ONE FOR THE ROAD

መራገምም ብቻ ሳይሆን መመረቅም እናውቅበታለን : To HR. President Abdul-Fattah El Sisi and to the Egyptian people Thank you for bringing Ethiopians home

To HR. President Abdul-Fattah El Sisi
and to the Egyptian people
Without your action...
Mothers could be childless
Fathers could be sonless
Sisters/Brothers could be brotherless
Kids could be fatherless
Wives could be husbandless
Friends cold be friendless
Ethiopia could be a lot less
World could be mourning tireless.
But because of you we are more joyful and thankful.God Bless You!
Thank you for bringing Ethiopians home
From Yebbo Communication Network and fans

Floyd Mayweather: Why Should I donate Money To Africa What Has Africa Done For Me? (Video)

Just when you think Floyd “Money” Mayweather has gotten all the foolishness and ignorance out of his system, he displays that it runs deep in him like his boxing skill. The pound for pound and self proclaimed best fighter ever sat down with radio personality Kelly Mac of 107.3 Jamz to discuss donating last year.

Floyd appears open, honest and frank about his lack of donating and lack of desire to donate. The way he sees it is he has an obligation to his family and his family only because let him tell it, no one would ever return the favor if they were in need.

floyd-mayweather-moneyApparently, Floyd hears it often that maybe he should open up the wallet and give back to those less fortunate than he. And Africa is one of those places that many suggest he donates his money, but he doesn’t think that is a good idea.

“[People] say ‘well, he got all this money, why is he not giving to Africa?’” starts Mayweather. “Well, what has Africa given to us? What has Africa came and gave to my children and to my family? Things work two ways.”

He goes on to talk about how giving away too much money can cause the giver to become broke and needed themselves. A situation that is all too familiar as Manny Pacquiao apparently just did something like this and ended up in financial trouble…thus desperately needing to fight Floyd for a big payday.

Nevertheless, his feelings are peculiar because if Floyd was stacking and saving his money, that would be one thing. On the contrary, he is very extravagant with his earnings buying jets, multiple priceless cares, jewelry and more. Items that are not exactly long term investments or saving for his family….not to mention the reckless betting he is notorious for…yet he continues.

“Everybody’s always talking about giving, giving, giving. That’s the problem. Everybody’s doing so much giving, at the end of the day, they may not have nothing. Then they’ll say ‘why was he giving this to that person, and giving this to that person when he should have been saving?’”

Mayweather stands by the fact that he should be able to do whatever he feels with his money. And by his words, that means providing for his family.

“I never got involved in the sport of boxing to say ‘I’m going to fight and make hundreds of millions of dollars and just give it all away.’ If I’m gonna mess money off in a bad way, I’m going to spend it on myself. I’m going to do what I want to do with my money. You hear people talking about, ‘well, he should…donate to this or donate to that.’ No, I should donate to Floyd Mayweather, donate to Floyd Mayweather’s family. Because that’s what it’s about.”

Breaking News! Egyptian army forces free Ethiopians held in Libya - Sisi

"አደጋ አለው " BETOCH

(Reuters) - A group of Ethiopians who had been kidnapped in Libya arrived at Cairo airport on Thursday after Egyptian army forces rescued them, state media quoted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as saying.

But one Ethiopian in the group, and a Libyan source, appeared to cast doubt on that version of events, saying the men had only been held up by Libyan immigration.

State TV broadcast live footage of Sisi greeting about 30 Ethiopians who had arrived on an Egyptian government plane.

"Sisi announced during a seminar the success of the armed forces in returning the Ethiopian brothers who had been kidnapped in Libya," state news agency MENA reported.

The state broadcast gave no details of their identity, the manner of their release or circumstances of detention.

Security sources told Reuters that Egyptian intelligence services had provided Libyan authorities with information that helped them free the Ethiopians who had been held by armed groups in the cities of Derna and Misrata.

One of the Ethiopians said they had been held by Libyan immigration authorities.

"The Libyan government came and took us to the anti-illegal immigration body and then the Egyptian government took us from there," he told reporters at the airport. That account was confirmed by a Libyan official.

A statement from the Egyptian presidency's office said Sisi had greeted 27 Ethiopian citizens who represented "the first batch of returning Ethiopian brothers from Libya".

