Ethiopia’s Opportunity: A New Day Beckons – OpEd

By: Graham Peebles September 5, 2012

The death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, announced on 22nd August after his mysterious two-month disappearance, presents a tremendous opportunity to Ethiopia. Let a new day dawn for the people, one filled with hope and fundamental change, where human rights and justice are respected, where freedom is encouraged and cultivated in all areas and where fear is banished to the pas ....Reade more

U.S. aid to Ethiopia helping neither us nor Ethiopians

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Death of Ethiopian Leader Meles Brings ‘Opportunity for Peace’

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 2012 (IPS) - Following Monday’s announcement of the death of long-time Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian civil society leaders and Western rights groups are characterising the turn of events as an opportunity to heal decades of increasingly stark sectarianism....read more...

Ethiopian Succession Battle May Test Stability of Key U.S. Ally

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s death may cause a succession battle that could test the stability of one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies and a key ally in the U.S.’s war against al-Qaeda.
The 57-year-old premier died Aug. 20 from an infection after recuperating at a hospital in an undisclosed location from an unspecified illness. Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is serving as acting prime minister...........read more...

Ethiopia After Meles

The international community, particularly Ethiopia’s core
allies, the U.S., UK and European Union (EU), should accordingly
seek to play a significant role in preparing for
and shaping the transition, by:
 tying political, military and development assistance to
the opening of political space and an end to repressive
measures;
 encouraging the post-Meles leadership to produce a clear
roadmap, including transparent mechanisms within the
TPLF and the EPRDF for apportioning the party and
Front power Meles held and within parliament to lead
to an all-inclusive, peaceful transition, resulting in free
and fair elections within a fixed time; and....read more

Ethiopian PM death 'opportunity' for change: rights groups

ASHINGTON, Aug 22 2012 (IPS) - Following Monday’s announcement of the death of long-time Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian civil society leaders and Western rights groups are characterising the turn of events as an opportunity to heal decades of increasingly stark sectarianism...read more...

መተማመን አብሮ መስራትን ያጠናክራል

የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ  የህወሃት/ኢህአዴግ  አገዛዝ ካንገሸገሸው  ሰንብቷል። ለዚህም የ1997 ብሄራዊ ምርጫ ውጤት በቂ ምስክር ነው።ድምጹን ተነጥቆ ከያኔ ጀምሮ አፉ ተለጉሞና ነጻነቱን አጥቶ ሲኖር ከርሞ ዛሬ ግን ከምንጊዜውም ይበልጥ ከሰሜን አስከ ደቡብ፤ ከምስራቅ እስክ ምዕራብ፤መሃልን ጨምሮ ራሱ የህወሃት/ኢህአዴግ የጻፈውን “ህገ-መንግስት” መሰረት በማድርግ የመብት ጥያቄዎችን እያነሳ በሰላማዊ መንገድ የአሻፈረኝነትንና የበቃኝን ጩሀቱን እያሰማ ነው። ለዚህ ሰላማዊ ለሆነው የህብረተሰቡ የመብት ጥያቄ ግን ትክክለኛና አግባብ ያለው መልስ እንደመስጠት ፈንታ አንባገነናዊው የህወሃት/ኢህአዴግ መንግስት የሃይል እርምጃ በመውሰድ የንጹሃን ዜጎችን ደም እያፈሰሰ ነው።read more

Supporting Stability, Abetting Repression

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — Next time I travel to Ethiopia, I may be arrested as a terrorist. Why? Because I have published articles about Ethiopian politics. Supporting Stability, Abetting Repression

የምንፈልገውን ለውጥ ለማምጣት (ባሕር ከማል)

“ለውጥ “ የሚባለውን ቃል ስንሰማ ወዲያውኑ በአዕምሮአችን ውስጥ የሚቀረፀው ጥሩነቱ ብቻ ነው። መጥፎ ውጤት የሚያስከትል ለውጥ መኖሩን ባንዘነጋም እምብዛም ትኩረታችንን አይስብም። የለውጥ ውጤት መቶ በመቶ ጥሩ ይሆናል ብሎ መገመት ባይቻልም በምኞት ደረጃ ግን ሁሉም የሚመኘው ጥሩውን ነው። አንዳንዴ ግን ምናባቱ ከዚህ የባሰ አይመጣም ይባላል።ይህ ከጭንቀትና ነባሩን ሁኔታ ለመቋቋም በማይቻልበት ደረጃ ላይ ሲደረስ ከብሶት የሚመነጭ እንጂ ምን ጊዜም የባሰ ሊመጣ እንደሚችል ቀደም ብሎ መገመቱ አይከፋም። ለጥሩ ውጤት ይበልጥ እንድንዘጋጅ ያደርገናልና።