The supreme council of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) was convened today to decide the future direction of the party.

The council has elected the following five individuals to the 20-member executive committee in the place of Ato Lidetu Ayalew and associates who left the party: 1) Dr Hailu Araya, 2) Ato Asrat Tase, 3) Ato Kifle Tigneh, 4) Ato Temesgen Zewde, and 5) Ato Mohammed Ali.

The council has postponed a decision on the status of Ato Abayneh’s group in the executive committee for now.

Since the Woyanne-controlled Electoral Board of Ethiopia has arbitrarily given the name ‘Coalition for Unity and Democracy’ to an individuals named Ayele Chamiso, the council has authorized the executive committee to come up with a new name within a week and register it with the electoral board. Some of the names suggested include: Coalition for Justice and Democracy, Coalition for Freedom and Democracy, Coalition for Freedom and Unity, Coalition for Democracy Party…

According to ZNS reporter, there were 33 council members present at the meeting.. Read more at zikkir News Service

Reported by zikkir correspondent in Addis Ababa. Edited by Elias Kifle.

በወ/ሪት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ የሚመራው የቅንጅት ለአንድነትና ለዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ ቀጣዩን የትግል ሂደት በሚወስኑ ወሳኝ አጀንዳዎች ላይ የላእላይ ም/ቤት ስብሰባውን በአሁኑ ሰአት በማካሄድ ላይ ይገኛል፡፡ በማሟያው የላእላይ ም/ቤት የተካተቱትን የነአቶ ተመስገንን 12 አባላት ጨምሮ 33 የላእላይ ም/ቤት አባላት በወሳኙ ጉባኤ ላይ በመሳተፍ ላይ ይገኛሉ፡፡

ጉባኤው በቀጣይ የትግል እንቅስቃሴዎች ላይ መወሰድ ያለባቸውን እርምጃዎች አስመልክቶ ከፍተኛ ውሳኔዎችንእንደሚያሳልፍ የሚጠበቅ ሲሆን ከህዝቡ ጋር ቀጥተኛ ግንኙነት በመፍጠርና በማስተባበር መከናወን ባለባቸው ድርጅታዊ ስራዎች ላይ እንዲሁም በአዲስ የፓርቲ ስያሜ መንቀሳቀስን አስመልክቶ አቋም እንደሚይዝ ጉባኤው ሊጀመር ሲል በተለይ ለዜና አገልግሎቱ አስተያየታቸውን የሰጡን አንድ የስራ አስፈጻሚ አባል ጠቁመዋል፡፡

(Shabelle Media Network) – Armed groups have fired several mortars on Ethiopian Woyanne army base of former defense ministry building in the Somali capital on Friday residents said.

Some reports said that a number of mortars hit inside the camp although its unknown the casualties occurred there.

The Ethiopian Woyanne forces fired back several mortars that caused the death of at least one civilian who was driving a donkey cart in Al-baraka village. Several mortars landed inside Hamar Jadid village but no causality was reported.

The residents close to the attacked areas have expressed concern on the nighttime shelling.