VOA’s Alula Kebede hosts a discussion on the role and responsibilities of journalists as agents of change with Esayas Lisanu of Netsanet Le Ethiopia Radio, Dereje Desta of Zethiopia Newspaper, Abebe Gelaw of ESAT, and Elias Kifle of Ethiopian Review. Listen here.
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report the truth, noting but the truth!!!
so fare you guys have been doing a good job,but there is room to grow!!
A discussion on the role and responsibilities of journalists as agents of change . HMM. The question would be
Can journalists play any journalistic role as agents of change in Ethiopia? THE ANSWER IS A BIG NO. IT IS SUICIDE TO BE A TRUE JOURNALIST IN ETHIOPIA.
The only way change will come is if all Ethiopians stop hiding behind their occupation , age , sex , place of residence and so on and pick up arms. We exhausted every other alternatives and we did not even manage to cut off the foreign aid. There is one alternative left which is picking up arms men , women , young , old , diaspora and so on should do it. No one should fight other people’s fight. We all have to fight.
Many people close to the ruling party are convinced that the United States may have already begun to discuss the succession of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Many say change is coming. It is time to direct the change in a way it benefits all Ethiopians.
The United States has already reportedly begun to check two options for what could follow after Prime Minister Meles Zenawi:
He could either rapidly designate his own successor to prepare him for his role, or He could establish government of national unity before the end of his term.
Such is the belief of Ethiopian opponents who have had contacts with American diplomats in Addis Ababa or in Washington. These diplomats have had talks with the faction of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) headed by Kemal Gelchu, with the Ginbot 7 group led by Dr. Berhanu Nega and with Daoud Ibsa, the leader of another faction of the OLF who was discreetly invited to Washington at the end of last year.
Several economic (higher inflation, rampant corruption) and political (the recent sidelining of 300 officers including Tigrayan generals) factors have led the U.S. officials to deem that Ethiopia is not immune to uncontrolled social explosions, even if the EPRDF governing coalition has the situation well in hand. Hence the idea that Meles Zenawi take the initiative to open his government to some opponents such as Birtukan Mideksa or Seye Abraha, who are currently undergoing training at Harvard University.
Failing that, the U.S. delegates reportedly suggested that Meles Zenawi should plan the period after he is no longer in power and prepare his successor, whether it be Tewodros Adhanom the current minister of health, Arkebe Oqubay (advisor to the Prime Minister) or former Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian army, the former General Tsadkan Gebre-Tensae who now works for the UN in South Sudan. But Meles Zenawi is not believed to have favored either scenario.
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Jegnaw Ethiopiawe replies:
February 27th, 2012 at 5:14 PM
I think you are Woyane..
the change will have to com from Ethiopians not from foreign powers.Ethiopia is not Americas problem to solve, it is a problem of Woyane in Ethiopia that need to be solved by Ethiopians..don’t try to divert the problem of Woyane to something Else!!!