Ethiopiawinet:-Council for the Defense of Citizen Rights sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations.

Considering long term, historic and mutually beneficial relations between the peoples and governments of the United States of America and Ethiopia, we earnestly request that:

1) The US should restore its neutral status to the ongoing talks between Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Sudan.

2) Henceforth desist from issuing undue pressure on Ethiopia

3) Assign experienced diplomats and professionals to observing future talks to manage its participation in such complex and critical regional negotiations.

4) Make efforts to clarify to the Ethiopian public that its relations with Ethiopia is as important as those in Egypt and the Sudan and intends to remain engaged without taking sides.

Please read the full letter.

         ከኮሮና ቫይረስ አስጊ የወረርሺኝ ደዌ እራስን ቤተሰብን የሥራ ባልደረባንና አገርን ማትረፍ

                                     ከኢትዮጵያዊነት የዜጎች መብት ማስከበሪያ ጉባኤ

የኮሮና በሽታ ገብቷል ወይንም እየተንሰራፋ ነው በተባለበት አጥቢያ ያሉ አዛውንትና ቀድሞውንም ሌሎች የተለያዩ ደዌዎች ጥቃት ያደረሱባቸው ሰዎች ሁሉ ከቤት ሳይወጡ በጤንነት ያሉ ወጣትና ጤናማ ዘመዶች ሊረዷቸው ይገባል።

1.      ጉንፋን መሰል ሕመም በተለይ ከትኩሳት ጋር የያዛቸው በማንኛውም ዕድሜ  ያሉ ሁሉ እቤት በመቆየት ሁኔታቸውን ያዳምጡ፡ ውሎ ካደረ ወይም የመተንፈስ ችግር ከጀመረ ደግሞ ቢቻል የጤና ባለሙያ አነጋግሮ እርዳታ መሻት፣ ባይቻል አፍና አፍንጫን በማስክ ወይም በሻርፕ ከሸፈኑ በኋላ እጅን ሙልጭ አድርጎ በሳሙና ታጥቦ ወደ ሐኪም መሄድ ይገባል፡፡

2.     ማንኛውም ሰው እጅን በሳሙና ሁልጊዜ አገላብጦ እሽት አድርጎ በመታጠብ፤ ጎጂ ተውሳክን ለማስወገድ ይቻላል። እጅን በውሃ አርሶ መተው ወይም በቅጡ አለመታጠብ ቫይረሱን ሌሎችንም ጎጂ የማይታዩ ህዋሳትን ሊያስወግድ ስለማይችል፤  እጅ ደግሞ ከፊት ካፍንጫ ካይን መነካካት ስለማይወገድ፤ ቫይረሱ ከጅ ወደሰውነት የመግባት ዕድል እንዳያገኝ መፍትሄው  እጅን እሽት አድርጎ መታጠብ ነው።

3.     ባልታጠበ እጅ ፊትን አፍንጫን ዓይንን አፍን መነካካት ማቆምን ልማድ እናድርግ። ከቤት የመውጣት የማይቀርበት ጉዳይ ካጋጠመ እስካርፍም ባይገኝ በተደራረበ ያንገት ልብስ ወይም ንጹህ ጨርቅ አፍና አፍንጫን ጠበቅ አድርጎ በማሰር ሸፍኖ መሔዱ በመጠኑ ቫይረሱ እንድይገባ ይበልጡኑ እኛ ይዘነው ከሆነ እንዳናስተላልፍ ጠቃሚ መሆኑ ተደርሶበታል።   

4.     ሁላችንም ከሌላ ሰው በምንገናኝበት ጊዜ ራቅ ብለን በማጎንበስ ሰላምታ መለዋወጥን እንምረጥ፡ እጅ አለመጨባበጥን  አለመተቃቀፍን፣ አለመሳሳምን አጥብቀን በተግባር እናዉላቸዉ፡፡ ይህን አጥቂ ጠላት በኩርፊያም ይሁን በጡጫ እስክናስወግድ እነዚህን የመቀራረብ ባህሎቻችንን ተወት እናድርጋቸው።

