Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Ogaden: Ethiopian Security officials arrests 500 civilians in Ogaden (Report)

Ogaden: Ethiopian Security officials arrests 500 civilians in Ogaden (Report)

16 July 2013

(Ogadentoday Press)- Approximately, 500 civilians are detained in Ogaden Region, eastern Part in Ethiopia, a source confirmed to Ogadentoday Press on Tuesday.

Ethiopian Intelligences officials and Somali Regional state in Ogaden based in Jigjiga took a campaign of wave arrest in July and detained at least 500 civilians in Ogaden towns, Jigjiga, Dhagaxbuur, Wardheer and Godey, said an elder.

Kellafo arrest comes after members of Government officials and police escaped and Joined ONLF.

US Next Ambassador to Ethiopia: Who Is Patricia Haslach?

July 11, 2013 (Allgov) — The next ambassador to the northeast African nation of Ethiopia, which was the only African nation to successfully maintain its independence during the Age of Empire, will be Patricia Haslach. If confirmed by the Senate, Haslach would succeed Donald Booth, who served in Addis Ababa from 2009 to 2012. In her most recent position, Haslach served as principal deputy assistant secretary in the State Department’s newest bureau, the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, starting January 24, 2013.

Born in Rockville Center, New York, in 1956, Haslach moved with her family to Lake Oswego, Oregon in 1971. Her father, Frank Haslach, was an asset and recovery manager for Evans Products and Oregon Bank. She graduated St. Mary’s Academy in 1974, earned her B.A. in Political Science at Gonzaga University in 1978, and her M.A. in International Affairs at Columbia University in 1981.

ሰበር ዜና- የአንድነት አባላት ታግተው " እንደራደር" ተባሉ !!

መንግስታዊ ሽፍታነት በኢትዮጵያ
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ኢህአዴግ መንግስታዊ ሽፍታነቱን ገፍቶበታል፡፡ ዛሬ ጠዋት በደሴ ከተማ የቅስቀሳ ተልዕኳቸውን በመወጣት ላይ ከአዲስ አበባ የተጓዙትን የአንድነት ፓርቲ ብሔራዊ ምክር ቤት ሰብሳቢ አቶ ዘካርያስ የማነብርሃንና የፍኖተ ነፃነት ጋዜጠኛ የሆነውን አቶ ወንደሰን ክንፈን በማገት “እንደራረር” በማለት ላይ ይገኛል፡፡
አግተው እንደራደር የሚሉት ሽፍቶች ናቸው፤ መንግስት አግቶ እንደራደር ሲል ሽፍታነቱን በአደባባይ መረጋገጡ ነው፡፡
አንድነት የፓርቲው ጽ/ቤት እስኪዘጋና አባላቱ እስርቤቶችን እስኪሞሉ ህዝባዊ ንቅናቀው ይቀጥላል፡፡ ፓርቲው ያነሳው ህዝባዊ ጥያቄ በመሆኑ የአንድነት አመራሮችና አባላት መስዋዕት ቢሆኑም ህዝቡ ትግሉን ከዳር እንሚያደርሰው አንጠራጠርም፡፡
ፍኖተ ነጻነት ሰበር በማለት ያሰራጨው ዜና

Ethiopian Refugees Protest in Cairo, Egypt (Video)

– El-Balad

Saturday, July 6, 2013

National Intelligence, Security Service powers extended

By Aderajew Asfaw

Monday, 01 July 2013

The government has announced plans to transform the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) into an autonomous federal government office.

