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I have no idea why anyone should care about Amare Aregawi's Reporter. He can bark all he wants. He has been abusing the free press for over two years now.

Woyane is woyane.
Reporter newspaper is Woyane.
Addis Admass is pro-woyane etc.

The goal of Reporter is to appear independent by attacking its master woyane so that woyane media like aigaforum attacks the REPORTER and make us think Reporter is anti-woyane...etc

Do you guys think we are stupid??

Reporter=Woyane.

STOP WASTING YOUR TIME TRYING TO FOOL US!!!

It is very sad to see Aiga became a propaganda machine of TPLF leadership. In stead of asking if Reporter is independent why don't you give us an answer your self about the youth.
Are they member of EPRDF? Who cover their transportation? Who they represent for? Do some represent other than EPRDF?

Aiga be independent your self. You should support the people instead of politicians.

The major problem with Amare is his hate for Meles and Bereket. His I-know-it-all attitude is being displayed day-after-day.

Amare loath Bereket Simon and Wedi Zenawi. He is using reporter to attack them. He is now - again- in bed with Seye & Co. He is determined to trash EPRDF to give Seye & Tewolde a space to exploit. All these reportings are smoke screen. The main objective is to attack everything Bereket involved on. He is using Reporter to score an old point.

Hi Aiga,
The crux of the report is that if the prime minister wants to hear from the youth and address their questions he should talk to youth from all walks of life. This may include farmers, students, opposition party members, EPRDF members, ... .
I really resent EPRDF's style of indoctrination of the whole people of the country. Derg failed not due too shortage of party members but due to lack of support from the people of Ethiopia.
EPRDF should learn from this and let youth forums be independent. After all even the "members" of the party became members to get some advantages, as Ato Bereket has told it.
So I do support the main point of the report that EPRDF should not politicize institutions, associations, and religious leadership.

Thank you,

Hi Aiga,

You can't build a nation using cadres? That is what the Bolsheviks tried and finally collapsed. What TPLF-led-EPRDF doing is to build a new society using cadres or the process of enacdrement. The latter can be defined as political process by which a ruling body aims to govern and control a society through cadres, who serve as power intermediaries between state and society. Derg tried it and but finally worked against its desire. Because the cadres are always after their own personal interest. What EPRDF didn't get it that, in the context like Africa, where there is no full-fledged western style nation state, individuals always use the state as a means to archive their personal economic and political needs. The so called EPRDF youth, at the end of the day are sniffing around to achieve their means of livelihood.

Hence Reporter's coverae is correct and balanced. I am rather of the opinion that Reporter should have gone further to expose the power ambition of EPRDF.

Dear Aiga,

I do not think you have the moral high ground to question whether The Reporter/Amare is independent or not. I say this simply bse you yourself are not independent. There are two ways for you to see things: whatever EPRDF does is good and whatever the opposition deos is bad. You will serve your pay master much better is you tell them they are wrong when they act outside of the legal and moral parameters. I am not saying that you should not talk about the positive things they do; rather keep amplifiying that. What I am saying is that you should spend as much energey and resource, if not more, to comment on their wrong doings.

As for the meeting of the PM with the youth, I would have liked the audience to be from all walks of life in the true sense of the term. What the PM talked to are all EPRDF supporters. I am sure everybody knows whay people flok to the revolutionary democrats camp lately: party membership is becoming a lifeline or way of survival.

Hello Aiga,

I follow what you are posting onyour website. You are oppen suppoerter of TPLF. This is enough to make you irrelevant and incompetent to discuss about independent media in general. Hence my point is that stop inserting your one leg in TPLF and another in the public mileau. You are TPLF and have specific interest that doesn't reprsent the interest of Ethiopian public.

Go on with your propoganda work. That is what you are meant for!

Is there a single topic where AIga criticised EPRDF? Or according to Aiga EPRDF is always perfect and shouldn't be criticised?

Do some criticism OPENLY in PUBLIC (not secretly)so that you reduce th egap between you and persons like me.

Dear Aiga.

I am really confused how u couldn't gues that almost all of the youth are supporters of EPRDF. How can u imagine an EPRDF wereda leader select youth who never support EPRDF-This is very unlikely. We all know how things work in every of our kebele or wereda. I always agree when you say''democracy needs time to develop'' but you and all of us should tell EPRDF all its wrong doings to correct before they get worse and EPRDF should learn how to litsen opinions of different people not only from its Cadres or supporters. Again, I understand that you are not happy whenever Reporter repots some thing against EPRDF and you tend to critizies it. Isn't it the responsibility of the reporter to report what it thinks is good for the people and if it is not good information people can discard it- why do you feel stomach ach when it hits the nail.

Reporter is back at slanting and discrediting everything the ruling party does. Reporter failed its responsibility to inform about the opposition party during the 2005 election only to turn around and bash them after they failed to Dislodge the ruling Party. The opposition party calls one public gathering, spends its time bashing the ruling party and says “the Ethiopian people have spoken”. Unlike the ‘GURA BEKISU” opposition, the EPRDF led government called the Youth from every walk of Ethiopia (Urban, Country side, higher education, athletes, disabled etc). They raised pertinent question that is closer to home and got a response form the Prime Minster. Reporter never bothered to delve on the issues raised at the conference, and weigh their merits, instead goes tangential on the “independence” of the members. Reporter never bothered point out what questions that should be asked and were not raised.

The clown Merera should be the last person to speak of independence, while his “Medrek” excludes groups like EDP. For them “independence” is parroting what they say and discrediting and de-legitimizing the state! The time of doing that has long gone!

The line is drawn b/n the opposition that is getting ready to wreck havoc in post election, by crying foul over election for which it is not preparing, which it is not sure will join, and my boycott and the ruling party that is discussing about the bread and butter issue to the society from Youth, the business people to farmers. So would it be surprising if those Youth by enlarge support ideas and organization that deals with practical issues that matter to their daily life? “Independence” is being used by the free loader, do nothing opposition to have a seat its does not deserve. There is NO seat that would be RESERVED for them in the name of opposition. Let them go out talk to the Youth, the business people the farmer and discuss about detail policies that and how they will implement them instead of wasting their time bashing the Ruling party in generality and whishing its downfall.

Thumbs up to the government’s agility to organize the Youth and turn it to a MOVEMENT that stands for peace, development and democracy. The likes of Reporter can rant in jealousy and nit pick, endlessly. The question we should as each of us is what have we done on our part to strengthen these youth associations? Have we raised money? Have we given them encouragement? Have we transferred know how from our respected adopted home? Ask your self what you have done... Lend your hand….that is what independence is all about.

Hi Aiga,

If you believe Reporter is wrong then tell us what you think is right. Telling us Reporter is wrong is not important. Becauses all media including Reporter and your selves make frequent mistakes

Thanks,

Amare has become The Elias and the Reporter has become
the ER.The only difference is Amare hails from Ethiopia and Elias from U.S.
Their reporting is similar:
1) If you don't like him blackmail him.
2)Unsubstantiated reporting
3)Fabricated news
4)heresay reporting

Hi Aiga,

The Reporter has every right to question the independent character of the participant of this conference. If you think otherwise, please feel free to disprove it.

I have been hearing a report that a large number of people, old and young alike, are joining the EPRDF. The motive of these people is clear. They grasp that an EPRDF membership a key in getting a personal advantage (be it getting a job or solving home problems). This is not just a propaganda from the opposition camp. People are openly saying it. If I am not mistaken, Mr. Bereket complained about this ugly fact in the last congress of EPRDF held in Awassa.

This is exactly what Derg did when it was trying to make everybody a member of WPE (Issepa). We know the result. Where were this members when WPE needed them. They were simply not there. These people fortunately facilitated the demise of a criminal gang called ISSEPA.

EPRDF should learn from this. A party cannot be strong by virtue of its quantitative advantage. A party/front need devoted members who believe in what they are doing and have a gut to criticize their organization if the need arises.

Last, a humble message to Aiga. If you want to be taken seriously, please try to be balanced. You have to understand that EPRDF also make grave mistakes. Please curtail some fundamentalist and even chauvinistic tendencies in your site. Thank you

Hailu has said it all.

I would be surprised if there is anyone who can not figure this out - the whole story is a desprete attempt to show as if there is an independent media that can critique the government.

I totally agree with Ato Amare. All of them are woyanne...thats why they didnt confront Meles...They can asked thousands of question..no one asked meles how his gov't abused human rights..

