Breaking the Vicious Circle with an Irreversible Devotion is the Only Way out!

by T. Goshu
Let me first be clear that I have no any delusionary thinking that any society is free from being captive of some sort of vicious circle anytime and anywhere.  In other words, in one way or another, we live in a world full of mess and trouble. To think of otherwise is nothing, but both to be unrealistic and self-deceiving, and consequently end up with either a wrong direction that terribly jeopardizes our efforts to break the vicious circle we are trapped by, or no sounding solution at all.
The very purpose of my comment under the topic I chose is about the deeply troubling vicious circle we Ethiopians could not break it, and are not able yet to pave the way for the progress we want to make. And what is extremely disturbing is that the more we become ineffective to pull all our efforts together and break the vicious circle we found ourselves in , the more we suffer from an extremely deep political , socio-economic, moral, psychological , identity(national), and even religious crises. And there is no doubt that the very root cause  for all this unacceptable level of degradation is the tyrannical ruling circle that established its political power based on the manipulation and exploitation of ethnic-based divide and rule.
It has to equally be admitted that our terrible failure ( as a people) to stop the chronically ill-guided political agenda and practice by the ruthless ruling elites of TPLF/EPRDF,  and break the horrible vicious circle of dehumanization has its own huge share for the  very disturbing situation we found ourselves in.
Adding salt to our injury, our human dignity and national pride is severely being compromised at this point in time. Thousands of Ethiopians are facing inhuman treatment right across the Red Sea. Yes, it is an ABC of international laws and norms that the Saudi government has any right and responsibility to enforce its laws and regulations. However, committing serious inhuman treatment against Ethiopians who destined in that country including beating up, mass arrest, robing their personal belongings, raping women, and killing in the name of enforcing the law of the country is an inexcusable crime against humanity. And I strongly believe that we have a strong reason to condemn this senseless act of crime with ant any strongest term possible.
Although I am not naïve enough to complain why we do not have all-round personalities of leadership such as Gandhi of India, I want to mention the following just to show to what extent the struggle for genuine freedom can go and should go. Here it is:
Louis Fischer, The author of a very concise book, Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World (1954, 1982) states that “Mahatma Gandhi commenced his last fasting on the morning of January 13, 1948.” Fischer further states that ‘Gandhi knew he might die.’ He further tells us what Gandhi said about the possibility of dying as the result of his repeated and long hours of fasting by quoting him (Gandhi) saying, “… death for me would be a glorious deliverance rather than that I should be a helpless witness to the destruction of India, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Islam.”  Although Gandhi hadn’t died from his repeated and close to death fasting on behalf of all Indians and for the independence of India, he was gun downed by an extremist Hindu conspirator right at the payer ground Gandhi was serving on January 30^th, 1948. Yes, that was the ultimate price Gandhi had to pay as he had stood incredibly firm as far as the very essence of his great dream of seeing his people from all walks of life and from all religious beliefs living with dignity and fraternity in an independent India.  I wanted to bring in this very powerful historical role played by a selfless person (Mahatma Gandhi) just to reflect to what extent the struggle for a real sense political freedom, the prevalence of amicable togetherness and shared prosperity is absolutely necessary. It is just to highlight how a true sense of self- initiated commitment to the struggle we are engaged in is essentially required if we want to break the terrible vicious circle we have found ourselves in for the last four decades in general, and for the last two decades in particular. It is just to reflect my view point on the toughness of the struggle ahead of us that has to go beyond emotionally reacting to horrible events like the one we are witnessing how the Saudi government is treating our sisters and brothers; and how the ruling party in our own country has treated those Ethiopians (The Blue Party and other concerned Ethiopians) who peacefully tried to express their legitimate protest against what is happening to their brothers and sisters.
Dear Fellow Ethiopians, think about the global place of Ethiopia in the first half of the 20^th century during which the world was not as small as it is today in terms of the level of information technology and interdependency. She joined the membership of the League of Nations (1923), and the United Nations (1945). Mind you dear compatriots, our country was a glorious example for those who had been suffering under the yoke of colonial rule. Historian, Professor Richard Pankhurst states, “Ethiopia, the victor of the battle of Adwa in 1896, was by the early twentieth century the only state in Africa to have survived the European scramble for the continent.” (The Ethiopians: a History, 1998, 2001).Needless to say, with all the internal political problems she has come across throughout her history, our country has survived as a sovereign country. Her people, with all serious discontents they had due to the total absence of good governance, have secured the sovereignty and territorial integrity of their country with their ultimate sacrifices. They have handed down their gloriously patriotic legacy from generation to generation without seeking for any personal benefit back. Yes, we are and we should be so proud of the great history our forefathers/foremothers had made. Now, the very challenging question is:  To what extent we have gone to reinforce this glorious history of sacrifice for national independence with establishing a democratic political system? Needless to say, unless we want to deceive ourselves, the answer is not only disappointing but also terribly disturbing.  We must honestly and courageously admit that our performance in this regard has suffered and continue to suffer from the political culture of going from one vicious circle to another. It goes without saying that this has caused a very serious erosion of not only our human dignity but also our national pride in this 21^st century. And let me reiterate that what is happening to our citizens in Saudi Arabia has to a lot with this terrible weaknesses of ours.
Fellow Ethiopians, there is no doubt that what the Saudi government has done and is doing to thousands of Ethiopians is horribly inhuman and outrageously disturbing. Receiving this kind of brutality from the country of Prophet Mohammed who sent his followers who were under persecution to Ethiopia (Abyssinia) for their safety makes the situation extremely outrageous. Professor Richard Pankhurst states in his previously cited book that, “… at the beginning of his teachings Muhammad’s followers came under bitter persecution in Arabia.” He further says, “In 615 AD a group of Muslims therefore made their way to Aksum, where they received hospitable treatment.”  Why the current monarchs of Saudi Arabia did disregard that valuable religious and historical aspect of our relationship? Well, there is no doubt that that was and is because of either their sheer arrogance or their serious lack of civility. But, it goes without saying that the Saudis have done and are doing this kind of senseless crime against Ethiopians mainly because they concluded that Ethiopians have no government that respects their human dignity at home leave alone protecting their human rights abroad. I strongly want to believe and argue that is the very reason that makes our sorrow extremely deep.
But, on the other hand, I want to reiterate that we have to be honest enough with ourselves that we have been trapped by a very huge paradox especially for last two decades in general and in this month of November, 2013 in particular. It is this month (right after our new year) that we are witnessing an outrageously devastating situation Ethiopians are experiencing across the Red Sea.  It is in this month that we are witnessing an extremely disturbing situation when the government of TPLF/EPRDF not only tried to undermine the horrible situation in which thousands of Ethiopians are facing but also committing inhuman treatment against those Ethiopians  who went to the streets of Addis Ababa to express their grave concern about their compatriots. Needless to say, it is hardly possible to find words that could express to what extent the level of our human dignity and national pride have horribly been openly compromised not only by foreign governments, but sadly enough, by the tyrannical ruling circle in our country.
I strongly believe that the very urgent response by Ethiopians throughout the world to this outrageous situation is not only quite remarkable but it also gives a sense of optimism as far as the issue of breaking the real vicious circle of our dehumanization is concerned. Yes, what is at an immediate stake is the security of our brothers and sisters in Saudi Arabia and we have to do something about it.  But, unless we remain focused on the issue of how to deal with the root cause of all our misery both in Ethiopia and abroad, there is no doubt that thousands, including those who retuned will flee their country and make the vicious circle much graver. I hope things will change for the better!

