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SURVEILLANCE IN ETHIOPIA IS BAD NOW, BUT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORT WARNS IT COULD GET WORSE

BY Jessica McKenzie

Last week Human Rights Watch published a 100+ page report on government surveillance in Ethiopia that explains how the authorities use technology from countries like China, Germany and Italy to spy on opposition members, dissidents and journalists, even after they flee the country.

Ethiopia’s Information Minister, Redwan Hussein, dismissed the report. “There is nothing new to respond to,” Hussein said, according to the AFP.

Felix Horne, who co-authored the HRW report with Cynthia Wong, told techPresident that is simply not true. “[Ethiopian authorities] often castigate HRW for their coverage on Ethiopia,” Horne said.

“There’s always been a perception [in Ethiopia] that phone calls and email are monitored,” Horne explained, but they did not have the evidence until recently, or a good idea of how it was used. The government, Horne said, “has completely unfettered access to the metadata of all phone calls, and can record calls at the click of a mouse.”

The report details how the information gleaned from phone calls—both metadata and content—is being used against people for offenses as small as talking politics with your brother.

Not all of this technology is new and cutting-edge. In 2011, reporter Jennifer Valentino-Devries looked into the “off the shelf” surveillance market for the Wall Street Journal. By 2012, the Journal had pulled together a “catalog” of the kind of technologies available to governments around the world. They also posted attendance sheetsfrom surveillance industry trade conferences.

(In 2011, Jerry Lucas, whose company runs a surveillance trade show,told the Journal “We don’t really get into asking, ‘Is this in the public interest?’”)

Between 2007 and 2009, the Ethiopian Ministry of Defense, Information Network Security Agency, Ministry of the Interior, and the Federal Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission attended four industry conferences, where they could attend training sessions on “exploiting computer and mobile vulnerabilities for electronic surveillance” and meet with representatives of companies like FinFisher, which was boasting about being able to monitor Skype calls as early as 2011.

University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, which collaborated with HRW on research for the Ethiopia report, has found servers for FinSpy, one of FinFishers surveillance products, in 25 countries, including Ethiopia.

The most advanced tool the Ethiopian government has probably acquired since 2012 is ZTE’s ZSMT monitoring system, which can centralize surveillance across multiple platforms: phone lines, mobile networks and the Internet. I write “probably” because ZTE, a Chinese telecom giant, would not confirm the purchase to HRW.

“The technical capacity of surveillance is very high,” Horne said, “but what they’re doing with it is somewhat limited by a lack of human capacity—how to effectively use the tools—and a lack of trust between key government departments. But the net effect is the same. When people have a perception that they are being watched, they self-censor.”

Horne added that sometimes he calls someone in the country and they use “so many code words that 10 minutes in you don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

Many of the surveillance tactics described in the report sound downright thuggish, like forcing people to give up their phone and email or social media passwords upon arrest. A police officer explainedto Horne and Wong that they simply do not need to use technology because they have a sprawling network of informants. “We know everything,” the officer said. “Nothing happens without someone knowing.”

But, hypothetically, if they didn’t know where someone was? The officer explains it is as simple as calling the federal police and having them get in touch with Ethio Telecom, the sole telecom company in Ethiopia, and they will provide the person’s location.

This is not really a story about cutting-edge cyber tools run amok—not yet at least. Internet penetration in Ethiopia is still less than two percent.

This is mostly a story about a country with a state-owned telecom monopoly, a robust network of informants, even in largely disconnected rural areas, a lack of privacy protections for its citizens, and a history of human rights abuses.

However, the report warns that that could be just the beginning: “Ethiopians may increasingly experience far more prevalent unlawful use of phone and email surveillance should the government’s human capacity increase.”

“One of our big asks,” said Horne, “is that these kinds of technologies be included in lists of things that might require an export license.”

That and, to paraphrase nearly two pages of recommendations for the government of Ethiopia, “Will you pretty please start respecting the rights of your citizens?”

Personal Democracy Media is grateful to the Omidyar Network and the UN Foundation for their generous support of techPresident’s WeGov section.