Sisi has repeatedly called for international efforts to combat Islamist militants in Libya, which has descended into chaos since veteran autocrat Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in 2011 during the "Arab Spring" uprisings.

The former army chief has portrayed himself as a champion of moderate Islam in a battle against what he calls the global existential threat from groups such as Islamic State, which seized large parts of Syria and neighbouring Iraq.

Last month, a video purportedly made by Islamic State appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about 30 Ethiopians in Libya.

Militants professing loyalty to Islamic State have claimed several high-profile attacks on foreigners in Libya this year, including the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in February.

The killing of the Egyptians prompted Sisi to order air strikes on Islamic State targets in OPEC oil-producer Libya.

Libya's mayhem has complicated Sisi's efforts to combat hardline Islamist groups at home, including pro-Islamic State militants based in the Sinai.

"What happens in Libya is a concern for all of us, and we are saying to the world that Libya should return a safe and stable country for its people and even to its visitors," Sisi told reporters at the airport.

(Additional reporting by Omar Fahmy and Ulf Laessing; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

የግብፁ ፐሬዜዳንት ሲሲ ከሊቢያ ወደ አገራቸው የሚመለሱትን ኢትዮጵያወያን ካይሮ ላይ አቀባበል አደረጉ

CAIRO: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received a number of Ethiopians returning from Libya at Cairo International Airport Thursday, as many Ethiopians began fleeing Libya after more than 25 of their countrymen were beheaded by the Islamic State group (IS) in April.
Sisi’s move comes after Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom  requested that Egypt helps evacuate Ethiopian nationals from Libya, diplomats have told Youm7. The Egyptian plane, boarded by the Ethiopian citiziens, came from Tunisia.
On Wednesday, Sisi met Tunisian chief of the presidential staff Reda Belhaj to discuss bilateral relations and the sitiuation in Libya.
After sour Egyptian-Ethiopian relations because of the Rennaisance Dam, the two countries have improved their ties by signing an initial agreement on the dam so it does not damage Egypt’s share of the Nile River water.

ሰበር ዜና – ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ በሊቢያ ለተሠዉት ኦርቶዶክሳውያን ክርስቲያኖች የሰማዕትነት ሥያሜ ሰጠ

• ዝርዝር መግለጫው በይፋ የሚወጣው በቀጣዩ የጥቅምት ምልዓተ ጉባኤ ነው
• በስደት ያሉ የሚመለሱበትና በኑሯቸው የሚቋቋሙበት ጠንካራ ውሳኔ ተወስኗል
• ከልማትና ክርስቲያናዊ ተራድኦ ኮሚሽን ጋራ የሚሠራ ኮሚቴ ይቋቋማል