A SHORT DOCUMENTARY ON LAND GRABBING IN GAMBELLA, ETHIOPIA

 Land grabbing is becoming the single most combative issue in Africa. It involves large-scale land acquisitions by foreign countries and corporations for farming, biofuels, logging and minerals. Unlike land acquisitions in the United States and Europe where purchasers pay the fair market values for land, in Ethiopia and Africa as whole unscrupulous deals are displacing thousands of farmers and leaving local communities in abject poverty, while government officials benefit from land sales and leases.

Land reform in Ethiopia and Africa is about food security, about political and economic corruption, and in many cases about fundamental human rights.

Please watch this heart-wrenching video produced by one our partner organization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvVb9EZ6Kqs#t=28

You can also read more in Amharic at this link:
http://www.solidaritymovement.org/amharic/05152013_Understanding_Land_Investment_Deals_In_Africa.pdf

http://www.solidaritymovement.org/amharic/110608LandGrabReport.pdf

We need to do something to stop talk the impact of these land and resource grabs on the people of Ethiopia and Africa. It is a vitally important issue that needs to be confronted. To me, this is not just about land grabs, but it is inherently about life grabs. In Africa, as well as in many other places, when you take someone’s land, you take away the means to an entire family’s livelihood, wellbeing and future. All of us need to take concrete action that saves lives.

Everything is being “grabbed” by the TPLF regime—our land, our children, our women and our futures—anything from which a kleptocratic regime might profit. In the case of our children, investigations have revealed that in many cases, these children are not truly orphans, but regime cronies are getting away with it because they are above the law. These children are sometimes exploited as commodities to unknowing and sincere prospective adoptive parents.

In the case of our women, Ethiopian employment agencies have made a business of “exporting” our young and impoverished women to work as domestic workers in Middle Eastern countries like Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the former Libya or the United Arab Emirates where many have become tragic victims of domestic servitude, physical abuse, sexual exploitation, suicide or even murder by their employers. The men horror and the suffering of our Ethiopian migrant workers that is going on in Saudi Arabia.

For positive change to come to Ethiopia and Africa, all the citizens must be able to claim their rights—human, civil, land and religious. Until there is such a government in Ethiopia to protect the rights of the all Ethiopian people, which upholds democratic principles of free speech, freedom of movement, freedom of assembly, freedom in the media, an independent judiciary and institutions, an independent appeal process, a non-politicalized military and similar aspects of free and open societies, the people will be seen as impediments to whatever the government wants for its own interests.

