Tell it like it is: Chauvinism, in its worst form, is the real danger

by Dimetros Birku, November 16, 2012

The late Meles Zenawi made, it seems, more appearance in international print and electronic media and became a preferred topic for think thanks and researchers alike after his demise than he did in his 21 years of rule. Substances in discussions range from retrospective analysis of his personality to his contribution, from his “influential” presence in international politics to impending instability, which,for some is inevitable.
Emerging accounts in most cases nearly tally, except differences in wording and presentations, with the official government account which paints Meles simply as exceptionally mystic (political and social) in the entire history of the country – even in the continent. Most that we read are rosy portrayals: “selfless”, “insightful leadership” and “influential in the world stage”.  I have no doubt in my mind that most of the leadership of his ex-guerrilla friends don’t mean it. The motive of mystification, so to speak, has a lot to do with crafting political legitimacy to help maintain their uneasy hold on power. Meles Zenawi is now like an ideology unto himself: he is like the “Chairman Mao” of Ethiopia. I get it, I hope any one would, why his friends in the leadership position are in the business of reformation and transformation of the image of the late Zenawi. What I don’t get is the sort of confirmation from international actors and politicians in the international stage. Susan Rice is exceptionally annoying in that. Some organizations seem to send similar message, subtly.

Ethiopian authorities manufacturing Muslim threat to stifle dissent: expert

Ethiopia: Govt Increasingly Intolerant of Islam Risks Radicalizing Muslims 

By Alemayehu Feantauw| LBJ School of Public Affairs

November 16, 2012
The Ethiopian constitution provides for freedom of religion and requires the separation of state and religion. However, the Muslim community in Ethiopia has, for more than a year now, been holding protests at mosques around the country against what is perceived as government interference in religious affairs.
The protesters are demanding that the current members of the Islamic Affairs Supreme Council (Majlis) be replaced by elected representatives and that elections for Majlis representatives be held in mosques rather than in the Kebeles. Some members of the Muslim community accuse the Ethiopian Government of controlling the Majlis and sponsoring the propagation of Al-Ahbash, a little known sect of Islam.
The Ethiopian Government accuses the protesters of being led by extremists who want to establish an Islamic state in place of the current secular federation. The Ethiopian Government responded against some protests in 2012 with deadly force, most recently in Assassa in April and Gerba in October, resulting in the death of at least seven protesters, a large number of injuries, and the imprisonment of a number of protesters on terrorism charges.

Ethiopian activists speak out against Rice a day after GOP attacks

Susan Rice and Tedla Asfaw

Posted by admin on November 16,

(Phoenix, Arizona) – Ethiopian activists in the United States speak out against Susan Rice a day after Sen. John McCain took to the Senate floor to protest the potential appointment of Ambassador Susan Rice to succeed Hillary Clinton as the Secretary of State.
Sen. John McCain says he will do everything within his power to block her nomination.
Ethiopian activists on the other hand started a new campaign to block Susan Rice’s nomination. “A person who should be promoted for higher office should have integrity and we Ethiopians believe that Susan Rice has compromised the USA interest with her  association with a corrupt family of the late Meles Zenawi.” said Ethiopian human right activist and blogger Tedla Asfaw.
According to Tedla, a group of activists continue to file a petition against her nomination. “we are asking the Obama Administration not to promote her to any higher position. In fact we are demanding for her resignation from her current position as US Ambassador to United Nations.” Tedla added.

አጫጭር የሀገር ቤት ወሬዎች – ኢሣት ቴሌቪዥን እንዳይሠራጭ ታፈነ (ዘግይቶ የደረሰ አስደሳች ዜና፡- ኢሣት ሠራ!)

