Ethiopia’s dam fills threaten Egypt’s lifeline: Calls for international intervention

 

Adel Sadawi, a member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs and former Dean of the Institute for Research and Strategic Studies on Nile Basin Countries, commented on Ethiopia’s announcement of its readiness to carry out the fifth filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam during the coming months of July and September, considering this as intransigence that poses a great danger to the peoples of Egypt and Sudan.

Sadawi said that Ethiopia has crossed red lines by continuing its intransigence in filling the Renaissance Dam, coinciding with a complete halt to negotiations since last December between the three countries (Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia), according to the Saudi Okaz newspaper.

This means that Addis Ababa continues to store the amount of water it determines on its own, without any cooperation with the downstream countries, which is a very dangerous matter.

He called on the Egyptian government to work to preserve the water rights of the Egyptian people, as the Nile is the source of life for the Egyptian citizen.

Sadawi highlighted Egypt’s recent efforts to conserve water. Despite high costs, they’ve been repairing canals and drains, desalinating seawater for drinking, and reducing water-intensive crops like rice and sugarcane.

These efforts stem from concerns that Ethiopia’s dam construction and water storage will significantly reduce downstream water flow.

This potential reduction poses an existential threat to Egypt, which relies on the Nile River for 97 percent of its water.

He pointed out that Ethiopia is seeking to fully store water with a total value of between 64-74 billion cubic meters, which is a legal violation and a disregard for the interests and rights of downstream countries and their water security,which is guaranteed by the rules of international law.

Satellite images using satellite technology have revealed Addis Ababa’s intensive preparations for the fifth filling of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which poses a real threat to the water interests of Egypt and Sudan.

Political and partisan forces have called on the Egyptian government to act quickly to preserve the water rights of the Egyptians, warning of the dire consequences of Ethiopia’s continued fifth filling process, after the fourth storage reached 41 billion cubic meters last September.

Alaa El-Zohairy, a member of the Egyptian negotiating committee for the Renaissance Dam, echoed the sentiment, saying that the Ethiopian government’s decision to carry out the fifth filling process came unilaterally, as it sees that coordination with downstream countries or consultation is interference in Ethiopian internal affairs, and this is not true.

He called for the need to intensify international pressure on Addis Ababa in order to reach a preliminary agreement between the three countries before going to the fifth filling, which may affect Egypt’s and Sudan’s shares.

Talks between Egypt and Ethiopia concerning the Renaissance Dam stalled in December 2023. This halt stemmed from several reasons, with the most prominent being Ethiopia’s unwillingness to compromise.

Ethiopia views dam operations as an internal matter, believing no external input should be considered. This stance has led to the ongoing suspension of negotiations.

Despite the stalled talks, Egypt remains vigilant. It is monitoring the situation at the Renaissance Dam through satellite imagery, tracking changes in water flow patterns.

Source: https://www.egyptindependent.com/ethiopias-dam-fills-threaten-egypts-lifeline-calls-for-international-intervention/

Fashion event brings Kanu, others to Ethiopia

 

Former Nigerian national football team striker Nwankwo Kanu and other African former football players are in Addis Ababa to participate in the Shenen Africa Fashion Festival Week 2024

Upon arrival at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, on Thursday Kanu was welcomed by Ethiopia’s Minister of Tourism, Ambassador Nasise Chali.

In addition to the former Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu, Henry Kamara of Senegal, Daniel Amokachi of Nigeria and several former African star players arrived in Addis Ababa this evening to attend the event.

Foreign football players, actors, social media influencers, designers, models, technology experts, businesspeople, diplomats and other professionals will participate in the festival.

Shenen Africa Festival will be held from 28th to 30th June at Adwa Victory Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Airlines is also confirmed as the official sponsor of this event.

Is a former professional football star that played for the Super Eagles of Nigeria and club sides including Iwuaayanwu Nationalae (now heartland FC) Ajax and Arsenal. He is regarded as a legend of the Nigerian national team and English Premier League side Arsenal.

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Source: https://apanews.net/fashion-event-brings-kanu-others-to-ethiopia/

Economic, conflict spurring human trafficking in Ethiopia: US State Department

 

NewsEconomic, conflict spurring human trafficking in Ethiopia: US State Department

Yemeni Houthis forcing Ethiopian migrants into military service

The US Department of State commends the Ethiopian government’s efforts to combat human trafficking but urges that more needs to be done to eliminate the practice in the country.

