ሚስቱን በአሲድ አቃጥሎ የገደለውና ደቡብ ሱዳን የተያዘው የሞት ቅጣት ተወሰነበት

- ግብረ አበሮቹ ከ16 እስከ 23 ዓመታት ጽኑ እስራት ተቀጡ

አምና ሚያዝያ 30 ቀን 2003 ዓ.ም በልጁ እናት ላይ አንድ ሊትር ሰልፈሪክ አሲድ በመድፋት ለሞት የዳረጋት ግለሰብ፣ ከትናንት በስቲያ በሞት እንዲቀጣ የፌዴራል ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት ሦስተኛ ወንጀል ችሎት ውሳኔ ሰጠ፡፡ በሞት እንዲቀጣ ውሳኔ የተላለፈበት የሟች የወ/ሮ ትዕግስት መኮንን ባለቤት የነበረው አቶ ምናለ አቻም፣ በልጁ እናት ላይ አንድ ሊትር ሰልፈሪክ አሲድ በማርከፍከፍ ከተሰወረ ከወራት በኋላ፣ ባለፈው ዓመት ነፃነቷን ባገኘችው ደቡብ ሱዳን ዋና ከተማ ጁባ ውስጥ ተይዞ ወደ አዲስ አበባ መምጣቱ ይታወሳል፡፡

ግለሰቡ የፈጸመው የወንጀል ድርጊት በፍርድ ቤት ሲታይ ከቆየ በኋላ፣ ከሳሽ የፌዴራል ዓቃቤ ሕግ የመሠረተበትን ክስ በሰውና በሰነድ ማስረጃዎች ሲያረጋግጥ፣ ግለሰቡ የቀረበበትን የሰውና የሰነድ ማስረጃዎች ባቀረባቸው የመከላከያ ምስክሮችና ሰነዶች ማስተባበል ባለመቻሉ፣ ሚያዝያ 26 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም ጥፋተኛ ከተባለ በኋላ ከትናንትና በስቲያ በሞት እንዲቀጣ ውሳኔ ተላልፎበታል፡፡

ወ/ሮ ትዕግስትን ለመግደል ባለቤቷ ያዘጋጀውን አንድ ሊትር ሰልፈሪክ አሲድ ደብቆ በማቆየትና በመተባበር ጥፋተኛ የተባለው ዘለዓለም ውበት ወይም በቅፅል ስሙ ‹‹ጉቼ ውበት›› በሚል መጠሪያ የሚታወቀው በ16 ዓመታት ከስድስት ወራት ጽኑ እስራት እንዲቀጣ ተወስኖበታል፡፡

ዘለዓለም የደበቀውን ሰልፈሪክ አሲድ ተቀብሎና ክዳኑን ከፍቶ ለባለቤቷ የሰጠውና በተባባሪነት በሠራው ወንጀል ጥፋተኛ የተባለው ነበረ ጎሹ ወይም በቅፅል ስሙ ‹‹ቀበሮው›› በመባል የሚታወቀው በ23 ዓመታት ጽኑ እስራት እንዲቀጣ ተወስኖበታል፡፡

ተባባሪዎቹ ከእስር ከተፈቱ በኋላ ለአምስት ዓመታት ከማንኛውም የሕዝባዊ መብቶቻቸው ታግደዋል፡፡ ሦስቱም ግለሰቦች ማለትም ባለቤቷ ምናለ አቻምና ሁለቱ ተባባሪዎቹ ሚያዝያ 30 ቀን 2003 ዓ.ም የሦስት ሕፃናት እናት የነበረችውን ትዕግስት መኮንን፣ ወደ ቤቷ ልትገባ ትንሽ ሲቀራት በየካ ክፍለ ከተማ ቀበሌ 19 ሂልሳይድ ትምህርት ቤት አጠገብ፣ ባልየው በዱላ ደብድቦ ከጣላት በኋላ ተባብረው ሰልፈሪክ አሲድ በመላ ሰውነቷ ላይ አርከፍክፈውባት መሰወራቸውን፣ ሆስፒታል ተወስዳ ለሦስት ቀናት ሕክምና ከተደረገላት በኋላ ግንቦታ 2 ቀን 2003 ዓ.ም ከሌሊቱ 9 ሰዓት ላይ ከዚህ ዓለም ሕይወቷ ማለፉን መዘገባችን ይታወሳል፡፡

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Debo Band Headlines 'Rock The Block'

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The "Performing Arts Management" class at MCLA will curate, produce and present the final MCLA Presents! performance of the season, “Rock the Block," which will include music by Debo Band will take place on Sunday, May 6, from 2 until 9 p.m. on Main Street.

