በቀጣዩ ሚያዝያ ለሚካሄደው የአከባቢና የማሟያ ምርጫ የህዝቡን አመለካከት ለመገንዘብ በሚል በዛሬው እለት ከረፋዱ 4፡00 ሰአት ጀምሮ የወያኔ ካድሬዎች በአዲስ አበባ ክፍለ ከተሞች የቤት ለቤት ቅስቀሳ ጀመሩ፡፡
አብዛኛው ሰው ከጠዋት የአምልኮ ስፍራዎች ተመልሶ እቤት ይገኛል ተብሎ በሚታሰብበት ሰአት ቅስቀሳው የተጀመረ ሲሆን ህዝቡ ለካድሬዎቹ ይሰጥ የነበረው ምላሽ ተቃውሞ የነበረበት ነው ባይባልም ጉዳዩን በዝምታ በመመልከት የተወሰነና ለምርጫው ባለቤት ያለመሆኑን እንደሚያመለክት ከምልልሱ መረዳት ይቻል እንደነበር ሂደቱን የተከታተሉት ሪፖርተሮቻችን ዘገባ ያመለክታል፡፡
በቤት ለቤት ቅስቀሳው ወቅት ካድሬዎቹ ያነሷቸው ከነበሩት ጥያቄዎች የተወሰኑት ‹‹እስካሁን የነበረውን ኢኮኖሚያዊ እድገት የበለጠ ለማሳደግ መንግስት ምን ማድረግ አለበት ይላሉ?››፤ ‹‹የቤት እመቤቶች ኑሯቸውን ለማሻሻል በመንግስት ምን አይነት እገዛ ሊደረግላቸው ይገባል… (ይህ ጥያቄ የሚቀርበው ካድሬው በሩን ሲያንኳኳ የሚከፍቱት የቤት እመቤቶች ከሆኑ ነው)፤ በምርጫ 97 ያጋጠሙት ችግሮች እንዳይደገሙ ከመንግስት፤ ከህዝቡና ከተቃዋሚ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች ምን ይጠበቃል ብለው ያስባሉ?›› እና የመሳሰሉት የተለሳለሱ ውይይታዊ መሰል ጥያቄዎች ይገኙባቸዋል፡፡
በህዝቡ በኩል በምርጫ ታሪክ ይወክለኛል በሚል ሙሉ እምነት ጥሎ የመረጠው ቅንጅት ባለበት አሳሳቢ ችግር (ቀውስ) ውስጥ በመሆኑ፤ በቀጣዩ ምርጫ ራሳቸውን በተቃዋሚነት ካቀረቡት ጠንካራ ሊባሉ የሚችሉ ፓርቲዎች የተወሰኑት ብሄር ተኮር መሆናቸውና ህብረብሔራዊ ፓርቲዎቹም የጎላ ሚና መጫወት እንደማይችሉ በተለያዩ አጋጣሚዎች በማሳየታቸው፤ በጸጥታ ውስጥ ሆኖ የቅንጅትን ትንሳኤ የሚጠብቅ በመሆኑ፤ ለካድሬዎቹ መጠይቆች ተቃውሞ ማሳየቱ እርባና እንደሌለው የቆጠረ እንዳስመሰለው ሁኔታውን የተከታተሉት ሪፖርተሮቻችን ዘገባ ይጠቁማል፡፡
MOGADISHU (Garowe Online) – At least four soldiers with the Ethiopian Woyanne armed forces deployed in Somalia were killed Saturday after their water truck was ambushed by suspected insurgents, witnesses said.
The group of attackers used assault rifles during the ambush, which caught the Ethiopian Woyanne soldiers “by surprise,” according to one witness.
“The water truck was heading back to Ethiopian Woyanne base at the pasta factory,” said the witness in north Mogadishu, who counted the dead bodies.
Other witnesses corroborated the death toll.
The surviving Ethiopian Woyanne soldiers returned gunfire targeting the Somali rebels, but no one was hurt and the rebels escaped.
