Ethiopia’s Walya Antelopes lost their second Mach Against Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya, November 30- Harambee Stars got their CECAFA Senior Challenge campaign back on track with a 2-0 victory over Ethiopia at Dar-es-Salaam Stadium on Wednesday.

Debut first half goals from Bob Mugalia and Victor Ochieng helped Francis Kimanzi’s side to erase the disappointment of losing by a similar margin to Malawi in their opener on Monday in a match played under pelting rain.

Mugalia, the Congolese born naturalised Kenyan opened the scoring when he raced to a though ball to tuck the ball away in the 11th minute to cap a bright start for the Stars.

Kimanzi employed a more attacking formation with Ochieng coming to partner Mugalia up front as Mulinge Ndeto was drafted into the left to replace James Situma who was rustic against The Flames.

Humphrey Mieno was also brought into the midfield as Dennis Odhiambo dropped to the bench with keeper, Duncan Ochieng keeping his place in goal despite the blooper that handed Malawi their second goal via a penalty.

Ochieng, the Chemelil Sugar revelation who netted ten times for the sugar millers after his mid season move from relegated Mahakama FC was justifying his case for inclusion in the starting line-up and his run was brought to an illegal stop on the half hour mark.

Stars were awarded a penalty and up stepped Jamal Mohammed and perhaps conscious of the wet conditions, his attempt to fire into the roof of the net ended in the ball clearing the bar and into the stands.

The reprieve for the Ethiopians was short lived as in the 44th minute, Ochieng gobbled up an incomplete clearance from a Mohammed corner to score his sides’ second with captain Pascal Ochieng making sure by bundling it in for a 2-0 half time lead.

በሆስተሷ ላይ ጥቃት በመፈጸም የተጠረጠረው የመከላከያ ምስክሬ ታስሯል አለ

•    ከሙያ ምስክር በስተቀር ምስክሮቹን አሰምቶ ጨረሰ

•    ተከሳሹ የ6,778,688 ብር የጉዳት ካሳ ክስም ተመሥርቶበታል

የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ ዋና የበረራ አስተናጋጅ የነበረችውን ወ/ሮ አበራሽ ኃይላይን ዓይኖች በማጥፋት ተጠርጥሮ ክስ የተመሠረተበት የቀድሞ ባለቤቷ አቶ ፍስሐ ታደሰ፣ የመከላከያ ምስክሩ መስክሮ ሲወጣ ከፍርድ ቤት በራፍ ላይ ተይዞ መታሰሩን በትናንትናው ዕለት ለፍርድ ቤት አስታወቀ፡፡ ፌዴራል ፖሊስ ‹‹የማውቀው፣ የሰማሁት ወይም የደረሰኝ መረጃ የለም፤›› ብሏል፡፡

ተጠርጣሪ ተከሳሹ በትናንትናው ዕለት ቀሪ መከላከያ ምስክሮቹ ተሰምተው፣ ፍርድ ቤቱ ቀሪ የሙያ መከላከያ ምስክርና የሰነድ ማስረጃዎችን ለመስማትና ለመቀበል ቀጠሮ ከሰጠ በኋላ፣ ለፍርድ ቤቱ ባቀረበው ማመልከቻ ‹‹ክቡር ፍርድ ቤት መከላከያ ምስክሮቼን እያሳደዷቸው ነው፤ ፖሊሱ የመከላከያ ምስክሬ የምስክርነት ቃሉን ሰጥቶ ሲወጣ ከችሎት በራፍ ላይ ተይዞ ታስሯል፡፡ ማነው የሚጠብቀኝ?›› በማለት አመልክቷል፡፡ ፍርድ ቤቱ በሰጠው ምላሽ ‹‹ከጠበቆችህ ጋር ተነጋግረህ አመልክት›› ብሎታል፡፡ 

አቶ ፍሰሐ ያቀረበውን ክስ በሚመለከት የፌዴራል ፖሊስ የሕዝብ ግንኙት ኃላፊ ኮማንደር አበበ ዘሚካኤልን አነጋግረናቸው፣ ‹‹ተፈጸመ ስለተባለው ነገር ምንም አናውቅም፡፡ እንደፌዴራል ፖሊስ ሕግ አስከባሪን ማሰር፣ ማንገላታትና ማስፈራራት የተከለከለ ነው፤›› ብለዋል፡፡ ኮማንደር አበበ ጨምረው እንዳስረዱት፣ ድርጊቱ በተቋም ደረጃ ያልተፈጸመ ነው፡፡ እንደዚህ ያለ ነገር ከዓላማ ውጭ የሆነና በሪፖርትም ደረጃ ቢሆን ያልቀረበ ነው፡፡

የፌዴራል ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት ልደታ ምድብ ሦስተኛ ወንጀል ችሎት 8፡45 ሰዓት ሲሆን ተሰይሞ፣ የተጠርጣሪ ተከሳሽ ፍስሐ ታደሰ ቀሪ ሁለት መከላከያ ምስክሮችን አድምጧል፡፡ ፍርድ ቤቱ መዝገቡን በይደር ለትናንትና ቀጥሮት የነበረው፣ በአደጋ ምክንያት አንድ ምስክር በመቅረታቸውና የተያዘው ጭብጥ በዕለቱ ቀርበው ከነበሩት ሁለት ምስክሮች ጋር ተመሳሳይ በመሆኑ ቢሆንም፣ አደጋ ደርሶባቸዋል የተባሉት መከላከያ ምስክር ለትናንትናም ባለመድረሳቸው፣ የተከሳሽ ጠበቆች ‹‹ሁለቱ ይበቁናል›› በማለታቸው ቃለ መሐላ ፈጽመው መስክረዋል፡፡

ለሁለቱም መከላከያ ምስክሮች የተከሳሽ ጠበቆች ባቀረቡት ‹‹የት ነው የምትተዋወቁት? ከመቼ ጀምሮ? እንዴትና በምን ሁኔታ?›› ለሚሉ ተመሳሳይ ጥያቄዎች ምላሽ የሰጡት መከላከያ ምስክሮቹ እንደገለጹት፣ ተከሳሽና ተጐጂ የቅርብ ጐረቤቶቻቸው ናቸው፡፡ ሁለቱንም የተዋወቋቸው በግምት ከ1995 ዓ.ም. ጀምሮ ነው፡፡ ካወቋቸው ጀምሮ በጣም የሚዋደዱና የሚያስቀኑ ባልና ሚስት እንደነበሩ ገልጸው፣ ቤት ገዝተው ወደነሱ አካባቢ (ቦሌ አካባቢ) ሲመጡ ተጋብተው በመምጣታቸው መቼ እንደተጋቡ የሚያውቁት ነገር እንደሌለ አስረድተዋል፡፡ በዓመት ሦስት ጊዜ ከአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ጋር በማኅበራዊ ጉዳዮች ዙሪያ ተሰባስበው እንደሚወያዩ አስረድተው፣ ፀባቸውንም ሆነ የደረሰውን አደጋ የሰሙት ድርጊቱ ከተፈጸመ በኋላ መሆኑን ገልጸዋል፡፡

