The END of TIME ? Halle ! Hello !

TODAY is 21.12.2012

with loving greetings to the MAYAs...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon

21.12.2012  was thought to be the beginning of the NEW or the End of TIME,  according to the Maya cosmologists.
But, YES, we still are living; The end does not apparently come, though the crisis all over the globe tries to make us believe it - THE END- The "Scenario" of the END.  However, if that is the case i.e. NOT THE END, we can as well take it to make an end of our Old Being to BECOME NEW!

http://side.posterous.com/the-synthesis-s-i-d-e

"The most important and paradoxical consequences of the holistic view, including an approach to solving the riddle of human personality, are as follows: 1) the explanation why and under what conditions a part (a human) can be more complex than a whole (society); 2) in order to reconstruct society it is necessary to change an individual but not by cutting off the supposed undesirable past, since a human being as a microcosm is the synthesis of all previous stages of evolution, and as a result of repression of, it would seem, the wild past one can extinguish a “divine spark” in his soul; 3) in the physical sense, singularity denotes a moment of instability, phase transition; one can talk about the human singularity of co-evolutionary processes, since in such a moment of instability individual actions of a human can play a key role in determining a channel of further development as well as in appearance of a new pattern of collective behavior in society; 4) as the models of nonlinear dynamics, elaborated at the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, show, there is a possibility of a direct influence of the future and even a touch of an infinitely remote future in certain evolutionary regimes and under rigorously definite conditions, more over, it turns out that such a possibility exists only for a human (admittedly, through a specific state of being inherent to him—the sleep without dreams) but not for the human society."

http://wheel88.posterous.com/a-human-singularity

I.e. The Human is and has to be more than its social community; the human is a singularity with the strangest attractor of meaning; its community is an assemblage, a multiplicity with diverse strange attractors of  their own meanings !

http://pcp.vub.ac.be/ECCO/ECCO-Papers/Weaver-ComplexityPhilosophy.pdf

THUS, 21st century science is at this sublime stage - not just the historical materialism as postulated two centuries past by a pair of guys living in Europe, who happened to understand how capital revolves in its early age, whereby the big point ist to know how the human evolves from the beginning of Time upto the end of  at least its "Dasein" of its particular singularity - The Human -  TODAY!- ; at least for those who are not dogmatic and ready  or resilient enough to grasp it!

AND,

what The Harmony Model  promotes is only, an elegant & a simple way of expressing this hard fact!

http://side.posterous.com/169762852
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በተረፈ ፥

የሆነ  ቦታ፣ ተስፋ የማይቆርጥ የክርስቲያን መንደር ያገኝሁትን ተረት እየተረትኩ እሰነብታለሁ፥

ይህም ላልሆነለት፣
ይለገሰው ተረት፤
ኧረ እስክመቼ ! እያለ ይሰንብት
ጨውም ጨው ካልሆነ፣ ከድንጋይ አይለዩት!
አልማዝ እንኳን አሉ ፣ ቢወረወር በረት፣
ማን አይቶት ፣ማን አውቆት
ማንስ ሊጓጓለት!

ከልብ ካዘኑማ መች ይገዳል እምባው፣
ማሰብ ለጀመረ ህይወትም ቀላል ነው፤
በጣት ይቆጠራል ሃይለኛ  ሚያደርገው፣   
ነጻነት አውጆ ፣ ህዝብን የሚያነግሠው፤
አስራ፥ሁለቱ ቤት፣ጋብዞ የሚያኖረው።

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በዚሁ፣ በሚመጡት በዓላት መንፈስ እሰናበታለሁ።

መልካም በዓል

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PS.
Hindsight: http://guzo.posterous.com/151685838

The New Young Heroes

http://www.ethiopianreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45856&p=260563#p260563

Q: Ethiopia was one of the only African countries to successfully fight off colonialists, which was one of the reasons why the company is called soleRebels. What made you decide to pay homage to the proud history of Ethiopia remaining independent?

A: Rather than looking at Ethiopia's pedigree and heritage of independence as something that is backward looking, I chose my "homage" to Ethiopian independence to be something forward looking and active as it's related to soleRebels. I believe that for Ethiopia to properly create prosperity -- and for Africa as a whole -- we must be at the forefront of, and in full control of the commercialization of our culture, realizing all the gains from the same. soleRebels is at the forefront of an unstoppable movement that proves the creative agency and business acumen of the people of Africa. Our desire to control the fruits of our land and labor and the processing of these will never be squelched. We will never let any usurpation of those resources and our rights to them happen again.

Q: soleRebels pays wages on average over 233% higher than industry standards and four to five times the legal minimum wage with opportunities to earn more. Why do you think more companies are hesitant about offering such wages?

A: I am proud that soleRebels has been at the forefront of creating the change that is showing that Ethiopia and Africa can create, deliver and grow world-class products and brands that can compete globally and win! We have stores opening around the planet - from Taiwan to Switzerland. We are opening these in conjunction with partners -- experienced business folks who have staked their money on our ideas. Now that's change and that's the forefront of the possibilities that face Ethiopia, not simply selling a product or some raw materials but rather getting people around the world to buy into our ideas and support, promote and grow those ideas.

Q: Your company offers some fantastic employee benefits, like 100 percent medical coverage and bringing doctors for on-site medical checks, an artisans' education fund (for the education of artisans' children) and transportation for workers with disabilities. How did you come up with these ideas that are rarely offered in most companies around the world?

A: It's rooted in a few things but mostly it's just great business to treat people as I would want to be treated. That includes employees, partners, and customers. Once you apply that ethos, it's pretty easy to always find yourself doing the right thing.