For the first time, this 3rd annual PAM Show will happen away from the MCLA campus. The latest production was an all-day music festival at the MCLA Quad. The event in the heart of the downtown is free and open to the public.

Debo Band, an 11-member group led by Ethiopian-American saxophonist Danny Mekonnen and fronted by charismatic vocalist Bruck Tesfaye, will headline the final event of the day, an energetic dance party beginning at 7 p.m.

The group, also known as "Boston’s Ethiopian Groove Collective," has graced national and international stages including the Ethiopian Music Festival in Addis Ababa and New York City’s Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, The Kennedy Center, GlobalFEST 2012 at Webster Hall and Joe’s Pub. Other performances include those at the World Music Festival: Chicago, as well as Sauti Za Busara in Zanzibar, the largest music festival in East Africa.

Performances will include those by the MCLA Jazz Band, the Allegrettos a capella group, the Drury Jazz Band, and Spooky and the Nomads. Other MCLA groups performing include the Yorick Shakespeare Club, Nexxus Step Team and Harlequin Musical Theatre Club. In addition, DJ Leila will perform throughout the afternoon, beginning at 2  and ending at 7.

Downtown businesses and a variety of Berkshire vendors also will join the block party, connecting and sharing with the North Adams community by offering business specials, as well as later hours of operation.

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Ethiopians excel in Germany

Ethiopians Shami Dawit, pictured, and Seboka Diriba Tola broke local marathon records in winning the men's races in Hamburg and Dusseldorf.

Hamburg – Ethiopians Shami Dawit and Seboka Diriba Tola broke local marathon records in winning the men's races in Hamburg and Dusseldorf Sunday.
Dawit posted 2 hours 5 minutes 58 seconds over the 42.195
kilometres in Hamburg, bettering the previous best mark in the northern German city of 2:06.52 set by Julio Rey of Spain in 2006.
Ethiopian Dadi Yami was second in 2:07:01, with Augustine Ronoh of Kenya third in 2:07:23. The women's race was won by Rael Kiyara of Kenya in 2:23:47.
Tola and Kenyan Agnes Jeruto set course records in winning the men's and women's races in Dusseldorf.
Tola crossed the line in 2:08:27, edging Duncan Koech of Kenya (2:08:33) and Abraham Kiprotich of France (2:08:35).
Jeruto clinched the women's race in 2:25:49 ahead of Nastassia Staravoitava of Belarus (2:27:24) and Melkam Gisaw of Ethiopia (2:27:50).http://www.iol.co.za

Ethiopian Yonas Seifu who was shot in the head 6 years ago works to become whole

Meeting new people is always a little tricky for Yonas Seifu, and it starts with his handshake. He uses his left hand because the bullet that remains lodged in his brain severed

many of the neural pathways controlling the right side of his body.

If he reveals he was shot, he can tell from the reaction that people immediately think, "I'm a gangster or something," said Seifu, 32. "It's kind of awkward. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do it."

It's been six years since Seifu was critically injured when someone walked or drove by a house in Lake City and fired a single gunshot through a window early on April 23, 2006. The bullet penetrated a wall and struck Seifu, then 26, who was sitting on a couch as a party hosted by a couple of University of Washington fraternity brothers was winding down.

Seattle homicide detectives investigated the shooting, but with no known motive their case went cold. No one was ever arrested for the seemingly random shooting that has forever changed Seifu's life.

He's had dark days when he wondered if it would have been better had he not survived. Friends who surrounded and supported him during his two-month stay at Harborview Medical Center have gradually faded away and moved on with their lives, while Seifu struggles to rebuild his own.

He and his girlfriend, whom he had hoped to marry and have children with, broke up a year after he was shot, and he hasn't dated since.

But Seifu, an exceptionally bright, articulate man who exudes a gentle calm, strives to find meaning and leave a positive mark on the world, despite his continuing pain and uncertainty for the future.

"It's a struggle, and he's reminded of it every day. Yonas looks different, he walks different, he talks different. It's not something he can put behind him," said Dr. Kathleen Bell, medical director of the brain-injury rehabilitation program at the University of Washington, who has treated Seifu since his release from Harborview.