የተከሳሽ ጠበቆች ለትናንትና በሦስተኛ መከላከያ ምስክርነት ሊያቀርቧቸው የነበሩ ግለሰብ ፈቃደኛ ባለመሆናቸው፣ ሌላ ተለዋጭ የሙያ የመከላከያ ምስክር ለማቅረብ ፍርድ ቤቱን ጠይቀው ተፈቅዶላቸዋል፡፡ የሰነድ ማስረጃን በሚመለከት ከዘውዲቱ መታሰቢያ ሆስፒታልና ከ22 ማዞሪያ ከፍተኛ ክሊኒክ ያቀረቡ ሲሆን፣ ከኢትዮ ቴሌኮም የሚያቀርቡትን ማስረጃ በሚመለከት ቢሮው ጠፍቶባቸው አፈላልገው ቢያገኙትም፣ ከሬጅስትራር የወጣው ደብዳቤ ቁጥር የተሳሳተ በመሆኑ በድጋሚ እንዲታዘዝላቸው ጠይቀው ተፈቅዶላቸዋል፤ በድጋሚ እንዲጻፍም ትዕዛዝም ተላልፏል፡፡

ፍርድ ቤቱ የተከሳሽ ጠበቆች ቀሪ የሰነድ ማስረጃዎችን እንዲያቀርቡና ተለዋጭ የሙያ ምስክርን ለመስማት ለኅዳር 27 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም. ተለዋጭ ቀጠሮ ሰጥቶ ችሎቱ ተጠናቋል፡፡

ተጠርጣሪ ተከሳሽ ፍስሐ ታደሰ በሆስተሷ ላይ ባደረሰው ጉዳት ጥቅምት 8 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም. የተጻፈ የ6,778,688 ብር የጉዳት ካሳ ክስ በፌዴራል ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት ልደታ ምድብ ሰባተኛ ፍትሐ ብሔር ቀጥታ ክስ ተመሥርቶበታል፡፡ ክሱ እንደሚያስረዳው ሆስተሷ ዕድሜዋ 36 ዓመት ነው፡፡ በኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ 11 ዓመታት ሠርታለች፡፡ በየወሩ 12 ሺሕ ብር ወርኃዊ ደመወዝና 500 የአሜሪካ ዶላር ይከፈላታል፡፡ በድምሩ በወር (ዶላሩ አሁን ባለው ምንዛሪ ታስቦ) 20,551 ብር ይከፈላታል፡፡

በመሆኑም አበራሽ የጠየቀችው ዳኝነት ዕድሜዋ 36 በመሆኑና የጡረታ መውጫ ጣሪያ ዕድሜ 60 ስለሆነ፣ ወርኃዊ ደመወዟ ዕድገት ሳይጨመርበት የ24 ዓመት ደመወዝ አሁን ባላት የወር ደመወዝ ተባዝቶ 5,918,688 ብር እና ጡረታ ከወጣች በኋላ የሚከፈላት የጡረታ አበል (ከማኅበራዊ ዋስትና ኤጀንሲ ማረጋገጥ ይቻላል) በወር 7,000 ብር (አማካይ ዕድሜ 70 ዓመታት ታስቦ) ለአሥር ዓመታት 840,000 ብር እንዲከፈላት መጠየቋን የክስ አቤቱታው ያስረዳል፡፡

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ግብረሰዶማዊነትን ለማውገዝ የተጠራው የሃይማኖት መሪዎች መግለጫ ተሰረዘ

በኢትዮጵያ የአራቱም ሃይማኖቶች መሪዎች በአዲስ አበባ በቅርቡ በሚካሄደው 16ኛው የአይካሳ ጉባዔን አስታክኮ በአገሪቱ ጸያፍ፣ ከሥነ ምግባር ውጭና ባህልን የሚያንቋሽሽ አጀንዳ ለማስፈጸም ተነሣሥቷል ያሉትን የአንድ ቡድን እንቅስቃሴን በመቃወም ትናንት ሊሰጡት የነበረው ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ ላልተወሰነ ጊዜ ተላለፈ፡፡

በኢትዮጵያ የአራቱም ሃይማኖቶች መሪዎች በአዲስ አበባ በቅርቡ በሚካሄደው 16ኛው የአይካሳ ጉባዔን አስታክኮ በአገሪቱ ጸያፍ፣ ከሥነ ምግባር ውጭና ባህልን የሚያንቋሽሽ አጀንዳ ለማስፈጸም ተነሣሥቷል ያሉትን የአንድ ቡድን እንቅስቃሴን በመቃወም ትናንት ሊሰጡት የነበረው ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ ላልተወሰነ ጊዜ ተላለፈ፡፡

የሪፖርተር ፎቶግራፍ ጋዜጠኛ መሪዎቹ መግለጫ ለመስጠት እንደተዘጋጁ ያነሳውም ፎቶግራፎች እንዲጠፉ ተደረገ፡፡

መሪዎቹን በመወከል መግለጫው ለሌላ ጊዜ መተላለፉን ያስታወቁት ከኢትዮጵያ ወንጌላዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን መካነ ኢየሱስ ቄስ ኢተፋ ጎበና ሲሆኑ፣ የጋዜጠኛው ፎቶ ግራፎች እንዲጠፉ ያደረገውም በሥፍራው የነበረ አንድ የደኅንነት አባል ነው፡፡

መግለጫው የሚሰጥበት ትክክለኛው ቀን መቼ ነው ተብሎ ከጋዜጠኞች ለቀረበላቸው ጥያቄ ‹‹ከጉባዔው በፊትም ሆነ በኋላ ሊሆን ይቻላል፡፡ ከዚህ ውጭ ትክክለኛው ቀን ይህ ነው ብዬ ለመናገር ያስቸግረኛል፤›› ሲሉ ቄስ ኢተፋ መልሰዋል፡፡

የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን፣ የኢትዮጵያ እስልምና ጉዳዮች ጠቅላይ ምክር ቤት፣ የኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን፣ የኢትዮጵያ ወንጌላዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን መካነ ኢየሱስ መሪዎች በተወካያቸው አማካይነት መግለጫው ላልተወሰነ ጊዜ መተላለፉን ያስታወቁት፣ የጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስትሩ ዶክተር ቴዎድሮስ አጽሃኖም በተገኙበት የዝግ ስብሰባ አድርገው በጉዳዩ ላይ ለአንድ ሰዓት ያህል ከተወያዩ በኋላ ነው፡፡

በኢትዮጵያ የአራቱም ሃይማኖቶች መሪዎች ኅዳር 19 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም. በ4 ሰዓት ሊሰጡ ያቀዱትን መግለጫ ለመዘገብ ይጠባበቁ ለነበሩ ጋዜጠኞች ‹‹ብርቱ ማሳሰቢያ›› በሚል ርእስ ከታደለው ጽሑፍ ለመረዳት እንደተቻለው፣ ራሱን ዘ አፍሪካን ሜን ፎር ሴክሿል ሄልዝ ኤንድ ራይትስ (አምሸር) ‹‹The African Men for Sexual Health and Rights (AMSHeR)›› ብሎ የሚጠራ የዚህ ቡድን/ድርጅት ዓላማ በአፍሪካ የሚገኙ ግብረሰዶማዊ ወንዶች የተሻለ ሕይወትና ተቀባይነት የሚያገኙበትን መንገድ ማመቻቸት ነው፡፡

ድርጅቱ በ13 አፍሪካ አገሮች መቀመጫቸውን ያደረጉ የ15 ግብረሰዶማዊነት እንደ በጎ ምግባር የሚያንጸባርቁ ድርጅቶች ያዋቀሩት የጋራ ድርጅት መሆኑን ጽሑፉ አስረድቷል፡፡

አምሸር ከአይካስ ጉባዔ ጋር አስታኮ ‹‹ቅድመ ኮንፈረንስ›› በሚል ርእስ ቅዳሜ ኅዳር 23 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም. በጁፒተር ኢንተርናሽናል ሆቴል ከ25 አገሮች ለተውጣጡ 200 ታዳሚዎች ኤምኤስኤም ኤንድ ኤችአይቪ (Men who have sex with men and HIV) በሚል  አጀንዳ ላይ ውይይት ለማካሄድ አቅዷል፡፡