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These are the new heroes we have to hail!Or such artists like

 

Not Melese & co. who are  corrupt & keen at deconstruction at all levels:

http://guzo.posterous.com/deconstruction-contd

DECONSTRUCTION - contd.

http://hilina.posterous.com/deconstruction

The deconstruction continues by scratching at Ethiopian monumental personalities, who were even icons for the whole of Africa in their resistance against racism and colonialism:

Abune Petros, Alula Aba Nega & Emperer Menilik are the victims at the moment.

http://guzo.posterous.com/-wai-bel-yepetros-nefs

Under a pretext of promoting the so-called "transformation project" the historical monuments of Abune Petros and eventually perhaps that of Aste Menilik are going to be removed from their century old sites.

Alas! Another testimony of the ulterior purpose of deconstructing history is the case of Ras Alula Aba Nega!  How on earth would the renaming of Alula Abanega School into Melese Zenawi school help the "transformation project"! They all belong to the strategic scheme of deconstructing ethiopia!

አያ ጅቦ ሳታመሃኝ ብላኝ!

ጉዞ ፍታት ና ማሳረጊያው ፥ ሕብረ፥ቅላጼ

Letters-Guzo-harmony-kafka-Nietzsche-04.pdf Download this file

Hölderlin & Modernity

“eternal progress of nature towards perfection.” Hölderlin

hölderlin+modernity.pdf Download this file

http://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/viewFile/53/105

THE GRAND PROJEKT

THE GRAND PROJEKT of APEIRON - Apeiron Centre (AC)

http://www.apeironcentre.org/html/index.php

" The standard position of mainstream empirical science is to exclude the infinite and its inverse, nothing (zero), which is the infinite according to division. Nature or the physical body is simple and finite and nothing finite is infinite! There is no infinite body, no Infinite One!
 

This Aristotelian finite-analytic worldview is incapable of understanding the physical world’s indeterminate and complex nature and generates in science infinitely regressing absurdities. Given the crisis in the finite-analytic foundation of empirical science, the new trend is to return to the first thinkers of Greece (the school of Ionia), India (the Upanishads) and China (the school of Tao), who laid down simultaneously and independently the first spiritual foundations of humanity. These three regions formed at the dawn of philosophy (sixth to fifth century BCE) the axis of the apeiron, or Infinite One. According totheir first intuitions about the physical world, which were the most powerful and true, the Infinite One is the principle and substance, the source and destination of the physical universe. As a complex principle, the Infinite One ensures the unity of the physical whole’s opposite poles, the finite and the infinite, as well as the permanence of its life and motion. As a complex substance of all things, the Infinite One allows us to affirm without absurdity that (a) everything finite is infinite, (b) that all finite quantities have infinite magnitudes, (c) that a finite spherical body of radius 1 is simultaneously infinite (according to extension and division).

Finally, we call, infinite-synthetic paradigm the emerging non-Aristotelian model of the physical universe according to which everything is complex, verifies synthetic principles of existence, and is both finite and infinite. Because the infinite-synthetic paradigm abolishes one-way time and its analytic hierarchy generating unsolvable conflicts, it is regarded as the natural response to society’s contradictions and evils."

Refer more on : http://www.apeironcentre.org/html/index.php

 

THE GRAND PROJEKT

THE GRAND PROJEKT of APEIRON - Apeiron Centre (AC)

http://www.apeironcentre.org/html/index.php

" The standard position of mainstream empirical science is to exclude the infinite and its inverse, nothing (zero), which is the infinite according to division. Nature or the physical body is simple and finite and nothing finite is infinite! There is no infinite body, no Infinite One!
 

This Aristotelian finite-analytic worldview is incapable of understanding the physical world’s indeterminate and complex nature and generates in science infinitely regressing absurdities. Given the crisis in the finite-analytic foundation of empirical science, the new trend is to return to the first thinkers of Greece (the school of Ionia), India (the Upanishads) and China (the school of Tao), who laid down simultaneously and independently the first spiritual foundations of humanity. These three regions formed at the dawn of philosophy (sixth to fifth century BCE) the axis of the apeiron, or Infinite One. According totheir first intuitions about the physical world, which were the most powerful and true, the Infinite One is the principle and substance, the source and destination of the physical universe. As a complex principle, the Infinite One ensures the unity of the physical whole’s opposite poles, the finite and the infinite, as well as the permanence of its life and motion. As a complex substance of all things, the Infinite One allows us to affirm without absurdity that (a) everything finite is infinite, (b) that all finite quantities have infinite magnitudes, (c) that a finite spherical body of radius 1 is simultaneously infinite (according to extension and division).

Finally, we call, infinite-synthetic paradigm the emerging non-Aristotelian model of the physical universe according to which everything is complex, verifies synthetic principles of existence, and is both finite and infinite. Because the infinite-synthetic paradigm abolishes one-way time and its analytic hierarchy generating unsolvable conflicts, it is regarded as the natural response to society’s contradictions and evils."

Refer more on : http://www.apeironcentre.org/html/index.php

 

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THE GRAND PROJEKT

THE GRAND PROJEKT of APEIRON - Apeiron Centre (AC)

http://www.apeironcentre.org/html/index.php

" The standard position of mainstream empirical science is to exclude the infinite and its inverse, nothing (zero), which is the infinite according to division. Nature or the physical body is simple and finite and nothing finite is infinite! There is no infinite body, no Infinite One!
 

This Aristotelian finite-analytic worldview is incapable of understanding the physical world’s indeterminate and complex nature and generates in science infinitely regressing absurdities. Given the crisis in the finite-analytic foundation of empirical science, the new trend is to return to the first thinkers of Greece (the school of Ionia), India (the Upanishads) and China (the school of Tao), who laid down simultaneously and independently the first spiritual foundations of humanity. These three regions formed at the dawn of philosophy (sixth to fifth century BCE) the axis of the apeiron, or Infinite One. According totheir first intuitions about the physical world, which were the most powerful and true, the Infinite One is the principle and substance, the source and destination of the physical universe. As a complex principle, the Infinite One ensures the unity of the physical whole’s opposite poles, the finite and the infinite, as well as the permanence of its life and motion. As a complex substance of all things, the Infinite One allows us to affirm without absurdity that (a) everything finite is infinite, (b) that all finite quantities have infinite magnitudes, (c) that a finite spherical body of radius 1 is simultaneously infinite (according to extension and division).