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በትግራይ ሕዝብ ነፃነት ግንባር ሽፋን፤ ዛሬ ይህቺን ጥንታዊት ሃገር ኢትዮጵያን እየመራት ያለው ወያኔ የሚባል ቡድን ነው። ይህ የጭንጋፍ ስብስብ  በትግራይ ሕዝብ ልባስ የኢትዮጵያን ለም መሬትና ቡቃቅላ  ልጆቿን በደላላነት ለሳውዲ አረቢያ ሲያቀርብ መቆየቱን ዓለም ያወቀው ፀሐይ የሞቀው ሐቅ ነው። የዚህ ቡድን የጥቅማጥቅም ተቋዳሾችና አልጠብባዮች ጋር በመተባበር ቤሔራዊ ኩራታችንን አደጋ ላይ ጥለውታል።እነዚህ የዕንግዴ ልጆች  ሆድ አደሮች ፤ትውልድም፣ የገዛ ልጆቻቸው የሚያፍሩባቸው ናቸው። ይህቺን በደምና አጥንት የቆመች ሃገር በአደባባይ እንድትዋረድ አደርገዋታል፤የቤሔራዊ ውርደት እንድንከናነብ አድርገውናል፤ በአባቶቻችን መሰዕዋትነት ለዘመናት  አንገታችንን  ቀና እንደላደረግን ዛሬ በውርደታችን አፍረን አቀርቀረናል። ውርደታችንን ከማይጠገን ደረጃ ያደረሰው ደግሞ  የአዲሰ አባባ ከተማ ኗሪ ሕዝብ በልጆቹ ላይ በሳውዲ አረቢያ በተፈጸመው የግድያ፤የአስገድዶ መድፈርን፣ የንብረት ዘረፋውን ተቋሞ ለማሰማት  ወደ ሳውዲ ኢንባሲው በሄዱት ዜጎች ላይ ድብደባና እስራት መፈጸሙ ወያኔ የሳውዲ አረቢያ ደላላ ጥቅም አስጠባቂ፣ አለቅላቂ ቡድን መሆኑን ፍትው አድርጎ አሣይቶናል። የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ልጆቹንና ቤሔራዊ ክብሩን  አስቀምቶ ይቀመጣል ማለት የማይታሰብ ነው። ይህ ወደፊት የምናየው ነው። አንድ መታወቅ ያለበት ለራሱ ነፃነት ከራሱ በላይ የሚያውቅለት እንደሌለ ነው። የተቃዋሚ ድርጅቶች መሪዎች ለራሳቸው ነፃነት የሚወጉ ከሆነና በተግባራቸው የተመሠከረላቸውን መከተሉ ከታለመው ግብ በጋራ ለመድረስ አስፈላጊ ነው። የፓለቲካው ጫወታ ሲደራ አለን ማለት የቢሊጮን ተረት ነው የሚሆነው።አስታውሳለሁ 1961 ዓ ም ነበር፤ አንድ የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ በሲሪያ አይሮፕላን ማረፊያ  በኤርትራ አመጸኞች ቦንብ ይጣልበታል፤ ያንን የሰማ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ፍቃድ ከመንግሥት ሳይጠይ ዳር እስከዳር  ወጥቶ አረቦች ይውጡልን  በሚል ቁጣውን ገለጿል። እንኳንስ እስራትና ድብደባ ግልምጫም አልደረሰበትም፤  ወታደሩ ሲቨል ለብሶ ተካፋይ እንጂ ቆመጥ ይዞ ዜጎችን አልደበደበም። በአሁኑ ጊዜ በአዲስ አበባ የሚገኙ የተቋሚ ድርጅቶች  ማወቅ ያለባቸው  ቤሔራዊ  ክበሬ ተነካ የሚል ዜጋን ወንጀሉን የፈጻሚውን ቡድን  ፍቃድ ጠይቀን ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ እንወጣለን ማለት በሕዝብ ቆጣ ላይ ውኃ መቸለስ ነው።  ውርደት አድራሹን  ፍቃድ ጠይቆ አደባባይ ከመውጣት ለሕዝቡ ያለውን ነግሩ መቀመጡ ይመረጣል። ሕዝቡ በሚፈልገው መንገድ  ቤሔራዊ ኩራቱን ማስከበር ይችላል፤ ማንም ሊያስጠብቅለት እንደማይችል አምኖም የራሱን ምርጫ ይወስዳል፤ እንዲወስድ መተውው ከጣልቃ ገብነት ያድናል።  ከግሩ ጥፍር እስከ ፀጉሩ ጫፍ የታጠቀውን ቡድን የሕዝብ ኃይል ሸባ እንደሚያደርገው እያወቅን አፍ ሞልቶ ኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት አላት  ማለቱ ከቃል ያለፈ በተግባር የሚታይ አይደለም፤ የሚታየው የወያኔ መንግሥት ነኝ ባዩ ዜጎችን ከአጸመ ርስታቸው አፈናቅሎ ለአረቦች ለቻይናዎች ለሕንዶች ለም መሬቷን ሸጦ፣ ያ ሳይበቃው  ዜጎቿን ለባርነት  በደላላነት የሚሸጥን ቡድን አፍ ሞልቶ መንግሥት ነው ማለት የፍረሃት መግለጫ ከመሆን ሌላ  ፍቺ የለውም።

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አተላ መሸከም ይችላል ትከሻው። የሚል ነበር።

ይህቺን ስንኝ በአንድ ወቅት  አንድ አዛውንት ለኔው ለራሴ ደገሙልኝ። አስተማሪ ሆኛለሁ በጣም የጣፈጠ ኑሮ እኖራለሁ፣የፍረሃት ችግኙ በእኔ ውስጥ እያቆጠቆጠ መሆኑ ይሰማኛል፣ ግን አውጥቼ አልነገረውም፣ ፈሪ ላለመሆኔ  ማስተባበያዎቼ በሽበሽ ናቸው፣ እንደአስፈላጊነታቸው እመዛቸዋለሁ።አንድ አባባል አለ ‘የስው ፍረሃቱ ከነፃነቱ የመሸሹ መገለጫ ነው’ ይላሉ።  እኛ አዛውን ያቺን ስንኝ በፉከራ ለኔ ያሉበትን ምክንያት ልተርክላችሁ፤

ዓመተ ምህረቱ 1967 በሚያዚያ ወር ነበር፤ ሥፍራው ባሌ ጎባ ነው፤ ደግለሃን ጋሻ የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ተማሪዎች ቡድንና የፖሊስ ሠራዊት ቡድን መካከል የእግር ኳስ ውድድር ለዋንጫ ይደረጋል። የመጫወቻው ሜዳ በፖሊስ ቅጥር ጊቢ ነበር። የፖሊሱ ቡድን በግብ ሲበለጥ ቡጢ ይጀመራል፤ ጫወታውን ዳኛው አቁሞ ፣ተመልካቹም ወደየቤቱ ያመራል። ወጣቶች እየጨፈሩ ሲወጡ አንድ ዘብ የቆመ ፓሊስ ተኩሶ አንዱን አስራ ሁለት ዓመት ዕድሜ ያለውን ይገለዋል። በነጋታው የሁለተኛ ደረጃው ተማሪዎችና መምህራን ሥራ ያቆማሉ፤ በአካባቢው የነበሩ የስድስት አንደኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት መምህራን  የሥራ ማቆሙን ተግባር ይቀላቀላሉ፤ የክፍለ ሃገሩ ምክትል አስተዳዳሪና የለውጥ ሃዋሪያቱ አስር አለቃ መምሀራንን ሰበስበው ወደማስተማሩ ሥራ እንዲመለሱ ከማስጠንቀቂያ  ጋራ ትዕዛዝ ይሰጣሉ። የሁለተኛ ደረጃ መምህር የነበረው አስፋው ዘለቀ ተነስቶ ‘የዚህ ተማሪ ደም ፍትህ ካላገኘ ማስተማሩም መማሩም ፋይዳ የለውም’ ብሎ ተቀመጠ። መምህራኑም በሥራ ማቆሙ ጸኑ፣ ተማሪዎቹም ወደየመጡበት ወረዳዎች ተበተኑ።