የውይይቱ መሪ ቃል ‹‹የራስ ማድረግ፣ ማሳደግና ቀጣይነት›› የሚል መሆኑን ጽሑፉ ጠቁሞ፣ አምሸር በዕለቱ አይካስ ከሚያነሳቸው የውይይት ነጥቦች ጋር ተመሳሳይነት ያላቸው፣ ነገር ግን ግብረሰዶማዊነትና ግብረሰዶማዊ የመሆን መብትን በአዎንታዊ መልኩ የሚያንጸባርቁ የውይይትና የልምድ ልውውጥ መድረኮችን ለማካሔድ ማቀዱን አስረድቷል፡፡

በኢትዮጵያ የወንጀል ሕግ ግብረሰዶማዊነት ወንጀል እንደሆነ በግልጽ ተቀምጦ ሳለና ከ97 በመቶ በላይ ኢትዮጵያውያን ድርጊቱን እንደ አጸያፊና ኢሞራላዊ አድርገው የሚቆጥሩት መሆኑ እየታወቀ፣ ይህንን ስብሰባ ለማድረግ አምሸር ማቀዱ በኢትዮጵያ ሕግና ለኢትዮጵያውያን ሞራል ቦታ ያልሰጠ መሆኑን ያሳያል፡፡ ከዚህ በተጨማሪ የዚህ ኢሞራላዊ ስብሰባ በቅድመ ጉባዔ ስም ከ16ኛው አይካሳ ጉባዔ በፊት መደረግ በጉባዔው ላይ አሉታዊ አንድምታ እንዲያጎለበት ያደርጋል ተብሎ ታምኖበታል፡፡

አምሸር በጁፒተር ኢንተርናሽናል ሆቴል የሚያካሒደው የቅድመ አይካሳ ስብሰባ የማነቃቂያ ጉባዔ ዋና ዓላማዎች፣ በአፍሪካ የወንድ ለወንድ ግብረሰዶማዊ ግንኙነቶችን እውን የማስደረግ ጉዳይ ለኤችአይቪ/ኤድስ ስርጭት አስተዋጽኦ ስለሚያደርግ ትኩረት እንዲገኝ ማስቻል፣ ግብረሰዶማዊነት ሕጋዊ እንዲሆን ከማስቻል አኳያ አፍሪካዊ ምላሽና ነጸብራቅ ማሳየት፣ ኤችአይቪን ከመከላከልና ከመቆጣጠር አንጻር ግብረ ሶዶማዊነትን ሕጋዊ ማድረግ የሚያበረክተውን አስተዋጽኦ በመለየት ለተግባራዊነቱ አቅጣጫን መቀየስ ነው፡፡

ይህንን ስብሰባ የተሳካ ለማድረግ የዕለቱ ተጋባዥ ተናጋሪዎችም ሚሼል ሲዲቤ የተባበሩት መንግሥታት የኤችአይቪ ዋና ዳይሬክተር፣ ዶክተር ደብረ ወርቅ ዘውዴ የግሎባል ፈንድ ፀረ የኤችአይቪ፣ ቲቢ፣ የአባለዘር በሽታዎችና ወባ ፕሮግራም ምክትል ዳይሬክተር፣ አምባሳደር ኤሪክ ጎስቢ የአሜሪካ ዓለም አቀፍ የኤችአይቪ አስተባባሪ፣ የተከበሩ ሬኔ አላፒኒ ጋንሱ የቀድሞ የአፍሪካ ሰብዓዊ መብቶች ሊቀመንበርና የወቅቱ ቫይረሱ በደማቸው የሚገኙ ወገኖችና ይበልጥ ተጋላጭ የኅብረተሰብ ክፍሎች ሰብዓዊ መብት አስከባሪ ኮሚቴ ሊቀመንበርና የአይካሳ ተወካይ ናቸው፡፡

ስብሰባው በ15 አገሮች ላይ በጤናና በግብረሰዶማዊያን መብቶች ዙርያ የተዘጋጁ ተሞክሮዎች ይቀርብበታል፡፡ በዕለቱ ከተለያዩ 25 አገሮች የተውጣጡ 200 ተሳታፊዎች እንደሚታደሙበት የተገመተ ሲሆን፣ ይህ ስብሰባ ለግብረሰዶማውያኑ  አዲስ ትስስር ለመፍጠርና ለመቀናጀት፣ ልምድን ለማዳበር ምርጥ ተሞክሮዎችን ለማስፋፋትና ለሚቀጥለው ትውልድ ይህንኑ ዘይቤ ለማስተላለፍ ለየት ያለ ዕድል የሚፈጥር መሆኑ ይታመንበታል፡፡

አቶ ሚኪያስ ሲሳይ የአይካሳ የኮሙዩኒኬሽንና ፕሮሞሽን ሥራ አስኪያጅ ስለዚሁ ጉዳይ በስልክ ተጠይቀው፣ ጽሑፉ እንዳልደረሳቸውና ምንም እንደማያውቁ ገልጸዋል፡፡ በ16ኛው የአይካሳ ጉባዔ ላይም እንዲህ ዓይነት ቡድን ወይም ድርጅት ስለመሳተፉ የሚያውቁት ነገር እንደሌለም ተናግረዋል፡፡

ስብሰባው የሚካሔድበት ጁፒተር ኢንተርናሽናል ሆቴል ሥራ አስኪያጅ ወ/ት ሮማን ታፈሰወርቅ፣ ‹‹ቅዳሜ የሚካሔድ ስብሰባ የለም፤ ውሸት ነው፤ የወሬው ምንጭ ከየት እንደመጣ አናውቅም፣ በእኛ ስም መጥፎ ወሬ እየተወራብን ነው፤›› ብለዋል፡፡

ሥራ አስኪያጇ ‹‹ዝም ብሎ ወሬ ነው›› ብለው ቢያስተባብሉም፣ አምሸር በድረ ገጹ ‹‹ቅድመ አይካሳ ኮንፈረንስ›› የሚካሔደው ስብሰባ ‹‹የራስ ማድረግ፣ ማሳደግና ቀጣይነት›› (Claim, Scale-Up and Sustain) በሚል መሪ ቃል ኅዳር 23 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም. ከጧቱ 2 ሰዓት ተኩል እስከ 11 ሰዓት ተኩል ድረስ በጁፒተር ኢንተርናሽናል ሆቴል ይካሔዳል ብሏል፡፡

በተያያዘ ዜና መንበሩን በኬንያ ያደረገው ግብረሰዶማዊው ተቋም ኢሽታር ኤምኤስ ኤም፣ ለኢንጄንደር ሔልዝ ስታፍ እና ሬንቦ ኢትዮጵያ ከመስከረም 14 ቀን እስከ መስከረም 20 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም. ድረስ ስለግብረሰዶም የምክክርና ጥናት መድረክ ማከናወኑ፣ በተለይም በመደገፍና በማስተባበር ሚናውን መወጣቱን የአምሸር ድረ ገጽ ዘግቧል፡፡ መሠረቱን በኢትዮጵያ ያደረገው ሬንቦ ኢትዮጵያ፣ በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ የተለያዩ የግብረሰዶም አራማጅ ወጣቶች፣ ወንድ አዳሪዎችና ሌሎችም መካከል ኤችአይቪ ኤድስና የአባላዘር በሽታን ለመቀነስ የሚንቀሳቀስ ተቋም ነው፡፡