The Department’s 2024 Trafficking in Person report reveals that the Ethiopian government did not take adequate action to address internal trafficking crimes, including domestic servitude and child sex trafficking, despite the scale of the problem.

It criticizes officials for insufficient investigation into trafficking cases and corruption, and the judicial system for light sentencing when it comes to cases of forced domestic servitude.

The federal government reported investigating close to 730 trafficking cases, the vast majority of which were of unspecified forms while 21 were cases of labor trafficking, according to the report. It is significantly higher than the 498 investigations conducted in 2022, but not enough, according to US State Department officials.

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The report reveals the government prosecuted 650 or more individuals as part of 531 cases, two of which were sex trafficking cases, over the reporting period. More than 240 of these individuals were convicted, similar to 225 convictions reported in 2022.

The State Department notes that “corruption and official complicity in trafficking crimes remained significant concerns” hobbling law enforcement action. It mentions the prevalence of bribery and the production of fraudulent documentation to facilitate trafficking among police, immigration officers, and judicial officials.

The report reveals that the federal government investigated and charged more than 60 immigration officials, including the deputy head of the Immigration and Citizenship Services (ICS), on charges of human trafficking and migrant smuggling crimes.

The report notes the number is a significant increase from just two officials investigated in 2022. It also highlights that the government cooperated with the governments of Malawi, the UAE, and the UK on potential trafficking investigations over the period, as well as signed an extradition deal with South Africa and an MoU for the establishment of a joint investigation team with Djibouti.

The report reveals that while the government identified 541 trafficking victims, NGOs and international organizations have reported identifying and assisting more than 4,200.

The government reported providing 1,022 potential victims with referrals to services provided by civil society organizations as it continues to rely on NGOs for shelter services, but its financial and in-kind support to these organizations remains “minimal,” according to the report.

It reveals that an international operates migration response centers (MRCs) in Dire Dawa, Metemma, Moyale, Semera, and Togochale to provide vulnerable migrants, including potential trafficking victims, with basic needs, temporary shelter, and family reunification support. The government maintained the operation of a child protection unit in Addis Ababa.

Trafficking in Ethiopia is focused on domestic servitude and sex trafficking exploiting women and girls, and labor trafficking affecting mostly boys and men. Brothels in Addis Ababa are mentioned as centers for sex trafficking, as are the city’s transportation hubs.

The report indicates that labor recruiters target rural areas for their trafficking activities, luring people to cities with promises of a better life. The report also warns that traffickers have been known to use app-based recruitment tools to recruit from vulnerable populations and that social media and the internet are increasingly common tools used for trafficking.

It also indicates that IDP populations are particularly vulnerable to trafficking due to a “lack of access to justice, education, economic opportunity, and basic needs, such as food, water, and health services.”

There are an estimated four million IDPs in Ethiopia as a result of conflict and climate change.

“Scarce economic opportunities and poverty, coupled with familial encouragement, compel tens of thousands of Ethiopians to transit out of Ethiopia via three main routes, where they are vulnerable to trafficking,” reads the report.

Gulf states are the destination for undocumented migrants taking the “Eastern” route through Djibouti or Somalia and then on to Yemen. The report notes that increased reports of violence at the Yemen-Saudi border is pushing a growing number of migrants to opt for crossing into Oman after reaching Yemen.

South Africa is the primary destination for migrants taking the “Southern” route through Kenya. The less common “Northwestern” route involves crossing into Libya or Egypt via Sudan and attempting to cross into Europe. The report notes that it is men who traditionally take this route.

“Across all three of these major migration routes, traffickers exploit Ethiopian migrants in sex and labor trafficking in transit countries and in their intended destinations. Families often finance irregular migration, and parents may force or coerce their children to travel abroad for work. Most traffickers are small local operators, often from the victims’ home communities, but highly organized trafficking networks also facilitate irregular migration flows and exploit individuals in sex or labor trafficking,” it reads.

The report mentions that Saudi Arabia remains the primary destination for economic migrants, representing up to 90 percent of Ethiopia’s labor migration. It indicates that traffickers frequently exploit this vulnerable population in sex or labor trafficking.

