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Africa AIDS Conference Opens in Ethiopia

An international conference on AIDS in Africa opens in Addis Ababa with an address by former U.S. president George W. Bush. He is being honored for his role in creating PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief, the largest ever health initiative dedicated to fighting a disease.Former president Bush received a hero’s welcome Sunday during a brief stopover in Ethiopia. Amnesty International may be calling for his arrest, but in Ethiopia and many other AIDS afflicted developing countries, Mr. Bush is remembered for PEPFAR, which has pumped $39 billion into bilateral programs to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.Bush, his wife Laura Bush and daughters Jenna and Barbara visited St Paul’s Hospital and Medical College in Addis Ababa, where mothers living with HIV told how PEPFAR-funded programs had helped them deliver healthy babies.The famous human rights organization Amnesty International has asked the government of Ethiopia to arrest the former US President George W Bush for torturing prisoners in Guantanamo Bay after the Iraq War begun.

ዛሬ በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ የሚጀመረው 16ኛው ዓለም አቀፍ የኤችአይቪ/ኤድስና የአባላዘር በሽታዎች(አይካሳ) ጉባዔን አስታክኮ፣ መሰንበቻውን የግብረሰዶማውያን ቡድን እያካሄደ ያለውን እንቅስቃሴ ከተለያዩ ወገኖች ተቃውሞ ሲቀርብበት ነበር፡፡በተለይ የሃይማኖት መሪዎች ለትናንት በጁፒተር ኢንተርናሽናል ሆቴል ለማካሄድ ቀጠሮ ተይዞለት ስለነበረው ስብሰባ ምንነትና ይዘት የሚያሳይና የሚኮንን መግለጫ ሊሰጡ ካሉ በኋላ መሰረዙን በሪፖርተር ባለፈው ረቡዕ ማውጣታችን ይታወሳል፡፡ ግብረሰዶማውያኑ ስብሰባቸውን በተባበሩት መንግሥታት ስብሰባ ማዕከል ማካሄዳቸውም እየተነገረ ነው፡፡ትናንት ማለዳ ላይ በስብሰባ ማዕከሉ የግብረሰዶማውያኑ ስብሰባ እንደሚካሄድ ሰምተው ለተቃውሞ የወጡ ጥቂት ሰዎች በፖሊስ ተበትነዋል፡፡ ፖሊስ ለተቃውሞ የወጡትን የበተነው በሕጋዊ መንገድ የወጡ አይደሉም በማለት ነው፡፡ ድርጊቱን በምስል ለማስቀረት በስፍራው የተገኘው የሪፖርተር ፎቶ ጋዜጠኛም በፖሊስ ቁጥጥር ሥር ውሎ ያነሣቸው ምስሎች ቅጂዎችም ተወስደዋል፡፡

Addis Ababa, November 25 (WIC) – The third criminal bench of the Federal High Court ordered the amendment of two of the six terror charges instituted by federal prosecutors against Andualem Arage and 23 other defendants.The order came after defense lawyers of the eight defendants in custody raised a total of eight objections during a preliminary hearing on Wednesday.Accepting two of the objections, the court ordered the first and fourth charges relating to terrorism and high treason, respectively to be amended. Regarding the first charge, the court said the criminal provision cited and the description of the crime in the charge does not ‘fully correspond.’The fourth charge, which accuses the defendants of collaborating with the Eritrean government, fails to mention time and place of commission of the act, ruled the court ordering federal prosecutors to amend both charges.The court rejected the remaining objections stating that the right of the defendants to defend the charges against them ‘will not be hampered’.In their preliminary objections, defense lawyers had requested for the disjoinder [separation] of defendants. They wanted the eight defendants in custody including politicians Andualem Arage and Natnael Mekonnen, and journalist Eskinder Nega to be tried separately from official members of the outlawed Ginbot 7 such as Birhanu Nega (PhD) and Andargachew Tsige.The court rejected the appeal stating that all defendants are accused as participants in the alleged transgression of the anti-terrorism and criminal laws of the country. “The criminal procedure code under Article 117 clearly allows such joinder of defendants,” the judge held rejecting the primary objection of the defense lawyers.

The case is now adjourned to November 30, 2011 where the defendants are expected to enter a plea on the amended charge.