ግብረሰዶማዊው የኬንያው ተቋም ኢሽታር ካነገበው ዓለማዎች መካከል በግብረሰዶም ዙርያ የአቻ ለአቻ ትምህርት የኬንያን አምሳያ በኢትዮጵያ ማዳረስ እንደሆነ ኅዳር 5 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም. ‹‹Ishtar MSM Hosts Engender health and Rainbow Ethiopia›› በሚል ርእስ የተሰራጨው ዘገባ አመልክቷል፡፡

በኢትዮጵያ የወንጀል ሕግ (1996) ክፍል ሁለት ‹‹ለተፈጥሮ ባሕርይ ተቃራኒ የሆነ የግብረ ሥጋ ግንኙነቶች›› በሚል ርእስ በአንቀጽ 629፣ ግብረሰዶም እና ለንጽህና ክብር ተቃራኒ የሆኑ ሌሎች ድርጊቶች በሚል ርእስ፣ ‹‹ማንም ሰው ከእርሱ ጋር አንድ ዓይነት ጾታ ካለው ከሌላ ሰው ጋር ግብረሰዶም ወይም ለንጽህና ክብር ወይም ለመልካም ጠባይ ተቃራኒ የሆነውን ሌላ ድርጊት የፈጸመ ማንኛውም ሰው ከቀላል እስራት እስከ ከባድ ወንጀል ቅጣት እንደሚጠብቀው ይደነግጋል፡፡

በአንቀጽ 631 ደግሞ ‹‹ለአካለ መጠን ባልደረሱ ልጆች ላይ የሚፈጸሙ የግብረሰዶም ጥቃትና ለክብረ ንጽህና ተቃራኒ የሆነ ሌላ ድርጊት›› በሚል ርእስ፣ ንኡስ አንቀጽ 1. ማንም ሰው ከእርሱ ጋር አንድ ዓይነት ጾታ ባለውና ለአካለ መጠን ባልደረሰ ልጅ ላይ የግብረሰዶም ጥቃት የፈጸመ እንደሆነ፤ የተበዳዩ ዕድሜ አሥራ ሦስት ዓመት ሆኖ አሥራ ስምንት ዓመት ያልሞላው ሲሆን፣ ከሦስት ዓመት እስከ አሥራ አምስት ዓመት በሚደርስ ጽኑ እሥራት ይቀጣል፡፡ የተበዳዩ ዕድሜ ከአሥራ ሦስት ዓመት በታች ሲሆን፣ ከአሥራ አምስት ዓመት እስከ ሃያ አምስት ዓመት በሚደርስ ጽኑ እስራት ይቀጣል፡፡ በተጨማሪም አንዲት ሴት ለአካለ መጠን ባልደረሰች ልጅ ላይ የግብረሰዶም ጥቃት የፈጸመች እንደሆነ፣ ከአሥር ዓመት በማይበልጥ ጽኑ እስራት ትቀጣለች በማለት ደንግጓል፡፡
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Ethiopian journalists worry after editor flees

By Aaron Maasho

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The managing editor of one of Ethiopia's few remaining independent Amharic-language newspapers publishing critical analysis of local politics said he left the country last week for fear of arrest, a U.S.-based press freedom group said.

Dawit Kebede, managing editor of Awramba Times, spent two years behind bars until 2007 over treason charges, alongside dozens of opposition officials who were rounded up following disputed polls in 2005.

He said he had been warned he would be arrested and that his paper was unlikely to continue publishing, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), citing what it said Kebede had told the group.

"The Ethiopian government's persecution of those seeking to report the news and raise critical questions about issues of public interest has driven the largest number of journalists in the world into exile," Mohamed Keita, Africa Advocacy Coordinator for the CPJ said in a statement.

A 2009 anti-terrorism law introduced after a series of blasts says anyone caught publishing information that could induce readers into acts of terrorism could be jailed for between 10 to 20 years.

More than 10 journalists have been charged under the law in the past few months, according to CPJ, which says Ethiopia is close to taking the mantle of worst jailer in the continent from Eritrea, a secretive neighbouring country.

The Ethiopian government says the incarceration of journalists has nothing to do with their reporting or political affiliation.

JOURNALISTS WORRIED

But journalists are worried.

"Ever since the anti-terror law came to effect, I have become too careful to write on issues that might upset the government," a correspondent based in the capital Addis Ababa who declined to be named told Reuters.

"In effect, it has made me avoid writing on certain issues."

The government has banned five groups as terrorist organisations: the secessionist Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) and Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), the exiled Ginbot 7 group, al Qaeda and Somalia's al Shabaab militants.

"It is fair that we have a law like any other country, but it is our job to write on any group and no journalist should be suspected of criminal acts by reporting on them," a local radio reporter who declined to be named said.

"It always sticks in your mind whether your publication or broadcasting of rebel statements might get you in trouble. I have come to believe that I have compromised my profession."

Terror charges have not been limited to journalists -- more than 150 opposition politicians and supporters have been detained this year, according to watchdogs.

Some analysts say Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's ruling party, which was re-elected with a huge parliamentary majority in 2010, is cracking down on opponents.

"The Ethiopian government is exploiting its vaguely worded anti-terror law to crush peaceful dissent," said Rona Peligal, deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch.

Government officials insist Ethiopia's laws do not stray from international standards.

"Our law is no different to that of other developed countries. I think many of the comments are politically motivated, they are not realistic," Justice Minister Berhan Hailu told Reuters.

Berhan said the law proved Ethiopia's commitment to fighting terrorism and that all suspects were getting fair trials.

Some journalists are not convinced, and want clearer guidelines on offences that could land them in trouble.

"The law needs to clarify offences. Who would want to spend a year or two in detention before being found innocent?" a radio correspondent based in the capital said.

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Ethiopians dominate 2011 Obudu Mountain Race

Ethiopian male runners on Monday made a clean sweep of medals and top cash prizes at the 7th edition of the Obudu International Mountain Race.

For the third year running, Ethiopia has won the gold, but this time it was through 22 year old Mesfin Hunegnaewai who brushed aside the challenge of 50 other male runners and crossed the finishing line in a record time of 41.50.

His compatriots Atsedy Tsegay and Azmeraw Beke came second and third to win silver and bronze with the time of 42.12 minutes and 42.30 minutes respectively.

In the female category the Ethiopians also dominated winning the gold and silver while Kenya won the bronze.

For this category, it was 18 years old Yalew Genet of Ethiopia who came first after outrunning 34 others to win the gold with the time of 48.45 minutes while Ayelewu Wuda Yimer also of Ethiopia placed second to win the silver by returning a time of 49.10 minutes to beat Margaret Wangari of Kenya who placed third to win the bronze.

The cash prize for the runners in the male and female category was the same as each of the gold medallists got $50,000; silver medallists $20,000, and bronze medallists $9,000.

After winning his race Mesfin said “I like Mountain Race and have been running; I thank God that last I have won this year’s Obudu Race.”

Projecting on what he will do with the cash prize of $50,000 Mesfin said, “I will use the money to buy house for my family because I am married with a child.”

The female champion for this year, Genet said she has never participated before in the Obudu.

Genet said the standard athletes that participated were very high, just as the organisation of the competition was of international standard.

Genet promised that she will defend her title next year when the 8th edition of the event would be staged.

Apart from the host country Nigeria, other countries that had their athletes participate in this year’s edition are Egypt, Kenya, Eritrea, Malaysia Ethiopia, Uganda, Turkey and the host, Nigeria .

Eighty –six international athletes participated in the race which attracted large number of spectators.

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Ethiopia share spoils with Sudan on Cecafa Senior Challenge

Ethiopia’s Walya Antelopes came from a goal down to hold Sudan to a one all draw in their opening Group C match of this year’s Cecafa Tusker Cup.

