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i love to listen a complete discussion of this forum . I live abroad but i believe solution for my country comes only from genuine discussion of responsible and caliber politicians who live there . I also pray to give a good hearing ears and open heart to the genuine politicians from the ruling regime who are not blinded by corruption.

Ermi the Shabiya, what you have better than zadig. He Is smart and intelligent young man. Your problem is with Ethiopia like your father Isayas. When Abraha desta was comparing the security forces will not follow them. Because, they know what to do they are not contacting Osama BBiladin Alkaida like him contacting G7 and Shabiya who are elements of anti peace. SO behave like Americans and obey the law Abraham. Don’t mix apple and orange.

No more hate as all of us are Ethiopians that try to find a common goal for our Country and peoples . I think you are one of those low grade commentator that don’t understand the main points of the article or you are one of the supporters of Eritrean dictator that try day and night to dived us.

Banda land son Osayres.
Your culture is selling your ass to white italian and arbes.
So just like your forefathers go and suck so italian cock .
That is banda ERITRAWINT culture.
DEATH TO BANDA ESSAYS.
Don’t you like to speak tigrgna that is your AGAM TIGRAYAN rulers language.
IF YOU HATE AGAME STOP SPEAKING AGME’SO TGRIYAN LANGUAGE.
You banda have NO culture and language.
Your culture is SERVING italian .
The only people in the world to be proud by being colonized.
SHAME on you bandaaaaaaaaaa.

It is very wise of you if you talk of your own political crises instead of blaming a country that have nothing to do with your failing and corrupted political leaders. Tell your leaders to think about Ethiopia and not about tigray only.

When the right person talks about the things he does understand and is qualified for, you feel it street away including from his tones, body language and engagements. There is nothing to see or feel here but looks like it is happening by force because of they are thinking they are the only…. Ethiopia has.

I’m sure if this was happening in other places including such as Hawassa, the environment in the city, the atmosphere in the hall, the composition of the participants, the discussion, the engagements, the tones including language using and so on would be very different and the way it should be. It would be achieved its goals after open, clear and wide range discussions with high levels.

However, none of those things are happening here. Is it about Ethiopia by Ethiopians or what is this all about? We know Ethiopia has many qualified and well mannered scholars than we are witnessing here. Where are they when things are reaching to this pathetic and low levels regarding to the common country.

When meetings or other issues related to our country have to happen elsewhere than Addis Ababa, the first and best choice has to be Hawassa. Debub region and Hawassa are representing the smallest version of Ethiopia. They are and especially will be taking the lead for the unity, safety, security, development and prosperity of our country. That is why the future leaders must come from there knowing they are born, growing up, getting education and living with deep feelings and understandings about one Ethiopia for all which is unlike with the few and we know who are they and what they say and do.

The reason why very few number of people are living in the sahara desert, Antarctica, green land, Canada, Australia and so on is because of the hostile environment and shortage of resources mainly rain water and fertile soil. It is costly and its achievements are limited when development activities and human settlements are forced to happen in the naturally affected areas.

Old and historical Tigry is one of the Ethiopian regions that have very limited resources and suffering from hostile climates. It has no easy way or big potentials for big human settlements and sustainable development activities. Although they are trying to develop it spending billions of investment activities, the region is not good enough to supply raw materials for the many factories they are building there for 25 years.

Take for instance: Gojam is producing millions of quintals first class quality wheat good for brood. However, the milling factories are not in Gojam but in Tigry despite Tigry harvests almost no wheat at all good enough for market. It is the same with Teff, Barley, other grains, cereals and spices including from other part of the Amhara region.

Things are planned and working for the last 25 years when Tigry is getting its raw materials from the amhara region and in return dumping back the products in the Amhara region as well. The investments have happened in Tigry for the last 25 years are many times more than what happened in the Amhara region despite the Amhara region is the water rich, fertile, nice climate, grain and cereal producer and its population is 5 times bigger than in Tigry.