በወቅቱ በደርግ ጽፈት ቤት የአስተዳደር ክፍል ተጠሪ የነበረው ሻለቃ ደበላ ዲንሳ ሦስት ራሱን ሆኖ ሉካን መርቶ ወደክፍለሃገሩ መጣ። የመምህራኑ ተወካዮችን ጠርቶ ስብሰባ እንዲጠሩ አዘዘ። መምህራን በትምህርት ቤቶች ጽፈት ቤት ቅጥር ጊቢ መስክ ላይ ተሰበሰቡ።ሻለቃ ደበላ ስለአብዮት ደሰኮረ፤ አንድ መምህር ተነሣና ሻለቃ አንተ ሐረር ውስጥ ቀይ ኮፍያ በማድረጋችን ኮሚኒስት ትለን ለነበርነው ስለአበዮት ለእኛ አትነግረንም ብሎት ተቀመጠ። አንደኛ መምህር ተነስቶ ጥያቄው ስለቅሪላ ማልፋት ጎል ማግባት አይደለም። ወታደር ሥልጣን ላይ ወጥቷል ብለው መሣሪያቸውን ወደሕዝብ ያዞሩት ፓሊሶች አስቁምልን ነው ጥያቄው ብሎት ተቀመጠ። መምህር አስፋው ዘለቀ ከመቀመጫው ተነሳ፡ የሁለት ወር ዕድሜ ያለው ሕፃን ልጅ አባት ነኝ፤ እንዲህ በሃገሬ ፍትህ መጓደሉን በግልጽ ገብቶኝ ኖሮ ትዳሩም በቀረበኝ ልጁም ባልተወለደ ነበር፤ መቅደም ያለበትን ባለማስቀደሜ አዝናለሁ ብሎ ተቀመጠ። በሦስተኛው ቀን አነጣጣሪ ተኳሾች ተመርጠው በፓሊስ ሲሲና አይሮፕላን መጥተው አሰፋው ዘለቀ ከሚዝናናበት ቡና ቤት በራፍ ላይ ጠብቀው አነጣጥረው ገደሉት።

አስከሬኑን ከሆስፒታሉ ታዛ ሥር ባለው ጠረጴዛ ላይ ያጋደሙትን፣ ከበን፣ ስናለቅስ  በአካባቢው የሚያውቁኝ አዛውት ጋቢ ለብሰው ፈንጠር ብለው ከቆሙበት ጠቀሱኝ፤ አኔም ሄድኩኝ፤ ስማ አሉኝ ‘እናንተ ወንዶቹ ምን ይሁን ብላችሁ ነው የምታለቅሱት?’  ይሙት ጎበዝ፣

ይሙት ጀግና፣

ፈሪ ይኑር ቢሻው፣

አተላ መሸከም ይችላል ተከሻው። ብለው ተኮሳትረው ሄዱ።

መምህር አስፋው ዘለቀ፤ ዕውቅ ወጣት ገበሬዎች የዓለም ማያ መሩቃን ነጋሽ ሣህሌ ታደሰ ይርገጤ ፍትህ በሌለበት ምንም ሊሠራ እንደማይቻል አውቀው እንዲቻል ለማድርግ ሲታገሉ አለፉ። እኔን መሰሉ አተላ መሸከምን ሥራችን ያደረግን ይሄው አለን፤ በወቅቱ ሃያ ሰባት ሚሊዮን የነበረው የሕዝባችን ቁጥር ወደ ዘጠና ሚሊዮን ተቃርቧል፤ አንድ ዮኒቨርሲቲ የነበረው ሰላሳ ሁለት ሆኖል፤ የመምህራኑ ቁጥር የተማሪዎቹ አምስት እጥፍ ጨምሯል፤ ግን ስንቱ መምህር ተማሪ ስለፍትህ አውቆ እየታገለ ነው? ከሃገር የተሰደደው ዜጋ ቁጥር የደብረዘይትን ከተማ ኗሪ ያህላል፤ የሃገራችን መሬት በውጭ ሃገር ተይዞ የነበረው የኢንባሲዎች መኖሪያ ብቻ ነበር፣ ዛሬ ከትግራይ ክፍለሃገር በስተቀር  በቀሩት ክፍለሃገሮች ባዕዳን ለም መሬቶቻችንን በልማት መልክ ተከራይተው ለተወሰነ ጊዜ ብቻ  እንዳያመርት ባልታወቀ ነጥረ ነገር አፈሩን እንዳሻሮ እየቆሉት ነው። መምሀር አሰፋው  ዘለቀ የጠየቀው የፍትህ ጉዳይ እስከዛሬ መልስ አላገኘም። ከነአካቴው ዜጎች ሃገር አልባ እየሆኑ ነው ፣ የተፈጠሩባትን ምድር ተነጥቀዋል፤  በትግራይ ሕዝብ ነፃነት ግንባር ደላላነት ለም መሬታችንም  ልጆቻችን ተሸጠው  ከነ አረጓዴው ቢጫው ስንደቃችን ‘ከልብ ውሻ’  እየተባሉ በሳውዲ አረቢያ ሲገደሉ፣ ሴት ልጆቻችን ለአራት ለአምስት ሲደፈሩ አይተን እንዳላየን ነን፤ የዓለም ሕዝብ ያየው ስለሆነ  ለማስተባበል ብንሞክር ግምል ሰርቆ አጎብሶ ሆኖብናል፤ ለዚህ ውርደት መንስኤውም ፣ መፍትሔውም፣ ያለው በእኛው  በኢትዮጵያውያ እጅ ነበር። የተሰበረን ቅስም ለልጅ ልጅ ማስተላለፍ ወይም እንደመምህር አስፋው ዘለቀ ከሁሉም በፊት ፍትህ ይቅደም  ብሎ ዳር እስከዳር በዚህ ጠባብ ቡድን ላይ ከመነሣት ሌላ አማራጭ የለንም። ይህን የአረብ ምደኛ ደላላ የሆነ መንግሥት ነኝ ባይ ጭንጋፈ ማስወገድ ወይም ቤሔራዊ ክብርን አስረክቦ አንገትን ደፍቶ በባርነት መኖር ሌላው ምርጫችን ነው። በተለይ የትግራይ ክፍለሃገር ሕዝብ በሰሙ የሚደረገውን የኢትዮጵያዊነት የማዋረድ ተግባር የለሁበትም ፣ በስሜም መጠቀሙ ይቁም  ማለት አለበት። የዛሬውን ጥቅም በማየት ይህ ውርደት አይመለከተኝም  ቢባል አንኳን ታሪክ መሠረቱን አይስትም። ያለንበት ዘመን ታሪክ አጣሞ የሚታለፍበት ዘመን አይደለም። ለትውልድ ለሚተላለፈው አሳፋሪና አንገት አስደፊ ተግባር አካል ያለመሆንን ማሳወቁ በራሱ  ለልጅ ልጅም  ክብርና አኩሪ  ታሪክም ነው።ኢትዮጵያ በቆራጥ ልጆቿ  ቤሔራዊ ክብሯን ታስመልሳለች!