Finally, we call, infinite-synthetic paradigm the emerging non-Aristotelian model of the physical universe according to which everything is complex, verifies synthetic principles of existence, and is both finite and infinite. Because the infinite-synthetic paradigm abolishes one-way time and its analytic hierarchy generating unsolvable conflicts, it is regarded as the natural response to society’s contradictions and evils."

Refer more on : http://www.apeironcentre.org/html/index.php

 

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THE GRAND PROJEKT

THE GRAND PROJEKT of APEIRON - Apeiron Centre (AC)

http://www.apeironcentre.org/html/index.php

" The standard position of mainstream empirical science is to exclude the infinite and its inverse, nothing (zero), which is the infinite according to division. Nature or the physical body is simple and finite and nothing finite is infinite! There is no infinite body, no Infinite One!

This Aristotelian finite-analytic worldview is incapable of understanding the physical world’s indeterminate and complex nature and generates in science infinitely regressing absurdities. Given the crisis in the finite-analytic foundation of empirical science, the new trend is to return to the first thinkers of Greece (the school of Ionia), India (the Upanishads) and China (the school of Tao), who laid down simultaneously and independently the first spiritual foundations of humanity. These three regions formed at the dawn of philosophy (sixth to fifth century BCE) the axis of the apeiron, or Infinite One. According totheir first intuitions about the physical world, which were the most powerful and true, the Infinite One is the principle and substance, the source and destination of the physical universe. As a complex principle, the Infinite One ensures the unity of the physical whole’s opposite poles, the finite and the infinite, as well as the permanence of its life and motion. As a complex substance of all things, the Infinite One allows us to affirm without absurdity that (a) everything finite is infinite, (b) that all finite quantities have infinite magnitudes, (c) that a finite spherical body of radius 1 is simultaneously infinite (according to extension and division).

Finally, we call, infinite-synthetic paradigm the emerging non-Aristotelian model of the physical universe according to which everything is complex, verifies synthetic principles of existence, and is both finite and infinite. Because the infinite-synthetic paradigm abolishes one-way time and its analytic hierarchy generating unsolvable conflicts, it is regarded as the natural response to society’s contradictions and evils."

Refer more on :

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ON HEAVEN

SOURCE: The beautiful minds of "APEIRONCENTRE"

"....... Thus, in Goethe‟s second Faust, the mother of the genius looks at him with anxiety. While she encourages him to bounce on the ground or rebound, she forbids him to fly toward heaven. “You can bounce and still bounce according to your desire, but watch out not to fly. The free flight is forbidden to you,” she tells her son......."

http://www.apeironcentre.org/html/docs/heaven.pdf

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A Beutiful Musical Mind

A New Beutiful Ethiopian Musical Mind is developing:

http://www.awrambatimes.com/?p=4539

Look into the young SAMUEL YIRGA's inspiring sound:

http://realworldrecords.com/release/586/guzo/

Samples:

GUZO

Samuel-Yirga-Guzo.mp3 Listen on Posterous

The Blues of WOLLO

Samuelyirga-The_Blues_Of_Wollo_(Dessye_Mix).mp3 Listen on Posterous

 

 

 

 

 

 

ዋይ በይ የፔትሮስ ነፍስ! WAI bel yepetros nefs -

ዋይ በይ የፔትሮስ ነፍስ!
ምንስ ከዚህ ይባስ ...

እስከ ዛሬስ ድረስ፣

ለሥጋየ ብዬ  አጎንብሼ ቻልኩት
ለካስ ነፍሴን ኖሯል የሚያፈላልጓት፣

ዋይ በይ የፔትሮስ ነፍስ እዚያው ባለሽበት
የኔንም እንዳንቺው ዛሬውኑ ጥሪያት፤
ይህን ሁሉ ምዓት ባይኔ ከማይበት፣
እንዲህ ባደባባይ ነፍሴን ሲያዋርዷት።

የለሽ መቀመጪያ፣ ማረፊያ እንደሆን ቤት
ቆ ም፣ በይ ላንዳፍታ፣
                      እስቲ ከዚያ በፊት

ሰቆቃሽን ላድምጥ በጸጋው አንደበት።
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ህዳር 17 2005 ዓ ም
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The Idea ie. The Word of HARMONY (H)

 

The Godly Sphere

In your material plane

You belong to mankind

You belong to nature

You belong to the universe

That makes up

The mass of your Mind (m)

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In your spiritual plane

You have your faith

You have your religion

You have your conscience

That makes up

The spiritual light of your mind (c)

The cumulated integration of your material and spiritual planes makes up the

Energy of your mind (E)

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The Human Sphere

In your social plane

You live in a state

You live in a community

You live in a family

That makes up the humanity of your mind (h)

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In your cultural plane

You have your rule of law

You have your community ethics

You have your family love

That makes up the aesthetic quality of your mind (q)

The cumulated integration of your social and cultural planes makes up the

Intelligence of your Mind (I)

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The Energy (E) & Intelligence (I) of your mind in your godly & human spheres make up the resonance of your being, which is the Idea, ie.

The word of the Harmony

H == {E =mc²   ++ I=hq²}

 

ONE88

 

THE IDEA

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The Idea ie. The Word of HARMONY (H)

 

The Godly Sphere

In your material plane

You belong to mankind

You belong to nature

You belong to the universe

That makes up

The mass of your Mind (m)

*

In your spiritual plane

You have your faith

You have your religion

You have your conscience

That makes up

The spiritual light of your mind (c)

The cumulated integration of your material and spiritual planes makes up the

Energy of your mind (E)

*

The Human Sphere

In your social plane

You live in a state

You live in a community

You live in a family

That makes up the humanity of your mind (h)

*

In your cultural plane

You have your rule of law

You have your community ethics

You have your family love

That makes up the aesthetic quality of your mind (q)

The cumulated integration of your social and cultural planes makes up the

Intelligence of your Mind (I)

*

The Energy (E) & Intelligence (I) of your mind in your godly & human spheres make up the resonance of your being, which is the Idea, ie.

