በመላ አገሪቱ ያሉ ደጋፊዎቻችንን እናነጋግር በሚል ከቀድሞው የመኢአድ ቢሮ ተልከው የነበሩት የአቶ አባይነህ ብርሀኑ ልኡካን በየሄዱበት ተቃውሞ ሲገጥማቸው ቆይቶ ከተመለሱ በኋሏ አቋማቸውን በመመርመር የቅንጅትን ተ/ም ሊቀመንበር ወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳን ሊያነጋግሩ ቀጠሮ መያዛቸውን ሪፖርተራችን ዘገበ፡፡
ልኡኩ በተጓዘባቸው ክልሎች ሁሉ የስራ አስፈጻሚው ያለ ፓርቲው ህገ ደንብ በአንድ ግለሰብ መታገዱ ተቃውሞ አስነስቶበት የነበረ ሲሆን ባለፈው እሁድ የቃል ሪፖርት ከተሰማ በኋላ አቶ ሃይሉ ሻውልን በማፈስቀድ አጠቃላይ ጉባኤ ለመጥራት የታቀደ ቢሆንም አብዛኛው አባል አካሄዱ አያዋጣም በማለቱ ጉዳዩ የተለየ አቅጣጫ ይዟል፡፡
ከአቶ አባይነህ ጋር በጥፋቱ ጎዳና ያን ያህል የተጓዙት አባላት አቋማቸውን ቀይረው በአገር ውስጥ ያለችውን መሪያችንን እናነጋግር ማለታቸው ጊዜ ከመግዛት አንጻር የተደረገ ስልት ነው የሚሉ ወገኖች ያሉ ቢሆንም ሃሳባቸውን ለመረዳት ወ/ት ብርቱካን ለሰኞ ቀጠሮ እንዲያዝ ማዘዛቸውን ሪፖርተራችን ዘግቧል፡፡
Human Rights Watch 2008 Report
The Ethiopian government’s Woyanne human rights record remains poor, both within the country and in neighboring Somalia, where since early 2007 thousands of Ethiopian Woyanne troops have been fighting an insurgency alongside the Transitional Federal puppet Government of Somalia. Government Woyanne forces committed serious human rights violations, including rape, torture, and village burnings, during a campaign against Ethiopian rebels in eastern Somali Region (Region 5). Abuses also took place in other parts of the country, notably in Oromia State where local officials carried out mass arrests, extra-judicial killings and economic sanctions… Continue Reading >>
TORONTO, ONTARIO — Avion Resources Corp. (“Avion Resources” or “the Company”) (TSX VENTURE:AVR) is pleased to announce that it has completed its purchase of exploration assets in the North and West regions of Ethiopia from Aberdeen International Inc. (“Aberdeen”). Avion has purchased the rights to a 100% undivided interest in exploration licences in Ethiopia. The area covers approximately 2,674 km2 in the Northern Regional State of Tigray and 1,766 km2 in the Western regional State of Asosa.
Terms of the Agreement
As disclosed in its press release of November 27, 2007, Avion has agreed to purchase the exploration licences in consideration of:
I. the immediate payment of $250,000; II. the payment of $750,000 on or before June 30, 2008; III. the payment of $1,000,000 on or before December 31, 2008; IV. the grant to Aberdeen of a 1.5% Net Smelter Royalty in respect of the exploration licences; V. the issue of 1,500,000 Avion share purchase warrants, each of which will entitle Aberdeen to acquire one Avion common share at a price of $0.48 at any time prior to July 31, 2009; and VI. the assumption of Aberdeen’s obligations to Ethio-Gibe Canada Mining PLC, which is the company that assisted Aberdeen in the acquisition of its properties in Ethiopia.
The payments set out above shall be made in cash, or common shares of Avion upon the mutual agreement of both parties, with any common shares to be issued at a price equal to the 30-day volume weighted average trading price for Avion common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange.
Rene Bharti, CEO of Avion Resources, stated, “The Ethiopian properties offer significant potential for Avion Resources and its shareholders. The exploration licenses lie within the southern extension of the metal-rich Nubian-Arabian Greenstone belt. Over 60 massive sulphide zones, including Nevsun’s Bisha deposit and several gold deposits have been discovered in these greenstone belts. Phase I of the exploration program has yielded promising results and we are excited about concluding phase II and the start of a drill program in the near future.”
The Proposed Exploration Program
The Phase II program will involve detailed structural and geological mapping, extensive geochemical sampling and targeted prospecting. The first part of the program was conducted in November and December 2007. This six to eight week field program focused on the priority target areas identified from the integrated targeting of the Northern Property. A similar follow-up program for the Western Property was recently commenced.
About Avion Resources Corp
Avion Resources is a Canadian-based exploration and development company focused on strategic acquisitions within Africa & Canada. Avion has a team of highly qualified geologists as well as a strong operational team that is exploring various properties in the previously mentioned regions. Avion currently has an exploration project in Canada: Iron Lake copper, gold, nickel, PGM property, located 45 kilometres northeast of 100 Mile House in central British Columbia. Prior to the issue of shares to Aberdeen (as described above), Avion has approximately 15.3 million shares outstanding and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol AVR.
