The president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has died

ሮበርት ሙጋቤ  ሞተ  ተብሎ  እየተወራ ነው
እባካችሁ  ዜናውን አጣሩ

HARARE – The president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has died, Local media Zim News reports.
According to the reports, Mugabe, the longest serving president died on Thursday morning around 9:30am after been hospitalised for nearly an hour.
Mugabe was not in good health when he hosted South African president Jacob Zuma, local media reported.
Zimbabwe government controlled media houses were warned and instructed not to focus their cameras too much on Mugabe’s movements during meetings.


As seen at this week’s bi-lateral indaba indaba, cameras from the state broadcaster resolutely refused to focus on the 92 year old as he painfully and slowly staggered to a podium to give his speech.
Again, today Thursday, was same situation, cameras were fixed on the seated audience instead of focusing on Mugabe and no camera captured when he was rushed to hospital from the meeting.
The governmemnt is yet to issue official statement on his death and state owned media houses are tight-lipped untill the official statement is released.

የዜናው ምንጭ

ሄለሪ ክሊንተን ታሸንፍ ይሆን？ ሌላ እድል ሳይኖራት አይቀርም አሉ

በዚህ አመት  በተደረገው ምርጫ  ሳይታሰብ   አይንህን  ለአፈር  የተባለው  ዶናልድ  ትራንፕ  ምንም  እንኳ  በህዝብ  ምርጫ ቢሸነፍም   ይህ  ነገሩ  ግራ  በሚያጋባው ኤለክሯል  ምርጫ  በተባለ  ተንኮል  አሸንፏል   ግን  አንዳንድ የፖለቲካ  ኤክስፐርቶች  እንደሚሉት  እነዚህ  ልዮ ምርጫ  ያደረጉ   ኤለክሯል  ምርጫ ተብየወች  ገና  ለወደፊቱ  እንመርጣለን  ብለው ቃል  ገቡ እንጂ  ዋናው  ምርጫ  ገና  በሚቀጥለው ወር ነው  የሚደረገው  ይላሉ：： ታዲያ  በዚያ  ምርጫ ላይ  እነዚህ  ሰወች  ሳይመርጡ  መቅረት  ወይም  ለሄለሪ  መምረጥ  መብታቸው ነው  ወይም  ይችላሉ  የሚል  ወሬ  እየተናፈሰ  ነው ：：  ለሁሉም  የእንግሊዘኛውን ዝርዝር  ያንብቡት ።  ያ ሆኖ  ሄለሪ  ካሸነፈች  አላዛር ብለናታል ።

Faithless elector：

Pollster Predicts Landslide for Clinton

Close Call on Senate

Emerson College Polling is predicting Hillary Clinton will win the presidential race with 323 Electoral College votes, and Donald Trump will lose with just 215. 270 are needed to win.

The polling firm has a slight Republican lean according to rankings by Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight, and is rated a "B."

Emerson predicts Clinton will win the key battleground states of Florida, North Carolina, Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Virginia.

As The Hill points out, Emerson also is calling the Senate for the Democrats, with a razor-thin edge: 50 seats, giving Democrats the majority assuming Clinton wins. Vice President Tim Kaine, as ex officio Senate President, could cast tie-breaking 51st votes.

FiveThirtyEight is less bullish, predicting Clinton has about a 2:1 chance to win the White House, with about 297 Electoral College votes to Trump's about 241.

WikiLeaks: Sheikh Agreed to Pay Bill $2 Million Per Trip to Ethiopia??

A top Clinton Foundation official expressed reservations about former President Bill Clinton contacting a Saudi Arabian and Ethiopian billionaire to thank him for offering a plane ride to Ethiopia — unless it would mean a seven-figure donation.
According to a briefing memo contained in an email chain released by WikiLeaks, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi of Midroc had pledged to donate $20 million over 10 years to the Clinton Health Access Initiative. But an economic downturn caused the sheikh to delay payments. The health program did not receive payments in 2010 or 2011.
In an email released by WikiLeaks Monday, Clinton Health Access Initiative CEO Ira Magaziner suggested in November 2011 that Clinton call the sheikh.
“CHAI would like to request that President Clinton call Sheikh Mohammed to thank him for offering his plane to the conference in Ethiopia and expressing regrets that President Clinton’s schedule does not permit him to attend the conference,” he wrote.
WikiLeaks released more of the email chain on Tuesday. Amitabh Desai, director of foreign policy at the foundation, expressed reservations — unless the sheikh had caught up with his financial commitment.
“Unless Sheikh Mo has sent us a $6 million check, this sounds crazy to do,” he responded.

Source http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/wikileaks-sheikh-offered-bill-2-million-per-trip-ethiopia/
 But Bruce Lindsey, chairman of the Clinton Foundation's board of directors, argued in favor of the plan.

