Hailemariam Desalegn in Hiding

August 8, 2014

by Fanta Kiros

Washington DC – This week, more than 90 US companies attended the U.S-African Summit in Washington, DC. During the meeting, President Obama announced that American companies — many with trade assistance from the US Export-Import Bank — are declaring new deals across Africa in clean energy, aviation, banking, and construction. These deals are estimated to be worth more than $14 billion. US Companies such as Black Rock, Coca Cola, GE, and Marriott Hotels are a few of the companies that publicized their interest in the African investments. According to Bloomberg News, there is a five-year, $7 billion Power Africa initiative for six countries — pending approval for US congress based on good governance. Ethiopia is supposed to get a piece of this action.

Obama also announced additional commitment by the private sector. Organizations like The World Bank, and countries like Sweden, pitched in to come up with a combined total of $26 billion to the Power Africa initiative.
But Ethiopia’s prime minister was nowhere to be found.

The bad news started for Hailemariam when Azusa Pacific University in California withdrew an even honoring him, after a protest was lodged to the university’s administration by Abebe Gellaw and Global Alliance for the Rights of Ethiopians.

Like most the other 40 African leaders, Prime Minster Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe and the first Lady Roman Tesfaye flew into Andrews Air Force base. However, the big mystery this week among the Ethiopians in the Washington DC area is the location of the prime minster of Ethiopia.

Ethiopian activists in DC Metro Area have been searching for him. They even set up a hotline for anyone to report his whereabouts to them. Unlike the other African embassies, there was no official dinner party held so far in the honor of the Prime Minster at the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington DC.

According to a State Department source, the US government had anticipated a major demonstration against Hailemariam and made preparations with local law enforcement agencies expecting thousands of protestors. While other African nations are flying their flags at various hotels they are staying, no Washington area hotel is flying the Ethiopian flag. There is a speculation that he is hiding at a US government guest house, or the Inter-Continental.

On the opening day of the U.S.-Africa Summit, over 1,500 Ethiopians staged a demonstration outside the meeting. Outside the World Bank, they were joined by protesters from Congo, Burundi and other countries.

Two years ago, on May 18, 2012, there was similar protest against the Prime Minster from Ethiopia. The “Arrest Meles Zenawi” demonstration was held outside the Washington Ronald Reagan Center where an Ethiopian activists Abebe Gellaw shouted “Freedom” in room full of US official and three African leaders. On the other side of the street, there were a small group of individuals who show support for Meles. This time there were no pro-government demonstrators for Hailemariam.

Ethiopians activists have forced the government officials who came from Ethiopia to attend the U.S.-Africa Summit into hiding or keep a low profile. A week before the U.S.-Africa Summit was opened, Ethiopians had confronted ruling party officials in Houston and Los Angeles where they tried to hold meetings with potential investors. Hailemariam had canceled his scheduled appearances in both cities. A few days ago, the Minister of Commerce, Kebede Chane, was chased out of Laliebela Ethiopian Restaurant in Washington DC. On Thursday, the Minster of Information, Redwan Hussien, has been confronted byEthiopian activists at a shopping center in Arlington, Virginia.

Since Ethiopian opposition leader Adargachew Tsige, who travels with a British passport, abducted by Ethiopian security agents at Sanna’a International airport in Yemen, the anger against regime has re-intensified.

It was not only the Ethiopia government officials who are trying to keep under the radar. Mohammed Al Amoudi, who is in town for the Summit, did not show his face anywhere. The Diaspora Investment Forum planned by Zemedneh Negatu of Ernest & Young in Washington DC was also canceled.

As the state terror intensifies against journalists, bloggers, and opposition leaders in Ethiopia, angry and frustrated Ethiopians around the world are hunting and confronting Ethiopian regime officials who are responsible for the repression.

Email: Fanta.Kiros@gmail.com

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የአማራ ክልል አመራሮች ከግንቦት7 የኦህዴድ ደግሞ ከኦነግ ጋር እያበሩ ነው ሲል አቶ አዲሱ ለገሰ ያዘጋጁትና ለጠ/ሚ አማካሪዎች የተላከው ሰነድ አመለከተ

ነሃሴ ፩(አንድ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-በሰነዱ ላይ ኢህአዴግ የአመራር ችግር እንዳጋጠመው፣ የትራንስፎርሜሽኑ እቅድ አለመሳካቱ

እንዲሁም በጋምቤላ

ተማኝ መሪ መጥፋቱ ተዝርዝሯል።

በሃምሌ ወር መጨረሻ የተዘጋጀው ሰነድ ግልባጭ ለጠ/ሚኒስትሩ አማካሪዎች ለአቶ በረከት ስምኦን፣ ለአቶ ደስታውና ለአቶ ኩማ ደመቅሳ ተደርጓል።