Bahrain’s government has shown its commitment, intent and motive to help small and medium enterprises and steps are being taken to this end.However, a lot remains to be done. Manpower agencies, which were absorbing several jobs, are one of the most forgotten businesses.During their heyday, most were located in the Kuwaiti building, Gudaibiya, providing companies and residences with staff at various levels. Now, due to a restriction on bringing in workers from some countries, they are closing, and with that losing jobs, leaving many unemployed.More than 80pc business was obtained from Ethiopian workers, which has stopped for more than two years. Many people have asked the reason for banning this group of workers, while they are employed comfortably in other GCC countries, but nobody has come forward to explain the reason.Businesses are closing, people are losing jobs, customers can’t afford to pay hefty fees to bring in other nationalities, so what is going on? Will MPs come up with a solution to ease the burden of businesses and help middle-class Bahrainis hire Ethiopian workers at reasonable fees? We are waiting. Duri Mohammed

ከኤርትራ መንግሥት፣ ከኦጋዴን ብሔራዊ ነፃነት ግንባር (ኦብነግ) እና ከኦሮሞ ነፃነት ግንባር (ኦነግ) ጋር ጥምረት በመፍጠር፣ የግንቦት 7 ድርጅት አመራርና አባል በመሆን፣ ሕገ መንግሥቱንና ሕገ መንግሥታዊ ሥርዓቱን በኃይል ለማፈራረስ ሲንቀሳቀሱ ተገኝተዋል በሚል 17 ገጽ ክስ የቀረበባቸውና በሽብር ወንጀል የተጠረጠሩ 24 ተከሳሾች ክስ በትናንትናው ዕለት ሳይሰማ ቀረ፡፡ ክሱ ያልተሰማው ሀብትና ንብረት እንደሌላቸው ቃለ መሀላ በመፈጸም መንግሥት ተከላካይ ጠበቃ እንዲያቆምላቸው የጠየቁት ተከሳሾች፣ ዮሐንስ ተረፈ፣ የሽዋስ ይሁንዓለም፣ ምትኩ ዳምጤና አንዱዓለም አያሌው፣ ተከላካይ ጠበቃቸው መጥቶ እንዳላነጋገራቸው በመግለጻቸውና ተከሳሽ ክንፈ ሚካኤል ደበበ ጠበቃ ለማቆም ጊዜ ይሰጠኝ በማለቱ ነው፡፡በማረሚያ ቤት ሆነው ክሳቸውን በመከታተል ላይ ካሉት ስምንት ተከሳሾች መካከል፣ ክንፈ ሚካኤል ደበበን ‹‹አቅምህ ካልቻለ መንግሥት ጠበቃ እንዲያቆምልህ ስትጠየቅ አልፈልግም ብለሀል፡፡ በራስህ አላቆምክም፤ ለምን?›› የሚል ጥያቄ ፍርድ ቤቱ ሲያቀርብለት፣ ‹‹ለሁለት ወራት ታስሬ ስቆይ አንድም ቀን ቤተሰቦቼን አግኝቼአቸው አላውቅም፡፡ ቤተሰቦቼን ያገኘኋቸው ማረሚያ ቤት ከተዛወርኩ በኋላ ባለፈው ቅዳሜ [ኅዳር 2 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም.] ነው፡፡ ጊዜው አጭር በመሆኑ ተመካክሬ ጠበቃ ለማቆም አልቻልኩም፡፡ የሰባት ቀን ጊዜ ቢሰጠኝ በግሌ ማቆም እችላለሁ፡፡ መንግሥት ራሱ ከሶኝ፣ ራሱ ጠበቃ አቁሞ ይከራከርልኛል የሚል እምነት የለኝም፡፡ አልፈልግምም፤›› ብሏል፡፡

Washington (CNN) — As expected, the Supreme Court has agreed to decide the constitutionality of the sweeping health care reform law championed by President Barack Obama.The justices made their announcement in a brief order issued Monday.Oral arguments are likely to be held in late February or March, with a ruling by June, assuring the blockbuster issue will become a hot-button political debate in a presidential election year.The high court agreed to hear two major questions: whether the law’s key provision is unconstitutional, and if so, whether the entire law, with its 450 sections, must be scrapped.

የመሬት አሰጣጥ ሥርዓት፣ ሕግ፣ ደንብና መመርያ በመተላለፍ በክልሉ ላይ ከፍተኛ ጉዳት አድርሰዋል በሚል ክስ ተመሥርቶባቸው የነበሩት ከ50 በላይ የሚሆኑ በኦሮሚያ ክልል የሚገኙ ባለሥልጣናት በትናንትናው ዕለት ጥፋተኛ ተባሉ፡፡ የሰበታ ከተማ ከንቲባንና መሬትን ሸንሽነው የሚያስረክቡ መሀንዲሶች፣ ደላሎችና በተለያዩ ኃላፊነቶች ላይ የሚገኙ ተከሳሾችን ጉዳይ ሲመረምር የቆየው የኦሮሚያ ልዩ ዞን ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት፣ በትናንትናው ዕለት ጥፋተኛ ያላቸውን ተከሳሾች በ20 የክስ መዝገቦች ክስ አቅርቦባቸዋል፡፡

