ብስጭት በጨዋታ “…ቡርኪናፋሶ አበዛብኝ ለቅሶ!” ......ከአቤ ቶክቻው

እንደምን አደራችሁ ብስጭት እናስነብባለን በመጀመሪያም አርዕስተ ብስጭት።

በትላንትናው ዕለት ብሄራዊ ቡድናችን ላይ በደረሰበት መጠነ ሰፊ ጥቃት በርካቶች መበሳጨታቸው ተሰማ።

በቅድሚያ፤

ብሄራዊ ቡድናችን፤ በደቡብ አፍሪካ ያለ ኮከብ በሚያበራው የኢትዮጵያ ባንዲራ፤ በባለ አንበሳው ሞአንበሳ ባንዲራ በባለኮከቡ የፌደራሉ ባንዲራ እንዲሁም በባለ ዋርካው የኦነግ ባንዲራ ምን እርሱ ብቻ በባለ ቀንበጡ የኤርትራ ባንዲራ ሁሉ ሲደገፍ ተመልክተን እማማ ኢትዮጵያ ብዙ ልጆች እንዳሏት አየን ደስም አለን!

የብስጭቱ ዝርዝር ቀጥሎ ይቀርባል፤

ጨዋታው እንደተጀመረ በጥቂት ደቂቃዎች ውስጥ ቁጭ ብድግ የሚያሰኝ ማራኪ ጨዋታዎችን አድርጎ የነበረው ብሄራዊ ቡድናችን በሽመልስ አማካይነት የተሞከረችው የጎል አጋጣሚ ለጥቂት በጣም ለጥቂት በግቡ ቋሚ አማካይነት መከነች። እንዴት ነው ነገሩ የግቡ ቋሚ የቡርኪናፋሶ ረዳት በረኛ ነው እንዴ ብለን በጣም ተበሳጨን! እርርር..ም አልን።

እያለ እያለ አንድ ጎል ገባብን አንድ የቡርኪናፋሶ ተጫዋች ኦፍሳይት ክልል ውስጥ ነበር። ምናልባት እርሱ አዘናግቷቸው ይሆን…? ብለን አሁንም ተበሳጨን። ትንሽ ቆይቶ አሉን ከምንላቸው ተጨዋቾች ውስጥ አዳነ ግርማ ከአንዱ የቡርኪናፋሶ ተጫዋች ጋር ተጋጭቶ ሲወድቅ አየነው። ሲገጭ ያየነው እግሩ አካባቢ ነው። አዳነ ግን የያዘው ብሽሽቱን ነበር። እንዴት ነው ነገሩ ሰዎቹ እግር ገጭተው ብሽሽት የሚያሳምሙት…? የአዴ ስልት ነው… ወይስ ህመም በእግር “ሜሴጅ” ያደርጋሉ። ብለን እየተጨነቅን ሳለ አዴ ህመሙ በረታበትና ከሜዳ ወጣ። ኤርሚ  እንደዘገበልን፤ አዳነ የታመመው እግሩን ከተገቢው በላይ ከፍ በማድረጉ አማካይነት የሚመጣ የጡንቻ መሳሳብ ነው። ይህ ህመም ለሚቀጥሉት አስር ቀናት ከሜዳ ያርቃል። ተበሳጨን አይገልፀውም፤ “ኦ…. ብስጭት ሆይ እንዲህ ደጋግመሽ የምትጎበኝን አንቺ የቤተሰባችን አባል ነሽን!?” አልን።

The EOTC Synod in Exile: Issues and Challenges

by Teklu Abate

Introduction

The reconciliation efforts underway between the EOTC home and exile synods seem to come to an abrupt halt. Technically speaking, it is the home synod who takes it to the limit. The ratification of a law that governs patriarch choice, the selection of patriarch nominating committee, the crystal clear decision not to allow Abune Merkorios to reassume his position, and the firm decision to proceed with election of patriarch are four of the many ‘hurdles’ put forward by the home synod that freeze the unity negotiations. Putting God’s will at a constant, one could reasonably conclude that the peace talks reached at a point of no return ‘thanks’ to the home synod.

On the other hand, the exile synod made their own decisions that seem to indicate, among other things, the scale of their future engagement. The synod clarified a number of issues that were “incorrectly” raised by the home synod, including those related to the way the fourth patriarch was ousted. More importantly, the exile synod vowed to build its capacity at several ‘fronts’ and strengthen the spread of the Gospel in foreign lands. They are also poised to bring “neutral” churches under their authority. Moreover, they plan to expose the ill-conceived ‘moves’ of the home synod and the government in Ethiopia to international organizations.