“Ethiopians traveling to the Middle East through licensed Ethiopian employment agencies are also susceptible to trafficking by employers or illegal employment agencies in the destination country,” reads the report.

It mentions the employer-based (kafala) system as complicit in trafficking in several Middle Eastern countries, including the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon.

“Ethiopians abroad – especially in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia – often face stigmatization and abuse, leading to loss of employment and potential deportation; this population remains vulnerable to trafficking. In Lebanon, employers forcibly removed Ethiopian domestic workers from their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving them trapped in the country; unable to find new work or a safe way home,” reads the report.

It also mentions recent reports that Houthis in Yemen have forcibly recruited African migrants, including Ethiopians, to join their ranks after kidnapping hundreds who entered Houthi-controlled territory during their migration journey and transferring them to military training facilities.

Source: https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/40843/

Ethiopian gov’t forces killed 27 civilians in the Amhara region

 Ethiopian gov’t forces killed 27 civilians in the Amhara region

Ethiopian government forces this week reportedly killed 27 civilians, in two separate incidents,  in a latest string of extrajudicial killings in the Amhara region of Ethiopia.  The forces allegedly carried it out in a coffee shop and in the streets. 

It took place on Monday and Wednesday in North Shoa and Gojjam areas.

BBC Amharic said it spoke to residents from the area from the areas where the killings took place.  

The place where Ethiopian forces carried out the latest string of extrajudicial killings is close to Debre Sina town along the Addis Ababa-Dessie road. (Pic : Debre Sina/ file/ Wikimapia)

On June 26 , In North Shoa Tarma Ber district – which is close to Debre Sina town – at least 15 were killed and four others were injured, according to residents who happen to be eyewitnesses and a survivor. It happened around 5:30 P.M in Agam Ber locality of the district.

The victims were, according to the eyewitnesses, mostly peasants who came to the kebele to get fertilizer. They estimate the soldiers who carried out the extrajudicial killings to be between nine and twelve. 

“They came and directly started shooting at the store,” the eyewitnesses said.  In the Mamush Coffee shop in the kebele, they killed about eight people who were having coffee. 

“We were close by [the coffee shop] to load fertilizer. Eight people were killed inside the tea [coffee] shop,” an eyewitness who said he managed to escape through the back door  told BBC Amharic. 

Another eyewitness is cited as saying “They suddenly came massacred us and left.” 

The soldiers started the killing spree in a junction known as Agam Ber where they executed about five to six civilians, according to another witness. “I do not know what they have seen. It was in the evening and they usually do not come that time…” he is quoted as saying. 

Among the victims from the killing in Shoa is a 14 years old boy who was reportedly killed in the street nearby his grandparents house. The family is grieving in Debre Sina. 

The victims were laid to rest on the same day and the day after the incident in several locations. 

The source said the government forces were looking for three Fano fighters who came to the area to visit grieving families.  

The residents who spoke to BBC Amharic say the perpetrators of that attack were government soldiers because they were in their defense force uniforms. 

Gojjam

There was a similar execution in Adet, Gojjam two days before the incident in Shoa. At least 11 civilians were killed. One of the victims is a female while the remaining are male. 

Two of them were killed in the street while the remaining were taken out 

It came after the Fano force conducted a military operation and left the city. They were fighting government forces for hours during which government forces reportedly suffered severe losses. 

The extrajudicial killings of civilians came around 3 p.m. in the afternoon of June 24. 

A BBC Amharic report published on Friday said the government  forces allege that the civilians they killed “give information to Fano forces.” 

The victims were laid to rest on the same day. 

There has been a recurring extrajudicial killings of civilians in the Amhara region of Ethiopia since Abiy Ahmed started an official military operation in the region in August 2023. 

This week, the defense force commanders had been having a public engagement in different cities in the region on the security situation in the region and the fighting against Fano forces. The last meeting was held in Bahir Dar branded as “peace conference.” The Defense Chief of Staff said he is ready to negotiate with Fano forces anywhere and anytime.  

The government has lost, evidently, credibility in the region and the prospect of peace notation appears to be at least questionable. Meanwhile, more and more youth are reportedly joining Fano forces as the massacre of civilians in the region is increasing. 