"I think they are hopeful if we do this it will help us get the $6 million," he wrote. "I think he [Clinton] should call."
The sheikh was born in Ethiopia to an Ethiopian mother and Saudi father. He later moved to Saudi Arabia and made a fortune in construction and real estate before buying oil refineries in Sweden and Morocco. He approached the Clinton Foundation in 2006 and proposed donating $2 million to the health program for every year that Clinton visited Ethiopia. The final agreement the parties struck mentioned a payment schedule but did not tie the money to Clinton's visits to the African country.
In 2008, the sheikh donated rooms at a Sheraton hotel in Ethiopia and meals for Clinton and a large party for four days — two days longer than originally planned because of aircraft problems.
According to Clinton Foundation documents, the sheikh contributed $5 million to $10 million, though it is unclear how much of that came after the email exchange.

The memo laid out strategies for getting the sheikh to cough up the money he owed and detailed discussions with George Salem, the sheikh's Washington-based lawyer, and Irvin Hicks, a former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia and one of the sheikh's representatives in Washington.

Alfred Olango’s Family Plans To Sue El Cajon

The widow of an unarmed black man killed by police in El Cajon plans to sue the city.
Attorney Brian Dunn says he will file a claim against the city on Thursday on behalf Alfred Olango's widow, Taina Rozier, and Olango's two daughters, who are ages 16 and 12. The claim seeks damages for Olango's death and calls for additional training to help officers deal with the mentally ill, Dunn told the Associated Press

A police officer opened fire on Olango within a minute of arriving on the scene the afternoon of Sept. 27. Olango's sister had described her brother as mentally unbalanced in multiple 911 calls.
Video released by police days after the shooting shows the officer approached the 38-year-old man with his gun drawn, as Olango paced in a strip mall parking lot. Olango can be seen pulling something out of his pocket and taking a "shooting stance" — wrapping his hands around a cylinder and aiming it at the officer, who then fires his gun. A second officer fired his Taser simultaneously. The object in Olango's hands turned out to be a 4-inch electronic cigarette device called a vape pen, authorities said.
The El Cajon Police Department, like many police departments, has specially trained officers to help defuse the sometimes-volatile calls that involve people in the throes of mental illness. But El Cajon officials said none were available to go to the call.
Attorney Daniel Gilleon filed a separate claim Oct. 20 against the city of El Cajon on behalf of Olango's sister, Lucy Olango. She said police were negligent in handling her brother, who was experiencing a mental breakdown because of the death of a close friend. The lawsuit also names Officer Richard Gonsalves as a defendant, saying he used deadly force too quickly and without warning.
Another attorney, Rodney Diggs, said he plans to also file a federal claim on behalf of Olango's father, Richard Olango Abuka, for his son's death.
The department's use of force policy, obtained by KPBS in a public records request, says "deadly force is authorized when it appears reasonably necessary to defend himself/herself or others from the immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury; to prevent a crime in which human life is in serious jeopardy as a result of the suspect's actions; to apprehend a fleeing felon for a crime involving serious bodily injury or the use of deadly force where there is substantial risk that the person whose arrest is sought will cause death or serious bodily injury to others if apprehension is delayed."
It goes on to say, "Deadly force shall only be exercised when all reasonable alternatives have been exhausted or appear impracticable."
In 2015, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis ruled the deadly police shooting of Fridoon Rawshan Nehad, who had a history of mental illness and was twirling a pen before being shot by a San Diego police officer, was reasonable and justified.

El Cajon city officials declined to comment for this story.

የህዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት አዲስ የካቢኔ አባላትን ሹመት አጸደቀ::

የህዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት በጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ሃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ የቀረበውን አዲስ የካቢኔ አባላትን ሹመት አጸደቀ፡፡
የካቢኔ ሚንስትሮች ሹመት መሰረት ያደረገው ውጤታማነትን፣ ለህዝብ ወገንተኝነትና ቀልጣፋ አገልግሎት መስጠት መሆኑን ጠቅላይ ሚንስትሩ ገልጸዋል፡፡

ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ሀይለማርያም ቀደም ሲል የነበረው በምክትል ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ማእረግ በክላስተር የማስፈፀም እና የጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ አማካሪ የሚሉ ቦታዎች ሙሉ በሙሉ መቅረታቸውን አስታውቀዋል።

ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ባሉበት ይቀጥላሉ ያሏቸው የካቢኒ አባላት፦

ምክትል ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አቶ ደመቀ መኮንን፣ የመከላከያ ሚኒስትር አቶ ሲራጅ ፈጌሳ፣ የፌደራል ጉዳዮችና አርብቶ አደር አካባቢ ልማት ሚኒስትር አቶ ካሳ ተክለብርሃን፣ የመገናኛና ኢንፎርሜሽን ቴክኖሎጂ ሚኒስትር ዶክተር ደብረፅዮን ገብረሚካኤል፣ የኢንዱስትሪ ሚኒስትር አቶ አህመድ አብተው፣ የብሄራዊ ፕላን ኮሚሽን ኮሚሽነር ዶክተር ይናገር ደሴ እና የፌደራል ጠቅላይ አቃቤ ህግ አቶ ጌታቸው አምባዬ ናቸው።
አዲስ እየቀረቡ ካሉት እጩ የካቢኒ አባላት መካከል፦