Source:Indepth Africa

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Etiopias diktaturregime beskyldes for omfattende menneskerettighetsbrudd. Likevel har Norge, som eneste vestlige land, signert en bilateral avtale med den etiopiske etterretningstjenesten om tvangsretur av flyktninger.

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Abdullahi Husseins unike videodokumentasjon  som avslører grove overgrep utført av landets regime.

Abdullahi Hussein var tidligere rådgiver for president Abdi Muhamud Omar og sjef for den regionale TV-kanalen Cakaara News, frem til han måtte søke politisk asyl i Sverige. Han risikerer livet sitt for demokratiet og ytringsfriheten ved å offentliggjøre videodokumentasjon smuglet ut fra det etiopiske diktaturet – dokumentasjon som vitner om folkemord i delstaten Ogaden.  Han forteller om forholdene i delstaten, håndteringen av bevismaterialet og prosessen opp mot den internasjonale straffedomstolen Haag.

Obang Metho, som lever i eksil i Canada, utmerker seg som den fremste og mest forsonende etiopiske menneskerettighetsaktivisten. Med bakgrunn i annuakfolket i Gambellaregionen har han vært dypt engasjert i menneskerettighetsbruddene tilknyttet land grabbing. Han er en samlende kraft i en situasjon der forskjellige etniske grupper spilles opp mot hverandre i det som i verste fall kan utvikle seg til en borgerkrig. Han er dømt in absentia til 18 års fengsel.

Solveig Syversen gir innblikk i en dokumentarfilm under arbeid om det etiopiske eksilsamfunnet og returavtalen med den etiopiske etterretningstjenesten.

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Ethiopia - Land for Sale

As the economy thrives, we examine the plight of Ethiopians forced from their land to make way for foreign investors.

Just a few decades ago, Ethiopia was a country defined by its famines, particularly between 1983-1985 when in excess of half a million people starved to death as a consequence of drought, crop failure and a brutal civil war.

Against this backdrop, it is impressive that in recent years, Ethiopia has been experiencing stellar economic growth. The headline statistics are certainly remarkable: the country is creating millionaires faster than any other in Africa; output from farming, Ethiopia’s dominant industry, has tripled in a decade; the capital Addis Ababa is experiencing a massive construction boom; and the last six years have seen the nation’s GDP grow by a staggering 108 percent.

But it is not all positive news, because for all the good figures there are still plenty of bad ones.

Around 90 percent of the population of 87 million still suffers from numerous deprivations, ranging from insufficient access to education to inadequate health care; average incomes are still well below $1500 a year; and more than 30 million people still face chronic food shortages.

And while there are a number of positive and genuine reasons for the growth spurt - business and legislative reforms, more professional governance, the achievements of a thriving service sector - many critics say that the growth seen in agriculture, which accounts for almost half of Ethiopia’s economic activity and a great deal of its recent success, is actually being driven by an out of control ‘land grab', as  multinational companies and private speculators vie to lease millions of acres of the country’s most fertile territory from the government at bargain basement prices. 

At the ministry of agriculture in Addis Ababa, this land-lease programme is often described as a "win-win" because it brings in new technologies and employment and, supposedly, makes it easier to improve health care, education and other services in rural areas. 

"Ethiopia needs to develop to fight poverty, increase food supplies and improve livelihoods and is doing so in a sustainable way," said one official.

But according to a host of NGO’s and policy advocates, including Oxfam, Human Rights Watch and the Oakland Institute, the true consequences of the land grabs are almost all negative. They say that in order to make such huge areas available for foreign investors to grow foodstuffs and bio-fuels for export - and in direct contravention of Ethiopia’s obligations under international law - the authorities are displacing hundreds of thousands of indigenous peoples, abusing their human rights, destroying their traditions, trashing the environment, and making them more dependent on food aid  than ever before.

