Worancha ወራንቻ

በሐዋሳ ከተማ የደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ ኮሌጅ ከአንድ ሚሊዮን ብር በላይ ያስገነባውን ሁለገብ ስታዲየም አስመረቀ፡፡ የኒቨርስቲው ከየካቲት 12 ጀምሮ ሁለተኛውን የግል ከፍተኛ የትምህርት ተቋማት የስፖርት ፌስቲቫል ውድድርንም ያካሂዳል፡፡ የከተማዋ አስተዳዳሪ ከንቲባ አቶ ሽበቁ ማጋኔ ስታዲየሙን ሲመርቁ እንደተናገሩት በውድድሩ ለመሳተፍ ለሚመጡ የልዑካን ቡድኖች የሐዋሳ ከተማ ህዝብ የተለመደውን አቀባበል በማድረግ ህብረ ብሄራዊነቷን ማሳየት አለበት፡፡ የደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ ኮሌጅ ባለቤት አቶ ዘሪሁን ቀቀቦ በበኩላቸው ኮሌጁ ለ2ኛ ጊዜ የሚካሄደውን የኢትዮጵያ የግል ከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋማት የስፖርት ፌስቲቫል ለማስተናገድ ከዛሬ 6 ወር በፊት ዝግጅት መጀመሩን ተናግረዋል፡፡ ይህንን ለማሳካትም ከተለያዩ አካላት ጋር እንቅስቃሴ መደረጉን ገልጸዋል፡፡ ከተለያዩ የግል ከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋማት የተውጣጡ የውድድሩ ተሳታፊዎችም በስፍራው ይገኛሉ፡፡ ለ15 ቀናት በሚቆየው ውድድር ከ22 በላይ የግል ከፍተኛ የትምህርት ተቋማት ይሳተፋሉ ከ1 ሺህ በላይ ስፖርቶች በእግር ኳስ፣ መረብ ኳስ፣ ቅርጫት ኳስ፣ ጠረጴዛ ቴኒስ፣ አትሌቲክስና ቼዝ ውድድሮች ደግሞ ለውድድር የቀረቡ የስፖርት ዓይነት ናቸው፡፡

Deutsche Welle Amharic Service reports that 40,000 residents of Ethiopia’s southern town of Awassa have been asked to vacate their homes. The Woyanne ruling junta’s local puppet administration issued the order saying that the houses the residents own have been built without proper permits. It’s reported that several residents who have voiced opposition to the measure are being rounded up and arrested.

1. Introduction In my previous articles, I mentioned the Sidama grand social constitution Seera, and various sub constitutions which derive from this grand constitution. We have also seen that all social constitutions or Seera in Sidama were based on the Sidama moral code of halale, the true way of life. In this socio-cultural and socio-political system, the role of the elders was very important. Elders were bestowed with the power of enforcing the Seera and referring the recalcitrant to Magano or God if he/she refuses to abide by the Seera. The power of elders in the Sidama society was not based on a simple age count as is the case in most modern societies. The Sidama elder is more the product of various social processes through which a person (usually a man) passes than the product of a simple aging. For a person to become a recognised elder with authority in Sidama, he has to become a Cimeessa (respected elder with authority) or Cimeeyye for many respected elders. There are thre

Small holder farmers coping strategies to household food insecurity and hunger in Sidama Small holder farmers coping strategies to household food insecurity and hunger in Sidama To appreciate a people’s explanation of life and misfortune, one needs to have a general picture of the wider framework of their existence (Brøgger 1986:21) L ittle is known about the Sidama nation, its people, its history and culture. Sidama studies were virtually non-existent even for academic purposes. Th ere are many reasons for this. First and foremost, the emergence of enlightened nationalists and the promotion of Sidama nationalism were late and slow in comparison to other regions. Secondly, the Ethiopian historiography had no room for the promotion or development of non-Habasha cultures and peoples. Worse, still, it had circumvented and undermined knowledge production and dissemination of the latter. Th e combination of these factors engendered ambiguity about the