 ኢሣት ቴሌቪዥን በኢትዮጵያ እንዳይሠራጭ ታፈነ

 አጫጭር የሀገር ቤት ወሬዎች

አንድ ዓመት ተኩል ስኬታማ አፈና በኋላ የተጣለበትን ተደጋጋሚ የአየር ሞገድ እመቃ ተቋቁሞ ላለፉት ጥቂት ሣምንታት በኢትዮጵያ ሥርጭቱን ጀምሮ የነበረው የኢሣት ቴሌቪዥንና ሬዲዮ ከትናንት በስቲያ ኅዳር 4 ቀን 2005ዓ.ም ምሽት ጀምሮ ዝነኛ ሥርጭቱ መቋረጡ ታወቀ፡፡ ባለፉት የሥርጭት ጊዜያት ለበርካታ ኢትዮጵያውያን የብሶት መተንፈሻና የታፈኑ የሀገር ቤት ዜናዎች ማወጃ ሆኖ መሰንበቱ የሚታወቅ ነው፡፡

ሰሞኑን ግን ኢቢኤስ የሚባለው ወያኔ-ዘመም የቴሌቪዥን ጣቢያ ከአረብሣት ወጥቶ ወደናይልሣት መግባቱን ተከትሎ የሁለቱም ሞገድ የሚተላለፍባቸው 10815 የማሰራጫ ፍሪኩየንሲ መዘጋቱ ተረጋግጧል፡፡ ይህን የማፈን ድርጊት የፈጸሙትም የወያኔው መንግሥትና የቻይና የቴክሎጂ ጠበብት እንደሆኑ ኢንሣ (INSA) ከሚባለው ከሥራ አመራር እስከጽዳትና ዘበኛ ድረስ የተመረጡ የትግሬ የጉልበትና የኢንተሊጀንስ ባለሙያዎች ብቻ ከሚሠሩበት የወያኔው መንግሥት የፀረ ድረገፅ ሚዲያ ተቋም በፌስታል ተጠቅልሎ እንዳልባሌ ከወጣ ዕቃ መረዳት ተችሏል፡፡ አንዳንድ ወገኖች እንደሚሉት የኢቢኤስ ወደናይልሣት መግባት ከኢሣት መታፈን ጋር የቀረበ ግንኙነት አለው ተብሏል፡፡

አሁን ዘግይቶ የደረሰ አስደሳች ዜና፡- ኢሣት ሠራ!

የዚህ ዜና አቀናባሪ ዜናዎቹን ወደማጠናቀቁ ላይ ሳለ ምሣ ቢጤ ሊቀምስ ሣሎን ተቀምጦ ቲቪ ሲከፍት ኢሣት ከ24 ሰዓት መታፈን በኋላ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ አየር መመለሱን ባይኑ በብረቱ አረጋግጧል፡፡ ያላረጋገጠው እስከምን ጊዜ ሳይታፈን እንደሚቆይ መሆኑንም ለመረዳት ችላችኋል ተብሎ ተገምቷል፡፡ ያ ነገረኛ ኢቢኤስ የተባለው በመለስ ሞት ደረቱን ጥሎ በአደባባይ ያለቀሰው ቲቪ ግን አሁንም አይሠራም፡፡ ለኢሣት መታፈን ጦሱ እሱ ሳይሆን እንደማይቀር ይህ ዘጋቢ ክፉኛ ሲጠራጠር መቆየቱ የሚታወስ ነው፡፡ የኢቢኤስን የወያኔ ቤተኛነት መጠራጠር ስለማይቻል እሱን መጠንቀቅ እንደሚገባም ብዙዎች ከወዲሁ እያስጠነቀቁ እንደሆነ ለማወቅ ተችሏል – ኢቢኤስን በሩቅ በማለት፡፡ ኢሣቶችም ይህን ነገር አያጡትም ተብሎ ይገመታል፡፡

German’s Heinrich Böll Foundation leaves Ethiopia in protest

(DW) — Named after the German Nobel Prize winner for Literature, the Heinrich Böll Foundation is an NGO promoting democracy and human rights. It is leaving Ethiopia in protest against restrictions on its activities.

“The closure of the office in Ethiopia is a sign of protest by the foundation against the ongoing restrictions on civil r

ights and freedom of speech” said a statement released by the Heinrich Böll Foundation explaining why they had closed their office in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

The organization’s chairwoman Barbara Unmüßig and the country director Patrick Berg said it had become impossible for the organization to work for democracy, gender equality and sustainable development under existing circumstances. They were referring to the law on NGOs passed in 2009 which is known as the “Charities and Societies Proclamation” and restricts freedom of press, expression and assembly.

The law that worsens human rights

This “NGO law” severely curtails the activities of non governmental organizations and human rights groups. It is targets not just foreign groups, but also Ethiopia’s two largest human rights organizations.