"The benefits for the local populations are very little," said renowned Ethiopian sociologist Dessalegn Rahmato. "They’ve taken away their land. They’ve taken away their natural resource, because these investors are clearing the land, destroying the forest, cutting down the trees. The government claims that one of the aims of this investment was to enable local areas to benefit by investing in infrastructure, social services … but these benefits are not included in the contract. It's only left up to the magnanimity of the investor."

And those investors, he continued, are simply not interested in anything other than serving their own needs: "They can grow any crop they want, when they want it, they can sell in any market they want, whether it’s a global market or a local market. In fact most of them are not interested in the local markets.” 

He cited as an example a massive Saudi-owned plantation in the fertile Gambella region of south west Ethiopia, a prime target area for investors: "They have 10,000 hectares and they are producing rice. This rice is going to be exported to the Middle East, to Saudi Arabia and other places. The local people in that area don’t eat rice."

But the most controversial element of the government’s programme is known as 'villagisation' - the displacement of people from land they have occupied for generations and their subsequent resettlement in artificial communities.

In Gambella, where two ethnic groups, the Anuaks and the Nuers, predominate, it has meant tens of thousands of people have been forced to abandon a traditional way of life. One such is Moot, an Anuak farmer who now lives in a government village far from his home.

"When investors showed up, we were told to pack up our things and to go to the village. If we had decided not to go, they would have destroyed our crops, our houses and our belongings. We couldn't even claim compensation because the government decided that those lands belonged to the investors. We were scared … if you get upset and say that someone stole your land, you are put in prison. If you complain about being arrested, they will kill you. It's not our land anymore; we have been deprived of our rights."

Despite growing internal opposition and international criticism, the Ethiopian government shows no sign of scaling the programme back. According to the Oakland Institute, since 2008, an area the size of France has already been handed over to foreign corporations. Over the next few years an area twice that size is thought to be earmarked for leasing to investors.

So what does all this mean for the people on the ground? In Ethiopia – Land for Sale, filmmakers Veronique Mauduy and Romain Pelleray try and find out.

Source:

Al Jazeera

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Secret Wikileaks Cable Reveals Recent Bombings in Addis Ababa the Work of Meles Zenawi's regime

SUBJECT: ETHIOPIA: RECENT BOMBINGS BLAMED ON OROMOS POSSIBLY THE WORK OF GOE


Classified By: CHARGE VICKI HUDDLESTON FOR REASONS 1.4(b)AND(d).

¶1. (S) SUMMARY A series of explosions were reported in Addis Ababa on September 16, killing three individuals. The GoE announced that the bombs went off while being assembled, and that the three dead were terrorists from the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) with links to the Oromo National Congress (ONC). 
An embassy source, as well as clandestine reporting, suggests that the bombing may have in fact been the work of GoE security forces. END SUMMARY

¶2. (U) On September 16, three bomb explosions were reported in the Kara Kore area of Addis Ababa. The explosions were heard at 4:45 a.m., 7:00 a.m., and 10:00 a.m. The National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), together with the Federal Police Anti-terror Task Force later reported that the bombs were "part of a coordinated terror attack by the OLF and Sha’abiya (Eritrea) aimed at disrupting democratic
development.” The NISS said that the intended terror plot had failed and the bombs had mistakenly gone off while the suspects were preparing them while hiding out at an illegally built house. 

Two of the suspects died immediately, while another died on the way to the hospital. One other is in critical condition. The police task force reported having others in custody related to the plot and that evidence shows
the terrorists had ties to Oromo groups – the Mecha and Tulema Association (MTA) and the ONC. They also said that the bombs used contained parts sourced from Eritrea and were consistent with bombs used in previous terrorist attacks.

¶3. (S) On September 20, Dr. Merera Gudina (strictly protect), the former leader of the ONC (and a typically reliable information source), contacted Post to report that the deceased had not died not while constructing a bomb, but rather at the hands of GoE cadres. Dr. Merera said that the men had been picked up by police a week prior, kept in detention and tortured. He said police then left the men in a house and detonated explosives nearby, killing 3 of them. He did not indicate whether the men were ONC or OLF affiliated.

¶4. (S) Clandestine reporting indicates that the bombs did not explode inside the structure, but rather appear to have been placed outside and detonated. 

