Is female leadership the answer to all of our problems and issues in the Horn of Africa

Hodan Heello hodanha@gmail.com

March 28, 2013 (OgadenToday Press):-- Think about it, it has been 21years since Somalia had a central functioning government and over 150 years since the Ogaden region was given to the Ethiopians. For all this period of time the politics in the horn of Africa was solely male dominated. Do you think that female leadership can change the fate of horn of Africa?

I strongly believe that female leadership can bring a better change than male leadership can at least in this situation. Women are more emotional thinkers than men are and that gives them a reason to think deeply about consequences of their decisions before they make it. By giving women a chance you are giving the horn of Africa a chance to rebuild, recreate, and restore hope for the millions and million of displaced starving people.

A new era of political leadership emerges in Ethiopia, but dissent is still taboo

March 27, 2013 (By Associated Press)

BAHIR DAR, Ethiopia — Ailing ruling party veteran officials in Ethiopia are leaving their posts to a group of younger leaders in the East African nation which enjoys close ties with Washington but is increasingly looking to China as a model.

Ethiopian Women Risk Abuse in Saudi Arabia

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TPLF and OPDO prison guards in Addis Ababa pulled guns on each other

Since last Friday the Woyanne junta’s death squads named Federal Police have been rounding up and jailing hundreds of young Ethiopians for no good reason. While in jail, many of the detainees have been savagely beaten up.

Funds urgently needed to aid vulnerable stranded migrants - IOM Djibouti

(Djibouti) - IOM Djibouti  is urgently appealing for USD $5 million under the UN Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) 2013 to be able to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to a growing number of vulnerable, stranded Ethiopian migrants in Djibouti.

IOM Djibouti has received no funding under the CAP to date, despite the continuing need to support vulnerable migrants, particularly the women, who are increasingly being abused on the migration route by human smugglers and traffickers. (The US$72 million sought by humanitarian agencies in Djibouti under the 2013 CAP is currently only 6% funded.)

Oil attack on Ethiopian maid in Sharjah: employer questioned by police

March 25, 2013 (Gulf News):--Victim fighting for her life after suffering first and second-degree burns on her head and back.

A female employer of an Ethiopian housemaid who works illegally in the UAE has been summoned by the Sharjah police for questioning in connection with allegations that an assailant poured hot cooking oil on the maid’s head and back, causing serious burns across the victim’s body.

29 Ethiopian commando soldiers defect to Eritrea

(March 25, 2013) --A total of 29 Ethiopian commando forces, who were trained in Blaten Special Force Institute, have defected to neighboring Eritrea.

The soldiers vowed they will liberate Ethiopia from what they say is an oppressive and ruthless dictatorship, according to their communiqué released on Saturday.

World Bank - Investigate 'Development' Project Abuses - Rigorously Apply Social Safeguards in Ethiopia

Human Right Watch (Washington, DC) – The World Bank’s board should support an internal investigation into allegations of abuse linked to a World Bank project in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Inspection Panel, the World Bank’s independent accountability mechanism, has recommended an investigation into whether it has violated its policies in a project linked to the Ethiopian government’s resettlement program, known as “villagization.” Villagization involves the forced relocation of some 1.5 million Ethiopians, including indigenous and other marginalized peoples, and has been marred by violence. The board is scheduled to meet on March 19, 2013, to consider the Inspection Panel’s recommendation.

The pain of Ethiopia’s Ogaden Somalis

By Graham Peebles (March 23, 2013)

In a report entitled Collective Punishment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) highlights the case of an innocent 17-year-old Ogaden Somali girl who was held captive for three months in a “dark hole in the ground” and raped 13 times.

Describing her ordeal, which she shared with five other female students, she is quoted as saying: “Every night, they took all of us girls to [interrogations]. They would separate us and beat us. The second time they took me, they raped me… All three of the men raped me, consecutively”.

Aadaa tarkaanfataa horachuu

                        

Godina Shawaa Lixaa Aanaa Caalliyaa Geedoottii Sababaa FDG daran jabaatee itti Fufeen Barsiisonni Oromoo ta’an Hidhamaa Jiru

Bitootessa 23, 2013 Amboo

Mootmaan wayyaanees diddaa goototni baratootni Oromoo mana barumsaa Geedoo sadarkaa 2ffaa gaggeessaa jiranitti rifachuun sabbontotaa barsiisotaa ilmaan Oromoo ta’aan FDG baratootni gaggeessaa jiran keessaa qooda qabduu jechuun barsiistotaa dorsiisaa jiraachuun gabaafame jira.

Kongiresiin Federaalstii Oromoo Mootummaan Yuniversitii fi Naannolee Ollaatti Beekaa Rakkoo Uuma Jedha

VOA (WASHINGTON, DC)— Akka jecha Dr.Mararaa Guddinaa, I/G Kongireesii Federaalsti Oromootti dhaabii isaanii barattoota Oromoo ka yuniversiti hari’mani fi kaan ammo adabaman irraa kahee gabaasa baase.

Kaan ammoo mootummaan dhimma musliimaa keessaa seenee amantii isaanii danqaa itti tahu isaatti akka isaan gabaasa kana baasan tolche.

FDG Dargaggoota Aanaa Geedoo fi Miidaqenyii Itti Fufe

Bitootessa 22, 2013 Amboo

Mootummaa abbaa irree Wayyaanee gaaffii mirgaa dura dhaabbachuuf hidhaa kan filatu Godina Shawaa lixaa aanaa Geedoo fi Midaaqeny keessatti gaaffii mirgaa uummatni gaafatu dura dhaabbachuuf ilmaan Oromoo mana hidhaatti guuraa jira.Aanaa Geedoo fi Midaaqeny keessatti gaaffii uummatni Oromoo gaaffii bilisummaa dhiyeessaniif waraanaa fi humna poolisaa itti bobbaasuun ummata Geedoo jechaa jirti.