I believe that the synod’s decisions are kind of default measures to be taken. If reconciliation is just a dream, it is crucial to focus on growing the church in quantity and quality. Actually, a lot could be done in the years to come. The synod rightly decided to build its organizational capacity for a better outreach. That EOTC believers live in nearly all major cities in the West and Asia makes it necessary to get strengthened administratively first. And that is quite possible.

Ethiopia: Discussing ethnic nationalism and ethnic conflicts By Fekade Shewakena;

Over the last couple of weeks, particularly following news that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) foiled an assassination plot against Ato Abebe Gelaw, a journalist and political activist who heckled Meles Zenawi at a heads of states meeting in Washington DC last year, a completely misguided and unhelpful ethnic politicking is raging on the internet, Ethiopian social media and community radio stations. While I was nursing a terrible flue last weekend, I had some time to surf through several Ethiopian pal-talk rooms and internet sites. By and large, the discussions, if you can call them that, are ugly , savage and most importantly unhelpful . It is sad that such a wonderful technology that can bring people from different corners of the world on a spot and can be used for meaningful discussions and problem solving actions is being abused so flagrantly.

My objective here is not making accusations but to poin   out how dangerous and counterproductive the prevailing discussions and views that I observed are. I am in no way trying to discourage discussion on the subject of ethnic politics in Ethiopia. On the contrary, the reason I am writing this is because I favor even more reasoned and civilized discussions on the subject of ethnic nationalism and conflicting ethnic interests that I believe are growing dangerously in our country. We have to discuss this issue even if some parts of it can make us uncomfortable. We can cover the fire with the ash and convince ourselves that there is no fire in there but some wind someday is bound to blow it on our faces. We are compounding the problem by not putting it to reasoned discussion and articulate with evidence and data along with the solutions and with a level of dispassionateness.

VOA discussion on military mutiny in Eritrea

Why should Ethiopians support ESAT? Mr. Tamagne’s Europe campaign tour

ESAT Europe Support Committee

Background information and Statement of the problem

In spite of Ethiopia’s long history and the fact that the nation is one of the ancient civilizations, the country is being ruled by absolute dictatorship which evolved to ethnic based totalitarianism under TPLF/EPRDF administration. Particularly in the aftermaths of the 2005 Ethiopian national elections, the regime developed a strategy of steadily shrinking press freedom and systematically eliminating independent newspapers in an attempt to rule the people of Ethiopia in total darkness.  Among the enacted three deeply flawed laws by Zenawi’s regime is the media law. The law contained numerous provisions that fundamentally violets freedom and human rights guaranteed under Ethiopia’s constitution and international laws – aimed at terrorizing journalists that report facts and criticize the intolerable TPLF policies. Escalating its repression the regime’s antiterrorism proclamation (ATP) of the 2009 has been widely used to criminalize any critical comments and dissent opposition in an attempt for an absolute grip over the media and to root out the seedlings of democracy. Pro-opposition websites has been blocked and jamming of websites and Medias including VOA and ESAT is frequent and is widely acknowledged by international organizations as stated underneath.

Ethiopia: FBI aware of TPLF’s terrorist activities: Genocide Watch

By Abebe Gellaw

Genocide Watch, the Global coalition to end genocide and mass atrocities, says that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is well aware of the fact that the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) is a terrorist organization that the United States should label as such.In an exclusive interview with ESAT, President of Genocide Watch, Prof. Gregory Stanton, said any specific threats from TPLF agents and operatives in the United States should be reported to the FBI right away. “The FBI has got the TPLF already in its sights. It knows very well that the TPLF is a terrorist organization,” he said.

He also pointed out that the U.S. should declare the TPLF a terrorist organization and made clear that efforts would be exerted to bring that to the attention of the concerned authorities. TPLF is already registered in the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), kept by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, a center of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

He noted that TPLF’s assassination plots and criminal activities in the United States would have serious ramifications on the questionable relationships it has with the Government of the United States. “First of all, FBI will try to hunt them down, arrest them and put them in prison. Secondly, it will have ramifications on the foreign policy of the United States towards Ethiopia because the TPLF is still in charge of the government there.”

He urged the government of the United States to seriously review the assistance it gives to Ethiopia in light