[Ambassador Vicki] HUDDLESTON

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Lencho leta "ሃገር ቤት ገብተን በመታገል አዲስ ታሪክ እንሰራለን" - ሌንጮ ለታ

ኖርዎይ ቁጭ ብለን ምን እናደርጋለን፥ ሃገር ቤት ገብተን እንታገላለን፥.... ሌንጮ ለታ ለጀርመን የራዲዮ ጣቢያ

አርቲስት ነዋይ ደበበ በተወዛገበ ሁኔታ ውስጥ እንደሚገኝ የሙያ ጓደኞቹ ገለጹ

ከዓመታት በፊት በዋሽግተን ዲሲ ለሚታተመው ባውዛ ጋዜጣ “በ2001 ዓ.ም ወደ ሃገሬ እገባለሁ” በሚል ድምፃዊ ነዋይ ደበበ ሲናገር የቅርብ ወዳጅ አርቲስቶቹ “ሃገርህ መግባቱንስ ግባ፤ ግን ከሌሎቹ አርቲስቶች ተማር፤ አንተም ሃገርህ መግባትህን ግባ ግን ስለፖለቲካው ለየትኛውም የመንግስት ሚድያ አትናገር” የሚል ምክር ተሰጥቶት ነበር። ነዋይ ሲፈጥረው ግልጽ ሰው በመሆኑ የሚጠቅመውን እና የሚጎዳውን የሚያውቅ ሰው አይደለም እንደ ሙያ አጋሮቹ ገለጻ።

ይህ አርቲስት ለትዳሩ ፍቺ ያበቃውም ይኸው ግልጽነቱ ነው ይላሉ እነዚሁ ምንጮች። ለኮንሰርት ሌላ ሃገር ሄዶ ከአድናቂዎቹ ጋር ለሚስት የማይነገር ነገር ቢፈጽም እንኳ ለባለቤቱ ከመናገር አይደብቅም። “ሀመር መኪናዬን ይዤ ኢትዮጵያ ገባሁ” ብሎ ለሃገር ቤት ሚድያዎች ያወራውም ይኸው የሚነገር እና የማይነገር ነገርን ካለማወቁ የተነሳ ነው

ነዋይን በተለያዩ የአሜሪካ ግዛቶች ተዘዋውሮ የሙዚቃ ኮንሰርቶች እንዲሰራ ካደረጉት ሰዎች ውስጥ አንዳንዶቹ ለዚህ ዜና ዘጋቢ እንደተናገሩት “ድምጻዊውን ለራሱ የማያውቅ” ሲሉ ይገልጹታል ከሌላ አርቲስቶች ጋር በማነጻጸር። ይኸው ድምፃዊ ኮንሰርት ተጠርቶ ከፕሮሞተሮች ከሰርን የሚል ምክንያት ሲቀርብለት ገንዘብ እንደማይጠይቅም ይነገርለታል። ሌሎቹ ስለመዝፈናቸው እንጂ ፕሮሞተሩ ከሰረ አለከሰረ ግድ እንደሌላቸው ያገናዝቧል። በዚህ ሁኔታ ነዋይ በኪሳራ ውስጥ ወደቀ፤ ሚስቱንም በትዳሩ ላይ ስለሚፈጽመው ነገር ስለማይደብቅ ሕይወቱ ተመሳቀለ። በዚህ ሁኔታ ወደ ሃገሬ በ2001 እገባለሁ ሲል ሲናገር በሙያ አጋሮቹ ተመከረ። “እባክህ ሃገርህ መግባትህን ግባ ግን በመንግስት ሚድያዎች ቀርበህ ባከበረህ ሕዝብ ፊት እንዳትዋርድ”

