September 18, 2008 — The United States expressed concern on Thursday over an Ethiopian bill that could restrict the activities of foreign aid groups and sounded alarm bells over the food situation in the country.
The draft bill allows more government interference in the affairs of foreign NGOs and bans them from working on issues related to ethnicity, gender and children’s rights.
“We take the law seriously. We’re concerned about it, and donors have raised the issue to the government,” USAID assistant administrator for democracy, conflict and humanitarian issues Michael Hess told reporters in Addis Ababa.
The bill was unveiled earlier this year and slightly watered down in June, but it continues to spark concern among the aid community. It now is due to be submitted to parliament after the new session opens in October.
Hess said Washington, Ethiopia’s staunchest international ally, was urging Addis Ababa to reconsider the bill.
“We’re in discussions with the government about the law. I think they’ll continue refining it,” he said. “We have a healthy relationship with the government and Ethiopia is a strategic partner to the United States.”
Hess, who is on a four-day visit, also expressed concern over food delivery delays in Ethiopia’s restive Somali region, where almost half of the population requires food aid.
“We estimate that only 41 percent of distribution in July reached affected areas (due to delays). We want to make sure that 100 percent reaches the beneficiaries,” he said.
In early September, UN humanitarian chief John Holmes called on Ethiopia to grant aid agencies more access in the conflict zone.
Hess said there was unfettered access in most areas, but stressed that some difficulties remained.
“There are still tough areas but in the past few weeks there has been an improvement,” he added.
Ethiopia’s military launched a bruising military crackdown last year after the Ogaden National Liberation Front, an ethnic-based separatist group, attacked a Chinese-run oil venture, killing 77 people.
The United Nations says 4.6 million people in Ethiopia need emergency assistance while another eight million require food relief due to the latest drought.
September 19th, 2008 at 3:20 am
እንሆ ምሽት ላይ የሚገኘው አፋኙ የመለስ ዘረኛዊ ስር አት መውድቂያው እየተቃረበ ለመሆኑ ብዙ ፍንጮች እየታዩ ነው::በብዙ ሚሊዮኖች ረሃብ አደጋ ላይ ወድቀው :የወያነው መንግስት ተብዬ ግን ከወደቁት መንግስታት ባለመማር :እንዲያውም በባሰ መልኩ ራሱን ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ብሎ በሾመው መሪውና ዘካዝሪው አማካኘነት በሚቆጣጠረው ብቸኛው ማስ ሚድያ:ፈጣን እድገት እንደመጣና :ከሱም ብሶ መልካም አስተዳደር እያለ ሲመጻደቅ እያየነው ነው::…መልካም አስተዳደር የሚጀመረው ከላይ ነው::ከታች :ከገበሬ: ከቀበሌ አይደለም ::እርምጃ ውሰዱ እያለ በአደባባይ ላይ ህዝብ የፈጀ መሪ:ሚስቱን እያዘረፈ ሰለ መልካም አስተዳደር የሚያወራ መሪ: ህዝቡ እየተራበና በኑሮውድነት እየተሰቃየ :እርዳታ እየለመነ:ፈጣን እድገት ተመዝግቡአል እያለ የሚቀባጥር መሪ ቢኖር ብቸኛው መለስ ዘረኛዊ ብቻ ነው::የዚህን አይኑን በጨው ያሸ ሰውዬ ቅዠት የሚያምንለት ባይኖርም:የሚሰሙለት ደግሞ እሱና እሱ ብቻ ናቸው::17 አመት በሙሉ አንዴ ነፍጠኛ አንድ ጊዜ ደግሞ ጠባብ እያለ ሲሳደብ የነበረው መለስ ዘረኛዊ በ 97 ቱ ምርጫ አንገቱ ሰለተሰነገም ቀኑ ጨልሞበት አንድ ጊዜ እኛነን የሰራነው ሌላ ጊዜ ደግሞ መልካም አስተዳደር:አሁን አሁን ደግሞ ወታደራዊ ፖለቲካዊ ኢኮኖሚ እያለ የማያውቀውን ዕየዘላበደ : ለራሱና ለቤተሰቡ እየተጽናና: ለ ኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ደግሞ እያሳዘነ ያለ ብቸኛ አስቂኝ ነው::ቀኑ የጨለመበት መለስ ዘረኛዊም ሰሞኑን ሰብሰባ ብሎ ለጠራቸው እሰከ አንድ ሺ ለሚደርሱ በላተኞቹ ባደረገው ንግግር:ለቀጣዩ አመት ሰልጣኑን እንደሚለቅ እና ቦታውን የሰራቸውን ወንጀሎች እና የዘረፈውን ንብረት የሚደብቅለትን ታማኝ ለሚለው ሰው እንደሚሰጥ ከወዲሁ ፍንጭ ሰጥቶአል::ከምርጫ 97 በህዋላ እየተፈረካከሰና እየተንገዳገደ የመጣው የወያኔ መንግስት በወቅቱ ላደረሳቸው ግድያዎች ከተጠያቂነት እንደማያመልጥ በመረዳቱ ባለ ስልጣናቱ እርስ በርሳቸው በአይነ ቁራኛ እንደሚተያዩ የውስጥ አዋቂዎች ይናገራሉ::ይህ በአሜሪካ ሰናተር የሚወጡት ህጎች ሁሉ በጠቅላላ የሚያሳዩት ስር አቱን ምን ያህል እንደነቀዘና ያላቸውን ንቀትና ጥላቻ ነው::የወያኔ መሪዎች ላደረሱት የሰው ለጅ መግደል ወንጀል ሰልጣን ያዙ አልያዙም ጡረታ ወጡ አልወጡም ለፍርድ እንዲቀርቡ የበኩላችንን እናድርግ:: ድል ለ ኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ…