Another witness said he fled the area immediately for fear of being arrested by Ethiopian Woyanne army reinforcements, who arrived on the scene moments later and pulled the water truck and their dead soldiers from the attack location.
There were other acts of violence in Mogadishu today, including an explosion and an attempted assassination of a local government official.
A landmine exploded in south Mogadishu’s Hodan district Saturday morning, wounding at least three Somali civilians.
The landmine was intended to target a government patrol as it drove by, but missed its target and injured the civilian bystanders, witnesses said.
“I saw the [Somali] soldiers arrest several people, but other people ran away [from arrest],” said a witness describing the scene.
A source at Mogadishu police headquarters told Garowe Online that the explosion originated from a remotely-detonated device, often used by the insurgents.
An attempt to kill local government official Abdulle Ahmed Muse failed last night and the official is “recovering” at the hospital, according to Wadajir District Commissioner Ahmed Daa’i.
Mr. Muse was standing in front of his home in Wadajir when the attackers opened fire and wounded him before fleeing.
No government soldiers came to aid the wounded official, locals said. But neighbors helped tend to Mr. Muse’s gunshot wounds.
Somalia’s capital has seen little respite from violence in the past 14 months, as Islamist-led insurgents continue their bloody guerrilla campaign to oust the interim government and its Ethiopian Woyanne military backers from power in Mogadishu.
More than 6,000 civilians have been killed in violence, including countless government officials assassinated by the rebels. The United Nations says half of Mogadishu’s population has fled the seaside capital and some UN officials consider Somalia to be Africa’s worst humanitarian crisis.
LAS QORAY, Somalia Feb 23 (Garowe Online) – Nearly 120 Ethiopian migrants were dumped off of north Somalia’s coastal town of Las Qoray and informed that they were on Yemeni shores, local sources reported Saturday.
Las Qoray residents awoke today to find the migrants near the coast, including women and children.
A local source told Garowe Online that the migrants are from Ethiopia, and most belong to that country’s Oromo ethnic group.
The migrants told Las Qoray locals that they were thrown overboard when they “saw lights” in the distance. The armed smugglers apparently told the migrants that they had reached the shores of Yemen, a destination for migrants fleeing the Horn of Africa region.
The boat was loaded in a small village east of the port city of Bossaso, the commercial hub of the Puntland regional autonomy, the migrants said.
The boat stayed on the high seas for many hours and then got close to the shore during the night, when the unsuspecting migrants could be easily tricked.
“They [migrants] told us they were thrown overboard,” said a local clan elder who spoke with the Ethiopians. “They looked tired and were in very bad shape.”
The Bossaso-to-Yemen smuggling route kills hundreds of African migrants each year. Earlier this week, at least 37 people, mostly Somalis and Ethiopians, died in the Gulf of Aden as they attempted to reach the Yemeni coast.
Las Qoray is located in Sanaag, a region disputed for years between Puntland and the neighboring self-declared Republic of Somaliland.
But since last year, Las Qoray and much of Sanaag region has remained in the hands of local clan leaders who established the Maakhir State of Somalia, which considers itself part of federal Somalia but independent of both Somaliland and Puntland.
The Kinijit North America general assembly meeting has been adjourned for tonight after meeting through out the day. Most of time today was allocated for hearing reports from the executive committee, the auditor and representatives for the various chapters. Tomorrow, the general assembly will elect Kinijit North America officials and deliberate on proposed action plans. Ethiopian Review will air live press conference with the Kinijit NA officials at the conclusion of the meeting tomorrow.
Kinijit NA general assembly convened
The Kinijit North America general assembly meeting has been convened this morning in Las Vegas, Nevada. Several representatives of Kinijit chapters through out the United States are taking part in the meeting. The party’s top leadership is being represented at the meeting by Ato Kifle Tigneh, who arrived in the U.S. earlier this week. ER will post updates as the meeting progresses. Stay tuned.