የቀድሞው ም/ል ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትርና የኢህአዴግ የፖሊሲ ስልጠና ክፍል ሃላፊ የሆኑት አቶ አዲሱ ለገሰ  ” የኢህአዴግን ተቃዋሚ ሃይላት ማንኮላሻ አቅም ግንባታ እና የአመራር

ግንባታና የትራንስፎርሜሽን ጉዞ፣ ለጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ አማካሪ የፖሊሲ አማካሪዎች የቀረበ የሚለው ባለ 39 ገጽ ጽሁፍ፣ ኢህአዴግ ከላይ እስከታች የአመራር ችግር እንደገጠመው

በዝርዝር ያቀርባል።

ጽሁፉ በመግቢያው “አገራችንን በፈጣን ቀጣይነት ያለውና ህዝቡ በየደረጃው ተጠቃሚ የሚሆንበት የእድገት ጉዞ ከድህነት አላቆ በተራዘመ ሂደት ከበለጸጉት አገሮች ጎራ ለማሰለፍ ይህንን ለማድረግ

የሚያስችል አላማ፣ ስትራቴጂ ስልቶችና ፖሊሲዎችን መቀየስ ይጠይቃል። በሌላ አነጋገር አቅጣጫውን በትክክል የሚያመላክት መስመር መቀየስ የትራንሰፎርሜሽን ስኬት የመጀመሪያ ቅድመ ሁኔታ ነው።

መስመሩን ለመቀየስ ይህንኑ ማድረግ የሚችል ብቃት ያለው አመራር ይጠይቃል። ኢህአዴግ በዚህ ፈተና ውስጥ ነው።” ብሎአል።

ሰነዱ  ” ለአብነትም እነ አቶ መላኩ ፈንታን ማንሳት ይበቃል” ይልና ” ይህን ተከትሎ በአገሪቱ ያሉ አመራሮች ለመቀበል አለመቻላቸው እና የኡመድ ኡቦንግ ሃገር መክዳት፣ በጋምቤላ

ክልል  ያለው አመራር

ታማኝና አስተማማኝ አለመሆኑ፣ የአማራ ክልል አመራሮች ከግንቦት ሰባት ጋር የተያያዘ አመራር መገኘት፣ የኦህዴድ አመራር ከኦነግ ጋር በማበር እና በአማራ ላይ የደረሰውን በደል በቸልታ

መመልከት” በማለት

ይጠቅስና “በአሁኑ ሰአት በትግራይ ፣ በቤንሻንጉል ጉሙዝ ( የአመራሩ ቸልተኝነት እንደተጠበቀ ሆኖ)፣ በአፋር፣ በሶማሌ እና በሃረሬ ምርጫውን ማሸነፍ የሚችል አመራር ድምጽ የማግኘት

እድል አለው” ብአሎል።

ሰነዱ “የትራንስፎርሜሽን ትግል በውል ይጀመራል እንጅ አይጠናቀቅም ቢባልም በስጋት በተቀመጡት ክልሎች አሁንም አፋጣኝ ስራ ካልተሰራ ኪሳራ ሊያመጡ ይችላሉ” ብሎአል። የአመራሩ

ደካማነት የትራንስፎርሜሽን

ጉዞ ሳይሳካ እንዲቀር አድርጎታል የሚለው ሰነዱ፣ ድርጅቱ ሰዎችን የሚመለምልበትና የሚያሰለጥንበት መንገድም ብዙ ችግሮች ያሉበት በመሆኑ፣ የምልመላ ዘዴውንና የስልጠና መንገዱን

እንዲቀይር ይመክራል።

ኢህአዴግን በመሰረቱ አራቱ ድርጅቶች መካከል ያለው ትውውቅ ደካማ በመሆኑ  ከከፍተኛ  እስከ መካከለኛ አመራር ያሉት በአንድ ማእከል ስልጠና እንዲሰጣቸው እየተደረገ መሆኑንም

ተጠቅሷል። ኢህአዴግ እጅግ በጣም

የሚበዛው አባሉ አርሶ አደር በመሆኑ ፣ የፖለቲካ መሪዎችን በብዛት ለመፍጠር አለመቻሉን የሚጠቅሰው ሰነዱ፣ ከእንግዲህ በዩኒቨርስቲዎችና በከተሞች ላይ ትኩረት ተደርጎ ሰዎችን