Dear Aiga;
You seem to suggest that Reporter was biased? I re-read the article and what is presented is what participants and politicians said. I fail to see where the bias is. At this time of our slow move to democracy- rather fair governance- it is only logical that the organization of the youth serves the ruling party. I do not see anything wrong in it.
Thanks

ለነገሩ አሁን በስልጣን ላይ ያለው መንግስት ንሂደት አድሃሪ የሆኑትን ድርጅቶች አሸንፎ ኢትዮጵያን ለለውጥ ያደረሳት በመሆኑ፤ በሌላ በኩል ደግሞ የተሸነፉትንም በሂዎት ስላሉ ስህተታቸውና አልሆን ብሎዋቸው ሽንፈታቸው አልቀበል ብለው ፤ ምንም ላይሆንላቸው ስራቸው የኢትዮጵያን ህዝብን ማወናበት ሆኖ መቅረቱን ከዚህ በላይ ያለውን በማንበብ ለማወቅ ተችሎዋል።

ከሁሉም የሚገርም independent youth ከየት ይመጣል? ከዋሽንግቶን ዲሲ ከቅንጅት ተለምኖ መምጣት አለበት? በጭቆና ቀንበር ታስራ የነበረች አገር independent እንደዳቦ ተጋግሮ መሰጠት አለበት? ውይስ እነ ብርሃኑ ነጋና ለሎች ጥቅመ-ቢስ ተቃዋሚዎች እንደ እድር ወጣቶች አዋጥተው ከሎንዶንና ከዋሽንግቶን መላክ አለባቸው?

አኢጋ ይሀ የናንተ ስህተት ነው፤ የማንም ንፍጣም ጽሁፍ በማስተናገድ ለሃፍረት እየጋበዛችሁን ናቹ፤

ብያንስ ጥቅም ያላቸውን አጣርታቹ ማውጣት አለባቹ። የነሱ ድህረ-ገጽ የማይፈቅደውን! እናንተ ማን ልትባሉ ነው? አሁን ከዚህ በላይ ያንዳንድ ሰዎች ጽሁፍ ትርጉም የለሽ አይደል?

የኔ አስተያየት ግን ወጣቱ ታጥቆ ተነስቶዋል ያገር ተረካቢም ነው ምንገዱም ጽኑ ነው። አገሪቱም ካለ ወጣቱ ለላ ተረካቢ የላትም። ለዚህ ነው " ውሾቹ ይጮሃሉ ግመልዋ ግን ምንገድዋን ቀጥላለች" የሚባለው፡

ድል ለኢትዮጵያ መንግስትና ህዝብ!

አመሰግናሎህ

There is will never be an independent youth supporting a brutal TPLF power that locks up a 34 year old lady who is fighting for justice and freedom in peace!!!

Gabriel, get a life man, did you know in 2005 in Addis alone 90% of the people voted against your brutal government

What baffels me always is why Aiga people fail in conveying the art of building democratic institutions to Ethiopian government leaders through good advice.

Most of us who are out of our country live in democratic Western countries, including you Aiga guys. Why don't we learn from what we see everyday here in the West about democracy and pass it back home for our government leaders? Why do fail to learn and give good advice for our leaders? What did we learn from President Obama's election in U.S America? Isn't democracy a beautiful art by itself?

Aiga people are not the only ones who fail from passing good lessons to Ethiopia and its leaders. Those so-called opposition Diaspora politicians have also failed from passing demcratic values to Ethiopia (perhaps worth than Aiga). They have discouraged parliamentary partcipation of opposition parties.

In general, I can say that we have collectively failed our country by praising dictatorship here and there and undermining democracy. Look at the country called Ghana,it has a short history than Ethiopia, but it has become the becon of democracy in Africa. What happened to us? What kind of brain does an Ethiopian have that can't learn from reality?

what a shame for Ethiopia and we Ethiopians! We didn't learn in thousands of years, and we still refuse to learn! We like to dance with dictatorship.

Hypocracy has become away of life in Ethiopia. History repeated in Ethiopia 100 times than anywhere else.

I wish Ethiopia has become a vibrant nation because of TPLF. however, people like aiga website are like a bone in the middle of the throat who bottle neck any progress in Ethiopia. They consider themselves Ethiopia and Tigray. Anyone who does not think like them is anti Tigrai. I have never heard aiga admitting that their Meles camp did any mistakes. They never believe they can make mistakes. They are born perfect. And like some other narrow Ethiopians who claim to be a ruling elite forever, now aiga have it that they are the only spokeperson of Tigray or Ethiopia. Anyone who say a word which does not agree with their shortsightedness is labeled an Enemy of Tigray. Aiga means Tigray, aiga means Ethiopia. Anything that is not aigan is not Tigrean or Ethiopia. This must be the reason aiga has gone far now defaming once more Amare , adding him to the camp they call camp of Siye, and Asrat. When derg rotting down, it was biting like a mad dog those who were close to it. Aia, uncunningly, by biting every Tegadalay, and giving names of all kind, eventually, aiga will disappear.

One of the reasons for TPLFs success was its ability to absorb even the soldiers from the derg. However, now people like aiga are wise in thier own, they have totally forged themselves by destroying the tenets which helped TPLF to succeed. They are chasing and name calling even those who were their comrades. It seems they are working against themselves inadvertenly. And this is because they think they are clever and now the others, others who cares about them? In the bible there is a saying which says," arrogance comes before downfall." I aiga we cannot keep on babyin sitting you, you must respect our people. Ethiopia is made up of all those people whom you disgrace? Ethiopia is not just a name, Ethiopia means including all the individuals. If you do not respect any individual, it means you have no any rerspect for any Ethiopian. Thus you need to assess yourself where you stand? Stop repeating what derg used to do? Do u know the derg cadres never thought there was anything wrong. Everything was okay? But the people did not say that. You need to work with the people. we have told you many times. But you have become so obstiate, and never listen.

I don't understand why everyone is rushing to despise The Reporter. In my opinion it is the only mature, courageous and reponsible media outlet in the nation.

As per the youth meeting, I doubt the governmnet did it with the right motive. I've been working all over rural Ethiopia, the one thing that I'm sure to say is that people for youth and farmer coferences are selected by EPRDF cadres in each kebele. So im my opinion, the 7000 youth who participated in the recent conference were either EPRDF supporters or mistaken to be by the cadres.

Did you hear the questions of the youth?... All the youth there were just victims of a small propoganda excercise. But I hope at least they've go a good daily allowance. Waste of a poor nations resources for party task, as always.

There is an Amharic saying that goes like "Amed beduket yisikal." Have you ever asked yourself the same question? What is the diference between you and http://www.eprdf.org.et? Nothing !!!!!

O AIGA YOU LOOK LIKE YOU
FALL IN LOVE WITH SOME BODY
YOU ALWAYS BELIVE IN WHAT MELES SAY(like ben to Alamudi) INSTADE IN THE PARTY, BELIVE ME YOU ARE POSTING THE LIFE OF MELS NOT ABOUT THE PARTY ANY WAYS ALL THE YOUTH ARE A MEMBER BY PEPER TO GET A JOB

First of all, for those of you who believe that all of the 7,000 Youth are member of EPRDF, thank you for believing that this party has these many young people to take on the future on their shoulder. That is a great comfort for the Motherland! Ethiopia needs them and they are in the right party!! Each of you are entitled to your opinion, your ideas, your thoughts and that is why this forum is open for discussion.
The Youth conference was the best idea ever! Even so, if the PM wants to influence the young people on his idea and the party He leads, well, then GREAT! That is what he is supose to do! Would Obama teach youths to follow Democrats or republican? I am sure he would influence them to support the party he represents. Would Meles hope those youths to support EPRDF? I am sure he would. If you were him, you would too.

In regard to the reporters: Um, they are in business because of their big mouths and they are going to trash the right duers to cut a pay check for themselves!

In regard to PM Meles's conferrence with the youth: please take your time and listen to the questions asked by the youths, where they came from, and the answers they received from the PM, before you jumb to judgements. I am sure some of you are cut into pieces by this amazing historic event. If you have better ideas than PM Meles, then please go to Ethiopian and become motivational speakers. The youth may use your better talent (if you have any). Other then that, I think most of you are so sick to your stomach that Ethiopia is moving on without you. There is still time for you to catch up and help your motherland. PM Meles is doing and giving all He got for his country. Please do a portion of his work, go help him on the things he is not fulfilling! Your country still needs you, but with you or without, She is going to reach her destination! The bright Ethiopian youths know what they want for themselves, for their country, who they want to support, and what direction they want to head on. The Youths can careless about my opinion or your opinion! They are looking for leaders who can help them in shaping their future and what is better than meeting with their PM!
It is AMAZING THAT ETHIOPIA IS AT THIS STAGE! NO ONE and NOTHING WILL HOLD HER BACK!! Thank you to our JEGANU SUWAHATN HILIWATN AHWATINA/ ABOTATINA! Long live Lekatit 11!! Zela'alemawi zikri nijeganu siwahatina!

We are questioning whether Reporter is independant or not. How about Aigaforum? I have never read articles which questions TPLF action even at times where there is something to be asked. So how come aiga questions the independance of other media people. First do your part and you can start to judge others. Now you don't have a moral ground to do it. 'Tirunba' you don't have your own stand.