በቅርቡ ከሽብርተኝነት ጋር በተያያዘ የታሰሩ ሰዎችን በተመለከተ

ነገሩ በፍርድ ቤት እየታየ ነው፡፡ በፍርድ ቤት እየታየ ያለን ጉዳይ የሚዘግቡ ጋዜጦች ክሱ ምን እንደሆነ ሳያዩ፣ ማስረጃዎችን ሳይመለከቱ ተጠርጣሪዎቹ ነፃ ናቸው የሚሉት የፍርድ ሒደቱ በፍጥነት ባለመከናወኑ ሳይሆን፣ የጋዜጠኝነት ሀሁ የማይገባቸው ወይም እንዲገባቸው የማይፈልጉ ጋጠ ወጦች በመሆናቸው ነው፡፡ የጋዜጠኛ የመጀመሪያ ሥነ ምግባር የሁለቱን አስተያየት መስማት ነው፡፡ ነገሮችን በጥሞና ማጥናት ነው፡፡ ማስረጃዎችን መፈተሽ ነው፡፡ ይህን ሳያደርጉ ዘሎ አለመጻፍ አለመናገር ነው፡፡ የጋዜጠኝነት ሥነ ምግባር የሚጠይቀው ይኼን ነው፡፡ ይኼን ሥነ ምግባር አልፈው የሚንጣጡ ጋዜጠኞች ካሉ ችግሩ የራሳቸው እንጂ ለፍርድ ቤት በማቅረብ ላይ መዘግየት ስለታየ አይደለም፡፡ በአሁኑ ሰዓት በአገራችን የሚካሄደው የሽብር እንቅስቃሴ ሦስት ዋና ዋና ተዋናዮች አሉት፡፡ አንደኛውና ዋናው የኤርትራ መንግሥት ነው፡፡ የእዚህን ቡድን አቋም ሕዝቡ ያውቀዋል፡፡ ሻዕቢያ የአቋም ለውጥ አላሳየም፡፡ አካባቢውን የማተራመስ ስትራቴጂ ይዞ ነው እየሠራ ያለው፡፡ ሁለተኞቹ ሻዕቢያ በቀጥታ የሚያሰማራቸው ነጭ ለባሾች ናቸው፡፡ እነዚህ አልሻባብን ይመለከታሉ፡፡ ኦነግን፣ ኦብነግንና ግንቦት 7 ብሎ የሰየመውን ቡድን ይመለከታሉ፡፡ እነዚህ ቡድኖች በዚህ ፓርላማ አሸባሪ ተብለው ተፈርጀዋል፡፡ ዋና ቢሮአቸውም አስመራ ነው፡፡ የሚንቀሳቀሱትም አስመራ በተቀየሰው ስትራቴጂ መሠረት ነው፡፡ እነዚህ በጣም የታወቁ ተዋንያን ናቸው፡፡ ቀሪዎቹ ደግሞ በሰላማዊ መንገድ እንሠራለን ብለው ያወጁ ናቸው፡፡ አንዳንድ የመድረክ መሪዎች ከእነዚህ የሻዕቢያ ነጭ ለባሾች ጋር በመተባበር በሕጋዊ ፓርቲ ሽፋን የነኦብነግ፣ የነኦነግና የግንቦት 7 አስፈጻሚ ሆነው እየሠሩ ነው፡፡ አሁን የታሰሩ ሰዎች አሉ፡፡ እነዚህ የታሠሩት ሰዎች የአሸባሪ ድርጅት አባላት መሆናቸውን የሚያሳይ አሳማኝ ማስረጃ አለን፡፡ ማን የማን ድርጅት አባል መሆኑን እያወቅን ያላሰርናቸው ሰዎች አሉ፡፡ እነዚህን ግለሰቦች ያላሰርንበት ምክንያቱ ሁለት ነው፡፡ የመጀመሪያው ሰዶ ማሳደድ አያስፈልግም በሚል ነው፡፡ በፍርድ ቤት ተቀባይነት ያለው ማስረጃ ስላላገኘንባቸው ዝም ያልናቸው አሉ፡፡ እስካሁን ለታሰሩት ግን የአሸባሪ አባል ስለመሆናቸው አሳማኝ ማስረጃ አለን፡፡

BBC:The death of Muammar Gaddafi has removed a big problem for this country’s transition rulers. It has also imbued the new Libya with original sin it may regret.The leaders of the National Transitional Council (NTC) during the months of the fight against the colonel often spoke about building a country based on rights, not revenge.But the iconic image of their moment of national liberation is of Col Gaddafi, a man who spilled oceans of other peoples’ blood, not accounting for his crimes in a court, but being set upon by fighters who killed him.One man here in Tripoli told me he thought Col Gaddafi should have been spared to make him face justice.   But if the new Libya is going to be a country of rights, then it has some questions to answer.The most pressing are about what appears to have been the summary executions of Col Gaddafi and his son Mutassim.But black Africans have also been rounded up as alleged mercenaries, on little or no evidence, without being given access to a lawyer.I saw several dozen of them today being driven through Tripoli, hands bound, blindfolded with cloths of Gaddafi green, in the back of trucks with welded-on anti-aircraft cannon and heavy machine guns