity with the Semayawi Party, UDJ [Unity for Democracy and Justice], Ethiopian Muslims, people of all faiths and all

Opposition Vows to Stage Anti-Government Protests

Addis Ababa — Ethiopia’s Newly established opposition Party Semayawi (Blue Party) on Thursday vowed to stage anti-government rally after the group was banned from holding demonstrations last week. Blue Party Chairman, Yilkal Getnet, told Sudan Tribune that the group will soon stage protest rally to call up on the government to make political reforms.
However, he declined to reveal when the protests will be held but said will be announced soon. The planned protests also intend to call for the release of all political prisoners including Journalists being arrested under the controversial anti terrorism proclamation.
Blue Party first planned to stage a protest on Sunday, the same day when government called a huge counter-extremism rally. However, Blue party said it was banned from staging the rally then. Hundreds of thousands of residents in Addis Ababa on Sunday gathered at Meskel square to denounce a growing extremism in the dominantly Christian nation.
The pro-government demonstration aimed to promote centuries old religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence among religions in the Horn of Africa’s nation. The opposition official alleged that dozens of its members and supporters were arrested following Sunday’s anti-extremism rally.
However, communication minister, Shimeles Kemal, dismissed the allegations and denied there were arrests against members of the opposition party. Kemal said the Blue Party wasn’t granted a permit to stage rally on Sunday.
Government officials said Blue Party was not banned from staging rally but it was only asked to postpone it just for security reasons. The opposition group further alleged that government agents have confiscated or destroyed over $ 20,000 worth belongings of the party during the crackdown and vowed to take the case to court.
After the Blue Party held a rare demonstration against the government in June along with Muslim protesters, some government officials since suspect the opposition party of having links with local Extremist groups.
The group is accused of backing an emerging religious extremism to advance its own political agenda, an allegation it denies.

Ethiopia: '160-year-old man' claims to remember 1895

An Ethiopian reporter claims to have discovered the world's oldest living man.

Retired farmer Dhaqabo Ebba claims to have clear memories of Italy's 1895 invasion of the country. In an interview with regional Oromiya TV, he provided so much detail on the changes of power in his local area that reporter Mohammed Ademo has become convinced that Dhaqabo must be at least 160 - 46 years older than the oldest ever recorded man.

'When Italy invaded Ethiopia I had two wives, and my son was old enough to herd cattle,' he said at home near Dodola. He went on to recount his childhood eight-day horseback ride to Addis Ababa - a journey of a few hours today.

There is no way of verifying Mr Dhaqabo's age, but Mohammed Ademo notes that in an oral society like the Oromo, "every time an elder dies, a library is lost. Ebba is one such library from whom so much can still be preserved".

