Reactions Around The World (PHOTOS) (The Huffington post)

Source The Huffington Post

Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls (NY Times)

“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,” said Mr. Obama, standing before a huge wooden lectern with a row of American flags at his back, casting his eyes to a crowd that stretched far into the Chicago night....more..

President-Elect Barack Obama in Chicago (You Tube)

President-elect Barack Obama's remarks in Chicago at You tube

Obama victory sparks cheers worldwide (AP)

"With Obama, the world will see the Americans as having more sense, being more receptive to change," Khosla said on his way to work. "If Obama even remotely changes things, perceptions will change...more..

Kenyans celebrate Obama victory (China View)

"On behalf of the government and people of Kenya, and on my own behalf, I join the rest of the world in celebrating and congratulating you on your election as the 44th President of the United States of America," Kibaki said. ....more..

Europe awaits new US president in time of crisis(EU Obsever)

If Europeans had a vote, Barack Obama would beat John McCain by large margin. He enjoys greater popularity due to the fact that he represents a more evident contrast to the politics of the outgoing president, Republican George W. Bush.

Mr Bush's eight-year-long term has been marked by a unilateral decision to invade Iraq - something that his reputation has never recovered from, even though he later reached out to consult Europe on issues such as Iran....more..

Chicago gets ready for Obama(The SUN)

All these good people – and Americans ARE good and decent people – will be descending on to Chicago’s lakeshore tomorrow night to salute the man they believe can lay to rest the stumbling incompetence of the Bush era and restore pride, prosperity and confidence to the world’s most powerful nation.

Win or lose tomorrow, Barack Obama has transformed not just American politics but the way the world is run.

He is the first truly cosmopolitan leader, a product not of one place at one time but all places at all times....more...

Japan's Obama town set to party for U.S. namesake (Yahoo News)

Shops in the town have been selling everything from T-shirts, fish burgers and steamed cakes to chopsticks bearing Obama's name.

"We've been dancing for Mr. Obama for more than six months," said Yuko Shirayama of the local "Obama Girls" hula dancing group, created to cheer on Obama. "So I hope he wins."

Her group traveled to Hawaii to celebrate Obama's victory over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic nomination for U.S. president earlier this year and the dancers hope to go to Obama's inauguration ceremony if he wins....more..

The 843-Day War (Ethipolitics)

The Question of War Crimes

Now that there will be a “ceasefire” (effectively ending the occupation and the war), there are serious questions of war crimes against Zenawi’s troops, the forces loyal to the TFG and the insurgents. The tip of the war crimes iceberg is evident in a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) entitled, Shell Shocked: Civilians Under Siege in Mogadishu [1] HRW in its scathing report alleges that the insurgents would “launch mortar rounds within minutes, then melt back into the civilian population.” The “Ethiopian and TFG response to mortar attacks increasingly included the return firing of mortars and rockets in the direction of origin of insurgency fire.” Specific “neighborhoods like Casa Populare (KPP) in the south, Towfiq and Ali Kamin around the Stadium, all along Industrial Road, and the road from the Stadium to Villa Somalia were heavily shelled or repeatedly hit by Ethiopian BM-21 multiple-rocket launcher and mortar rounds.” The impact of the shelling on the civilian population was “devastating”. HRW concluded, “The appalling consequences of indiscriminate attacks, the deployment of forces in densely populated areas, and the failure of all warring parties generally to take steps to minimize civilian harm is reflected in the thousands of civilians who died or whose lives were shattered by the injuries they sustained or by the loss of family members. It is also reflected in the staggering numbers of people who fled Mogadishu and in the scale of the destruction of homes, hospitals, schools, mosques, and other infrastructure in Mogadishu.”...more..

Ethiopia arrests opposition leader, journalist hurt (Reuters)

The Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) confirmed its general secretary Bekele Jirata was picked up on Thursday as he was going to his Addis Ababa office in what it called an abuse of rights....more..

Meles dissolves the Ministry of Information (Ethiopian review)

Meles did not give any specific reason for dissolving the ministry but said in general that it is not due to a particular reason.

The dissolution of the ministry, some legal experts say, raises some questions as regards who would assume the mandates that the ministry used to have such as licensing newspapers and regulating the media.

So far, nothing has been said as to the fate of the different government media outlets and the Broadcasting Agency, which were accountable to the ministry.

It is not clear so far to which government institution the Ethiopian Television and Radio Enterprise and the state-owned newspapers will be accountable in the future...more..

Obama and the prospects for democracy in Ethiopia (Ethiopian review)

But will an Obama administration be different when it comes to democracy in Ethiopia? Will the new team reevaluate the Bush administration’s coddling of human rights abusers in the name of fighting terrorism?...read to find out..

Somali premier reportedly accuses Ethiopia of "causing trouble"(Mareeg Online)

Nairobi,kenya.2008-10-30-Somali Prime Minister Nur Hasan Hussein (Nur Adde) has told some Somali MPs that the Ethiopian government was causing trouble for the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG)...more..