ነዋይ ሃገር ቤት ገና ከመግባቱ አዲስ አበባን ሳያያት ኤርፖርት ላይ ተቀበሉት።

እነ ራድዮ ፋና “ሃገሪቷን እንዴት አየሃት?” ሲሉ ጠየቁት

ሃገሪቱን ተዘዋውሮ ያላየውና ገና ከአውሮፕላን እንደወረደ የተናገረው ነዋይ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ በልማት ውስጥ እንደሚገኝ፤ ሃገሪቱም እንደተለወጠች ተናገረ። ልብ በሉ ገና ከኤርፖርት ወርዶ አላየም።

ነዋይ ድሮ ሃገሩን እንዳልወደደና በሕዝብ እንዳልተፈቀረ ይህን ከተናገረ በኋላ በጣም ተናቀ። ከአሜሪካ በሚስቱ አማካኝነት ይዞት የነበረው ገንዘብ አለቀና አላሙዲንን ፍለጋ ሮጠ። በሸራተን ጋዝ ላይት የሚያመሹ የአላሙዲ ተላላኪዎች ነዋይ “አላሙዲንን አገናኙኝ” እያለ ሲለምመጥ እነሱ ይስቁበት ‘አላሙዲ አሁን በዚ አለፈ፤ በዚያ ሄደ” እያሉ ይስቁበት፤ ያቁለጨልጩት ጀመር። በሕዝብ የተከበረ ዘፋኝ በአላሙዲ ተላላኪዎች መሳለቂያ ሆነ።

ነዋይ ኢትዮጵያ ገብቶ በተቸገረበት ወቅት ራድዮኖች እየደወሉ ፕራንክ ኮል እያደረጉ ይሳለቁበት ገባ። በወያኔ መንግስት ፈቃድ ተሰጥቷቸው እየሰሩ የሚገኙ ራድዮኖች ነዋይን ፕራንክ እያደርጉ ሲሳለቁበት እንዴት ያሳቅቅ። ድሮ ይቃወምባቸው የነበሩ ወያኔዎች በሳቅቅቅ፣ ነዋይ ግን ስቅቅ። ነዋይ ግን አልገባውም። እንደውም ተወዛግቦ ራድዮኖቹ ለሱ ያዘኑ እየመሰለው ያለ የሌለውን ይቀባጥራል። “ሙዚቃ የሚያቀናብርልኝ አጣሁ” እያለም በግልጽ ፕራንክ ላደረጉት ራድዮኖች መጠላቱን ተናገረ። ይኸው ምስክርነቱ የነሰይፉ መሳቂያ ሲሆን፦

ነዋይ ምስኪን ነው። ሰው ሲስቅበት አያውቅም። ወያኔዎች እየተጠጉ “ጥሩ ሥራ ሰራህ you did good” ሲሉት ጥሩ እየመሰለው አቶ መለስን ሲቃወም እንዳልነበር ነጠላ ዜማም ሰራላቸው። የአቶ መለስ ሞት ሰሞን በወያኔ ደጋፊዎች ዘንድ የተሰጠው ሙገሳ ልቡን ነፍቶት እንደነበር የሙያ አጋሮቹ ይናገራሉ። ሆኖም ግን ነዋይ ኢትዮጵያ ሄዶ ባለማወቅም ይሁን በማወቅ የሰራውን ስህተት ወደ ዋሽንግተን ዲሲ በመጣበት ጊዜ በደረሰበት ተቃውሞ ተደናግጦ “እኔ እኮ ለአቶ መለስ የዘፈንኩት ሰዎች አሳስተውኝ ነው” ሲል ተናገረ።

ነዋይ በነዋይ ይሳሳታል – ይህን አይተናል – ከአላሙዲ ፍራንክ ሲቀበል። ነዋይ በሴት ይታለላል – ለሚስቱ ተናገሮ ፈታዋለች። አላሙዲ ሊያስታርቁ ሲዊድን ድረስ ጠርተዋቸው የሆነውን ነገር ወደፊት እንጽፈዋለን። – ነዋይ በውዝግብ ላይ እንዳለ ደግሞ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ሲሄድ ከተመከረው ምክር፤ እዛ ከሄደ በኋላ ባለማወቅ በሰራው ስህተት፤ መለስ ከሞቱ በኋላ በተሸወደው ሽወዳ (እሱ እንዳለው) አይተናል።

ግን አሁንስ?

