Breaking News: South Sudan To Support Ethiopian Rebels, Insider!

Oct 4, 2014/East African Time

(Nyamilepedia) — An insider, from within the inner circle of South Sudan security organ, alleged that he, in a team supervised by Akol Koor, the Director of Internal Security Bureau, met Gen. Thokwaath Pal, the leader of the rebel group, Ethiopian Unity Patriotic Front (EUPF) in mid September 2014.

South Sudan to support Ethiopian rebels, an Insider alleged(Photo: image by latestnewslink.com)

The insider alleged that the main objective of the meeting was to seal a new deal that would strengthen the Ethiopian rebels groups to destabilize the SPLA rebels’ main military training centers in Maiwut and Pagak at the eastern corridor of South Sudan – Ethiopia border.

According to the insider, Gen.Thokwaath has been tasked to establish links with other rebel groups within Ethiopia to form a coalition that will fight for a regime change and destabilize South Sudan Peace Process in Bahir Dar.

Ethiopia blames Eritrea for disturbance at embassy in US

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle

October 4, 2014, ADDIS ABABA (Sudan Tribune) – The Ethiopian government has pointed its finger at arch enemy Eritrea and Ethiopian opposition groups over a disturbance that took place at the Ethiopian embassy in Washington.

Ethiopia’s ambassador to the US, Girma Biru, said around 15 people had been involved in the incident, which occurred at the embassy on Monday.

Government using taxpayer’s money to train Ethiopia’s security forces while … – Cyber Ethiopia

Cyber Ethiopia
The Government is using taxpayers’ money to train security forces in Ethiopia who are currently holding a British father of three on death row, The Independent has learnt. Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, from London, was seized at an airport in Yemen on 23 …

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Ethiopia: Fake medical doctor arrested in Bedele

A man by the name Andualem Gebre who is from Hawassa traveled to Bedele Town and Told a hospital that he was assigned to work by the Oromya Health Bureau. The Fake medical doctor was dressed to look like a professional health officer, when suddenly searched by a police he was holding a bag of trash.
The Local police office wrote a letter to the bureau to confirm about the profession and arrested him and was jailed for one and half year.

Fana Report

Godina Lixa Shaggar keessatti goototni barattootni Oromoo manneen barnootaa sadarkaa 2ffaa fi qopha’inaa Amboo walga’ii afaan fajjeessa mootummaa abbaa irree Wayyaanee irratti iyyannoo gaaffii mirga abbaa biyyummaa qabxii 11 qabate galfachuun diddaa guddaan walga’ii Wayyaanee dura dhaabbatan.‏

Onkoloolessa 03,2014 Amboo

Godina Lixa Shaggar keessatti goototni barattootni Oromoo manneen barnootaa sadarkaa 2ffaa fi Qopha’inaa Amboo walga’ii afaan fajjeessa mootummaa abbaa irree Wayyaanee irratti iyyannoo gaaffii mirga abbaa biyyummaa qabxii 11 qabate galfachuun diddaa guddaan walga’ii wayyaanee dura dhaabbatan.

 Mootummaan Wayyaanee waan qabee gadhiisu dhabuun maqaa Walga’ii jedhuun Dhiphachaa jiru, yeroo amma kana barattoota Oromoo manneen barnoota sadarkaa 2ffaa fi Qopha’inaa keessatti  humna poolisiitti fayyadamuun walitti qabuun dirqamaan walga’ii dirqamaa teesisaa utuu jiru barattootni oromoo manneen barnootaa Amboo fi naannoo isheetti argaman kanneen akka:

Oromo Scholars Raise Critical Question on Ownership of Nile Waters

By Bosona T, (A note from an international conference) | October 2, 2014

“Who Owns the Waters of the Nile?” – Oromo scholars raise critical questions regarding the waters of the Nile on Nordic African Days 2014 held in Uppsala, Sweden

Two Oromo scholars, Professor Mekuria Bulcha¹ and Dr. Techane Bosona^2, have participated in the Nordic African Days 2014 Conference held on 26-27 September in Uppsala (Sweden), and have discussed both the open and hidden conflicts over the waters of the Nile. Their paper titled “Who Owns the Waters of the Nile? Reflections on the Conflict between Ethiopia and Egypt over the Ethiopian Grand Dam” was presented on the Panel – The Horn of Africa in Quest for Harmonious Coexistence of State and Society. In their joint paper, the two Oromo scholars raise both interstate and intrastate (hidden) conflicts over the waters of the Nile. They argue that although the threat of the Abyssinian kings to stop the flow of the Blue Nile to Egypt was mere bluff in the past, today it is becoming real through the construction of the Ethiopian Grand Dam. The Ethiopian authorities say that they have sovereign rights over the waters that originate in their territory and will build the dam as planned.

South Sudan government demanded the removal of Seyoum Mesfin

South Sudan Government : Seyoum Mesfin undesirable to us, we request a new envoy

Juba ( Agencies + DIPLOMAT.SO) – The South Sudan government demanded the removal of Ethiopian chief mediator Seyoum Mesfin after accusing him of pursuing “regime change” at the behest of the Troika members of the US, UK and Norway.

Government spokesman Micheal Makuei Lueth told BBC’s Focus on Africa program on Tuesday that the former Ethiopian foreign minister was so weak and for “being influenced that easily by others” naming the Troika members.

He further accused the Troika member states of trying to force “regime change” and being “responsible for the beginning of the crisis” in South Sudan.

97.8% Ethiopian people do not have Internet access

More than 60% of the world’s population still isn’t plugged in to the Internet, and the rate of adoption is slowing, new data show.

The entire the country of Myanmar is basically disconnected from what’s happening online, according to the Washington Post, citing data from a McKinsey & Co. study and the World Bank. Ethiopia, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Bangladesh are the other countries whose percentage of offline population exceeds 90%. India, the second-most-populous country in the world, still has 1.06 billion people offline, or about 85% of the population.

Two female Oromo refugees died and about ten others wounded due to brutal actions of human smugglers

By Boruu Barraaqaa

October 2, 2014 (Cairo, Egypt) — On September 10, 2014, about ten Oromo refugees were terribly loaded on a Toyota pickup to flee Khartoum, a city where the Ethiopian government thugs abduct any body they want at any time. When they started their journey from Khartoum, the refugees had a dream to reach Cairo safely, at least to get some security relief and enjoy a better life. Unfortunately, what happened to them in the middle of the Sahara desert on September 14, 2014, turned their dream untrue.

According to the information obtained from the survivors, the human smugglers who were illegally transporting these poor Oromo refugees were turned extremely violent for unidentified reason, just after crossing the Sudanese-Egyptian border. They tried to rape the female refugees, but the male refugees who were on the same vehicle opposed this attempt and combated the transporters, showing a relentless bravery.

Video explores land grabs, development in Ethiopia

Triangle between corporations, government and farmers. LAND GRABBING OR LAND TO INVESTORS ?

By Alfredo Bini

October 2, 2014 (Farmlandgrab) — In Ethiopia, more than six million people survive because of UN food aid, while agricultural products cultivated on land leased to foreign investors are exported. A paradox. These land use decisions are made far from the land itself, and far from the people whose lives are rooted in it.

The video below explores the phenomenon of land grabs through the eyes of foreign investors, governments and the people on the land. Images from this video also appeared at the Photoville Festival in Brooklyn, NY. There Grassroots International and allies participated in a panel discussion “Land Grabbing: Raising Awareness with Multimedia” on September 21, 2014.
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