Mohammed Tarib Osman gave Sudan the lead midway through the first half when he rose highest to head a right wing cross past the keeper for a 1-0 lead.

But the Ethiopians fought back and got the equaliser on 32 minutes when Tesfaye Alebachew’s long ball through the middle put Getaneh Kebede through on goal and the striker smashed the ball in at the far post.

Kebede’s movement was creating problems for Sudan he forced another sharp save ten minutes before halftime with a left footed drive.

Three minutes later, he hit the crossbar after another Alebachew ball put him through on goal but his lob came back off the bar.

Sudan had the first chance of the second half but Khalif Ahmed misses a glorious opportunity failing to beat the keeper when through on goal on 53 minutes.

Ethiopia though finished the stronger with Kebede again foiled by the keeper 20 minutes from time.

Their final chance came seven minutes from time when Shimeles Bekele goes past two defenders but were unable to find a way past the Sudanese keeper.
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Ethiopians in Israel protest gov’t proposal to reduce Immigrants flow

Up to 1,000 Ethiopian-born immigrants protested Sunday opposite the Immigrant Absorption Ministry over a recent government recommendation to reduce the number of new olim arriving each month.

The immigrants, or Falash Mura (Ethiopian Jews whose ancestors converted to Christianity more than a century ago) – many of whom still have family members living in Ethiopia – called on the government to keep the commitment it made a year ago to wind up aliya from the East African Nation within the next three years.

The protesters’ central demand is for the ministry to open additional centers to absorb the new immigrants so they can continue to arrive here at a rate of 200 people per month.

While the government – which has appointed the Jewish Agency For Israel (JAFI) to facilitate this final phase of mass Ethiopian immigration – has fulfilled its annual quota, bringing in some 2,400 new immigrants, it is also under pressure to make sure the socioeconomic pressures of absorbing this community do not become too great.

Along those lines, an interministerial commission made a recommendation this past summer to reduce the number of new immigrants from 200 per month to 110 per month, starting from November 15 this year until March 1, 2015.

Headed by former Finance Ministry director-general Haim Shani, the panel was initially tasked with finding a solution for hundreds of immigrants who couldn’t afford housing outside the absorption centers.

The reduction, wrote the commission in its final summation, “will allow us to keep up with the housing demands and other absorption services such as education [and] welfare in order to absorb them in the optimum way.”

The Prime Minister’s Office has pointed out that under the government’s decision last year, Shani’s commission had permission to extend the process for an additional year if a vital reason were shown.

In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Ethiopian MK Shlomo Molla (Kadima) discounted arguments by the commission, saying instead that “the government is always looking for a reason not to move forward with Ethiopian immigration.”

He said it was unprecedented that there were more than 4,000 people, all recognized by the State of Israel as Jews, simply waiting in the Ethiopian province of Gondar to immigrate.

Some will be forced to stay there for up to three years before being brought to Israel.

“It should not be a problem at all,” said Molla. “I do not understand why the government does not provide more housing options for the more veteran immigrants to move into.”

He threatened that if the government moved ahead with the recommendation to reduce the immigrant flow, the community would have no choice but to step up its mass protests.

During Sunday’s demonstration, Immigrant Absorption Minister Sofa Landver agreed to meet with the protest leaders in an attempt to calm fears that the new recommendation was meant to halt Ethiopian aliya completely.

Despite Landver’s efforts, however, protesters became emotional Sunday, and several people attempted to enter the fenced-off area surrounding the ministry, according to the protest organizers.

In addition, one of the protest leaders, Dr. Avraham Neguise, executive director of the South Wing to Zion organization, was arrested for not adequately coordinating the event with police.

Meanwhile, the cabinet gave its approval Sunday to establish a monument on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl to commemorate the approximately 4,000 members of the Ethiopian community who perished en route to Israel.

The memorial, which will cost some NIS 2 million, will display the names of men, women and children who died after suffering food and water shortages and diseases contracted on their journey.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in a statement: “I know that the way to the State of Israel and absorption in it has not always been easy, and even today members of the community are finding certain things difficult, and we are trying to help them.”

However, he added, “integration has been impressive, and it is encouraging; it gives essence to this idea of returning to Zion and combining the absorption of the tribes of Israel. We are working to implement the desire to absorb here the rest of the Ethiopian Jewish community. It warms my heart to see the faith of thousands of years being realized.”
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Abebe Dinkesa seek Obudu history, cash today

Ethiopia’s Abebe Dinkesa and Nigeria’s Janet Dung will be hoping for a slice of history this morning when the 7th Obudu international mountain race is flagged off by His Excellency,the executive governor of Cross River state,Senator Liyel Imoke at the prestigious and world acclaimed Obudu Ranch Resort in Obudu,Cross River state.

While Dinkesa,who set a then race course record of 41:45mins when he won his first Obudu title in 2008 and became a two-time winner last year will be hoping to become the first man to win the men’s title three times since the race’s inaugural edition in 2005,Dung will be aiming for a consecutive hat-trick of titles after winning in 2009 and 2010 as the best Nigerian woman at the prestigious one day world-accalimed event.A win for her on Monday will increase her total haul to four titles in seven editions.

Both athletes are among the over 215 that will line-up this morning in Obudu to challenge for the $50,000 top cash on offer for the individual winners.Also in the mix is Meselech Haileyesus,the women’s defending champion as well as Cletus Eyo who detroned Danjuma Gyang as the best Nigerian man at the event.

Also in today’s race will be the recently crowned European mountain running champion,Ahmet Arslan who will be seeking to become the first European man to win the men’s title and the accompanying $50,000 top prize.

In the African nations mountain runni9ng championships which will hold alongside the main Obudu international mountain race,Uganda men will be fighting to retain the title they won last year when they supplanted the inaugural winner of the event,Ethiopia.

The Ugandans will be by the irrepressible Kibet James who placed 8th in the individual race won by USA’s King Max,the Ugandans chalked up 119 points to place sixth in the men’s team ranking and are clearly the favourites to retain the title they won last year.

The Ugandans will however have to spare some thoughts for Eritrea who have confirmed participation for the championships and who,only two years ago dominated the individual and the team events at the 26th World Mountain Running Championships in Kamnik,Slovenia.

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A chance to show off another side of Ethiopia

ATHLETICS/GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN: OVER THE course of its remarkable 11-year history, the organisers of the Great Ethiopian Run have experimented with various ways of starting the race. To judge by the slightly chaotic scenes on Meskel Square in Addis Ababa yesterday, though

, there’s still a little bit of work left for them to do.

From early morning the crowds had begun to descend from every direction on the city centre.

By nine, there were 36,000 people good-naturedly milling around, stretching almost as far as the eye could see down the main road

s that feed the huge square and around corners, big buildings and into the side streets.

There was no hooter, gun, or horn to mark the off, however.

Without warning, the police, who formed a human chain to prevent a false start, broke and ran for cover. The sense of joyous mayhem that ensued as the participants swept forward in their distinctive red and purple T-shirts is one reason why Africa’s largest road race is also its most special.

Another is the endearing personality of its public face, Haile Gebrselassie. As the elite runners came home, the twice Olympic champion was there to greet them with his trademark smile and an embrace. Then he did a spot of lifting, helping to move barriers so as to direct the less serious runners behind to a much larger finishing area. For the next hour or so he floated about performing his many and varied official functions and then he was back, standing a couple of metres short of the line off to one side where his presence had a powerfully magnetic effect.

Hundreds of local runners veered towards him and for a few moments almost nobody finished.

He had, the stewards quickly realised, to be quietly whisked away; not so much for his own sake, but for the sake of those who were about to form Africa’s biggest race-related pile-up.

