Radio Snit Program- Public opinion on Ethiopian Politics – Part VII
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Radio Snit Program- Public opinion on Ethiopian Politics – Part VII
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መ/ር ሙሉወርቅ ኪ/ማርያም አብ መበል 129 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ሃፀይ የውሃንስ ብዛዕባ ኢትዮጵያ ዝገርም ሰፊሕ መብራህርሂ!
መ/ር ሙሉወርቅ ኪ/ማርያም አብ መበል 129 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ሃፀይ የውሃንስ ብዛዕባ ኢትዮጵያ ዝገርም ሰፊሕ መብራህርሂ!
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Ethiopia – Discussion with tigrayans scholars on current issue – Part 1
Ethiopia – Discussion with tigrayans scholars on current issue | ዘተ ምስ ሙሁራት ትግራይ ቀደማይ ክፋል
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Ethiopia – Discussion with tigrayans scholars on current issue – Part 2
Ethiopia – Discussion with tigrayans scholars on current issue ዘተ ምስ ሙሁራት ትግራይ ፪ይ ክፋልን ናይ መወዳእታን
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He Owns Much of Ethiopia. The Saudis Won’t Say Where They’re Hiding Him
He supplies coffee to Starbucks. He owns much of Ethiopia. And he is known as “Sheikh Mo” in the Clintons’ circle.
But the gilded life of Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi took a sharp turn in November. Sheikh Amoudi, the gregarious 71-year-old son of a Yemeni businessman and his Ethiopian wife, was swept up with hundreds of billionaires, princes and other well-connected figures in what the Saudi government says is an anti-corruption campaign that has seized more than $100 billion in assets.
Many other detainees, who were initially kept at a Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, have been released, including Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the well-known international investor. Sheikh Amoudi’s cousin Mohammed Aboud Al Amoudi, a property developer, was also let go.
But Sheikh Amoudi, once called the world’s richest black person by Forbes, has not been freed, leaving a vast empire that employs more than 70,000 people in limbo. He controls businesses from Ethiopia, where he is the largest private employer and the most prominent backer of the authoritarian government, to Sweden, where he owns a large fuel company, to London, which he has used as a base to set up a number of companies.
“He was in the Ritz-Carlton, but we have been told by his family members that he was moved, along with others, to another hotel,” Sheikh Amoudi’s press office said in an email responding to questions. “Unfortunately we do not know where. He is in regular contact with his family and is being treated well.”
While Sheikh Amoudi lacks a princely pedigree, he is in other ways an archetype of those entangled in the kingdom’s power play: a billionaire with assets stretching across the world who had close ties to previous governments.
The late King Abdullah was a supporter of Sheikh Amoudi’s Saudi Star Agricultural Development, a sprawling farming venture in Ethiopia established to supply rice to Saudi Arabia. Such ventures are seen as strategic assets in a desert kingdom keenly aware of its agricultural limitations. While Saudi Star has had a tough time getting going, it is said to be a particular focus of the new government’s interest.
Saudi officials have declined to comment on the charges against individual detainees as well as their status, citing privacy laws.
The Saudi government has said its dragnet followed an extensive investigation by a newly formed anti-corruption committee headed by the country’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. The prince, who has fashioned himself as a reformer, is in the midst of a charm offensive to bolster diplomatic and financial ties to the West and is scheduled to visit Washington this month.
The detentions, however, have been almost entirely opaque. There have been no signs of collaboration with Western law enforcement and no charges made public, leading some critics to view it as a power and money grab rather than a bona fide anti-corruption effort. Saudi officials have denied that anyone has been mistreated, but people with knowledge of the detentions have said that as many as 17 of the detainees required medical attention because of abuse, and one later died in custody.
Given the insular nature of the country and the crackdown, Saudi officials are likely to make the most headway seizing assets within their own borders. Within Sheikh Amoudi’s empire, there is much to sort through.