First and foremost I believe the Reporter as one of the independent newspapers in the country is entitled to question, disagree, suggest or forward an opinion as it wants to. That is a right that our current Ethiopian constitution guarantees any independent news media.
Second even though Reporter is airing its own point of view and letting us know what the feeling of the participants or the non-participants is, it does not necessarily mean it is projecting the reality. It is up to the reader to discern and differentiate between one individual reporter's point of view and frame of reference and the objective reality.
To this day, I have not seen a news media that has tried to objectively and wholesomely provide information that reflects the authentic state of Ethiopia. It either reports by comparing it to the state of a developed nation or an underdeveloped nation or often relies on assumptions rather than facts. He said, she said, they said seems to be the norm.
What if there is no comparison to the way Ethiopia is structured? What if Ethiopia’s structure has never been seen before? What if Ethiopia reflects and represents the new emerging way of being and way of developing as never seen before in the history books or in any country? What if the constant criticism of oppositions or supporters emanates from the dysfunction of their filters? What if a new emerging, exemplary way of governing and way of thinking are taking root in Ethiopia?
What if collaboration is what is required in the current state of our country? What if collective energy and effort is the demand in order to eradicate poverty in Ethiopia? What if the reason EPRDF is forging ahead is because it is directed with a new way of thinking? What if the negative statements are the by products of the old way of thinking? What if the individuals that constantly accuse and criticize EPRDF for a moment questioned their own way of thinking? What if the reason for the nay Sayers is a limitation of their old paradigm? What if those that cannot fathom the process of development know nothing about creating a new state of development? What if it the critiques’ indulgence emanates from lack of knowledge. What if the individuals that crucify EPRDF have no solution to provide? What if those that simply criticize cannot offer a solution and are not result oriented? What if we use our imagination and think in a new way? What if our conversations revolved around building and designing governing structures?
I consider all the questions as food for thought. And as we question then we might also be engaged in a new way of relating and be part of the change that has engulfed our country

Well,
I can imagine that we all know that when we face or when teachers/researchers face to proof that some thing is true, they use the absurde methode.
But in my remarks, there is even no absurd to use, as it is clear and straight forward.

Kids also can understand.

Mister X is black.
Mister X is thief.
All blacks are thieves.

Or X taller than Y.
Y is taller than Z.
Then X is taller than Z.
.

For Aregawi and Woyane, I leave for you...to the keyboard guys

Well,
I can imagine that we all know that when we face or when teachers/researchers face to proof that some thing is true, they use the absurde methode.
But in my remarks, there is even no absurd to use, as it is clear and straight forward.

Kids also can understand.

Mister X is black.
Mister X is thief.
All blacks are thieves.

Or X taller than Y.
Y is taller than Z.
Then X is taller than Z.
.

For Aregawi and Woyane, I leave for you...to the keyboard guys

Those of you against EPRDF, should be ashamed of yourselves. The DERG did not let us breathe a single word when it was in power. Today, at least any person can have a newspaper and write anything he/she pleases.

You should appreciate the government in power today!!

i think the youth assoscation must stablished with out goverment based on thier needs to improve their future with out interefering thier freedom by any poltical party we saw in the past we have to learn
thanks for let me

Dear Aiga,

The issue you raised is not new in Ethiopian youth association because as i said it time and again TPLF led EPRDF is just excercising the script written by the overthrown Junta regime.

Why TPLF fought for 17 years and sacrified unreplaceable young girls,boys,fathers and mothers was alteast to bring a breathing air to the nation.

How was organizations of the youth,women,farmers,urban dwellers, teachers,medical personells etc organized during the Junta regime?
And how are now parties and all of the above associations organized after the fall of the Junta?

The baseline of organization in the country after the fall of the JUNTA was stipulation of different adjectives to individuals who are not accepted by the transitional government of TPLF. That holds true during the normalisation of the regimes iron handed administration formation.
To substantiate these realities on cannot forget what happened in the Workers Confederation and Teachers association and what have you.

As to me it is not a crime to discuss issues with the youth because it consists about 35 percent of the population.Moreover it is the generation that will lead to future but what fails here is the basic reorganization/association willingly as per se their right and freedom. This implies members of the youth association has to be formulated on the will of the individual members. But association of membership by giving priority and special advantage is bribing the youth where more than 60 percent of the youth is unemployed in the urban areas as well where 85 percent rely on inputs delivered by the state party owned (parapatal) credit and finance and input suppliers.

Let we let the youth to organise voluntarily according to their wish and free will then let we see what the government(?)can say the issues which will be raised.

As to te meeting done with the prime minister (Legesse)what i observed was that the replica of dividing the country into two catagories as backward and advanced regions (according to Aster i do not know where Harari falls because as to Legesse i know where they are catagorized).

This issue was the basis for distorting the democratic flow in the country because of the following reasons.
1.These regions (Gambella,Somali,Afar,Benshagul Gumuz and Harari(?)) were catagorized from the start backward and advisors were assigned which are members of TPLF not to facilitate development works but to spy on the political view of those who run the region (Abdurahman Ougaz, and the doctor from Gode(third preisent of the region),Okello Oman, Okello Ngelo, Okello Akuway,the first president of Benshangul Gumuz are the result of this spying) as executive members.

2.Seventeen years after the fall of the Junta these regions are in the same row as they were at the beginning why? does the trickle down effect of double digit growth is confined to the best political team of TPLF?

So as to the ideas/issues raised by delegates of the youth the crucial question was that still the youths from these regions have not still benefited from the federal program launched due to the ill concieved ethnic federalism. why?
This leads us to the first question problem of policy,association and organization.
thank you

EPRDF is more and more resembling the Derg. The same meetings now renamed conferences used to take place then. I do not know why PM Meles Zenawi held a discussion with the youth as if the Ethiopian youth is monolithic.The bad habit of EPRDF to view Ethiopians as peasants, women,youth,amharas, oromos etc. not individuals each will do it an ill-service sooner than later.These fruitless attempts to consprict members by incentives or against their wish will back fire as they did in the past to earlier regimes. The duty of the government is not to interfere in the affairs of rank-and-file Ethiopian individuals in such a vulgar manner and give unsought advice, but rather let each and evey one of them feel at ease to make their own choice who to join and support. If EPRDF continues to coerce citizens to support it by force, they may submit for a while like they did before.But, the result of such a protracted violence against the self-diginty of the citizens will be a deep apathy on their side leaving the government alone to deal with the problems of the state. I never heard about a government which managed to survive for long under such circumstances. I have a feeling that EPRDF is moving full gear towards its own demise due to internal decompositon caused by corruption of its officials, groundless paranoia and arrogance not to recognise its own misdeeds. What PM Meles Zenawi must do by now is not to make 'leading speeches' to the youth and other interest groups like colonel Mengistu but stick to his promise to step down next year and, convince his comrades-in-arms to do the same paving the way for a new leader with untainted reputation. Time is running against EPREDF: the sooner it makes the nessary steps,the better. Otherwise, it may bring down the nation with it to the sea bed.

Dear Aiga,

I am supprtting reporter despite i one of the top member of EPRDF. I am afraid now our party is going in the wrong direction and digging its own grave. Currently, i am observing members that are running after their individual benefits. They don't have the real sense of struggle that we had in the armed struggle. These days we are trying to make every university graduate to be member of the party. I think some of our members are trying to manipulate our party. I prefer quality than quantity. With out giving any service all of the new members wants to be woreda or zonal admins, regional beauro heads, minsters and ambasadors. Most of these newly joined mebers are always worring how to go up to the ladder and get benefited. But a lot of our brothers and sisters didnt payed their lives for the benefit of some ' Choles'. We have to always think of our martyres. Therefore, we have to talk the truth. All of the youths gathered were EPRDF members or supporters. But they are not genuine members or supporters. They are members only for the purpose of paving their ways to Europe or America. By the way some of our members defected to the states and Europe after they went there as delegations at various levels. We have to start to clear those pseudo/quasi members and put the party in its right way which our founding fathers and martyres made it in their own bloods.

Ayiga Say yes to the truth.

ውድቀታቹ ሃቅ ሆኖ ከተገኘ፤ ውድቅ የቂኒጂት ፖለቲካ ሃቅ ከሆነ፤ አገራችን ከናንተ ይማራት።

እንግዲህ ቅድም እንዳልኩት ሃቀኛ ወጣቶች ከሎንዶንና ከዋሽንግቶን አዋጥታችሁ ላኩ። በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ከንግዲህ የናንተን ሗላቀርነትን የሚያስተናግድ ህብረተ-ሰብ የለም።

ወጣቱ ወደዳችሁም ጠላችሁም እዛው ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ የበቀለ ስለሆነ የኢትዮጵያ ተረካቢ እሱ ነው። እናንተ እንደሆነ አፋቹ እንደከፈታችሁ ትኖሩ እንደሆነ'ንጂ የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ እንደሆን የተሻለ ኑሮ ጀምሮዋል ከጀመረው አዲስ ለውጥ ፍንክች አይልም።

እናንተ እዚህ በተደላደለ ኑሮ እየኖራቹ እዚህ ሆናቹ ፈላጭ ቆራጭ ለመሆን መሞከራቹ ስድነት ይመስላል።

Dል ለኢትዮጵያ መንግስትና ህዝብ!

