ETHIOPIA: Aid and Ethics Clash

March 13, 2014 (Tesfa News) — Ethiopia is among the most foreign aid dependent country. Topping the worldwide list of countries receiving aid from the US, UK, and the World Bank, the nation has been receiving $3.5 billion on average from international donors in recent years, which represents 50 to 60 percent of its national budget. – Oakland Institute

By Africa Confidential,

Britain and the US are accused of complicity in human rights abuses, highlighting difficult choices about democracy and development.

Two of Ethiopia’s leading foreign donors are again accused of complicity in human rights abuses. It highlights the debate on whether development should come before democracy.

The most recent claims accuse donors not only of doing business with an authoritarian regime but of intentionally covering up its abuses.

The accusations relate to a joint field investigation by Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Lower Omo in January 2012.

The agencies set up the investigation in response to allegations that human rights were being violated during the resettlement of around 260,000 people as part of a controversial plan to transform more than 3,756 square kilometres of the area into a vast plantation.

The government has also come under fire for possibly affecting the livelihood of the Omo people through building the Gibe III dam.

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Stop Sending Aid to Dictators

Trapped by helicopter parents and desperate to carve out a space of their own, teens need a place to make mistakes

Bicycles, roller skates and skateboards are dangerous. I still have scars on my knees from my childhood run-ins with various wheeled contraptions. Jungle gyms are also dangerous; I broke my left arm falling off one. And don’t get me started on walking. Admittedly, I was a klutzy kid, but I’m glad I didn’t spend my childhood trapped in a padded room to protect me from every bump and bruise.

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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” But parents can’t handle it when teenagers put this philosophy into practice. And now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-craving kids.

Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to gossip, flirt and socialize with their peers. What they do online often mirrors what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren’t so heavily constrained in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smartphone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to explore their identity and the world around them. Instead of sneaking out (should we discuss the risks of climbing out of windows?), they jump online.

As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the potential dangers that youth might face–from violent strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.

Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the potential risks of interacting with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These tactics don’t help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations, assess risks and get help when they’re in trouble. Banning cell phones won’t stop a teen who’s in love cope with the messy dynamics of sexting. “Protecting” kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it undermines the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.

The key to helping youth navigate contemporary digital life isn’t more restrictions. It’s freedom–plus communication. Famed urban theorist Jane Jacobs used to argue that the safest neighborhoods were those where communities collectively took interest in and paid attention to what happened on the streets. Safety didn’t come from surveillance cameras or keeping everyone indoors but from a collective willingness to watch out for one another and be present as people struggled. The same is true online.

What makes the digital street safe is when teens and adults collectively agree to open their eyes and pay attention, communicate and collaboratively negotiate difficult situations. Teens need the freedom to wander the digital street, but they also need to know that caring adults are behind them and supporting them wherever they go. The first step is to turn off the tracking software. Then ask your kids what they’re doing when they’re online–and why it’s so important to them.

Boyd, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research and a fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Center, is the author of It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens

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IJAAN QALAAN KAL’OO HIN URRE !!!

DHiheenya kana mata duree “Ob. Juneeddii Saaddoo Eenyu?”  jedhuun gabaasa Obboo Ahmad Saayyootiin TVOMT irratti dhiyaate daawwadhee ykn dhaggeeffadheen ture.

BY Bosona Oromiyaa @gmail.com

Kanarraa  ka’uun  Tultuu Juneeydii Saaddoo Dalage fi Badii inni dalage akka fkn kaasuun  gaggabaafse isiniif eeruu barbaade .

Badii fi Galata Obbo juneeydii saaddoo Ummata oromoof godhe wal madaalchisuun yaada kennaa .

1 Badii ykn Dogoggora isaa Irraa inni Ijoon waan tokko Qofa kan ani beeku .

1 . Mallasaan dogoggorsuun Ahhabashii Biyya akka galchan irratti irraa fuudhuu fi keessa harka naqatuun Ahhabashiin akka biyya seentu godhuu isaati .

GALATA ISAA IRRAA !!!

1 . Duula karaa sumaalee fi sablammoonni xixiqqoon wayyanonni ummata oromoo irratti raawwachuuf kaahan dura dhaabbate .

2 . Dachii oromiyaa lafa duwwaa jirtu tan wayyaaneen nama isii Tigraayirraa fiddee oromiyaa keessa kutaalee shawaa , wallaggaa , Jimmaa Baalee Arsii fkn f irra qubsiisuuf karoorfatte dura dhaabbatuun ummata keenya kan beelaa fi hoongeen saaxilaman Kutaa Harar irraa fuudhee irra qubsiisuun kan dura dhaabbatedha .