He moved to the kingdom as a teenager. Although there are few firm details about how a commoner came to vast wealth, he managed to forge influential connections. The most important was Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz, who served as defense minister and crown prince before his death in 2011. Sheikh Amoudi ran businesses that depended on the prince’s money and position, associates said. Another of his allies was Khalid bin Mahfouz, a billionaire who later became enmeshed in the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International in 1991, at the time one of the largest private banks in the world.
In the 1980s, Sheikh Amoudi set up Mohammed International Development Research and Organization Companies, a conglomerate known as Midroc. Early on, his biggest deal was a multibillion-dollar project to build the kingdom’s underground oil storage capacity. Engineering and construction became core businesses for Midroc, but it operates everything from pharmaceutical to furniture factories in the region, according to its website. Sheikh Amoudi also owns half of a steel company called Yanbu, and a large chain of gas stations called Naft.
Like another detainee, Sheikh Alwaleed, Sheikh Amoudi extended his reach to the United States. He donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation and offered his private plane to fly Bill Clinton to Ethiopia in 2011. That offer sparked debate within the foundation, leaked emails showed.
“Unless Sheikh Mo has sent us a $6 million check, this sounds crazy to do,” Amitabh Desai, the foreign policy director of the Clinton Foundation, wrote in one of the emails.
That was not the first time that Sheikh Amoudi’s name had surfaced in the United States. Three years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a lawsuit by the owner of the World Trade Center described Sheikh Amoudi as a “material sponsor of international terrorism” because of his funding of controversial Islamic charities. Both sides agreed to a dismissal the next year, and a spokesman for Sheikh Amoudi attributed the suit to a case of mistaken identity.
In Ethiopia, Sheikh Amoudi’s allies portray him as a philanthropist and a champion of African growth.
“I am a Saudi investor, born in Africa, with an Ethiopian mother, of which I am proud,” he said in a speech in Washington in 2014. “I have a special relationship with my birth country by investing in all of Africa — north, south, east, west.”
Sisay Asefa, a professor at Western Michigan University, has known Sheikh Amoudi for years and set up a foundation with his support.
“He should be released immediately,” he said. Sheikh Amoudi, he added, “has transformed many lives.”
But he has also been a polarizing figure. Sheikh Amoudi’s reach in Ethiopia has been so pervasive that a 2008 State Department cable, made public by WikiLeaks, said that “nearly every enterprise of significant monetary or strategic value privatized since 1994 has passed from the ownership of the Government of Ethiopia” to “one of Al Amoudi’s companies.” That called into question the “true competitiveness of the process,” the cable said.
Sheikh Amoudi has opened his deep pockets to build a hospital in Addis Ababa and fund AIDS treatment programs. But he has also long backed the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, which has governed the country for more than a quarter-century, angering opposition supporters.
His loyalty to the party has even crossed borders. When a popular expatriate group in the United States called the Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America invited an opposition leader to speak in 2010, Sheikh Amoudi set up a rival group.
“When he was imprisoned, it divided public opinion,” said Semahagn Gashu Abebe, an assistant professor of international studies at Endicott College. “The opposition is happy because they think it will greatly weaken the regime.”
But for Ethiopia’s governing party, he said, “it’s a loss.”
Many see Sheikh Amoudi less as a beneficent local son than a Saudi privateer. Some of his mining operations, particularly in a region of Ethiopia called Oromia, have caused resentment, protests and arrests.
“The government and people around the government would definitely miss him,” said Henok Gabisa, a visiting academic fellow at Washington and Lee University School of Law. “I’m sure people from the Oromia region would never miss him, because they feel like they were robbed of their natural resources.”
As Mr. Gabisa put it, “Literally his presence and his absence make a huge difference in Ethiopia.”
