(Isayas A. 01/06/10)-
In the old days when Derge was the supreme
power of the land and EPRDF was fighting to topple it, the slogan that
mobilized the people to rise up and take arms and defeat the enemy was “be
tsiferena..!” It means with our own hands and fingers!
Today with Derge gone
and a new federal Ethiopia in place, the enemy the public is raising its arms
once more again is against poverty.
The new slogan is “yichalal” it means yes we can! Words cannot describe what I saw in person. Little by little dry
and barren land
is being rehabilitated and the society is mobilized to do the work. The
following are pictures (courtesy of Tigrai Communication Bureau) that will tell
you in part the work that has been going in Tigrai regional State, Northern part of Ethiopia. I
am told similar work is under way in all corners of Ethiopia.
I always wonder what Prime Minister Meles meant when he said “selam legna teru
nuw” (peace is more beneficial to us than our enemies) when he discusses on the
Eritrean government's interference and provocations in the country’s border area.
Watching the transformation of the City of Addis Ababa and other towns,
witnessing the building of many roads and dams being built and the work that
has gone to rehabilitate the overgrazed farm land it is indeed true that “selam
legna betam teru nuw!"
Despite enemy provocation from far and near Ethiopia has achieved a remarkable
economic and environmental recovery. Enjoy the pictures.