GONDAR, Northern Ethiopia - Heavily-armed Sudanese soldiers on April 21 burned down 24 Ethiopian farming settlements and took 34 civilian captives from Nefis Gebeya of Quara Woreda.
Sudanese army burns down 24 Ethiopian settlements
Meles gives away Ethiopian farmlands to Sudan
Courtesy of Abbay Media. Last Updated 27th April 2008
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BREAKING NEWS - Posted 27th April 2008
Sudanese army burns down 24 Ethiopian settlements
GONDAR, Northern Ethiopia - Heavily-armed Sudanese soldiers on April 21 burned down 24 Ethiopian farming settlements and took 34 civilian captives from Nefis Gebeya of Quara Woreda, a committee following the border-area developments said on Sunday.…
Press release by the Ethiopia-Sudan Boarder Issue Committee
27th April 2008 :Amharic PDF
Read the english version of this news courtesy of Ethio Media Posted 16th April 2008EPRDF allows Sudan to deploy army on Ethiopian land Press release by the Ethiopia-Sudan Boarder Issue Committee16th April 2008 :Amharic PDF
Read the english version of this news courtesy of Ethio Media
Posted 9th April 2008
Second Press release by the Ethiopia-Sudan Boarder Issue Committee
9th April 2008 :Amharic PDF
Posted 19th January 2008
First Press release by the Ethiopia-Sudan Boarder Issue Committee
19th January 2008 :Amharic PDF
Posted 18th December 2007
Meles finalizes the give away of 400,000 Ethiopian farmlands to Sudan
By Abbay Media Staff
On December 6, 2007 on his way to the Lisbon conference, Meles Zenawi visited Sudan to supposedly open the road between Sudan and Ethiopia, but it has now become clear the main agenda for this trip was to finalize the handing over of Ethiopian territories to Sudan.
Reporting on the visit, the Sudanese English Newspaper ‘Khartoum Monitor’ on the Thursday, December 6, 2007, Vol.6, Issue No. 1434, reported the Governor of Al-Gedarif state, Dr Abdel Rahman al-Khidir as saying “He added that the visit of Ethiopian Prime Minister indicates Ethiopians concern for strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. The remaining part of the Sudanese land farmed by Ethiopian farmers will be given back to the Sudanese farmers, he asserted”.
This visit was a continuation of the event which was reported on the 3rd July 2007 by Sudan Tribune;
‘A joint Sudanese-Ethiopian committee would start today to hand over agricultural lands to residents of more than 17 Sudanese villages located in eastern Atbara River along the Ethiopia-Sudan border’.
The agricultural lands remained a source of dispute for more than 100 years, but the Meles Zenawi government had managed to give it away and once again changed the map of Ethiopia for the third time since coming to power in 1991.
Meles Zenawi endless generosity in the expense of Ethiopia’s territorial integrity will on this occasion displace more than 400,000 Ethiopians from their farmlands.
The given away Ethiopian region is not just a loss of vital and fertile land; it is also an area that is strategically important in the long-term interest of Ethiopia. The Atbara River makes up more than 10% of the total Nile runoff and giving up this area does not help the already unfair distribution of the Nile Basin resources. Instead of joining Tanzania and Kenya in condemning the inequitable distribution of resources abused mostly by Egypt against the other Nile Basin countries, the Meles Zenawi government has now given up important regions along the rivers that supply the Nile.
In exchange for the land granted to Sudan, the Sudanese have been rounding up and deporting suspected armed Ethiopian opposition groups residing in Sudan.
It needs to be noted that Meles Zenawi and his EPRDF/TPLF party didn’t mention a single word about this important, shocking and treasonous news to the Ethiopian parliament.
Written by Abbay Media Staff.
Below is the text taken from the front page of the Sudanese Newspaper (Khartoum Monitor)
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Khartoum Monitor
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Vol.6 Issue No. 1434
President Al Bashir and Zenawi open Gedarif-Matama road
By Staff Writer
President Omer Hassen Ahmed al-Bashir yesterday addressed the celebration of the harvest in Gadambaliya, Gedarif State and asserted support for agriculture.2000 youth graduated during the celebration after receiving vocational training. The President opened the new building of the Secretariat of Gedarif State government. In related development, Al Bashir will today in the presence of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi open the road that links Gedarif to Douka-Algallabat and Almatama in Ethiopia.
The Governor of Al-Gedarif state, Dr Abdel Rahman al-Khidir said the sorghum and sunflower
are being harvested in Kambo Tisaa area. The government wants to change crops cultivated in the area and launch agricultural cooperatives, he added.2000 youth will be given means of production by National Union for Sudanese Youth, he said.