3 . Namni Afaan oromoo hin beekne Dachii oromiyaa keesatti Waajjiraalee fi kampaanilee dabalatee baankile oromiyaa keesa akka hin hojjanne kan godheedha .

4 . Naafxanyoota Amaaraa nama 30,000 ol kan tahu Xoorataa bahee taa’ee mindaa nyaatu kan irraa kute isa .

5 . Saboota xixiqqoo OROMIYAA Keessa jiran Dachii oromiyaa keessa qubatanii jiran akka itti gaafatama gurguddaa ummata oromoo irratti hin arganne kan godhe fi dura dhaabbate isa .

6 . Siidaa Gootota oromoo akka dhaabbamuuf kan jalqaba taraarrii kaahee fi sagantaa baase Obbo Juneeydaa Saaddooti .

7 . Galma Abbaa Gadaa kan Ijaarsisee fi Ebbise Isa tahuu kan hin dhokanneedha . Ragaa isa kanaa Ali Birraa Biyya alaa iraa Galchuun Mirga Wabiitiin sirba Abbaa gadaa akka sirbu kan godhe tahuudha .

8 TVO Kan kan Asaasa kaafi akka banamu kan godhe kan bansiise Obbo juneeydiidha .

9 . Filmaata bara 2005 Akka lakkoofsa adunyaatti Qinijjit wayyaanee moote Zarraaf jette kan mallasaa fi tigreen bakka seentu wallalte mumuqqaali wixii isaan dhoorkee akka isaan biya deebitee hin qabanne godhe Juneeydiidha .

10 . Lafa seenaa Aanolee kan ummanni Arsii Qofti 190, 000 ol irraa dhume kan dhiira harka muranii haawwota teenya Harma Muranii , kan hafe Qaama saalaa irraa muranii fi DHiira teenya itti kolaasan seenaa kana kaasee kan dhaabee fi galmi seenaa kanaa akka dhaabbatu kan godhe isa . kan aanolee kanarratti wanti Obbo Juneeydiin dalage waa lama gurguddoodha . 1 Bakka seenaa kanarratti Siidaan akka dhaabbatu dhodhuu isaati . 2 . Yeroo naafxanyoonni Qinijjin filmaataan moohan Ummata Arsii Baaleen hanga dalla mannaatti miilaan keessa deemee Ummata walitti yaasee Amaara kaleessa harma isinirra murteef darbitanii jechuun ummata kakaasee filmaanni irra akka deebi’u godhuun Kutaa Arsii fi BAALE Qofaan deebisee Amaara qinijitiidhaan kan ariisise tahuu isaati .

11 . Seenaa Calii Calanqoo kan dhokate akka hin dhokanne kan ol baasee fi Siidaan Calii Calanqoo Bakka isaatti akka dhaabbatuu kan godhee fi bu’uura kan kaahe isa .

12 . Yeroo inni Bulchiinsa Mootummaa naannoo oromiyaa tahetti Ummanni oromoo jaalatuu bira kutee waraana nama isa eegu tokko malee Dachii oromiyaa tana keessa Baadiyaa Maqaalaa Baddaa gammoojjii keessaa miilaan deemuun hawaasa isaa wajjiin haasawa garagaraa kan godhaa tureedha .

13 . Bishaan dhugaatii ummata oromoof kan jalqabaaf bu’uuree fi ummata biraan gahaa tureedha . Daandii konkolaataa magaalarra gurguddoo irra magaalalee wal qunnamsiisuu fi baadiyaa keessa akka diriiru kan godheedha

14 .  Mana barnootaa magaalalee fi baadiyaa ganda ganda keessatti akka ijaaramu kan godhee fi bu’uure isa ture . Baattoonni akka afaan oromootii hanga kollejjiitti baratamu kan godhes isuma ture . barumsis hanga kutaa 12 tti kan kaahe fi hujirra akka oolu godhe isa ture .

15 Univaristiileen akka oromiyaa keessatti banamu kan godhe isa ture . isa kanas kutaalee oromiyaa cufa keessatti akka banamuu fi barattoonnis baasii hin taaneef akka hin saaxilamne akka naannoo isaaniitti baratan barnoota ol aanoo kan godheedha .

