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Starbucks still uses wrong name for Sidama Coffee

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Limited Release of Starbucks Reserve Organic Ethiopia Sidamo® Coffee at Select Retail Locations WHAT:  Starbucks announces the release of Organic Ethiopia Sidamo® coffee, one of the most renowned coffees in the world for its distinctive lemon flavors. For the first time in the Starbucks coffee line, follow the journey from crop to cup by scanning the QR code on the bag. From being meticulously tended by coffee farmers in their family gardens, to how each cherry is ripened and handpicked at the peak of its flavor, to the exquisite flavor notes in each cup, this digital journey is a unique opportunity for customers to learn more about this coffee. Available for a limited time at select stores featuring the Starbucks Reserve™ coffee line, Starbucks will offer Organic Ethiopia Sidamo® in half pound whole bean coffee to make at home for $15 /U.S. and $17/CAN, or to enjoy in-store by the cup through the Clover® brewing system, a tall (12 fl. oz.) cup of brewed coffee starts at $2

Parliament Approves Ethiopian Industrial Zones Development Corporation

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The Ethiopian House of Representatives approved the formation of an independent Ethiopian Industrial Zones Development Corporation. The Corporation is designed to manage the development and administration of industrial zones across the country including those that are currently being developed. The initial plan to set up the new corporation as an independent authority accountable to the Ministry of Industry was changed after the MoI received just 600 million of the 4 billion birr budget that it had requested for the development of industrial zones in the current financial year. As a corporation the EIZDC will have access to financing for other sources then the official approved government budget including arranging bank loans or seeking foreign aid for the development of the industrial complexes. EIZDC will also be able to raise revenues from the rent of industrial zones to investors once it has developed the complexes thus being able to pay off loans as well as chan

የሲዳማ ክልል ጥያቄ የሚመለሰው በኣቶ ሽፈራው በጎ ፍቃድ ሳይሆን ህገ መንግስቱ በሚፈቅደው መሰረት በመሆኑ ጥያቄውን በቀጠይነት ለምመለከቻቸው ከፍተኛ የፈደራል መንግስት ኣካላት እንደሚያቀርቡ የሲዳማ ሽማግሌዎች ኣስታወቁ፤ ኣቶ ሽፈራው ሽጉጤ በበኩላቸው የሲዳማን ክልል ጥያቄ ባለመቀበል ኣቋማቸው እንደሚገፉ ገለጹ

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የሲዳማ ሽማግሌዎች በዛሬ እለት በሲዳማ ባህል ኣዳራሽ የከተሙት የሲዳማ ሽማግሌዎች በሲዳማ የክልል ጥያቄ ዙሪያ ከደቡብ ክልል ፕሬዚዳንት ከኣቶ ሽፈራው ሽጉጤ ጋር ሲመክሩ ውለዋል። በስብሰባው ላይ ከኣንድ ወር በፊት በወጣው የማወያያ ጽሁፍ ላይ በሃዋሳ ከተማ ኣስተዳደር ውስጥ በኣንዳንድ መደቦች ላይ ከሲዳማ ተወላጆች ውጪ ለማስቀመጥ እና ከተማዋን ከሌሎች ብሄሮች ጋር ለማስተዳደር በሚያስችሉ ሁኔታዎች ላይ ለመወያያት የማወያያ ጽሁፍ ተዘጋጅቶ ነበር ኣቶ ሽፈራው ሽጉጤ ኣምነዋል። የተዘጋጀው የማወያያ ጽሁፍ በድንገት ከህዝብ እጅ መግባቱ እና የማወያያ ጽሁፉ ይዘትም ለህዝባዊ ንቅናቄ ምክንያት መሆኑን ኣስታውሰው:፤ መንግስትም ይህንን የተያዘው እቅድ መተውን እና በከተማዋ ኣስተዳደር ውስጥ ክፍት በነበሩ ቦታዎችም ላይ የሲዳማ ተወላጆች መሾሙን ተናግረዋል። ኣክለውም  የማወያያ ጽሁፉ በማስቀረት እና ክፍት በነበሩ መደቦች ላይ የሲዳማ ተወላጆችን በመሾም መንግስት ህዝባዊ ንቅናቄውን ለመረጋጋት ጥረት ማድረጉን ጠቁመው፤ ህዝባዊ ንቅናቄ ተባብሶ ለምን ልቀጥል እንደቻሉ ሽማግሌዎቹን ጠይቀዋል። ሽማግሌዎቹን የሲዳማ ህዝባዊ ንቅናቄ የሃዋሳን ከተማ ኣስተዳደር ብቻ የተመለከተ ሳይሆን የክልል ጥያቄን ያነገበ መሆኑን ኣስረድተው፤ የክልል ጥያቄውን ለሚመለከተው ከፍተኛ የመንግስት ኣካል እንዲያቀርቡ ጠይቀዋል። ኣቶ ሽፈራው ሽጉጤ ኣቶ ሽፈራውም ሽማግሌዎቹ ያቀረቡትን የክልል ጥያቄ እንደማይቀበሉ ገልጸው፤ ሲዳማ በደቡብ ክልል ውስጥ መሆኑ የበለጠ የልማት ተጠዋሚ ያደርገዋል የሚለውን እና ሌሎች ነጥቦችን በማንሳት የክልል ጥያቄው እንዲቀር ኣሳስበዋል። የሲዳማ ሽማግሌዎቹም በበኩላቸው ሲዳማ ክልል መሆኑ ለህዝቡ ልያስገኝላቸው የሚችለውን ኢ

ውቧ ሃዋሳ ከተማ የሲዳማ መዲና!

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የኣረንጓደዋ እና የንጽህዋ ሃዋሳ ከተማ መንገዶች እና ህንጻዎች፤ የቅርብ ጊዜ ትራክንግ ሾት 

Quotes from Great Sidama Heroes

Aliito Heewano:  “Ille’ya diamaxxeemmo; La’anna shiiyye’e; Ille’ya amaxxummoro, dagganoo ilamara gedensu bushanno.”  English translation:'I do not cover my eyes; kill me while I am watching; If I do cover my eyes, it would be devastation for generations to come'.   Taklu Yota :  "Koo! mannu taaloho!Massangeenna gulufoottohu dirri; Massagoottohu gulufi; massagssiisoottohu massagi". English translation: 'All men are equal! the one who are riding guided horse, dismount; the one who are guiding, get up on it; the one who ordered the guiding, do it yourself '.