Whom do we have to blame here? Not TPLF but the TPLF creation toys so called AMDP. As the documentary film has shown us recently, the people are waking up and taking the matters under their hands in smart and peaceful ways. A district called Debre Elias is known harvesting 5 times more than it needs as the surrounding districts are. It produces more than 1 million quintals first class quality wheat for brood. The district population is not more than 200.000. That means it needs the maximum of 200.000 quintals wheat for own use while more than 800.000 for the rest of Ethiopia. It is the same with Teff, Barley, maize, and so on that are growing nicely and widely in the district as well as region as a whole.

However, because of they had no milling or food processing factories in the region, the wheat had to transport far away to Mekele, Adigrat, Addis Ababa, Mojo, Adama and elsewhere. The problem is not only they are losing lots of money and are not creating additional jobs if they had the milling or food processing factories in the region for value adding activities, they had been suffering from the shortage of brood because of the shortage of wheat.

But it is Now that kind stupidity and the animal type of Economic activity and development direction is changing because of the local people; not the TPLF Toys in Bahri Dar that are good enough to be thrown happily in to Lake Tana. Debre Elias is now getting own milling factory and it is milling about 1000 quintals a day and will increase when it expands. This way they are not only benefiting the farmers but also the local community by creating jobs and supplying the wheat with relatively good price. We know last year even Debre Markos had the shortage of brood. That happened not because of it is not harvesting excess amount of wheat but the wheat had to be transported to Tigry or elsewhere in the country for milling reasons. And when it once left the region, it is becoming difficult to get it back even paying the highest price.

The point is that regions must create mechanism facilitating the farmers, producers, factories and traders in the same region/area instead of transporting them 1000s KM for millings or food processing reasons and then another 1000s km for market including back to the producers. This is wrong and a very bad economic activity has to stop.

lets these so called experts and scholars talk about the real issues like these; instead of mambo jambo all over the places with no direction, precision or goal to achieve in the end.

Desta, well Za dig has explained the reality in western countries l. Do you think media is working for poor? I imagine you are cab driver. Do you think th e media and newspapers are advocating for you. May be if you pay for them they will write something article. There are hundreds of news paper. But they will be out of business by lawsuit.

Mr fortune-teller, Beza! How do you know I am Cab driver? So what is wrong with being a cab-driver, making an honest life by providing services? Rather than Living at expense of tax payers by being parasites to society, and liability to society without contribution and input . And looting public resources.
Which one is Morally bankrupt and soulless life!?
Living by sweats and labour is Nobel. Yes, I am taxi driver, and a home less. Does it mean I am less human being? My view does not have values? Does job/work define a person!? Most Ethiopian officials got the job because they are smarter than the 100 millions?
Your statement is the typical third World mentality, manifestation of deep ignorances. You probably use keyboard and Latin words, the content of your statement tells it all. Are Ethiopian farmers less human being because they live by farming?
Unlike the cadres,or government officials, they have sense of diginity and self worth. They live by their own fruit of labour. UnLike cadre, they don’t worship party Boss, live at Mercy of party. They think and say what they feel and think. They are not programmed machines.
Thus, I am a proud a cab-driver and free thinker. Yes, I live an honest life. I am not dependent of society like cadre and government officials. I am not thief too.
As to whether Western Media working for poor cab-driver like me, it is up us the cab-driver and others working class where to get our information. That means we have a choice to get infomred and get organized to make the system to serve us, change it, amend it, or disregard it.
We Have an opportunity to read papers who works for us, listen radios, and watch TV’s. There are plentiful.
No cadre, government officials or corporate manager tells what to hear and think. We have the freedom to choice, we have the opportunity.
That is essential for human being to live as a Free person , live a meaningful and purpose full life.

I don’t have to be fortune teller to tell what your job is, your explanation tells it all. Desta, free thinker, are.you really? Then why are you telling to innocent youths to snatch and kill a police on the contrary, you are scared of a police when they stop you in western countries. Is that not right free thinker.

No I am not a cab-driver, save your skill , being a fortune-teller for something else. The points i am making is that life has a diginity , freedom, meaning when we live by our own sweat and labour, rather than Living at the expense of society as parasite like most third World government officials

Desta’s articulation of his views in both Amharic and English is a source of pride for us Ethiopians. On the other hand, Zadgi (Hadgi) is an embarrassment to not just human kind but to all animal kinds.