በቴዲ አፍሮና በአዲካ መካከል አለመግባባት ተፈጠረ

ድምፃዊ ቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁን (ቴዲ አፍሮ) ከአዲካ ኮሙዩኒኬሽንና ኢቨንትስ ጋር ውዝግብ ውስጥ መግባቱን የሪፖርተር ምንጮች ገለጹ፡፡

ቴዎድሮስና አዲካ ውዝግብ ውስጥ የገቡት ‹‹ጥቁር ሰው›› በተሰኘው የቴዎድሮስ አዲሱ አልበም ከስፖንሰርና ከሽያጭ ጋር በተያያዘ ነው፡፡ ቴዲ አፍሮና አዲካ መጋቢት 1 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም. ባደረጉት ውል፣ ቴዎድሮስ የአልበሙን ዋና ሲዲ (ማስተር ሲዲ) በአራት ሚሊዮን ብር ሸጧል፡፡ ክፍያውም በሁለት ጊዜ ተፈጽሟል፡፡ 

በዚህ ውል መሠረት አዲካ ያወጣውን ሙሉ ወጪ ከመለሰ በኋላ ከሚገኘው የተጣራ ትርፍ ቴዎድሮስ 20 በመቶ ገቢ ያገኛል፡፡ ይህም ለአምስት ዓመታት የሚቀጥል ሆኖ፣ ከአምስት ዓመት በኋላ በሲዲው ላይ ያለው ሙሉ መብት ከአዲካ ወደ ቴዎድሮስ ይዛወራል፡፡ ከዚህ በተጨማሪ በውሉ መሠረት አዲካ ስፖንሰር የመፈለግና በህትመቱ ላይም የስፖንሰሩን ማስታወቂያ የመጠቀም መብት ይሰጠዋል፡፡ በቴዲና በአዲካ መካከል በዋናነት አለመግባባቶች የተፈጠሩት በእነዚህ ነጥቦች ዙርያ ሲሆን፣ አለመግባባታቸውም እየከረረ መምጣቱን ምንጮች እየገለጹ ነው፡፡ በአለመግባባቱ ውስጥም የሦስትዮሽ ውል የፈረመው ቤሌማ ኢንተርቴይመንት ኩባንያም ሌላኛው ተዋናይ ነው፡፡

ለቴዲ ቅርብ የሆኑ የመረጃ ምንጮች እንደሚገልጹት፣ ቴዲ በሲዲው ላይ የሜታ ቢራ ማስታወቂያ ይለጠፋል ብሎ አላሰበም፡፡ ነገር ግን ሲዲው በሚታተምበት ወቅት የሜታ ቢራ ማስታወቂያ በዋናው ሲዲ ላይ ተለጥፎ የተመለከተው ቴዲ ‹‹ሙዚቃዬን ትልልቅ ሰዎች ብቻ ሳይሆኑ ሕፃናትም ያዳምጡታል፤ ለሕፃናቱ የመጠጥ አርዓያ መሆን አልፈልግም፤›› የሚል ሐሳብ በመሰንዘሩ፣ የሜታ ቢራ ማስታወቂያ የተለጠፈበት ኮፒ እንዲወገድ ብሎም ለገበያ እንዳይቀርብ ስምምነት ላይ ይደረሳል፡፡ በቴዲ በኩል ያሉ መረጃዎች የሜታ ቢራ ዓርማ የተለጠፈባቸው ሲዲዎች ብዛት 120 ሺሕ ነው ቢባልም፣ በአዲካ በኩል ግን 87 ሺሕ ኮፒዎች ናቸው፡፡

A New Ethiopian Sound via Teddy Afro

Samuel Getachew

A noted blogger was once asked to describe music by a certain Ethiopian musician after hearing it for the first time. He explained his first reaction as feeling as if he [had] died and returned from the dead. He said it took him on a journey of "deep bass, some jazz/rock funk mixed with Ethiopian melody (tizita) from a distance future."

This is a wonderful compliment for music that has yet to be discovered by the rest of world. The fact is that Ethiopian music has been undiscovered partly because Ethiopia was never a colony of the outside world. While there have been superstar Ethiopian artists such as Mohamud Ahmed and Aster Aweke, their success remained within Ethiopia and did not translate onto the international market.

The young and gifted Ethiopian artist Tewodrose Kassahun (a.k.a. Teddy Afro) might just be the one who can help introduce Ethiopian music to the world. His latest CD, which is entitled Tikur Sew (Black person), is perhaps the most anticipated, controversial and scrutinized album in Ethiopian music history. In just one week, it sold well over a million copies and took Ethiopian social media by storm.

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