በሊቢያ፣ ‹‹ሃይማኖታችን አንክድም፤ ማዕተባችንን አንበጥስም›› ብለው በኦርቶዶክሳዊት ተዋሕዶ እምነታቸው በመጽናታቸው፣ ራሱን እስላማዊ መንግሥት(ISIS) ብሎ በሚጠራው ዓለም አቀፍ አሸባሪ ቡድን በሰይፍ ተቀልተው እና በጥይት ተደብድበው የተገደሉት ኦርቶዶክሳውያን ወጣቶች የሰማዕትነት ሥያሜ እንዲሰጣቸው የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ ምልዓተ ጉባኤ ወሰነ፡፡
የርክበ ካህናት ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ ምልዓተ ጉባኤ በአረመኔያዊ አኳኋን የተገደሉት ኦርቶዶክሳውያን ምእመናን ሰማዕት እንዲባሉ የወሰነው፣ በዛሬው ሚያዝያ ፳፰ ቀን ፳፻፯ ዓ.ም. የመጀመሪያ ቀን የቀትር በኋላ ውሎው በጉዳዩ ላይ በስፋት ከመከረበት በኋላ ነው፡፡
በሊቢያ የሜዲትራንያን ባሕር ዳርቻ እና በረሓ በወሩ መጀመሪያ ስለ እምነታቸው መሠዋታቸው የታወቁት ኦርቶዶክሳውያን፣ ‹‹ወኩን መሃይምነ እስከ ለሞት ወእሁበከ አክሊለ ሕይወት = እስከ ሞት ድረስ የታመንኽ ኹን የሕይወትንም አክሊል እሰጥሃለኹ›› /ራእይ ፪፥፲/ ያለውን የጌታችን ቃል ጠብቀው ሃይማኖታችንን አንክድም በማለት የሃይማኖት ሰማዕትነትን የተቀበሉ የሃይማኖት መስተጋድላን እንደኾኑ የግድያው ዜና በተሰማበት ማግሥት በቋሚ ሲኖዶስ መገለጹ ይታወሳል፡፡
ቅዱስ ሲኖዶሱ፣ በሚያዝያ ፲፫ ቀን ፳፻፯ ዓ.ም. መግለጫው በአይ.ኤስ አሸባሪ ቡድን በግፍ የተገደሉት ልጆቻችን ቤተ ሰዎች ኹሉ የሰማዕታቱን ስመ ክርስትና፣ ሥዕለ ገጽ(ፎቶ) እና ሙሉ አድራሻ ለቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ ጽ/ቤት በተቻለ ፍጥነት እንዲያቀርቡ አሳስቦ ነበር፡፡
በሃይማኖታቸው ምክንያት ለተሠዉት ክርስቲያኖች ሊሰጥ የሚገባው የሰማዕትነት ክብር(ማዕርግ) መኾኑን በውሳኔው ያመለከተው ምልዓተ ጉባኤው፣ እያንዳንዳቸው ስለተሠየሙበት የሰማዕትነት ማዕርግ እና ክብር ዝርዝር ይፋዊ መግለጫ የሚሰጠው በመጪው ዓመት ጥቅምት ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ ምልዓተ ጉባኤ እንደሚኾን በውሳኔው ማመልከቱ ተጠቁሟል፡፡
በሌላ በኩል ምልዓተ ጉባኤው በዛሬው ውሎው፣ በስደት ያሉ ኢትዮጵያውያን ወገኖች እና የቤተ ክርስቲያን ልጆች ሊቢያን ጨምሮ ለጥቃት ከተጋለጡባቸው አካባቢዎች ወደ አገራቸው እንዲመለሱ ግፊት ከማሳደር ጀምሮ ተመላሾችንም በማቋቋም ረገድ ፋይናንሳዊ፣ ማኅበራዊ እና ሥነ ልቡናዊ ድጋፎችን ማድረግ እንደሚኖርባት የሚገልጽ ጠንካራ ውሳኔ ማሳለፉ ታውቋል፡፡
ውሳኔውን የሚያስፈጽም ራሱን የቻለ አካል የሚቋቋም ሲኾን፣ ይኸው አካል ተግባሩን ከኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን የልማት እና ክርስቲያናዊ ተራድኦ ኮሚሽን ጋራ በመተባበር እንደሚፈጽም ተጠቅሷል፡፡ የስደተኞች እና ተመላሾች ጉዳይን በመምሪያ ደረጃ አቋቁሞ በቀጥተኛ እና በተዘዋዋሪ መንገድ ተጠቃሚ ለማድረግ የሚሠራው ኮሚሽኑ፣ ቀደም ሲል የገንዘብ አስተዋፅኦ የሚሰበሰብበት አካውንት በመክፈት ገባሬ ሠናይ አካላትን ማነጋገር መጀመሩ ተገልጧል፡፡

Action Speaks Louder Than Words in San Diego: Helping the ISIS's victims familes in Ethiopia

When ISIS slaughtered innocent  Ethiopian Christians on April 19, 2015 (Still the actual date of death is under investigation , according to the victims Facebook page the last day they updated their page is showing in Feb. 2015) that means ISIS may killed them in Feb. or March, but when ISIS released that video on that day it was one of the shocking news ever heard for most Ethiopians around the world.

April 19, 2015 will be a day of remembrance. But one thing ISIS miscalculated  was the effect of the video. As many said their video delivered a message where ISIS never assumed. It showed how Ethiopian Christians are strong and ready to be sacrificed in the name of Jesus. It showed  they can not fling a bit when a knife is pointing at their neck and the gun is aiming at their head. If you see the video the ISIS killer were disturbed and nervous but the brave Ethiopians were calm, rested and peaceful. Because they were going to a place where most of us are dreaming, they were going to the heaven's gate. That is a wish for all true Christians around the world

Also the killing of all those 28 brave Christians brought a unity which was never seen in the history of Ethiopia since invasion of Ethiopia by Italy in 1935. Now Ethiopians are united more than ever. Even Ethiopians and Eritreans are united more than ever, as a matter of fact the entire Christian community around the world is united more than ever. In general the ISIS propaganda video worked against them.    Now African countries are ready to join with the Saudi Arabia leading coalition army  to fight ISIS in Yemen. 