16  .  Jeneraal Waaqo Guutuu Abbaa qabsoo hundaa  kan simatee Reeffa isaanii kabajaan Biyyatti akka galu godhee fi Awwaalamu kan godhes  Jeneeydii Saaddooti . kan kan isiniif mirkaneessu gaafa JAARRAA ABBAA GADAA Du’e   isa kana maaf hin argatin ummanni oromoo . Du’uu jaarra abbaa gadaa  ummanni oromoo biyya keesa jiru harki caalu osoo hin dhagahin galuu isaatis hin dhagahin kanuma qabri galan  dhagahani .  kanaafuu Juneeydii fi Alamaayoo wal madaalchisuuf deebii isa salphaadha .

17  . Obbo Juneeydii Saaddoo Gaafa inni OPDO Dabalamu OPDO   DHibbarraa harka 30 % hin caaltu ture .  Inni achirraa fuudhee dhibbarraa harka 57 % irraa kan gahes isuma kana

18  .  Xayyaara oromiyaa Guddaa jalqabaaf namni bitee Alaabaa oromiyaa fi barruu afaan oromootiin  Mallattoo oromiyaa ilaalu qopheessee mAdunyaa tana cufa keessa akka balali’u kan  godhuuf bu’uure isa ture . isa kana dura bu’anni akka galma hin geenye ergamtoonni wayyaane kan akka kumaa  fi  leencoonfaati dura dhaabbatani .

19  . Abbaa Duulaa Gammadaa    oromoo miti kanneen jedhanii dura dhaabbatan  Leenco , marararaa ,  Bulchaa dammaysaa  fi warri gama isaaniitiin jiran kan oromummaa iraa mulquu fi akka diina jedhaniin kan dura dhaabbatan . Obbo  Juneeydituu mormeeni inni oromoo jedhuun ummata oromoof himeefi ummanni oromoo akkia isa jaalatu kan dheedha .

20  . Magaalaa oromiyaa gudditti kan kumaan dammaysaa Finfinnee irraa Adaamatti jijjiire isatuu akka finfinneti ol deebitu kan godhes isa . waajjira  Guddaa OPDO  Finfinnetti  ijaaramee fi TVO Finfinnee dame lama akka qabataanii fi  irraa fayyadaman kan sagantaa kana baasee fi hujirra akka oolamu kan dheedha .

Walumaa galatti galata obbo juneeydiin Saaddoo ummata oromoof godhe waan dubbatame dhumu miti ani fknf keessa keessa kaase malee . kanaaf Toltuu inni ummata oromoo godhee fi badii ini ummata oromoo irrati dalage wal madaalchisuun ni dandahama . kan abbaa duulaa dalagani hujiti hiikan dhibarraa parsantiin yoo kenne 93 ol kan juneeydiin kaahe . Abbammaan duulaatuu Galateeffamuu fi faarfamuu kan qabuudha . innummanuu san hujitti hiikuun galata gudaadha .

YAADACHIISAA FI WAL HUBANNOO ###

Ani yaada koo osoo hin goolabin akka waliif beknuu fi wal hubannu kanneen wayyaanee wajjin jiranis tahe biyya alaa akkanuma  Gaazexeessotaa fi  kanneen miidiyaalee oromo hundeessitanii itti gaafatama ummata oromoo ufirra qabdan cuftuu .

*** Namni  Tokko Diin islaamaatiin loluu fi balleessuuf  yoo ka’e takkaayyuu keessa harka qabaate  Rabbiin  isa kan hin dhiifne tahuu cufti keenyaa beekuu qabna .

***   Olomaa’onni keenya rabbitti boohanii   Mallasaa fi Alamaayyoo Atoomsaa  rabbiin dhabama akka isaan godhu , ija isaanii duraa boolatti  dukkanaatti akka isaan darbamanii fi adunyaa tanarratti isaan xiqqaatan kan godhaniidha .  Juneydii saaddoo badiin isaa hammana waan hin geenyeef gara biyya alaatti  Abaaran  .

Kanaafuu akkuma jaalli koo ana dura ibsuu yaaletti Yeroo ammaa kana Obbo Juneeydiin sababaalee adda addaatiin, fakkeenyaaf qaaneffachuudhaan yookaanis waan itti amanee hojjechaa ture sanarratti hanga lubbuun isaa dabartutti irratti cichuudhaan of dhoksuu waan maluuf, gadi bayee dubbachuuf tarii fedhii qabaachuu baatus, otuu gabaasni kun uummataaf hin dhiyaatin dura Obboo Juneeddii ofitti dhiyeessanii wajjin dubbachuun ykn haasa’uun tooftaa gaarii ture jedheen yaada.