The Governor said the modern agricultural techniques have been introduced by Migat Company in order to increase production and productivity. Sesame binding machines were introduced to reduce production cost. He added that visit of Ethiopian Prime Minister indicates Ethiopia’s concern for strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. The remaining part of the Sudanese land farmed by Ethiopian farmers will be given back to the Sudanese farmers, he asserted.
Khartoum Monitor (printed edition)
Posted 3rd July 2007
Eastern Sudan farmers get back disputed lands from Ethiopia
July 3, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — A joint Sudanese-Ethiopian committee would start today to hand over agricultural lands to residents of more than 17 Sudanese villages located in eastern Atbara River along the Ethiopia-Sudan border.
The agricultural lands remained a source of dispute for more than 100 years.
Governor of Al-Gadarif State, in eastern Sudan, Abdelrahman al-Khidir told Akhir Lahzah that this step came as an implementation of 1971 agreement which stated re-demarcation of the border between the two countries.
He added that technical arrangements have been finished and a committee of seven experts from each side would give the Sudanese farmers their lands, pointing out that his government is ready to append these farmers with the current agricultural season.
He said that with the end of the committee’s work which might last for a week, the lands would be back to their owners.
He explained that they have formed 17 cooperative societies in addition to other previous societies in order to support the farmers within the framework of the agricultural campaign on one hand and to consolidate the Sudanese land on the other.
Furthermore the governor called for dealing with the border issue with a good spirit between the two countries, adding that people should look at the border issue as an area of integration not of conflicts.
He explained that the final operation of border re-demarcating which might conclude after the autumn season would put an end for all kinds of security breaches and instability situation in the area. Source: Sudan Tribune
April 29th, 2008 at 3:41 am
1600KM is a very vast area of land.
can we call Sudan embassy to verify this information?
can EMF organize Interview on this matter?
April 29th, 2008 at 3:48 am
I am not surprized since I know that Meles Zenawi is the enemy of Ethiopia and will do all he can to harm our country. He is occupying Ethiopia and plundering the country`s resources to build his future country called the republic of Tigray. He is winning good friends or neighbours around by giving away Ethiopian land. His ethnic supporters and blind followers do not care a bit as longs as no land is given away from their future republic of Tigray. The issue is how long do we sit as passive onlookers when all this crime and treason is being committed against our country and people?
April 29th, 2008 at 3:57 am
i am really tiredof reading the crimes of agazi master zenawi. all that we need is a coordinated ARMED STRUGGLE to free our country from neocolonialist-agazi forces!!!!!!
No more talk people!!!! no more talk!!!!!
April 29th, 2008 at 4:44 am
I really wonder, if this is a true story why dont you send this news to CNN, Aljazeera or BBC ? Just Putting the story on website alone doesnt bring anything.
Why dont VOA and German radios report on this?
April 29th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Birru, it is 100% a TRUE story. It is a secret TPLF deal so do not expect BBC or CNN to find this. Just wait eye witness information will come soon. It is the plan of TPLF to tear ethiopia apart. We must now unite to expose and fight Weyanes.
April 29th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Yes ketema,
We must fight them that’s the only way out and we don’t need them any more let them have their own land they were like HIV virus to the rest of ethiopian people, gobez tomorrow they will deliver the rest of our land.
gobez bekum shenan eko.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:53 am
For those of u, who are apprehending the geniunity of the story,please tune to addisdimit radio program broadcasted saturday, 26 april. It interviewed local residents and committee memebers that have organized themselves to follow up the issue closely.
The website for the radio, in case u dont know it, is addisdimits.com.