Aiga has now changed to the mouth pieces of EPRDF!Nothing wrong with that...but it comes with name calling and fingure pointing whom they believe is against the governoment.The worest of their position is mixing up at the expence of others.These people have got the right to be what ever they believe they are.Nonthless calling names of Gebru Asrat and the likes of SEYE is getting the name ZERU HAGOS to ZERO MENFES.Stop being blind and parotial.Think outside the box and try to be genuine and direct....

We are saying, stop coveing weaknesses. Have transparent system. Get rid of corruption, nepotism, and other corruptions. Corruptions is not only stealing money, accusing falsely, bribing, and so forth.

During Mengistu Hailemariam, if one is not a member of Essepa, any Ethiopian was worthless. Ethiopia belonged to Essepa cadres. The rest of Ethiopians were just observers or second citizens. The end was that Essepa dissolved like one dissolves in water. The essepa structure was build on the foundation of sand. It was not based no the interest of the people. it was just for the interest of for the Essepas' interest.

We are saying, listen to the people. resolve all issues which the society does not like. Pursue policies which is supported by the people, not by few cadres.

You think you can reign by making things to happen, but that making will eventually be counterproductive. Suppression, oppression, manipulation can only work for a limited time. We are saying, do what the Ethiopians wanted, not what you wanted.

I am 100 % sure Ethiopians will elect EPRDF if EPRDF listen to the people and work with the people. EPRDFites love to work the hard way. They work against the interest of the people always. This is the main reason we are still begging for food.

If there was a popular government supported by all the 80 million people, Ethiopia's problem can be solved in 5 years. The reality we have now, Ethiopians are busy destroying each other and to destroy the country if everything is not according thier whims.

my message is, stop lying, stop doing what derg used to do. The root to bring change is to rally the people behind and make drastic change. Otherwise, you live in democratic nations, enjoying all freedom, but you work against that freedom you enjoy.

Let the country be led people who are elected by the 80 million people instead of by one person for many decades. The sacrificed paid by young Tigreans must have been, to have an Ethiopia where there is no injustice, discrimination, nepotism, corruption. A clean and civiled ancient Ethiopia. An Ethiopia with no war, and Ethiopia with no famine, An Ethiopia where everyone is equal. An Ethiopia where people vy for leadership by merit, not by affiliation. If EPRDFites could do what Ethiopians wanted to be done, I am sure Ethiopians could elect them 100 times.

Let me start from myself, if I did oppose Meles' policy, I have no reason not do my part to change Ethiopia. However, I strongly oppose Meles Zenawi's policy, and prefer to stay away from Ethiopia. No matter how I feel, I have to live enjoying my hard gotten freedom. I say sometimes, how I wish if my people could enjoy the freedom enjoy? I know how difficult it is in Ethiopia to have freedom.

If we have to move forward, if we have to bargain from the sacrifice of our people, the policy to be changed to what the Ethiopians wanted, not what Meles wanted.

Dear gezaee
That is a brillianty put!
betha

We have smart leaders !
WE have peace.
WE have got natural resource.
We need man power not brain washed one.
NOt who is after revange!
Who can forgive and foget!
if you are abitter you are the first who gone get hurt.
esatn yezo end mewerwer malet new.mejemeria metkatelew antew neh.

please please.
stop this mentality of hate.

if you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem.

our country is getting strong and stronger.

thank you .
thanks GOd!!!
thanks to our smart leaders!

Dear Compatriots.
Primarily, I would like to say some thing bout the recently held Ethiopian Youth Conference convened and addressed by the Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. It is a good beginning and it is a new chapter in the Ethiopian history. Here, it should be noted that the Ethiopian Youth is diverse in terms of its ethnic, social and economic background, educational and professional levels. The youth varies in gender, age and status. Within the youth category any one can be a student, a university lecturer, physician, engineer, administrator, lawyer, farmer etc. Our concept of the Ethiopian Youth should be broad and inclusive. We should not narrow it from the viewpoint of our political stand and commitment. The Ethiopian Youth is the most dynamic sector of the society. It is eager and passionate for any change. Hence care should be taken in handling and dealing with this sensitive and emerging social force. The Youth can be misused and misled for any destructive purpose. The Youth is very quick to adapt to volatile situation and it is equally receptive for any ideology. Political parties who support violent or non-violent ways of struggle and are based at home land or abroad may appeal to secure the support of this force. The youth’s brain is open and plain like the tabula rasa that can be swayed for any deceptive or constructive purpose.

Therefore, addressing and directing this social force in very edifying way is not bad in it self. Here the question that should be asked should not be whether it is independent or not? Unless we are talking in philosophical abstract or pure sense there is no such thing “Independent” but we can say it exists relatively. The only One that exists Independent absolutely is “Greater God”. If we want to see matured self reliant, courageous, creative and talented youth we need to put some more investment, incentives, cultural facilities that would help to mould and shape the youth to the desired goals. You cannot mould and shape the youth by mere political propagandas, meagre material incentives or by short lived on & off seminars. If you intend to produce patriotic and disciplined youth that loves its own country and people, the youth should be encouraged and supported to make some tours and see some historic sites like Lalibela, Gondar, Axum, Harar, and some other resort and entertainment centres. The Youth should feel that being Ethiopian national is not curse but it is blessing. Identifying it self as Ethiopian is not shameful but it is pride. The Youth should be supported and encouraged to familiarise it self with its History and culture. The Youth should not be compelled or bullied to accept certain social values and orders with out its consent. The Youth has to be taken seriously and be treated like co-actor or partner in devising and undertaking some projects that benefit it self and the society as a whole. Simply narrating about some successful war operations or adventures would not be enough in soliciting the good will of the youth. For example narrating about the past failed hijacking attempt made by the Haile Selassie University students like Walelegn and Martha Mebrahtu in the seventies would not project exemplary role for the present youth. In fact this kind of story has an adverse effect for the reason recently on the Eritrea media, members of Shaebia have attested that the Ethiopian Air Line hijacking attempted by the students was coordinated and directed by EPLF cell member by then operating within Addis Ababa.

Thus, all the literature that are prepared for the youth should transcend naked political propaganda but it should be versed with socio-cultural and of higher historical values in depth. Messages transmitted to the youth through the national media, radio, television, daily newspapers should be of high standard in values & in clarity. Controversial issues should beforehand be verified and rectified before they are released for public consumption. If at least some of these are fulfilled it is likely strong and conscious youth is emerging that would be interested in engaging it self in constructive work for the well being of it self and the society as a whole. Hence, informing, educating, and training the youth is very crucial in introducing changes and transforming the society in to higher stage of development. There is a saying; “To be forewarned is to be forearmed”. In this regard it is very helpful that the Premier has taken his time to address the Youth Conference held recently in Addis Ababa.

At last but not least, all of us should be vigilant and on guard against those theoretician and politicians who preach and advocate for violent struggle as well as those who call for civil disobediences as means of struggle that would paralyse the nation economically as result of which lead to national anarchy and disorder.
Thank you,
Senay

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Obama’s Inaugural Address: Warns corrupt leaders (The beginning of the end of a brutal dictator Meles Zenawi)

"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."

If you really believe in democracy let us get a chance to give opur comments on your web sights! you have never given us a chance like that of aiga have given you.

Ethiopia is going in a right direction. from now on the law prevails on anybody wh tresspass the rule of law in Ethiopia! whether for Bertukuan Mediqssa , Berhanu Nega,Hailu Araya or others who doesn't want to follow the rule of law in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia is heading towards its own time! whether it is a collection of loosers or western politician,noone can ever be able to dictate our country. if you deny everything because of your power hunger,you will stay hungry right there.

You're talking about Obama too! let Obama fix this economy first & then he will support Ethiopia. the most corrupt politicians are the Ethiopian Menfes diaspora right there next to him/Obama/. The magic work of Obama! You really have a magic! Obama is going to sit you in the Addis palace? man! I don't know how you think ! it is a shame!
By the way,to whom is Bertukuan Medeqssa an Icon? you guys don't know what you are talking about! I'm a Tigrian & I never heard about Bertukuan,I don't even know who Bertukuan is!

You will never get a voice from Tigrians in the Diaspora man! you think alittle bit as a human being! the Tigrai people defeated you paying over 60 thousand precious lives & you really forgot everything! May be we will cmpromise with a new generation if there are any who think differently.

The rule of law must prevail in Ethiopia!

Bertukuan isn't different she must Obey the rule of law!

Eternal life for our martyrs!

If a monkey seen its own ass, she would have been ashamed of herself! you are talking about aiga is controlled by TPLF,but you never talk about your hate monger web sights.

We know you that you don't believe on anything! the only reason that you hate TPLF isbecause TPLF defeated you very badly & you will never forget this! as it is a sour spot in your life. We know you are not for the well being of Ethiopia,but for your empty egos...

Azeb/Meles or what ever name you want name yourself,

Listen poor soul, Aiga gave you a venue to share your thoughts with others. Please be respectful and add a link to articles or news you think is worthy to portray your thoughts, do not copy and paste long articles. Please behave!