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Public opinion on Ethiopian Politics – Part VIII
ረድዬ ስኒት – Public opinion on Ethiopian Politics – Part VIII
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ኢትዮ ቢዝነስ ልዩ ፕሮግራም (በሲልከን ቫሊ) ክፍል 1 Ethio Business Silicon Valley Part 1
ኢትዮ ቢዝነስ ልዩ ፕሮግራም (በሲልከን ቫሊ) ክፍል 1 Ethio Business Silicon Valley Part 1
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Public opinion on Ethiopian Politics – Part IX
ረድዬ ስኒት – Public opinion on Ethiopian Politics – Part IX
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Mahlet Gebregiorgis – Na
Mahlet Gebregiorgis – Na | ና – New Ethiopian Tigrigna Music 2018 (Official Video)
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ኢሕአዴግ ዓብይ አህመድን (ዶ/ር) ሦስተኛው ሊቀመንበር አድርጎ መረጠ
የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር (ኢሕአዴግ) ምክር ቤት ከማክሰኞ መጋቢት 11 ቀን 2010 ዓ.ም. ጀምሮ ለአንድ ሳምንት ባደረገው ስብሰባየኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ድርጅት (ኦሕዴድ) ሊቀመንበር የሆኑትን ዓብይ አህመድን (ዶ/ር) የግንባሩ ሊቀመንበር አድርጎ መረጠ፡፡
ምክር ቤቱ የኢሕአዴግ ሦስተኛውን ሊቀመንበር ከመምረጡ በፊት የጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ኃይለ ማርያም ደሳለኝን የሥራ መልቀቂያ በሙሉ ድምፅ ተቀብሎ አፅድቆታል፡፡ ከሊቀመንበርነት ምርጫ በፊት ምክር ቤቱ የአራቱ የግንባሩ አባል ድርጅቶችን የጥልቅ ተሃድሶ ግምገማ ሪፖርት አዳምጦ ሰፋ ያለ ውይይት አድርጎበታል፡፡
ከምክር ቤቱ አስቀድሞ በተደረገው የኢሕአዴግ የሥራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ ስብሰባ የአራቱን አባል ድርጅቶች ግምገማ በጥልቀት ገምግሞ ከጨረሰ በኋላ፣ለምክር ቤቱ የሚያቀርበውን የመወያያ ሰነድ መዘጋጀቱን የደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲያዊ ንቅናቄ (ደኢሕዴን) ሊቀመንበር አቶ ሽፈራው ሽጉጤ ተናግረው ነበር፡፡ በወቅቱ በምክር ቤቱ የጠቅላይ ሚኒስትርና የግንባሩ ሊቀመንበር አቶ ኃይለ ማርያም ደሳለኝ መልቀቅ የፈጠረውን የአመራር ክፍተት ለመድፈን፣የአመራር መተካት እንደሚኖር አመላክተው ነበር፡፡
በኢሕአዴግ የተለምዶ አሠራር የፓርቲው ሊቀመንበር የአገሪቱ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር እንደሚሆን ስለሚታወቅ፣ ተመራጩ ሊቀመንበር በፓርላማ እንደሚሰየም ይጠበቃል፡
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Abiy Ahmed elected as chairman of Ethiopia’s ruling coalition
EPRDF picks Abiy Ahmed as its chairman, paving the way for the Oromo leader to become Ethiopia’s prime minister.
Ethiopia’s ruling coalition has elected Abiy Ahmed as its new chairman, according to state media.
The announcement on Tuesday by state broadcaster FANA means that Ahmed, who hails from the Oromo ethnic group, is now expected to succeed Hailemariam Desalegn as Ethiopia’s prime minister.
The chairman of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition has historically also taken on prime minister duties.
The EPRDF and its allies control all 547 seats in Ethiopia’s parliament, which must confirm the new prime minister.
Ruling coalition
In a surprise move on February 15, Hailemariam announced that he was stepping down as both prime minister and chairman of the EPRDF.
He said at the time that he would be staying on as prime minister in a caretaker capacity, until the EPRDF named a successor.
Local news site Addis Standard reported on Tuesday that Ahmed garnered 108 out of 180 votes in a meeting by the EPRDF’s Council, which comprises 45 members each from the four political parties that make up the coalition.
Mainly divided along ethnic lines, the parties are: the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), the Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organisation (OPDO) and the Southern Ethiopian People’s Democratic Movement (SEPDM).
State of emergency
Hailemariam abrupt resignation’s prompted the government to declare a six-month state of emergency in a bid to stem political unrest amid long-standing demands for greater freedoms.