September 19th, 2008 at 4:12 am
አሜሪካ በተግባር ማሳየት አለባት. ዝም በሎ ዎሬ ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ አያዋጣም::
መለስ ህዝቡን በርሃብ እየፈደዉ መሆኑ ምነዉ አልታይ አላዉ??
September 19th, 2008 at 6:15 am
The us concerned? Corocodile tears.
September 19th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Dear Ethiopians,
Are we still waiting the deadly news which eventually will happen if weyane stays in power …are we awaiting the news until it says …breaking news…
“ Ethiopia becomes the first country un existed in the world anymore since the weyane evil group completely sweep out and destroy the whole country”
Yes it is very obvious that the weyane criminal and dedeb and idiot group is very determined to destroy the entire country and working day and night to accomplish their idiot dirty goal,
How about the Ethiopians who are still leaking our lips? Let stop this evil weyane criminal group from doing any single crime any more.
I don’t get surprise anymore with the endless lying machine of Meles and its self owned TPLF dedeb members and supporters. Weyane symphtyzers are created to lie. The no. 1 policy in the weyane criminal group is to lie,,,to lie….to lie….period. Weyanes have never fail to tell truth. But their lies are so silly that would not even convince a 4 years old kid. Since weyanes are so damn they think they can convince the public by taking their stupid lies using radios, presses and their stinky mouth.
We Ethiopians have seen and heard so many crimes of weyane for the last 18 years and it is time to say minimally enough is enough. Especially those another idiot and doma groups EPRP has to stop their endless gossip and cults on strong opposition leaders and start target the weyane elements. Come on EPRP’S there is not going to come a better time for you guys to stop your endless insult against oppositions and join the real struggle by coalition along with Ginbot 7 and other strong oppositions….by the way I urge the so called echo EPRP elements to forget the dead hailu shawel and come to the truth paradise to fight the weyane criminal group once and for all…..
I am also so surprised why we all Ethiopians are doing? Why don’t we stop talking and spend more time on practical things to help the struggle against the dedeb and doma weyanes. Weyanes are always very busy in killing, harassing and destroying the whole Ethiopia. They are also very busy in looting the entire money, asset and resources from Ethiopia. Why don’t we fight them tooth to nail by reducing other arguments with the dedeb wayenes.
Lets join the best group of Ginbot 7 who is getting a lot of people attention and support from inside to outside of Ethiopia. Lets contribute everything that we have to Ginbot 7 since there is not going to be a better time to save Ethiopia by joining Ginbot 7 than now….
Death to all weyane members and supporters.
September 19th, 2008 at 10:38 am
We have known the hypocrisy of the United States of America for a long time now. No body trusts the US in this issue.The ethnic or tribal regime of Meles Zenawi is very much supported by the experise and money of the United States. Thus the United States is the partner in the atrocities being committed by its client regime in Ethiopia. Meles Zenawi has lost the election and is running an illegitimate mafia regime in Ethiopia which is in the business of looting and impoverishing the country.