ያኔ ሁለት ጣቱን ለቅንጅት በመቀሰሩ የተነሳ የመንግስት ጋዜጠኞች ባገኙት ቁጥር ካሁን ካሁን ታሰርኩ ብሎ የሚበረግገው ነዋይ ደበበ፤ ለመለስ ብትዘፍን ያዋጣኻል – “እሺ”፤ ለአባይ ቦንድ ግዢ ኮንሰርት ዱባይ ሂድ “እሺ”… “እሺ” ባይ አርቲስት ሆኖ ቀረ። ሚስቱ የክሊኒክ ማናጀር አድርጋ አሜሪካ አስቀምጣው እንዳልነበር በርሷ ላይ ሲቀማጠል ተራ ሆኖ አረፈው። አሁን ከሰሞኑ ደግሞ በገና በዓል ዝግጅት ላይ አገራችን በዴሞክራሲ መመንጠቋንና የዘንድሮውን ገና በደርግ ዘመን ከነበረው ልዩ የሚያደርገው የአሁኑ በዴሞክራሲያዊ ስርዓት መታጀቡ ስለመሆኑ ሲናገር እያየን ነው። አይ ነዋይ የአርቲስት ምሁርi እነ በቀለ ገርባ፣ እነ እስክንድር ነጋ፣ እነ አንዷለም አራጌ፣ ላሊሴ ኦልባና፣ ርዕዮት አለሙ የታሰሩት ዴሞክራሲ ስላለ ነው? ለነገሩ ነዋይ ካሳሳተው ነዋይ ምን ይጠበቃል?

እንደ ሙያ አጋሮቹ ገለጻ ከሆነ ነዋይን ወሰድ መለስ የሚያደርገው የአእምሮ መወዛገብ ከፍርሃት፣ ከፍቺና የሚጠብቅን ዝና ካለማግኘት ጋር የተይያዘው የአእምሮ ጭንቀት ነው።

ESAT HUMAN RIGHT EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY THE MASSACRE OF BEDENO 1992 ETHIOPIA

እኛና እነሱ /ዝቅ በል/ !

በአለም ላይ ካሉ ሃገሮች ውስጥ ስልጣን የሌለበት ሃገር ቢኖር ወይም ባለስልጣኑ ህዝብ የሆነበት ሃገር ቢኖር ሳላጋንን ኖርዎይ የምትባለው ሃገር ናት ማለት እችላለሁ፥፥ በግልፅ ህዝቡ የሚፈልገውን፥ ያስተዳድረኝ እገዛለታለሁ ብሎ አምኖ ድምፁን የሚሰጥለት መሪ፥፥ መሪውም ከልቡ እራሱን ዝቅ አርጎ ለሃገሩ፥ ለወገኑ የሚሰራበት ሃገር፥፣ ህገመንግስቱ ወይም በኖርዌጅያኑ አጠራር /GrunnLov/ ለሁሉም እኩል የሚሰራና ተፈፃሚ የሚሆን፥፥

