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UN study: Cellphones can improve literacy

PARIS (AP) — A study by the  U.N.  education agency says cellphones are getting more and more people to read in countries where books are rare and illiteracy is high. Paris-based UNESCO says 774 million people worldwide cannot read, and most people in sub-Saharan Africa don't own any books but cellphones are increasingly widespread. The report Wednesday by UNESCO says large numbers of people in such countries are reading books and stories on "rudimentary small-screen devices." It says a third of study participants read stories to children from cellphones. It also says people who start reading on a mobile device go on to read more period, improving their overall literacy. The study was conducted among 4,000 people in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda and Zimbabwe. ምንጭ፦ http://www.sfgate.com/business/technology/article/UN-study-Cellphones-can-improve-literacy-5423521.php

Ethiopia: IC Acknowledges Ogadenia Rights

By Ahmed Abdi Somalilandsun -The U.S House of Representatives and the government of United Kingdom plus EU Parliament and United Nations have recently stepped up a campaign to help Somalis from Ogaden region to realize that their voice has been heard by the International Community after decades of virtually silent. As UK's government recently released a report indicating allegations of abuses by the Liyu Police or "Special Police" ,which London expressed its concerns ,United States House of Representatives and EU Parliament have both sent strong messages to Addis Ababa,which was meant to open the Somali religion of Ogaden to the humanitarian agencies and International media to have free access to avoid further humanitarian crisis. The U.S Congress issued a message which eventually published on Somalilandsun that reads : The US House of Representatives has asked Ethiopia to Permit Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations Access to its Somali region of Ogaden.

በአገልግሎት ሰጪ መስሪያ ቤቶች የመልካም አስተዳደር ችግር አለ..................የህዝብ ዕንባ ጠባቂ ተቋም

አዳማ ሚያዝያ 15/2006 አገልግሎታቸው ከህብረተሰቡ ተጠቃሚነት ጋር የተቆራኘ አራት የአዲስ አበባና ፌደራል መስሪያ ቤቶች ላይ ባደረገው ቁጥጥር ለመልካም አስተዳደር ማነቆ የአሰራር፣አደረጃጀትና የህግ ክፍተት ችግር መታየቱን የህዝብ ዕንባ ጠባቂ ተቋም አስታወቀ። መልካም አስተዳደር ማስፈን ለሰላም፣ለልማትና ዕድገት ወሳኝ በመሆኑ የመንግስት ተቋማት ተጠያቂነት፣ግልጽና ጥራት ያለው የአሰራር ስርዓት መዘርጋት ህብረተሰቡ በአገልግሎት አሰጣጥ ላይ ለሚያነሳው ቅሬታ አጥጋቢ መፍትሔ መስጠት አማራጭ የሌለው ጉዳይ መሆኑን ተቋሙ ትናንት በቢሾፍቱ ከተማ ባካሄደው የውይይት መድረክ ላይ ገልጿል። በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ የመንገዶችና ውሃ ፍሳሽ ባለስልጣን፣በኢትዮ ቴሌኮምና ኤሌክትሪክ ሃይል ኮርፓሬሽን አገልግሎት አሰጣጥ ላይ ባደረገው ቁጥጥር በጅምር የሚገኝ የአንድ መስኮት አገልግሎት፣የጋራ ፎረም በመመስረት ለህብረተሰቡ ቅሬታ ምላሽ ለመስጠት የሚደረገውን እንቅስቃሴ ቋሚ ኮሚቴው በጠንካራ ጎን ተመልክቶታል። በተቋማቱ ላይ ተቀናጅቶ ለአንድ ዓላማ መስራት ላይ ሰፊ ክፍተት ከማግኘቱም ሌላ በእያንዳንዳቸው የአመራር፣ የአደረጃጀትና የህግ ማዕቀፍ ክፍተት መኖሩን አረጋግጫለሁ ብሏል ተቋሙ ። በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ የመንገድ ግንባታ ሲካሄድ የውሃ፣ የቴሌና መብራት መስመሮች በወቅቱና በአግባቡ ተነስተው አገልግሎት እየሰጡ ባለመሆናቸው ተቋማቱ የህዝብ ብሶት የሚያስተናግዱበት ሁኔታ በስፋት መፈጠሩን የህዝብ ዕንባ ጠባቂ ተቋም ምክትል ዋና ዕንባ ጠባቂ ወይዘሮ ሠራዊት ስለሺ አስታውቀዋል። በከተማው ለሚከናወኑ የመሰረተ ልማት አውታሮች መጓተት በህግ የተደገፈ የጊዜ ገደብ በስራ ተቋራጮች፣በአማካሪዎችና ሴክተር መስሪያ ቤቶች ባለመኖሩ የህዝቡ ብሶትና ቅሬታ ዘላቂ መፍትሔ ማግኘት አልቻለም ብ

Hawassa ups the ante as it hosts AU’s high-profile conference

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By Yonas Abiye, Hawassa The fastest growing town in Southern Ethiopia, Hawassa, has taken its urban status up a notch by readying itself to host a major international conference following Addis Ababa’s suit. As of earlier this week, Hawassa, the capital of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPR), marked a new chapter while hosting a high-profile conference of the African Union ministers and ambassadors for the first time since it was founded half a century ago. Hawassa town was the only urban center that was established with a modern master plan pioneered by Emperor Haile-Selassie in 1960. During the past few years, Hawassa has been growing remarkably and emerging as a shining star in terms of infrastructure development and competitiveness to host grand events more than any other town other than Addis Ababa. Once more, the town managed this week to successfully accommodate the AU’s ambassadorial gathering.  Since the foundation of the Organ

Africa: World's Media Chiefs Press African Leaders on Freedoms

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Cape Town — Editors and publishers from across the world have singled out the governments of Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa and Swaziland for threatening free expression and media freedom. At a meeting in Cape Town this week, the general assembly of the International Press Institute (IPI) - a global network of editors, media executives and journalists - adopted resolutions which called on:  The Ethiopian government to stop arresting journalists under anti-terrorism laws and to review its anti-terror statutes to protect freedom of the press;  The Swazi government to release unconditionally the editor of The Nation, Bhekitemba Makhubu, and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko, who have been arrested, released and re-arrested by a succession of judges, some with personal interests in their case, in recent weeks;  The Egyptian government to end arrests of journalists under anti-terrorism laws; and  South Africa's President Jacob Zuma to submit a new secrecy law for court revi