የቅንጅት ስያሜ ለአንድ ግለሰብ ከተሰጠና ህዝባዊ ባለቤትነቱ በወያኔ ከጠነጠቀ በኋላ ፓርቲው የተነሳለትን አላማ በስያሜ ሰበብ ላለማደናቀፍ በሚል ከአገር ውስጥና ከአገር ውጭ ያሉ ደጋፊዎችንና አባላትን በማወያየት “አንድነት ለዴሞክራሲና ለፍትህ” በሚል ስያሜ ፓርቲ ለመመስረት የመስራች አባላት ፊርማ በማሰባሰብ በመላ አገሪቱ በመንቀሳቀስ ላይ ካሉት አባላት የተወሰኑት ብርቱ ማስጠንቀቂያ ሲደርሳቸው በጉራጌ ዞን ኢጃ ወረዳ በተመሳሳይ እንቅስቃሴ ላይ የነበሩ አባላት ደግሞ መታገታቸውን ክልሉ የፓርቲው አስተባባሪ ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገለጹ፡፡
የአንድነት ፓርቲ ስራ አስፈጻሚዎች፤ የላእላይ ም/ቤት አባላት፤ የተለያየ ሃላፊነት ያላቸው ነባር አባላትና የፓርቲው አስተባባሪዎች በተለያዩ የአገሪቱ ክፍሎች በመዘዋወር የመስራች አባላት ፊርማ ከማሰባሰቡ ጎን ለጎን ደጋፊዎቻቸውን የማነቃቃት ስራ በመስራት ላይ የሚገኙ ሲሆን እንቅስቃሴያቸውን ለማደናቀፍ የወያኔ ካድሬዎች እያካሄዱ የነበሩት ተግባር የፓርቲው ከፍተኛ ደጋፊ ባለበት የኢጃ ወረዳ ፊርማ በማሰባሰብ ላይ የነበሩትን አባላት በማሰር ‹‹ለልማት ያለው ብቸኛው አማራጭ ኢህአዴግ ብቻ ነው››የሚል ገለጻ ካደረጉ በኋላ የተወሰኑትን ሲለቁ ሁለት አስተባባሪዎችን እስካሁን በእስር ላይ አቆይተዋቸዋል፡፡
በጉዳዩ ላይ አስተያየታቸውን የጠየቅናቸው አመራር አባል በአሁኑ ወቅት የሚፈጸሙት ወከባዎች እየባሱ መጥተዋል ሆኖም የአባላቱን ጉዳይ በህግ አካሄድ እንከታተለዋለን ብለዋል፡፡
የመስራች አባላት ፊርማ የማሰባሰብና የግንዛቤ ማስጨበጫ (የማነቃቂያ) የግዜ ገደቡ የፊታችን አርብ ይጠናቀቃል፡፡
Construction on the fibre-optics East African Submarine Cable System (EASSY) project has been launched on Thursday to connect 21 African countries to each other and the rest of the world with high-quality Internet and international communications services.
It is reported that the cable would be installed by Alcatel-Lucent along the sea-bed off Africa’s east coast. It was expected to be operational by the first half of 2010.
“We are pleased to work with the Eassy Consortium in laying this new cable that will expand communications capabilities and help reduce the digital divide in the region,” said Alcatel-Lucent submarine network activity president Etienne Lafougère.
The supply contract for installation of the cable was now in force. The funds were provided by the consortium of 25 telecommunications operators, of which 19 were African companies.
The operators of the system were Bharti Airtel Limited of India, Botswana Telecommunications Corporation, British Telecommunications, Dalkom of Somalia, Djibouti Telecom SA, Etisalat of the United Arab Emirates, France Telecom, Mauritius Telecom, MTN of South Africa, Neotel of South Africa, Saudi Telecom Company, Comores Telecom, Sudan Telecom Company, Tanzania Telecommunications Company, Telecom Malagasy, Telecommunicacões de Mocambique, Telkom Kenya, Telkom SA Vodacom of South Africa, Zambia Telecommunications Company, Zanzibar Telecom, Uganda Telecom, U-Com Burundi SA, Office National Des Telecommunications of Lesotho, Lesotho Telecommunications Authority, and Gilat Satcom Nigeria.