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Ethiopia Push to Lure Farm Investment Falters on Flood Plain

By William Davison, Bloomberg
Gleaming Deere & Co. (DE) tractors and harvesters are sitting idle five years after Karuturi Global Ltd. (KARG) opened a farm in Ethiopia that was hailed as the poster child of the country’s plan to triple food exports by 2015.

Eighty percent of the Bangalore-based company’s land in the southwestern Gambella region is on a flood plain, meaning its 100,000-hectare (247,100-acre) concession is inundated by the Baro River for as much as seven months of the year, according to Managing Director Ramakrishna Karuturi. The company was unaware of the extent of the flooding when it leased the land, he said.

“Karuturi, like many other large-scale investors, underestimated the complexity of opening land for large-scale commercial agriculture,” Philipp Baumgartner, a researcher at the Bonn, Germany-based Center for Development Research who wrote a doctoral thesis on agriculture in Gambella, said in a Nov. 20 response to e-mailed questions. “The land leased out wasn’t properly assessed by either of the contracting parties.”
Karuturi, the world’s biggest rose grower, was one of the first companies to take advantage of a government plan to lease 3.3 million hectares (8.2 million acres) of farmland to private investors. Growing food on the unutilized land would help the Horn of Africa country address shortages that forces it to seek aid from international donors every year, former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said at the time.

Agriculture investors are targeting African countries such as Ethiopia to meet growing global food requirements. The world’s population will increase to 9 billion people by 2050, and agricultural production will need to increase 70 percent by then to feed everyone, according to the World Bank.

‘Chaotic Fashion’

The Ethiopian program has got off to a poor start because of transportation and electricity problems, a lack of security and a shortage of funds and farming expertise, said James Keeley, a consultant for the International Institute for Environment and Development. The plots are located mainly in sparsely populated, heavily forested areas such as the western states of Gambella and Benishangul-Gumuz that border South Sudan and Sudan.

“Land investment in Ethiopia proceeded initially in a chaotic fashion,” Keeley said. Leases in some regions were awarded without checks on investors, environmental-impact assessments or performance-monitoring plans, he said.

Ethiopia is Africa’s biggest coffee producer and second-biggest exporter of the beans. The country is also sub-Saharan Africa’s largest wheat consumer and third-biggest corn consumer.

$1 Hectare

The government in Addis Ababa began leasing land for as little as $1 per hectare annually in 2008. The state owns all land in a nation dominated by subsistence smallholders who mostly farm on less than a hectare.

At the time, the government projected that within five years, commercial farmers would be producing food on about 900,000 hectares of land, according to Bizualem Bekele, an official at the government’s Agricultural Investment Land Administration Agency. As of last month, only about 10,000 hectares of land have been developed, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Oct. 20.

“We’ve given more than 400,000 hectares of land to the private sector to engage in this agricultural production, but up to now the progress is very slow,” Hailemariam said.

Karuturi isn’t the only company struggling. Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, owned by Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Mohamed al-Amoudi, is growing rice on 350 hectares of a 10,000-hectare lease as it completes an irrigation canal started by Ethiopia’s socialist military regime more than two decades ago that will allow it to ramp up cultivation.

Intensive Funding

The company is searching for “intensive funding” for the project and hopes the main canal will be finished before the rainy season in June, Saudi Star Chief Executive Officer Fikru Desalegn said in a phone interview on Nov. 18.

Shapoorji Pallonji and Co., a unit of Mumbai, India-based Tata Group, plans to grow the biofuel-plant pongamia on 50,000 hectares in Benishangul-Gumuz. After signing the lease “several years” ago, it’s farming on 2,500 hectares, said Keeley, who is preparing a report on the land program for the International Institute for Environment and Development based on research done for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Ruchi Agri Plc, also based in Mumbai, obtained 25,000 hectares in Gambella. After three years, its growing soybeans on 1,000 hectares and has cleared another 2,000 hectares of scrub at a cost of $1,500 a hectare, Technical Manager Rameshsingh Pardesi said in an interview. If all goes to plan, the operation may become profitable by 2020, he said.

China Project

Other major investors such as Hunan Dafengyuan from China, which took a lease to grow sugarcane on 25,000 hectares in Gambella, have had their lease canceled, according to Keeley.

In November 2010, Karuturi said it would have “developed” the 100,000 hectares by June. In the final quarter of last year, it harvested its maiden corn crop from about 4 percent of the concession.

Karuturi’s stock has slumped to 1.55 Indian rupees on the National Stock Exchange of Mumbai from a peak of 36.30 rupees on Nov. 9, 2010. Plans announced in the past 18 months to raise funds from development banks and sovereign wealth funds have yet to materialize, according to Karuturi.

Most of Karuturi’s farm that runs either side of one of Gambella’s main roads for about 100 kilometers (62 miles) is still covered in a thick scrubland of bushes and trees. A plaque to commemorate its opening now lies in land taken back by the government after confusion over exactly where the company’s lease was.

Renting Tractors

The company was given 300,000 hectares of land by the regional government before officials in Addis Ababa reduced the plot size by two-thirds in 2010. There is a plan to rent out the idle tractors, harvesters and crop-spraying machines to other farmers, Karuturi said.

To encourage faster development of large farms, the government plans to use a “carrot and stick” approach to investors. Companies will be given government support and licenses may be withdrawn from those that fail to develop fast enough, Agriculture Minister Tefera Deribew said in an interview.