በአማራ ክልል በዚህ ሳምንት ከ27 በላይ የሚሆኑ ‘ሰላማዊ ሰዎች’ “በመንግሥት ኃይሎች” መገደላቸው ተነገረ

 በአማራ ክልል ሰሜን ሸዋ እና ሰሜን ጎጃም ዞኖች በቀናት ልዩነት “የመንግሥት ኃይሎች” ቤት ለቤትና መንገድ ላይ ‘ሰላማዊ ሰዎችን’ መግደላቸውን የዐይን እማኞችና ነዋሪዎች ለቢቢሲ ተናግረዋል።

የደብረሲና ከተማ

ጥቃቶቹ ሰኞ ሰኔ 17 እና ረቡዕ ሰኔ 19፤ 2016 ዓ/ም መፈጸማቸው የተነገረ ሲሆን፤ በጥቃቶቹም ከ27 በላይ ንጹሃን ሰዎች መገደላቸው ተነግሯል።

በሰሜን ሸዋ ዞን ጣርማ በር ወረዳ ከደብረ ሲና ከተማ ወጣ ብላ በምትገኝ ሾላ ሜዳ በተባለች አነስተኛ የገጠር ከተማ ሰኔ 19 በመንግሥት ኃይሎች ደርሷል በተባለ ጥቃት ቢያንስ 15 ሰዎች መገደላቸውን እና አራት የሚሆኑ ሰዎች መቁሰላቸውን ነዋሪዎች ተናግረዋል።

በከተማዋ ‘አጋም በር መገንጠያ’ በተባለ ሰፈር ጥቃቱ 11፡30 አካባቢ እንደተፈጸመ ለቢቢሲ የተናገሩ አንድ ከጥቃቱ የተረፉ እማኝ፤ በጥቃቱ በአብዛኛው ማዳበሪያ ለመውሰድ ከተለያዩ ቀበሌዎች የመጡ አርሶ አደሮች እንደተገደሉ ገልጸዋል።

ከዘጠኝ እስከ 12 የሚሆኑ ወታደሮች “ቀጥታ መጥተው ሱቅ ላይ የተኩስ እሩምታ ጀመሩ” ያሉት የዐይን እማኙ፤ እሳቸውን ጨምሮ ማዳበሪያ ለመጫን በመጠባበቅ ላይ የነበሩ አርሶ አደሮች የጥቃቱ ሰለባ መሆናቸውን ተናግረዋል።

“የመንግሥት ኃይሎች” ማሙሽ በተባለ ሻይ ቤት ‘ሻይ ቡና’ እያሉ ነበር የተባሉ ስምንት የሚሆኑ ሰዎችን ቤቱ ውስጥ ገብተው እንደገደሏቸው ተናግረዋል።

“ማዳበሪያ ለመጫን እዛው አካባቢ ላይ ነበርን። ስምንት ሰዎች የወደቁት እዛው ሻይ ቤት ነው” ያሉት እማኙ፤ እሳቸውና ጥቂት ሰዎች በጓዳ ዘለው ማምለጣቸውን ገልጸዋል።

“ድንገት መጥተው ጨርሰውን ሄዱ” ሲሉ ጥቃቱን የገለጹ ሌላ የዐይን እማኝ እሳቸውም ጥቃቱ የተፈጸመበት ቤት ውስጥ እንደነበሩ ተናግረዋል።

“እኔ ምን እንዳዩ እንጃ። ማታ ነው፤ ሰዓት እላፊ እንኳ መጥተው አያውቁም ነበር። 12፡00 ላይ መጥተው አጋም በር መገንጠያ የምትባል መስመር አለች፤ እዛ ላይ ተኩስ ጀመሩ። አንድ አምስት ስድስት ሰዎች መንገድ ላይ ጣሉ [ገደሉ]። ከዚህ የተረፉትን ደግሞ ሻይ ቤት እየገቡ በተቀመጡበት እርፍርፍ ነው ያደረጓቸው” ሲሉ ጥቃቱን ገልጸዋል።