Mass protests have been going on since 2015 when anti-government demonstrations broke out among the Oromo, Ethiopia’s biggest ethnic group, and later spread to the Amhara, the second biggest group.
The protests, which initially began over land rights but later broadened to include calls for greater political representation at the national level, were met with a harsh government response.
Human rights groups hundreds of people were killed by security forces during the violence, while thousands of others were arrested.
Abiy will be the first Oromo prime minister in the 27 years EPRDF has been in power.
Last month, the 81-member OPDO central committee named Ahmed, a former minister of science and technology, as its new chairman.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA NEWS
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Radio Snit – Public opinion on Ethiopian Politics – Part X
ረድዬ ስኒት – Public opinion on Ethiopian Politics – Part X
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Ethiopia Prime Minster Dr Abiy Ahmed’s first speech in full
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በጠ/ሚ አብይ አህመድ ንግግር ላይ አቶ ልደቱ አያሌውና የፎርቹኑ ታምራት ያካሄዱት የሞቀ ውይይት ክፍል 1
በጠ/ሚ አብይ አህመድ ንግግር ላይ አቶ ልደቱ አያሌውና የፎርቹኑ ታምራት ያካሄዱት የሞቀ ውይይት ክፍል 1
በጠ/ሚ አብይ አህመድ ንግግር ላይ አቶ ልደቱ አያሌውና የፎርቹኑ ታምራት ያካሄዱት የሞቀ ውይይት ክፍል 2
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Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed speech in Mekelle –ትግርኛ
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed speech in Mekelle – ትግርኛ
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ረድዬ ስኒት – Analysis on Mekelle public meeting with PM Abiy Ahmed
ረድዬ ስኒት – Analysis on Mekelle public meeting with PM Abiy Ahmed
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List of PM Abiy Ahmed’s New Cabinet
List of Abiy Ahmed’s New Cabinet
FDRE Government Officials
- President – H.E. Mulatu Teshome (PhD)
- Prime Minister – H.E. Abiy Ahmed (PhD)
- Speaker of the House of Peoples’ Representatives – H.E. W/o Muferiat Kamil
Cabinet
- H.E. Ato Demeke Mekonnen Deputy Prime Minister
- H.E. Workneh Gebeyehu (PhD) Minister of Foreign Affairs
- H.E. Ato Motuma Mekassa Minister of Defense
- H.E. Ato Tagese Chafo Minster of Public Service and Human Resource Development
- H.E. Abrham Tekeste (PhD) Minister of Finance and Economic Cooperation
- H.E. Ato Kebede Chane Minister of Federal Affairs and Pastoral Area Development
- H.E. Ato Melaku Alebel Minister of Trade
- H.E. W/o. Ouba Mohammed Minister of Communication and Information Technology Technology
- H.E. Ato Ambachew Mekonnen (PhD) Minister of Industry
- H.E. Hirut Woldemariam (PhD) Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
- H.E. Professor Fekadu Beyene Minister of Livestock and Fishery
- H.E. Ato Shiferaw Shigute Minister of Agriculture and LiveStock
- H.E. Engineer Getahun Mekuria (PhD) Minister of Science and Technology
- H.E. Ato Siraj Fergessa Minister of Transport
- H.E. Ato Jantirar Abay Minister of Urban Development and Housing
- H.E. Engineer Aisha Mohammed Minister of Construction
- H.E Engineer Sileshi Bekele (PhD) Minister of Water,Irrigetion and Electrcity
- H.E. Ato Melese Alemu Minister of Mines , Petroleum and Natural Gas
- H.E. Gemedo Dale (PhD) Minister of Environment , Forest and Climate Change
- H.E. Tilaye Gete (PhD) Minister of Education
- H.E. Yinager Dese (PhD) Commissioner of National Planning Commission
- H.E. Ato Amir Aman Minister of Health
- H.E. Ambassador Teshome Toga Minister of Public Enterprises
- H.E. Ato Birhanu Tsegaye Attorney General
- H.E. W/O Fozia Amin Minister of Culture and Tourism
- H.E. W/o Yalem Tsegaye Minister of Women and Children Affairs
- H.E. Ato Ristu Yirdaw Minster of Youth and Sport
- H.E. Ato Omer Hussien Ethiopian Revenues and Costumes Authority