“If the failure is their failure then we will be obliged to take the measure,” he said. The government is now targeting production on all 3.3 million hectares of land by 2016, Tefera said. “At that time we will definitely have significant production.”

Crop Exports

Ethiopia planned to earn $6.58 billion a year from agriculture exports in 2015, according to a five-year economic plan published in 2010, when total exports were about a third of that amount. In the 12 months through July 7, the end of the Ethiopian fiscal year, shipments fell 2 percent to $3.08 billion from a year earlier.

The land-leasing program has also been beset by criticism from advocacy groups includingHuman Rights Watch, based in New York, that residents have been displaced in a relocation program to make way for the farms.

Karuturi rejects the allegations for the same reason that the farm project has failed to take off: flooding.

“We have been trying to convince people who’ve been making these allegations that these are floodplains where nobody stays, where nobody can reside or graze their cattle because most of the time they are under four or five feet of water,” Karuturi said
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ፀረ -ሽብርተኝነት ለአምባገነኖች ሁለት ጥቅም ያስገኝላቸዋል፡፡ አንደኛ በፀረ- ሽብርተኝነት ስም ከምዕራባውያን ኃያላን ጎን በአጋርነት በመቆማቸው በጥሬ ገንዘብም ሆነ በዓይነት (ለምሳሌ በመሣሪያ፣ በፖለቲካ ድጋፍ) ዳጎስ ያለ ጥቅም ያገኛሉ፡፡ ሁለተኛ ሽብርተኝነትን በመዋጋት ስም የሚያወጡት ሕግ የውስጥ የሥልጣን ተቀናቃኞቻቸውን ለማጥቃት የሚያስችላቸውን ሕጋዊ ሽፋን ይሰጣቸዋል፡፡ ስለዚህ ነው ፀረ -ሽብርተኝነት ለአምባገነኖች ከሰማይ የወረደ የተቀናቃኝ ማጥቂያ መሣሪያ ነው የሚባለው፡፡ ይህንን ያልኩበት አብይ ጉዳይ ዛሬ ሃገራችንንና ህዝቧን እያስጨነቀ ያለው የወያኔ አገዛዝ የፀረ ሽብርተኝነት ህግን ከለላ በማድረግ በሰላማዊ ህዝብ ላይ እያደረሰ ያለው የመብት ረገጣ፤ እጅግ የከፋ ደረጃ በመድረሱ ነው።
በሰላማዊ ትግል ዴሞክራሲያዊ የመንግስት ለዉጥ ለማምጣት የሚታገሉ ሰላማዊ ዜጎችን አግባብ ባልሆነና ባልተጨበጠ ክስና ዉንጀላ ማሰር፣ አፍኖ መሰወር፣ ንብረትን ማዉደምና መዉረስ እንዲሁም የአደባባይ ግድያ ባለፉት 22 የወያኔ  የአገዛዝ ዘመናት የተለመዱ ተግባሮች ሆነዉ ቆይተዋል። አሁን ደግሞ ይህ አምባገነናዊና ኢፍትሀዊ ተግባር በህግ ሽፋን ተጠናክሮ ቀጥሏል። ለገዥዉ ስርአት የአፈናና የጥርነፋ መዋቅር ተባባሪ ያልሆኑና ለመብታቸዉ መከበር የሚታገሉ ዜጎች በአሸባሪነት ስም በጅምላ እየታፈሱና እየታሰሩ ይገኛሉ። ታፍነዉ የተወሰዱና ያሉበት ቦታ የማይታወቀዉም ጥቂቶች አይደሉም። ባለፉት ጥቂት አመታት ብቻ በሽዎች የሚቆጠሩ ዜጎች በሽብርተኝነት ተወንጅለዉ ታስረዋል። ሰብአዊ መብታቸዉም በማንአለብኝነት እየተረገጠ ይገኛል። ከነዚህ ንፁሀን ዜጎች ዉስጥ ብዙዎቹ የተቃዋሚ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ አባላቶች፤ የእምነት መሪዎችና ለሞያቸዉ ታማኝ የሆኑ ጋዜጠኞች መሆናቸዉን ስናይ ደግሞ ዘመቻዉ በሀገራችን ተጠናክሮ የህዝብን የስልጣን ባለቤትነት ለማረጋገጥ የሚደረገዉን ሰላማዊ ትግል ለመጨፍለቅና ህዝብን ከትክክለኛ መረጃ አርቆና አፍኖ ለመግዛት ታስቦበትና ሆነ ተብሎ የተያዘ ስልት መሆኑን ግልፅ ነው።