የኢዴአፓ የቀውስ ፖለቲካ (ቃልኪዳን አምባቸው) (Ethiopia Zare)

ቃልኪዳን አምባቸው

ኢዴአፓ-መድኅን በቀውስ ፖለቲካ ውስጥ መዘፈቁን የሚያሳዩ በቂ አስረጂዎች አሉ። ፓርቲው ውሉ ጠፍቶበታል። በአንድ በኩል የገዥው ፓርቲ ዕድገት አብሳሪ መሆንን ይሻል። የኢህአዴግን መጠንከር፣ በህዝብ ዘንድ ከፍተኛ ተቀባይነት ማግኘት፣ በመጪው ምርጫ አሸናፊ እንደሚሆንና ሌሎችንም የምንሰማው ከኢህአዴግ የህዝብ ግንኙነት ቢሮ ሳይሆን ከኢዴአፓ-መድኅን የፓርቲዎች የግምገማና የልኬት ቤተ-ሙከራ ነው። ኢዴአፓ-መድኅን ይህን ቢያደርግ በእርግጥ ከልካይ የለበትም።

በአንፃሩ ደግሞ ተቃዋሚዎች መፍረክረካቸውን፣ በኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲካ አወንታዊ ሚና መጫወት የሚችል የተቃዋሚ የፖለቲካ ድርጅት ያለመኖሩን፣ ተቃዋሚዎች በመጪው ምርጫ ሊያሸንፉ እንደማይችሉም ሆነ በደፈናው የተቃዋሚዎችን ጉድለትና ድክመት፣ በመራር መግለጫዎች ሲያዥጎደጉድ የምንሠማው ራሱን የተቃዋሚዎች እንደራሴ አድርጎ ከሾመው ኢዴአፓ-መድኅን ነው። ይህን ጊዜ ነው እንግዲህ ፓርቲው ውሉ ጠፍቶበታል የሚያሰኘው።

የኢዴአፓ-መድኅን የቀውስ መዘውር በዚህ ብቻ አይገደብም፤ በኢዴአፓ-መድኅን የልኬት ቤተ-ሙከራ የተገመገመው የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብም ”አሉታዊ ሚና …” ያለው በሚል ተፈርጇል። ”ሕገ-መንግሥቱ በብዙ መልኩ ጥሩ ሆኖ ተገኝቷል …” የሚለው የኢዴአፓ-መድኅን የምርምርና የጥናት ግምገማ በአንድ ጉዳይ ላይ ግን ያብጠለጥለዋል፤ ለጠቅላይ ሚንስትሩ የሥልጣን ገደብ ወይም ለምን ያህል ጊዜ ሥልጣን ላይ መቆየት እንደሚችሉ መወሰን ነበረበት ይለናል። ከኢዴአፓ-መድኅን የመሪነት ዙፋን ነቅነቅ ማለትን ለማይደፍሩት ለአቶ ልደቱ አያሌው፣ ፓርቲው መላ መምታት እንዳለበት ግን ግምገማው አልተወያየበትም። በእርግጥ ኋላ ላይ ፓርቲው ለተዘፈቀበት የቀውስ ፓለቲካ ዋነኛው ምክንያት የከፊል አመራሮቹ ግላዊ ቀውስ መሆኑን የምንሞግተው ቢሆንም፤ አቶ ልደቱ ”ሥልጣን ይልቀቁ” ማለትን እንጂ ሥልጣን ልልቀቅ የማይሉ የአሮጌው ሥርዓት አራማጅ እንጂ የለውጥ ሐዋርያ አለመሆናቸውን መገንዘብ ብዙ አይቸግርም።...more...

Ethiopia blames Somali leadership for peace failures(AFP)

NAIROBI (AFP) — Ethiopia, whose forces toppled an Islamist regime in Mogadishu two years ago, on Tuesday blamed the failure to restore stability in Somalia on the transitional rulers it helped bring to power.

"Somalia's problems are not security, but political," said Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin at a meeting of governments in the region focused on Somalia....more..

“ኢህአዴግ ራሱን ብቻ ለመጪው ምርጫ እያዘጋጀ ነው” የምክክር መድረክ(Ethiopia Zare)

Ethiopia Zare (እሁድ ጥቅምት 16 ቀን 2001 ዓ.ም. October 26, 2008)፦ የዲሞክራሲያዊ ሥርዓት ግንባታ ጥረት የማዕዘን ደንጋይ የሆኑ ተቃዋሚ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች ከገዥው ፓርቲ ጋር በ1998 ዓ.ም. የጀመሩት ውይይት ተቋርጦ “ገዢው ፓርቲ ራሱን ብቻ ለመጪው ምርጫ እያዘጋጀ ነው” ሲል መድረክ ለዲሞክራሲያዊ ምክክር በኢትዮጵያ አስታወቀ።