Thank you.

Mr. Meles is posturing
By Paulos Milkias (Ph.D.) | February 16, 2009

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Meles Zenawi has announced his plans to quit his job as prime minister in 2010. Does it sound sincere? I do not believe he is going to quit. He is simply posturing. Here are reasons why?

An official who is determined to quit will not qualify it by another possibility. An excellent example to announce quitting: “I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president." This, as you know, was President Lyndon B. Johnson's announcement on March 31, 1968 after the setbacks of the Tet Offensive and the violent student demonstrations against the war in Vietnam made his life unbearable.

Mr. Meles is saying he has decided to quit but will respect his party's decision regarding it. Anybody knows that neither the current TPLF leadership not what remains of the EPRDF officialdom can survive for long without Mr. Meles' political machinations. What he is saying is, I will say I will quit and my party caucus will put pressure on me through parliament. Then I will have little choice but to respect their wishes!

Second, he says he will quit as Prime Minister but will remain as the party leader. That is impossible in the present political framework. If he has to resign as Prime Minister, he also has to resign from the Party leadership. Ethiopia has adapted a parliamentary democracy. In parliamentary democracy, the party leader is automatically the Prime Minister. Do not forget that the Front Benchers are selected and directed by the party leader. The Back Benchers also seek direct guidance from the party leader whose dictates they follow without fail.

Mr. Meles' posturing is more in tune with that of Gamal Abdel Nasser. When the Egyptian President’s army was decimated in the Six Day War by June 9, 1967, Nasser tendered his resignation as President in a televised broadcast only to “change his mind” when his decision was “rejected” by Egypt's National Assembly totally controlled by his National Democratic Party. So, come 2010 elections, rest assured that history will repeat itself.

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« Operating at half capacityThe Inhuman ill-treatment of Ms Mideksa Persists in Ethiopian Prison
Posted 17th February 2009

Action Alert,
For Immediate Distribution

The Association of Andinet Support Organizations in North America has learnt disturbing developments in the prison conditions of Ms. Birtukan Mideksa, Chairwoman of UDJ. According to our sources, Ms. Mideksa still continues to be held in solitary confinement- nearly two months now. Her lawyer is once again prohibited from contacting her after he was allowed to meet with her only once following an international outcry. Ms. Mideksa’s niece, who was allowed to visit her in order to relieve her 72 year old frail mother from the burden of carrying food and other essentials on a long trip, is no more permitted to show up at the gates of the prison. As of today, it is only her elderly mother and her four year old daughter who have a weekly visitation rights.

More disturbing and alarming is the information we are receiving from credible sources inside the prison about the government security operatives’ physical and psychological torture against Ms. Mideksa. Ms. Mideksa is held in a small unhygienic cell infested with bugs. She is not allowed to read books or listen to radio or watch television like the other prisoners. Prison sources have informed us that Ms. Mideksa is subjected to sleep deprivation for days at a time. It is apparent that the government security operatives are putting inhuman and illegal means to break her will. The physical and mental ill-treatment that Birtukan is subjected to is corroborated by her mother who told relatives and friends that she observed an unusual behavior from Ms. Mideksa emanating from distress. Ms. Mideksa’s mother said recently that her daughter has told her, “the ill-treatment is getting beyond she could bear as a human being”. The regime has blocked access to Ms. Mideksa and her condition in prison by all independent observers including human rights organizations.

We call upon all freedom loving governments to protest against this barbaric violation of the basic rights of Ms. Birtukan Mideksa. We particularly urge the donor community to release that their financial support to Meles without a strong demand for change in his regime’s behavior has been an enabler for repression against Birtukan and other political opponents. We want to also to remind these donors that Ethiopians are truly baffled by the contradictory stances of the donor countries’ laudable stand and action against Mugabe of Zimbabwe and the absence of any meaningful actions against the human rights abuses of Ethiopia’s Meles.

Finally, we call on the new US administration to use every influence to exert pressure on the Ethiopian dictators to unconditionally release Ms. Birtukan Mideksa who is in prison for the last two months in blatant violation of all laws of the country and international covenants to which Ethiopia is a signatory.

February 16, 2009
North America Andinet Support Association‏
diplomacy@andinetusa.org

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Morgan Tsvangirai’s “Fierce Urgency of Now”!
By Alemayehu G. Mariam | February 16, 2009

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Zimbabwe Saved From the “Brink of a Dark Abyss”
A year ago, Morgan Tsvangirai won the first round of presidential elections in Zimbabwe. He refused to participate in the run-off calling it a “violent sham” for which his supporters risked death by voting for him. Last week, Tsvangirai became prime minister in a power sharing agreement fabricated by southern African regional leaders. In his inauguration speech, Prime Minster Tsvangirai spoke of the fierce urgency of now for the people of Zimbabwe:

For too long, Zimbabwe has endured violent political polarization.
This must end today. For too long, our people’s hopes for a bright and prosperous future have been betrayed. Instead of hope, their days have been filled with starvation, disease and fear. A culture of entitlement and impunity has brought our nation to the brink of a dark abyss. This must end today. Economic collapse has forced millions of our most able to flee the country... This must end today."
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s Tyrannosaurus Rex (tyrant king), had publicly ridiculed Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change party as “shameless stooges of the West” and vowed never to talk to them. For over a decade, Mugabe’s thugs had routinely beaten, imprisoned and harassed Tsvangirai and his supporters. But last week Mugabe stood under the towering figure of Tsvangirai and administered the oath of office to him. The iron fist that had ruled Zimbabwe since its independence from Britain in 1980 was finally unclenched to shake Tsvangirai's hand in the spirit of reconciliation to help the suffering people of Zimbabwe. It was truly a wonderful sight to behold: Sworn adversaries making an uneasy peace to save their country from the “brink of a dark abyss.” Mugabe called on all parties to support the “unity” government “by turning our swords into ploughshares”. Tsvangirai offered a road map to get Zimbabwe out of its frightening mess.

Zimbabwe has been in deep trouble for several years. The world looked with horror as Mugabe plunged Zimbabwe into his Ninth Circle of Hell. Like Nero who played his violin when Rome burned, Mugabe kept on pounding his drumbeat of allegations of conspiracy between Western governments and their local “stooges” as Zimbabwe went into total economic meltdown. Today billions of Zimbabwean dollars are needed to buy a loaf of bread. Unemployment stands above 90 percent. One-half of the 12 million Zimbabweans are starving, and a cholera epidemic continues to kill tens of thousands.

Tsvangirai’s Road Map for Zimbabwe
Tsvangirai struck a clear note about Zimbabwe’s future in his inauguration speech. He said there are three things that need to be done immediately: “Firstly, we must implement our democratization agenda.” That includes enactment of laws to “restore the people’s freedoms, create the mechanism through which a people’s constitution can be created, reestablish the rule of law and promote the independent media.” He said the “second priority is tackling the humanitarian crisis with every means possible.” Zimbabwe must deal with the cholera epidemic by reducing outbreaks, community transmission and the high mortality rates. Third, the economy must be “stabilized” by creating an “educated and healthy workforce.” He said that requires building schools and hospitals and taking care of the “professionals in our civil service [who] are the backbone of our government.” He promised that “every health worker, teacher, soldier and policeman [payment] in foreign currency until we are able to stabilize the economy.” He promised to “ensure that every Zimbabwean has access to emergency food aid regardless of tribal or political affiliation.” Zimbabwe will no longer be an international basket case; rather it will once again be Africa’s breadbasket.

Tsvangirai as a New Breed of African Leader
Tsvangirai took on a distinctly Obamaesque-style to his leadership in rebuilding Zimbabwe. He promised accountability, transparency, openness, separation of party and state and clean government. “As your Prime Minister, I will ensure that there is a clear distinction between the party and the state. I will be open and honest with you.” He called for reconciliation of the opposing factions and urged them to “work together to restore our pride in our people and our country.” He was conciliatory towards the international community and humanitarian organizations. He asked them “to engage with us to rebuild our nation and to work towards reestablishing a relationship that is not based on humanitarian assistance alone.” He declared his ultimate trust in the people of Zimbabwe and called upon them to unite in facing the enormous challenges: “People of Zimbabwe, we face many challenges but we are brave and resourceful. By uniting as a nation and a people we can succeed.” He urged them to “match our dreams for Zimbabwe with your own”, and reminded them that “at each point in our proud history we have looked forward not backwards, we have stood for hope not fear, we have believed in love not hate, and we have never lost touch with our democratic values or sight of our democratic goals.”

Two Lessons From Zimbabwe
Two lessons could be drawn from Tsvangirai’s accession to power in Zimbabwe. The first is that all African dictators will spare nothing to cling to power. Neither soaring unemployment, stratospheric inflation, mass starvation, epidemics nor the tears of their citizens will cause these calculating and stone-cold butchers to show compassion for the suffering of their people. But they all fall in the end. As Gandhi taught: “There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it, always.” Some may have wished Mugabe’s end to come with a bang and not a whimper. But his dictatorship has effectively come to an end. There is no going back. Soon the 84-year old Mugabe will join in the dustbin of history Africa’s bygone dictators -- Idi Amin, Milton Obote, Joseph Mobutu, Charles Taylor, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Hissène Habré, Jean Bedel Bokassa, Sekou Toure, and Peter Botha, among others.