እርሳቸው ከነበሩበት ሻይ ቤት ብቻ 11 የሚሆኑ ሰዎች መገደላቸውን የተናገሩት እማኙ፤ ሦስት ከሚሆኑ ሰዎች ጋር በጓዳ በር አምልጠው ሕይወታቸውን መታደግ ቢችሉም፤ በ20ዎቹ እድሜ ላይ ይገኛል ያሉት ወንድማቸው መንገድ ላይ ተገድሎ እንዳገኙት ተናግረዋል።

በጥቃቱ ከአያቶቹ ጋር የሚኖር የ14 ዓመት ታዳጊ ልጃቸው ቤታቸው አጠገብ ከሚገኝ መንገድ ላይ መገደሉን የተናገሩ አንድ አባት፤ በደብረ ሲና ሀዘን መቀመጣቸውን ለቢቢሲ ተናግረዋል።

የተኩስ ድምጽ መስማታቸውን የተናገሩ አንድ የአካባቢው ነዋሪ እሳቸው የሚያውቁት 11 የሚሆኑ ሰዎች መገደላቸውን አረጋግጠው፤ ቁስለኞች ሾላ ሜዳ እና ደብረ ብርሃን ሆስፒታል መግባታቸውን ተናግረዋል።

የ11ዱ ሟቾችን ስም ዝርዝር መሰብሰብ እንደቻሉ የተናገሩ ሌላ እማኝ፤ በማግስቱ ሰኔ 20 አራት ተጨማሪ አስከሬን ተገኝቷል ሲሉ የሟቾቹ ቁጥር 15 ነው ብለዋል።

“. . . አብዲላቅ፣ ማኔ አምባ፣ አራጨለንቆ፣ ወይን ውሃ፣ ሸንኮርጌ፣ እንዶዴ፣ ዶቃይት፣ ድብ አምባ ቀበሌዎች ትናንት [ሰኔ 20] ወደ ስምንት ደብር ቀብረን ነበር” ብለዋል።

በአካባቢው ለለቅሶ መጥተዋል የተባሉ ሦስት የፋኖ ታጣቂዎችን ተከትለው ሳይመጡ አልቀረም የተባሉት “የመንግሥት ኃይሎች ስለ ታጣቂዎቹ መረጃ በመፈለግ ግድያውን ፈጽመዋል” ብለዋል።

ጥቃት አድራሾቹ “መከላከያ ሰራዊት” ለመሆናቸው በለበሱት የደንብ ልብስና በአካባቢው በቅርብ ርቀት ሲና በተባለ ስፍራ ካምፕ በመመስረታቸው እንዳረጋገጡ ገልጸዋል።

በሌላ ተመሳሳይ ጥቃት በአማራ ክልል ሰሜን ጎጃም ዞን ይልማና ዴንሳ ወረዳ አዴት ከተማ በሳምንቱ መጀመሪያ ሰኞ ሰኔ 17፤ 2016 ዓ.ም. ንጹሃን ሰዎች መገደላቸውን ነዋሪዎች ተናግረዋል።

በጥቃቱ 11 ንጹሃን ሰዎች በመንግሥት ኃይሎች መገደላቸውን የተናገሩት ነዋሪዎች፤ ድርጊቱን ከበቀል ጋር አያይዘውታል።

በእለቱ የፋኖ ታጣቂዎች እና የመንግሥት ኃይሎች ለሰዓታት የዘለቀ “ከባድ ውጊያ” ማድረጋቸውን ተከትሎ ከሰዓት 9፡00 አካባቢ ጥቃቱ መፈጸሙን የተናገሩት ነዋሪዎች፤ አንድ ሴትና 10 ወንዶች እንደተገደሉ ገልጸዋል።

ግድያው የፋኖ ታጣቂዎች ከተማዋን ለቀው መውጣታቸውን ተከትሎ 02 ቀበሌ እርሻ ሰብል በተባለ ሰፈር መንገድ ላይ እና ቤት ለቤት መፈጸሙን የጠቆሙት ነዋሪዎች፤ “ለፋኖ መረጃ ትሰጣላችሁ” በሚል ግድያው ተፈጽሟል ብለዋል።

