Can someone explain to us what the regime in Addis Ababa doing to galvanize the world besides accusing the BBC for telling the world about the famine at least 5 million people.

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Thank you for the recommendation. We got that one already from CNN.

Just wondering though who is Natnaiel? As far as I can tell, I am the only one who asked the question and I am not who you think I am. Please don’t confuse me with a real human being in the real world. Just a thought.

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It is interesting your rule changed after I responded to unprovoked attack. In the process the main issue of famine and who is responsible, once again put aside as the person wanted.

My challenge was for you as a media to educate your audience by getting to the bottom of the cause. You ended up restricting the issue I raised from further exploration.

Again I urge you to dig deeper to get the bottom of it. It would not go away unless media like you do what a media suppose to do. You can no afford to accept the business as the usual under such catastrophe.

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Ato Tamerat,

By no means I was attempting to convince people like you. I was reaching out to those who reacted to the news without understanding the complexity of the politics, the greed, corruption and the culture of the poverty economy that is causing so much suffering of millions beyond what the evening news tells us.

Your amateur psychological assessment of me (‘abused as a child or was exposed to violence at an early age’ and ‘it is a mental issue’ is bizarre.

Though I understand where you are coming from I am very puzzled how you came up with the ‘hate, hate, hate’ thing.

Thank you Miklit for your graciousness, that is my Abesha.

Your point is well taken! Thank you!

Kindly,
Meklit

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Meklitiye, you shine like gold because your thoughts are pure, new, and signals the hope for the new Ethiopia! And Ayzoch my sister…deep inside we’re all thinking the same thing like you. Let us know about the upcoming fundraiser…I am in Virgina so would love to participate, help!

Peace and Love!

If you follow the food system carefully you will identify the causes and deal with them one by one from the source. If you are reacting to the events, like most do then what you see is what you get.

Let me give you an idea what I meant. From the political end there is food as a political weapon. The article briefly described the regime using it as such.

From economic end there are profit motives with the local merchants that are almost always associated with the regime. At the international level donor countries’ agribusiness have their own interest to sell food for aid agencies and the regime wants to put its hands on the food aid, in most cases to profit out of it.

At the social level those with power (culturally, politically, and institutionally) make decision and get first priority than any. And finally, the urban consumer gets priority than rural farmers to get the available food.

You can see how complex it gets to solve it by an article in reaction to mass famine that was looming way before it reached to this level. And the reaction of the regime speaks volumes to their knowledge of the problem and rampant corruption they are involved in.

It is the lack of political will for reason described above. If you can not see it or hear about it, it does not mean it is not there. But, government sanctioned corruption is the number one problem of famine. Noting will be solved until the regime is forced to come clean. There is entrenched interest group associated with the regime that makes money out of the victims, and only the media can dig in to expose the truth so that these parasites can be force out of the business of corruption.

Do your homework before you make conclusion and come up with sentimental solutions.

The ignorance of the pubic did not help. With all kinds of bizarre explanation out of ignorance, political expediency, and self interest, in some cases pure cruelty it will be forgotten until the next round to recycle the same thing. Never the less, there is no one to blame but the government because of corruption, incompetency and political crudity.

Without getting in detail and complicated explanation; what possible reasons a government export food grain and begs for the same thing to feed its own people? Could corruption be a reason?

Tadias, media supposed to get to the bottom of it to educate readers.

This too shall pass (yihem yalfal). But we should ask one question of the leaders: If you are not there helping a dying family member, then what are you good for? Enough is enough.

@ANGRY ABESHA ERITREA IS NOT INCLUDED, CORRECT UR INFO BEFORE POSTING PLS.

Only if we had women leaders, this BS would not take place!

Peace!

Are you Baghdad Bob by chance? Why are you trying to cover up? Of course, people in Eritrea are starving! Ask the UN. Of course, the government will never admit. Are you kidding? Have people lost grip on reality or what?

Tekeste
Eritrean-American