የመፈለጉ ስራ እንዲጀመር ያሳስባል።               sourse esate radio

ወጣቱ ፖለቲከኛና ጸሃፊ አብርሃ ደስታ እስር ቤት ውስጥ እንደተደበደበ ለፍርድ ቤት ተናገረ

ነሃሴ ፩(አንድ)ቀን ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-ከመቀሌ በሚጽፋው ጽሁፎችና በሚሰጣቸው አስተያየቶች የበርካታ ወጣቶችን ቀልብ የሳበው የመቀሌ ዩኒቨርስቲ መምህር

አብርሃ ደስታ፣ በአሸባሪነት ተከሶ መእከላዊ እስር ቤት ከገባ በሁዋላ ፖሊስ ፍድር ቤት  ያቀረበው ሲሆን፣ አብርሃ በፖሊሶች መደብደቡን፣ እርሱ ያልጻፋቸውን ጽሁፎች

የራሱ ጽሁፎች እንደሆኑ አድርጎ እንዲፈርም መገደዱን፣ በጨለማ ክፍል ውስጥ ብቻውን እንዲቀመጥ መደረጉን እንዲሁም ፖሊሶች ያልሆኑ ሰዎች ምርምራ እንደሚያካሂዱበት

ተናግሯል። በውጭ ከሚጠባበቁ አድናቂዎችና ደጋፊዎች ከፍተኛ አቀባበል የተደረገለት አብርሃም፣ በቤተሰብ እንዳይጎበኝ መደረጉንም ገልጿል።

ፍርድ ቤቱ በዘመድ እንዲጠየቅና አደጋ እንዳይደርስበት ለፖሊስ ትእዛዝ ሰጥቶ ፖሊስ ያቀረበውን የ28 ቀናት የተጨማሪ የምርመራ ጊዜ ፈቅዷል። በተመሳሳይ መንገድ የሰማያዊ

ፓርቲ የምክር ቤት ምክልት ሰብሳቢ አቶ የሽዋስ አሰፋ፣ አንድንት ፓርቲ ህዝብ ግንኙነት ሃላፊ አቶ ሃብታሙ አያሌውና የድርጅቱ ምክትል የድርጅት ጉዳይ ሃላፊ አቶ ዳንኤል ሽበሺ

ፍርድ ቤት ቀርበው የጊዜ ቀጠሮ ተጠይቆባቸዋል።

የኢህአዴግ የጸጥታ ሃይሎች ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህ በርካታ ወጣት ጸሃፊዎችንና ፖለቲከኞችን በሽብርተኝነት እየከሰሱ በማሰር ላይ ናቸው። እስረኞቹ የራሳቸው ባልሆነ ጽሁፍ ላይ

እንዲፈርሙ እየተገደዱ መሆናቸውን እየገለጹ ነው።

ድርጊቱ በመንግስት ላይ አለማቀፍ ውግዘት እያስከተለበትም ነው። አምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል የመንግስትን ህገወጥ እርምጃ ከመጪው ምርጫ ጋር አያይዞ፣ ጋዜጠኞች፣ ጸሃፊዎችና ፖለቲካኞች

በአስቸኳይ እንዲፈቱ ጠይቋል። ታዋቂ አለማቀፍ የሚዲያ ተቋማትም በተመሳሳይ መንገድ በአንድ ድምጽ እስረኞች እንዲፈቱ ጠይቀዋል። sourse esate

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Ethiopian diplomat summoned by the British government over Andargachew’s case

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August 06, 2014

Forty four days after an Ethiopian-British citizen, Andargachew Tsige, the Secretary General of the opposition, Ginbot 7, has been abducted from Sanna Airport and got deported to Ethiopia, where he is now detained inside the Debre Zeit Air Force base, the British government summoned an Ethiopian government diplomat in London.

Mark Simmonds, the Foreign Office Minister, expressed “deep concern that the Ethiopian authorities had not allowed consular access to Mr Andargachew Tsige”.

Ethiopian officials had previously promised to allow consular service to Andargachew but have not respected the promise yet, the presser from the Office stated.

Simmonds told the Ethiopian Diplomat, Demeke Atnafu, Minister Consular of Diaspora Affairs at the Ethiopian Embassy in the UK, to urge his government to deliver on “previous commitments to provide consular access without delay, and to provide assurances that they do not intend to carry out the death penalty imposed in absentia.”

ESAT spoke to Yemisrach Hailemaraim, Andargachew’s wife, regarding the Office’s action and statement, she said “In diplomatic language, the statement can be considered a very strong one”. Yemesrach also mentioned that the British government is putting more pressures.