September 19th, 2008 at 10:43 am
The corocodile tear is very true about US and its Human right bills.. There is the issue of priority for US Gov when it comes to Ethiopia. They will help the oppostions if only get what they want. There are three things they need.
1, To agree with what ever necessary to combat or prevent Extremists,
2, work together to change Eritrea Gov
3, to respect human rights.
No opposition group can give the above three, so they have to blend oppositions with TPLF.
Ginbot 7 has to distance itself from the new Bill because it is a set up with 20 million budget to buy opposition groups. Ginbot 7 need to stick to the programme “by any means necessary”.Only if Ginbot 7 wants the part of 20 million pie, they distance themselves from Eritrean Gov and any Asmara based groups. Peaceful struggle has run its course and there is no other way it will bring change in Ethiopia. G7 will be like CUD except they live in USA have a radio.
I expect to hear the ARM Struggle NEWS( it is not fair to be called they are “unknown groups” in your Ginbot 7 NEWS. you know who they are b/s they explained to the people “what and why the fight” your own words). I want to be corrected on these issues because i only support groups who prioritize Ethiopia’s interest not US’s.
Go G7
Cheers!!!!!
September 19th, 2008 at 11:37 am
loosers i like the way you fight with US. kkkkkkk i thing your day is neering hahahahahahahaa i wish all of you mother fuckers diported fro US
back to your home land ethio kikikiki well come home baby.
September 19th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Breaking News******
http://www.abugidainfo.com/?p=6001
September 19th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
The disintegration or fall of the TPLF racists and ethnic supremacists is inevitable sooner or later. The TPLF rank and file have been looting and amassing a lot of wealth for use in exile or the republic of Tigray. The tigre are migrating in large numbers and seeking asylum with the Eritrean identity in different western countries. This is the sign of the imminent collapse of the ethnic regime of Meles Zenawi. The TPLF are besieged every where they go and can not lead a normal life though they are leaving Ethiopia with bags of dollars or Euros stolen from the hungry and dying people of Ethiopia. Besides, they may attempt to run to Tigray and declare their own republic there but Ethiopians should pursue these fascist criminals where ever they go and bring them to justice. Eritrea could be one of their possible safe haven since the EPLF may consider sheltering and hiding its own persons like Meles Zenawi and Simon Bereket. But a strong Ethiopia having its own Ethiopian government can force a weak Eritrea not to do so.Then Ethiopians should carry out an extensive and far reaching cleaning operation to eradicate the criminal cadres or locusts from their country. The Hodams and greedy persons drawn from the other ethnic groups and have been serving the TPLF fascists should also face justice and get their due punishment. Only justice can heal the damage and wound Meles Zenawi has inflicted on Ethiopia and Ethiopians. Neither Asmara nor Mekelle will be the save havens of the TPLF fascists. We are watching them and they can not escape justice.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
