Maj. Gen. Yohannes Gebremeskel & his Rugs to Rich Mistress

Behind every Great Fortune in Ethiopia there's TPLF I mean a CRIME

Ladies Gentlemen and others:) Let me introduce you one of Ethiopia's Nouveau riche who make our country as " African Lion" with fastest creation of Millionaires. Her name is Miss Hawa, a few years before she met; became second wife and  gave birth a child to GeneralYohannes Gebremeskel (Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA); she was just an ordinary Khat (Class C stimulant drug leaves) retailer. According to Ethiopian Satellite Television ESAT's top placed sources within the Somali Regional State Administration of Ethiopia in Jigjiga, Miss Hawa is currently one of the richest people in  Somali region. It is common knowledge that  when top officials of the Ethiopian Defense Forces come to the Region, they engage in a large scale wealth accrual together with the officials of the Regional State. The two lovebirds (i.e General Yohannes and Miss Hawa) met  when he was a Colonel as the Head the Western Gode Zone. Yohnnes had helped Hawa amass over 100 million Birr ( over $ 5 million)   by letting her company subcontract the Canal Cleaning bid that the National Defense Force was made to win. The story doesn't stop there, as the love affair between the General and Hawa grew, she even went to the extent of harassing and threatening the Region’s tax officers and clearing herself from taxation.

Hawa has built two big buildings in Jigjiga with her lover, General Yohannes. In addition to this, she has been allowed to handle other projects in the Region that are worth hundreds of millions. Some of the projects include the Kabri Dehar Water Provision, Degehabur Water Provision, Jigjiga Teachers Training Expansion, Regional Education Bureau Project, Modern Meeting Hall, and other expensive buildings. Although Hawa is at the forefront of managing the wealth, sources say, it is General Yohannes who controls the construction of the region’s projects.

General Yohannes has built a very modern apartment building in Bole Medhanealem area in Addis Abeba.

“Liyuu Police” massacred 60 innocent Somalis in border town of Ethiopia

Harar24, a Mogadishu based  online news outlet, alleged that troops belonging to the “Liyuu Police” (a local notorious militia) who come under the Ethiopian administration in Somali region of Ethiopia have came under accusation of massacring almost sixty ethnic Somalis in the cities of Mustahil and Qalafo on the border Somali-Ethiopian border.

According to local sources the Jigjiga based administration accused the local inhabitants of harboring and providing a safe haven to Al-Shabaab members in the area, a claim denied by the local inhabitants. A local tribal leader Omar Sheekh Yusuf alleged that all of those who were killed were innocent people, the majority of them being herders.

According to Somali Member of Parliament Ali Abdi Ali, who originally hails from the area surrounding Mustahil and Qalafe  confirmed the occurrence of the massacre at Mustahil and Qalafe. “We have confirmation that the forces belonging to the Liyuu Police massacred innocent herders in the areas surrounding Mustahil and Qalafe. The Jigjiga based Ethiopian administration was behind this massacre and this is a fact.”

Sources in the region alleged that systematic rape also took place alongside the killings. “They came and started shooting in the air. They rounded us up, my mother and sisters and they raped us. When they left we found my father dead. My brother was not found amongst the dead bodies. We don’t know where he is.” said one of the victims who preferred to keep her identity hidden for fear of repercussion.

The “Liyuu Police” and the Ethiopian administration have long been accused of ruthlessness, lawlessness, cracking down on ethnic Somalis in the region and violating human rights yet remain apprehended. It's to be recalled that the state sponsored terrorism of Liyuu police were published by this blogger following a revelation of a smuggled video on Swedish National Television by former official of this region  

እሪ በይ አገሬ መንግስታዊ ሽብር በኢትዮጵያ

የሶማሌ ክልል ልዩ ፖሊስ እና ልዩ ክፍሉ

3'12'' "የልዩ ፓሊስ አባላት እኔን እና ሌሎች ሴቶችን አስገድደው ደፈሩን።"

3'18'' "ጓደኛዬ የልዩ ፓሊስ አባላት በውሃ እና በኤሌክትሪክ ራሱን እስኪስት ካሰቃዩት በኋላ ህይወቱ አለፈች።"

3'28'' "የልዩ ፖሊስ አባላት ከ5 እስከ 10 የምንሆን እስረኞችን ነጥለው በመውሰድ ያሰቃዩን ነበር።"

ይህን በስዊድን አገር በሚገኘው ብሄራዊ የቴሌቪዥን ድርጅት ተቀናብሮ ባለፈው ሳምንት ይፋ የሆነውን ዘገባዊ ፊልም ለምን ያህ ግዜ ውስጤ እያረረ፡እየደበነ እና እየተሰቃየ እንዳየሁት በትክክል አላውቅም። ፊልሙ የተዘጋጀው ከሶማሌ ክልል በኢትዮጵያዊ አብዱላሂ ሁሴን በድብቅ ከአገር እንዲወጣ በተደረገው እና የአካባቢው ባለስልጣኖች እና የልዩ ፖሊስ አባላት በማናለብኝነት ኢሰብዓዊ በሆነ መንገድ ነዋሪውን ህዝብ  ሲያሰቃዩ  እንዲሁም በሶማሊያ ጠረፍ በኩል ወደ አካባቢው ከኦብነግ ታጣቂዎች ጋር በመግባት ዘገባ ለመስራት ሲሉ በተያዙት ሁለቱ ስዊድናውያን ጋዜጠኞች ላይ ህገወጥ ድርጊት ሲፈጽሙ በሚያሳየው ፊልም ተመስርቶ ሲሆን በዚህ ጽሁፍ መጀመሪያ ላይ እማኝነታቸውን የሰጡት እነዚህ የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች አሁን በስደት

State Sponsored Terrorism in Ethiopia

Special room for Female detainees

3'12'' "they raped me and other women."

3'18 "my friend was fainting all the time while being tortured with water and electricity,  eventually he died."

3'28'' "they took 5-10 of us and then abused us."

BIG Sigh! I don't even how many times I watched (with awe, disgust, helplessness, despair, you name it) this documentary released by the Swedish National TV channel last week, which shows very disturbing and gruesome crimes that had been/being committed against detainees and innocent civilians by members of a police force called Liyu Police (it means special Amharic, Ethiopia's language) in the Somali region of Ethiopia. On  October 18/2013, Human Rights Watch released a report how torture and ill-treatment practices are being used at Maekelawi prison in the supposedly Capital of Africa to extract confession from journalists and Ethiopian opposition party leaders/members/supporters. But,  this report is just the tip of the iceberg. Officers of Liyu  Police in Somali region of Ethiopia admitted doing much worse practices against prisoners. The testimonies at the beginning of this piece were given by victims from this region who fled the country because of these abuses and are now living in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. There is more twist to these crimes; the perpetrators had the audacity to