Cautionary Notes
This press release contains “forward looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the future financial or operating performance of the Company, the prospective mineralization of the properties to be acquired, the terms of acquisition, and the impact of the acquisition on Avion. Generally, forward looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to: general business, economic, competitive, geopolitical and social uncertainties; the actual results of current exploration activities; acquisition risks; and other risks of the mining industry. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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SOURCE: Avion Resouces Corp.
Avion Resources Corp. Rene Bharti President and CEO (416) 861-5913 Email: [email protected]
By Tefferi Mengistie
My compatriots from Dallas flocked in a bunch to Oklahoma on January 29, 2008 to stage their protest against Senator Inhofe’s intransigence to listen to the voice of the voiceless. Oklahoma City has become a point of departure for the solidarity train, gathering momentum as it crosses America from coast to coast to coast, whistling the dire need of democracy in Ethiopia. Welcome aboard friends!
This has been a third of the series of mass protests that will be held in Oklahoma. The organizers told me they would do it as long as it takes till the Senator responds to their call. They will make it -sort of- a ritual. We are putting Oklahoma City in a political map of the nation by making it a dueling place – to many Ethiopians living outside of Ethiopia- where the struggle between the forces who yearn for democracy to prevail and few who support a ruthless dictator is fought.
Thank God! We are in America where you can freely protest about the atrocities widely committed and is still being committed to quite a number of Ethiopians by a government voted out of office. Unlike our folks back home, we are not shot because of that, we are not losing our jobs because we voiced our disagreement, nor are we imprisoned for saying Meles kills innocent people.
H.R.2003 is a cause ubiquitous both in and outside of Ethiopia. Barely a day passes by, where it is not mentioned in most of the pro-democracy websites. We are virtually breathing it as a hope, way and means to help our people enjoy the fruits of freedom and democracy. The part that sends a shiver on the spines of the dictator is the accountability part. It has become a topic of every day conversation among Ethiopians. It is a covenant to our people, back home, that we shall never let them down!
HR 2003: The “Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007” is a bill unanimously passed by the US house of representatives on Oct. 2, 2007. It supports, among other things, the advancement of democracy, human rights, independent judiciary, freedom of press, peacekeeping capacity building, and economic development in Ethiopia. In a nut shell, the bill basically encourages the Ethiopian government to respect its own constitution. In the coming few weeks it will be on the senate floor.1
One doesn’t necessarily have to be of an Ethiopian extract to lend support to this bill to pass on the Senate floor, except to love fellow human beings so as to say this kind of atrocity must not happen to anyone else. In light of this, a score of tax paying American Citizens (non-Ethiopian origin) went in a freezing, stormy weather to urge the Senator to support the bill which promotes the best of America. They were there to ask the senator to stop supporting a dictator with tax payers’ money. Thank you for doing the right thing! We know your only interest is to see freedom and justice prevail in every corner of the world.
Congratulations to the organizers and participants. You are providing a monumental service to your people by being a voice of freedom and democracy. You are a force of change and are part of a bitter struggle to get rid off tyranny in Ethiopia. All of you are my heroes for venturing out despite the adverse whether condition. I know most of you were not prepared for that kind of cold weather as you had to run (to buy jackets, scarves, gloves and head covers) to the mall across the office in order to stay the course. You were determined to do what it takes to stay in the harsh weather to deliver your message. Be proud of yourselves, for being ambassadors of your people who were not able to make it, for different reasons. I commend you for being a voice that demanded apology from a Senator who insulted every mother in Ethiopia; for being the voice of 193 victims killed by Meles Zenawi’s direct order to his security forces. You were the voice of thousands of political prisoners who are languishing in the Woyane dungeons in different parts of the country. You were the voice representing the weak currently perishing in Ogaden. You were the voice of a huge number of our Oromo brothers and sisters who are currently crowding the Woyane prisons.
By your indomitable spirit, you oil the squeaking wheels of our struggle to bring democracy in Ethiopia. You are making history by frustrating a government that only knows terrorizing its own people. Today, Woyane is staggering from power by the peaceful blow H.R. 2003 has dealt it with. No amount of money spent on Washington lobbyists will eventually save it from fall and this fact is hitting them hard on the face. Rest assured! Woyane’s demise depends, largely, on a relatively small number of tenacious people who are willing to carry the hard work necessary. Stay the course friends, as the road we are taking has so many downs and few ups. It is you, few dedicated agents who will saddle the majority who will surely join the course on its ebb. You are taking the call of “the fierce urgency of now”, to keep the momentum of the peaceful struggle going.
What made this round of protest unique is the solidarity of people from different political parties to work towards a common end, a rare commodity so lacking in almost all political parties existing in the Diaspora. In H.R. 2003 we found a cause that binds us together, a cause that brings the best out of each of us. I feel with optimism that we will build upon this “beginning of a beautiful friendship” to develop a culture of working together, always looking at the bigger picture.
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The writer can be reached at [email protected]