Still the lingering question in everyone's mind is why ISIS killed those  innocent immigrants who are risking their lives to have a better life in Europe? ISIS should know this in the future,  when all these immigrants are in Libya or any part of the Middle East they  already know the danger of their presence in that place and time. ISIS should think twice, if ISIS is claiming they don't kill women, I think they are wrong, because when they slaughtering  those Christians indirectly they are killing the live of victims' families, like their  mothers and children. That was a vacuum where Ethiopians around the world are ready to fill.

Yes! Now ISIS's plant is like a jammed gun or a rotten egg. It did not work!  Killing does not bring love! Now Ethiopian and Christians across the glob are helping  victims families. Spiritual,  monetary and community support is pouring to the families. Now we are  not mourning the loss of our brothers but celebrate their sacristy for the sake of sin. As a matter of fact the sake of ISIS sin. Now they are angles. 

That is happening across the globe. We are memorizing and glorifying their sacrifices. Not only we celebrate but  we also support the surviving families.  Read the note below!   

ከሀገራቸው ወጥተው ፤ ሱዳንን ተሻግረው ሲያበቁ ሊቢያ ከደረሱ በኋላ በፅንፈኛው ቡድን በአይ ኤስ ከተሰውት ኢትዮጵያውያን መካከል የጎንደሩ የ25 አመት ወጣት እንዳልካቸው ሀጎስ አንዱ ነው ፡፡
በአማራ ክልል ጎንደር ውስጥ ከሚገኙ አውራጃዎች አንዱ ላይአርማጭሆ የሚባለው ነው፡፡ በዚህ አውራጃ የሚገኘው የትክል ድንጋይ ከተማ ለጎረቤት አገር ሱዳን በድንበር የሚዋሰን ሲሆን ፤ ይህንን እንደመልካም አጋጣሚ ቆጥረው ትምህርታቸውን በማቋረጥ ለስደት የሚዳረጉ አንዳንድ ወጣቶች እንዳሉ ከአካባቢ ነዋሪዎች፤ ከመምህሮቻቸው እና ከቤተሰቦቻቸው የሰማነው ፡፡
ጆሲ መልቲሚዲያ ወደ ጎንደር፤ ላይአርማጭሆ ትክል ድንጋይ ተጉዞ በወጣት እንዳልካቸው ሀጎስ ሞት የተሰማውነ ጥልቅ ሀዘን ገልጾና ለቤተሰቦቹ፤ለወዳጅ ዘመዶቹና ለጎደኞቹ መጽናናትን ተመኝቶ ሲያበቃ ሳንዲያጎ ካሊፎርኒያ ነዋሪ የሆነው ፕሮሞተር ሚኪ በቀለ በሚኖርበት ከተማ ውስጥ በግፍ የተገደሉትን ወገኖቻችንን ለማሰብ በተዘጋጀው የሻማ ማብራት ስነስርአት ላይ ከጓደኞቹ ጋር ቲሸርት በመሸጥ አሰባስበው ከላኩት ገንዘብ ላይ ብር (40 ̣000) አስረክቧል
ለሀዘንተኞቹ የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ያደረጉትንና እያደረጉ ያሉትን ድርጅቶችና ግለሰቦች በመላው ኢትዮጵያውያን ስም እናመሰግናለን፡፡ የቅርብ ዘመዶቻቸውን በሞት ለተነጠቁ ወገኖቻችን እኛ ምርኩዝ እንሁናቸው፡፡ በሀይማኖት፤ በባህል፤ በቋንቋ ሳንለያይ ሁላችንም በአንድ ልብ እና በአንድ መንፈስ ሆነን ዛሬን ብቻ ሳይሆን ወደፊትም ልንጠይቃቸውና የምንችለውን ሁሉ ልናደርግላቸው ይገባል ፡፡
የጆሲ መልቲሚዲያ መልዕክት ነወ ፡፡
ፈጣሪ ለሁላችንም መጽናናቱን ይስጠን፡፡
ጆሲ መልቲሚዲያ 

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CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – A dispute at a Charlotte church has led to members being banned from church property, the firing of the church’s priest and a lawsuit in state court.