According to the rights group Amnesty international, the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (HRCO), which has been active since 1991, had its bank account frozen under this law. Nine of its twelve offices have been closed and 85 percent of its staff laid off.

አምባሳደር ተወልደ ዓጋመ ከፓርቲው ለቀቁ

(እየሩሳሌም አርአያ)
የሕወሐት ማ/ኰሚቴ አምባሳደር ተወልደ ገብሩ (በቅጽል ስማቸው ተወልደ ዓጋመ) በገዛ ፈቃዳቸው ከፓርቲው እንደለቀቁ ምንጮች አረጋገጡ። ባለፈው በተካሔደው የፓርቲው ጉባኤ ላይ የመልቀቂያ ጥያቄ አቅርበው ከማ/ኰሚቴ አባልነት እራሳቸውን እንዳገለሉ አስታውቀዋል። በአምባሳደርነት ሲያገለግሉ የቆዩት ተወልደ «አጋሜ» ከ 1993ዓ.ም በሑዋላ ተዛውረው በአትሌቲክስ ፌዴረሽን ያለሙያቸው ተመድበው ቆይተዋል።

በተጨማሪ ባለቤታቸው ሮማን ገ/ስላሴ በፓርቲው ሊ/መንበር « አይኖዋን ማየት አልፈልግም» ተብለው ከፓርቲው ርቀው እንደነበር ምንጮቹ አስታውሰዋል። የሕወሃት አንጋፋ ሴት ታጋይ የነበሩት ሮማን የተሓድሶ «አቀንቃኝ» ሆነው ወደ መድረክ በመውጣታቸው በትግራይ የሴቶች ጉዳይ ቢሮ ሃላፊ ተደርገው በመለስ ከመሾማቸው ባሻገር በፓርቲው ማ/ኰሚቴ አባልነት መካተታቸውን ጠቁመዋል። አምባሳደር ተወልደ ለረጅም አመት ይበሳጩና ብዙውን ጊዜ በዝምታ ያሳልፉ እንደነበር የቅርብ ምንጮች ጠቁመው፤ እርሳቸው ከፓርቲው ሲለቁ ባለቤታቸው ሮማን ግን እንዳለቀቁ አያይዘው ገልጸዋል።

በሌላም በኩል በሕወሓት ማ/ኰሚቴ ዙሪያ ያለውን ቤተሰባዊ ስብስብ በተመለከተ የቅርብ ምንጮች እንዲህ ብለዋል፤ የሻዕቢያ ከፍተኛ የጦር አዛዥ ጄ/ል ስብሃት ኤፍሬም ባለቤት ታጋይ ሩት ሃይሌ ትባላለች። ሩት ሃይሌ እና የሕወሓቱ ሽማግሌ ስብሃት ነጋ የቅርብ ስጋ ዝምድና እንዳላቸው ምንጮች አረጋግጠዋል።

ሌላው ዶ/ር ሰለሞን እንቑይ ይጠቀሳሉ፤ ፓርቲውን የተቀላቀሉት በ1983ዓ.ም ሲሆን ቀደም ሲል በለንደን ይኖሩ ነበር።በወቅቱ የ «ማ.ረ.ት» ሃላፊነት ቦታ ተቆናጠጡ። በ1993ዓ.ም የትግራይ አፈ-ጉባኤ ተደርገው ተሾሙ፤ የድርጅቱ ማ/ኰሚቴ አባልነትን ጨምሮ 5 ቁልፍ ሃላፊነቶችን እንዲጨብጡ ተደረገ። በ1994ዓ.ም መጋቢት ወር ከፓርቲው ልሳን ጋር በትግርኛ ቁዋንቑ ባደረጉት ቃለምልልስ አስመራ ተወልደው እንዳደጉ የገለጹት ዶ/ር ሰለሞን የሻዕብያው መሪ ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ የአጎት ልጅ መሆናቸው ምንጮች አረጋግጠዋል።

Unity the path to change in Ethiopia: Researcher

Negash

The King is dead long live the King

By Graham Peebles

November 14,  2012

It is a new-year in Ethiopia, (belated) happy 2005 one and all. With it comes a new prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, deputy PM under Meles Zenawi who died some time in August or was it July. A fog of misinformation and uncertainty surrounds the final months of Meles life, ingrained secrecy being both a political and national characteristic that works against social and ethnic cohesion, strengthening mistrust and division.