Sources indicate that the British government had been summoning Ethiopian diplomats, who had promised that Andargachew would be allowed to get consular services. However, the officials, who have not kept their words had been “keeping quiet” as they appeared in front of the British government officials, always had said “we will pass on the message”.

Similarly, the inability of the diplomats to identify the organ of the government that gives the permit for visitation has become a ‘headache’ for them. PM Hailemaraim Dessalegn has also not been able to effect what he had promised British government officials, who were visiting Ethiopia last month. This has raised the concern that the groups which give the permit are perhaps “the secret officials who run the country behind the back door”.

Reports indicate that the difficulty of knowing who the person that runs the government from behind is confusing many diplomats.

President Obama's troubling dinner party

By Doyle McManus August 6, 2014 The Obama administration erred on the side of inclusion in deciding which leaders to invite to its ambitious U.S.-Africa summit this week — at least in the view of human rights advocates..The guest list featured some of Africa's nastiest tyrants, including autocrats such as Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos and Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who traveled to Washington for the summit, which included an official dinner at the White House. Usually, leaders with such dismal records on democracy and human rights aren't welcomed at White House galas. This time, however, Obama excluded only four of the continent's leaders (Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe along with the leaders of Eritrea, Sudan and the Central African Republic). That left some of Africa's most admirable democratic presidents, such as Ghana's John Dramani Mahama and Tanzania's Jakaya Kikwete, having to compete for attention with some of its most authoritarian. Obiang, for example, who recently celebrated the 35th anniversary of the military coup that brought him to power in 1979, has jailed or killed virtually all of his political opponents. But the three-day summit wasn't primarily about democracy and human rights. It was about ways the U.S. government and private enterprise can form partnerships in Africa to promote the continent's promising economies. To be sure, the challenges of building the institutions of "civil society" were on the agenda too, but only as a sideshow. "It's not possible to succeed for your people unless they have a chance to shape the policies of their government," Vice President Joe Biden told an audience of African civic leaders Monday. "Democracy has taken root, and now it's trying to grow; it's trying to flourish in places where it's very difficult." But few of the African leaders were in the room at the time. And if there was any blunt talk about human rights in places such as Angola and Equatorial Guinea, it happened in private. The theory, U.S. officials say, is that lecturing African countries about the virtues of democracy — or even helping them build civil institutions such as an independent judiciary — isn't always an effective way to nudge them toward more open political systems. Instead, the underlying theme of the summit was that security against terrorism and economic development must come first, and that — if all goes well — political progress will naturally follow. But that message has dismayed traditional advocates of human rights. "It's been enormously disappointing," Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch told me. "Promotion of human rights and democracy is very important to this administration, but only after it gets done promoting security issues and business." In Egypt, Ethiopia and Nigeria, he charged, the United States has gone easy on human rights violations because it counts those governments as allies in the struggle against Islamist extremists. And throughout Africa, U.S. government funding for democracy promotion has been cut while economic aid has grown. Administration officials bristle at the suggestion they've relegated human rights to second place. "We're committed to supporting strong democratic institutions in Africa," Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security advisor, told reporters before the summit. But other officials acknowledge that human rights can't always come first. "Let's be honest: At times … we do business with governments that do not respect the rights we hold most dear," national security advisor Susan Rice said last year. "Still, over time, we know that our core interests are inseparable from our core values, that our commitment to democracy and human rights roundly reinforces our national security." In Africa, the picture has been complicated by a new factor: the rapidly growing economic presence of China. China's trade with Africa has far outpaced U.S. commerce there in recent years, and China's investment in the continent has been growing fast. The problem, officials say, is that Chinese investment flows into African countries without pressure for democratic governance or demands that countries crack down on corruption. Obama's announcement Tuesday of $14 billion in new investments by U.S. companies — many of them in a program called Power Africa aimed at bringing electricity to the continent's underdeveloped interior — was intended to help close the U.S.-China investment gap. "These projects are a way we can compete with the Chinese for influence," one official said. "We need to be on the playing field, even if we don't play the same way." Obama was even more pointed in an interview with the Economist last week. "My advice to African leaders is to make sure that if, in fact, China is putting in roads and bridges, number one, that they're hiring African workers; number two, that the roads don't just lead from the mine to the port to Shanghai." For autocratic leaders in Africa, dealing with Beijing may be easier. But the administration will have work to do to ensure that U.S. economic investments also contribute to progress for human rights and democratic values. The advocates of civil society in Africa have a good product to sell. Power Africa and other U.S. investments should be used to help them get that necessary foot in the door.doyle.mcmanus@latimes.com Source: Los Angeles Times Ethiomedia.com - An African-American news and views website. Copyright 2013 Ethiomedia.com. Email: editor@ethiomedia.com

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