Federal court opens cases of 26 who are suspected in orchestrating gross human rights violations. These government officials and local "intelligence" agents who were and are part of EPRDF (still the current government) were suspected of carrying out unlawful arrests through abductions, making false accusations of innocent citizens connecting them to criminal and terrorist activities, setting up random prisons and torture centers in regular residential areas that lead to many deaths and heavy injuries of victims. Furthermore these people made profits in advertising terrorist organisation presenting it as if it is within the country. So basically they were terrorising the country and falsely accusing others of their own actions and torturing and killing completely innocent individuals. 2 or 3 of these including the top official who is on the international wanted list who has recently been said to be given a new government position within the TPLF which is still part of EPRDF are not present for their hearing.
Meanwhile an EPRDF minister admits that the federal government can't go on "begging" regional heads to hand in the wanted officials. Out of 800 wanted she reported that only 50% are caught. She recognised Ogaden and Dire dawa for being more cooperative (though if one is to be honest and if memory serves one correctly then it would be clear that these regions especially Ogaden suffered extreme violence before the government even decided to do any thing. Which led to murders, church burnings and burnings of those who worked or took sanctuary within the churches. Some of these wanted she reported were being sheltered by regional administrations despite being implicated in current violence and "conflicts" while others are running some sort of a media campaign that instigates conflict (you mean like OMN, Jawar, and other OLF groupies who publicly instigate, call for, narrate and threaten conflict as well as the TPLF groupies who spread alerts or do you mean the media that's been heavily critical of the government exposing its current deeds? )
We will see how this plays out, I think we've reached the climax. I plan to stay tuned and document every step and turn as usual. Let's hope this is not yet another distraction to buy time for means or propaganda.
Meanwhile, fresh conflicts were reported in Assela. This time based on religion.
In other news, the city administration unveiled a 2 billion birr budget to fund start ups and entrepreneurs as well as arranging workspaces as part of efforts to curb the unemployment rate with many adjustments and improvements as reported.
This is something I want to go for so I'll personally compare and document the said improvements of the system. Let's hope it doesn't take as long for some and not marred by a network of ethnic nepotism as it used to be.