Lost somewhere in the multitude, meanwhile, was Ireland’s John Treacy, the chief executive of the Irish Sports Council who was one of nearly 20 people in town to run the event with Concern. He was also one of more than a hundred who had travelled from Ireland especially for it, mainly so as fundraisers for organisations that do work in Ethiopia like Orbis, who brought more than 70 this year, and Self Help Africa.

“It was great fun, it’s a really great event,” said Treacy after finishing the event for the second year. “You wouldn’t be looking to do a time out there, because it’s a complete free for all, but we enjoyed all of the music and joking and craic on the road. We enjoyed it immensely.

“I got four or five of us up to what we thought was the front line and we were all delighted but after we set off we’d only got about 200 yards when we ran into another block of people. There were thousands of them. The first mile took about 10 minutes,” he said breaking into a laugh, “the second mile took about 10 minutes, then it finally began to open up a little.

“What’s more important, though,” he continued, “is that while we’re sometimes blinded by our situation at home, when you come here you start to see things a little differently. You walk the streets here and you know that a lot of people are living from each morning to that evening, it’s a subsistence existence. It’s good that the people who raise the money, who come here to run, get to see that that money is going to good projects, but that they also get to see during this race that the Ethiopians are a happy people.”

The country’s political system may have its flaws, but Ethiopia’s economic growth is amongst the fastest in the world at present and Gebrselassie believes the race can help to change what he reckons to be outdated stereotypes about his homeland. “When people abroad think of Ethiopia,” he says, “too often they think of starving people and war. It’s a bad image.

“What we are trying to do is to show that there is a better side to the country, that there is more to our people than they think.”

As they filed past the finish-line the Irish seemed convinced with just about everyone insisting the experience had exceeded their expectations. “It was fantastic,” said Jonathan O’Connor from Cabinteely in Dublin, who was running for Orbis Ireland. “You’d have to be struck by the people and their wonderful country.”

The only blot on the occasion, in fact, came afterwards when many local participants, whose €3 entrance fee is supposed to get them the race T-shirt up front and a medal after the finish, found that the latter had run out.

There was more chaos and this time it was less good-natured with the police standing their ground and, in some cases, using their batons to discourage the most determined of the memento seekers.

Next year, the organizers say, there will be more runners, almost certainly there will be more Irish and, whatever about a starter’s pistol, hopefully there will be more medals too.
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የኢትዮጵያ ሠራዊት ወደ ሶማሊያ ሊዘምት ነው

ባሳለፍነው ሳምንት ወታደሮችዋን ሶማሊያ ውስጥ አስገብታለች የሚሉ የተለያዩ ዓለም አቀፍ ዘገባዎችን ስታስተባብል የቆየችው ኢትዮጵያ፣ ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ ወደ ሶማሊያ ወታደራዊ ዘመቻ ለማድረግ ኦፊሴላዊ ጥያቄ እንደቀረበላትና መስማማቷን የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ለሪፖርተር አረጋገጠ፡፡ ባለፈው ዓርብ በጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር መለስ ዜናዊ የተመራው የምሥራቅ አፍሪካ የልማት በየነ መንግሥታት ድርጅት (ኢጋድ) የመሪዎች ስብሰባ በሸራተን አዲስ ሲካሄድ፣ ሶማሊያ ውስጥ በአልሸባብ ላይ እየተከናወነ ባለው ወታደራዊ ዘመቻ ኢትዮጵያ እንድትሳተፍና ጽንፈኛውን ቡድን ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ ለመደምሰስ በሚደረገው ዘመቻ ይፋዊ ጥያቄ ቀርቦላታል፡፡

የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ቃል አቀባይ አምባሳደር ዲና ሙፍቲ ለሪፖርተር እንደገለጹት፣ ኢትዮጵያ ለአካባቢው ሰላም ሲባል በኢጋድ የቀረበላትን ጥያቄ ስትቀበል የቆየች ሲሆን፣ አሁንም የቀረበላትን ጥያቄ ተቀብላ አስፈላጊውን ድጋፍ ታደርጋለች፡፡

የኢትዮጵያ ወታደሮች በአካባቢው ከተሰማራው የአፍሪካ ኅብረት ሰላም አስከባሪ ኃይልና በቅርቡ ሶማሊያ ከገባው የኬንያ ጦር ኃይል ጋር ተቀላቅለው አንድ የተጣመረ ኃይል እንዲፈጠርም ተወስኗል፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ ወታደሮች ወደ ሶማሊያ መግባታቸውን ሲያስተባብል የነበረው መንግሥት፣ ኢጋድ ከወሰነ ግን ሊዘምት እንደሚችል መግለጹ ይታወሳል፡፡ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር መለስ በመሩት የኢጋድ የመሪዎች ስብሰባ ላይ ነበር ኢትዮጵያ በአልሸባብ ላይ ለሚካሄደው ዘመቻ ድጋፍ እንድትሰጥ በይፋ ጥያቄው የቀረበላት፡፡

አምባሳደር ዲና ለሪፖርተር እንዳረጋገጡት፣ ኢትዮጵያ የሶማሊያን የሽግግር መንግሥት፣ የአፍሪካ ኅብረትን የሶማሊያ የሰላም አስከባሪ ኃይልና ኬንያን የምትረዳው በወታደራዊ፣ በፖለቲካዊ፣ በዲፕሎማሲያዊና በተለያዩ መንገዶች ነው፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ ድጋፍ ሁሉን አቀፍ መሆኑን አመልክተው፣ የኢጋድ መሪዎች አልሸባብን ለመምታት በሚደረገው ጦርነት የኢትዮጵያ እገዛ እጅግ በጣም አስፈላጊ መሆኑን አምነውበታል ብለዋል፡፡

ኢትዮጵያ በደቡብ ሱዳንና በሱዳን መካከል በምትገኘው አወዛጋቢዋ የአቢዬ ግዛት በተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት (ተመድ) ሥር ያሰማራቻቸው የሰላም አስከባሪ ወታደሮቿ በድርጅቱ ከፍተኛ አድናቆት ያገኙ መሆኑን በማስታወስ፣ በአካባቢው ለሰላምና ለደኅንነት የምታደርገው አስተዋጽኦ በሶማሊያም እንዲቀጥል ነው ኢጋድ ጥሪውን ያቀረበው፡፡

የአፍሪካ ኅብረትና የተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት በሶማሊያ የሚሰማራውን የተጣመረ ወታደራዊ ኃይል ለማንቀሳቀስ እየተነጋገሩበት መሆኑን፣ በአፍሪካ ኅብረት የሰላምና ደኅንነት ኮሚሽነር አምባሳደር ራምታኔ ላማምራ ለሪፖርተር ገልጸዋል፡፡

ከሁለት ዓመታት በፊት የሶማሊያ እስላማዊ ፍርድ ቤቶች ኅብረትን በመቃወም በሶማሊያ የሽግግር መንግሥት ጥሪ ወደ አካባቢው የዘመተው የኢትዮጵያ ወታደራዊ ኃይል፣ ቡድኑን በታትኖ ከሦስት ዓመት ቆይታ በኋላ መመለሱ የሚታወስ ነው፡፡ ኢትዮጵያ በአሸባሪነት ከፈረጀቻቸው አምስት የአገር ውስጥና የውጭ ድርጅቶች መካከል፣ ከአልቃይዳ ጋር ግንኙነት እንዳለው የሚነገርለት አልሸባብ አንዱ ነው፡፡

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Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia wins Delhi Half Marathon

Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia emerged victorious in the men's elite category, while Kenya's Lucy Kabuu won the women's title as more than 30,000 Delhiites braved a chilly Sunday morning to run at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in New Delhi today.

