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Side Goodo The question of nationalities in Ethiopia has been the most contentious issue since Ethiopia took its current shape between the late 1880s and the early 1900s. The northern part of the present day Ethiopia, inhabited by the majority Abyssinians and the minority Kushitic Agews existed for over 2 Millennia in the name of the Abyssinian Kingdom with remarkable civilizations such as Axum, Lalibela and Gonder. However, Ethiopia as we know it today is the result of the internal expansion by King Minelik II of Shoa during the late 1880s until the early 1900s. The majority (70%) of the current Ethiopian population, which lives in the southern, western and eastern regions of the country became part of the present day Ethiopia only during this period of internal expansion. The majority Kushitic peoples such as Sidama, Oromo, Afar, Ogaden, etc and the Omotic peoples such as Wolayita, Gamo, Gofa, Dawuro, Konta, etc and the Nilotic peoples living in the border between Ethio

by Hawassa Teessonke 17 September 2012 A sudden ascendancy into the helm of the Ethiopian politics dominated by the Amhara and Tigray ruling elites for the past 120 years, by a national of a minority Wolayita ethnic group from Southern Ethiopia symbolizes a “radical” shift in Ethiopia’s political tradition. Haile Mariam Desalegn, 47, and a former University Professor at Arba Minch Water Technology, who was elected as the country’s new PM over the weekend,  is the first leader of Ethiopia from the South in the history of the country. Despite talks of continued behind the scene rule by the Tigray ruling elite; I assume that it is not entirely feasible to have two puppet leaders in one country- the President and the PM- at the same time. I therefore am inclined to believe that the PM will have a reasonable political leverage to exercise.     Although South Ethiopia and Oromia together account for 58% of the country’s population,   they have never had assumed any political leader

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New Berhanu Legesse Hailemariam, deputy general manager of the Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union, will be at Cafe Campesino Coffee House in Americus on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 6:30 p.m.   He will be joining staff members of Cooperative Coffees, North America’s only green bean importing cooperative of roasters, to discuss the coffee supply chain.  The general public is encouraged to attend. The Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union is based in Southern Ethiopia.  It began representing small-scale farmers in 2001 and has grown to become the second largest coffee producing cooperative union in Ethiopia.  Today, SCFCU represents 46 cooperatives and more than 80,000 people. http://www.fairtradewire.com/sidama-coffee-farmers-manager-in-americus-tuesday-sept-25/

አዲስ አበባ መስከረም 09/2005 ኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ከነገ በስቲያ አስቸኳይ ስብሰባ እንደሚያካሂድ አስታወቀ፡፡ ምክር ቤቱ ዛሬ ለኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት እንደገለጸው ፓርላማው የሚያካሂደው አስቸኳይ ስብሰባ ለሕዝቡና ለዓለም ዓቀፉ ማኅበረሰብ በመገናኛ ብዙሃን በቀጥታ ይሰራጫል፡፡