It is unclear what route the deputy PM, a Protestant from humble beginnings in the small, desperately poor Wolayta community, took to step into the prime ministerial shoes. Some believe the US administration through its powerful military machine Africom, engineered the sympathetic replacement. The US is Ethiopia’s main donor, giving around $3 billion a year, Ethiopia for it’s part and in exchange for such generosity perhaps, allows the US military to station and launch drones from it’s sacred soil into Somalia, or indeed anywhere the Pentagon hacks choose and the deadly drones can reach.

 New Prime Minister same old regime story

The new Prime Minister has worryingly vowed, the BBC 21/09/12[i] report, to continue Mr. Meles “legacy without any change,” a legacy littered with human rights violations and injustices, which has little to recommend it. Meles ruled over a single party State in all but name, for, as the International Crisis Group (ICG)[ii] make clear, “the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and his Tigrayan inner circle, with the complicity of other ethnic elites that were co-opted into the ruling alliance, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).” A dictatorship in fact and form and as is consistent with such regimes, brutal, controlling and intolerant. No matter the accolades expressed on Meles death by senior politicians and diplomats around the world, who like nothing more it seems than a friendly tyrant.

በደራ ወረዳ አንዲት ሴት የባሉዋን ብልት በአደባባይ በገመድ እንድትጎትትና እንድትስም ተደረገ

ህዳር 5 (አምስት) ቀን ፳፻፭ ዓ/ም
ኢሳት ዜና:-በኦሮሚያ ክልል በሰሜን ሸዋ ዞን በደራ ወረዳ በገብሮ ቀበሌ የወረዳው የአስተዳደርና ፍትህ ሀላፊ የቅርብ ዘመድ የሆነ አቶ አየለ የተባለ ከሌሎች ሁለት ግብረ አበር ፖሊሶች ጋር በመሆን በቀበሌው የሚኖርን አንድን ግለሰብ መሳሪያ ደብቀሀል በሚል ሰበብ ግለሰቡንና ባለቤታቸውን ልብሳቸውን በማስወለቅ እርቃናቸውን እንዲታሰሩ አድርገዋል።

የሚሊሺያ ዘርፍ ሀላፊውና ፖሊሶች በመቀጠልም ባልየው ብልቱ በገመድ እንዲታሰር ካስደረጉ በሁዋላ ህዝብ በተሰበሰበበት አደባባይ እርቃኑዋን የሆነቸው ባለቤቱ ብልቱን በገመድ እንድትስብ እንዲሁም ብልቱን እንድትስም አስደርገዋል። በእርግጫ በመመታቱዋም የስድስት ወር ልጅ አስወርዳለች። በድርጊቱ አልሳቃችሁም የተባሉትም ተደብድበዋል።
ድርጊቱ ይፋ የሆነው አቶ ይመሩ በተባሉ የቀበሌው የጸጥታ ዘርፍ ሀላፊ ሲሆን፣ ድርጊቱንም ይፋ ያደረጉት የዞኑና የወረዳው ባለስልጣናት በተሰበሰቡበት ወቅት ነው።

ኢሳት ጥቆማው እንደደረሰው በስብሰባው ላይ የተሳተፉትን  አንድ የወረዳው ባለስልጣንን አነጋግሯል፡፤ ባለስልጣኑ ስማቸው እንዳይጠቀስባቸው በመግለጽ ስለ ተፈጸመው ድርጊት በዝርዝር አስረድተዋል።
የፖሊስ ምርመራ ክፍል የሀኪም ማስረጃዋን ለመቅደድ መሞከሩንና ድርጊቱም በተራው የኢህአዴግ አባላት ውስጥ ቁጣ መፍጠሩንም ባለስልጣኑ ተናግረዋል ።
ይህ ግለሰብ ባሂት በሚባለው ቀበሌ ደግሞ አንድን ግለሰብ በችቦ ማቃጣሉን ባለስልጣኑ ተናግረዋል::
የወረዳው የፍትህና አስተዳዳር ሀላፊ ከድርጊቱ ጀርባ እጁ እንዳለበትም ባለስልጣኑ ተናግረዋል::