Ermi, the shabiya. I didn’t say cub driver I said cab driver. You Shabiyas are everywhere when it comes about Ethiopia. You must know and realize Ethiopia is not like you think. Ethiopian people are on strong foundation so cab drivers like you don’t make any change.

For sure I am trying to eradicate my poverty. I am a respected professional engineer working across the globe.
But weather I am poor or rich the truth remains the same. My being rich does not change the true/facts into false or vis-versa.
Sorry let me stop explaining to you because there is no use of discussing issues with CoCa.

I wish we had z full version of z discussion before throwing any piece of comments, but from what we have seen in z video I can tell z level of understanding (knowledge of the matter) is in different levels ,some are trying7 to give a depth analysis n elaboration which anyone rational can simply tell is based on research and the others on z other hand are in a level which shows Hu they really r n keep on countering back z analytical explanationso n approaches with gossips in bluffer.
Please don’t ask me Hu is in which side n Hu is in z other… unless u want 2 lie ur selves

Are they talking about Ethiopia or Tigry? Are they talking about something that is working or not working? They seem are talking about Economic activities and the policies related to it. However, they are acting as if they are shepherds without the animals around or economy experts in the Nomads land where there is no any economic activity.

Tigry is one of the Ethiopian regions with lack of fundamental natural wealth such as water and fertile land and also it is suffering time to time from climate punishments. It has limited capacities and opportunities for more human settlements, investments activities and development sustainability.

However, what we have seen the last 25 years is that TPLF is hardly pushing while trying to develop this naturally affected area using lots of resources that would be effective and benefiting hugely if they were invested elsewhere in the country. Debre Markos Province in Gojam contains 10 (it was 7 back then) districts. All 10 districts are on the top in the country producing more grains and cereals than any place in Ethiopia. With modern development activities Debre Markos 25 years ago was almost the same as Mekelle 25 years ago and that was the same as rest of the country behalf Addis Ababa and Asmara.

However, the difference between Debre Markos and Mekelle today is like Debre Markos is the deep underground hole hibernating (loosing itself) for the last 25 years with no meaningful progress while Mekelle looks like from another world. In reality Debre Markos has huge potentials and legitimate reasons to develop and modernize before Mekele because of it is a very productive and useful region for the country food supply. But that is not happening under the TPLF only Tigry rule at the cost of Ethiopia particularly Amhara.

According to the report, these 10 districts are producing more than 20 million quintals of main food items such as Teff, wheat, Barley, Maize and so on in the rainy season without using irrigation. The population in the province is less than 2 million. That means it needs the maximum of 8 million quintal for own consumption while more than 12 million for the rest of Ethiopia. If it was getting the right attention and investment opportunities to develop the agriculture sector, this province alone has a capacity to produce more than 50 million Quintals a year only the main food items. It has also big potentials for all types of fruits, vegetables and spies including paper such as the mighty Nile valley warmer and fertile land too.

However, this region has no a single meaningful food processing factory or value adding mechanisms activities in order to benefit the farmers and motivate them to work hard and produce more and also create jobs in the province. Tigry that is not producing much has the number of food processing factories and value adding mechanism not only in Mekele but also other cities and towns, too. It has the number of manufacturing also industry factories including the metal, textiles, car and the 10 billion birr investment Chemical factory that is on the making. The raw materials they are using are from elsewhere particularly from the Amhara region and they are dumping their finished products in this region, too. This is not happening by accident but they are doing it intentionally as a policy.

Tigray merchants and traders that are using EFFORT’s and Tigry Lorries are invading the Amhara region on daily basis including as far as to Debre Markos region to dump their finished products with high prices while taking away grains and cereals with low price to feed their food processing and other factories and value adding activities in Tigry. They are benefiting more than the farmers in Amhara/Gojam while doing nothing but because of they are having Lorries, food processing factories and value adding mechanism and free ways to markets including in Addis Ababa.

The funny thing is that including Debre Markos people are buying with high prices the wheat powder for brood from Tigry while they are the farmers producing the wheat with hard work and lots of sacrifices. It is the same with Teff and other items, too. The Amhara region markets and consumers are under the EFFORT colonization for the last 25 years. EFFORT is making its money by dumping its factory products with high prices and getting the raw materials with very cheap price in the Amhara region.