Hope i was of help
April 29th, 2008 at 10:01 am
የትጥቅ ትግል ካወጃቹህ እኮ ከሁለት አመት በላይ ሊሆናቹህ ነው:: ግን ሁሌም ማውራት እንጅ ስትሰሩ አትታዩም:: ምናለበት በየጊዜው እየተነሳቹህ ሰላማዊ ትግል የሚታገሉትን ወገኖች ትግል ቀዝቃዛ ውኃ ባትቸልሱበት:: እንደ እናንነት አይነት በመካከል እየገባ (ከሞቀው ዘፋኝ አይነት) ባይበጠብጥ እኮ ይሄኔ የሰላማዊ ትግሉ አንድ ደረጃ ደርሶ ነበር:: ሞቅ ሲላቹህ “ሁሉም ነገር ወደ ጦር ግንባር” ትላላቹህ:: ያ ደግሞ ቀዝቀዝ ሲልባቹህ “ሁሉም ኃይል ወደ ሰላማዊ ትግል” ትላላቹህ:: ታዲያ እንዴት ተብሎ ነው ወያኔ የሚወድቀው በዚህ አይነት??? ትጥቅ ትጥቅ የምትሉ ሰዎች ከ2 አመት በላይ ከማወራት ወደ መድረኩ ወርዳቹህ ሞክሩት ….. እንደሚመር ስለምታውቁት እዚህ ክምፒውተር ላይ ቁጭ ብሎ የኤሌክትሮኒክስ ጌም (ጦርነት) አይሰራምና ወደ ቦታው ወረድ ብላቹህ ሞክሩት አሞቱ ካላቹህ:: እናም ሰላማዊ ትግል የሚታገሉትን ለቀቅ አድርጉና እናንተ ወደ ጫካው ወረድ ብላቹህ ወንድነታቹህን አሳዩን:: የጦርነት ድል በኮምፒውተር ጀረባ አይገኝም::
April 29th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Abel
u moron tigray, get lost!!!!! U cant fool someone who is a zillion times intellegent than u.
U are in the wrong site and if u think people pay heed to what u said then u are fucken wrong. we dont need mercenary tigrays around, find a place where u can whip ur trash!
April 29th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Shame on you Abel. It is very disgusting to read your artice like this and again shame on you. You and your body zenawi will go to hell in the near future .
April 29th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Amazing how when Bademe was given to Shabya the entire TPLF cadres were crying now portion fo Gonder is given to Sudan actually they are defending & hiding the truth.
Let me just say this as an Ethiopian.
There will be a day the entire adwa born TPLF traitors will stand trail for their crime
April 29th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Except Tigreans, Ethiopians in every corner are showing their concern about this treasonous act of Woyane. They are calling for a rally, writing petition, and discussing about this sensitive issue.
What’s up with the Tigreans?
April 29th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
TULTULA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ደግ አደረገ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 29th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
We blame Woyane for nothing, We are the number one enemy for Mother Ethiopia, Guys let us wake up, We will see more of this for years to come as long as doing what we are doing.. Shum on us !!Thanks for the so called Ethiopian opposition, This shows Meles is going to give away Ethiopia’s land for neighboring country with out any hesitation ,.so their will not be ETHIOPIA as promised only the GRATE TIGRAYAN republic. WOY NEDO !!
April 29th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
አቤል (አንታኽ ወዲ ሉቁማጽ ሱቅ በል) ሰለምን አወቀህ ነው ጉራህን የሚትነዘዉ: በሕዝብ ትግል ዉስጥ ምን ጥልቅ አደረገህ: በየመንደሩ ጡርሙስ አለህ!! ማለቱ ሰለቀረልህ ተመስገን በል ነገር ግን አንድ ቀን ተቃጽልና ብገዛ ሃገርና እንዳትል ከራስህ ጋር ታርቀህ አሁኑኑ ወደ እኛ ተቀላቀል(አይጀኻ ወዲ ተጎራሚት)
April 29th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
አቦይ ስብሃት አበረን ተወልዲና ሃዲኺግና ሰለ ምንታይ ከተማ ኮንካኻ ቱልቱላ ትበል ን’ሰሓ ቱልቱላ ኮኽና :እባይ እባይ አቦይ ስበሃት አማሃራ ኮይኑ ከተማ ዝይባል;ወይ አኔ ወዲ አድዋየ ;ሰለምንታይ ሰብ-ኩሉ ዘላልይ ኮኺኑ ቅቅቅቅቅቅቅቅቅቅቅቅቅቅቅቅ
April 30th, 2008 at 2:30 am
Here is the point the former ethiopian rulers are not allowed foreign intervention .Waynne destroy our map our culture, our dignity and now to stay inpower gave ethiopian land for sudan .this shoud be the final .stand together, work together for our unity ,dignity and for our land . we have to call wekeup call for all Ethiopian by useing any comincation. life is shorty make history.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Ay Etopia! Writing and signing petition? ወንድ ታጣ ሰዎች.
When is the end? Are rallies really going to serve Ethiopia well?
Stand up and fight. Amara mekolashetu teregagete.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
We Tigrians don’t cry–we show it. We showed it Durg, We showed it to Shabia and we will show it when we need to. Endless talk is not our culture…..
