Ethiopia After Meles

International Crisis Group/ICG/
Africa Briefing N°89
Nairobi/Brussels, 22 August 2012
               
  Ethiopia After Meles

I. OVERVIEW

The death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who had not been seen in public for several months, was announced on 20 August 2012 by Ethiopian state television. The passing of the man who has been Ethiopia’s epicentre for 21 years will have profound national and regional consequences. Meles engineered one-party rule in effect for 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). The Front promised freedom, democracy and ethnic devolution but highly centralised, tightly controls the economy and suppresses political, social, ethnic and religious liberties. In recent years, Meles had relied ever more on repression to quell growing dissent. His successor will lead a weaker regime that struggles to manage increasing unrest unless it truly implements ethnic federalism and institutes fundamental governance reform. The international community should seek to influence the transition actively because it has a major interest in the country’s stability.

On the Death of Ethiopian Prime Minister OLF PRESS RELEASE

            OROMO LIBERATION FRONT
         On the Death of Ethiopian Prime Minister
               (OLF Press Release)
No: 014/stm-abo/2012
August 22, 2012

Mr. MellesZenawi and his party EPRDF took over power by military force 21 years ago backed by external forces. For the peoples in Ethiopia, thelast 21 years were continuation of war, conflict, gross human rights violation, imprisonment, disappearances,killings and starvation.

The death of Mr. Zenawi may be a big relief for the majority of the peoples in Ethiopia whose human rights have been continuously and grossly violated for the last 21 years by this dictator and his henchmen. He was one of the worst and wicked dictators that the Empire has ever experienced by the majority of the Empire’s subjects. His departure may create the opportunity for a democratic atmosphere to emerge that could help to peacefully settle the more than a century old conflicts.

Duá Muummicha Ministeera Itoophiyaa irratti Ibsa Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo

ADDA BILISUMMAA OROMOO

Lakk.: 014/stm-abo/2012
Hagayya 22,2012

Mallas Zeenaawii fi paartiin isaa EPRDF humna waraanaa qaamota alaatiin tumsameen kan aangoo qabatan waggaa 21 dura ture. Waggoonni digdamii tokkoon dabran ummatoota Itoophiyaa keesaatiif yeroo waraanaa, wal dhibdee, dhiittaa mirga namoomaa jumlaa, hidhaa, ukkaamsaa, ajjeechaa fi beelaa ture.

Duuti Mallas Zeenaawii ummatoota wayyaba Itoophiyaa keessaa kan waggoota digdamii tokkoon dabraniif mirgi namooma isaanii osoo wal irraa cinne abbicha irree kanaa fi jala deemtota isaatiin dhiitamaa jiraataniif boqonnaa wayyaa argamsiisuu mala. Mallas Zeenaawii seenaa bulchitoota impaayerattii keessatti matootii irra hamoo fi fakkeessitoota keessaa tokko ture. Amma aangoo irraa deemuun isaa sirna democraasii maddisiisanii waldhibdee bardhibbee tokko caalaaf deemaa ture karaa nagaan furuuf hiree uumuu ni mala.

Godina Iluu Abbaa Booraa magaala Goree keessatti Barattootni Oromoo Mormii Wayyaanee Bahan

 Hagayya 20, 2012; Qerroo(Mattuu)

Godina Iluu abbaa Booraa magaala Goree keessatti barattootni Oromoo Yuunivarsiitii fi Koollejjii irraa gara magaala kanaatti deebian hiriira nagaa bahan.Hagayya 15/2012 galgala saa 2:00 irraa eegalee barattootni Oromoo magaala kanaa bulchiinsa Wayyaanee balaaleffachuun mirgi keenya haa eegamu,ummanni Oromoo ofiin of bulchuuf mirga qaba,qabeenyii Oromoo haatikfamu,Wayyaanee nu bulchuun kanaan dhumata,hojii dhabdummaan haa dhibamu fi kkf jechuun gara Bulchinsaa magaalittiitti yeroo deeman bulchaan magaala kanaas gaaffi keessan deebii argata jechuun barattoota kana gowwoomsuuf wayita yaalutti dhagaan tumuum milishoota waliin walitti bu’iins uumamee jiraachuun qeerroon gabaasa.

Muumichi Ministeera Itiyoophiyaa Mallas Zeenaan Adduunyaa Kana Irraa Boqochuu ETVn Gabaase

Qerroo irraa

Hagayya 21,2012 Finfinnee

Muummichi Ministeera biyya Itiyoophiyaa adduunyaa kana irraa boqochuun isaa erga dubbatamuu eegalee torbaanota lakkaayee ture,haata’u malle waan dhokatee hafu waan hin jirreef Obbo Mallasaan buqochuu isaanii ETVn har’a gadi baasee ibsa itti kennuun beekama.

Ethiopia: Transition Should Support Human Rights Reform

Release Political Prisoners, Repeal Restrictive Laws, Reform Legislation                        
AUGUST 21, 2012

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  Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
  © 2010 UN Photo

Ethiopia’s government should commit to respect for human rights and core rights reforms in the coming days and weeks. The country’s new leadership should reassure Ethiopians by building on Meles’s positive legacy while reversing his government’s most pernicious policies.

Leslie Lefkow, deputy Africa director

Human right watch(Nairobi) – Ethiopia’s new leadership should commit to fundamental human rights reforms in the wake of the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Meles’s death was announced by the Ethiopian state media on August 21, 2012.