So, these TPLF so called Experts need to talk about these kind illegal and bad economic activities that are sounding benefiting Tigry for now and hurting others particularly the Amhara region. But in the long run it will backlash against Tigry and it has already started. We know they have systematically and based one EFFORT’s policies disallowing and discouraging meaningful and useful investment activities in the Amhara region in order to dumb their products. How come the Amhara region which is the most water rich, mineral rich fertile highland, with the best climate and best landscape and also have very disciplined hard working people, most peaceful and secure region is not getting at least 20% of the investment activities happening in Tigry for the last 25 years? In the Amhara region live 20 million while in Tigry 3 or 4? This also has to be the reason to invest and develop the Amhara region before Tigry or the two in the same times with equal shares.

The solution is easy and dependent on the local population, Scholars, experts and politicians that are not part of the TPLF toys in Bahir Dar. The region can build own food processing factories and create value adding mechanisms using including foreign knowledge, local experts and scholars. Losing the benefits and jobs for Tigry the way it has been going on for the last 25 years must stop. The local must process the food processing activities by themselves working closely with farmers and agriculture experts in order to improve and modernize the agriculture sector.

The 10 Districts alone around Debre Markos excess harvests for the rest of Ethiopian consumption at this moment is more than 12 million quintals grains and cereals including Teff and wheat. This will bring for the region more than 15 billion birr after processing and reaching the consumers directly. If 2 billion out of these 15 billion is spent building the food processing factories, it would be enough to construct more than 20 factories which is 100 million each and it is a lot in Ethiopia where cost are very, very low.

Gojam had/has 7 provinces and Debre Markos is one of. So, you can see how Gojam is important for the Ethiopian food consumptions with main food items such as Teff, wheat, Maize and Barley. This is also telling Ethiopians must give the best possible attentions to develop the agriculture sectors in Gojam and Amhara as a whole and the farmers well being must be guaranteed which is not happening under the TPLF rule and its toy agents sitting in Bahir Dar.

But this is not happening by itself or farmers alones but officials, experts and scholars working together. We need to import only the components we cannot make them at home for now such as the motors and engines while the rest can be attained from domestic products which are the best way to create jobs and develop the manufacturing and industrial activities at home.

Hibre Beher Boat (ship) on the Lake Tana was built in 2012 by two Ethiopian engineers with only 7 million birr. If all the components were imported, it would cost 75 million birr and will take long. This alone shows Ethiopians are capable of doing things cheaply, quickly and with quality in the country locally by making/producing the components they can be done at home and importing those they can’t make or produce them.

Debre markos and the surrounding areas must get food processing factories, manufacturing/industrial zone(s) and value adding mechanism activities knowing it is the best place for agriculture activities producing the very important food items in the country. It has been intentionally neglected by TPLF as it is with the rest of the Amhara region including the best locations like Debre Birhan using its Toy agents in Bahir Dar like that sick TPLF slave Genet Zewdie is.

However, thanks to the some of the Agriculture officials (two with Dr titles i.e. the director and his deputy and also others) in the Amhara region for their efforts improving the agriculture sectors despite with no practical and meaningful supports from the TPLF toy Officials because of they had to keep the region free and empty with manufacturing and industrial investments and development activities that would be benefiting the society including the farmers.

Instead the region must continue being the TPLF/EFFORT finished products dumping ground to develop Tigry with high price. They have no idea how important is producing, processing and creating value adding mechanism locally for farmers as well as the local people creating jobs, improving lives and developing the region. Or they might know but they don’t what to do it because of the TPLF policy is against it and keeping this region the free and easily accessible dumping ground for their finished products made of raw materials from elsewhere including the Amhara region.

It seems ridiculous and in fact you have to be insane to compare Ethiopian politics to that of the reachest and the highest in the world/USA/.There is literally nothing to compare and contrast. An ant can not compare and criticize the strength of Lion.
Realistically Ethiopian should be compared to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,Nigeria…

What a non-sense presentation by Zadig Abrha. He was trying to show of his English and yet he was nowhere near to convey his ideas properly. It is so saddening that the government of Ethiopia is full of such idiots.