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1Ethiopian ‘aid for arms’ story sparks stormMiteraka fikorontanana ny tantara “fanampiana ho an'ny fitaovam-piadiana” Etiopiana
2The BBC sparked a storm this week with a story claiming millions of dollars sent to help starving people in Ethiopia's 1980s famine were used to buy arms by rebels.Niteraka fikorontanana be ny BBC tamin'ity herinandro ity noho ny tantara iray milaza fa nampiasain'ireo mpihoko nividianana fitaovam-piadiana ireo dollar an-tapitrisany maro nalefa hanampiana ireo fianakaviana tratran'ny hanoanana tany Etiopia tamin'ny taona 1980.
3The rebels, who now dominate Ethiopia's government, and some aid groups dismissed the story.Nanohitra izany tantara izany ireo mpihoko, izay manjaka ao amin'ny governemanta Etiopiana, sy ireo vondrona sasantsasany mpanao fanampiana amin'ny maha-olona.
4Bob Geldof, the Irish rock star who helped raise a lot of the money in the 80s with his Live Aid campaign, said it was “simply not the case”.Bob Geldof, Irlandey iray mpanao rock izay nanampy betsaka tamin'ny fanangonam-bola tamin'ny taona 80 tamin'ny alalan'ny fanentanany Live Aid, dia niteny fa “tsy izany mihitsy ny zava-nisy”.
5Britain's Independent newspaper published a blog saying the claim was a slur, cooked up by enemies of Ethiopia's government ahead of looming elections.Ny gazety Britanika tsy miankina dia nanoratra blaogy milaza fa tsy marina iny fanambaràna iny fa noketrehin'ireo fahavalon'ny governemanta Etiopiana amin'izao ankatoky ny fifidianana izao.
6Ethiopian blog Ethiopian Recycler, clearly not fan of the country's current regime, begged to differ and defended the BBC story in two posts Aid money, arms, and Sir Bob Geldof and Live Aid money did pay for weapons:Ilay blaogy Etiopiana Ethiopian Recycler, izay mazava fa tsy mankafy ny fanjakàna mipetraka amin'izao fotoana izao, dia nanohitra ary niaro ny tantaran'ny BBC tao anatina lahatsoratra roa Ny volan'ny fanampiana, fitaovam-piadiana, ary Atoa Sir Bob Geldof sy Naloa ho an'ny fitaovam-piadiana ny volan'ny Live Aid :
7Millions of aid money raised in the 1980s was indeed diverted to buy arms and had provided rebel leaders with a lifestyle that was inhuman and extravagant even by today's standards.Tapitrisa maro tamin'ny vola fanampiana nangonina no azo antoka fa nahodina nividianana fitaovam-piadiana sy namatsiana ireo mpitarika mpihoko izay manana fomba fiaina mahery setra sy adaladala, na dia ankehitriny aza.
8That is no news.Tsy zava-baovao izany.
9Thousands of the hungry from Tigray were forced to trek to the Sudan in the course of which many perished.An'arivony tamin'ireo mosarena avy tany Tigray no noterana handeha an-tongotra nankany Soudan ka maro tamin'izy ireo no maty tamin'izany.
10And hundreds that were resettled in southwestern Ethiopia were returned to Tigray through the Sudan [hundreds of which perished en route].Ary an-jatony maro tamin'ireo napetraka tany Atsimo-Andrefan'i Etiopia no niverina tany Tigray sy nandalo tany Soudan [ary an-jatony tamin'ireo no maty an-dàlana].
11That is no news either.Tsy vaovao koa izany.
12The fact that yesterday's BBC report is followed by the question whether this scam ever took place is simply absurd.Tsy mitombina tsotra izao raha, aorian'ny tatitra nataon'ny BBC, dia mbola manontany tena ihany hoe tena nisy ve sa tsia zany fanodinkodinana izany.
13“Why did it take a quarter of a century for the truth to be told publicly,” wondered Samuel Ketema at ABBAY Media: The Ethiopian Information Bank:“Fa naninona no ampahefatra taonjato iray aty aoriana vao nolazaina ampahibemaso ny marina,” hoy Samuel Ketema manontany tena ao amin'ny ABBAY Media: Tobim-baovao Etiopiana:
14If there is one thing that people should be surprised about, it must be why it took a quarter of a century for the truth to be told publicly.raha misy ny zavatra tokony hahataitra ny olona, dia ny hoe maninona no ampahefatra taonjato iray aty aoriana vao notenenina am-pahibemaso ny marina.
15Otherwise, particularly the deception of the TPLF is something that the Ethiopian public know them for.Raha tsy izany, ary indrindra ny fahadisoam-panantenana tamin'ny TPLF dia zavatra diso fantatry ny vahoaka Etiopiana loatra.
16How REST (Relief Society of Tigray), which is a multibillion conglomerate today, was formed is not such a big secret to the Ethiopian public.Nahoana no nananganana ny REST (Relief Society of Tigray), izay fikambanana mitentina lavitrisa maro, no tsy dia tsiambaratelo loatra ho an'ny vahoaka Etiopiana.
17Then there is also what the CIA knew from the beginning and the American government supported it.Manaraka azy eo koa ny fahafantaran'ny CIA izany hatramin'ny voalohany sy ny nanohanan'ny governemanta Amerikana izany.