- H.E. Asmelash Woldesilasie Chief Government Whip
- H.E. Ato Ahmed Shide Minister of Government Communication Affairs Office
November 01, 2016
List of Hailemariam’s New Cabinet
- Prime Minister – Hailemariam Desalegn – (SEPDM/EPRDF)
- Deputy prime minister – Demeke Mekonnen – (ANDM/EPRDF)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Workneh Gebeyehu (PhD) – (OPDO/EPRDF)
- Minister, Ministry of Defense – Siraj Fegessa (SEPDM/EPRDF)
TPLF/EPRDF (Tigray People Liberation Front)
- Debretsion Gebremicheal (PhD) – Minister of Communication and Information Technology
- Eyasu Abrha (PhD) – Minister, Ministry of Farming & Natural resources
- Abraham Tekeste (PhD) – Minister, Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation
- Asmelash Woldesilasie – Chief government whip at the House of People’s Representative (rank of Minister)
- Fetlework Gebreegzabher – Coordinator for Urban Sector at Democratic System Building Coordination Center (rank of Minister)
ANDM/EPRDF (Amhara National Democratic Movement)
- Kassa Tekleberhan – Minister, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Pastoral Area Development
- Yifru Berhane (Prof) – Minister, Ministry of Health
- Ahmed Abitew – Minister, Ministry of Industry
- Ambachew Mekonnen (PhD) – Minister, Ministry of Urban Development & Housing
- Getachew Ambaye – Attorney General with the rank of Minister
- Yinager Desie – Commissioner of Natural Plan Commission
- Kebede Chane – director, Ethiopian Revenues and Costumes Authority with the rank of Minister
- Tefera Derbew – Coordinator for Rural Sector at Democratic System Building Coordination Center (rank of Minister)
SEPDM/EPRDF (Southern People Democratic Movements)
- Shiferaw Tekelemariam (PHD) – Minister, Ministry of Education
- Tagese Chafo – Minister, Ministry of Public Service & Human Resource Development
- Hirut Woldemariam (PhD) – Minister, Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- Sheferaw Shegute -Chief coordinator at Democratic System Building Coordination center (rank of Minister)
OPDO/EPRDF (Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization)
- Gemedo Dale (PhD) – Minister, Ministry of Environmental, Forest & Climate Change
- Getahun Mekuria (PhD) – Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology
- Fekadu Beyene (Prof.) – Minister, Ministry of Livestock & Fishery
- Demitu Hambissa – Minister, Ministry of Women’s and Children’s Affairs
- Bekele Bulado (PHD) – Minister, Ministry of Trade
- Motuma Mekassa – Minister, Ministry of Mines Petroleum & Natural Resources
- Girma Amente (PhD) – Minister, Ministry of Public Enterprise
- Negeri Lencho (PhD) – Government Communication Affairs Office with the rank of Minister
- Abdulaziz Mohammed -Coordinator of Political parties and Civic Association affairs at Democratic System Building Coordination Center (rank of Minister)
ESPDP – (Somali People’s Democratic Party)
- Ahmed Shide – Minister, Minister of Transport
- Abdulfetah Abdulah – Minister, Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs
ANDP – (Afar National Democratic Party)
- Aisha Mohammed – Minister, Ministry of Construction
Non member
- Sileshi Bekele (PhD) Minister, Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity
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ረድዬ ስኒት – Lack of Leadership and nepotism in Tigray – Part 2
ረድዬ ስኒት – Lack of Leadership and nepotism in Tigray – Part 2
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Interview with Artist Solomon YikunoAmlak
Interview with Artist Solomon YikunoAmlak
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Medhanit Fikremariam – Ayni Wana / New Ethiopian Traditional Music 2018
Medhanit Fikremariam – Ayni Wana / New Ethiopian Traditional Music 2018
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