But the real lesson comes from Tsvangirai who is making history. Even as Zimbabwe teeters on the brink of economic and humanitarian disaster, Tsvangirai declared that the most important task for Zimbabwe is restoration of the people’s freedoms, establishment of the rule of law and the full functioning of the an independent media. This realization makes Tsvangirai truly a new breed of African leader. The future of Africa and the dream of an African Renaissance will depend on leaders like Tsvangirai who recognize the vital importance of democratic rights, the indispensability of the rule of law and the necessity of an independent media as quintessential prerequisites for the success of African societies. Tsvangirai’s message is very clear: Unless every Zimbabwean is guaranteed basic freedoms -- freedom of expression, freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention and extrajudicial killings -- the economic problems can not be solved. Unless there is the supremacy of the rule of law, the problems of injustice and lack of legal accountability of those who have abused their power and the public trust will continue unabated. Unless there is a fully functional independent media, corruption will reign supreme in the halls of power and democracy will be unable to flourish in Zimbabwe. He is absolutely right!

A Time for Justice
Few expect Mugabe to honor his word about a unity government and work in good faith to make it succeed. He agreed to a power sharing deal under pressure, not out of genuine interest in reconciliation. Mugabe is already plying his old tricks. Within days of the agreement, he jailed Roy Bennett, a major ally of Tsvangirai and charged him with terrorism and treason. He also tried to swear in more than 20 ministers from his own party at the last minute, instead of the 15 agreed upon by the two sides. No doubt, Mugabe will try every trick in the book; but nothing will save him and his henchmen from their rendezvous with the dustbin of history.

If Mugabe lives long enough, he will certainly be held to account for his many crimes against humanity. During his first term as president, his thugs massacred more than 20,000 Ndebele, the rivals to his Shona tribe. Zimbabwean human rights activists and lawyers have documented thousands of cases of torture, illegal arrests and detentions, excessive use of force and extrajudicial killings by the Mugabe regime. Be that as it may, it is exhilarating to imagine Mugabe and his brother Mengistu riding out into the sunset of oblivion.

Unity Freedom Train Crossing the African Continent
There is a Unity Freedom Train crossing the African continent with whistle stops at all places where Africans are united. Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s new railroad conductor, has made it plain to his passengers: “People of Zimbabwe, I call upon all of us to put aside our differences, to begin a process of national healing within every community, to work across party lines and look forward together with hope, while learning from a sad past that has so devastated our nation and our people.”

Next stop for the Unity Freedom Train: Ethiopia. ALL ABOARD!

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The writer, Alemayehu G. Mariam, is a professor of political science at California State University, San Bernardino, and an attorney based in Los Angeles. For comments, he can be reached at almariam@gmail.com

Ethiopian Diaspora investment potential
By Minga Negash (Ph.D.) | University of Witwatersrand
February 16, 2009

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In many respects a Diaspora bond involves an appeal for a sense of patriotism. It means the home country has not been able to finance the foreign exchange component of development projects by borrowing from the open market, or finds it cheaper to finance the project(s) from this source of finance. Diaspora savings can thus be channelled to projects that have multiplier effects in the home country; than being transferred in the form of transfers that have little or no multiplier effects, such as spending in family support and sending gifts in the form of consumables such as clothes and shoes. Decoupling finance from patriotism is not an easy matter for the Diaspora especially at a time when the global financial crisis is taking its toll.

The crisis is now taking its effect on the real economy. There are few economies that are decoupled. The United States’ latest stimulus plan is yet to reverse the frightening level of joblessness and the shrinking demand. Immigrant populations living in the OECD countries are of course sharing the first brunt of the adverse effects of the financial meltdown. Assuming the turnaround is not far, the Diaspora is faced with the choice of investing in the country of residence’s bonds or investing in home country’s debt instruments. One needs to be sympathetic to the plea of the home country; but capital is realistic, and involves greed and security. In this commentary I attempt to show the link between finance and patriotism, and indicate risk mitigation options for making Diaspora bonds more investable. I use the recently issued Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO) Millennium Bond as a case study.

The central bank, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has underwritten Ethiopia’s first Diaspora bond. The bond itself was issued by the state owned power utility company (EEPCO), and the debt instrument is being marketed by the state owned bank, the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE). In practical-institutional terms, the borrower is the Government of Ethiopia. The key features of the bond are as follows. The interest rates are 4%, 4.5% and 5% respectively for 5, 7 and 10 years bonds. The face value of the bond is US dollar 100 and the minimum investment required from a member of the Ethiopian Diaspora is US 500 dollars or its equivalent in selected convertible currencies. The target investors are holders of the Ethiopian passport who are residents outside of Ethiopia, and citizens of foreign countries who can trace their origin back to Ethiopia. The bond’s softeners are (i) the investment can be used as a deposit for borrowings from local banks in local currency, and (ii) the interest is tax exempt at the source. For more details, see Ethiopian government affiliated websites. The bond is expected to be sold through networks in OECD and the Middle East countries. It is not guaranteed by an international investment bank. It is unclear whether the selling networks meet standards for taking deposits and providing investment advice to the investing public. The instrument is not backed by assets. Unfortunately, Ethiopia has no formal rating for its sovereign bond. The best it could have is a “shadow rating” of about CCC-; a rating often associated with a “junk” bond in America, and/or bonds issued by countries that had financial and banking crisis of one sort or another. Ethiopia is not yet a member of World Trade Organization (WTO) and, the risk mitigation methods for an expatriate investor evolve around the country’s accession to MIGA (multilateral investment guarantee agreement) regime some 20 years ago, and agreements through forums such as ACP-EU. It is unclear whether the bond will be covered under MIGA and similar agreements. Furthermore, it is unclear whether Ethiopia has a double taxation treaty with the capital source countries where the target buyer of the bond is resident. Hence, the Ethiopian Diaspora, even though his/her home country is not known for defaulting international debts or delays in contributing membership dues to international organizations, he/he faces a typical investment decision problem.

This commentary is not intended to be a financial advice. It is aimed at sparking a debate about risk mitigation strategies for both the members of Diaspora and the bond issuing and guaranteeing authorities and their advisors. One needs to differentiate between risk avoidance (which in this case is not investing in a Diaspora bond) from actions that can be described as risk hedging strategies. Risk hedging (mitigation) strategies are important in that the investor is also protected from ruining his/her hard earned savings. The risk hedging strategies range from the design of official and homemade risk mitigation programmes. Guaranteeing the bond (at least partially) by international organizations; creating linked products such as retirement, Medicare, travel, leisure, home ownership, education plans are examples of schemes that add additional features to the bond, and make the product “exotic”. Failing these, the rate of return must be high enough to compensate for the level of risk that is faced by the investor in Diaspora bonds.

The weakness of institutions suggests the weakness of the institutions of the State. Many Sub Sahara Africa (SSA) countries have had various forms of stigma that include ‘failed’, ‘diseased’, ‘fragile’ and ‘dysfunctional’ states. If this is the case, one might conclude that lending to a failed state is the worst thing one can do. Hence, a member of a Diaspora from failed state must rather take out, as it seems to be the case, his/her siblings out of that state. He/she would send remittance if the siblings are caught in conflict zones or are literally held hostages. Some studies indeed show that this is the case. The remittance statistics for Burundi, Eritrea, Liberia and Somalia were relatively high when compared to other SSA countries that were relatively stable. Notwithstanding this, an investor in a Diaspora bond has to ensure that his/her retirement and savings are kept in the safe regions of the world. Hence, uncertainty, weak and non-existent institutions, bad laws, problematic law enforcement and administrative processes, and poorly designed financial products make resource channelling to SSA countries difficult.

In his famous book, the Brief History of Science, Stephen Hawking attributed the discovery of the uncertainty principle to Werner Heisenberg. Heisenberg suggests that uncertainty is a problem of not knowing the velocity of a particle. In finance, the problem of uncertainty is twofold: - First, it is a problem of not knowing the value of an asset (the particle), and second, as in science it is a problem of not knowing the velocity (movement) of the financial product especially in times of crisis. Big banks, investment houses and insurance companies whose assets by far surpass the aggregate GDPs of the entire SSA countries have collapsed. This failure is despite complex regulation, listings in organized markets, rating by credit rating agencies, complex contracts and judiciary, “high quality” accounting and audit standards and the applications of latest managerial, compensation and prediction (including bankruptcy) tools. Hence, the purpose of history, as in credit history and the failure of the banks, is to learn from the past as long as there is strong association between the past, the present and the future. The uncertainty problem associated with Diaspora bonds is indeed complex.

