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Funeral Ceremony of Sidama People (South Ethiopia) Senior Essay, Hana Gabriel, 2011, Hawassa University,  Department of Anthropology CHTPTER THREE 3.1 Background of the Area Sidama people found in southern nations, nationalities and people of Ethiopia. It covers the area of 69818.8 meter square of land. Sidama zone share a border with oromiya in south-west and northwest, Gedio and Oromiya again in south and Wolaita in west side (SNNPR profile 2001) Sidama zone has three kinds of ecological zone “dega, woynadega and kola”. According to the 1999 census the population number of Sidama zone Is 2,966,652. Hawassa is the central city of Sidama zone its about 270km south of the federal capital city Addis Ababa. (SNNPR profile 2001). Sidama zone have many natural and manmade heritages like Logita and Bonora waterfalls, megalithic in local language “sodiya” natural caves and natural bridges also found. For the ritual and recreational purpose there are hot streams like “gedabo, bur

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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

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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