ປະທານາທິບໍດີສະຫະລັດ ທ່ານບາຣັກ ໂອບາມາ ມ້ວນທ້າຍ
ການເດີນທາງ ໄປຢ້ຽມຢາມເຂດອາຟຣິກາຕາເວັນອອກ ໃນ
ວັນອັງຄານມື້ນີ້ ໂດຍກາຍເປັນຜູ້ນຳຂອງສະຫະລັດ ທີ່ຍັງກຳ
ຕຳແໜ່ງຄົນທຳອິດກ່າວຄຳປາໄສຕໍ່ກອງປະຊຸມທີ່ສຳນັກງານ
ໃຫຍ່ຂອງສະຫະພາບອາຟຣິກາທີ່ນະຄອນຫຼວງຂອງເອທິໂອ
ເປຍ.
ການໃຫ້ຄວາມເຫັນຂອງທ່ານ ທີ່ສຳນັກງານໃຫຍ່ຂອງສະຫະ
ພາບອາຟຣິກາທີ່ນະຄອນ Addis Ababa ມີຂຶ້ນລຸນຫຼັງການ ພົບປະກັບປະທານກຳມາທິການ ຂອງສະຫະພາບອາຟຣິກາ
ທ່ານ Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma ແລະໄປຢ້ຽມ ໂຮງງານ
ຜະລິດອາຫານແຫ່ງນຶ່ງ.
ໃນວັນຈັນວານນີ້ ທ່ານໂອບາມາ ໄດ້ພົບປະກັບນາຍົກລັດຖະມົນຕີ Hailemariam Da-
saleng ໃນອັນທີ່ທ່ານເອີ້ນວ່າ ການໂອ້ລົມແບບກົງໄປກົງມາທີ່ຮວມທັງຮຽກຮ້ອງໃຫ້ລັດ ຖະບານຂອງເອທິໂອເປຍອະນຸຍາດໃຫ້ພວກນັກຂ່າວແລະບັນດາພັກຝ່າຍຄ້ານປະຕິບັດ ງານໄດ້ຢ່າງເສລີ. ທ່ານເວົ້າວ່າ ການເປີດໂອກາດ ໃຫ້ແກ່ປາກສຽງເຫລົ່ານັ້ນ ຈະເສີມຂະ ຫຍາຍ ແທນທີ່ຈະເປັນການຂັດຂວາງຕໍ່ແຜນການຂອງພັກລັດຖະບານ.
ທ່ານ Hailemariam ກ່າວວ່າ ເອທິໂອເປຍແມ່ນມີຄວາມໝາຍໝັ້ນທີ່ຈະປັບປຸງການເຄົາ ລົບນັບຖືສິດທິມະນຸດແລະການປົກຄອງໃຫ້ດີຂຶ້ນ ຊຶ່ງທ່ານກ່າວວ່າ ພັນທະຂອງພວກເຮົາ ຕໍ່ປະຊາທິປະໄຕແມ່ນແທ້ຈິງ ບໍ່ແມ່ນພຽງຜິວເຜີນຕື້ນໆເທົ່ານັ້ນ.
ໃນມື້ວານນີ້ ປະທານາທິບໍດີໂອບາມາຍັງໄດ້ເພັ່ງເລັງໃສ່ສົງຄາມກາງເມືອງຢູ່ໃນຊູດານໃຕ້ ໂດຍກ່າວຕໍ່ບັນດາຜູ້ນຳ ຂອງເຄັນຢາ ອູການດາ ເອທິໂອເປຍ ແລະສະຫະພາບອາຟຣິກາ ວ່າ ເງື່ອນໄຂຢູ່ໃນປະເທດດັ່ງກ່າວ ແມ່ນກຳລັງຕົກຢູ່ໃນສະພາບ ທີ່ຮ້າຍແຮງຫລາຍ. ທ່ານ ກ່າວວ່າ ປະທານາທິບໍດີຊູດານໃຕ້ແລະບັນດາຜູ້ນຳພັກຝ່າຍຄ້ານຕ່າງກໍດື້ດ້ານແລະຫາແຕ່ ຜົນປະໂຫຍດໃສ່ຕົນເອງແທນ ທີ່ຈະແມ່ນຜົນປະໂຫຍດຂອງປະເທດຊາດບ້ານເມືອງ.