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የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ (ኢሕአፓ)
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ነሃሴ ፳፱ ቀን ፪ ሺህ ፭ ዓ. ም
የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ (ኢሕአፓ) በኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የትግል ታሪክ ውስጥ ጉልህ ሚና የተጫወተና ከክፍፍሉ በኋላም ቢሆን በሁለቱም የኢሕአፓ ክፍሎች የማይናቁ ተግባሮች እየተከናወኑ ያሉበት ሁኔታ እንደሆነ የሚታወቅ ነው። ኢሕአፓ አባላቱ ሁሉቅ ወመሳፍርት የሌለው መስዋዕትነት የከፈሉበት ድርጅት ቢሆንም በድርጅቱ ውስጥ በተፈጠሩ ችግሮችና ከተለያዩ ጠላቶችና ተቀናቃኝ ኃይሎች በደረሱበት ጉዳቶች ምክንያት ከአባላቱ፤ ከደጋፊዎቹና ከሠፊው የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የሚጠበቅበትን ውጤት ሊያበረክት ግን አልቻለም። ይሁን እንጂ በኢሕአፓ (ዴሞክራሲያዊ) ውስጥ የተሰባሰቡት አባላት ትግሉ የሚጠይቀውን ተገቢ እርምጃዎች በመውሰድ ሀገራዊ ትግሉን የበለጠ ለማጠናከር፤ በተለይም በውስጡ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ባህሎችን ለማጎልበት፤ ይህንንም ሊደግፉና ህያው አድርገው ሊያቆዩ የሚችሉ ተቋሞችን በመፍጠር ዓይነተኛ አስተዋጽዖ ማድረግ ይቻላል ከሚል ዕምነት በመነሳት እንዲሁም የኢሕአፓንና የዚያን ጀግና ትውልድ ታሪክ ሳይዛባ በተገቢው መንገድም ለተኪው ትውልድ ማስተላለፍ እንዲቻል በማሰብ የድርሻቸውን እያበረከቱ ይገኛሉ።
ኢሕአፓ (ዴሞክራሲያዊ) ለመለያየት ምክንያት የሆኑትን ችግሮች አርሞና ጎጂ ልማዶችንም አስወግዶ ኢሕአፓን እንደገና የማዋሃዱን ተግባር እንደ አንዱ ዓላማውና ሃላፊነቱም በመውሰድ በጉባኤ ወስኖ፤ ሃላፊነቱን የሚሸከም አካልም አቋቁሞ ላለፉት ስድስት ዓመታት እየሠራበት የነበረ ጉዳይ ነው። በዚህም መሠረት ድርጅቱን አንድ በማድረግ ጉዳይ ላይ ቀጥተኛ ውይይት እንዲጀመር ለተለየናቸው የኢሕአፓ አባላት የጥሪ ደብዳቤ ልኮ ነበር። የጥሪ ደብዳቤውን መሠረት ያደረገ ግልጽ መልስ ባይገኝም በዚህ ረገድ ያለውን ፅኑ አቋምና ዝግጁነት በስብሰባዎችና በመድርኮች በግልጽ ማቅረቡ ይታወቃል።
ኢሕአፓ (ዴሞክራሲያዊ) ድርጅቱ ከተከፋፈለበት ወቅት አንስቶ የተለያዩ የድርጅቱ ወዳጆች ያቀረቡለትን የአስታራቂ ሃሳቦችን ተገቢ ክብደት በመስጠት ለኢሕአፓ አንድነትና ጥንካሬ ያለውን ጽኑ ፍላጎት ያለመወላወል ገልጿል። ውስጣዊ ዴሞክራሲ ለማስፈንና ሀገራዊ ትግሉንም ለማጎልበት አስፈላጊ ሆነው ያገኛቸውን ገንቢ የሆኑ ማሻሻያዎችን ሁሉ እንደሚቀበላቸው ሳይታክት ሲገልጽ ቆይቷል። ኢሕአፓን ለማዋሃድ አባላቱን መድቦ እየሠራ ባለበት ወቅት ነው ተለይተናቸው ከነበሩት አባላት ኢሕአፓን አንድ የማድረግ ፍላጎት እንዳላቸው ይፋ የተደረገው። ኢሕአፓ (ዴሞክራሲያዊ) ዜናውን የተቀበለው በደስታ ከመሆኑም በላይ ተለይተናቸው ከነበሩት አባላት የመጣውን የአንድነት ሃሳብ በተመለከተ በየትኛውም ጊዜና ሁኔታ ከሚመለከታቸው አባላት ጋር ለመነጋገር ዝግጁ መሆኑንም ይገልጻል።
በሌላው የኢሕአፓ ክፍል ውስጥ ያሉት አባላት “የኢሕአፓ የርማት እንቅስቃሴ … ” በሚል ተሰባስበው የጀመሩት ተግባር ቀላል እንዳልሆነ ነገር ግን አስፈላጊና ወቅታዊ በመሆኑ ኢሕአፓ (ዴሞክራሲያዊ) ጥረታቸውን ከማድነቅ አልፎ በሙሉ ልብ ይደግፈዋል። የተሰባሰበና የተጠናከረ ኢሕአፓ ዛሬ ባለው ውስብስብ የሀገራችን ሁኔታ እንደገና ታሪክ ሊሠራና ለአገርና ለትውልድ የሚበጅ ለውጥ ለማምጣት በሚደረገውም ትግል ላይ ጉልህ ሚና ሊጫወት የሚችል በመሆኑ የኢሕአፓ አንድነት ሊኖረው የሚችለው ታሪካዊ ጠቀሜታ ለአንዳፍታም እንዳይዘነጋ አደራ እንላለን።
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Teshome fires Ethiopia to victory

Ethiopia are through to the playoff stages of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers after coming from a goal down to beat Central Africa Republic (CAR) 2-1 in their final Group A clash played in Brazzaville on Saturday.
Minyahil Teshome was the hero for the Walia Antelopes firing in the winner to seal an historic moment for the East African nation.
It was a special moment for the midfielder as it was his fielding against Botswana that saw the side docked three points by Fifa as he was ineligible to play.
Following the win, Ethiopia top Group A with 13 points, two ahead of South Africa who beat Botswana 4-1 in Durban.
Needing a win to stay to seal progress, Ethiopia suffered a blow before kick off after striker Getaneh Kebede failed to shake off a knock with Omod Okwury Omod taking his place.
The nerves were evident early on as Ethiopia struggled to settle against a lively CAR side.
They then found themselves a goal down after 20 minutes when Salif Keita scored from close range to stun the group leaders.
Coach Sewnet Bishaw made a change at halftime withdrawing the off colour Okwury and introducing Behailu Assefa.
The equaliser came three minutes after the restart through playmaker Salhadin Said who found the back of the net to bring the visitors level off an Adane Girma assist.
Ethiopia now had their tails up with Girma playing a major role. The veteran went close on 59 minutes but CAR keeper Prince Samolah made a fine save.
They went ahead on the hour mark and once again it was Girma who created the goal setting up Teshome who rifled the ball home.
Source: Super Sport