ግለሰቡ  በማዳበሪያ እና በሌሎችም ምክንያቶች እያሳበበ አባዎራዎችን ወደ እስር ቤት በመወርወር  እርሱና ጓደኞቹ ሚስቶቻቸውን እንደሚደፍሩም ታውቋል።

Bulcha Demeksa’s Exclusive Interview

Source: The Reporter

Bulcha Demeksa, in his early septuagenarian age, is still an outspoken politician besides his role as a business figure. After 

Serving as a deputy minister of Finance in 1960s, he joined the World Bank and UNDP and served in different African countries before he made his way back to Addis Ababa after 20 years of staying abroad.

Following the coming of EPRDF to power Bulcha had also actively participated in the political and economic life of the country that ranged from forming an opposition political party to founding the first private commercial Bank in Ethiopia- Awash International Bank.

Though he is still taking part in the politics of the country, he says he is not really active these days. So he now prefers to look from behind while working on his new book that he expects to be published soon. Bulcha sat down with Merga Yonas of The Reporter to discuss issues ranging from politics to socio-economic that the country has been facing and what remedies should be.
Excerpts:

Many people say that your have an impressive professional biography. Looking back to the start of your professional, what do you think could be the reason for your success?

Well I don’t know how well I’m liked, but I know that I have been around. That means, I worked with different organization. My first organization to work for was the Ministry of Finance. When I came back from US in 1960, I joined the ministry of finance. And in the Ministry I worked for nine and half years before I became deputy minister.

Ethiopia: Mainstreaming Jungle Economics on the expenses of the poor

by Teshome Debalke

When some of the world Media and institutions take the Ethiopian ruling regime’s propaganda at face value to claim the country is one of the fastest growing economies, it makes you pause to say a new discipline in economics designed particularly to legitimize corruption as real must be invented.

Congratulation Africaan tyrants, finally a new economic discipline that would cover up your notoriously corrupt rule to show growth and development is invented. If reshuffling numbers of foreign aid, Diaspora remittance and selling off national resources to foreign inventors for cheap are considered growth and development we are in the new era of modern day dictatorship.  Unlike the previous era where dictators claim to protect the poor masses from the rich by nationalizing private property modern dictators are selling to the rich to help the poor.

More troubling is the international community going along with it simply because it vindicates them for century of failing to make any difference after billions of dollars wasted to help the poor. For modern day authoritarian regimes it is like wining a lottery. It helps them mask their corruptions and atrocities and legitimize their rule in the eyes of the world power brokers. It is indeed a win-win situation for both but a loss to the people of Ethiopia.

በደል ይረሳል ወይስ ይለመዳል

ይኸነው አንተሁነኝ
11-11-2012

በደል ይረሳል ወይስ ይለመዳል ወገን? ጉልበተኛው ወያኔ በጉልበቱ ተማምኖ በማን አለብኝነት እና በማን አህሎኝነት የምንኖርበትን ቦታና ፍላጎታችንን ሳይቀር ወስኖ በንቀት ረግጦ መግዛቱ ሳያንሰው፤ ህገመንግስታዊ መብታችን ይከበር፣ መንግስት ራሱ ላወጣው ህግ ይገዛ፣ መብታችንን ተጠቅመን የሰጠነው የምርጫ ድምጻችን ይከበር ብለው ጥያቄያቸውን ለማሰማት የወጡ ሰላማዊ ሰልፈኞችን እድሜ ዘመናቸውን ወስኖ፤ እንደፈለገ የሚያዛቸውን የአጋዚ ሰራዊት በመጠቀም በጠራራ ፀሐይ በሀገራችን የተለያዩ ከተሞች አውራ መንገዶች ላይ ያለርህራሄ ግንባር ደረታቸውን እየቀደደ እንደ ውሻ ሬሳ እንደ አልባሌ ያጣለበት ወርሃ ትቅምት እንሆ ሰባትኛ የሃዘን ዓመት ባተ።

