On Sunday, Netsanet LeEthiopia Radio in Washington DC conducted an interview with me and Ato Neamin Zeleke on the Feb. 22 Eritrean worldwide march where Ethiopians plan to join them. Click below to listen (forward to 15:00):
Also on Sunday, Ethiopian Review’s Paltalk Room held a discussion on the same topic where over 200 participants took part. Guests included Ato Sileshi Tilahun, EPPF representative in U.K.; Ato Fekade Shewakena, writer and commentator; Ato Neamin Zeleke, activist, writer and commentator; and Dr Berhe Habte-Giorgis, professor of Business Administration, Rowan University, New Jersey.
Ethiopian Review has asked scholars and prominent individuals what 10 things they would do immediately if they are elected president or prime minister of Ethiopia. The following is By Dr Solomon Negash. (Click here to read what others wrote.)
If I were the president or prime minister of Ethiopia I will do the following:
1) Term limit: quit my position after one term to establish the practice of term limit.
2) Food: promote a strategy to end the chronic famine. Establish a mechanism to feed everyone in Ethiopia.
3) Economy: move the agrarian economy from subsistence farming to large scale farming. Expand manufacturing, financial, and service industries. Increase exports.
4) Education: Increase the rigor, quality, and access of education.
5) National pride: increase national unity through common history and goal.
6) Dependency on foreign aid: become self sufficient.
7) Information Technology: open Internet access; use the Internet as economic facilitator and engine.
8) Health: increase basic health access.
9) Middle income family: develop a strategy to create a vibrant middle income family.
10) Diaspora: encourage an atmosphere of collaboration between Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia everywhere.
(Dr Solomon Negash is Associate Professor of Information Systems at Kennesaw State University,
Kennesaw, Georgia, USA. He can be reached at [email protected])
Eritrean communities around the world are organizing a worldwide protest demonstration calling for the annulment of the ill-advised U.N. Security Council resolution against Eritrea that was passed in December 2009. Eritrea is being victimized for standing up on the side of the oppressed people of Ethiopia and Somalia who are being brutalized by the West-backed genocidal regime in Ethiopia. When some misguided U.S. Department of State officials were unable to get a bill passed in the U.S. Senate against Eritrea, they gathered some corrupt African leaders such as Uganda’s Museveni and pushed a resolution through the U.N. Security Council. The people of Ethiopia and all Horn of Africa countries stand with Eritrea in opposing the resolution, which will only serve to embolden the Woyanne regime to commit more crimes and incite more war in the region. Let’s stand in solidarity with our Eritrean brothers and sisters on February 22.
The Washington DC Rally
Date/Time: Feb. 22 starting at 10 AM
Place: Lafayette Park, in front of the White House
Ethiopian Review has asked scholars and prominent individuals what 10 things they would do immediately if they are elected president or prime minister of Ethiopia. The following is by Dr Gabe Hamda. (Click here to read what others wrote.)
Top 10 actions I would immediately take if I were to be elected president of Ethiopia.
1. If the presidency was not through election, decree a fair and free election to elect president.
2. Decree an executive order of amnesty to all former leaders including Meles Zenawi, Mengistu HM and all political prisoners.
3. Decree term limits of president to no more than two terms.
4. Engage Ethiopians in the Diaspora to return on full time or part-time to actively participate in national development.
5. Engage ethnic leaders toward cultivating an environment of inclusion for all people.
6. Initiate a national campaign of education for all.
7. Form and cultivate a transparent government.
8. Establish public servant and civic servant code of ethics.
9. Campaign to create a healthy environment.
10. Initiate a public health campaign.
(Dr Gabe Hamda is an IT consultant and CEO of ICATT Consulting, Inc., which has offices in Florida, Washington DC, and Minnesota. He can be reached at [email protected])
His Holiness Abune Zena Markos Ethiopian Review has been informed that His Holiness Abune Zena Markos passed away Saturday.
Abune Zena Markos has been the pillar of Ethiopian community in Seattle for the past several years. He is also one of the most revered figures in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
We are awaiting further information from the Holy Synod.
The Washington DC-based Netsanet LeEthiopia Radio will have a special program on Eritrean worldwide march against UN sanction tomorrow, Sunday, Feb. 14, at 1:00 PM EST.
One of the cities where the march will be held is in Washington DC on Feb. 22. (Click here for more info.)
Ethiopian political organizations and media around the world are showing solidarity with the people of Eritrea by participating in the march on Feb. 22.
Guests on tomorrow’s Netsanet LeEthiopia Radio:
* Neamin Zelleke
* Elias Kifle
Also tomorrow Ethiopian Review’s Paltalk Room will have two programs:
* 4:00 – 5:00 PM (Washington DC time)
Discussion on the upcoming selections in Ethiopia
* 5:00 – 6:00 PM (Washington DC time)
Discussion on Ethiopians joining Eritreans in a worldwide march on Feb. 22 to oppose the UNjust sanction against Eritrea
Guests:
Ato Sileshi Tilahun
Ato Neamin Zelleke
Ato Fekade Shewakena
Dr Berhe H. Ghiorgis