The word of the Harmony

H == {E =mc²   ++ I=hq²}

 

 

 

 

 

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ONE88

 

The Transformation since 1991

The Ethiopian Balance-Sheet of Transformation

Following is the total sum of the transformation success which is so much acclaimed and being declared to be a miracle accomplished by the late PM Melesse Zenawi these days. - Highly proclaimed and so shamefully state financed and orchestrated by the Ethiopian regime through the Public Mourning taking place during the last 15 days all over the country. The preparation took place almost 75 days since the actual date presumed to be the death of the Prime minister. A Ceremony which would be accomplished on Sunday, the 2nd September of 2012 almost outsmarting the North Korean Model of Mourning !..

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"Despite remarkable GDP growth rates (7% – 9% per year), some 5 million to 6 million people were again in need of food aid. Assistance came from the World Bank, IMF (Exogenous Shocks Facility), the European Union, the United States and China. In total, Ethiopia received almost $1.8 billion in development aid and loans in 2009, bringing the total sum received since 1991 to just under $26 billion." BTI 2012-Report

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BTI 2012 Report 

"This report is part of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) 2012. The BTI is a global assessment of transition processes in which the state of democracy and market economy as well as the quality of political management in 128 transformation and developing countries are evaluated."

BTI 2012-Report

Scale: 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) - score & rank

I. Status Index  (1-10)

Score 3.82

Rank Nr. 109 out of 128

II. Political Transformation (1-10)

Score 3.68

Rank Nr. 105 out of 128

 

III. Economic Transformation (1-10)

Score 3.96

Rank Nr. 111 out of 128

 

IV. Mangement Index (1-10)

Score 3.47

Rank 107 out of 128

 

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Executive Summary

Ethiopia’s political performance in 2009 and 2010 was characterized by contradiction within the government’s politics: While the government under Prime Minister Meles Zenawi successfully launched economic reforms aimed at stimulating economic growth and economic diversification, it brought the country’s democratization process nearly to a halt. The bitter results of the 2005 and 2010 elections, indirectly manipulated by the government, and the subsequent authoritarian backlash have frustrated nearly all relevant political actors outside the government camp. Opposition parties have been undermined to the extent that they no longer pose a threat; the media and civil society have been leashed by oppressive laws; and trade unions and professional associations have been forced either to toe the line or, like the Teacher’s Union, be dissolved.

The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of five political parties under the leadership of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), is expected to remain firmly in control at all levels of government following its emphatic “victory” in the May 2010 parliamentary election, which did not receive the label “free and fair” from the EU Electoral Observation Mission. The EPRDF and its allied parties gained a 99% majority in Ethiopia’s parliament, the House of People’s Representatives, with opposition candidates winning just two seats. The EPRDF won 499 out of 544 seats and the Somali People’s Democratic Party 24 seats, while the three opposition parties together won only two seats, down from 161 five years before. It is widely believed that the scale of the victory resulted from harassment of political opponents and the memory of the violent crackdown on post-election violence in 2005, as well as the passage of restrictive laws governing the media, civil society and political funding.

What happened in Ethiopia after 2005 comes close to a process of politically engineered democratic regression: Although the constitution of 1995 was applauded for its commitment to liberal democracy and respect for political freedoms and human rights, the EPRDF regime

refused to accept democratic rules of the game as a part of its political practice. While promising democracy, the government has not accepted that the legal opposition is qualified to take power via the ballot box. It tends to regard the expression of different views and interests as a form of betrayal. When the EPRDF felt threatened by the opposition’s unexpected victory winning all council seats in the capital in 2005, its brutal crackdown against the opposition demonstrated the extent to which the regime is willing to ignore popular protest and foreign criticism in the interest of holding to power.

The government’s behavior in the aftermath of the May 2005 elections raised fundamental questions about the legitimacy of its rule. The human and political rights situation has worsened significantly since the balloting was held. An official parliamentary report on post-election violence in 2006 documented 30,000 arrests, 199 deaths resulting in most cases from gunfire, and the use of “excessive force” on the part of the government.

The international community has widely ignored or downplayed these political problems. Some donors appear to consider food security more important than democracy in Ethiopia, but they neglect the increased ethnic awareness and tensions created by the regionalization policy and the potentially explosive consequences.

Instability in the volatile Horn of Africa has tended to cement Ethiopia’s position as the United States’ key ally in the region, while strained relations with Eritrea and the failing Somali state will continue to dominate the foreign policy agenda. The protracted border dispute with Eritrea remains at a dangerous impasse.

In 2009, Ethiopia withdrew all of its military forces from Somalia after two years seeking to assist Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government in its struggle against Islamist rebels, the Islamic Courts Union. On the Eritrea-Ethiopian border issue, the ideological and judicial stalemate continued: No talks were held and the U.N Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) withdrew its cooperation.

On the level of socioeconomic development, the country has taken steps toward market-based reforms, such as trade regulation and an “agricultural development-led industrialization.” In the last five years, GDP growth has attained remarkable rates of 7% to 9% per year. The country remains heavily dependent on the performance of the dominant agricultural sector, with coffee and “chat” as the main cash crops. Economic diversification has been hampered by the reluctance of the government to accept land privatization or allow activity by foreign banks. But the government has recently shown new flexibility toward trade liberalization.