Two-time winner and course record holder Deriba Merga of Ethiopia pulled out of the event on Saturday due to an injury.

Merga, ranked fourth in the world and winner of titles in 2008 and 2009, holds the course record of 59.15 min clocked in 2008, which is his personal best in this distance.

Last edition's runner-up Desisa faced stiff competition from the Kenyan duo of Geoffrey Kipsang and Mike Kigen, who finished second and third respectively.

Desisa ran for 59 minutes and 30 secs to cover 21.097 km and pocket $25,000 winner's purse.

Kipsang, who was matching the pace of Desisa most of the distance, failed to accelerate towards the end and clocked 59 minutes and 31 seconds to settle for a silver. Kigen clocked 59 minutes and 58 seconds to win the bronze.

In the women's event, Kabuu led a Kenyan sweep, winning the race in one hour, seven minutes and four seconds with her compatriot Sharon Cherop clocking 1:07:08s to settle for silver.

Last year's winner, Ethiopia's Aselefch Mergia, failed to defend her title and settled for bronze clocking 1:07:21s.

Suresh Kumar (1:04:06) finished first among Indian men and overall 20th in the race. Kheta Ram (1:04:43) and V L Dangi (1:05:01) came second and third among Indian runners respectively.

Lalita Babbar successfully defended her title and was the fastest woman among Indians clocking 1:17:37, followed by Kiran Tiwari (1:17:58) and Swati Gadhave (1:20:55).

Each of the Indian top finishers would be richer by $4,000.

Results

The Delhi Half Marathon has seen registrations reaching a record high, with all categories of the event oversubscribed, prompting event promoters Procam International to shut registrations much before Race Day.

Around 30,500 people descended on the streets of Delhi on Sunday to participate in the world's most prestigious Half Marathon, among them 8,368 having registered for the Half Marathon and 21,095 for the Great Delhi Run.

The Senior Citizens' Run saw around 815 participants, while 43 took part in the Wheelchair Event.

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ከኔትወርክ ፍተሻ ጋር በተያያዘ ቻይናዊው የዜድቲኢ ባለሙያ የኢትዮ ቴሌኮም ኢንጂነሩን በስለት ወጋው

ዜድቲኢ የተባለው የቻይና የቴሌኮም ኩባንያ ከአዲስ አበባ በስተደቡብ 600 ኪሎ ሜትር ርቀት ላይ በሚገኘው በነገሌ ቦረና አካባቢ የተዘረጋው የቴሌኮም ኔትወርክ ጥራቱ ተቀባይነት እንደሌለው በመግለጽ የተሠራውን ሥራ ውድቅ ያደረገው የኢትዮ ቴሌኮም ኢንጂነር፣ ኔትወርኩን በዘረጋው የዜድቲኢ ቻይናዊ ባለሙያ በስለት ተወግቶ ጉዳት እንደደረሰበት፣ ለፕሮጀክቱ ቅርበት ያላቸውና ድርጊቱን ያዩ የዓይን እማኞች ለሪፖርተር ገለጹ፡፡ ድርጊቱ የተፈጸመው ባለፈው ሳምንት ዓርብ መሆኑን የገለጹት ምንጮች፣ የኢትዮ ቴሌኮም ኢንጂነር ለቻይናው ባለሙያ ክፍያ የሚያሰጠውን የተቀባይነት ሠርተፍኬት በመንፈጉ ምክንያት መሆኑን አረጋግጠዋል፡፡

‹‹የተዘረጋው ኔትወርክ ተቀባይነት እንደሌለውና የተቀባይነት ሠርተፍኬት ሊሰጠው እንደማይገባ ኢትዮጵያዊው ኢንጂነር ካብራራ በኋላ፣ በእሱና በቻይናው ባለሙያ መካከል ለረጅም ሰዓታት ውዝግብ ተፈጥሮ ነበር፤›› ሲሉ የገለጹት ምንጮች፣ ከውዝግቡ በኋላ የቻይናው ባለሙያ ኢንጂነሩን ደረቱ አካባቢ በስለታማ መሣርያ እንደወጋው አብራርተዋል፡፡

ኢንጂነሩ በስለቱ ከተወጋ በኋላ በአካባቢው በነበሩ ሠራተኞች አማካይነት በፍጥነት ሐዋሳ ከተማ ወደሚገኝ ሆስፒታል መወሰዱንና ለሦስት ቀናት ሕክምና ከተከታተለ በኋላ ባለፈው ማክሰኞ ከሆስፒታል መውጣቱን አስታውቀዋል፡፡

የኢንፎርሜሽንና የኮሙዩኒኬሽን ቴክኖሎጂ ሚኒስትሩ ዶክተሩ ደብረ ፅዮን ገብረ ሚካኤል በአገር አቀፍ ደረጃ በ1.5 ቢሊዮን ዶላር በዜድቲኢ የሚዘረጋው ኔትወርክ የደረጃ ጥራቱ እንደሚፈተሽና ጥራቱ የተጠበቀ ካልሆነም ውድቅ እንደሚደረግ፣ በሚዘረጋው ኔትወርክ ጥራት ላይ ምንም ዓይነት ድርድር እንደማይደረግ ቀደም ሲል ለሪፖርተር መግለጻቸውን መዘገባችን ይታወሳል፡፡

የተዘረጋው የቴሌኮም ኔትወርክ አሁን በአገልግሎት ላይ ካለው ኔትወርክ ጋር ከመዋሀዱ በፊት፣ በሦስተኛ ወገን ጥብቅ ፍተሻ እንደሚደረግበት ሚኒስትሩ አስረግጠው ተናግረዋል፡፡

በተፈጠረው ያልተጠበቀ ክስተት የተገረሙ የኢትዮ ቴሌኮምና የዜድቲኢ ከፍተኛ አመራሮች ችግሩን በሰላም ለመፍታት እየተንቀሳቀሱ መሆናቸውን ምንጮች ጠቁመዋል፡፡ ችግሩን ለመፍታትም የዜድቲኢ ምክትል ኃላፊ አዲስ አበባ መግባታቸውም ታውቋል፡፡

ስማቸውን ለመግለጽ ያልፈለጉ አንድ የሕግ ባለሙያ ለሪፖርተር እንደገለጹት፣ በቻይናው ባለሙያ የተፈጸመው ድርጊት በመግደል ሙከራ ሊያስከስስ ይችላል፡፡

ከኢትዮ ቴሌኮም ኢንጂነሮች በተጨማሪ ገለልተኛ የሆነ ሌላ ኩባንያ በ1.5 ቢሊዮን ዶላር እየተዘረጋ የሚገኘውን ኔትወርክ ጥራት በመፈተሽ ላይ ነው፡፡ የሚደርስበትን ውጤት በሁለት ወራት ውስጥ ያሳውቃል ተብሎ ይጠበቃል፡፡

የተፈጠረውን ችግር አስመልክቶ ከኢትዮ ቴሌኮም መረጃ ለማግኘት ያደረግነው ጥረት አልተሳካም፡፡

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The gentle magic of Ethiopia-Lalibela

The name Lalibela should be as famous as Petra. It has been said that if Lalibela were anywhere but Ethiopia, the small city high in the Lasta mountains would be considered one of the Wonders of the World.

Lalibela was the reason I went to Ethiopia. Image
s of its churches have intrigued me for years - and in person, they did not disappoint.

The 11 Christian churches, still in use, were carved down out of solid rock some time in the 13th century; to this day no one is sure how. Each is unique and fascinating. Many are linked through tunnels or passages, forming something like an u
nderground village.

