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The Association of Ethiopians Educated in Norway held its general assembly at Hawassa University on 20 and21 September 2013, in the presence of the guest of honor Mrs Tove Stub, Minister Counselor, Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Norwegian Embassy of Ethiopia. President of the association Dr. Ayele Taye in his welcoming speech stated “The association is working hard to facilitate networking and communication among its members and enhance their contributions to the country’s development plans mainly with higher education and problem solving researches both individually and jointly.” He added, “We are expected to further strengthen the existing collaborations between the people of Ethiopia and Norway.” Dr. Ayele underlined that the association appreciates the supports of the people of Norway to Ethiopia in the area of capacity building through higher level education and research. Many Ethiopians have been educated in Norway and Ethiopia with the help of Norwegians based projects. S

Children triggering in their community, Sidama, Ethiopia Photo by Berhanu Tunsisa, Plan Ethiopia PRESS RELEASE Countries of East Africa are making significant progress in reducing preventable child deaths, according to a new report by Save the Children that shows how Ethiopia and Tanzania have already met their targets set out under the Millennium Development Goals and Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda are not far behind. In a new evaluation of countries' progress in tackling preventable child deaths developed by Save the Children, the NGO warns that globally, four million more lives could have been saved if governments had focused equally on the poorest children as they have done on the 'low-hanging fruit': the less-poor children in less-remote areas. The report,  Lives on the Line , looks at how countries are progressing towards meeting their Millennium Development Goal of reducing preventable child deaths by two-thirds. However, in contrast with many prog

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Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie smiles before Ethiopia's fist-ever marathon in Hawassa. Photo - AFP Hawassa:  For anyone looking for the secret to staying fit into middle age, who better to ask than Haile Gebrselassie — the Ethiopian running legend who's still giving much younger men a run for their money.  Aged 40 but barely slowing down, Gebrselassie says his enduring presence in international athletics has nothing to do with fancy foods or the latest gizmos.  The key ingredient, he said, is in the mind.  "You have to have three things: discipline, commitment and hard work," said Gebrselassie, a double Olympic gold medallist in the 10,000 metres, four-time World Champion over the same distance and two-time world record-breaker in the marathon.  It is this discipline which drives Gebrselassie to train twice a day and clock a daily average of 35 kilometres. Preparing for a race provides a goal to commit to, and he said some of his best training come

ከሃምሳ ዓመት በላይ ያስቆጠረችው የደቡብ ክልል መዲና ሐዋሳ ከኢትዮጵያ ከተሞች በቁንጅናዋ፣ በዕቅድ ከመከተሟም ጋር ተዛምዶ ለብዙ ነገር ትመረጣለች፡፡ ከቱሪስት ከተማነት እስከ ታላላቅ የስፖርት ውድድሮች መናኸሪያነት ትታጫለች፡፡  አትሌት ኃይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ በሐዋሳ ስሙን መትከል የፈለገው በቢዝነስ ሥራ ብቻ አይደለም፡፡ በታላቁ ሩጫ ዓመት ጠብቆ የሚጐበኛትን የደቡብ መናገሻ፣ አሁን ደግሞ ለአገሪቱ የመጀመሪያ የሆነውን ማራቶን መሽቀዳደሚያ አውራና ተመራጭ አድርጓታል፡፡  ኃይሌ በሐዋሳ ያልተለመደውንና በስሙ የተሰየመውን የማራቶን ውድድር በከፍተኛ የገንዘብ ሽልማት አንበሽብሾታል፡፡ በሁለቱም ጾታ አሸናፊዎቹ እያንዳንዳቸው የ100 ሺሕ ብር ሽልማት ተበርክቶላቸዋል፡፡  የመጀመሪያው ‹‹ኃይሌ ማራቶን›› ጥቅምት 10 ቀን 2006 ዓ.ም. በደቡቧ መናገሻ ሐዋሳ እንደሚደረግ ይፋ በሆነ በጥቂት ወራት ከ16 አገሮች ከ200 በላይ ተሳታፊዎች በውድድሩ ለመሳተፍ ቅድመ ምዝገባ ማከናወናቸውን የገለፀው ዝግጅት ክፍሉ፣ በሚቀጥለው ዓመት ከተወዳዳሪ ቁጥር ጀምሮ የተሻለና ዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃውን የጠበቀ ለማድረግ አበረታች ተሞክሮ ተገኝቷል ብሏል፡፡  በአገሪቱ ለታላላቅ አትሌቶች መገናኛ እንደሆነ የሚነገርለት ታላቁ ሩጫ በኢትዮጵያ፣ በ10 ሺሕ ተሳታፊዎች ጀምሮ በአሁኑ ወቅት በተመሳሳይ የሩጫ ውድድሮች ከዓለም ምርጥ አሥሩ አንዱ ለመሆን በቅቷል፡፡ ዘንድሮም 37 ሺሕ ተሳታፊዎች ለማወዳደር ዝግጅቱን አጠናቆ እንደሚገኝ መገለጹ ይታወሳል፡፡ ውድድሩ ከአዲስ አበባ አልፎ በመላ አገሪቱ የተለያዩ ከተሞች ተወዳጅና ተናፋቂ እስከመሆን ደርሷል፡፡  42 ኪሎ ሜትር 195 ሜትር የሚሸፍነው ማራቶን በአውሮፓና በሌሎች ታላላቅ አገሮች ካልሆነ እንዲህ እንደ አሁኑ በኢትዮጵያ ይደረጋል