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Ethiopia signs $400m financing agreements with World Bank to improve clean drinking water and sanitation facilities for urban residents including Hawassa,

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Tuesday, 12 June 2012 17:42 Ethiopia and the World Bank signed on Tuesday three loan agreements amounting to $400 million to finance various ongoing projects. The first agreement amounting to $150 million will be used to finance the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project launched in 2007 to provide improved access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities to urban areas. It will increase access to improved clean drinking water and sanitation facilities for urban residents in Addis Ababa, Gondar, Hawassa, Jimma, Mekelle and Dire Dawa by promoting household latrines, hygiene and sanitation practices and constructing communal sanitation facilities. The second financing agreement amounting to $200 million will be used to finance the Electricity Network Reinforcement and Expansion Project. The Project is aimed to reinforce the country's electricity network by upgrading and extending the national grid in order to improve the overall service delivery of the net

Protestors demand end of Ethiopian politican’s visit (with video)

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Protestors demand end of Ethiopian politican’s visit

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New A crowd of people chanted slogans against visiting Ethiopian regional governor Shiferaw Shigute Tuesday. He has been cited for numerous acts of corruption by his country's own auditor. Shigute was at the University of Saskatchewan to discuss an agricultural partnership with the university. The University of Saskatchewan should not be hosting an Ethiopian politician implicated in corruption scandals and the forcible removal of tens of thousands of peasant farmers from their homes, human rights groups say. A group of 30 protesters from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta stood outside the U of S Administration building Tuesday at noon with placards and flags demanding the removal of Shiferaw Shigute. “Saskatchewan university, send him back!” chanted the group. “Saskatchewan university, shame on you!” Tom Wishart, the U of S special adviser on international initiatives, said he was not familiar with the allegations against Shigute, as the delegation arrived just a few d

A Call to the Ethiopian Regime to unconditionally stop Systematic and Continuous Violation of the Constitutional rights of the Sidama People!

New United Sidama Parties for Freedom and Justice (USPFJ)  J)   Press Release, June 10, 2012    The Systematic and Continued Violations of Human Rights by the Ethiopian  Regime     The current Ethiopian regime continues to grossly violate the rights of its citizens disregarding its own constitution that guarantees these rights. Human misery and suffering continues amid abject poverty, high diseases burden and lack of respect to fundamental human rights such as freedom of expression, assembly, and continued intolerance to diverging ideas and opinions.    The complete absence of the aforementioned essential elements in a modern democratic principle makes the current Ethiopian regime the only place on the planet where the disciples of darkness lead the country towards an unpredictable end. The regime does conduct such hideous actions enjoying the support of Western powers politicians whose vested  interests outweigh the sufferings of over 85 million Ethiopians althou

የፌደራሉ መንግስትና የሲዳማ ዞን በአዋሳ እጣ ፈንታ ላይ ውጥረት የበዛበት ውይይት እያካሄዱ ነው

New ሰኔ ፪ (ሁለት) ቀን ፳፻፬ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና:-የፌደራል መንግስቱ አዋሳን በስሩ ለማድረግ እቅድ እንዳለው ሲታወቅ፣ የሲዳማ ዞን በበኩሉ ድርጊቱን ይቃመዋል። በቅርቡ በተደረገው ውይይት ላይ አለመግባባት ተፈጥሮ እንደነበር፣ የሲዳማ ዞን ባለስልጣናትም የፌደራል መንግስቱ ባለስልጣናት የሚመሩትን ስብሰባ ረግጠው መውጣታቸውንና ጉዳዩን ከፌደራል መንግስት ባለስልጣናት እውቅና ውጭ እያካሄዱት ነው። አዲሱ ውዝግብ የአዋሳን ህዝብ ትኩረት መያዙም ታውቋል። በ1994 ኣም በፌደራል መንግስትና በዞኑ መካከል በተፈጠረው አለመግባባት  ከ40 እስከ 100 የሚደርሱ የሲዳማ ተወላጆች መገደላቸው ይታወሳል። የመለስ መንግስት ከፍተኛ የህዝብ እልቂት ያስከተለውን የቆየ ችግር መልሶ በማምጣት ሌላ ችግር ለመፍጠር ለምን እንደተነሳሳ ግልጽ የሆነ ነገር የለም ይላሉ የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች። http://www.ethsat.com/2012/06/09/%E1%8B%A8%E1%8D%8C%E1%8B%B0%E1%88%AB%E1%88%89-%E1%88%98%E1%8A%95%E1%8C%8D%E1%88%B5%E1%89%B5%E1%8A%93-%E1%8B%A8%E1%88%B2%E1%8B%B3%E1%88%9B-%E1%8B%9E%E1%8A%95-%E1%89%A0%E1%8A%A0%E1%8B%8B%E1%88%B3/