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Africa News on Feb. 24, 2019
Sunday, February 24, 2019
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I'm planning on doing a 2 month african safari from Nairobi to Cape Town from early November through the end of December. Is this an OK time to go? I've read that the best time to go is in the summer but the timing is better for me at this point. Should I try to hold off and do it in the summer of 2020 instead or is this still a good time to do it? Thanks
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Just days ago ODP made official announcements that their party, of which, Pm Abiy is the co-head will not reconsider or discuss on the issue of ethnic federalism in response Tplf's grumble.
Today, in his speech for other minorities who he says hope for political participation he makes a statement that within some month's time. There will no longer be several Parties based on ethnic groups. There will be one party that operates nation wide based on citizenship.
Eprdf was a single party system, except based on ethnic federalism. So the change Abiy wants to bring by himself for himself is the same uni party system with a facade of a citizen based policy. Basically monopolize the government giving zero options to the people of Ethiopia.
He has several times in his past speeches pushed political parties to form a coalition. Is this even democratic?? What say does he have in these political parties that run differnt ideologies with their own separate supporters for separate reasons. What is the object of this pressuring??
After accusations about his adminstration of importing non-residents to Addis Ababa by issuing IDs. They changed tactics and planned to settle their selected, that were evicted from Ogaden region to Addis Ababa while on the other hand evicting Addis Ababa residents in to homelessness in the name of building a river park using charity money while the country waddles in poverty. The later's houses were demolished with only 7 days of warning without any options or support being offered.
Now he switches his tune in an attempt to form the same uni party system the people revolted against.
Why not leave it to the vote of the people?? What is all this trouble for? What are you afraid of?? Let the people decide. That is what democracy is. It is not about your sole vision. It is not about your one man decision. It is about what the majority vote for. Quit importing people. Quit the crimes and evictions done through tribal profiling that never existed. Leave it to fair transparent votes forget the swinging, forget the manipulation and hints and sugar coated words. Just work (in action) for a fair transparent election that allows the people themselves to decide and one that gives them options. The people want a democracy not government monopoly.
Edit: Does is also mean he's going to team up with Tplf and be one??? 😂
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"Dr". Megersa here speaks of 10 million Oromos who were killed in the 19th century while the population of Ethiopia at that time itself was not more than 10 million.
This is the type of false fabrications we are dealing with. History based on modern myths and fairy tales designed to incite foolish tribal conflict for selfish political gain of the few and their external benefactors who innitially designed this barbarism in their expedition to over take the country and continent at large.
He also throws words like "colonization" around. The dictionary defines this word as "to send settlers to a place and establish political control." "To come to settle among and establish political control over". So who exactly are the new comers and settlers despite not gaining the political control through the violence they brought to a land already weakened by prior unrelated invasion??
Before the 16th century the Oromo were limited to thesouth around Bale and the borders of Kenya. Bale was it's self a territory of the kings as far back as king Amde Tsion with its original name being Bali. It can be found as part of the king's title prior to the migration.
16th century portugese writers detail:
" The Gallas live near the country of Magadoxo, they are fierce and cruel people, who make war on their neighbors, and on all, on to destroy and depopulate their countries. In the places they conquer they slay all the men, cut off the privy parts of boys, kill the old women, and keep the young for their own use and service."
It seems cutting off private parts was a culture that they brought with them when they migrated.
Funny how he attempts to relate the strength of the abyssinians to guns and not inherent. But Guns were imported in the 16th century. On the other hand battles have been fought since the 13 th century even on to Aksum before the destruction and move.
If we are to speak the harsh truth, no group has commited the vile barbaric attrocities as the Oromos have in their histotical migration and as we have all observed even this year. But i refrain from calling it oppression because it was war and conflict and unlike some i dont have a bs victim complex.
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Permission for peaceful demonstration was like wise denied in Gondar.
2 months ago the Addis Ababa police agency like wise denied recieving notification for a peaceful demonstration.
Another peaceful demonstration to protest against the refuggee issue in Gambella was like wise denied a while back and the Gambellas who tried to demonstrate in Addis were dispresed by the Police.
In september demonstrations against the Burayu incident lead to the police shooting of some of the demonstrators.
So minus the Burayu demonstrations around 4 peaceful demonstrations attempts have been blocked so far.
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When will Africa stop playing the geo-political pawn of the world and take on an active role pushing its own interests ahead?
When will the leaders say "enough", regulating their self interests and work for the rise of the continent to prove the world wrong and when will the continent support such strong patriotic leaders as one?
Can we really not surpass the limits they have set for us? When will the continent learn to navigate their waters and beat them at their own game. Are we content to be losers? Are you content to be called inferiors? I'm not, i didnt grow up with that bs. In my tiny mircro eco system i grew up seeing it disproved with my own eyes and nothing can change a view that has been established since childhood.
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