Ratha, Mohapatra and Plaza (2008) in their study of capital inflows from Diasporas, observed that international financial flows to developing economies occur in number of directions. They are through official development assistance (ODA); foreign direct investment (FDI); portfolio of debt and equity; bank lending, and personal and institutional remittances. In terms of the order of importance, they rank the sources of international flows to SSA in the following order: - ODA, private sector short and long term flow, FDI and remittances. Nielsen and Riddle (2007) also examined why Diasporas invest in their homelands. They observed that emotions, sense of duty, social networks, strength of Diaspora organizations and returns are important factors. Leblang (2008) shows that migrant networks are useful conduits of capital flows, and the major assumption is that migrant networks decrease the level of information asymmetry between a borrower and a lender. Anecdotal and statistical evidence show that Ireland, Israel and India have benefited from this source of finance. The World Bank experts also note that India, Lebanon and Sri Lanka have been successful in issuing Diaspora bonds. They note that India has been able to raise considerable funds by offering rates that ranged between 7.2% and 8.9%, and getting its bond rated as BB. The present problem is whether this success can be replicated in SSA countries.

The behavior of the Ethiopian Diaspora, which according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia is estimated at about 2 million if united, has the potential to address not only what economists refer to as the Lucas paradox, a phenomena that is often associated with the non migration of capital to developing nations despite high return opportunities, but also mitigate risk and influence home country policy. Hence, the challenge is for the Diaspora as it is for the issuing and underwriting authorities. According to the March 2008 World Bank estimate, in 2006 the Ethiopian Diaspora contributed 173 million US dollars (1.3% of GDP) while emigrants from neighboring Kenya and the Sudan respectively contributed to the tune of 5.3% and 3.1% of the GDPs.

The World Bank’s statistics however is contradicted by the data that is coming from Ethiopian government sources. The European Union for example relies on data supplied by the NBE, and estimates the financial flow from remittance at about 3.6% of GDP in 2005. Similarly, migration statistics is also unreliable, and the statistics for the Ethiopian Diaspora can be a wild guess. Excluding conflict and drought driven displacement, migration to OECD countries, the Middle East and Southern Africa has been increasing in recent years. In this respect, though a dated statistics, the United States migration office estimated the legally resident population of Ethiopian origin at about 450 thousand; with the emigrants having a median age of far less than 35 years; about 30% of them having at least a Bachelor of Science (BSc) or equivalent degree; and 84% having a school leaving certificate. This statistics significantly understates the true migration picture of Ethiopians to the United States, but provides some pointers.

The comparative statistics for other countries does not indicate that the Ethiopian immigration figure is out of line. In fact an OECD study that was published in 2000 does indicate that SSA countries do not dominate world migration statistics. From SSA region only Nigeria featured as the 27th country out of 28 countries that were covered by the study. Notwithstanding this, for the purposes of this commentary one can conclude that the Ethiopian Diaspora, if benchmarked by the statistics obtained in the United States, however dated and understated it may be, is a skilled and semi skilled population group. In other words, it can be a conduit for the flow of capital, knowledge and skills.

According IOM (International Office for Migration), the Ethiopian government has a "very active" approach to Diaspora affairs. It states that in 2002, the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs inaugurated a General Directorate in Charge of Expatriate Affairs to (1) serve as a liaison between the government and the Diaspora; (2) encourage the active involvement of the Diaspora in socioeconomic activities in Ethiopia; (3) safeguard the rights and privileges of Ethiopians abroad; and (4) mobilize the Diaspora to improve the public image of Ethiopia. Evidence shows that the success of this office is mixed. Critics argue that its work has been largely divisive. The Directorate’s image was further damaged by a leaked document about the task that was given to it in combating the international campaign for the release of the jailed CUD leaders.

The Diaspora was labeled as “extremist” and its prominent members and distinguished academics were put on a “wanted list”. The churches and the mosques are divided along political and ethnic lines. The re-imprisonment of Judge (Miss) Birtukan Mideksa (the leader of the repackaged CUD) and government’s futile media campaign through its “experts” (see for example www.aigaforum.com; www.walta.com) has started to backfire. The horses for the next election (if there is a free and fair one) are being made clear. In short, the Ethiopian Diaspora has a major problem of knowing the correct path of change, and has not been able to effectively influence the government’s political, economic, foreign and social policy.

Accuracy and reliability are two key features of information that are needed for making economic decisions. Most of the information that is reaching the Diaspora contains elements of propaganda. It suffers from representational faithfulness. In finance and accounting representational faithfulness and relevance are key factors for determining fundamental value of a security such as a bond. Property right, investor protection; the rule of law, the credibility of financial statements of the borrower and the underwriter, cash flows and earnings are critical factors in lending decisions. Policy predictability and the integrity of government officials are also important. In short negative news dominates positive news. The death of the CEO of CBE in mysterious circumstances and the extended imprisonment of the bank’s senior executives, the discovery of fake gold in the NBE, the CBE’s recent inability to collect the loan it advanced to MIDROCK’s owner, all adds to the problem of trust.

Another interesting question that the issuer of a bond must answer is why should a resident of for example the United States buy the millennium bond when in fact there are competitive municipal bonds that are also tax exempt in the United States? Why is it that EEPCO’s bond has a 4% interest when Indian bonds are offering 7% or 8%? Can an Ethiopian Diaspora member make use of arbitrage opportunities to benefit from Indian bonds? What is the implication of the transaction for taxation at the source of the capital? Will the bond be sold only at face value or will it have some kind of market value?

The February 1, 2009 edition of the New York Times illustrates the problem of bond valuation at a time of crisis. Writing on troubled banks, the newspaper illustrated the problem that is faced by one financial institution that owns a “toxic” bond. The owner of the bond calculates the value of the debt instrument at 97 cents on the dollar, or a mere 3 percent loss. According to Standard and Poor (S& P), one the major rating agencies, the estimate is that the bond is worth 87 cents, based on the current loan-default rate. The rating agency also stated that the bond could be worth 53 cents under a “bleaker situation”. The bond under discussion also recently traded at 38 cents on the dollar. If there was an active market for Diaspora bonds, what would be the value of EEPCO’s Millennium Bond? Will it do better or worse? In conclusion, the buyers of Diaspora bonds, Ethiopians and non Ethiopians alike, face the problem of the art dealer depicted in Abraham Brilof’s (1981:1) famous book entitled, “More Debits than Credits”.

“An art dealer bought a canvas signed “Picasso” and travelled all the way to Cannes to discover whether it was genuine. Picasso was working in his studio. He cast a single look at the canvas and said, “It’s fake.” A few months later the dealer bought another canvas signed “Picasso”. Again he travelled to Cannes and again Picasso, after another single glance, grunted, “It is fake”. “But cher maitre “expostulated the dealer, “it so happens that I saw you with my own eyes working on this very picture several years ago.” Picasso shrugged [and said]: “I often paint fakes.”

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EU should not tolerate Ethiopia's repression
By Lotte Leicht | February 19, 2009

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On 30 January, European Union policymakers sent a clear signal to Ethiopia: no matter how repressive the government becomes, vast sums of aid will continue to flow. This is emerging as a case study in bad donor policy.

In January Ethiopia's government passed a law that is an attempt to muzzle local activists and prevent them from scrutinising the government's human-rights record. Among other things, the new law labels local activists as “foreign” if they receive significant funding from abroad and makes it illegal for these “foreign” Ethiopians to scrutinise the government's record on human rights, policing, conflict resolution and a range of other issues – even gender equality, children's rights and the rights of handicapped Ethiopians. It also provides the government with bureaucratic tools to shut down groups the government dislikes.

This anti-NGO law is among the worst in the world, comparable to those in Russia and Zimbabwe. When Russia passed its own repressive NGO law the EU responded sharply that the law could “have a serious impact on the legitimate activity of civil-society organisations in Russia”. The EU responded to Zimbabwe's law with an even stronger warning that “if the bill is implemented immediately, the EU's ability to provide assistance to Zimbabwe will be significantly affected.”

Private disquiet, public quiet
But EU policymakers have shown considerably less backbone about Ethiopia. When the Ethiopian law was first circulated, the EU, the United States – in fact nearly all of Ethiopia's key donors – expressed great alarm privately. It stood to reason that Ethiopia's government would take their concerns seriously. After all, Ethiopia is one of the most aid-dependent countries in the world, receiving well over $2 billion in foreign assistance every year. But Ethiopia's leaders passed the law anyway, cynically assuming that donors would quietly accept it. And they were right.

The EU's only reaction was a bland declaration urging the government to implement the law “in an open-minded and constructive spirit.” It is impossible to imagine what this might mean, given that the law's dire intent and consequences are spelled out clearly on its face. The EU did not condemn the law, demand its repeal or even ask that its worst provisions be amended, and on the same day the European Commission announced plans to give Ethiopia €250 million in new assistance.

Public agreement, private complicity
Unfortunately this refusal to speak out against Ethiopia's abuses has become the norm for the EU and Ethiopia's other major donors, even though Ethiopia's human-rights record has steadily deteriorated. Ethiopia's leaders have done a remarkable job of convincing donors that they should be grateful for the opportunity to pour huge sums of assistance into the country. Privately many donor officials express fears that speaking out against government abuses could lead the government to discontinue their programs.

