People & Power - Green Lake - 21 Feb 09 - Part 1

[MrTorolamo]

Hi-This is what Ethiopia lack for since establishment; there is not government accountable to the people (neither local nor central). If industrial development is planned there is no consideration of the impact on ecosystem. For instance, income from the factories should have been directed to develop proper draining system and drill drinking water for the people instead of pockets of individuals. The same is true in dam construction areas too. It is technical genocide.

[Eyaasu]

The one who is destroying the environment are the Tigres not the Amharas.

[THEBADASSOROMO]

omg I can't handle watching the environment being destroyed like this , without the environment , human and poor hopeless animals are f**ked.

those nefengas habasha are destroying the environment , just like how they destroyed the north east part of east africa, and those useless f**ks the so called environmentalist are not doing anything to stop it.

[alex16130]

Who cares!

[tikurgisila]

TPLF/EPRDF government is busy robbing the people of every cent to care about environmental imact. They will destroy anything to make money so long as it it is not in Tigray. They are worse than dictators.

[enlighted12]

Oromo people have been taken captive since the demon habesha colonizers arrived in Oromiya.

Look at this they were,are,and continuing to kill Us in different ways until we should extinguish! Freedom for Oromo and oppressed people!!!

Oromiya shall be free!!!

[tikurgisila]

Idiot.

[enlighted12]

tosh

[enlighted12]

You are a slag! Wh r u btw 2 comment here and why is it your concern abt ma people?

[tikurgisila]

Imbecile.

[yoniii]

You are the idiot of the month. Oromos are Ethiopians, people like you just want power and feeds of seeing people going against each other. Instead of building peace and a strong united country, you sit and pray that our country turns into Somalia. Your hateful idiot.

[enlighted12]

Your ignorance is exploding over here. I hate talking to dirt-bag men like u r.Oromo were Ethiopians before you Arab bastard (habesha) came as curse to horn of Africa from Yemen desert n stole the name Ethiopia.Thanks to Oromo heroes u will be back soon ,or get what u deserve for messing up with this mighty nation.

[yoniii]

What an ass you are. You do know that Lalibela, Axum etc are in the North. You must be Somalian or Eritrean, no Real Oromo would wright any fake shit like that. Nice trying to make us beef.

I support all Ethiopians, one Ethiopia for everyone to live in peace! United we strong, divided we will turn our country into Somalia.

[enlighted12]

Stop vomiting your fake history ! FYI Lalibela is built by Agaw kush people n It is better u know the difference bn kush and Arab bastards (habesha). The true historical country of Ethiopia are the Ancient Kushites before your barbaric people arrived to steal everything.

How could peace come to HOA with this fake people and barbaric mentality. U better be kept in to your ragged mountainous Abyssinia out of Oromiya.

[yoniii]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH.. wait wait.. Hahahahahha

I KNOW that even YOU can't actually believe the bullshit you just typed? Hahaha, Comedian of the year!

[enlighted12]

Improve your writing and reading to change ur mucus or pus brain before commenting here.

Actually you are still tree huger being only habesha.

[yoniii]

What ever you say boss.... There is one thing you choose to ignore.. how come most (not all) Ethiopians from all regions looks the same. Maybe not exactly the same to us, but a Westerner wouldn't know the difference between a Wollega, Gojjam or a Axum Ethiopian.. He would just say "you look Ethiopian or Eritrean".

I think I know why.BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF ALL ETHIOPIANS ARE MIXED, ALMOST NO ONE IS "PURE" X TRIBE..

Dude, stop hating. Why are you so focused on hate instead of unity and peace?

[enlighted12]

You stupid black Nazi trying to look peaceful. It is easy for all to tell hungry face of Tigray like urs from any other peoples in the colony formed by help Of Europeans.

Unity is good but not with animals of yemeni desert from century experience of the empire.

[yoniii]

Seriously, what kind of drugs are you taking? You talk so much shit that you probably don't even know that you're lying.

This so called "Abeshas are arabs" lie is as truthful as "Oromos came from Magadascar" lie I am sure you've heard before.

People that spread this lies are EVIL liers that wants to spread hate among different groups of peoples in our country.

THERE IS NO REASON FOR US TO FIGHT WHEN WE CAN STAND UNITED AND BUILD OUR COUNTRY, GET THAT!!