18The two former rebel commanders, who exposed this truth, mentioned this before in different interviews they gave in Amharic.Ireo mpitarika mpihoko roa teo aloha, izay namboraka ny marina, dia efa nilaza izany teo aloha tany amina resadresaka samihafa nataon-dry zareo tany Amharic.
19Nothing is new about this.Tsy misy vaovao ny momba izany.
20How did TPLF win the largest and well equipped army in sub-Saharan Africa then?Tamin'ny fomba ahoana ary no nahazoan'ny TPLF ny tafika lehibe sy tsara fitaovana indrindra any Afrika Atsimon'ny Sahara raha izany?
21Meles Zenawi, as many in the west, including Bob Geldof and Bono described him, is a very smart guy, actually much smarter than his admirers in the west can understand.Meles Zenawi, ary maro hafa tany andrefana, anisan'izany Bob Geldof sy Bono, dia nanoritsoritra azy, lehilahy tena marani-tsaina, mbola marani-tsaina noho izay eritreretin'ireo mpankafy azy any andrefana amin'izao fotoana izao.
22A reader at Ethiopian Curret Affairs Discussion Forum, Sarah, noted that Ethiopians were not surprised by the news:Sarah, mpamaky iray tao amina “Forum Ethiopian Curret Affairs”, dia manamarika fa tsy taitra tamin'ireo vaovao ireo ny Etiopiana:
23Ethiopians who knows the nature of the ruling party in Ethiopia wasn't surprised by the news at all what surprised them was how comes the western medias start talking? and Bob Geldof acting like the Ethiopian dictators lire cadres.Tsy taitra tamin'ireo vaovao ireo mihitsy ny Etiopiana mahalala ny toetoetry ny antoko eo amin'ny fitondràna any Etiopia, ny nahataitra azy ireo dia ny hoe fa maninona no izao vao manomboka miteny ireo haino aman-jerin'ny Tandrefana? ary i Bob Geldof mitondra tena tahaka ny lehiben'ny mpanao didy jadona Etiopiana.
24The central claims in the “aid for arms” story, argued Mebre, were already common knowledge across Ethiopia:Malaza manerana an'i Etiopia ny tantaran'ny “fanampiana ho an'ny fitaovam-piadiana”, hoy Mebre:
25The story you mentioned is very well known all over Ethiopia but it gives a factual evidence for the West that a dictator that do not have a moral character for his own people can give peace prosperity and freedom to the nation.Fantatra manerana an'i Etiopia ny tantara nolazainao nefa manome fototra miharihary ho an'ny Tandrefana fa na ny mpanao didy jadona izay tsy manana fitsipika ara-moraly ho an'ny vahoakany aza afaka mitondra fandriampahalemana sy fiadanana ary fahafahana ho an'ny fireneny.
26We all insist the West that don't armed dictators….give support for the poor…the poor needs freedom than anything…..Misisika mafy izahay mba tsy hamatsian'ireo Tandrefana fitaovam-piadiana ireo mpanao didy jadona….tohano ny mahantra…ny mahantra no mila fahafahana mihoatra noho ny hafa…..
27Another aspect of Ethiopia's relationship with the aid industry came under the spotlight in an article highlighted by Addis Ababa-based blogger Owen Barder.Endrika iray hafa isehoan'ny fifandraisan'ny Etiopia sy ireo masoivoho mpanao fanampiana no nisongadina tao anatina lahatsoratra iray nosoratana mpitoraka blaogy iray mipetraka any Addis-Abeba, Owen Barder.
28Aid blog Hand Relief International cast an ironic eye over the difference between the luxury of the capital's Sheraton hotel, where many aid officials stay, and the visible poverty just outside its walls:Ny blaogy momba ny fanampiana, Hand Relief International dia manao fijery maneso amin'ny fahasamihafàna misy eo amin'ny hatsaràn'ny hotely Sheraton any an-drenivohitra, ipetrahan'ireo tompon'andraikitra maro mpitondra fanampiana, sy ny fahantràna hita mivandravandra ivelan'ireo rindriny:
29One of the meetings I attended last week was in Addis Ababa where my stay in the dignified Sheraton Hotel was slightly spoiled by the vista behind the reassuring fence, where people in rags seemed in general to be enjoying slightly less comfort … Thankfully, the local drought did not affect the water pressure at the fountain systems around the hotel where we took the edge off with regular dips in the heated pool, usually before high tea.Tany Addis Abeba no natao ny iray tamin'ireo fihaonana natrehako tamin'iny herinandro lasa iny ary somary nanelingelina ny fipetrahako tao amin'ny Hotely Sheraton ihany ny zavatra tàzana tao ambadiky ny rindrim-piadanana, dia ireo olona mitafy akanjo rovitra izay toa tsy mifaly loatra amin'izany fiadanana izany… Soa ihany ny haintany tany an-toerana fa tsy nisy fiatraikany teo amin'ny fandehan'ny rano tao amin'ny hotely, noho izahay nifalifaly tamin'ny fitsorztsorahana matetika tao amin'ny dobo filomanosana voafàna, mazàna mialoha ny fisotroana dite io.
30The theme of the meeting was “Drought and Famine - HRI opportunities for 2010″Ny lohahevitry ny fihaonana dia “Ny Haintany sy ny Hanoanana - vintana ho an'ny HRI amin'ny 2010″