The country still has a huge trade imbalance (imports of $7.21 billion compared to exports of $1.56 for the year 2008), and a current-account deficit of 4% of GDP. The threat of famine rose again as a serious problem for Ethiopia in 2008 – 2009.

Despite remarkable GDP growth rates (7% – 9% per year), some 5 million to 6 million people were again in need of food aid. Assistance came from the World Bank, IMF (Exogenous Shocks Facility), the European Union, the United States and China. In total, Ethiopia received almost$1.8 billion in development aid and loans in 2009, bringing the total sum received since 1991 to just under $26 billion.

Relations with China strengthened during the period under review, and were dominated by the economic interests and resource acquisitions of China. Trade between the two nations rose substantially again, reportedly reached a value of $1.376 billion. China’s post-Communist, state-capitalist model and its dominant-party governance system continued to appeal to Ethiopian leaders.

(our bold & emphasis)

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 More on the BTI at http://www.bti-project.org
Please cite as follows: Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2012 — Ethiopia Country Report. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2012.
© 2012 Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh

 

The Ethiopian Balance-Sheet of Transformation since 1991

"Despite remarkable GDP growth rates (7% – 9% per year), some 5 million to 6 million people were again in need of food aid. Assistance came from the World Bank, IMF (Exogenous Shocks Facility), the European Union, the United States and China. In total, Ethiopia received almost $1.8 billion in development aid and loans in 2009, bringing the total sum received since 1991 to just under $26 billion." BTI 2012-Report

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BTI 2012 Report 

"This report is part of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) 2012. The BTI is a global assessment of transition processes in which the state of democracy and market economy as well as the quality of political management in 128 transformation and developing countries are evaluated."

BTI 2012-Report

Scale: 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) - score & rank

I. Status Index  (1-10)

Score 3.82

Rank Nr. 109 out of 128

II. Political Transformation (1-10)

Score 3.68

Rank Nr. 105 out of 128

 

III. Economic Transformation (1-10)

Score 3.96

Rank Nr. 111 out of 128

 

IV. Mangement Index (1-10)

Score 3.47

Rank 107 out of 128

 

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Executive Summary

Ethiopia’s political performance in 2009 and 2010 was characterized by contradiction within the government’s politics: While the government under Prime Minister Meles Zenawi successfully launched economic reforms aimed at stimulating economic growth and economic diversification, it brought the country’s democratization process nearly to a halt. The bitter results of the 2005 and 2010 elections, indirectly manipulated by the government, and the subsequent authoritarian backlash have frustrated nearly all relevant political actors outside the government camp. Opposition parties have been undermined to the extent that they no longer pose a threat; the media and civil society have been leashed by oppressive laws; and trade unions and professional associations have been forced either to toe the line or, like the Teacher’s Union, be dissolved.

The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of five political parties under the leadership of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), is expected to remain firmly in control at all levels of government following its emphatic “victory” in the May 2010 parliamentary election, which did not receive the label “free and fair” from the EU Electoral Observation Mission. The EPRDF and its allied parties gained a 99% majority in Ethiopia’s parliament, the House of People’s Representatives, with opposition candidates winning just two seats. The EPRDF won 499 out of 544 seats and the Somali People’s Democratic Party 24 seats, while the three opposition parties together won only two seats, down from 161 five years before. It is widely believed that the scale of the victory resulted from harassment of political opponents and the memory of the violent crackdown on post-election violence in 2005, as well as the passage of restrictive laws governing the media, civil society and political funding.

What happened in Ethiopia after 2005 comes close to a process of politically engineered democratic regression: Although the constitution of 1995 was applauded for its commitment to liberal democracy and respect for political freedoms and human rights, the EPRDF regime

refused to accept democratic rules of the game as a part of its political practice. While promising democracy, the government has not accepted that the legal opposition is qualified to take power via the ballot box. It tends to regard the expression of different views and interests as a form of betrayal. When the EPRDF felt threatened by the opposition’s unexpected victory winning all council seats in the capital in 2005, its brutal crackdown against the opposition demonstrated the extent to which the regime is willing to ignore popular protest and foreign criticism in the interest of holding to power.

The government’s behavior in the aftermath of the May 2005 elections raised fundamental questions about the legitimacy of its rule. The human and political rights situation has worsened significantly since the balloting was held. An official parliamentary report on post-election violence in 2006 documented 30,000 arrests, 199 deaths resulting in most cases from gunfire, and the use of “excessive force” on the part of the government.

The international community has widely ignored or downplayed these political problems. Some donors appear to consider food security more important than democracy in Ethiopia, but they neglect the increased ethnic awareness and tensions created by the regionalization policy and the potentially explosive consequences.

Instability in the volatile Horn of Africa has tended to cement Ethiopia’s position as the United States’ key ally in the region, while strained relations with Eritrea and the failing Somali state will continue to dominate the foreign policy agenda. The protracted border dispute with Eritrea remains at a dangerous impasse.

In 2009, Ethiopia withdrew all of its military forces from Somalia after two years seeking to assist Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government in its struggle against Islamist rebels, the Islamic Courts Union. On the Eritrea-Ethiopian border issue, the ideological and judicial stalemate continued: No talks were held and the U.N Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) withdrew its cooperation.

On the level of socioeconomic development, the country has taken steps toward market-based reforms, such as trade regulation and an “agricultural development-led industrialization.” In the last five years, GDP growth has attained remarkable rates of 7% to 9% per year. The country remains heavily dependent on the performance of the dominant agricultural sector, with coffee and “chat” as the main cash crops. Economic diversification has been hampered by the reluctance of the government to accept land privatization or allow activity by foreign banks. But the government has recently shown new flexibility toward trade liberalization.

The country still has a huge trade imbalance (imports of $7.21 billion compared to exports of $1.56 for the year 2008), and a current-account deficit of 4% of GDP. The threat of famine rose again as a serious problem for Ethiopia in 2008 – 2009.

