The chief editor of the newly launched Awramba newspaper, Ato Dawit Kebede, was taken to the 6th police station by Woyanne gunmen in Addis Ababa this morning.
Ato Dawit was recently released from jail along with the Kinijit leaders. Ato Dawit’s associates told ER sources that he was taken away without an arrest warrant or any explanation.
Other journalists and editors continue to receive threates from the Woyanne regime as political repression and crackdown on the free press in Ethiopia continue.
The Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) has submitted an application to the Woyanne-controlled Electoral Board of Ethiopia to operate under a new name… Read more at zikkir News Service
የቅንጅት የስራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ በአዲስ ፓርቲ ለመንቀሳቀስ የሚያስችለውን የፊርማ ማሰባሰቢያ ፈቃድ ለማግኘት በዛሬው እለት ለምርጫ ቦርድ ማመልከቻ አቀረበ፡፡
አመራሩ ባለፈው ሳምንት የላእላይ ም/ቤቱን 33 አባላት በማወያየት አዲስ ፓርቲ የመመስረት ሃላፊነቱን እንደተረከበ የሚታወስ ሲሆን በጉዳዩ ላይ በተለያዩ የአገሪቱ ክልሎች ያሉ ወኪሎቹን የማነጋገሩን ሂደት በም/ሊቀመንበር ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ አማካይነት በዚህ ሳምንት መጀመርያ ላይ በአዋሳ ከተማ በማድረግ ውጤታማ ውይይት አካሂዷል፡፡
ምርጫ ቦርድ የቀረበውን ማመልከቻ ከመረመረ በኋላ በነገው እለት የፊርማ ማሰባሰቢያ ፈቃዱን ለመስጠት ቀጠሮ እንደሰጣቸው ለማወቅ ተችሏል፡፡
By Sam Graham-Felsen
AUSTIN — Obama Texas State Director Adrian Saenz issued a statement on the projected primary and caucus results that show Senator Obama won more Texas delegates than Senator Clinton.
“By fighting the primary to a near-draw and earning a resounding victory in the caucus, the people of Texas have moved Barack Obama one step closer to claiming the Democratic nomination for president,” said Adrian Saenz. “Texans in both parties and of all ages sent a clear message that the American people are ready for the kind of change that Barack Obama will bring to Washington, DC as our 44th President.”
Because of the close finish, Senator Clinton will likely net only two delegates up-for-grabs in the Texas Primary. Based on a large sample of caucus results in all 31 state senate districts, Senator Obama is projected to post a substantial victory in the Texas caucus and, thereby, net at least seven delegates. This means that Senator Obama will win at least five more pledged delegates from Texas than Senator Clinton.
Addis Ababa ranks the 6th dirtiest city in the world
Run by a corrupt, violent government, Addis Ababa ranks the 6th dirtiest city in the world, according to Mercer Health and Sanitation Index. Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, faces one of the worst sanitation problems on both the continent of Africa as well as in the world. The lack of adequate sanitation programs results in infant mortality, low life expectancy and the transmission of water-borne diseases… Read more >>
MEKELLE (ST) — The only legal opposition party in the Tigray region, Arena Tigray for democracy and sovereignty (ATDS) today said it won’t contest on the next month’s national election.
“Our party won’t take part in the coming national election as the ruling government has deliberately delayed our recognition paper to disqualify us from running the election” vice chairman of the party Birhanu Berhe told Sudan Tribune.
The ruling early which doesn’t want to have any regional party in Tigray region has delayed recognizing us by 7 months, while the law Clearly states that an opposition with legal formality has the rights to get recognition with in a month time” he said.
“We received recognition in late October which is too late to established permanent leadership, organize, conduct and file in contestants” he added.
The party has accused the ruling party of continued hostile policy against opposition parties. “Indirect violence and pressures against our party and supporters are wide which are difficult to prove to court” he said.
“The deliberate delays in recognizing our party is the ruling party’s fear that we will stand being strong contestants in the election” Birhanu added
The ATDS party is established by former higher members of the ruling party who believe the ruling party is hitting a wrong track in terms of democracy, economy, politics and leadership.
