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Oromia, SNNP sign accord for peace building
Hawassa, (WIC) – Four government institutions of the SNNP and Oromia regions today signed an agreement to coordinate activities of peace building efforts in the two regions. The agreement was signed between Nationalities Council, Security and Administration Bureau and Mass Media Agency of the SNNP region and Security and Administration Bureau of Oromia region. The agreement brings together the four institutions to utilize media outlets, radio programs in particular, to promote peace building efforts in the two regions. The programs are supported by non governmental organizations including the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Association of Civil Societies Information Center. Speaking during the signing ceremony, Lema Guzume, speaker of Nationalities Council of SNNPR, said the radio program will be one of the many peace building activities underway in the two regions. The programs will raise the awareness of the public on the concept of peace, said
Hundimo Dedere the Sidama farmer is a model for modern bamboo cultivation and management training
In Africa’s Vanishing Forests, the Benefits of Bamboo By TINA ROSENBERG Asosa is not in China, not even in Asia. It is a district in the west of Ethiopia, on the Sudanese border. To many people, bamboo means China. But it’s not just panda food — mountain gorillas in Rwanda also live on bamboo. About 4 percent of Africa’s forest cover is bamboo . In the district of Asosa, the land is thick with bamboo. People plant it and manage the forests. They rely on its soil-grabbing roots to stabilize steep slopes and riverbanks, cutting erosion. They harvest it to burn for fuel, to make into charcoal sticks to sell to city dwellers and to build furniture. Soon it may be much more. Bamboo may provide a solution to a very serious problem: deforestation. In sub-Saharan Africa, 70 percent of the people cook their meals over wood fires. The very poorest cut down trees for cooking fuel; those slightly less poor buy charcoal made from wood in those same forests.