1. ዶክተር ወርቅነህ ገበየሁ፦ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚንስትር

2. አቶ ታገሰ ጫፎ፦ የፐብሊክ ሰርቪስ እና ሰው ሀብት ልማት ሚንስትር

3. ዶክተር አብረሃም ተከስተ፦ የገንዘብና ኢኮኖሚ ትብብር ሚንስትር

4. ዶክተር በቀለ ጉላዶ፦ የንግድ ሚንስትር

5. ፕሮፌሰር ፍቃዱ በየነ፦ የእንስሳትና የዓሳ ሀብት ልማት ሚንስትር

6. ዶክተር ኢያሱ አብረሃ፦ የእርሻና ተፈጥሮ ሀብት ሚንስትር

7. ዶክተር ኢንጂነር ጌታሁን መኩሪያ፦ የሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ሚንስትር

8. አቶ አህመድ ሺዴ፦ የትራንስፖርት ሚንስትር

9. ዶክተር አምባቸው መኮንን፦ የከተማ ልማትና ቤቶች ሚንስትር

10. ኢንጂነር አይሻ መሀመድ፦ የኮንስትራክሽን ሚንስትር

11. ዶክተር ኢንጂነር ስለሺ በቀለ፦ የውሃ፣ መስኖ እና ኤሌክትሪክ ሚንስትር

12. አቶ ሞቱማ መቃሳ፦ የማዕድን፣ የነዳጅና የተፈጥሮ ጋዝ ሚኒስትር

13. ዶክተር ገመዶ ዳሌ :-የአከባቢ ደንና አየረ ለውጥ ሚንስትር

14. ዶከተር ሽፈራው ተክለማርያም :-የትምህርት ሚንስትር

15. ፕሮፌሰር ይፍሩ ብርሃነ:- የጤና ጥበቃ ሚንስትር

16 . ዶክተር ግርማ አመንቴ :- የመንግስት ልማት ድርጅቶች ሚንስትር

17 .ዶክተር ሂሩት ወልደማርያም:- የባህልና ቱሪዝም ሚንስትር

18 . ወይዛሮ ደሚቱ ሀምቢሳ:- የሴቶችና ህጻናት ሚንስትር

19. አቶ ርስቱ ይርዳው :-የወጣቶችና ስፖርት ሚንስትር

20 .አቶ ከበደ ጫኔ:- የገቢዎችና ጉምሩክ ባለስልጣን ሃላፊ ሚንስትር

21 , ዶክተር ነገሬ ሌንጮ :- የመንግስት ኮሚኒኬሽን ጉዳዮች ጽሕፈት ቤት ሀላፊ ሚንስትር አድርገው አቅርበዋል፡፡

ምክር ቤቱም በቀረቡት የካቢኔ አባላት ላይ ተወያይቶ በሙሉ ድምጽ አጽደቋል፡?

 House approves Premier's proposed new cabinets.

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House of People's Representatives (HPR) has unanimously approved the new cabinets proposed by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on the basis of their competence and commitment.

The Premier scrapped the previous posts cluster coordinator with the rank of deputy Prime Minister and advisor to the Prime Minister

Cabinet members who remained in their previous posts:-

 

1.  Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen

2.  Siraj Fegessa – Minister of Defense

3.  Kassa Tekleberhan- Minister of Federal Affairs and Pastoral Area Development

4. Dr Debretsion Gebremichael –Minister of Communication and Information Technology

5.  Ahmed Abitew –Minister of Industry

6.  Getachew Ambaye- Attorney General

7.  Abdulfetah Abdulah - Minister of Labor and Social Affairs

8.  Dr Yinager Dese- Commissioner of National Planning Commission

9.  Asmelash Woldesilasie – Chief Government Whip 

Newly appointed cabinet members

1.   Dr Workneh Gebeyehu – Minister of Foreign Affairs

2.  Tagese Chafo- Minister of Public Service and Human Resource Development

3.  Dr Abreham Tekeste- Minister of Finance and Economic Cooperation

4.  Dr Bekele Gulado- Minister of Trade

5.  Professor Fekadu Beyene- Minister of Livestock and Fishery  

6.  Dr Eyasu  Abrha- Minister of Farming and Natural resources

7.  Dr Engineer Getahun Mekuria- Minister of Science and Technology

8.  Ahmed Shide- Minister of Transport

9.  Dr Ambachew Mekonnen- Minister of Urban Development and Housing

10.  Engineer Aisha Mohammed- Minister of Construction

11.  Dr. Engineer  Sileshi Bekele- Minister of Water, Irrigation and Eelectricity

12.  Motuma Mekassa- Minister of Mines Petroleum and Natural Resources

13.  Dr Gemedo Dale- Minister of Environmental, Forest and Climate Change

14.  Dr Shiferaw Tekelemariam – Minister of Education

15.   Professor Yifru Berhane- Minister of Health

16.  Dr Girma Amente- Minister of Public Enterprise

17.   Dr Hirut Woldemariam- Minister of Culture and Tourism

18.   Demitu Hambissa- Minister of Women’s and Children’s Affairs

19.  Ristu Yirdaw- Minister of Youth and Sports

20.  Kebede Chane- Minister of Ethiopian Revenues and Costumes Authority

21.  Dr Negeri Lencho- Minister of Government Communication Affairs Office

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