ጨዋታ ያልጠገበው ህጻን ድንገት በጥይት አረር በግፍ ተመትቶ መውደቁንና ረዳት ማጣቱን ያየው ሌላው ከሱ ያልተሻለው ወንድሙ፣ በጁ ምንም ነገር አለመያዙን በንግግርና በምልክት እጆቹን አንስቶ እየገለጸ፤ ወንድሜን ለማንሳት ብቻ፣ ወንድሜን ለመርዳት ብቻ በማለት በልጅ ፍርሃቱና አንደበቱ እየማለና እየተገዘተ ወደ ወንድሙ ቢሮጥም የጠበቀው ግን እንዳሰበው አልነበረም። ሞቱ የተደገሰለት፣ አድሜው በወያኔ የተቆረጠለት ይህ ህጻን አሰከሬኑ የወንድሙን ሬሳ አቀፈ እንጅ እሱስ እንደፈለገው በህያው እጁ አላቀፈውም። ወንድሜ ይፈልገዋል ያለውን ርዳታ ሊለግስ እንደጓጓ፣ እንደተመኘና ይህንንም ለመፈጸም ወንድሙ ወደ ወደቀበት እንደሮጠ፤ በቃ አልተመለሰም እሱንም እንደወንድሙ የወንድሙ ገዳዮች አብረው ደፉት። ታዲያ ይሄ ይረሳል ወገን? ወይስ በእርግጥ ይለመዳል?

የእጃቸውን የመከራ ጥላሸት በቀሚሳቸው እየተረጉ እባካችሁ በኔ ይሁንባችሁ ባለቤቴ እናንተ እንደምትሉት አይነት ሰው አይደለም። እባካችሁ እስኪ ትንሽ ተረጋጉና አድምጡኝ ብለው መማጸናቸው ከአንድ ኢትዮጵያዊ የተከበሩ አማውራ ስለ ልጆቻቸው አባት የሚቀርብ በጣም ዝቅተኛው ልመና ሊሆን አይገባውም ነበር እንዴ? ይህ ግን ለወያኔ የመዳፈር ያህል ያስቀጣል ከዚያም ሲያልፍ ሂዎትን ታክል ተተኪ የሌላት ነገር ያስከፍላል። እናም የወያኔ አጋዚ ወታደር  ልመና ስለለመኑት ብቻ፣ ጥያቄ ስለጠየቁ ብቻ  ተከብረው በኖሩበት ልጆች ወልደው ባሳደጉበት በራቸው ላይ  ያለርህራሄ ደፍቷቸው ግዳይ ጥሎ አስከሬናቸውን ተሻግሮ በኩራት የሄደው። ታዲያ ይሄ እንዴት ይረሳል? እንዴትስ ይለመዳል?

What Should Ethiopians Expect in a Second Obama Term?

By Alemayehu G. Mariam|

It is proper to congratulate President Obama on his re-election to a second term. He put up a masterful campaign to earn the votes of the majority of American voters. Mitt Romney also deserves commendation for a hard fought campaign. In his concession speech Romney was supremely gracious: “At a time like this we can’t risk partisan bickering and political posturing. Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people’s work, and we citizens also have to rise to occasion.”

There has been a bit of finger-wagging, teeth-gnashing, eye-rolling and bellyaching among some Ethiopian Americans in the run up to the U.S. presidential election held last week. Some were angry at President Obama and actively campaigned in support of his opponent. They felt betrayed by the President’s inability or unwillingness to give effect to his lofty rhetoric on human rights in Africa and Ethiopia. Others were disappointed by what they believed to be active support for and aid to brutal African dictators. Many tried to be empathetic of the President’s difficult circumstances. He had to formulate American foreign policy to maximize achievement of American global national interests. Terrorism in the Horn of Africa was a critical issue for the U.S. and Obama had to necessarily subordinate human rights to global counter-terrorism issues.

I was quite disappointed by the President’s failure to implement even a rudimentary human rights agenda in Ethiopia and the rest of Africa. But I also understood that he had some fierce battles to fight domestically trying to shore up the American economy, pushing some basic social policies, fighting two wars and putting out brushfires in a conflict-ridden world. I gave the President credit for a major diplomatic achievement in the South Sudan referendum which led to the creation of Africa’s newest state.  President Obama authorized the deployment of a small contingent of U.S. troops to capture or kill the bloodthirsty thug Joseph Kony and his criminal partners. He launched the kleptocracy project which I thought was a great idea. 

