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Family of Andargachew Tsige Calls for his Release The family of a British citizen kidnapped and rendered to Ethiopia in June has called on the British government to secure his release as soon as possible. LONDON – Andargachew ‘Andy’ Tsege, a father of three from London, was travelling to Eritrea in June this year when he was seized during a stopover in Yemen. Two weeks later, Ethiopian officials admitted to the UK government that Mr Tsege was in their custody. British consular staff were denied access to Mr Tsege over 50 days after his initial capture, and his family still do not know where is being held. Last month, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn dismissed concerns about Mr Tsege’s concerns and whereabouts. Mr Tsege, who is a prominent member of an Ethiopian opposition group, faces a death sentence imposed in absentia, and his arrest comes amid a crackdown on political activists and journalists ahead of elections in Ethiopia next year. In a heavily-edited video aired r...

One of hundreds of families in the Gambella region who have been forcibly removed from their homes. Photograph: Jenny Vaughan/AFP/Getty Images “Life was good because the land was the land of our ancestors. The village was along the riverside, where you could get drinking water, go fishing and plant mango, banana and papaya. The temperature there was good and we could feed ourselves.” This is how Mr O – his name is protected for his safety – remembers the home he shared with his family in the Gambella region of  Ethiopia . The fertile land had been farmed for generations, relatively safe from wars, revolutions and famines. Then, one day, near the end of 2011, everything changed. Ethiopian troops arrived at the village and ordered everyone to leave. The harvest was ripe, but there was no time to gather it. When Mr O showed defiance, he says, he was jailed, beaten and tortured. Women were raped and some of his neighbours murdered during the forced relocation. U...

“ዋይ ዋይ ከሚሉና ሙሾ ከሚያወጡ ሴቶችና ከሕዝቡ እጅግ ብዙዎች ተከተሉት፡፡ ኢየሱስ ግን ወደ እነርሱ ዘወር ብሎ እንዲህ አለ፡- እናንተ የኢየሩሳሌም ልጆች ለእኔስ አታልቅሱልኝ፤ ዳሩ ግን፡- መካኖችና ያልወለዱ ማኀፀኖች፣ ያላጠቡ ጡቶችም ብፁአን ናቸው የሚሉበት ጊዜ እነሆ ይመጣልና ለራሳችሁና ለልጆቻችሁ አልቅሱ፡፡” (የሉቃስ ወንጌል ም. 23 ቁ. 27-30) ከቅዱስ መጽሐፉ ይህን የመሲሁ የመጨረሻ ምክር የመረጥኩት (ምንም እንኳ ረቢው የተናገረው ስለመለኮታዊው ትምህርት ቢሆንም) ዓለማዊው ፍች የኢትዮጵያችንን የወቅቱን መንፈስ ለመረዳት ከማስቻሉም በዘለለ፤ በየጊዜው እያየን፣ እየሰማን ያለነውን የፖለቲካ ተቃውሞው የጥምዝምዞሽ መንገድ በአርምሞ ለመመርመር መልካም ምሳሌ ይሆናል በሚል እሳቤም ነው፡፡ የሠላማዊ ትግሉ መቀልበሻ ስልቶች እፍኝ በማይሞሉ ፋኖዎች ከአርባ ዓመታት በፊት “ደደቢት” በተሰኘ የሰሜን በርሃ የተመሰረተው ህወሓት ከተራዘመ የትግል ጉዙ በኋላ፤ ታጋይ ሕላዊ ዮሴፍ “እልፍ ሆነናል” እንዲል፤ ራሱን አጠናክሮ “እልፍ” በመሆን ሥልጣን ይዞ፣ የሀገሪቷን አንጡራ-ሀብት አመራሩ መምነሽነሺያው ካደረገ፣ እነሆ ሃያ ሶስት ዓመታት እንደዘበት ነጎዱ፡፡ ርግጥ ነው ይህች የዳንኪራ እና ፌሽታ ዘመን እውን ትሆን ዘንድ፣ የቡድኑ ዋና ዋና መሪዎችም ሆኑ መላው ታጋይ (የበረከቱ ተቋዳሽ ባይሆንም) በቃላት ሊገለፅ የማይችል የመከራ ዓመታትን በቆራጥነት ማሳለፋቸው የሚስተባበል ታሪክ አይደለም፡፡ ሥልጣን እጃቸው ከገባ በኋላም የአገር ጥቅም መገበርን ጨምሮ እየገደሉ፣ እያሰሩና እያሰደዱ… በሕዝብ ላይ ወደር የለሽ ጭካኔን በመፈፀም ዘላቂነቱን እንዲህ ስለማስረገጣቸውም ተወርቶ የተዘጋ አጀንዳ ከሆነ ሰነባብቷል፡፡ ይሁንና ከዕለት ዕለት እየመረረና እየከፋ የመጣው ይህ ኩነት፣ ም...

የእንግሊዝ የአፍሪካ ጉዳዮች ሚኒስትር በለንደን የወያኔ ወኪል የሆነውን የኢምባሲውን ጉዳይ አስፈጻሚ ደመቀ አጥናፉን በመጥራት የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ ጉዳይ እንዳሳሰበው ገለጠ። አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ከየመን ከተያዙ 6 ሳምንት ያለፋቸው ሲሆን ያሉበትን ሁኔታ በተመለከተ ማብርሪያ ጠቋል። Minister for Africa summoned Ethiopian Chargé d’Affaires to raise concerns about arrest of a Briton The Chargé d’Affaires at the Ethiopian Embassy in the UK, Mr Demeke Atnafu, was summoned to the Foreign Office this afternoon to meet the UK’s Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds MP. Mr Simmonds expressed deep concern that the Ethiopian authorities had not allowed consular access to Mr Andargachew Tsege, a British national who has now been detained in Ethiopia for six weeks after being removed from Yemen. Mr Simmonds asked the Chargé to urge his government to deliver on previous commitments to provide consular access without further delay, and to provide assurances that they do not intend to carry out the death penalty imposed in absentia. source.  http://www.gov.uk/government/news/ethiopia...