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The following is a message from the Sidama Community in the UK. The Sidama community UK is planning to hold the 12th Commemorative Anniversary of Sidama’s Looqqe massacre of May 24, 2002. The event will take place in London on May 24, 2014 starting at 1pm – to wrap up at 9pm. In addition to the above, during this conference, there will be series of programmes due to take place in conjunction with the commemoration. This will be the recently established campaign group known as the ‘Human Rights Advocacy Group,’ (HRAG), whose founding members include the Oromo, Sidama, Ogaden Somali, Gambela, Benshangul and Shakacho. HRAG presents its report and discusses the way forward. HRAG was inspired by us during last years’ Sidama Looqqe massacre 11th Commemoration program in London. Challenges faced and opportunities available to advance our noble causes will be discussed; resolutions will be sought. There will be also critical discussion on current affairs involving the uprooting of O

Cecafa secretary Musonye reveals to Goal that Kagame Cup tournament, that features clubs from the region, will be held in Kigali, Rwanda from August This year’s Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (Cecafa) Senior Challenge Cup will be staged in Ethiopia from November. Cecafa secretary Nicholas Musonye has revealed to  Goal  that Kagame Cup tournament, that features clubs from the region, will be held in Rwanda from August, instead of June as is normally the case. Kenya’s Harambee Stars are Senior Challenge Cup champions after beating Sudan 2-0 in the final of last year's edition played at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi. Musonye said they had settled for Rwanda as Kagame Cup hosts because the tournament will concide with country's celebrations to mark 20 years since genocide. Last year’s edition, which was won by Burundi’s Vital’O, was held in Darfur, Sudan. Since 2002, Rwanda President Paul Kagame has been the main sponsor of the tournament. The Pres

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

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.

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