June 27, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government has offered $500,000 to Ginbot 7, an exiled Ethiopian opposition political organisation designated by Ethiopia as terrorist entity, according to a report on a US-based Ethiopia opposition media outlet.
JPEG – 25.5 kbDr. Berhanu Nega the chairman of the Ethiopian opposition group Ginbot 7 (Source: Awramba Times)
In an audio recording of an interview with the group’s chairman, leaked to Awrambatimes.com, Berhanu Nega admits that he received the the funds.
Nega has since accused the ruling party the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) of trying divert the attention of the public from the problems facing the country.
In the 2005 general elections Nega was elected as mayor of Addis Ababa after the but was sentenced to death, in absentia, along with four others after Ethiopian government revoked his pardon request.
In the audio Nega says that $200,000 of the total funds will be used for military and intelligence activities.
Ginbot 7 has established its new military wing known as “Ginbot 7 popular force”, which is based in Eritrea for cross border attacks against Ethiopia.
Ethiopia and Eritrea who fought a border war between 1998 and 2000 trade accusations of supporting and harbouring respective rebels to destabilise one the other.
Ethiopia is a crucial US ally in the war against terror in the East African region.
Ethiopian politicians say although the United States is the front runner in the battle against terrorism, the country however is sheltering “terrorists” like Nega.
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional body, has previously approved Ethiopia’s request that Ginbot 7 be classified as a terrorist group.
In the leaked recording, Nega also said that $100,000 will be used to finance what he said was to a peaceful struggle and diplomacy activities.
However it is not clear how the group is going to execute a peaceful struggle inside Ethiopia, where it is a banned organisation.
Ginbot 7 often use Eritrean media as well Amsterdam-based opposition channel, Ethiopian Satellite Television (EAST) to broadcast anti-regime campaigns.
(ST)
•Dr. Berhanu accuses EPRDF for revealing his controversial audio
Should we engage in struggle , fighing the rigime in Eritrea like our elder brotheres and sisters did with Mengustu? Or Can we persuite Mr Yemane ,Gherahtuu and wedi Bashy to stay in diaspora Like Abdu Ali..as to isolate the dictator .may could be the best solution as i don’t want people to die on war…..its a bit chaotic!!!
Eritrea Super Power June 27, 2013
ከብቲስ ወሲዶመን ጸርፊ ግን ዝሓደግናሎም የለን
ውዓግ ኢልናዮም ኣህባይ ንዕስራን ክልተን ዘመን
ኣሜሪካ ኴንና ብዶሽካ ቓላት ንወየንቲ ከነእምን
ግዜ ዓሪቡና ተቐይርና ኣብ ፍረ ኣልቦታት ማእምን
Stefanos Temolso June 28, 2013
SUPER POWER, IF THIS IS THE CASE GO AND TOPPLE THE RGIME BY ACTION!
Eritrea Super Power June 28, 2013
Stefanos ,
ንሶም ዮም ላይ ቓልሲ ተሞክሮ ልንኤዎም እሞ፣ ሃየ ድኣ መሊኣቶም ይጽደቑ፣ኣነማ ኣውዙይ ቐርየ ከጣቕዓሎም´የ።ሃየ ናይ ኣየር ቲኬት ንሕና ነዋጽእ፣ብፌስ ቡክ ልተቐየረ መንግስቲ የለይ።part time ተቓላሳይ እንተኔሮም ድማ full time ይግበርዋቶ።ልዓርሰይ እሞ ልልሰርሕን ልሃንጽን ልሎ ግንከ ጌጋታት ልሰርሕ ከም ኩሉ ዓለም መንግስቲ እላነቐፍኩ ከማዕብሎ እየ።ምስ ወያነይ ሲ ኣይ ኤይ ኮይነማ መንግስተይ ኣየፍርስይ።ዓወት ለልሓፋሽ።
ሰውራ ደቃ ትበልዕያ
ላይ ትማሊ ጀጋኑ ላይ ሎሚ ምታንታ ወያነ ልኾኑ ላብ ልብኻትኩም ተመለሱ ንብላቶም።
ኣያ ስቲፋኖስ ኣያ ስቲፋኖስ
ኮርዮም ድዮም ድዮምየ ወያነ ለይኮነስ።
Lilay June 28, 2013
June 27, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government has offered $500,000 to Ginbot 7, an exiled Ethiopian opposition political organisation designated by Ethiopia as terrorist entity, according to a report on a US-based Ethiopia opposition media outlet.
JPEG – 25.5 kbDr. Berhanu Nega the chairman of the Ethiopian opposition group Ginbot 7 (Source: Awramba Times)
In an audio recording of an interview with the group’s chairman, leaked to Awrambatimes.com, Berhanu Nega admits that he received the the funds.
Nega has since accused the ruling party the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) of trying divert the attention of the public from the problems facing the country.
In the 2005 general elections Nega was elected as mayor of Addis Ababa after the but was sentenced to death, in absentia, along with four others after Ethiopian government revoked his pardon request.
In the audio Nega says that $200,000 of the total funds will be used for military and intelligence activities.
Ginbot 7 has established its new military wing known as “Ginbot 7 popular force”, which is based in Eritrea for cross border attacks against Ethiopia.
Ethiopia and Eritrea who fought a border war between 1998 and 2000 trade accusations of supporting and harbouring respective rebels to destabilise one the other.
Ethiopia is a crucial US ally in the war against terror in the East African region.
Ethiopian politicians say although the United States is the front runner in the battle against terrorism, the country however is sheltering “terrorists” like Nega.
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional body, has previously approved Ethiopia’s request that Ginbot 7 be classified as a terrorist group.
In the leaked recording, Nega also said that $100,000 will be used to finance what he said was to a peaceful struggle and diplomacy activities.
However it is not clear how the group is going to execute a peaceful struggle inside Ethiopia, where it is a banned organisation.
Ginbot 7 often use Eritrean media as well Amsterdam-based opposition channel, Ethiopian Satellite Television (EAST) to broadcast anti-regime campaigns.
(ST)
•Dr. Berhanu accuses EPRDF for revealing his controversial audio
Lilay June 28, 2013
For details please refer to:
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article47111
The eritrean people has no bread, electricity, water and other and the regiom give funds to terorists.
Ygermena Alo June 28, 2013
Tesfa zikoretse himaq akmu ezia eya kkkkkkkk
Tekluu Gubtaan June 28, 2013
Should we engage in struggle , fighing the rigime in Eritrea like our elder brotheres and sisters did with Mengustu? Or Can we persuite Mr Yemane ,Gherahtuu and wedi Bashy to stay in diaspora Like Abdu Ali..as to isolate the dictator .may could be the best solution as i don’t want people to die on war…..its a bit chaotic!!!
Danny June 28, 2013
ነዚ ክትግዕታ ዶ ትርህጻ
ነዚ ክትሕንጥጣ ዶ ትግየጻ
ነዚ ክትገጥማ ዶ ትግህጸጻ
ነዚ ከተላግባ ዶ ትቕረጻ
ነዚ ክትአልማ ዶ ትልሓጻ
አየ ስመር ዕመር አይቅበጻ
ከም ጎይታኽን ከም ወያነ ቅበጻ ቅበጻ
አርባዕተ ነጥቢ
Eritrea Super Power June 28, 2013
real nationalistic poem.
MightyEmbasoyra June 28, 2013
When you say ከም ጎይታኽን ከም ወያነ ቅበጻ ቅበጻ, I am assuming you are talking about Isayas. Correct?