5.     ሳልና፣ ማስነጠስ መናፈጥ ሲያስገድዱ ወይም ሲታሰቡ  ዞር ብሎ አፍና አፍንጫን በክንድ መሐል አፍኖ መሳል፣ ወይም በወረቀት መሀረብ አፈን አድርጎ ከማይነካካ፣ ልጆችም ከማይደርሱበት ቆሻሻ ማጠራቀሚያ ውስጥ መጣል ።

6.     በጅ የሚነካኩ እቃዎችን መሳሪያዎችን መጠቀሚያዎችን በአልኮል ወይም ሳኒታይዘር መጥረግ፡፡ እነዚህ እቃዎች በማይገኙበትም ስፍራዎች በተቻለ መጠን ባለው ሳሙና ሳያነካኩ ባንድ አቅጣጫ መጥርግና ማጽዳት ያስፈልጋል፡፡

7.     እጅግ አስፈላጊ ካልሆነ በስተቀር ሰው ተበራክቶ ከሚገኝበት አለመሔድ። በተለይም ወረርሽኙ ጠፋ እስካልተባለ ድረስ መጠጥና ዳንስ ሰርግና ጭፈራ ቤቶች የበለጠ ለቫይረሱ መተላለፍ ምቹ ስለሚሆኑ አይሂዱ። የሺሻና የጫት ቤቶችም እንዲሁ ከራሳቸው የጤና ችግር ሌላ ሰዎች የሚሰበሰቡባቸው ስለሚሆኑ ቫይረሱም የተበራከተ ሊሆን ይችላል። መንግሥት ወይም የክፍለሀገሩ የጤና ድርጅትና አስተዳደር የሚያወጡትን የጤና አጠባበቅና ያለመሰባሰብ ሕጎች ተከታትሎ በተግባር ማዋል።       

8.     በቂ ፈሳሽ መጠጣት ፣ አትክልት፣ ፍራፍሬ፣ ነጭ ሽንኩርት መመገብ ደዌውን ያስወግዳል ባይባልም ለመቋቋም ብርታት ይጨምራል።

9.     በየጊዜው የከፋ ተላላፊ በሽታ ገለጻ ምክርና እውቅናን እያነበቡና እያዳመጡ ሕጋዊ የጤና መምሪያ የሚሰጠውን በመከታተል ፈጣሪያችን ልንከላከለው ከምንችለው በድጋፉ፤ ልንከላከለው ከማንችለው በጸጋው  ይጠብቀን:: አሜን

ሙሉውን ጽሁፍ ለማንበብ ይህን ይጫኑ

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ኮሮና ቫይረስን ለመቋቋም መፍትሔዎችን ሁሉ በተግባር እንፈጽም

በመላው ዓለምና በሐገራችንም የተከሰተውን ለሕይወት ጠንቅ የሆነውን ኖቬል የኮሮና ቫይረስ ወረርሽኝ በሽታ ለመቋቋም ከመንግሥት፣ ከሃይማኖት ተቋማት፣ ከጤና ድርጅቶችና ባለሙያዎች፤ ግል ድርጅቶችና ሐገር ወዳድ ኢትዮጵያውያን የጀመሯቸው ሕዝብን ስለበሽታው መንስኤና አመጣጥ የማሳወቅ፤ ራስን ከመንስኤው ስለማግለል፤ ስለመመርመር፤ የሕክምና ዕርዳታ ስለማግኘት፤ እና ከበሽታው አለመያዝ በሃኪም ማረጋገጫ ከተገኘም በኋላ ክትትል ስለማድረግ የማስተማርና የበሽታው ጠንቅ (ቫይረሱ) በሰፊው እንዳይሰራጭ ለመግታት የሚደረገው ጥረት ሁሉ ለሕዝብ ደህንነት የሚደረግ የመጀመሪያው እርምጃ ነው፡፡

