ምርጫ 97ትን ተከትሎ በተፈጠረው ቀውስ ለእስር የተዳረጉ የቅንጅት ደጋፊዎችንና አባላትን ለማስፈታት የቅንጅት ስራ አስፈጻሚ አባላትና የአገር ሽማግሌዎች በጥምር በመስራት ላይ መሆናቸውን አንድ የስራ አስፈጻሚ አባል ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገለጹ፡፡
ህዝባዊውን ፓርቲ ህጋዊ ከማድረጉ እንቅስቃሴ ጎን ለጎን እየተካሄደ ባለው እስረኞችን የማስፈታት እንቅስቃሴ በትናንትናው እለት 24 ያህል ፍርድ የተሰጠባቸው እስረኞችን የምህረት ሰነድ ያስፈረሙ ሲሆን በዛሬው እለት በተካሄደ የስራ አስፈጻሚው ስብሰባ ደግሞ ጉዳያቸው በፍርድ እየታየ ያሉት ሌሎች እስረኞችም የምህረቱ ተጠቃሚዎች እንዲሆኑ ጥረት ለማድረግ ከስምምነት ላይ ተደርሷል፡፡
በተቀዳሚ ም/ሊቀመንበር ወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ የሚመራው የስራ አስፈጻሚ ቡድን በፕሮፌሰር ኤፍሬም ይስሃቅ ከሚመራው የአገር የሽማግሌዎች ቡድን ጋር በመተባበር እስረኞቹን አስመልክቶ ለህዝቡ የገባውን ቃል ለመፈጸም ያለመታከት እንደሚሰራ የአመራር አባሉ ጨምረው ገልጸዋል፡፡
MOGADISHU (AFP) — Three Somali soldiers were killed Friday when Somali insurgents attacked a military air base south of Mogadishu and made away with weapons, an army official and an insurgent leader told AFP.
A group of insurgents attacked and briefly seized control of the base at Baledogle, around 90 kilometres (55 miles) west of the capital.
The fighting left three soldiers dead and five wounded, a local Somali military officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.
“Insurgents attacked our base, there was fighting that killed three of our soldiers. I don’t know how many casualties the other side suffered,” he said.
An elder from a nearby area confirmed the death toll.
“I saw the three bodies, which were brought to our district. The five wounded were transported to Mogadishu,” Hussein Ali Mohammed told AFP.
The elder said the insurgents looted ammunition and weapons from the base.
A spokesman for the insurgents confirmed the attack and claimed that no Islamist fighters were hurt in the fighting.
“None of our fighters were harmed in the fighting. We did not encounter much resistance on the base,” Sheikh Muktar Ali Robow told AFP.
The spokesman — also known by his nom de guerre “Abu Mansur” — is a leader of the Shabab organisation, the military wing of the Islamic Courts Union, which briefly controlled large parts of Somalia in 2006.
A recent report by the African Union warned that Islamist insurgents had recently started expanding their area of operations in a bid to further destabilise stretched and ill-trained Somali forces.
“Over the past weeks, the anti-government forces have spread their activities to regions that were previously peaceful, though not necessarily under government control,” said the report, released on January 18.
Woyanne is intensifying its repression against opposition parties in preparation for the upcoming local elections. It is also reported that very few people are registering to vote. Read more by zikkir News Service.
