EPRDF regime's self image of ethnically Balkanized Ethiopia, established by late Dictator Melese Zenawie. Freedom of Press is Dead in ethnocracy based irridentism. Fertile land is grabbed by foreign speculators, over 5 million are starving. 500'000 kids are on the streets. Millions are displaced by force. The regime is arming proxy warriors. Dams are built wantonly risking the existence of millions of indigenous people. Eritreans Moles are Ruling even after seceding in 1991.
Monday, November 2, 2015
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Ethiopia arrests ISIS-linked cell ?
Ahmed Shiwesh Ethiopian authorities have arrested a group of suspects belonging to the radical group of Islamic State (ISIS), who apparently sought to declare an ISIS-linked province in Ethiopia, an official told reporters on Wednesday.
This is the first time Ethiopians disclose the existence of ISIS extremists in their country.
“Our security forces were able to arrest a group of 20 ISIS suspects, trying to establish an Islamic autonomy in Ethiopia,” Ethiopian Prosecutor Tedros Bahro said on Wednesday.
“The hardline group was trying to carry out terrorist attacks to destabilize our country’s security,” he added.
Bahro expressed concerns, saying the militants were active in some areas of Oromiya, Jima, Laqqa, Chourabi, Khamisi, the Somalia region and the Ethiopian Jiqjiqa area.
“ISIS-linked sleeper cells are active in the territory of southern Ethiopia,” he said.
According to the prosecutor, the extremist group leads its members from its headquarters in kolfi Qranyo area in the capital Addis Ababa, and that they were “plundering the citizens’ money” in the Jima district of Oromiya region.
Source: ARA News
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Dessalegne Hailemariam elected as Ethiopian Premier Amharic Evening News, October 5, 2015
Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was re-elected as prime minister Monday for a second term in widely expected result with the ruling coalition holding all seats in parliament.
The 50-year-old Hailemariam has overseen a smooth transition in the vast Horn of Africa nation since he took over in 2012 on the death of strongman Meles Zenawi.
Hailemariam was unanimously elected by the House of People's Representatives, the lower house of parliament, by all 547-members of the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), who won all the seats in parliament in elections in May.
"We successfully completed the implementation of the growth and transformation plan... we will continue to deliver the sustainable, rapid, double-digit economic growth, which was registered in recent years," President Mulatu Teshome said, promising economic growth of "about 11 percent" for the next five years.
Hailemariam himself did not speak, but is expected to make a speech in coming days when he names a new government.
Ethiopia, whose 1984 famine triggered a major global fundraising effort, has experienced near-double-digit economic growth and huge infrastructure investment -- making the country one of Africa's top-performing economies and a magnet for foreign investment.
It also remains a favourite of key international donors, despite concerns over human rights, as a bastion of stability in an otherwise troubled region.
Hailemariam -- in Ethiopian tradition, known by his first name, meaning "the power of Saint Mary" -- is a Protestant, the first to lead Ethiopia, where the majority of Christians follow Orthodox traditions.
In a country long dominated by its major ethnic groups -- most recently the Tigray, the ethnic group to which Meles belonged -- Hailemariam notably comes from the minority Wolayta people in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region.
Dessalegne Hailemariam elected as Ethiopian Premier Amharic Evening News, October 5, 2015
Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was re-elected as prime minister Monday for a second term in widely expected result with the ruling coalition holding all seats in parliament.
The 50-year-old Hailemariam has overseen a smooth transition in the vast Horn of Africa nation since he took over in 2012 on the death of strongman Meles Zenawi.
Hailemariam was unanimously elected by the House of People's Representatives, the lower house of parliament, by all 547-members of the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), who won all the seats in parliament in elections in May.
"We successfully completed the implementation of the growth and transformation plan... we will continue to deliver the sustainable, rapid, double-digit economic growth, which was registered in recent years," President Mulatu Teshome said, promising economic growth of "about 11 percent" for the next five years.
Hailemariam himself did not speak, but is expected to make a speech in coming days when he names a new government.
Ethiopia, whose 1984 famine triggered a major global fundraising effort, has experienced near-double-digit economic growth and huge infrastructure investment -- making the country one of Africa's top-performing economies and a magnet for foreign investment.
It also remains a favourite of key international donors, despite concerns over human rights, as a bastion of stability in an otherwise troubled region.
Hailemariam -- in Ethiopian tradition, known by his first name, meaning "the power of Saint Mary" -- is a Protestant, the first to lead Ethiopia, where the majority of Christians follow Orthodox traditions.
In a country long dominated by its major ethnic groups -- most recently the Tigray, the ethnic group to which Meles belonged -- Hailemariam notably comes from the minority Wolayta people in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region.
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