ኢትዮጵያም ሆነች ሌሎች በጣም የበለጸጉ ሐገራት በሀብታቸውና ጠንካራ የጤና ተቋሞቻቸው ብቻ ተማምነው ሳይሆን በቅድሚያ በሳይንሳዊ ተመክሮ ላይ በተመሠረተ የመከላከል ትምህርት ሊረዱት በሚችሉት ቋንቋ በሰፊው ለሕዝብ ማቅረብና ማዳረስ ሲቻል መሆኑ እሙን ነው።

ከወረርሽኙ ለመከላከል ከሚጠቀሱት ዘዴዎች ውስጥ ፊትን አለመነካካት፤ በተቻለ መጠን በመደጋገም እጅን መታጠብ፤ በሽታው የተጠናወተን መሆኑን ካወቅን ራሳችንን ከሌሎች ሰዎች ማራቅ፤ ስለ ሕመሙ ሰፊ ግንዛቤ እንዲገኝ ማድረግ እንዲሁም ሕክምና የሚገኝበትን ሥፍራ ማሳወቅ ይገኙበታል፡፡

ማሕበራዊ ባህላዊ ሠላምታ በርቀት (ሶሻል ርቀት; ሶሻል ዲስታንስ) የኮሮና ቫይረስ የመከላከያ መፍትሔ ነው!

ማሕበራዊ ሠላምታችንን በርቀት መተግበር አብሮነታችንን አያሳንስም!

ሕይወትን ለማትረፍ ቅድሚያ እንስጥ!

ሙሉዉን መግለጫ ያንብቡ ይህን ይጫኑ

PRESS RELEASE ON GERD TALKS: ETHIOPIA’S RIGHTS OVER ITS NILE WATER SHOULD BE RESPECTED BY ALL

Ethiopiawinnet expresses its appreciation for the peaceful initiative and efforts taken by the tripartite countries (Ethiopia, Egypt and the Sudan) and the observer role played by the US, IMF and the World Bank to help expedite negotiations to resolve issues regarding the GERD and the ultimate utilization of the Nile River resources in a mutually beneficial and equitable manner.  It is, however, incumbent upon us as concerned citizens, as we express our optimism of the positive outcome of these negotiations to underline the need for ensuring that Ethiopia’s basic rights for the use of Nile waters are also duly respected and protected. 

Among the concerns that have been noted by Ethiopiawinnet as serious challenges in these negotiations under the current circumstances, mention should be made of the following:

 1)      Rushed Negotiations: Given Ethiopia’s good faith agreement with its’ tripartite partners

(Egypt and the Sudan) for equitable and mutually beneficial use of the Nile waters, and it’s acceptance of observing partners (US, IMF and the World Bank), these negotiations are taking place in a very rushed pace, not taking into considerations the findings of the joint GERD technical team, and considerations of affording adequate time for the parties to inform & discuss with their public and respective parliaments.  

2)      Lopsided ‘Equitable’ Use of Nile Water in These Negotiations: - The UN water and watercourse convention has put in place the principles of Equitable and Reasonable Utilization of the Nile waters https://www.unwatercoursesconvention.org/documents/UNWC-Fact-Sheet-4-Equitable-and-Reasonable-Utilisation.pdf to conclude a durable agreement in such negotiations. It appears in these rushed and politicized negotiations, the question of Ethiopia’s sovereign right for equitable use of the Nile Waters is taken for granted to placate Egypt and sideline weak Ethiopia to accept these terms.  Additionally, an agreement of such magnitude should take into consideration the interests of the current and coming generations. Disputes on Nile River should therefore be carefully mediated in a way not to compromise the rights of future generations living in the basin.

 It is obvious that an attempt is being made by Egypt and its supporters to demand an undiminished water supply by Ethiopia without taking into account the fact that Ethiopia has the sovereign right and need to utilize its natural water resources for its current population of over 110 million which is expected to increase to 172 million by 2050. 