And I ain't from Tigray.

[enlighted12]

U don't even know your history?

Sorry for ur shits!

[THEBADASSOROMO]

@yoniii ,

reading your previous comments, I say you're a neftengas blood sucking parasites. so shut it.

you neftengas parasites destroy and suck the live of every thing you touch.

I can't wait for the day where all of you either exterminated or shipped back to the hell hole you neftengas parasites came from.

[yoniii]

@THEBADASSOROMO Dude, what the heck are you talking about?

[habeshakings]

fucken niggers and muslims in ethiopia they are our cancer!!!!!! !fucken killem all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[usemeas1]

thanks mr. melis zenawi,,,this is because of you,,,,

[LetusbFree]

this is terrorism

[dagidd1212]

This shows ;Woyanne has no potential and any ability to lead the country

[civilizedsince1c]

white CEO in Ethiopia. Where are our people??????

[BandaBuster]

They are in Washington DC driving Cab.

[Zabatsion]

you are doma, your people like you left ethiopia to live in USA -asebhe awera

[qweas0]

meles zenawi only trusts pro-tplf ethiopians (which are the few) and the westerners because they are neutral to ethiopian politics and don't give a damn about it.

[beefn1000]

How can Ethiopia be economically thriving when over 13 million of its citizens are in need of food aid?

When over 1.2 to 3million people is HIV positive, ethic upraising lawlessness throughout several regions in Ethiopia Somali region, Oromo region etc, iron-fist state monopoly controlled public and private sector.

Al Jazeera it doesn't make sense!

The truth is only a few elite (Meles and Mohammed Al Moudi) are profiting while the mass majority are suffering!

Change is coming!!!

[Chewasew]

Don't worry about Ethiopia. It is doing fine without you. Mind your Eritrea. Hatred born out of envy is burning you inside out.

[ammussa]

Taliilacastro. I dont know if you know anything about ethiopia. You remember the Ethio- Somali war of 1977-78? They had you run like hell with your tails in between your legs. You can call it Abyssinia or Ethiopian as you wish. It is a country built on courage, progress and a great deal of national identity. It has been that way since as early as 980 BC. I have very little respect for someone like you who not only does not know what he is talking about but also has very poor language skills.

[Chewasew]

The government needs to keep an eye on the environment while pursuing development relentlessly. Deforestation and air/water pollution if let unchecked will undo whatever gains made in development. However, there is no denial Ethiopia is developing at a lightening speed. It is this progress that is burning Ethiopia's enemies (shabia Eritreans) with envy.

[EritreaBabeGirl]

They are all oromos children

1-Makuda

2-Kadir

3-Tahir

4-Saltan

5-Kasim

6-Kalil the Agames fake government are killing indiscriminatly oromos people right and left...

oromos people have been marginalised from mainstream society since the Amhara and Agames invasion, however, i think oromos people really don't have a very big desire to survive and have a good life in their own land,

[LijEyasu]

Very interesting video, but can I ask why the narrators are narrating with a Kenyan accent? Is that how people perceive us in the Arab world?

[qweas0]

it shouldn't matter because kenyans are black africans just like us. this inferiority complex that some sudanese and horners have is really embarrassing. i notice it a lot with sudanese and somalis because they are part of the arab league so think they're arab. thank god ethiopia is not that stupid or confused about her identity.

[LijEyasu]

You missed my point. Our accents sound nothing alike. Would you narrate an English (from England video) using a German accent? No.

[tsemek1]

thanks AlJazeera for reporting this...this is serious and should be addressed by the Ethio gov asap....sustainable development with strict environmental protection should be pursued...i'm still happy by the economic development we are seeing in Ethiopia!

[ammussa]

ikran2007 I urge you to work on your english. I hurt my head trying to figure out what the hell you are talking about. Anyway I know this lake very well as I was there a few months ago. Like all of you have seen, it does have some pollution issues but not like it has been depicted in this video. I have seen it with my own eyes. It does have the algea problem around the edges but I dont think Al Jazeera needed to spend that much money to push their agenda

[Taliilacastro]

Mr ammussa! u are such an idiot and cheap person who trying to deny what is happening in so called Ethiopian(Abyssinia). Am 100% sure zat this video is not animated ......zat country(Ethiopia) is built on lie of ur kind ..stupid!

[wavaso]

Where is Erin Brockovich.