በሚዛን ተፈሪ አቅራቢያ አንድ ወር ያስቈጠረ ግጭት ሊቆም አልቻለም

ህዳር ፩ (አንድ) ቀን ፳፻፭ ዓ/ም
ኢሳት ዜና:-ከሚዛን ተፈሪ 90 ኪሎ ሜትር ርቀት  ላይ በምትገኘውና  ልዩ ስሟ <<ዲማ>> ተብሎ በሚጠራው ቦታ በሱርማ እና በዲዙ ብሔረሰብ መካከል በተፈጠረ ግጭት በርካታ የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች መጎዳታቸው ተሰማ።
ጉዳዩን አስመልክተው ለኢሳት  ቃለ-ምልልስ የሰጡ የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች እንዳሉት፤ግጭቱ ከተከሰተ አንድ ወር ያስቆጠረ ቢሆንም፤ እስካሁን ሊበርድ አልቻለም።
የፌዴራል የመከላከያ ሠራዊት ወደ ስፋራው ቢላክም ግጭቱን ብስለት በተሞላበት መንገድ ከማረጋጋት ይልቅ ሀይል ወደ መጠቀም በማዘንበሉ፤ ረብሻውና ትርምሱ ተባብሶ  ሊቀጥል ችሏል-ይላሉ ነዋሪዎቹ።
በደቡብ ሱዳን አቅራቢያ የሚገኙት የሱርማ ብሄረሰብ አባላት በህገ-መንግስቱ የሰፈሩት የፖለቲካ መብቶቻችን አልተከበሩልንም በማለት በተደጋጋሚ ለፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት ያቀረቡት ጥያቄ ውድቅ መሆኑ ይታወሳል።
የብሔረሰቡ አባላት<<የፖለቲካ ጥያቄዎቻችን አልተፈቱም>>እያሉ ባሉበት ሁኔታ  ይባስ ብሎ አካባቢያቸውን ለቅቀው ወደሌላ ቦታ እንዲሰፍሩ መታዘዛቸው፤  የመጠቃት ስሜት እንደፈጠረባቸውና ቁጡ እንዳደረጋቸው ነዋሪዎቹ ይናገራሉ።
<<ዲማ>.የተባለችው ስፍራ በወርቅ ሀብት የበለጸገች በመሆኗ  በሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ኢትዮጵያውያን ከተለያዩ ክልሎች እየፈለሱ በባህላዊ መንገድ ወርቅ ለማምረት ወደዚያው ማቅናታቸውን የገለጹት ነዋሪዎቹ፤  ወርቅ ለማምረት ብለው የሄዱት እነዚህ ወገኖች በሁለቱ ብሄረሰቦች ሳቢያ  የተቀሰቀሰውን ግጭት ተከትሎ በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ጉዳት እየደረሰባቸው እንደሚገኙ ተናግረዋል።
ከአንድ ወር በላይ ያስቆጠረውና እስካሁን እልባት ሊያገኝ ያልቻለው የአካባቢው ግጭት በመንግስት ሚዲያ አንድ ጊዜ እንኳ ሊነገር አለመቻሉን የገለጹት ነዋሪዎቹ፦<<ድረሱልን! ሰሚ አላገኘንም፣ እየጠፋን ነው>>ሲሉ ኢሳትን ተማጽነዋል።
እስካሁን በግጭቱ  ከስምንት እስከ ዘጠኝ ሰዎች መሞታቸውን የገለፁት ነዋሪዎቹ ፤የቁስለኞችን ብዛት ግን ለመገመት እንደማይችሉ ተናግረዋል።
ከዚህም በላይ  ከአካባቢው  ወደ ሚዛን ተፈሪ ለመምጣት መሞከር እንደማይቻል የተናገሩት ነዋሪዎቹ ፤ለንግድ የሚንቀሳቀሱ ሰዎች  በመንገድ ላይ በሰፈሩ የመከላከያ ሰራዊት አባላት፦  <<ሰላም የለም የሚል ወሬ ለማቀበል ነው>> እየተባሉ ሰለባ እንደሚሆኑ አብራርተዋል።