At issue in the lawsuit is whether or not the head of the parish council at Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Dr. Solomon Gugsa, improperly changed the church’s bylaws to extend his term and alter membership requirements to exclude those who disagree with him.

The lawsuit was originally filed in March 2014. An amended complaint was filed in November 2014.

There are 20 plaintiffs in the lawsuit; each plaintiff is a member of the church and some of them served as officers on the church’s parish council.

In addition to challenging Gugsa’s actions as head of the parish council, the plaintiffs are also seeking access to the church’s membership list and financial documents.

Documents obtained by On Your Side Investigates show members of the church made repeated requests for complete access to the church’s membership list and financial documents before the lawsuit was filed to no avail.

North Carolina state law requires membership lists and financial records of all incorporated non-profits to be made available to its membership upon request.

An attorney for Holy Trinity, Julian Wright, said church leaders have complied with the law.

“Anybody who has ask for those records, that I’m aware of, has not been denied those records,” Wright said.

Wright agreed to sit down with On Your Side Investigates after Gugsa refused multiple requests for an interview.

Priest fired, bishop banned

Teacher suspended for telling student to ‘go back to Ethiopia’

Teacher suspended for telling student to ‘go back to Ethiopia’
College Peer Tafnit Holon suspended a lecturer Tuesday after a video surfaced of the teacher arguing with Ethiopian students, telling them, “You forget where you came from. Go back to Ethiopia.”

The argument began Monday during a class discussion on the violent Rabin Square protest that took place in Tel Aviv the day before, in which Ethiopian-Israelis rallied against police brutality and institutionalized racism. One of the students, Osnat Terunech, whose parents moved to Israel from Ethiopia, had taken part in the demonstration.

“The Ethiopians are taking over the country,” said Aviva, the female lecturer whose last name has been withheld.

Terunech responded to the lecturer, chastising her for voicing her political opinions in a classroom setting. “You’re supposed to keep your opinions to yourself,” she continued. “You are representing an organization.”

“No one will shut my mouth,” the teacher replied. “You know what? It’s time you all shut your mouths.”

“What do you mean by ‘you all’?” Terunech asked.

“The Ethiopians!” the teacher yelled back.

When Terunech refused to leave the class, the teacher called campus police, Channel 2 reported.

After she finally did leave the room, the lecturer addressed the rest of the class. “How insolent they are!” she said. “A few years ago they would never have dared to open their mouths.

“They don’t understand one thing: They’re different from us. And they need to accept that,” the teacher told the class.

A different student responded, “Not one of them is different from us. They’re Jews just like us.”

Another added, “It is sheer racism to say a thing like that.”





According to Terunech, shortly afterward the rest of the students left the class in protest.

Terunech responded to the video Tuesday, telling Channel 2 news, “It’s the first time in my life [I’ve experienced something like this].”

“I was surprised,” she said. “I was hurt.

“How can it be that someone who is supposed to teach me, to give me an education, can say such words?” she continued.

The teacher, Aviva, also responded to the event, defending her position. “What did I say?” she asked incredulously. “Whoever doesn’t like it here, doesn’t have to stay; that’s all I said.”

“[Terunech] cursed me, the government, the police, the college. She started screaming like a crazy person,” Aviva said. “She thought she was still at a demonstration in Rabin Square.”

This cursing does not appear in the video, and Terunech denied it outright. “I’m shocked by the lies,” Terunech said. “I’m shocked.”

The college responded to the incident in a statement, saying, “The teacher has been suspended and has been called to a hearing in order to hear her side of the event.”