There's the gigantic Bet Medhane and the relatively tiny Bet Abba Libanos, and the cave-church Bet Mercurios, which is possibly 1,400 years old. But the crown jewel is the stunning Bet Giyorgis (Church of St. George), which stands alone, 15 metres high and carved in the shape of a cruciform tower, in its own private sunken courtyard. Each church comes with its own priest, who, for a small fee, will pose for pictures holding a golden cross, an ancient parchment, or even a modern umbrella.

But Ethiopia is more than Lalibela. This ancient country of friendly people and stunning vistas is also home to Tissassat Falls, Lake Tana, Gondar, Bahir Dar, the Rift Valley and Axum.

The Axumite Empire is still shrouded in mystery, but it was at its peak from the first to the seventh century. In the city of Axum, a collection of stelae (upright stone slabs or pillars) were left behind. The most stunning two, each 23 metres high, are credited to King Ezana. A larger stele, 33 metres long, lies in pieces nearby; scholars believe it fell as it was being hoisted into place, too tall to stand on its small base. There are more than 600 stelae of various heights (most only a couple of metres tall and very plain) in and around Axum, which also boasts the remains of a palace thought to belong to the Queen of Sheba.

The former capital of Ethiopia, Gondar, is home to the majestic Royal Enclosure. Fasil Ghebbi contains six castles and three churches built by Emperor Fasilidas and his descendants in the 17th and 18th centuries. Gondar's cathedral of Tsion Maryam (St. Mary of Zion) compound also supposedly houses the legendary Ark of the Covenant in a sanctified outbuilding - although no one has actually seen it lately.

The roaring Tissassat Falls, near Ethiopia's huge Lake Tana, is where the Blue Nile starts on its way to Khartoum to become part of the Nile. And to the south, the northern end of the immense, country-spanning Rift Valley begins.

Ethiopia is not the country of famine, drought and desert many people still believe it to be. It is a lush, green, friendly, adventurous and historically fascinating land striding purposefully into a bright future. Don't overlook it as a tourist destination.

Wendy Rockburn is a stage manager, world traveller and Bollywood aficionado who lives in Orléans.

IF YOU GO

Touring: I travelled with a Britishbased, small-group tour company that offers trips to Ethiopia and many other countries, of varying lengths and levels of difficulty.

Cost: My two-week trip cost $2,346, which included breakfasts and most dinners, flights within Ethiopia, accommodations at high-end hotels and entry to the sites, but not airfare to Ethiopia.

Contacts: Call 1-866-338-8735 or see adventurecenter.com or exodus.co.uk.

Getting there: Ethiopian Airlines operates out of Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., and offers direct service to Addis Ababa (with a stopover for fuel only in Rome).
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Ethiopia runs for inimitable icon

Ethiopia's most revered son Haile Gebrselassie will oversee the 11th edition of the largest road race in Africa which this Sunday morning will attract around 36,000 participants to the streets of Addis Ababa. - (Getty Images)

Emmet Malone is on hand to experience the warmth reserved for local hero Haile Gebrselassie in Addis Ababa as he launches the 11th Great Ethiopian Run

A few months back my wife and I had a chance meeting with Ray Houghton out at a hotel adjacent to Dublin airport. Gráinne’s obvious pleasure at meeting the man who put the ball in not only England ’s but also Italy’s was a stark reminder of how much I take for granted in this business.

Many of the people I speak to in the course of my work wouldn’t merit the conversation if they weren’t heroes to a lot of people out there, but that’s rarely a consideration when you’re mentally weighing up what the angle’s going to be, while they’re speaking

With Houghton, it’s particularly easy to forget, not least because he is one of the nicest, most unassuming and friendly people you could ever hope to meet and because of his media work I’m lucky enough to bump into him a fair bit.

Given his achievements as a player, not least those goals, Houghton’s enormous popularity, of course, is easy to understand but multiply it by 50, maybe even 500, and you get an idea of the warmth with which Haile Gebrselassie is viewed in Ethiopia.

Over the course of more than a decade at the top of world distance running, the now 38 year-old has won two Olympic and four World titles as well as a string of high profile marathons (most notably London and Berlin) and other major distance races setting, in the process, a fair few world records.

He’s won a lot of money down the years too and seems to have invested wisely back here at home in Ethiopia, where he owns, amongst other things, office blocks, cinemas, a car dealership, hotels and restaurants. He continues to have outside earnings too and around Addis at the moment he can be seen on giant billboards advertising everything from airlines to alcohol.

He is, in other words, a rich man in a country with more than its fair share of poor ones, but it doesn’t seem to have affected his popularity in the slightest. Most everyone you meet here mentions him like a favourite uncle.

A little over 10 years ago he played a key part in establishing the 10km Great Ethiopian Run, the largest road race in Africa which this Sunday morning will attract around 36,000 participants to the streets of Addis. To judge by the pictures and accounts of previous participants it’s slightly magical event and its draw has proved sufficiently strong this year to attract both the Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O’Riordan and myself, entirely independently of each other. Both of us will be writing about different aspects of the race (Ian will actually be taking part) over the coming days and weeks.

Though he hasn’t taken part himself since the first year - a decade ago today to be precise - when he helped coax 14,000 or so runners back after a mass false start, before leaving the VIP podium after the restart to join in and eventually win; he continues to be a central figure in its organisation. Indeed, the press conference held this morning at the city’s Hilton Hotel to preview this year’s event was as much about the man who sat quietly smiling in the front row as it was about the race itself.

He was name-checked regularly, often to applause, by other speakers, who all acknowledged that while many deserve a great deal of credit for the success of this event, it simply couldn’t have happened without Haile. When he spoke himself, though, he was humble and humorous and instantly recaptured the attention of a big crowd whose interest had been drifting after what seemed like a couple of hours of speeches and presentations.

“People complain about inflation and shortages of sugar or oil these days,” he said with a smile that never seems to completely leave his face. “But as we are concentrating on having a nice life we should remember how far this country has come in 20 years.”

He mentioned the fact that it used to be hard to buy a pastry in the city “but now there are hundreds of places selling them on Bole Road (a long, busy street lined with offices, shops and countless restaurants) alone.

“Back then,” he added, “the shortage of sugar wasn’t what we were complaining about.”

He talked about the boost to the country’s image abroad that the race generates, the tourism (there are around 200 Irish running for a start), its work in the areas of education and equality amongst local children and the funds its raises. The latter are modest enough in the great scheme of things with the people of a small town in Norway, Knarvik, raising as much for the central fund (many foreigners, including most of the Irish run for designated charities based in their own countries but doing work in the field here like Concern, Orbis and Self Help Africa) as the all local efforts combined this year (about €20,000) through a race of their own and various other activities.

But, he emphasised, as everyone else associated with it does, that generating money is not the main aim; the race is an end in itself.

On Saturday morning a couple of thousand kids will get to run in the children’s event (organised by another NGO with links back home, Plan) and on Sunday tens of thousands will take part in the main event, including, if past years are anything to go on, a few of the sport’s biggest stars of the future. That in itself is an achievement in a city where sport, at least in its organised forms, is something of a luxury for large chunks of the population and where the benefits it brings in terms of health and happiness, the effect it has on the development of character and positive relationships can go unknown by many whose primary objective has to be simply to get by.

When he waves away his team of minders, who feel he’s done enough media after the press conference and point out that he is already running late for his next appointment, in order to chat amiably for a few minutes with the Irish Times , he admits there’s a long way to go and it doesn’t take you a long time walking around the busy, fairly chaotic streets of the Ethiopian capital to see what he means.

However, he says he has big ambitions for the future and nothing about him so far would remotely entice you to bet against him achieving them all.
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