Ethiopia’s international partners should call on the government to support fundamental rights and freedoms in the country and a prompt rollback of repressive laws, Human Rights Watch said.

“Ethiopia’s government should commit to respect for human rights and core rights reforms in the coming days and weeks,” said Leslie Lefkow, deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “The country’s new leadership should reassure Ethiopians by building on Meles’s positive legacy while reversing his government’s most pernicious policies.”

Meles had been in power since 1991, when the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) lead a coalition of armed opposition groups in overturning the rule of Mengistu Haile Mariam.

የመለስ ዜናዊ አስከሬን በቦሌ የሬሳ ማቀዝቀዣ ክፍል ውስጥ ተቀምጧል!!

August 21/2012 (ኢ.ኤም.ኤፍ) የቀድሞው ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር አቶ መለስ ዜናዊ ከዚህ አለም መለየታቸው የ”አዋጁን በጆሮ” ዜና ኦገስት 21፣ 2012 ዓ.ም. የኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዥን ገልጿል። ከጥቂት ቀናት በፊት የአቶ መለስ ዜናዊ አስከሬን፤ ከውጭ አገር በግል አውሮፕላን እንዲገባ ተደርጎ በቦሌ ተርሚናል የሬሳ ማቀዝቀዣ ክፍል ውስጥ ተቀምጦ ነበር የቆየው። ሆኖም በኢቲቪ የዜና እወጃ ላይ፤ “በትላንቱ ምሽት በድንገት ህይወታቸው አልፏል።” የሚል ውሸት በድጋሚ ተሰምቷል። የአቶ መለስ ዜናዊ አስከሬን ወደ ሬሳ ማቀዝቀዣ ክፍል ከመግባቱ በፊት፤ በዚያ የነበሩ ሌሎች አስከሬኖች በሙሉ እንዲወጡ አስቸኳይ ትዕዛዝ ተሰጥቶ ነበር። ከዚያም አስከሬኑ በግል አውሮፕላን መጥቶ በከፍተኛ ጥበቃ ወደ ሬሳ ማቀዛቀዣ ክፍል ከተወሰደ በኋላ እስካሁን ድረስ በወታደር እየተጠበቀ ነው የሚገኘው። ሆኖም አስከሬኑን ወደሌላ ሆስፒታል፤ ቢያንስ ጦር ኃይሎች ሆስፒታል አለመውሰዳቸው የሰዎቹን አለመረጋጋትና ፍራቻ የሚያሳይ ምልክት ነው። የአስከሬኑ በቦሌ ተርሚናል የሬሳ ማቀዝቀዣ ክፍል የመቆየቱ ሁኔታ እስከቀብሩ ስነ ስር ዓት ድረስ የሚቆይ ይመስላል። የቀድሞው ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር አስከሬን በቦሌ የሬሳ ማስቀመጫ ክፍል ውስጥ በመቀመጡ ምክንያት ሌሎች ከውጭ የሚገቡ ኢትዮጵያውያን አስከሬን ወደ በረዶ ቤት ሳይገባ በቀጥታ ቤተሰቦቻቸው እንዲረከቡ እየተደረገ መሆኑን ለማወቅ ችለናል።

A killer General Samora Yenus is gravely ill

18 August 2012

The brutal regime in Ethiopian empire under dictator Meles Zenawi who killed many thousands of the innocent Oromo people and other people of the Horn of Africa is currently disturbed and terrified by uprising of the oppressed people and natural disease. The biggest dictator Meles Zenawi who is reportedly dead but not confirmed by the government of Ethiopian empire is remain as puzzle with out solution to the horn of Africa and the rest of the world.

Tarkaanfiin sirreessaa fudhatamuun itti fufe

(Qeerroo, Naqamtee, 17 Hagayya 2012) Oromiyaa dhiyaa onoota garaagaraa keessatti diddaa fi tarkaanfiin ergamtootaa fi basaasota wayyaanee irratti fudhatamu jabaate itti fufe; wayyaaneenis rfaatuu guddaa keessa galuun humna waraanaa guddaa bobbaaste akka jirtu beekame.

Gabaasaan Qeerroo onoota diddaa fi tarkaanfiin sirreessaa keesssatti fudhatamaa jiru keessa naanna’ee akka hubatetti humni addaa fi ummati walta’uun naannoo isaanii ergamtoota, lukkelee fi basaasota wayyaanee irraa qulqulleessuutti jiran.

The Oromo National Liberation Struggle is Like David's Fight Against Goliath

By :Fayyis Oromia (March 25, 2012)

I think the story of David and Goliath is known to all Oromo from the different regions and religions. The story is, in short, as follows:

“The Philistine army had gathered for war against Israel. The two armies faced each other, camped for battle on opposite sides of a steep valley. A Philistine giant, measuring over nine feet tall and wearing full armor, came out each day for forty days, mocking and challenging the Israelites to fight. His name was Goliath. Saul, the King of Israel, and the whole army were terrified of Goliath. One day, David was sent to the battle lines by his father to bring back news of his brothers. David was probably just a young teenager at the time. While there, David heard Goliath shouting his daily defiance, and he saw the great fear stirred within the men of Israel. David responded, ‘who is this Philistine defying the armies of my nation?’ So David volunteered to fight Goliath.