በሽብርትኝነት ያለመከሰስ መብቱን በጠመንጃ ያስከበረው ወያኔ ግን ሰላማዊውን ህዝቡ በተለያዩ መንገዶች  እያሸበረ የስልጣን ቆይታውን ለማርዘም ሌት ተቀን እየሰራ ይገኛል። ዜጐችን በማፈናቀል፤ በእምነት ውስጥ ጣልቃ በመግባትና የኢትዮጵያን ህዝብ በዘር፣ በጎሳ፣ በሃይማኖት በመከፋፈል እያፋጀ የሽብር ሴራውን እየፈፀመ ይገኛል። ሰላማዊ ዜጋውን ፣አርሶ አደሩን፣ አርብቶ አደሩን በልማት ስም ተወልዶ ባደገበት እትብቱ ከተቀበረበት ሃገር እያፈናቀለ ለስደት እየዳረገው ይገኛል፡፡ ለዚህም የሽብር ሴራው ሰለባ የሆኑት፤ የሚበሉት፤ የሚጠጡት እና በመጠለያ እጦት በየአደባባዩ ሰፍረው የድረሱልኝ ጥሪ እያሰሙ የሚገኙት የአማራ ብሔረሰብ ወገኖቻችን ናቸው፤ እነዚህ ወገኖቻችን በሃገሪቱ አራቱም ማዕዘናት እየተፈናቀሉና እየተዋከቡ ይገኛሉ። ማፈናቀለ አልበቃ ያለው የወያኔ የሽብር መረብ ወደ እምነት ቦታዎችም በመዛመት ዋልድባን እና የተለያዩ የሃይማኖት ቦታዎችን በማፈራረስ በአለም ደረጃ እውቅና እና አድናቆት የተሰጣቸውን የሃገሪቱን የሃይማኖት፤ የታሪክ ቅርሶች በማውደም፤ ኢትዮጵያውያን በቀደምትነት በምንታወቅበት እምነታችን ላይ አደጋ በመፍጠር፤ አዋራጅ ድርጊቶችን በንቀት እና በጥላቻ እየፈፀሙ ይገኛሉ፡፡ ከእምነት ቦታዎች ባሻገር በአለም ደረጃ እውቅናን ካገኙት ታሪካዊ ቦታዎች ውስጥ ተጠቃሹ የታችኛው አዋሽ እና ኦሞ ሸለቆዎች አንዱ ነው፡፡ ይህ ታሪካዊ ቦታ ያራዊቶች እና የተለያዩ የደኖች ስብስብ ያለበት ሰፊ የሃገራችን ቅርስ የነበረው ሲሆን ዛሬ ላይ ግን ወያኔዎች በልማት ስም ለውጭ ባለሃብቶች አስረክበውት ድብዛው እየጠፋ ነው፡፡ አምባገነኑ ወያኔ የእስልምና ሃይማኖት ተከታይ ኢትዮጵያውያን ያነሱትን የመብት ጥያቄ ወደ ጎን በመተው በእኔ አውቅላችኋለሁ እብሪት የተሞላ አስተሳሰብ በማፈን ንፁሃኑን ሙስሊም እየገደሉ ብሎም በሽብርተኝነት በመወንጀል እያሰቃዩት ይገኛሉ። ሙስሊሙ ህብረተሰብ የተቃውሞ ድምፁን ያሰማበትን አላማ ምንድነው? ችግሩስ ከምን የመነጨ ነው? ብሎ እልባት ከመስጠት ይልቅ ጥያቄአቸውን በማንቋሸሽ እና በማጥላላት በጠመንጃ አፈ ሙዝ የሚመልሱት ይመስል ህዝበሙስሊሙን ለከፋ መከራና ስቃይ ዳርገውታል። ለዚህ ድርጊታቸው ደግሞ ሚስጥሩ ንፁሃኑ ህዝበ ሙስሊም ላይ የሃሰት ታርጋ በመለጠፍ አሸባሪነትንና አክራሪነትን እየተዋጋው ነው በሚል የማስመሰልና የማታለል ስራው የምዕራባውያን ሃገራትንና የአሜሪካ ቀልብ ለመሳብና እርዳታ ለማጋበስ ነው። ቢያውቁት ግን ይህ ድርጊታቸው አውሬ እንጅ ሰው አለመሆናቸውን ቁልጭ አድርጐ ያሳያል። ለገንዘብ ሲባል ሰውን ያክል ፍጡር መግደል፤ ማሰርና ማሰቃየት ከአንድ ሰው የሆነ ሰብአዊ ፍጡር አይጠበቅምና።
ሌላው ወያኔዎች 22 ዓመታት በጠመንጃ ስልጣን ላይ ከወጡበት ጊዜ አንስቶ ሲጠነስሱት የነበረው ሽብር የኢትዮጵያን ህዝብ በዘር፣ በጎሳ፣ በሃይማኖት በመከፋፈልና በማፋጀት የኢትዮጵያን ህልውና አንድነትን፣ ማንነትን በማናወጥ፤ የስልጣን እድሜያቸውን ማርዘም ነው። ይህ ስራቸው ከምን ጊዜውም በላይ በአሁኑ ሰአት እያፋፋሙትና፤ ሰላማዊውን ህዝብ በዘር፣ በጎሳ፣ በሃይማኖት በማጋጨት የሽብር ሴራቸውን እያስፋፉ ይገኛሉ። ዳሩ ግን ለወያኔዎች ህዝብን መከፋፈል የሚበጅ ቢመስላቸውም የዚህ የሽብር ድራማቸው ተጠቂዎች ግን በፍፁም ልንሆን አልቻልንም፤ ወደፊትም ልንሆን አንችልምም። ምክንያቱም መቻቻል እና በፍቅር አብሮ መኖር መለዬ ባህላችንን በፍፁም ይህ ሰይጣናዊ ድርጊታቸው ሊያመክነው ስለማይችል ነው። ይህንን አንድነታችንን፤ ፍቅራችንን የመቻቻል ባህላችንን የበለጠ በማጎልበት፤ ባህላችንን፣ አንድነታችንን፣ ሃይማኖታችንን እየተፈታተነ ያለው የወያኔን የሽብር ስልት በማክሸፍ፤ ለበለጠ ድል እስክንበቃ ትግላችንን ማጠናከር ይኖርብናል።
በመጨረሻም የወያኔ ባለስልጣናት በፈረጠመ አምባገነናዊ ክንድ ህዝብን በማሸበርና በማፈን የስልጣን ዘመንን ለማራዘም መሞከር አወዳደቅን ማክፋት መሆኑን ካለፉት አምባገነናዊ ስርአቶች ሊማሩ ይገባል! አሁንም በድጋሚ ወያኔዎች ጠንቅቀው ሊያውቁት የሚገባ እውነት የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ሽብኝነትን በጽናትና በቁርጠኝነት ይቃወማል፤ ያወግዛልም፡፡ በፀረ -ሽብርተኝነት ሽፋን ሰብአዊና ዴሞክራሲያዊ መብቶችን እየጣሰ ያለውን የወያኔ አገዛዝንም በተመሳሳይ ጽናትና ቁርጠኝነት ይቃወማል፤ ይታገላልም!!!
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የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አርበኞች ግንባርና የጋምቤላ ሕዝብ ነፃነት ንቅናቄ ሰራዊት በጋራ ወታደራዊ ጥቃት ፈፀሙ

የጋራ ትግል አስፈላጊ መሆኑን በፅኑ የሚያምኑት የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አርበኞች ግንባር /ኢሕአግ/

የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አርበኞች ግንባርና የጋምቤላ ሕዝብ ነፃነት ንቅናቄ /ጋሕነን/ በሕዳር 13/2006 ዓ.ም በሁመራ ሉግዲ ከቀኑ 10፡00 ሰዓት እስከ ምሽቱ 1፡00 ለሶስት ሰዓት ያህል በወሰደው ውጊያ የወያኔው 24ኛ ክፍለ ጦር ድባቅ ተመቷል።
ከዚህ ቀደም የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አርበኞች ግንባር ሰራዊት በ24ኛው ክፈለ/ ጦር ላይ በተመሳሳይ ሥፍራ  ከፍተኛ ድል መቀዳጀቱ ይታወሳል።
በሕዳር 13/2006 ዓ.ም የኢሕአግና የጋህነን ሰራዊት በወሰዱት ድንገተኛ ወታደራዊ ጥቃት 66 /ስልሳ ስድስት/ ገድለው 113 /አንድ መቶ አስራ ሶስት/ በማቁሰል እንዲሁም ቁጥራቸው የበዛ የጦር መሳሪያዎችን ከነ ሙሉ ትጥቃቸው ማርከዋል።
ሁለቱ ድርጅቶች በጋራ በተለያየ የትግል መስክ ሲተጋገዙና ሲተባበሩ ቆይተዋል የግንኙነታቸውን እድገትና ለውጥ የሚያሳይ ወታደራዊ ጥቃትም ፈፅመዋል።
ይህ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የሚመኘውና የሚፈልገው የተቃዋሚ የፖለቲካ ድርጅቶች ስምምነትና አንድነት መገለጫ ሊሆን የሚችል አኩሪ ጥቃት መሆኑ ይታመንበታል ። በጥቃቱ የተካፈሉ የሁለቱ ድርጅቶች ታጋዮች እንዳብራሩት ዛሬ በጋራ የጀመርነው ወታደራዊ ጥቃት በዚሁ የሚያበቃ ሳይሆን የጋራ ዓላማና ራዕይ እስካለን ድረስ ወደኋላ የማይቀለበስ ነው ሲሉ ተናግረዋል። ከዚህም አክለው የዚህ ወታደራዊ ዘመቻ ዓላማ አገር እንደሌለው ሁሉ በሰው አገር ፍዳውን እያየና እየተሰቃየ እንዲሁም ለሞት እየተዳረገ የሚገኙውን በሳውዲ አርቢያ ለተፈፀመው በደል ለመበቀልና ሕዝባዊ ወገንተኝነታችንን ለማሳየት ታስቦ የተወሰደ ወገናዊ እርምጃ ነው በማለት አብራርተዋል።
በውጊያው ከሞት ተርፎ ለከባድ ቁስልና የአካል ጉዳት የተዳረገው የወያኔው ቅጥረኛ የ24ኛ ክፈለ ጦር አባላትን ከሁመራ አንስቶ እስከ ትግራይ የሕክምና ማዕከሎች ማጋጋዝ ዋነኛ ተግባሩ ሆኗል።
ይህንን የጀግና ጥቃትና ድል የተመለከቱ የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ሰራዊቱን እንኳን ደህና መጣችሁ ብሎ በመቀበልና ስንቅና ትጥቅ በማቅረብ አጋርነቱን ያስመሰከረ ሲሆን የተጀመረው ወታደራዊ ጥቃት በተለያዩ አካባቢዎች ላይ እንዲደገም ያላቸውን ልባዊ ምኞት ገልፀው በንፁሃን ላይ ያለ አግባብ ሲወሰድ የነበረው የቅጥረኞች እርምጃ አንጀቱ ላረረው ሕዝብ እምባ ያበሰ እንደሆነም ተናግረዋል።
በመጨረሻም የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አርበኞች ግንባር/ ኢሕአግ/ እና የጋምቤላ ሕዝብ ነፃነት ንቅናቄ /ጋህነን/ ወያኔ ለ22 ዓመት ያህል አገሪቷን ሲበዘብዝና ሕዝቡ የዲሞክራሲያዊ መብቱ ተጠቃሚ እንዳይሆን በሃይል የመግዛቱ ሂደት እንዲያከትም የተቻላቸውን ሁሉ ለማድረግ ቆርጠው መነሳታቸውን አስታውቀዋል።

Photoshopping the good doctor

by Yilma Bekele
According to Tigrai on line web site that published it the good Dr. is welcoming our deportees from Saudi Arabia. As you can see there are lots of problems with this assertion. It just looks like the people he is welcoming don’t seem to be aware of the presence of such a high ranking official, the future Prime Minister in their midst.  Tedros Addhanom seems to have landed from out of nowhere. Is it possible he was in charge of keeping the line moving in an orderly manner, if so does he moonlight as a security guard in his spare time? Where is the stick, normally Woyane security always carry a stick to whip citizens into compliance or maybe he is a humane guard since he is highly educated. Also what is with this scale discrepancy? I know our Tigrean warriors are big and strong but really do you think this picture takes that a little bit further? If you remember old Chinese propaganda posters always showed Chairman Mao bigger than life, is it possible our cadres are schooled in the same manner? It is a little scary here because if as a Foreign Minster he is shown to be about 15% bigger imagine what would happen when as ‘written’ he is promoted to Prime Minister?
Using photo shop is an old trick. The Soviet Union used to rub out leaders from old pictures when they fall off favor. It is to make it look that they never existed. Today photo shop is used in fashion photography to sell products and make the subjects prettier than they already are. Photo shop is a science and an art. It requires plenty of training and know how to trick the eye and the brain to accept what is a little too much to be true.
Unfortunately our Tigrai on line friends did not think it important to acquire that knowledge. It is also possible like most Woyanes they have a little bit of introductory course and decided to graduate themselves. Why else would anybody publish such a silly, amateurish work for the whole world to see? It is also possible that they lie and cheat so much they have lost respect to their audience.
We also took their silly picture to FotoForencsics web (http://fotoforensics.com) site and subjected their picture to stress analysis. I know the photo is so obvious there is no need for further analysis but this is just a favor to the idiots at Tigrai on line so in the future they are aware of such a tool and test their work before throwing it on our face. Woyane never stop to amuse us, do they? We thought their children would know better, as they say like father like son. (Gem legem abro Yazgem)