መድረኩ ይህን ያስታወቀው በኢትዮጵያ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ኃይሎች ጽሕፈት ቤት ትናንት በሰጠው ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ ላይ ሲሆን፣ በመግለጫው “በሀገራችን ዘላቂ ሠላም ለማስፈን በውጭም በሀገር ውስጥም ከሚንቀሳቀሱት ከሁሉም ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች ጋር ውይይት የሚካሄድበት ሁኔታ ይመቻቻል፤ እንደዚሁም በ2002 ዓ.ም. ለሚካሄደው ሀገራዊ ምርጫ አስፈላጊው ቅድመ ሁኔታዎች ማለትም፣ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች ከመንግሥት ድጐማ የሚያገኙበት፣ የተዘጉ ጽ/ቤቶቻቸው የሚከፈቱበት እና የታሰሩ አባሎቻቸው የሚፈቱበት እርምጃ ይወስዳል” የሚል በፕሬዝዳንቱ ንግግር ውስጥ እንዲካተት ያቀረብነው ሃሳብ ለውይይት እንኳን እንዳይቀርብ በምክትል አፈጉባዔዋ ውድቅ ሆኖብናል ሲሉ በመግለጫው አስታውቀዋል።

በሀገራችን በአስከፊ ሁኔታ በገጠርም በከተማም እየደረሰ ስላለው ረሃብ የሚያወላዳ መፍትሔ የሚገኝበት ሁኔታ ይመቻቻል፣ የኢትዮጵያ ጦር ከሶማሊያ በአስቸኳይ ስለሚወጣበት ሁኔታ አስፈላጊው እርምጃ ሁሉ የሚወሰድ ይሆናል።

በጋዜጣዊ መግለጫው አቶ ቡልቻ ደመቅሳ ከኦፌዴን፣ ከሶማሌ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት ኃይሎች ቅንጅት አቶ አለን ናስር፣ በግል ደግሞ ዶ/ር ነጋሶ ጊዳዳ ሲገኙ የዓረና ትግራይ ለዲሞክራሲና ለሉዓላዊነት ተወካዮች አልተገኙም።

የዓረና ተወካዮች እነ አቶ ስዬ አብርሃ በጋዜጣዊ መግለጫው ላይ ያልተገኙት ባጋጠማቸው ኀዘን መሆኑን የጠቆሙት ፕሮፌሠር በየነ ጴጥሮስ፤ መግለጫው እነሱም የተስማሙበት የምክክር መድረኩ አቋም ነው ብለዋል።Source Ethiopia Zare

የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ 27 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ተጭበረበረ (Ethiopia Zare)

Sunday, 26 October 2008 22:03

Ethiopia Zare (እሁድ ጥቅምት 16 ቀን 2001 ዓ.ም. October 26, 2008)፦ በዚህ ሣምንት ኒውዮርክ (አሜሪካ) ከሚገኘው ሲቲ ባንክ ውስጥ ገንዘብነቱ የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ የሆነ 27 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ተጭበረበረ። ገንዘቡን ሲያጭበረብሩ የተያዙት ናይጄሪያውያን በቁጥጥር ስር ውለዋል።

የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ በራሱ አካውንት ቁጥር በሲቲ ባንክ ተቀማጭ ገንዘብ ያለው ሲሆን፣ ይህንን ገንዘብ ሦስት ናይጄሪያውያን እንዳጭበረበሩት ባለፈው ሣምንት ኀሙስ ተገልጿል።

ባንኩ እንደገለፀው ከሲቲ ባንክ የሥራ ኃላፊዎች ጋር በመሆን አጭበርባሪዎቹ እንዲታወቁ ያደረገ ሲሆን፣ የገንዘቡ መጭበርበርም በኢትዮጵያ ሀብት ላይ ምንም ለውጥ እንደማያመጣ ገልጸዋል።

ምክንያቱም ችግሩ የተፈጠረው በኢትዮጵያ በኩል ባለመሆኑና በዚሁ ጉዳይ ላይም ከሲቲ ባንክ ጋር በመነጋገር ከስምምነት ላይ በመድረሱ ነው።

እስከ ኀሙስ ጥቅምት 13 ቀን 2001 ዓ.ም. ድረስ 10 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ወደ ብሔራዊ ባንክ አካውንት ውስጥ መግባቱን ገልጿል።

በኢትዮጵያ የሚገኙ ብሔራዊ ባንክን ጨምሮ የመንግሥት እና የግል ባንኮች ከውጭ ባንኮች ጋር አብሮ ከመሥራታቸውም በተጨማሪ አካውንት አላቸው።Source Ethiopia Zare

ከምርጫ 97 በኋላ በተፈጠረው ግጭት የተሳተፉ ሊጠየቁ ይገባል (ፕ/ር ዓለማየሁ ገ/ማርያም)(Ethiopia Zare)

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