Five major development finance institutions, namely the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the African Development Bank, the Agence Française de Développement, KfW of Germany, and the European Investment Bank, were partnering to provide the project’s long-term loan financing of $70,7-million, with $18,2-million coming from IFC.
The $247,1-million balance of the project cost, would be provided by the Eassy consortium members.
“This is a very important milestone toward implementation of the Eassy cable, which will transform the telecommunications landscape in the region. It will provide Internet and other communications access for 250 million Africans and substantially reduce costs for consumers and businesses,” said IFC director for global information and communication technologies Mohsen Khalil.
The cable would run 10 000 km from Africa’s southern tip, around the African horn, and into the Red Sea, connecting South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, and Sudan.
The IFC indicated that consumers along Africa’s east coast typically paid between $200 and $300 a month for Internet access via satellite.
These prices created a barrier to usage and restricted economic activity and growth. Once the Eassy cable was in place, prices for international connectivity were expected to drop by two-thirds at the outset, and the number of subscribers would increase rapidly.
Because the project would give open access to service providers, prices would fall further as volume and competition increased. This was expected to stimulate the development of new knowledge-based industries, call-centers, and similar ventures. Educational and health activities in the region would also benefit from access to low-cost Internet.
In a separate initiative, the World Bank was assisting with the implementation of regional distribution networks to connect landlocked countries in East Africa to each other and the Eassy cable, helping maximise access.
Another 13 adjoining countries would also be linked to the system as terrestrial backbone networks were completed through the broader World Bank initiative, and these included Botswana, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Global Energy announced that its has started a castor farming in Ethiopia for biodiesel plants. Global, in conjunction with its subsidiaries, Global NRG Pacific and Global Energy Ethiopia (“GEE”), is involved in a project to plant, harvest and produce non-edible oil for the biodiesel industry and a myriad of other uses.
GEE expects to commence seeding of castor in April, 2008 and harvest in August/September 2008. The expected yield of the harvest is 28,000 tons of seeds producing approximately 12,000 tons of castor oil. The current commodity price for castor ranges from $700.00U.S. to $1100.00 per ton.
During the past five months, GEE has developed an infrastructure for an agricultural cooperative, in the regions of Waletia and Goma Gofa, Ethiopia. This includes, but is not limited to, signed agreements with over 25,000 families, to farm castor on approximately 7,500 hectares of their land. GEE’s operations center is based in Sodo, Ethiopia, and includes a logistics center, computer center and a staff of Company trained agricultural supervisors.
The castor initiative is located in southern Ethiopia, approximately 320 km south of the capital of Addis Ababa and is comprised of land area totaling 220km by 110km.
GEE is concurrently conducting a research and development program to achieve new “species” of castor to improve future yields and intends to conduct studies in eight experimental sites simulating a variety of conditions. Additionally, the Company is training local personnel with twelve agronomists.
“Global’s work in Ethiopia represents another business model for the Company, one that is practical, provides a service to members of the local communities, and holds the potential to generate an ongoing significant revenue stream for the Company,” stated Asi Shalgi, CEO.
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Forward-Looking Statements.
Statements in this press release which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements and include any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements include, among others, that seeding of castor would commence in April 2008 and harvest in August/September 2008, that the expected yield of the harvest is 28,000 tons of seeds producing approximately 12,000 tones of castor oil, and that we will conduct studies in eight experimental sites to achieve a new “species” of castor to improve future yields; that we will commercialize innovative technologies which produce energy from waste and renewable sources; and that we will use the most efficient and environmentally friendly of all currently available alternative fuel technologies.
Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others: (i) the inherent uncertainties and speculative nature associated with biofuels and alternative fuel sources; (ii) potential environmental liabilities, weather, mechanical failures, safety concerns, labor problems and financing problems; (iii) changes in economic conditions, adverse exchange rates and financial markets; (iv) the risk that we are not able to execute our business plan, such as entering agreements with strategic partners, leasing land, obtaining loans, etc; (v) the inability to retain key employees; (vi) changes in energy prices and the high cost of alternative fuels; (vii) Global Energy’s inability to finance its operations or growth; (viii) the inability to obtain all necessary government, environmental and regulatory approvals; (ix) an increase in competition in the biofuel and alternative fuel market; (x) the possibility that our technology does not work as well as expected; and (xi) inability to access additional funds under the arranged convertible debenture which is subject to certain conditions to funding. Further, commodity prices for castor oil may decline, and our crops may not grow as expected. Investors should consider all of these risks and should also refer to the risk factors disclosed on the SEC filings of other start up alternative energy companies.
በቀጣዩ ሚያዝያ ለሚካሄደው የአከባቢና የማሟያ ምርጫ ፓርቲዎች የምረጡኝ ዘመቻቸውን የጀመሩ ሲሆን ወያኔ በ1887 ዓ.ም አጼ ምኒልክ አደረጉ የሚባለውን መስፋፋት በማስታወስ ‘ነፍጠኞች’ የአርሲ ሴቶች ጡት ሲቆርጡ የሚያሳይ ምስሎችን (ፖስተሮችን) የወያኔ ካድሬዎችን በክልሉ በማሰራጨት ላይ ይገኛሉ፡፡ በተለይ የኦህዴድን 18ኛ አመት የምስረታ በአል አስመልክቶ በአርሲ ልዩ ስፍራው ‹‹አኖሌ ሃርመ ሙራ›› በተደረገው ቅስቀሳ ‹‹በቀጣዩ ምርጫ የምኒልክ ነፍጠኞችን ጭፍጨፋ መቃወማችንን በሚያሳይ መልኩ ኦህዴድን እንምረጥ›› የሚሉና ተመሳሳይ አሉታዊ ቅስቀሳዎች ተንጸባርቀዋል፡፡
በዛሬው እለት በአዳማ በተካሄደው ተመሳሳይ የበአል አከባበር ላይ ከመቶ አመት በፊት የተፈጸመው የምኒልክ ዘመቻ ሰፊ ሽፋን ተሰጥቶት ለሚያዝያው ምርጫ በመቀስቀሻነት የዋለ ሲሆን በምርጫ 1997 ወቅት የአከባቢው ነዋሪ ህዝብ ‹‹ወሬ መፍጠራችሁን ትታችሁ አንገብጋቢ የልማት ጥያቄዎቻችንን አሟሉ›› ከማለት አንስቶ የክልሉን ፕሬዝዳንት በአሳፋሪ ሁኔታ በምርጫው እንዲሸነፉ ከፍተኛ ሚና መጫወቱ ይታወሳል፡፡
በተቀዳሚ ምክትል ሊቀመንበር ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ የሚመራው የአንድነት ለዴሞክራሲና ለፍትህ ፓርቲ የመስራቾች ፊርማ ማሰባሰብ በነገው እለት ይጀመራል፡፡
ወደተለያዩ የአገሪቱ ክልሎች በሚደረገው በዚህ የመስራች አባላት ፊርማ የማሰባሰብ ሂደት ወ/ሪት ብርቱካን፤ አቶ ሙሉነህ፤ መቶ አለቃ አለማሁ የኔነህ (አስተባባሪው)፤አቶ መሃመድ አሊ እና ሌሎች የስራ አስፈጻሚ አባላት ተሳታፊ የሚሆኑ ሲሆን በዛሬው እለት ርቼ አከባቢ ባለው የፓርቲው ጽ/ቤት በተደረገው ማብራርያና የቅድመ ዝግጅት ውይይት በሂደቱ የሚሳተፉት አባላት ማንኛውንም መስዋእትነት ለመጋፈጥ መዘጋጀታቸውን አረጋግጠዋል፡፡
የምርጫ ቦርድ የድጋፍ ደብዳቤ ለመጻፍ የተለያዩ ሰበቦችን ሲያስቀምጥ ከቆየ በኋላ እምቢታውን መግለጹ ይታወሳል፡፡