Despite remarkable GDP growth rates (7% – 9% per year), some 5 million to 6 million people were again in need of food aid. Assistance came from the World Bank, IMF (Exogenous Shocks Facility), the European Union, the United States and China. In total, Ethiopia received almost$1.8 billion in development aid and loans in 2009, bringing the total sum received since 1991 to just under $26 billion.

Relations with China strengthened during the period under review, and were dominated by the economic interests and resource acquisitions of China. Trade between the two nations rose substantially again, reportedly reached a value of $1.376 billion. China’s post-Communist, state-capitalist model and its dominant-party governance system continued to appeal to Ethiopian leaders.

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"This report is part of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) 2012. The BTI is a global assessment of transition processes in which the state of democracy and market economy as well as the quality of political management in 128 transformation and developing countries are evaluated."

More on the BTI at http://www.bti-project.org
Please cite as follows: Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2012 — Ethiopia Country Report. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2012.
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This is the total sum of the transformation success which is so much acclaimed and being declared to be a miracle accomplished by the late PM Melesse Zenawi these days. - Highly proclaimed and so shamefully state financed and orchestrated by the Ethiopian regime through the Public Mourning taking place during the last 15 days all over the country. The preparation took place almost 75 days since the actual date presumed to be the death of the Prime minister. A Ceremony which would almost outsmart the North Korean Model of Mourning to be accomplished on Sunday, the 2nd September of 2012

መቃ-ብሩ

ድንገት ቢሳካልን፤

እስቲ ዘንድሮ እንኳን፣

ለምለም ይሁን ምድሩ፣

ሰው ለመስራት ዘንዳ ከፍቀደ አየሩ

ክህነት ካላችሁ አሰቡ መርምሩ
ተራ  ከገባችሁ ዘክሩ አስዘክሩ

ያልሆነው እንዲሆን ምከሩ ሞክሩ
ሽቀጣና ሽቀት እንዳይሆን ሃገሩ

አንድ ቀን እንደሆን አይቀር መቃ-ብሩ።

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CRYING LESSONS

LEARNING HOW TO CRY FROM NORTH KOREA

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085636/North-Koreans-face-labour-camps-upset-death-Kim-Jong-il.html

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MORE TO UNDERSTAND WHY

http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2011/12/how-to-understand-all-those-north-koreans-crying-over-kim-jong-il/

"....And so, just like  the reaction of a child who loses a parent who has been taking care of her while also abusing her, the reaction is complex. Rather than looking at these photos one-dimensionally — just reading “sadness,” for example —

I think what we’re seeing is grief constituted by fear, confusion and a more existential sense of loss."

Picture: dailymail

AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE FOR THOSE WHO ARE BLIND SUPPORTERS or THE FEW WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE SYSTEM!

Moreover there is a particular note as well, on which one has to be aware of, that this phenomenon may entail if it is not contained perhaps through its own moderate supporters or the opponents:

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"በልቅሶው ሳቢያ የሚታየው ሂስተሪያ / ወደ አበደ ድጋፍ የሚጠጋው፣ በተለይም በትግራይና በሌላም አካባቢ ያሉ ጥኑ ዳጋፊዋቻቸው እጅግ አሳሳቢ ነው። ወደ ደንበኛው የፋሽስት ንቅናቄ እንዳያድግ።
እንደዚህ እንዲሆን ከልባቸው አምነው የሚሰሩ ደግሞ መኖራቸው አያጠራጥርም። ካራቱ ዋና ዋና መለኪያዎች (ዘረኝነት ርእዮተዓለም/ለውጭው ዓለም ሲሉ ሸሸግ ቢያደር ጉትም/; የአንድ ዘር ንቅናቄ; /ክወፍራም ጥቅም ጋር/አንድ ወጥ ታዛዥ ድርጅትና አንድ እንደ አምላክ የሚመለክ መሪ) አንዱ የሚጎድለው እንዳምላክ የሚሰገድለት መሪና የመሪ ስዕል ነበር። በሞቱ ሳብያ ይህን ስራዬ ብለው እያበጁ ነው። እስካሁን መለሰ እርግጥ አምባገነን ነበር፡ ግን መለኮታዊ ሆኖ አይቀርብም ነበር። ይኽ ዛሬ በጣም ያስፈራል፣ ያሳስባል። ስለሆነም በተለይ የትግራይ ሃገር ወዳድ መልካም ወገኖቻችን በጣም በጣም ብልህነት የሚጠይቅ ስራ አለባቸው። ወደ እብደት የሚነዱትን የዋህ ጭፍን ድጋፍ ወደ ውነቱ እብደት እንዳይቀይሩት ለማድረግ!
ያለውን አደጋ በግልጥ የሰሞኑ የለቅሶው ትዕይንት ተንቀሳቃሽ ስዕሎች ባሳሳቢ ሁኔታ ይጠቁማሉ!" ሕ.ብ

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Read by drawing the compelling parallels to the case of Ethiopia Today!

August 21-September 2 2012

(Pictures)

Mass Mourning Hysteria even abroad:

http://www.ethiopiantube.com/musicvideo.php?vid=bb1db092f

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WHERE WAS THE PUBLIC CRY FOR THESE PEOPLE

Punished for not crying: Thousands of North Koreans face labour camps for not being upset enough about death of Kim Jong-il

By Daily Mail Reporter
UPDATED: 11:52 GMT, 13 January 2012

North Korea's hardline regime is punishing those who did not cry at the death of dictator Kim Jong-il, according to reports.
Sentences of at least six months in labour camps are also apparently being given to those who didn't go to the organised mourning events, while anyone who criticised the new leader Kim Jong-un is also being punished.
Those who tried to leave the country, or even made a mobile phone call out, were also being disciplined, it has been claimed.

Hysteria: North Korean soldiers mourn Kim Jong-il at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace

Real or fake? Pyongyang residents react as they mourn over the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il

Hardline: Sentences of at least six months in labour camps are apparently being given to those who didn't go to organised mourning events

Salute: Kim Jong-un saluting during his father Kim Jong-Il's funeral in Pyongyang. Jong-il, right, died in December aged 69 after 17 years running the world's most reclusive state

KIM JONG IL TO BE ENSHRINED AS 'ETERNAL LEADER' BESIDE FATHER

North Korea said Thursday it will enshrine Kim Jong Il's body in the palace housing his father, the national founder.
The country also said it will erect a new Kim Jong Il statue and build 'towers to his immortality,' while the ruling party called him 'eternal leader' and gave his birthday a new title that underlines his military-first policy and links him more closely to his father, Kim Il Sung, who is still revered as the 'eternal president.'
North Korea has quickly handed the leaders' successor Kim Jong Un a slew of his father's prominent titles and repeatedly connected him with his father and grandfather in an effort to add legitimacy to the young leader.
North Korea also has stepped up propaganda praising Kim Jong Il's works and vowed to uphold his policies in what is seen as an attempt to justify the hereditary power transfer.

Daily NK says a source has claimed that 'criticism sessions' - which began after the official period of mourning - have now finished and tough sentences are being given out.
The informant from North Hamkyung Province told the website: 'The authorities are handing down at least six months in a labour-training camp to anybody who didn’t participate in the organised gatherings during the mourning period, or who did participate but didn’t cry and didn't seem genuine.'
The source claimed the criticism sessions created a 'vicious atmosphere of fear', which meant the new leader, Kim Jong-un, was being accused of preying on the people now that he has taken power.
It is unclear how many people face incarceration but the figure could be many thousands.

Along with criticism sessions, the regime is also ramping up its efforts to enforce the cult of personality of the new leader.
The source told Daily NK: 'Every day from 7am until 7pm they have vehicles for broadcast propaganda parked on busy roads full of people going to and from work, noisily working to proclaim Kim Jong-un’s greatness.'
Intensive sessions, to teach groups including the Union of Democratic Women and workers in factories and schools about the greatness of the new leader, were leaving people 'exhausted', the source added.

Weeping: Children weep at the death of the supreme leader

Display: North Koreans cry and scream in a display of mourning after Kim Jong-il's death was announced

Upset: Students of Pyongyang Secondary School No. 1 gather wipe their eyes as they mourn

The regime has portrayed the young leader as the spitting image of his grandfather and has been dubbed the 'genius of geniuses' in military affairs, despite having no known military experience.
Jong-il died in December aged 69 after 17 years running the world's most reclusive state. His death was announced on December 19, although he was reported by official media to have died two days earlier on a train journey to give guidance to his subjects.
He was succeeded by his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, who became the third of his line to head the world's only hereditary totalitarian Stalinist state.
The secretive state said today it will enshrine 'eternal leader' Kim Jong-il's preserved body in the palace housing the body of his father, national founder Kim Il-sung, and labeled his February 16 birthday the 'Day of the Shining Star,' deepening its veneration of the late leader as it links his son and successor to the family legacy.

New leader: Kim Jong-un inspects the planned construction site for the Pyongyang Folk Park

Visit: The new leader takes a closer look at the site in Pyongyang

The country will also erect a Kim Jong-ilstatue and set up portraits of a smiling Kim and build 'towers to his immortality' across the country, North Korea said. 'Shining Star' is also seen as a reference to Kim Jong-il's 'military first' policy, which North Korea says his son Kim Jong-un will take up.
The North's state media have sought since Kim Jong Il's death to show Kim Jong Un as a strong, confident military leader, but outside observers are watching to see if he can impose his will over the military and government as strongly as his father did during 17 years of absolute rule.
North Korea has quickly handed Kim Jong-un a slew of his father's prominent titles and repeatedly connected him with his father and grandfather in an effort to add legitimacy to the young leader.
North Korea also has stepped up propaganda praising Kim Jong-il's works and vowed to uphold his policies in what is seen as an attempt to justify the hereditary power transfer.
On Thursday, the North said Kim Jong-il's body will be displayed at Pyongyang's Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where the embalmed body of Kim Il-sung has been lying since 1995, a year after he died. Kim Il-sung is still known as North Korea's 'eternal president.' It was unclear whether their bodies would be in the same room.
The new name for Kim Jong-il's birthday, 'Day of the Shining Star,' is another link to Kim Il-sung, whose birthday is called the 'Day of the Sun.' 'Shining Star' also was the name given by North Korea to what it says was a satellite it launched into space in April 2009, but that the United States says was a long-range rocket test. The launch stoked regional tensions and earned North Korea international sanctions and condemnation.
The new measures reflect North Korea's 'unanimous desire ... to hold the great leader Comrade Kim Jong-il in high esteem as the eternal leader of the party and the revolution,' the Political Bureau of the Workers' Party's Central Committee said, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

The North's posthumous treatment of Kim Jong-il is similar to the treatment his father received, said Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul.
'The cult of personality surrounding Kim Jong-il needs to be on par with the fact that his body is treated in the same way his father's is,' Yang said.

Video: Scenes of grief after Kim Jong-il's death

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085636/North-Koreans-face-labour-camps-upset-death-Kim-Jong-il.html#ixzz24vKa6PZo

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  To reflect more on mourning and all the more its communal purpose

READ:

mourning-psycho.pdf Download this file

ይኼ ሕዝብ ማለት!?

Source > http://www.awrambatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/Wosen.pdf

The-Mass.pdf Download this file

The Big Picture IV (Update 28.08.12)

The Big Picture III

http://guzo.posterous.com/the-big-picture

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Together, the EMLO-SBEGO, the Duet and Quartet solution will be worked out by the “big“international and local political players. Let us hope it will end up at least in an open democratic space so that Ethiopia could at last find its Peace and political stability for a harmonious economic & cultural development, it long deserved in Africa! – The local players thereby not losing sight of the big picture of our Ethiopian national interest. - I.e. The continuity of the Ethiopian Statehood.