ທຳນຽບຂາວກ່າວວ່າ ບັນດາພວກຜູ້ນຳທີ່ພົບປະກັນໃນວັນຈັນວານນີ້ ຍັງໄດ້ຕົກລົງກັນວ່າ ພວກຜູ້ນຳຂອງຊູດານໃຕ້ ຈຳເປັນຕ້ອງໄດ້ບັນລຸ ຂໍ້ຕົກລົງສັນຕິພາບ ພາຍໃນກຳນົດເສັ້ນ ຕາຍວັນທີ 17 ສິງຫານີ້. ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ສະຫະພາບອາຟຣິກາທ່ານນຶ່ງກ່າວຕໍ່ພວກນັກຂ່າວວ່າ
ບັນດາຜູ້ນຳໄດ້ຫາລືກັນ ກ່ຽວກັບທາງເລືອກຕ່າງໆ ຮວມທັງການລົງໂທດແລະການສົ່ງກຳ ລັງແຊກແຊງຂອງພູມີພາກໄປປະຈຳການ.
ຊູດານໃຕ້ ໄດ້ເກີດບັນຫາຂັດແຍ້ງ ມາໄດ້ນຶ່ງປີເຄິ່ງແລ້ວ ເວລາການປະທະກັນໄດ້ລະເບີດ ຂຶ້ນລະຫວ່າງກອງກຳລັງທີ່ຈົງຮັກພັກດີຕໍ່ປະທານາທິບໍດີແລະຮອງປະທານາທິບໍດີຂອງປະ ເທດດັ່ງກ່າວ.
U.S. President Barack Obama is closing his East African trip Tuesday, becoming the first sitting American leader to address the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital.
His remarks at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa follow a meeting with AU Commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and a tour of a food processing factory.
Mr. Obama met Monday with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn for what he called "frank discussions" that included urging the government to allow journalists and opposition parties to operate more freely.He said creating space for those voices "will strengthen rather than inhibit" the ruling party's agenda.
Mr. Hailemariam said Ethiopia is committed to improving human rights and governance."Our commitment to democracy is real, not skin deep," he said.
President Obama also focused Monday on the civil war in South Sudan, saying before a meeting with leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and the AU that conditions in the country are getting "much, much worse."He said South Sudan's president and opposition leaders have been stubborn and are looking out for their own self interests rather than the interest of the country.
The leaders at Monday's meeting agreed that South Sudan's leaders need to reach a peace deal by an August 17 deadline, the White House said.A U.S. official told reporters that the leaders discussed options for penalties if there is no deal, including imposing sanctions and deploying a regional intervention force.
South Sudan was thrown into conflict more than a year and-a-half ago when clashes broke out between forces loyal to the president and vice president.
Mr. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Ethiopia.In line with Monday's bilateral talks, the White House announced the United States intends to provide at least $40 million in assistance related to countering violent extremism in East Africa on top of some $465 million in proposed funding for training, equipment, capacity building and countering violent extremist initiatives throughout Africa.
Mr. Obama told reporters Monday Ethiopia has played a vital role in fighting the Somali militant group Al-Shabab. He also praised Ethiopia's economic record, noting the country has lifted millions out of dire poverty.
Rights groups have called for Mr. Obama to demand reforms from Ethiopia, where the government controls 100 percent of the seats in parliament and keeps a tight leash on the media.
Before Ethiopia, Mr. Obama spent two days in his father's homeland of Kenya, where he was hailed as a native son.
In a speech before his departure Sunday, the president said Kenya is at a crossroads "filled with peril, but also with enormous promise."
In Nairobi, the president praised Kenya's achievements winning independence in 1963, among them ending one-party rule and overcoming the deadly tribal and ethnic violence that broke out in 2007 and plagued the country for several months."The people of Kenya chose not to be defined by the hatreds of the past," Mr. Obama said, "you chose a better history."