In this 105th Special Report, Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) presents details of its findings on human rights violations perpetrated against members of the Wolayita ethnic group living in Arbaminch zuria wereda, Lante farmers’association in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) by some members of the Ocholo ethnic group who had the official backing of local authorities in the area. Read the full report here (pdf)
በኢትዮጵያ የምርጫ ታሪክ የመጨረሻው ዝቅተኛ ግምት በተሰጠው የሚያዝያው ምርጫ ላይ የህብረትና የኦፌዴን አመራሮች እጩዎቻቸው እየታሰሩባቸው መሆኑንና የተለያዩ ጫናዎች እንደሚደርሱባቸው በመግለጽ ላይ ሲሆኑ በማንም አእምሮ እንደተቃዋሚ የማይቆጠሩት የአቶ ልደቱና አየለ ጫሚሶ ቡድኖች ምርጫውን አስመልክቶ እንደሚጠበቀው አዎንታዊ መግለጫዎችን በመስጠት ላይ ይገኛሉ፡፡
ለሚያዝያው ምርጫ ገዢው ፓርቲ በሚሊዮን የሚቆጠሩ ተወዳዳሪዎችን ያዘጋጀ ሲሆን በተለይ አዲስ አበባ ላይ በምርጫ 97 የደረሰበትን ክስረት ባለው እድል ሁሉ ተጠቅሞ ለማካካስና ከሁለት አመት በኋላ ለሚካሄደው 4ኛው አገር አቀፍ ምርጫ ቅድመ ዝግጅት በማድረግ ላይ ተጠምዷል፡፡ በዋና ከተማዋ ላይ ብቻ የመምረጥ መብት እንዳለው የሚገመተው ከአንድ ሚሊን በላይ ዜጋ ቢሆንም በምዝገባው የመጨረሻ ቀናት ላይ ‹ተመዘገበ› የተባለው አሃዝ ከግማሽ እንደማይበልጥ የመንግስት የመገናኛ ብዙሃን ሳይቀሩ ይፋ አድርገውታል፡፡ በዚህ የ520 ሺህ አሃዝ ላይ ህዝቡ ከፍተኛ ጥርጣሬ እንዳለው ያነጋገርናቸው የከተማዋ ነዋሪዎች አልሸሸጉም፡፡
የኦሮሞ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራቲክ ንቅናቄ (ኦፌዴን) እና የህብረት እጩዎች ወደሚወዳደሩባቸው ክልሎች በመሄድ ህዝባቸውን ለማነጋገር ሲሞክሩ ፍጹም ኢ-ፍትሃዊ በሆነ መንገድ ወደ እስር ቤቶች ተግዘዋል፡፡
በሰሜን ሸዋ ዞን የሰላሌ የወሰን ከተማ በሆነችው በጎሃጽዮን ህዝቡን በማነጋገር ላይ የነበሩ 27 የኦፌዴን ተወካዮች በሙሉ ወደ እስር ቤት መነዳታቸው ለዚህ ተጠቃሽ መሆኑን አቶ ቡልቻ ደመቅሳ ገልጸዋል፡፡ በዚህ የተነሳም ፓርቲዎች የእጩዎቻቸውን ማንነት ምርጫው እስኪቀርብ ላለመግለጽ እንደሚገደዱ በማስታወቅ ላይ ይገኛሉ፡፡
Mekelle, TIGRAY (ENA) – Sheik Mohamed Hussein Al Amoudi, the renowned businessman operating in Ethiopia, and the Tigray State Administration signed an accord on Thursday that enable the former to launch various investment projects in the state.
Signing the agreement, the owner of sister companies of MIDROC-Ethiopia, vowed to launch various investment projects in the region particularly in mining, leather, and leather products development sectors.
The investment projects due to be launched in the state include, among others, establishment of glass, sugar, and soft drinks manufacturing factories.
The renowned tycoon held discussions with senior officials of the regional government in order to share ideas on trade and investment options that exist in the region.
Chief of the state administration, Tsegaye Berhe said on the occasion the regional government will provide the necessary assistance to the businessman and it is ready to work together with the tycoon.
The regional administration granted 3,000 sq. meter of land to the tycoon meant for the construction of a residence. A street leading to the investment site of the Mekele town was also named after Sheik Mohamed Hussein Al Amoudi.
The chief inaugurated same day a billboard that shows the photograph of Sheik Mohamed Hussein Al Amoudi, as development hero of the town.
Meanwhile, the Tigray State Administration awarded Sheik Mohamed Hussein Al Amuodi the ‘highest martyr’s medal’ for his exemplary deeds in expanding trade and investment in the state.
The tycoon also received a special document containing the signatures of 3,000 women and youth as a gesture for his contributions in development endeavors.
The tycoon pledged on the occasion to donate 50 million Birr in support of the construction of a stadium in the town. He also pledged to re-construct a road that connects Enticho town of Tigray with a locality in North Wollo Zone of the Amhara State, which is said to be the birthplace of the tycoon’s mother.