This is expected to strengthen its ability to act on national security issues and ensure it can respond to issues today and in the future.
The National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) was established in 1994/95 as the Security, Immigration and Nationality Affairs Authority. Its name was changed to the NISS in 2006/07.
On Tuesday, the plan to re-establish the NISS was presented to the House of People’s Representatives.
Three reasons were given: To strengthen the NISS to allow it to protect and defend the sovereignty of the country, the constitution and constitutional order; to determine the power, duties and accountability of the NISS to promote peace, development, democracy and good governance; and build a modern and strong NISS, loyal and resilient to the constitution and constitutional order of Ethiopia and conscious of national and international interests
The aim of the NISS is to protect national security by providing quality intelligence and reliable security services. Under the plans presented, it is accountable to the Prime Minister.
The proclamation preventing the establishment of other intelligence and security institutions has given other powers to the NISS.
The agency has a wide permit to lead intelligence and security work both inside and outside Ethiopia, formulate national security and intelligence policies and establish and run intelligence and security training institutions.
Under the new plans, the NISS will also work with foreign intelligence and security organisations to share intelligence and conduct joint operations.
It will also investigate domestic or foreign threats to the constitution and constitutional order, threats to economic growth or governance within Ethiopia and collect intelligence.
It will also lead on national counter-terrorism co-operation and co-ordination and represent the country in international and continental counter-terrorism relations and co-operation.
The service will follow up and investigate terrorism and extremism and collect information.
Its security role includes providing and controlling immigration and nationality services to Ethiopian and foreigners, studying and submitting to the government service charge rates and implement same upon approval; providing the necessary service for refugees based on the Refugee Proclamation and in co-operation with other appropriate organs; leading aviation security activities, providing aviation security services and coordinating other aviation security stake holders in accordance with the Ethiopian Aviation Security Proclamation; providing security protection to the president and prime minister of the country as well as to heads of states and governments of foreign countries in collaboration with other relevant organs.
Girma Seifu, the only opposition MP, said that NISS employees should be separate from the civil service, in the interests of professionalism.
He said they should also have different ID cards to distinguish them from support staff. “Other support staff might use the ID to harass people as they might not have the ethics,” he said.
He cautioned that the new NISS should provide security to society and should not intimidate people.

የብሔራዊ መረጃና ደኅንነት በሚኒስቴር ደረጃ ሊቋቋም ነው

-የደኅንነት ሠራተኞች ኃላፊነታቸውን ሲወጡ ለሚወስዱት ዕርምጃ በሕግ አይጠየቁም

-ማንኛውም ሰው መረጃ መጠየቁንና መስጠቱን በሚስጥር የመያዝ ግዴታ አለበት

ብሔራዊ የመረጃና ደኅንነት አገልግሎት ተቋምን በሚኒስቴር ደረጃ እንደገና የሚያቋቁም ረቂቅ አዋጅ ለፓርላማ ቀረበ፡፡

ብሔራዊ የመረጃና ደኅንነት አገልግሎት በ1987 ዓ.ም. በወጣ አዋጅ የተቋቋመ ሲሆን፣ ከዚህ በኋላ በርካታ አገራዊ፣ አካባቢያዊ፣ አኅጉራዊና ዓለም አቀፋዊ ሁኔታዎች ላይ ለውጦች መታየታቸውና እነዚህ ለውጦች በኢትዮጵያ ደኅንነት ላይ ያላቸውን ፋይዳ ባገናዘበ ሁኔታ በተቋሙ ላይ ለውጥ መፍጠር በማስፈለጉ፣ ማሻሻያው እንዲደረግ መወሰኑን የጠቅላይ ሚኒስቴር ጽሕፈት ቤት አባሪ ያደረገው መግለጫ ያስረዳል፡፡

በዚህም መሠረት የአገር መከላከያን፣ የአገር ደኅንነትንና ሉዓላዊነትን የማስጠበቅ ሥልጣንና ተግባር የፌዴራል መንግሥት እንደመሆኑ መጠን፣ የመረጃና ደኅንነት አገልግሎት በአገር ደረጃ የሚዋቀር ብቸኛ ተቋም ሆኖ ክልሎች መሰል ተቋም ሊኖሯቸው እንደማይችል በማመልከት አዋጁ ተረቋል፡፡

