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New Aquatic wild animal diversity There are about 30 major lakes, 12 major river basins and over 70 wetlands that are located in different ecological zones of Ethiopia. There are 188 fish species, 91 benthic and aquatic insects and 141 zooplankton species recorded so far from Ethiopia. Fish diversity: Gambella Region Estimating the exploitable potential yield of fish stocks under exploitation is the top priority work as the status of the fish stock should be known to decide on the amount of fish yield that can be exploited annually in a sustainable way with out endangering the fish biodiversity. A case of Lake Awassa is used to assess the situation of the fish biodiversity in the country as there is a time series data of more than 20 years on the lake. The fishery of Lake Awassa showed tremendous increase during the last 20 years. The number of fishermen increased from less than 20 in the early 80’s to over 100 in the 90’s and to a current number of about 100 legally register

SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2012 Report to the City of Hawassa on Street Women and Children Martha A. Nathan MD Fulbright Specialist, Hawassa University Referral Hospital Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University Baystate Campus    To: Mayor, Hawassa, Ethiopia and City Committee on Street People From: Martha Nathan MD Re: Preliminary report on Study of Hawassan Street Women and Children Date: May 24, 2012 Subject: Street Women and Children Preliminary Report This brief preliminary report summarizes my investigation of 19 street women and 26 children that I conducted from April to June in Hawassa town. I am a visiting physician acting as senior staff at the Referral Hospital Internal Medicine Department at Hawassa University since October 2011, teaching medical students and interns. My husband is a professor of anthropology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the university. We are both United States Fulbright Scholars. We have collaborated

1. Introduction The absurd and false notion that one race is superior to another is founded either on absolute lack of knowledge about or deliberate denials of the contributions of different races to human civilization; it has nothing to do with skin colour. Human civilization as we know it today cannot be solely attributed to a single race or region of the world. Today's revolution in science and technology is a cumulative outcome of the ideas of all great human minds from all parts of the planet earth during the past six millennia of recorded history of human civilization. As a cradle of all human races, Africa remains undisputed origin of the early human civilization. Ancient Egyptians, who claimed to have originated in the heart of Africa from around Mount Ruwenzori range in East Africa, are credited for various inventions that laid foundation for today's development in science and technology. The first farming technique, oxen-driven plow, which revolutionized the ag

Three micro hydropower plants were inaugurated at the villages of Ererte, Gobecho and  Hagara Sodicha in the Sidama zone in the Southern Nations and Nationalities People’s  Regional State (SNNPRS) on February 24th and 25th, 2012. In total, they have a power  generation capacity of 125 Kilowatt, which for example can be used to light up more  than 17,000 energy saving light bulbs.  The Energy Coordination Office of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale  Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supported the construction of the three micro hydropower plants on behalf of the German and Dutch Governments. It was implemented in  partnership with Sidama Mines, Water and Energy Agency, the Sidama Development  Association and local communities.  Small rivers and waterfalls could generate electricity to energize many off-grid rural  areas in Ethiopia – however, this potential is often not used: “Ethiopia is referred to as  ‘the water tower of Africa’. Despite the fact that around 97 percent of

Sidama nation across the world marked the 10th anniversary of the May 24 2002 Loqqe massacre.  Ten years after Ethiopian government orchestrated killing that claimed more than 100 innocent sidama people, commemorations were held in many places around world, with Sidama people in Diaspora and at home voicing renewed commitments to unity of their nation. Ten years ago today, the nation confronted one of darkest days in Sidama History. Lives ended instantly. Dreams were shattered. Friends and neighbors, farmers and teachers, students and business people, fathers and sons – they were taken from loved ones with heartbreaking cruelty. In the decade since, perpetuators have never been brought to justice. Sidama people have endured hardship and gross human right violations. History shows that, sidama nation does not give in to fear. The attempt that the successive brutal regimes waged to put sidama people into submission has repeatedly failed. Today, the nation has united more tha