***Kun silaa karaa lamaan carraa bana ture.   

Tokkoffaa, Obboo Jundeeddiin gadi bayee waan ta’e hundaa uummata isaatti ibsuu fi achumaanis dhiifama gaafatee, xinnaatullee boqonnaa sammuu akka argatu carraa isaaf bana ture.

Lammaffaa  ammoo, innumtuu (Juneeddiin) waayee kana dubbachuuf fedhii kan qabaatu yoo ta’e, mootummaa Wayyaanee keessatti nama bakkee guddaa (taayitaa olaanaa) qabaachaa ture waan ta’eef (badii inni uummata Oromoorratti dalage akkuma jirutti ta’ee jechuu kooti) waan diinni godhaa ture fi jiru akka saaxilu fi hawaasota addunyaatti akka himu malaan ittifayyadamuun ni danda’ama ture.

****** Waa’ee juneeydii  saaddoo kanaan yaada koo isiniif goolaba .  Juneeydii saaddoo  Huccuu Qulqulluu kan  xuriin fiinxa ykn caafi takkaan tuqe goonee  bakka san irraa  murree itti fayyadamutuu nurra  eeggama .  Kanaafuu “  Sa’a abbaan Gaafa Cabse Ormi IJA Balleessa ” jedhamaa miire .

Galatooma .

BY Bosona Oromiyaa @gmail.com

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Kora Xiqqaa ABO Kutaa Iskandinavia

Hunda dura nagaan keenya ilmaan Oromoo maraaf.

1. Korri xiqqaan ABO Kutaa Iskaandinaaviaa kan bara kanaa kan taa’uu deemu Magaalaa Oslo dhatti Ebla 11, 2014 ganama waaree dura sa’aa 09:00-15:00 waaree boodatti.

Teessoo Grønland OLAFIAGANGEN 5 (mana poosta bira) ykn bakka magaalaa Saftii (Sanbata) beekkamtu bira.

2. Ebla 12, 2014 Yaadannoon Guyyaa Gootoota Oromoo waaree dura sa’aa 10:00 eegala. Teessoon Tåsen seniorsenter Tåsenveien 66 . Oslo City irraa “bus” lakkoofsa 34 fi T-bane lakkoofsa 6 kan gara Sogensvann deemuutu nama geeysa.

Galgala san wallistoinni oromoo bebbekkamoon isin booharsuf qophaawanii jiru.

Qunnamtiif

- Yonas Hambisaa + 47 95892477
- Hussein Ahmed +47 90527298
- Amansiis Qanaatee +47 99543661

Somali journalist given 27-year prison sentence under Ethiopia's anti-terror law

National Union of Somali Journalists 

On 10 March 2014, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemned the guilty verdict and prison sentence against veteran Somali journalist Mohamed Aweys Mudey as "outrageous and unacceptable", and urged Ethiopian authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally. 

According to Mohamed Aweys Mudey's family, the journalist was sentenced to 27 years in prison in the last week of February 2014, under Ethiopia's anti-terror law. He did not have a lawyer or family member with him during his trial. At least three people detained with Mudey at Ethiopia's Crimes Investigations Sector (CIS) – widely known Makalawi – saw Mudey badly tortured and having difficulty walking. He was later moved to a secret place. Ethiopian prosecutors reportedly accused Mudey of having information about Al-Shabaab operations in Ethiopia and charged him with participating in terror activities. 

“This is a very severe ruling because Mohamed Aweys Mudey is not guilty of anything. The charges against him are ludicrous. We firmly condemn the continued detention of Mudey, and call for his immediate release,” said Omar Faruk Osman, NUSOJ Secretary General 

Mohamed Aweys Mudey – who is also known as Boqorka Bartamaha – fled to Ethiopia for safety reasons after he was wounded at an Al-Shabaab suicide bombing at Shamo Hotel in Mogadishu on 3 December 2009. The bombing killed at least 25 people, including three journalists. Mudey, 48, was among some 100 Somalis arrested in November 2013 under the suspicion of a terror attack in Addis Ababa. 

Filing reports for different media houses from Addis Ababa when there were important events concerning Somalia, Mudey used to work for number of media houses in Mogadishu, namely Radio Shabelle and Radio Banadir. 

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