አገልግሎቱ ካለበት ሕገ መንግሥታዊና አገራዊ ኃላፊነት እንዲሁም ካለው ሰፊ ሥልጣንና ተግባር አንፃር በሚኒስቴር ደረጃ እንዲዋቀር በረቂቅ አዋጁ ተካቷል፡፡

ተቋሙ ለሕዝብ ጥቅም አስፈላጊ ነው ብሎ ሲያምን የሒሳብ መዛግብትና ሌሎች የሥራ መረጃዎችን እጅግ ብርቱ ሚስጥር ብሎ በመሰየም ለሌሎች አካላት (የፈዴራል ኦዲተርንም ቢሆን) ሊከለክል እንደሚችል በረቂቁ ላይ ተካቷል፡፡

ይህ ሥልጣን ቢኖረውም በውስጥ ኦዲተርና ለጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ በሚቀርብ ሪፖርት መነሻነት ክትትልና ቁጥጥር ስለሚደረግበት፣ የተጠያቂነት ሥርዓቱ ላይ ጥያቄ የማያጭር መሆኑን የጠቅላይ ሚኒስቴር ጽሕፈት ቤት አባሪ መግለጫ ያስረዳል፡፡

በመሆኑም ተቋሙ ከውጭ አገር የሚያስገባቸውን የመረጃ ደኅንነት መሣሪያዎች ወይም ዕቃዎች ለጉምሩክ ሳይገለጹ እንዲገቡ ማድረግ ሲችል፣ ወደ ውጭ የሚላኩ ተመሳሳይ መሣሪያዎች ሚስጥራዊ ባህሪያቸው እንደተጠበቀ እንዲንቀሳቀሱ አዋጁ ይፈቅዳል፡፡

የተቋሙ የደኅንነት ሠራተኞች ማንነትና የሀብት መጠን ሚስጥራዊ በሆነ ሁኔታ እንዲጠበቅ የማድረግ ኃላፊነትም በረቂቁ ተካቷል፡፡ በተጨማሪም ተቋሙ ከአገር ውስጥ የሕግ አስከባሪ አካላት ጋር በፀጥታ ዙሪያ በቅንጅት እንዲሠራ ትብብሩና መደጋገፉ በአጋር አካላት በጐ ፈቃደኝነት ላይ የተሠረተ ሳይሆን፣ ግዴታን የጣለ ረቂቅ አንቀጽ ተካቷል፡፡

የአቪዬሽን ደኅንነትን በበላይነት የመምራት፣ ብሔራዊ የመታወቂያ ካርድ የመስጠት ሥራን በበላይነት የመምራት፣ እንዲሁም ለግል ጥበቃ ድርጅቶችና ሠራተኞች የማረጋገጫ ሠርተፊኬት የመስጠት ኃላፊነቶች ተሰጥተውታል፡፡

የተቋሙ የደኅንነት ሠራተኛ ኃላፊነቱን በአግባቡ በሚወጣበት ወቅት በነበሩ አስገዳጅ ሁኔታዎች ለሚወስደው ዕርምጃ በወንጀልም ሆነ በፍትሐ ብሔር ወንጀል እንደማይጠየቅ ረቂቁ ያስረዳል፡፡

የደኅንነት ሠራተኞች በሥራ ላይም ሆነ ከተሰናበቱ በኋላ በሥራ አጋጣሚ የሚያውቋቸውን ሚስጥሮች የመጠበቅ ግዴታ የተጣለባቸው ሲሆን፣ ማንኛውም ሰው በተቋሙ መረጃ ተጠይቆና ሰጥቶ ስለመሆኑ በቸልተኝነት እንኳን ለሌሎች ቢያሳውቅ በወንጀል እንደሚጠየቅ ረቂቅ አዋጁ ይገልጻል፡፡