“ፋኖ ከተማውን ተቆጣጥሮ ውሎ በወጣበት ሰዓት ብዙ ኃይል ስለተመታባቸው በዛ ብስጭት ያገኙትን ሁሉ ነበር እየመቱ የነበረው” ሲሉ ስለ ግድያው የተናገሩ አንድ የአዴት ከተማ ነዋሪ፤ በጉልበት ስራ ተሰማርተው የነበሩ ሰዎችን ጨምሮ 11 ሰዎች ተገድለዋል ብለዋል።

“ሁለት ልጆች ናቸው ውጭ ላይ [መንገድ ላይ] የተመቱት እንጂ ሌላውን ከቤት እያወጡ ነው የገደሉት” ሲሉ ስለ ጥቃቱ የተናገሩ ሌላ ነዋሪ፤ 18 ዓመት ያልሞላውን ታዳጊ ጨምሮ ሟቾቹ አብዛኞቹ ወጣቶች ናቸው ብለዋል።

የ11 ሰዎች ግድያ በተፈጸመ በማግስቱ ሰኔ 18 ደግሞ ከከተማው መውጫ ባለ ርብርብ በተባለ አካባቢ ተጨማሪ አራት ሰዎች ተገድለዋል በማለት የሟቾቹ ቁጥር ከፍ እንደሚል የጠቆሙ ሌላ ነዋሪ፤ ከሟቾቹ ውስጥ አባትና ልጅ እንደሚገኙበት ገልጸዋል።

የሟቾቹ ቀብር ያኑ ቀንና በማግስቱ ‘ቀለሞ ገብርኤል’ በተባለ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን መፈጸሙን የተናገሩት ነዋሪዎች፤ ግድያውን ተከትሎ ከክልሉ ዋና ከተማ ባሕር ዳር በ43 ኪ.ሜ ርቀት ላይ የምትገኘው አዴት ከተማ “በሀዘን ተውጣለች” ብለዋል።

“[ከተማው] በጣም በሀዘን ተውጧል። የእያንዳንዱን ሰው ፊት ስታይው ለቅሶ፤ እንባ ነው። ትናንት ለቅሶ ነበረ፤ ማነው የእነዚህ ልጆች ቤተሰብ ብለሽ መለየት አትችይም [ነበር]” ሲሉ ማሕበረሰቡ በከባድ ሀዘን ውስጥ እንደሚገኝ ገልጸዋል።

ግድያውን ተከትሎ በአዴት ከተማ የትራንስፖርት እንቅስቃሴ ገደብን ጨምሮ የንግድ ተቋማትም ዝግ እንደሆኑ የተናገሩ አንድ ነዋሪ፤ ከዚህ በፊትም እንደዚህ አይነት ጥቃቶች ደርሰው እንደሚያውቁ ጠቁመዋል።

“ሆቴሎች ዝግ ናቸው፤ ማንኛውም የስራ እንቅስቃሴ የለም፤ የመኪና መንገድ ዝግ ነው፤ ባጃጅ ሳይቀር ዝግ ነው [የለም]” ሲሉ በከተማዋ ውጥረት እንዳለ የጠቆሙት አንድ ነዋሪ፤ በቤተ-ክርስቲያን ከማክሰኞ እለት ጀምሮ ለሰባት ቀናት የጸሎትና የፍትሃት መርሃ ግብር ታውጇል” ሲሉ ሌላ ነዋሪ ተናግረዋል።

ቢቢሲ ግድያዎቹን አስመልክቶ የክልሉን የመንግሥት ባለስልጣናት ለማናገር ያደረገው ጥረት አልተሳካም።

በአማራ ክልል በሰኔ ወር መጀመሪያ ቀናት በምዕራብ ጎጃም እና ምስራቅ ጎጃም ዞኖች “በመንግሥት ኃይሎች” ተፈጽሟል በተባለ ጥቃት ከ20 በላይ ሰዎች መገደላቸው ይታወሳል።

ባለፈው ዓመት ሐምሌ ወር ላይ በጀመረው የክልሉ “የትጥቅ ግጭት” የፋኖን እና የመንግሥት ኃይሎችን ውጊያ ተከትሎ ‘ሰላማዊ ሰዎች’ የጥቃት ሰለባ እንደሚሆኑ ተሟጋች ድርጅቶች በተደጋጋሚ አስታውቀዋል።

Source: https://www.bbc.com/amharic/articles/cley9eeyxv0o