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ሴኔጋል 2000 ወታደሮቿን ወደ ሳውዲ አረብያ ልትልክ ነው: Senegal Pledges 2,100 Soldiers for Coalition against Yemen Rebels

"የትም ፍጭው ዱቄቱን አምጭው "   አሉ። ዛሬ በዜና ያነበብሁት በጣም ስጥብቀው የነበረው ዜና ነው። ዜናውም እንዲህ ይላል ። ሴኔጋል 2000 ወታደሮቿን ወደ ሳውዲ አረብያ ላከች። ለአረብ አገር ስደት ሳይሆን አይሲስን ለመዋጋት። የኔ ጥያቄ ሴኔጋል??  ነበር ምኗ ተነካ ወይስ ሳውዲ አረብያ ዜጎቿን የእግር ተዋጊ እንዳይሆኑ ወታደር ገዛች። ይህ በሴኔጋልና በሳውዲ አረብያ መካከል የሚቀር ሚስጥር ነው። ለኢትዮጵያ ግን ይህ ታላቅ አጋጣሚ ነው። ድሮ በማያጋባን  (በቀጥታ) ኮሪያ፣ ኮንጎ ብሎም በቅርቡ ደቡብ ሱዳን እና ሌሎችም አገሮች ሰላም ለማስከበር እና ለመዋጋት ዘምተናል። የአሁኑ ግን የወንድሞቻችንን ደም ለመበቀል እኛም መቀላቀል አለብን። ባይገርማችሁ ይህ ጥሪ ኤርታራንም  ስለሚመለከት ኤርትራም ወታደሮቿን መላክ አለባት። 

ታዲያ የሚላኩት ወታደሮች በፍቃደኝነት ታሪክ ለመስራት ዝግጁ የሆኑትነ የኢትዮጵያ የቁርጥ ቀን የሆኑትን ብቻ ነው። ይህም ማልት በበጎ ፈቃደኝነት የሚዘምቱርን ጭምር ነው። ታዲያ ይህ ቦርቀቅ ብሎ የተከፈተውን ቁስላችንን የሚጥግነው ለጌታ መፀለይ ቢሆንም ቶሎ እንዲድን የሚሻለው ግን የአይሲስን አንገት ቆርጦ ጭንቅላቱን አብዮት/መስቀል  አደባባይ ለእይታ የበቃ እለት ነው። ይህ ቀልድ እንዳይመስላችሁ። አገራችንም የሆነ ነው። 
በአንድ ወቅት አንድ ስሜነህ ደስታ የሚባል ሽፍታ ጎጃም ውስጥ ነበር። በጣም ጎብዝ እና መንግስትን ያስቸገረ። ታዲያ እሱን የገደለ ሽልማት አለው ግን ለመግደሉ ማስረጃ እራሱን ማሳየት አለባችሁ ተብሎ ፈልገው ገድለው እራሱን ለመንግስት አሳዩ ብለው የሽፍታው ውሽማ በአካል አንድ ቀን አውግተውኝ ነበር （ድሮ ድሮ）። ያኔ በጣም ከብዶኝ ነበር አሁን ግን እኔ የምመኘው የአይሲህ ጭንቅላት አብዮት አደባባይ ሲውለበለብ ነው። ታዲያ ለዚህ መድሃኒቱ ከዚያው ከአለበት  ቦታ መሄድ ነው። ለዚህም ሳውዲ አረቢያ በሩን ክፍት ካደረገችው ጀግናው የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ （ተመልከቱ ጀግናው የኢትዮጵያ ወታደር ብቻ አላልሁም）  የወንድሞቻችንን ደም መመለስ ይችላል። ለተቀማጭ ሰማይ ቅርብ ነው ልትሉ ትችላላችሁ ግን ይህ የማይገኝ እድል ነው። ችግሩ አይሲስ ሌሎች ኢትዮጵያውያንን እንዳይበቀል ስለሆነ በአረብ አገር ያሉ ኢትዮጵያውያን ሁሉ ይህ ነገር በረድ እስከሚል ድረስ ማቄን ጨርቄን ሳይሉ ወደ እማማ ኢትዮጵያ ይግቡና ስራው ይጀመር።







Senegal on Monday said it would send 2,100 soldiers to Saudi Arabia to join Riyadh's military coalition battling rebels in Yemen, at the request of Saudi King Salman.

Foreign Minister Mankeur Ndiaye made the announcement in a speech to the National Assembly, according to a copy of the remarks obtained by AFP.

He did not specify when the troops would be deployed, and officials did not immediately provide further details.

