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Ethiopia is grappling with heightened risk of state collapse, it is time for orderly transition - Addis Standard
▻http://addisstandard.com/editorial-ethiopia-grappling-heightened-risk-state-collapse-time-orde

Ethiopia is fast descending into turmoil as the result of incessant state-sanctioned violence and repression. Popular demands that precipitated a three year-long protest, which started in Oromia in 2014 and then spread to the Amhara and other regions, remain unaddressed. The discontent in the two most populous regional states, Oromia and Amhara, home to two-thirds of the country’s population of over 100 million, is deep and widespread. The resulting anxiety, expressed by serious Ethiopia watchers, is confirmed by the country’s leader, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, who once warned that the continued protests could push Ethiopia into a situation similar to what has prevailed in neighboring Somalia for the last 26 years: state collapse.

The popular protests signaled a regime in crisis. After ruling for a quarter century, the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), began to exhibit signs of decomposition. Nowhere is this well archived than the reporting by this magazine over the last six years. The economy, once touted as the envy of the world, started experiencing a downward spiral. Tensions emerged at the highest echelons of the security apparatus with the civilian and military intelligence at loggerheads over the direction of the regime’s response to the protests. Beginning in December 2016, two months into the state of emergency that was declared to suppress the protests, the situation got further complicated with rising tensions between regional states – first between the Amhara and Tigray regions and currently between the Oromia and Somali regional states.

#Ethiopie #terres #territoire #climat #dictature

L’Ethiopie inaugure un barrage controversé - Magazine GoodPlanet Info
▻https://www.goodplanet.info/actualite/2016/12/19/lethiopie-inaugure-barrage-controverse

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L’#Ethiopie a inauguré samedi le barrage le plus haut d’Afrique, un projet qui doit lui permettre de presque doubler sa capacité énergétique mais qui menace, selon ses détracteurs, le mode de vie des populations locales ainsi qu’un lac kényan classé au patrimoine mondial de l’Humanité.

« Cette centrale hydroélectrique, au même titre que d’autres projets en cours, répond à notre besoin en électricité et va également fournir des marchés étrangers », s’est réjoui le Premier ministre Hailemariam Desalegn, lors d’un discours sur le site du barrage, à environ 350 kilomètres au sud-ouest de la capitale Addis Abeba.

Haut de 24 mètres, « #Gibe_III » est le plus important d’une série de barrages hydroélectriques que l’Ethiopie construit le long de l’Omo, qui s’écoule du nord vers le sud.

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Les autorités démentent par ailleurs que le barrage servira uniquement à irriguer les énormes plantations de canne à sucre et de coton détenues à proximité du site par des capitaux étrangers.

#énergie #électricité #irrigation #eau #développement #évictions_forcées #peuples_autochtones

Ethiopia announces new curbs as part of state of emergency measures | Reuters
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-protests-idUSKBN12G0Q9

Ethiopia imposed curbs on its opposition, travel restrictions on diplomats, and a dusk-to-dawn curfew around major projects in new measures announced on Sunday that follow the declaration of a six-month, nationwide state of emergency.

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn declared the state of emergency earlier this month, saying months of unrest threatened the Horn of Africa nation’s stability.

More than 500 people have been killed in protests in the Oromiya region surrounding the capital Addis Ababa and other areas since last year, after anger over a development scheme for the capital sparked broader anti-government demonstrations over politics and human rights abuses.

The state of emergency was effective from Oct. 8.

In a directive released on Sunday, opposition parties were barred from issuing statements deemed to pose a threat to the “sovereignty, security and the constitutional order of the country” to both domestic and foreign press.

The raft of measures include granting security services powers to stop and search suspects, and search homes without court authorization. Contacting opposition groups branded “terrorist movements” has been forbidden. Ethiopia has designated five groups, including two armed secessionist movements, as terrorists.

The violence in Oromiya, Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, and to a lesser extent in Amhara province, has overshadowed the success story of one of Africa’s fastest growing economies.

#Éthiopie #état_d'urgence #dictature #contestation

Ethiopia Declares Emergency, After New Outburst Of Protests And Violence : The Two-Way : NPR
▻http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/09/497275155/ethiopia-declares-emergency-after-new-outburst-of-protests-and-violence

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#État_d'urgence en #Éthiopie (et comme d’hab tout le monde s’en pète)

A week after a deadly stampede brought anti-government protests and violence to a fever pitch, Ethiopia declared a six-month state of emergency Sunday. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn says the declaration is necessary for the government to protect both property and citizens’ lives.