በተጨማሪም የተቋሙ ሠራተኛ ያልሆነ ግለሰብ በተቋሙ፣ በኃላፊው ወይም በደኅንነት ሠራተኞች ስም በቃል ወይም በድርጊት ለማታለልና ለማስመሰል የሞከረና የተቋሙን ተግባር ያወከ ግለሰብ፣ በወንጀል ሕግ ድንጋጌዎች እንደሚቀጣ በረቂቁ ተካቷል፡፡ ረቂቁ ለዝርዝር ዕይታ ለሕግና ፍትሕ አስተዳደር ጉዳዮች ቋሚ ኮሚቴ በዋናነት ተመርቷል፡፡

የግል ኢንቨስትመንት እየቀጨጨ፣ የመንግስት እየጎላ መጥቷል ተባለ

Written by አለማየሁ አንበሴ

ለኢኮኖሚው ግንባታ አሉታዊ አስተዋፅኦ እንዳለው ተገልጿል

በተከታታይ ከፍተኛ እድገት እያስመዘገበ ነው በተባለው የኢትዮጵያ ኢኮኖሚ ውስጥ ከፍተኛውን ድርሻ የሚወስደው ከግል ባለሃብቱ ኢንቨስትመንት ይልቅ የመንግስት ኢንቨስትመንት መሆኑን አንድ ጥናት ሰሞኑን ጠቆመ፡፡

ቀደም ሲል የአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ መምህር እና በንግድ ሚኒስቴር የአለም ንግድ ድርጅት (WTO) ዋና አማካሪ የሆኑት አቶ ማሞ ምህረቱ ሰሞኑን በሂልተን ሆቴል “The investment Climate in Ethiopia; some reflections” በሚል ርዕስ ለምጣኔ ሃብት ባለሙያዎችና ለባለድርሻ አካላት ባቀረቡት ጥናት፤ እየተመዘገበ ባለው እድገት ውስጥ የግል ኢንቨስትመንቱ ሚና እየተዳከመ፣ በአንፃሩ የመንግስት ኢንቨስትመንት ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ ከፍተኛ ድርሻ እየያዘ መምጣቱን አስረድተዋል፡፡ እንደጥናት አቅራቢው፣ በ2011/12 ዓ.ም የአለም ባንክ ባወጣው ሪፖርት፣ የኢትዮጵያ ኢኮኖሚ በ8.5 በመቶ ማደጉን ያመለከተ ሲሆን በዚህ እድገት የመንግስት ኢንቨስትመንት 63 በመቶ ድርሻ ይዟል ተብሏል፡፡ የዓለም ባንክን ሪፖርት በመጥቀስ፣ ይህ አሃዝ ከሌሎች ሃገራት ጋር ሲነፃፀርም አገሪቱን ከአለም አገራት በመንግስት ኢንቨስትመንት ድርሻ በ3ኛ ደረጃ ያስቀምጣታል ብለዋል - ጥናት አቅራቢው፡፡

Jul 01, 2013

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NASA announced today that its Curiosity Rover has found an unambiguous message from God written on tablets in a Martian cave.

According to an official press release two giant stone slabs the size of small elephants were located deep inside a cavern abutting Aeolis Mons, a large mountain.

Upon one tablet is a copy of the Ten Commandments and the text of John 3:16 written in 12 languages - including English, Spanish, Chinese, Basque and Hebrew. On the other tablet is a simple message in English reading "I am real."

The Oromo issue on Al Jazeera

Yilma Bekele | July 4th, 2013

The Oromo issue on Al Jazeera. By Yilma Bekele
There was a half hour discussion on the Oromo issue in Ethiopia on Al Jazeera Television Network. It was one of those situations where you go ‘what just happened’ after an experience that leaves you confused and dumbfounded when it is over. As an Ethiopian I am familiar with the issue and as someone who was born and raised in Sidama I certainly have enough real experience to have a handle on the matter. Furthermore as an Ethiopian that has been exposed to the opinions presented by the OLF and other Oromo groups I thought this program will give me further insight to the grievances by the party’s concerned.