“The United States expressed concern ” በጣም የሚያሳዝን አስተያየት ክ አንድ ትልቅ መንግስት ሲሰጥ የመጀመሪያዉ አይደለም: ቁም ነገሩ በ ኢትዮጵያ ላይ ለዉጥ ያመጣል ወይስ አያመጣም የሚለዉን መመለስ አለብን:: ስለሰዉ መሞት እንደሆነ ለአፍሪካ መሪዎች ላይሰንስ ክ አውሮፓ መሪዎችና ክ አሜሪካ መሪዎች ተሰጥቷል :: ሁል ጊዜ አንድ ጥያቄ ሲነሳ የተማረዉ ከፍል የሚናገረዉ 1 ጂ.ኦ ፓለቲክስ 2. ዲሞክራሲ 3.ሂውማን ራይት 4.የ ፕሬስ መብት እያሉ ህዝቡ እያለ በትንተና ና በሚሰለች ፊሎሶፊ ሊያስረዱት ይሞክራሉ :;ነገር ግን ምግብ በልቶ ;ዉሀ ጠጥቶ የበይ ተመልካች ለሆነ ህዝብ የዚህ አይነት ትንተን ጊዜው አይመስለኝም ;; ትልቁ ጥያቄ መሆን ያለበት የመሬት ፖሊሲዉና ክዚህ ጋር የተያያዘዉ የፖለቲካ አሻጥር ይመስለኛል ይህንን መንግስት አቁሞ የያዘዉ::
ቡሽ ነገ ጠዋት ተነስቶ የ ኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ወንጀለኛ ነዉ ቢል ልንደሰት ወይም ልንቧርቅ አይገባም ;;ትልቁ ጥያቄ መሆን ያለበት ክንግግሩ በኋላ የፓሊሲ ለዉጥ ያመጣል ወይስ እንቅልፍ ስላጣ የተናገረዉ ነዉ የሚለዉን መመለስ አለብት ብዮ አስባለሁ;;;አሁንም በግንባር ትግል ውስጥ ያላችሁ ወገኖች የትግላችሁን ስትራተጅ መቀየር አለባችሁ ብዮ አምናለሁ:: ቶሎም መልስ ያገኛል የሚል እምነት አለኝ ;;
September 20th, 2008 at 4:12 am
desta madebo . dedebo go and fool your dead shabian ppl. wodi kedamit
September 20th, 2008 at 6:27 am
ሁልጊዜም ምንጊዜም አሜሪካ በሰባዊ መብት በመጣስ በሚል ሰበብ አንድን አገር ልትጫን የምትሞክረው ያ አገር ሳይጠቅማት ሲቀር ብቻ ነው::እንደሚታወቀው ሁሉ ወያኔ የዚችው ገናና አገር አፋሽ አጎንባሽ ከሆነ ውሎ አድሮአል:: ሰለሆነም በሶማሊያ ሽብርትርኘነትን ለመዋጋት በሚል እያደረገ ባለው ጦርነት በሚደርስበት የሞራልና የሰው ጉዳት ጦርነቱን ሳያገባድድ በተሸናፊነት ለቆ ለመውጣት እያንገራገረ ይገኛል::ይሄ የወያኔ ዓዝማሚያ ያላማራት አሜሪካ ወያኔን የምታስፈራራበት አጭሩ መንገድ በሴኔቶችዋ አምካኘነት ህግ በማረቀቅ ወያኔን ታዛዥ ማድረግ ነው:: ወያኔ ከአሜሪካ ትዛዝ ውጪ ካፈነገጠ እና ጦርነቱን በራሱ ጊዜ ካቆመ ምናልባት ተረቀቀ የተባለው አዲሱ ህግ ብቻ ሳይሆን :የተተረቀቁት ህጎቹ ሁሉ ከመጸደቅ ወደ ሁዋላ አይሉም:: ወያኔ ግን እዛው ሱማሊያ ሆኖ በታዛዥነቱ ከቀጠለ: ህጉ እንደ ከዚህ በፊቱ ሁሉ የወረቀት ላይ ብቻ ይሆናል የሚል እምነት አለኝ::
September 20th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Ethiopians are the ONLY solution for ETHIOPIA!!!
No one else save Ethiopia except Ethiopians!!!
Personal responsibility is important to save Ethiopia!!!
Ethiopia as a county of ancient human kind - Lucy!!!
Together we can make a difference!!!
Ethiopians are the ONLY solution for ETHIOPIA!!! Not US, Not Israel, not Eritrea!!! Only Ethiopians could save Ethiopia !!!
God Bless Ethiopia !!!
September 20th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Hi Hagos Araya,
Do you have a job? you are not look like busy to informed us about ethiopia but also you look mad on seeing developed Ethiopia. Ethiopia will be continue growing. So, you better accept the reality. Thanks
September 20th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
SENET BIIL 4757…Exactlley..Ethiopians are only solutions for ethiopians not WOYANES.Yes Onley Ethiopians can save ethiopia not WOYANEs..or the rigme or dictatore.. or one man in power…
September 20th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
senet 3457 bill or agazii ..westing ur time on liberery compeuter ,supporting dead woyane…poor cadre
September 21st, 2008 at 3:59 am
to all house niggers.
you like it or not the great AGAZI will continue to be est african big power & also your big boss. so pls stop talking nonsens 24/7 for nathing.
i do not care you ppl living in US or eruope or any where. what you have to know and do is worck hard & saved money and come back to ethiopia your home land to see and to do something for your future. now is the time EPRDF is not like the dictator mengestu. here in our country you have the right to do what you like to do but do not cross the law.
there are so many ethiopians alredy coming from every corner of the glob and they are fine in there home land doing good buiseness worcking hard to helpe there country & there ppl. but some of you house niggers you couldent understand yet the reality. b/s you narrow ppl are day dreamers. pls weak up and walk the walk.
LONG LIVE AGAZI AND ITS SMART LEADERS. GOD BLESS ETHIOPIA.