3)      Politicization of GERD discussions: The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) to establish legal frameworks and institutions by the upper and lower riparian states, based on internationally accepted norms, has been challenged by Egypt repeatedly, due to its unfortunate politicization and securitization of the river shared by 11 riparian countries. The Nile question would have been answered on its entirety had all basin countries committed to the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA). Egypt chose not to cooperate. This is unprecedented in any water treaty negotiations anywhere in the world. The following are additional reasons that hamper Nile negotiations: 

Read the full press release.

PETITION REGARDING THE GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM (GERD)

Professionals of Ethiopian origin in the Diaspora have filed this petition to:

(1)    The Secretary General of the United Nations, to exert influence against Egypt’s unacceptable behavior and avert potential conflict in the region;

(2)    The President of the Pan African Parliament, to support the Nile Basin Initiative and to demand Egypt to refrain from undermining Ethiopia’s sovereign rights over the sources of the Blue Nile and the dam; including but not limited to its operations.

(3)    The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, to support the Nile Basin Initiative and to demand Egypt to refrain from undermining Ethiopia’s sovereign rights over the sources of the Blue Nile and the dam, including but not limited to its operations;

(4)    The President of the United States, to be a neutral facilitator;

(5)    The President of Russia, to be a neutral facilitator;

(6)    The President of the World Bank, to use its good offices to play the role of a neutral facilitator and revisit its refusal to finance the GERD project;

(7)    The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, to cease and desist undermining the Nile Basin Initiative, and the sovereignty of Ethiopia on the basis of a water security mindset;

(8)    The Speaker of the Arab Parliament, to retract the recent letter and to cease intimidating Ethiopia;

(9)    The Egyptian academics and professionals, to find an amicable and mutually beneficial solutions to the problem; and

(10) The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, to fight for a reasonable resolution, taking into consideration the water rights of future generations, based on a framework that does not compromise in anyway the sovereignty of the country over the sources of the Blue Nile and the dam, including but not limited to its operations. 

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ዘረኝነትን፣ ጎሰኝነትን እናምክን፤ ለዜግነት ክብር እንታገል!

ጥቅምት 15፣ 2012 ዓ ም

ባለፉት ጥቂት ቀናት በሀገራችን፣ በተለይም በኦሮምያ ክልል የተፈጠረው ሥርዓተ አልበኝነት እስከ 67 የሚሆኑ ወገኖቻችንን ሕይወት ቀጥፏል፣ ከ 300 ያላነሱ ቆስለዋል፣ በመቶ የሚቆጠሩ ቤቶች ተቃጥለዋል፣ ግምቱ ያልታወቀ ንብረት በየከተማው ወድሟል፤ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ከአደጋው ለመጠለል የገቡ ተሳደው በቦምብ ሕይወታቸውን እንዲያጡ ሆነዋል፤ ወደ ሆስፒታል ሕይወታቸውን ከደረሰባቸው ጉዳት ለማትረፍ ሲወሰዱ እንዳይሄዱ ታግደው ባሉበት እንዲገደሉ ተደርገዋል። ድርጅታችን “ኢትዮያዊነት: የዜጎች መብት ማስከበርያ ጉባዔ” የጥቃቱ ሰለባ ለሆኑ ቤተሰቦችና ለመላው የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ሀዘኑን ይገልፃል።

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To engage every Ethiopian in making a difference, Ethiopiawinnet invites you to learn more about our three pillars:

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Is it better to strengthen the current institutions in Ethiopia or start over in institution building, our third pillar?  This pillar, led by Ethiopiawinnet scholars across various disciplines from the most prestigious educational institutions around the world, is one we believe will most engage politicians, professionals and administrators. The papers published by our scholars educate in and provide discourse on the current state of institutions in Ethiopia and the way forward.

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August 11-12, 2018
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC 20064