Before the solution, the following months will be full of

“The Duet and Quartet games”.

Who are the “big players” and opinion makers in this play? -  Individuals & “personalities” on which a lot depends. -The fate of the immediate future of the Ethiopian Nation and State.

BEWARE; without WISDOM and the VISION beyond sectional interests, it is ALL Ethiopians, who will be the losers.

Let us hope that it will be a peaceful game!

Update News:

EMLO-SBEGO (Summary)
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EM - Rehearsing post Melese
LO - Rehearsing  a new constitution
S-eye - Still in the Background  (working on ?)
B-irtukan - Still in the backyard ( working on ?)
E - Still challenging EM
GO - The wish to change everything

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Facts for Assessment (upto 28.08.12)

EM

ስብሐት ነጋ የቀድሞ የህወሓት አመራር አባላትን እያደራጁ ነው

http://www.awrambatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/TPLF.pdf

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EMLO-SBEGO

What for Ethiopia “Arab Spring type protest”, reform, coup, revolution, status quo or what???

http://www.debirhan.com/2012/08/what-for-ethiopia-arab-spring-type.html

"Shimagilowch"- Interview

‹‹ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር መለስ ለቅንጅት ሰዎች የተወሰኑ የሚኒስትርነት ቦታዎችን ለመስጠት ቃል ገብተውልን ነበር››

http://www.ethiopianreporter.com/interview/297-interview/7546-2012-08-25-09-13-00.html

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Facts for Assessment (upto 24.08.12)

A roundup reaction on the PM's Death:

EMLO-SBEGO

 

ESAT news on "Shimagilowch" (24.08.2012)

ጋዜጠኞችንና የፖለቲካ እስረኞችን ለማሰፈታት ሸምግልና እየተካሄደ ነው

Oromo Dialogue Forum: A statement on the passing away of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi

 

"The political crisis in Ethiopia today is not just an ideological one; it is neither a preference between democracy and dictatorship, nor a choice between poverty and development. Ethiopia's ills run deeper. At its core is the way successive rulers have treated the peoples of Ethiopia as only subjects with obligations to the state, instead of citizens with rights. The problem is rooted in a lack of societal consensus on the character and ownership of the Ethiopian state. The specter of armed struggle, repression, secrecy, and political conflict will not end until, and unless, this lack of legitimacy of state power in Ethiopia is addressed. This entails not only reasonably meeting the aspirations of the oppressed nationalities but also the desire to maintain the country's unity. And we believe dialogue offers the best route out of the crises. Vengeance invites vengeance, and the cycle will continue without end. To break this vicious cycle of violence that had besieged us for many years, we should start a new era of negotiated settlement and bring about a peaceful resolution to our common problems. There cannot be unilateral solutions, military or civil, to our political problems either by the opposition or the government." 

http://gadaa.com/oduu/15491/2012/08/22/oromo-dialogue-forums-statement-on-the-passing-away-of-prime-minister-meles-zenawi/

Oromo Dialogue Forum, August 22, 2012

Media contact: Lencho Lata , Lencho Bati, Dr. Dima Nogo Dr. Bayan Asoba

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Interview (24.08.12): Dr. Berhanu Nega on the death of PM Meles and the way forward

  

S:

22.08.12

Siyee Abraha on the death of Meles Zenawi

B:

Birtukan Interview on the death of Meles Zenawi

Prof. Ephrem Esaac is in Addis escorting M.Z. Remains

E:

Mr. Obang Metho Calls for Calm, Caution and Dialogue

Negash | August 22nd, 2012

http://www.solidaritymovement.org/

ENTC calls for the formation of transitional government

Elias Kifle | August 22nd, 2012

http://etntc.org/ENTC/wp/wp-content/uploads/Press_Release_Post_Meles_Ethiopia.pdf

EM-LO:

 

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EM:

21.08.12

Death of the PM, Melese Zenaw is confirmed:

Walta-Information-Center PC

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አቦይ ስብሃት ነጋ ታገዱ (20.08.2012, EMF)

http://www.ethioforum.org/?p=11861

17.08.2012

Getachew Assefa, security chief complains on EPRDF

15.08.2012

ESAT interview with Sibhat Nega

 

አስታራቂ ሽማግሌ ያስፈልጋል

Reporter: 5.08.2012

መንግሥት ግጭቶችንና አለመግባባቶችን ለመፍታት ባህላዊ የሽምግልና ዘዴዎችን ይጠቀም

http://www.ethiopianreporter.com/editorial/294-editorial/7315-2012-08-04-08-4...

01 August, 2012

http://www.aigaforum.com/articles/on-meles-health-coverage.pdf

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Rehearsing Post-Melese (& different opinions, see the tolerated and posted comments too):

ከመለስ በኋላ ስለማሰብ መለማመድ:

Posted on Tigraionline & Aigaforum; 6.08.2012

http://www.tigraionline.com/articles/article120805.html

http://www.bikyamasr.com/74615/in-ethiopia-a-post-meles-future-could-bring-end-to-water-tension-with-egypt/

8.08.2012

Acting PM

By T, Staffer, De Brihan Media
08 August 2012

DW 6.08.2012

Constitutional Discussion

Sebhat Nega, Dr. Negasso Gidada and Professor Adnew Addis debate about the Ethiopian constitution(DW audio)

http://www.tigraionline.com/articles

Reference:

Has Meles gone AWOL?

By Alemayehu G Mariam | August 6, 2012

http://www.ethiomedia.com/2012_report

VOA: Prof. Alemayehu G Mariam on Meles Zenawi and Power Succession Rights

http://www.ethiomedia.com/2012_report

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18.08.2012

 

Merara Gudina and Beyene Petros arrived in USA

ER reports:<