DOWEN WITH HOPLES PPL AND WITH DAY DREAERS. HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
I LOVE PPL WHO WORCK HARD AND WHO HELPE THERE PPL BACK HOME.
September 21st, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Great job Wodi Agazi
Dedbeit
September 21st, 2008 at 1:10 pm
dedebit /agazii the only person different names the only supporter / ignorant/ of woyane in this web. ..u are a comediyan like meles kezennawiii…
September 21st, 2008 at 2:23 pm
long live EPRDF! I they will continue to manage Ethiopia will no matter the suchers say…This is not the first time X-Dergs have cry foul on Ethiopia’s policy
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:48 am
All the food aid is sold by TPLF mafias and the rest is given to TPLF military in Somalia. They have been doing this for the last 30 years.
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:49 am
shewa. why you calle me ignorant?? b/s i support the great EPRDF??
shame on you shewa you are not chewa.please learn from your big boss mengestu haile.ADGI.mariam he was real dictator but meles is not dictator & supporting meles does not mean ignoran. so mouther fucker stop telling me dedeb b/s i support EPRDF. atlist somany ethiopians love eprdf but looser like you prefer to support like mengestu.ADGI b/s he is your big donkey brother KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK now shut up
and do not talk to me any more negative or case closed with me BASSTA.
info for you _____ go and watch ethiopia then you can speak. other ways you may been in west 4 morthan 25 years and you toght like 25 years a go. no no now is the best time for all ethiopian hard worckers. but of corse there is no wale fare in our country so if you wonna worck hard come back or stay with your shit walefare where you are. with your gry hear ( ke shibetam tsegurhe ga nur ) your big boss wodi AGAZI.
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 pm
WEYNEWISHET STOP BLA BLA LAIER. GO MELES WE ETHIOPIAN MAGORITY WE LOVE YOU FOR YOUR GOOD JOB FORGET THE LOOSERS
THEY HAVE THERE ON PROBLEM TO PAY THERE RENT AND MAY CREDITS
THATS WHY THEY COME HERE TO SHOW US THERE ANGER. SHAME ON YOU LOOSERS WHO ASK YOU TO ASK CREDIT???? DUMMP.
AKEMEN AWKO MONOR IS THE BEST. NO MORE GURA BADO KIT.
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I think everyone coming to the same page exculding welfares. Keep it up.
Tohsoma
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:19 pm
…ሰበር ዜና ..እየገደለና እያስገደለ ያለው የመለስ ሃሳዊ ዘረኛዊ መንግስት በምርጫ 97 ላደረሰው እልቂትና በ ኢትዮጵያ የሚደረገውን አፈና ወከባ የሰባዊ መብት መገፈፍ ተጠያቂ የሚያደርገውን በአሜሪካ ሴኔት ረቆ የቀረበውን አዲስ ህግ እንዳይጸድቅ ለመቀልበስ ለተወሰኑ ሰኔት አባሎች የ ጉቦ መደለያ አሰራ አምስት ሚሊዮን ዶላር ማዘጋጀቱ ተጋለጠ::እንደ ውስጥ አዋቂ ምንጮች ዘገባ ከሆነ የመለስ ዘረኛዊ አስተዳደር ባለፈው እንዳደረገው ሁሉ ሃዲሱ ህግ እንዳይጸድቅ በ ኢትዮጵያ ኢንባሲ በኩል ለ ሴኔት አባሎቹ የሚሰጥ የአስራ አምስት ሚሊዮን ዶላር ጉቦ መመደቡ ታውቅዋል::ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለም አቶ መለስ ቀለስ ለሰለስ ዜናዊ ቅዘናዊ..የወደፊቱን የአገሪትዋ ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ራሳቸው ሾመው እንደሚወርዱ ምንጮቹ ጨምረው አስታውቀዋል::ለስሙ ምርጫ ይካሄዳል እንጂ ለወደፊት አገሪትዋን የሚመራትን በሰሩት ወንጀል አሳልፎ የማይሰጣቸውን ሰው እራሳቸው መርጠው የሰማንያ ሚልዮንን ህዝብ ድምጽ አፈር ድሜ ያገቡታል ተብሎ ይጠበቃል::ለዚህም ይረዳቸው ዘንድ የህወአቱን ሌላ ቅልስልስ አቶ ስዩምን እንደሚያጭኡና እንደሚመርጡ እነዚሁ ምንጮች ጠቁመዋል::