በቃ ዋናው ነገር ህገመንግስቱን አትንካ ነው፥፥

አስታውሳለሁ በአንድ ወቅት የአለም መንግስታት ተባብረው ቢንላዲንን ለመደብደብ ብለው አፍጋኒስታንን በሚደበድቡበት ወቅት የኖርዎይ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ለተለያየ የስራ ጉዳይ በሚል በብዛት ወደ አፍጋኒስታን ይመላለሱ ነበርና እዛም ሲመላለሱ በአፍጋኒስታኖቹ ባህል ስጦታ የተለመሰ ነገር በመሆኑ ለካ አቶ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴርዬ አንድ ምንጣፍ በስጦታ አጊንተው ሲመለሱ ስጦታው ወደድ ያለ ሆኖ እያለ ለኖርዌጂያን ግብር ስብሳቢ ቢሮ ወይንም /tax Administration/ ማስመዝገብ ሲገባቸው ዘንግተውት በኖርዎይ ትልቅ መነጋገሪያ ርእስ ሆኖ ሚዲያዎች ቁም ስቅላቸውን ሲያበሉአቸው ነበር፥ እንዲሁም ባንድ ወቅት የትራንስፖርት ሚኒስትርዋ በአንድ ወቅት አነስተኛ መርከብ ለመመረቅ ተጋብዘው በሄዱበት ወቅት ከአንድ ባለሃብት የእጅ ሰንሰለት የወርቅ በስጦታ አጊንተው እሳቸውም ዋጋው ውድ መሆኑን በለመረዳት ይመስላል ሳያስመዘግቡ በመቅረታቸው ሚዲያዎች ነገሩን ይደርሱበትና ካራገቡት በኋላ ታክስ አስቆርጠውባቸዋል ሚኒስቴርዋም ስጦታውን በመቀበላቸው እንደተፀፀቱ ለህዝባቸው ተናግረዋል፥፥

አሁን ግን ይህችን አጭር ፅሁፍ ለመፃፍ ያነሳሳኝ ከዚሁ ከኖርዎይ ሳልወጣ በዚህ በፈረንጆች ገና ዋዜማ በኖርዎይ ውስጥ ተሆነውን በሃገራችን ህልም ሳይሆን ቅዠት ወደሆነብኝ ነገር ልውሰዳችሁ፥፥

ከሶስት ወር በፊት በሴፕቴምበር 2013 በኖርዎይ በተደረገው የጠቅላይ ሚኒስቴር ምርጫ ተሸንፈው ስለጣናቸውን ያስረከቡት በኖርዎይ ምናልባትም ቁጥር አንድ ተወዳጅ ናቸው የሚባልላቸው የንስ ስቶልተንበርግ እንደውም ለምርጫው ጊዜ ታክሲ ሾፌር ሆነው ቅስቀሳ ሲያረጉ በነበረበት ጊዜ በኢሳት፥ በቢቢሲ የተዘገበላቸው http://ethsat.com/video/esat-kignet-taxi-shofieru-prime-minister/  የነበሩት ጠቅላይ ሚኒስቴር ለአሁኑ ገና በአል ዋዜማ ስራ ከለቀቁ በኋላ የመጀመርያ ስራቸው ያረጉት የገና ዛፍ መሸጥ ነበር፥፥

ዜናውን ሳየው ብዙም አልደነገጥኩም፥ ግን ቅናት አደረብኝ እንደውም ተስፋ ነው የቆረጥኩት፥፥

ሰውዬው እንዳልኩት በአንድ ወቅት በተለይ ኢኮኖሚ ክራይስስ ተብሎ አውሮፓውያኑ እየተጨናነቁ በነበረበት ወቅት ሃገራቸውን በብቃት ችግሩ ባጠገቧም ሳይደርስ ስላሳለፉት የሃገሪቷ ቁጥር አንድ ተወዳጅ ሰው ከንጉሱም በላይ ተብሎ ሚዲያ ላይ ወቶ እንደነበር አስታውሳለሁ፥ ሃብታም ናቸው፥ እውቀት አላቸው በነገራችን ላይ አባታቸውም የኖርዎይ ጠቅላይሚኒስቴር ሆነው አገልግለዋል፥፥ 

ብቻ ለማጠቃለል ያህል ሰዎቹ ከራሳቸው በላይ የሚያስቀድሙት ብዙ ነገር ዓላቸው፥ ህዝባቸው፥ ሃገራቸው፥ አላማቸው፥ ግባቸው፥ ሌላም ሌላም

እንግዲህ እስካሁን ስለ እነሱ ነው ያወራሁት ግን እኛስ？

እኛ ማን ነን？

ለምንድነው የምንታገለው？

ለማን ነው የምንታገለው？

ምንድነው አላማችንና ግባችን？

ወደኛ ሲመጣ ይህ ጥያቄ ለሁላችን በግለሰብ ደረጃ መልስ ሊያገኝ የሚገባው ጥያቄ ይመስለኛል፥፥ 

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