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By RENÉ LEFORT It may be that, in Ethiopia, history is so powerful that the past permeates the present, and it repeats itself. In this case, what we see today is simply another interregnum between two powerful men. “ Can you tell me who is in charge in the government?” , asks Tamrat Gebregiorgis, publisher of the reference weekly  Addis   Fortune , at the latest of the regular press conferences held by Prime Minister Hailmariam Dessalegn. He replies by first underlining the efforts being made to remedy a few small defects like corruption, then rounds off with a joke: the answer is probably in your “ gossip columns ”. The effrontery of the question was staggering. It would have been inconceivable during the reign of previous Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died in August 2012. It would also have been groundless: he held sole sway at the summit of the Party/State pyramid. On the tier below, the key figures of the TPLF (Tigrean People’s Liberation Front) were in command, includin

    Development challenges in the age of climate change:the case of Sidama *   By Seyoum Yunkura Hameso † Abstract Today, developing countries face distinctive challenges of development such as to poverty reduction, growth and economic development. The growing concern with climatechange presents additional challenges and opportunities to these countries. The paper explores development possibilities/challenges in the age of climate change on the basis of selected review of the literature on mainstreaming climate change to development. Thethemes under discussion relate to on-going empirical research on vulnerability andadaptions to climate change in Ethiopia, the case of smallholder farmers in Sidama.  Read more @ http://www.scribd.com/doc/137042703/Seyoum-Climate-Change-Sidama 

በሲዳማ ቡና ስያሜ ላይ SPRUDGE COFFEE NEWS & CULTURE  ለተነሳው ክርክር የተሰጠ ምርጥ ምላሽ፦ Our favorite name in coffee commentary, Wondwossen Mezlekia, has recently weighed in with a fascinating contribution over on the Coffeed forums. Noted coffee gadabout Nick Cho posed a simple question: ''Sidamo or Sidama?'' የምንጭ ኮፊድ ዶትኮም When I shop, I ask for a bag of "Sidamo coffee" because that is how it is branded, notwithstanding the ongoing debate over the political history of the names. I recently read about the history behind the two terms and the complexity of the issue. The political side of this question is discussed here:  http://www.sidamaconcern.com/news2007/0810071.htm My understanding has always been that "Sidamo" is the name of the region inhabited by the Sidama people. Further, I used to think that "Sidamo coffee" was named after the region where it is grown much like Harar coffee, Yirgacheffe coffee. Apparently, this is not the case, a

Background Combining various aspects of child feeding into an age-specific summary index provides a first answer to the question of how best to deal with recommended feeding practices in the context of HIV pandemic. The objective of this study is to assess feeding practices of HIV exposed infants using summary index and its association with nutritional status in Southern Ethiopia. Methods Facility based cross-sectional study design with cluster random sampling technique was conducted in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Bivariate and multivariable linear regression analyses were performed to assess the association between summary index (infant and child feeding index) (CS-ICFI) and nutritional status. Results The mean (±standard deviation (SD)) cross-sectional infant and child feeding index (CS-ICFI) score of infants was 9.09 (±2.59), [95% CI: 8.69-9.49]). Thirty seven percent (36.6%) of HIV exposed infants fell in the high CS-ICFI category while 31.4% of them were found

የሃዋሳ መምራን ትምህርት ኮሌጅ ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ በሲዳማ ኣፎ ያሰለጠናቸውን መምህራን ኣስመረቀ ሰሞኑን  ኣስመርቋል። ዝርዝር ዜናው የኢዜኣ   ነው የሃዋሳ መምህራን ትምህርት ኮሌጅ ከ1ሺህ 300 በላይ ተማሪዎችን አስመረቀ ሀዋሳ ሰኔ 29/2006 የትምህርት ጥራት ለማስጠበቅ የለውጥ አንቀሳቃሽ በመሆን የሚጠበቅባቸውን ሁሉ ለማድረግ መዘጋጀታቸውን የሃዋሳ መምህራን ትምህርት ኮሌጅ አንዳንድ ተመራቂ ተማሪዎች ገለጹ፡፡ ኮሌጁ ከ1ሺህ 300 በላይ ተማሪዎችን በመምህርነት ሙያ አሰልጥኖ ትናንት አስመረቋል፡፡ ከተመራቂ ተማሪዎች መካከል መሃመድ ሳኒ፣ ጥበቡ እንግዳና ዳዊት ዳንኤል እንዳሉት መምህርነት ከራስ ይልቅ ለሌላው መኖርን የሚጠይቅ ክቡር ሙያ ነው፡፡ በመሆኑም የለውጥ አንቀሳቃሽ በመሆን ብቁና ተወዳዳሪ ዜጋ ለማፍራት የሚጠበቅባቸው ሁሉ ለመወጣት ዝግጁ መሆናቸውን ተናግረዋል፡፡ ህፃናት ከመጀመሪያ የትምህርት ደረጃ ