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Ethiopia: 'Mother Bets' Providing a Lifeline

Binyam Taye, 29, a teller in one of the branches of the Awash International Bank, located around the National Theatre, usually eats his lunch in one of the informal restaurants, called mother bet. These have become increasingly popular for their relatively fair prices. Challenged by his fixed income, Binyam is forced to eat his lunch and sometimes his dinner at the informal restaurant, paying 15 Br on average for one meal, since 2010. "The price is much cheaper than in common restaurants; this has helped me a lot to allocate my monthly income properly", Binyam told Fortune, while eating his lunch at the one of the mother bets located around Ras Abebe Aregay Street, close to the National Theatre. Informal restaurants - like the one Binyam regularly visits, owned by Tiruwork Negatu, a 70-year-old mother of seven - have become increasingly popular. Most of these venues are owned by older women, thus their rather unambiguous name. Tiruwork runs the business for more tha

Ethiopia: The Government is accountable for the death of a political prisoner at an Ethiopian jail

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HRLHA Statement August 2013 The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa strongly condemns the atrocious torture and inhuman treatment by the Ethiopian government against its citizens, and holds it accountable for the death of a political prisoner and prisoner of conscience Engineer Tesfahun Chemeda on August 24, 2013 in Kaliti prison. HRLHA informants confirmed that Engineer Chemeda died in Kaliti Penitentiary due to the severe torture inflicted on him while he was in different detentions centers from 2007 until the day he died. We also protest the fact that he was denied medical treatment by the government. Engineer Tesfahun Chemeda, an Oromo national, was handed over by Kenyan authorities to Ethiopian Security agents in April 2007 from where he had granted a refugee status from UNHCR in Kenya after he had fled to Kenya to escape persecution by the EPRDF government of Ethiopia. Engineer Tasfahun Chemeda was one of the 15 Oromo nationals who was sentenced to life

Corruption in the Ethiopian JUST US Sector

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ALEMAYEHU G MARIAM For the past several months, I have been commenting on the findings of the World Bank’s “ Diagnosing Corruption in Ethiopia ”, a 448-page report covering eight sectors (health, education, rural water supply, justice, construction, land, telecommunications and mining). In this my sixth commentary, I focus on “corruption in the justice sector”. The other five commentaries are  available at my blog site .    Talking about corruption in the Ethiopian “justice sector” is like talking about truth in Orwell’s 1984 Ministry of Truth (“Minitrue”).  The purpose of Minitrue is to create and maintain the illusion that the Party is absolute, all knowing, all-powerful and infallible. The purpose of the Ministry of Justice in Ethiopia is to create the illusion that the ruling regime under the command and control of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) masquerading as the Ethiopian People’s Democratic Front (EPDRF) is absolute, all knowing, all-powerful and infalli

በተያያዘ ዜናም የቀድሞ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር የአቶ መለስ ዜናዊን 1ኛ አመት መታሰቢያን ምክንያት በማድረግ የሲዳማ ዞን ጭሬ ወረዳ ነዋሪዎች የችግኝ ተከላ አካሄዱ፡

የወረዳው አስተዳዳሪ አቶ ጀጐ አገኘው በችግኝ ተከላው ስነ ስርዓቱ ላይ እንዳሉት የቀድሞ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አቶ መለስ ዜናዊ በተለይ በአረንጓዴ ልማት ስትራቴጂ ላይ በኢትዮጵያም ሆነ በአለም አቀፍ ደረጃ ትልቅ ራዕይ ነበራቸው፡፡ ይህንንም ራዕያቸውን ለማሳካት በወረዳው 14 ፓርኮች ተለይተው በ127 ነጥብ 5 ሄክታር መሬት ላይ ለመትከል ከታቀዱት 32 ሺህ ችግኞች ግማሽ ያህሉ ተከላ ተከናውኗል ብለዋል፡፡ ቀሪ ችግኞችን የመትከሉ ሁኔታም ተጠናክሮ እንደሚቀጥል ነው  አቶ ጀጐ የገለፁት፡፡ በችግኝ ተከላው ያነጋግርናቸው የወረዳው ነዋሪዎችም ችግኞችን በመንከባከብ ረገድም ጠንካራ ተሳትፎ በማድረግ የአረንጓዴ ልማቱን እናሳካለን ማለታቸውን የዘገበው በኃይሉ ጌታቸው ነው፡፡ http://www.smm.gov.et/_Text/16NehTextN305.html

የጤና ኤክስቴሽን ፓኬጅ ተግባራዊ ያደረጉ ከ98 ሺህ የሚበልጡ ሞዴል ቤተሰቦች ተመረቁ

ሐዋሳ ነሐሴ 20/2005 በሲዳማ ዞን በተጠናቀቀው በጀት አመት በአንድ ለአምስት ትስስር ሰልጥነው የጤና ኤክስቴሽን ፓኬጆችን ተግባራዊ ያደረጉ ከ98 ሺህ የሚበልጡ ሞዴል ቤተሰቦች መመረቃቸውን የዞኑ ጤና መምሪያ ገለጸ፡፡ በመምሪያው የጤና ልማት እቅድ የሥራ ሂደት ባለሙያ አቶ አበበ በካ ለኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት እንደገለፁት በዞኑ የጤና ልማት ሠራዊት ግንባታን በማጠናከር የጤና ኤክስቴሽን ፕሮግራምን ስኬታማ ለማድረግ የአንድ ለአምስት ትስስር አስተዋጽኦ አድርጓል፡፡ በዞኑ የጤና ኤክስቴሽን ፓኬጆችን ተግባራዊ በማድረግ በሽታን የመከላከል የጤና ፖሊሲ ውጤታማ እንዲሆን በተፈጠረው የአንድ ለአምስት ትስስርት በተጠናቀቀው በጀት አመት ስልጠና ወስደው የጤና ኤክስቴሽን ተግባራዊ ያደረጉ ሞዴል ቤተሰቦች መመረቃቸውን ተናግረዋል፡፡ ከ30 ሺህ በላይ ቤተሰቦች አሁንም ስልጠና እየወሰዱ መሆኑንና ከዚህ በፊት የተመረቁትን ጨምሮ ሞዴል የጤና ቤተሰቦች ቁጥር በዞኑ 603 ሺህ 367 መድረስ እንደተቻለ ገልፀዋል፡፡ ከሁለት አመት በፊት በዞኑ ከተሞች በተጀመረው የከተማ ጤና ኤክስቴሽን ፕሮግራም የሰለጠኑ 2 ሺህ 337 የከተማ ሞዴል የጤና ቤተሰቦች መመረቃቸውን አቶ አበበ ተናግረዋል፡፡ የተመረቁት የጤና ሞዴል ቤተሰቦች በግልና አካባቢ ንጽህና፣በደረቅ ቆሻሻ አወጋገድ፣በመፀዳጃ ቤት ንጽሕና አያያዝ፣በገጠር መፀዳጃ ቤት በመገንባት ተጠቃሚና የጤና ኤክስቴሽን ፓኬጆችን ሙሉ በሙሉ ተግባራዊ ማድረግ የቻሉ መሆናቸውን አስታውቀዋል፡፡ http://www.ena.gov.et/Story.aspx?ID=11234&K=1