Ndiaye said Riyadh originally asked Dakar to contribute to the Saudi-led coalition at the beginning of April.




Senegalese President Micky Sall "decided to respond favourably to this request by deploying a contingent of 2,100 men to the holy land of Saudi Arabia".

"The terms and other necessary arrangements for the deployment were made between the chiefs of the armed forces of the two countries," the foreign minister said.

The Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes against Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels and their allies on March 26 after they seized control of large parts of the country and advanced on the main southern city of Aden, where President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi had taken refuge.

Hadi fled to Saudi Arabia and the Huthis -- who have joined forces with army units loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh -- have refused to concede territory or down arms despite international pressure.

According to Ndiaye, previous Senegalese military deployments to the Middle East have included serving as part of the international coalition that liberated Kuwait following Iraq's invasion of the country in 1990.

Since independence from France in 1960, the country has deployed nearly 25,000 soldiers in more than 20 peacekeeping operations, he said.
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Agence France Presse

Italian ships rescue nearly 6,800 migrants; baby born at sea: በስደት ላይ መርከብ ላይ የተወለደችውም ህጻን ተረፈች እልልል

በስደት ላይ መርከብ ላይ የተወለደችውም ህጻን ተረፈች

ROME (AP) — Italian rescue ships brought migrants by the thousands to the country's southern ports, including a baby born aboard a navy vessel, as crowded shelters in Sicily and on the mainland struggled Monday to find room for them.

Some politicians based in northern Italy, meanwhile, vowed that their regions wouldn't take in any of the Mediterranean Sea migrants. In a three-day period ending Sunday, 6,771 survivors were rescued in the seas north of Libya from overcrowded rubber dinghies and unseaworthy fishing boats sent out by smuggling rings, the Coast Guard reported Monday. Ten bodies were found Sunday on boats or in the sea.
Calm seas and mild temperatures fueled the spike in human trafficking — just like it did last month when nearly 6,000 migrants were rescued during a few days of good weather. Italy has not yet released the total number of migrant arrivals in April, but the relentless stream of migrants this year is on track to surpass the 170,000 rescued at sea by Italy in 2014.
The navy said a woman, in labor when rescued Sunday, gave birth to a girl aboard one of its patrol ships. Mother and daughter were fine and the patrol boat, carrying 654 migrants who were saved in four different rescue operations, headed to port.



Other rescuers had grim tasks. An Italian tugboat, among several commercial vessels saving migrants on Sunday, also recovered two corpses, the Navy said. The surge of arrivals set Italian port mayors and charity organizations scrambling to find beds for the migrants. Many migrants will seek asylum because of war or persecution and hope to reach relatives in northern Europe. But until their applications are processed, which could take months or longer, asylum-seekers are supposed to stay in Italy.
In Reggio Calabria, where 780 migrants disembarked in the "toe" of the Italian peninsula, priority was being given to keeping migrant families together, many of them in a gym, and 14 migrant babies were being given medical checkups at local hospitals. Around 540 other Reggio Calabria migrants were being taken to the Tuscany or Emilia Romagna regions in the north.
Interior Minister Angelino Alfano visited the Italian island of Sicily on Monday, conferring with local authorities wrestling with how to shelter the growing number of migrants. The Milan-based governor of Lombardy, meanwhile, vowed not to take in any more migrants.
"In a few days I will be in Rome. And I'll repeat to the interior minister that Lombardy has already done its part," Gov. Roberto Maroni was quoted by the Italian news agency ANSA as saying. "If there is any funding available, it should be spent on our citizens and not for clandestine" migrants.
An estimated 800 migrants drowned last month when their boat capsized off Libya with hundreds of them locked in the hold by smugglers. After that, the European Union held an emergency summit and agreed to contribute more boats and patrol aircraft to Mediterranean rescue efforts.
Charities in Italy have pitched in to give the migrants food, beds and a safe place to socialize. "We have to realize that emigration is a phenomenon Italy can't face alone," said the Rev. Antonio Pangallo, who runs the Caritas charity in Reggio Calabria. "My hope is that they (politicians) don't get interested in the problem only when we witness again — I hope not — another genocide in Mediterranean waters. Italy needs help."

Digital Album in memory of an ISIS VICTIM (Ephrame Yemane)