[Daritto7117]

Take a look at google earth and google. This lake is tiny as hell and seems relativly clean looking from the images.

Ever wonder why Al Jazeera never showed you THE SIZE OF THE LAKE???

This lake is TINY AS HELL!!

Leave it to Al Jazeera to make it seem like this mulims ladys childrens death in an mainly christian country is the fault of their government,

[FlatulenceFox]

Honestly, that is the stupidest thing I have heard today.

Just because a lake is small does not mean it is not a significant source of fresh water for the people of that region.

If you are pissed off at AL Jazeera or think they are full of it, then you are more than free to get your information from the tens of not hundreds of thousands of news related websites, portals, broadcasts, and blogs on this thing call the internet.

[micahgee]

its also the largest freshwater source closest to the capital, Addis Abeba

so naturally this would be an important source for a growing urban population...

[ikran2007]

the ethiopai regime doesn't care about it's but killing innocent ppl.this regime have been support by western gov suich gaves millions of dollars and trined their trrops for them then they do the killing for them and rapping womens all across east africa and inside ethiopai

[FlatulenceFox]

You just had to put in that trite "Western gov" angle to your post. So many so-called adults still believe in the power of the boogey man and rely on the "devil made me do it" explanation as to why there are so many short comings and bad things that happen in their societies.

[Jewishfan]

The whole world is focused on how to help Palestinians to harm Jewish state, and not on poor Ethiopians who dying with out drinking water.

The world is insane. We Jews are glad that we have a G-d of Israel on our side, with out Him we would be dead.

[antitrnd]

I am Jewish also, I wanted to let you know that your words make me sad. This is because it shifts blame and avoids responsibility. It was Israel who encircled Gaza, trapped civilians and then bombed them. This is illegal under international law, the very law that Israel was a signee to after the atrocities of WW2. We of all people should be sensitive to issues like this, but it appears that Israel only cares for itself and not for its neighbor. Is G_d the G_d of all people, or only of Israel?

[Jewishfan]

you are the fake Jew, and no one buy your stuff

[antitrnd]

Again, instead of addressing my points, you attack me as a person when you do not even know me. Is it that you cannot stand to face reality? In any case, your comment is probably the funniest and most stupidly worded I've ever seen on YouTube... and that's really saying something. Congratulations.

[Jewishfan]

no one want to address your points you arrogant little infant, because no one take you seriously

[antitrnd]

Can you not address me directly and take responsibility for your own comments, or must you keep generalizing? The reason I replied to your comment here was in an attempt to inject some rationality into the issue. In that respect, I believe I have failed. It has simply degenerated into pointless and impotent namecalling. Yet I don't want to see innocent people suffer; I don't care if they're Palestinian or Israeli. Wrong is wrong, as a means or an end. We must not dehumanize oruselves or others.

[TECHKLEC]

They need to build some water treatment plants and trash disposal facilities instead of more high rise buildings.

[gazzalli]

ethiopian food is sooooooo good.

[conduit99]

Ethiopia is not a Nation but a State. A State cobbled together by Colonial Europeans against the will of the various Nations within it. Ethiopia has one of the most BRUTAL, ANTI-JUSTICE, ANTI-FREEDOM & overall IMMORAL Gov'ts in the World. AJE why dont you talk about their gross War Crimes in the Somali Ogaden & oppression of other Ethnic groups as well? Somalis WILL NOT STOP our Struggle for Freedom until we gain independence & then re-unification with our fellow Somali Brethren to the East.

[FlatulenceFox]

Ethiopia was colonized only by Italy from about 1936 to about 1943. And during that time the Ethiopians never really surrendered unlike the some of their neighbors. Besides that brief time, Ethiopia stands alone as the only African country that remained independent during the European scramble for Africa.

You might have a problem with the current regime in the country, but your grasp of facts about history are shaky. Get your shit straight before posting.

[Chewasew]

Correction:

Ethiopia was never coloniozed. It was militarily occupied by fascist Italy from 1936-1941.

[FlatulenceFox]

Thanks for the correction.

[qweas0]

"Ethiopia is not a Nation but a State. A State cobbled together by Colonial Europeans against the will of the various Nations within it"

hahahaha continue convincing yourself of that while we continue to grow

[Nickk361]

How do they sit there and talk with a half dozen flies on their face.