The stampede struck at a religious festival that also had qualities of a demonstration that was held last Sunday, Oct. 2, in the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa. That’s where many in a massive crowd that had gathered to celebrate the annual Irreecha thanksgiving festival chanted slogans and crossed their fists over their heads, an increasingly familiar gesture that protests oppression and calls for more rights for the people of Oromia.

#terres #territoires #contestation #dictature

GEESKA AFRIKA ONLINE The Horn of Africa Intelligence News Group » Ethiopia: Kuwait fund for “Food Security Project Proposal”
▻http://www.geeskaafrika.com/ethiopia-kuwait-fund-for-food-security-project-proposal/6107

Foreign Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, led an Ethiopian delegation in cluding the Ministers of Finance and Agriculture to Kuwait over the weekend. Dr. Tedros delivered the “Food Security Project Proposal” from Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, in accordance with the discussions the two leaders had held at the Africa- Arab Summit last year.
The Amir welcomed the proposal, noting that food security was crucial to Kuwait, to Ethiopia and to the international community. Dr. Tedros congratulated the Amir of the State of Kuwait in his designation in September as a ‘Humanitarian Leader’ by the United Nations Secretary General and of the State of Kuwait as a ‘Humanitarian Center’.

#Ethiopie: la distraction du PM Hailemariam Desalegn pour camoufler les graves problèmes internes du pays
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La semaine dernière, le Premier ministre éthiopien Hailemariam Desalegn a donné une interview dans laquelle il a menacé son voisin du Nord-Est, l’Érythrée. Desalegn a averti que l’Ethiopie a modifié sa politique à l’égard Érythrée, et est maintenant déterminé à renverser le président érythréen Isaias Afwerki par la force. L’interview a été rapidement suivie par les nouvelles qu’Afar l’Organisation de la mer Rouge démocratique (RSADO) – un groupe hébergé et financé par l’Ethiopie – a promis de « renforcer les attaques militaires » pour renverser le gouvernement érythréen.

Alors que les déclarations respectives sont graves – en ce qu’ils contestent précipitamment, et violent d’une manière flagrante, les normes internationales de la diplomatie, des lois et des protocoles diplomatiques – elles ne constituent pas une « une rupture » en soi. Par exemple, avant son décès, le défunt Meles Zenawi avait de même changé la politique de l’Éthiopie vers l’Érythrée sur une base de « ni guerre-ni paix » à la recherche active d’un « changement de régime » à Asmara.

Bien que Desalegn conduit un pays qui a connu une certaine croissance économique et l’amélioration de l’#agriculture – qui représente près de la moitié de l’activité économique de l’Ethiopie – « l’#accaparement des #terres » entraîné par des nombreuses d’entreprises #multinationales et des privé #spéculateurs rivalisent de louer des millions des terres le plus fertile du pays par le gouvernement à des prix dérisoires. Par conséquent, ce qui a engendré de nombreuses #violations des droits (notamment par le biais des programmes de #villagisation), beaucoup de mécontentement et de la résistance de plus en plus par les communautés autochtones. De plus, la pauvreté et les inégalités nationales drastiques restent répandues. Environ 90% de la population de 94 millions souffre encore de nombreuses privations, allant de l’accès insuffisant à l’éducation, aux soins de santé inadéquats ; les revenus moyens sont encore bien en dessous de 500 $ par année ; et plus de 30 millions de personnes sont encore confrontés aux pénuries alimentaires chroniques.

#alimentation #faim

Ethiopia opens Africa’s biggest windfarm | Global development | theguardian.com
▻http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/oct/28/ethiopia-opens-africa-biggest-windfarm

A windfarm billed as the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa has been opened by Ethiopia’s prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, a potentially crucial step for the continent’s renewable energy industry.

The €210m (£179m) Ashegoda windfarm consists of 84 hi-tech turbines towering above an arid region where villagers herd cattle and ride donkey-drawn carts as they have for generations.

The project, outside Mekelle in Tigray state, about 475 miles north of the capital, Addis Ababa, has a capacity of 120MW and will produce about 400m KWh a year. It was completed in phases over three and a half years and has produced 90m KWh for the national grid.

The farm, inaugurated by Desalegn on Saturday, was supervised by German company Lahmeyer International and implemented by France’s Vergnet with French funding. But the Ethiopian government insisted there were also local spin-offs.

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Media reports in 2011, however, noted that about 700 farmers had lost some or all their land to make way for the turbines. They were given financial compensation but some complained the money was too little.

#Ethiopie #énergie #éolien #énergie_renouvelable

Ethiopia wants cooperation with Egypt

▻http://bikyanews.com/89232/ethiopia-wants-cooperation-with-egypt

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn called for prioritizing cooperation with Egypt in order to achieve the best interest of both countries.

#Nil #Nile #water_issue