The result has been a dreary list of donor failures to speak out against repression and atrocities in Ethiopia. Ethiopia's military committed war crimes in neighbouring Somalia in 2007 and 2008, shelling whole districts of Mogadishu, and donors said nothing. When prominent opposition supporters and businesspeople were arrested last year on trumped-up charges of terrorism, donors said nothing— the victims still languish in prison without charge today. Even when Ethiopia's government used donor-funded food aid as a weapon of war to fight an insurgency in the country's arid Somali Region, donors said nothing. They failed even to press the government to allow independent inquiries into what was happening to the food.

Of course, donors cannot and should not dictate policy to Ethiopia's government and there is no question that Ethiopia, one of the world's poorest countries, needs support. But this does not mean that donors should ignore the reality that their important material support to that government carries with it a responsibility to insist on respect for Ethiopians' basic human rights. And the EU is legally obliged to do just this. The Cotonou Agreement, signed almost ten years ago, expressly requires the European Commission to condition its aid to Ethiopia and other countries on governmental respect for basic human rights. But the EU, like Ethiopia, is choosing to behave as though the Cotonou Agreement does not exist.

The EU has real leverage to push back against repression in Ethiopia, and it should do so instead of valuing chummy relations with Ethiopia's leaders above all else. Anything less makes donors like the EU member states and the European Commission complicit through their silence in these abuses.

Lotte Leicht is the EU director for Human Rights Watch.

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A reporter for The Black Star News, Henry Gombya reported that Meles canceled the G20 press conefrence which all leaders gave at the end of the summit fearing possible questions regarding his dictatorship and his possible Genocide case.

In his report Henry Gombya said;

Although Meles Zenawi the Ethiopian Prime Minister and also current NEPAD chair was here, he abruptly cancelled a press conference he was about to give. His people gave no reasons for this. But insiders in the press centre said Zenawi was worried about the kind of questions that were going to be put to him concerning human rights violations within Ethiopia and his dealing with his opponents and Ethiopia’s neighbours.

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HENRY GOMBYA Reports for The Black Star News From G20 In LONDON, APRIL 2----The G20 summit of leaders of industrialized and industrializing countries ended late Thursday evening here with a pledge of a $1 trillion dollars thrown in the financial markets to help ease the global economic crisis.

In a communiqué issued at the end of the summit, the leaders pledged to restore confidence and growth in global finances and also pledged to create more jobs.

In what was seen as an attempt to deal with the causes of the current global financial crisis, the G20 leaders agreed to expand the Financial Stability Forum and re-established it with a stronger institutional basis and enhanced capacity as the Financial Stability Board (FSB).

It will therefore assess the vulnerabilities affecting the financial system, identify and oversee action needed to address them. The FSB will from now on "promote co-ordination and information exchange among authorities responsible for financial stability."

"The challenge is clear," U.S. president Barack Obama, said. "The global economy is contracting. Trade is shrinking. Unemployment is rising. The international financial system is nearly frozen."

Addressing the press at the end of the summit, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the G20 had also pledged to fund and reform international financial institutions, act decisively to kick-start international trade, and build an inclusive, green and sustainable recovery.

Brown said: "We will not hesitate as long as people are losing their jobs and their homes to make the difference that we can by improving their prosperity. Today’s actions of course will not immediately solve the crisis. But we have begun the process by which they will be solved."

He added that this was not just a single collection of actions. "It is a collective action – people working together at their best," Brown said.

World leaders who have abused their country’s financial systems by robbing their central banks and banking the proceeds in private numbered Swiss accounts are in for a shock. Germany’s powerful Chancellor, Angela Merkel told journalists, "The days of secret banking are now over."

From now on, banks will be required to let the FSB look into questionable accounts held in a bank. Many dictators especially in developing countries have used the loophole of secret bank account to amass great wealth. Most of the money banked in such a way often end up being lost when those dictators are either killed or dies from natural causes without anyone knowing what they held in numbered Swiss accounts.

South African President Kgalema Motlanthe said he was happy with the outcome of the summit. He was also happy that for the first time, the G20 members invited the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) the summit, he said.

"South Africa was invited on its own merit of being an emerging economy," he said, deflecting a question as to whether he represented the entire African continent. Answering a question put to him by The Black Star News as to whether the US$ 250 billion promised by the G20 to go towards helping Africa deal with the present global financial crisis would not end up buying private planes, palaces and limousines for some of Africa’s corrupt leaders, Motlanthe said this money would not go directly to African leaders but would be used by non-government bodies that would pay for services needed by the people of Africa.

Although Meles Zenawi the Ethiopian Prime Minister and also current NEPAD chair was here, he abruptly cancelled a press conference he was about to give. His people gave no reasons for this. But insiders in the press centre said Zenawi was worried about the kind of questions that were going to be put to him concerning human rights violations within Ethiopia and his dealing with his opponents and Ethiopia’s neighbours.

In terms of who benefitted and who lost through the outcome of this summit, it is clear that while the West was seen as trying its best to clean up its house after the global financial crisis that has claimed many jobs and foreclosures.

The $1 trillion poured into the Western world’s global finances is likely to go a long way in helping stem the crisis. The African continent really wasn’t heard; Motlanthe said he didn’t speak for the continent and Prime Minister Zenawi cowered in the shadows. On the other hand, Germany’s Merkel found time for journalists and spent a good hour explaining why she was here and what they had achieved.

Indeed, it was rather absurd that no representative of the African continent was at hand to put their case to the world media at such a major global setting.

At a press conference at the end of the summit, President Obama added that while the United States was his priority, every one of the world leaders ought to do what it takes to bring to an end the current global financial crisis.

For the British Prime Minister the summit could not have come at a better time. His ratings in polls have of late been falling badly due to accusations that as one who presided over Britain’s economy for a decade during Tony Blair’s premiership, he should have seen this meltdown coming.

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The strange transfer or Forex Shop exists wherever a currency is traded in compensation another. It is on far the largest fiscal call in the life, and includes trading between sturdy banks, essential banks, currency speculators, multinational corporations, governments, and other monetary markets and institutions.Trade in the far-reaching forex market is currently at over US$ 3 trillion daily.

Forex or unfamiliar swop trading is in truth the largest and a fast-rising fiscal industry in selection trading these days. Here is a expeditious introduction to trading in exotic exchange.

What Is Forex Trading?
The Foreign Exchange market (Forex) is actually the largest financial supermarket in the world. It in point of fact makes a volume of exceeding US$3 trillion a hour, and as compared to its counterpart - Untrodden York Stock Exchange (NYSE) which usually at best trades a sum total of 25 billion dollars each broad daylight, this manufacture is so giant that it becomes a fruitful playground in favour of many investors including central banks, monumental banks, multinational companies and unchanging governments.

What is in point of fact traded on the alien exchange is money. It indeed consists of the concurrent buying and selling of currencies, which are traded fully brokers and are traded in pairs.

When you are buying currency, it is like you are investing on the economy of a noteworthy country. For case, if you buy U.S. dollars then it is as if you are buying a allowance of the U.S. economy. Whatever the stock exchange thinks here the current vigour of a sticks's saving would at once be reflected on the worth of its permitted skiff and this is how currencies operate up or down.

Forex Trading For The Masses
To begin with the predominantly concept of trading in the Foreign The board was no greater than intended as a replacement for massive companies and banks, but not against usual citizens. After all, you could exclusively clutch portion in the trade if you procure thither ten to fifty million dollars minimum.

Online Trading
However, with the arise of globalization from one end to the other the Internet, trading is right now offered to retail traders. And these days, all but anyone can straight away occasionally ordain on the curious trade. All you genuinely need to join is some small amount of funds, a computer and a high-speed Internet reference, and you can stamp up repayment for an account with online Forex trading firms.
Gas main Forex Centers
There is no correct solid service for Unrelated Return opposite from its counterpart in Late York. Anyhow, the three predominating centers for this truck are Joint States, United Sphere of influence and Japan. These countries finger majority of Forex transactions and trades goes on for 24 hours everyday.

Today, the Foreign Interchange, as the largest market in the delighted, is fixedly paced and enormous. And it has enhance a very lucrative arena in the service of many traders who may be undergoing had participated in bloodline trading and in other markets. Many fat institutions and despite smaller-based individuals bear gone out to monkey tricks in this market.

Utilize Caution
Although this particular sell gives immense promises, reminisce over that there is quiet too much at stake. It is estimated that around 70 to 90 percent of the Foreign Exchange shop is smooth speculative. And the parties that business currencies may not perpetually accept a blueprint to in truth functional articulation of the said currency, and more are tranquil speculating on movement of money.

If you are interested in investing in this itemized arena, take span to be traditional with the prepared and turn up tell of sure you go by the right educational background. Winning the more mile will all be worth it, and once you take tasted your ascendancy in this arena, you determination be ready to upon on anything in trading.
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