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መንግሥት በእስልምና ሃይማኖት ጣልቃ ስለመግባቱ በርካታ ማስረጃዎችን ማቅረብ ይቻላል፡፡ በተለይም ካለፈው ዓመት ጀምሮ እጅግ አስገራሚና አሳዛኝ በሆነ መልኩ ጣልቃ ገብነቱ ግልጽ ሆኖ እየተስተዋለ ነው፡፡ እስቲ በጥቂቱ ብቻ ለማስታወስ ልሞክር፡፡
A record number of African refugees and migrants are arriving in Yemen this year. More than 43,000 people reached Yemen's shores in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea in the first four months of 2012 alone. During the same period last year almost 30,000 people made the same perilous journey. In total, more than 103,000 people from the Horn of Africa arrived in Yemen in 2011 - a record number since UNHCR began compiling these statistics in 2006. Should the current trend continue, 2012 would sadly become another record year.
By William Davison on May 18, 2012
The U.S. should reassess its support for the government of Ethiopia, amid concern that more than half a million people are being evicted to make land available for foreign investment in agriculture, advocacy groups including the Oakland Institute said.
The united States-based Oakland Institute and the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SNME) call up on President Obama to talk on the issue with Ethiopian prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who is expected to arrive Washington today.
The two institutions argue that large-scale land investments, which is often characterized as land grabbing, are violating human rights and undermining food security in Ethiopia. In an Open Letter to President Obama, the Oakland Institute and SMNE are delivering a petition signed by over 8,000 supporters of the indigenous and local communities of Gambella, Ethiopia - 70,000 people in all - who are being forcibly relocated to make land available for investment in agriculture.
May 16, 2012
His Excellency Barack Obama
President of the United States of America
White House
Via facsimile: +1 202-456-2461
Dear President Obama:
As you prepare to host the G-8 summit and discuss the security of food supplies with leaders from Africa, we call on you to strongly consider the role of an independent press in identifying and assessing agricultural challenges and famine, and facilitating the national and international response to food crises.
Mr. President, as a central example, we urge you to consider the situation in Ethiopia. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia has made strides in economic growth and poverty reduction. However, Ethiopia remains one of the foremost recipients of U.S. humanitarian assistance as the country is mired in cycles of drought that leave millions of people vulnerable to hunger. The government routinely downplays the extent of the crisis by denying journalists access to sensitive areas and censoring independent news coverage. This undermines the ability of donor nations and aid groups to raise funds and make decisions about how best to mitigate the disaster. USAID has in the past called on the government of Ethiopia to improve access to those affected for assessing their needs and effectively distributing aid.