April 30th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Tigre,
You are dedeb like your Boss.
why is your boss Meles hiding in Minilik palace 24 hours?
have you seen meles his face and his hands? it looks too whitish like Leprosy because he never saw a sunshine. I would rather die than live like this in fear. Meles, Bereket and Sibhat Nega etc…would never walk freely in Addis or in any any country !
Ethiopians are not cowards. 193 ethiopians have given their blood and life for their country. Believe me, the struggle continues until TPLF is demolished from the face of ethiopia. If you want to see more ethiopian heroes, go and visit www.eppf-first.org
April 30th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Tigre
I hate to burst your bubble.
My hats off to Dr Brehanu Nega, Andargachew Tsige and the rest of them ጀግኖች putting the wind back in the sails.
Watch and see they will blow your naive and arrogant Lid Off your “Tigrians don’t cry–we show it” Myths.
The venom of racism is just something I have a hard time ignoring. Not to mention the stupidity.
Viva! Brehanu and Andargachew
God bless and protect you!
My Prayer for you and your families.
God bless Ethiopia
April 30th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Only 21 (not including my self) people care about this news? Where is the outrage? Where is the cry? oooo Only 21? jeez
April 30th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
ጎበዝ …..እዩ ባድመ አንድ ቁና እህል የማያበቅለው 100,000 የድሆች ልጆች እና በርካታ ሚሊዮን ብር አለቀ ….ዛሬ ለም መሬት በቀሪው ሃገር (out of Tigray) በስጦት ሲሄድ ግን ከሚንም አልተቆጠረ:: ከቶ በሃገራችን ባዳ ሁነን እስከመቸ ነው:: እስከመቸ የንጀራ ሊጆች ሁነን እንኖራለን ?????
April 30th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Tigre, tell me what is your “wondenet” suppressing and dividing your own people in ethnic line and being an apartheid government in your own country? If not then what else?
First of all, do not you know that it was because of the profound hate to the Dergs the silence approval of the Ethiopian people to TPLF struggle was the major cause for the end of the Derg regime?
Belive me your government’s fall is inevitable because, we Ethiopians from all corner of the country has the same kind of profound hate to you and the likes and your Woyane “shumamint”.
One more thing, we know all Tigrians are not Woyanes like you so, do not try to hide your self under the name of Tigre. You and your likes are the criminal woyaness. You are playing 17+ yrs backward politics. Wake up, the divide and rule evil tacti is not going to move you 1 inch any more.
May 1st, 2008 at 11:07 am
መልስ በሉት የአጸ ዮሃንስ አንገት የራሱን ታሪክ ራሱ የሸጠ ገዘብ ተቀብሎ መረት የቆረስ
May 1st, 2008 at 12:16 pm
It is time to go after every Tigre or any other person supporting and fighting for Meles Zenawi. They should be driven out of Ethiopia and be made aware of the fact that they can not live on their rocky Tigray. They will not eat the rock and survive. These are parasite TPLF locusts feeding on our people and countru. We should rise up and destroy the TPLF locusts eating and killing Ethiopia.
May 1st, 2008 at 1:34 pm
The days of the agazi weyane reign is coming to an end real soon. These beggars’ funds will run dry and then we shall see Etrhiopians take what is rightfullt theirs; weyane supporters will be kicked back to bone dry stony land of the wild agames!
May 1st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Since the aarival of Woyane, the Amhara people did`t rise againt those evils except the Sheaw-menze in 1994.Hence, it is better for you guys instead of opposing other peoples right to supplment the struggle to wipe out those Agazi grass-hoper.Woyane took matama and present Quara as a gift for a sudan to help woyane in their dirty job.A dust barren land-Badime (hundred thousand life lost) and the fertile land gonder is summited freely to Sudan farmers which was a bone of contention for more than 100 years.I am really sorry for those farmers who lost theeir livelyhood.Woke up and coordinate your effort with other people.The fake election, the dream peaceful struggle does not help anybody except woyane. Do`nt fool yourself the Amharas!
May 1st, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Amara bedn hone.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Dear Tigre
Amara Mekele endetewoledu mafiawoch Ethiopian aleshetem. Semah wodaje, Frenjoch siteretu “Every dog has his day” belwal. Ahun gezew ye banda wushoch new behuala gen ye Ethiopia lejoch yohnal
Ayzoh atchekul Aykelachehum
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:58 pm
ዪሀ ባንዳ የባንዳ ለጂ. ዘረ ማንዘሩ በሙሉ ባንዳዎችቺ ነበሩ አሁነ ደገሞ ዪህ የባንዳ ልጂ ሰው ሆኖ የት ዪስሀታል
May 5th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
amara qomo eyale teqebere.