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Ethiopians on Twitter have started a campaign to demand the right to peaceful protest. Using the hashtags #Demonstration4Every1 and #Assembly4Every1 , a group of online activists are calling on their government to respect an article in Ethiopia's constitution guaranteeing freedom of assembly for citizens.   According to human rights groups, the Ethiopian government has led a crackdown on political protests since declaring a state of emergency after the 2005 elections. There have also been accounts of media censorship, including reports that Al Jazeera's English and Arabic websites have been blocked since July 2012. http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201305102100-0022747

Addis Ababa — Several Ethiopian publications are coming together to set up a 'press council' with the hope of easing restrictions on the media in Ethiopia. The journalists suggested the idea of the council at a May 3 meeting held at the behest of the Ministry of Information to discuss media reforms in the country. "The meeting was the first time we have had such a direct and open dialogue with the government over press issues," Getachew Worku, editor of the independent publication Ethio Mihidar, told IPS. "We have to welcome this development as a positive step to ease press restrictions." The press council will be formed by editors of government and independent publications. The purpose of the council is to hold discussions about press restrictions and foster direct and frequent dialogue with the government over such issues. Worku said there were still many obstacles for the press to operate freely in Ethiopia. He said, for example, that

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Photo by http://commonriver.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/sr-under-tree1.jpg Introduction to Sidama Religion by Kifle WANSAMO (culled from www.sidamaconcern.com/country/religion_and_beliefs.htm )   1. Introduction 2. Elements of faith in the Sidama religion Belief in God Belief in spirits Belief in ancestors 3. The elements of Response in the Sidama Religion Morality   Prayer & sacrifice Sacrifice Offered to Magano     Sacrifice Offered to the Ancestors   Offering Places 4. Conclusion Endnotes About the author 1. Introduction This paper results from the

የኢትዮጵያ ህዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዴሞክራያዊ ግንባር /ኢህአዴግ/ የስራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ መደበኛው ስብሰባውን ዛሬ ግንቦት 3/2005 ዓ.ም እያካሄደ ነው፡፡ ስራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴው በዚሁ ስብሰባው በያዝነው አመት የተሰሩ በክልሎች የከተማና የገጠር ሪፖርት እንዲሁም የገጠር እና የከተማ ሱፐርቪዥን ሪፖርት ላይ ይወያያል፡፡ ስራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴው በአጀንዳው ከያዛቸው ጉዳዮች መካከል በሚያዝያ ወር በተካሄደው የአዲስ አበባ ምክር ቤትና የአካባቢ ምርጫ አፈጻጸምን በተመለከተ ይመክራል፡፡ ከዚህም በተጨማሪ ስራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴው በ9ኛው የኢህአዴግ ጉባኤ ላይ የተላለፉ ውሳኔዎችን ወደ አባላት እና ወደ ተለያዩ አካላት ለማድረስና ውሳኔዎቹን ተግባራዊ ለማድረግ በቀጣይ ሁለት አመታት የሚከናወኑ መሰረታዊ ተግባራቶችን ይዳስሳል፡፡ በወቅቱ ከቤቱ በሚነሱ አጀንዳዎች ላይ በመምከር ውሳኔዎችን በማሳለፍ ስብሰባውን ያጠቃልላል ተብሎ ይጠበቃል፡፡ ምንጭ-የኢትዮጵያ ህዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር ምክር ቤት ፅ/ቤት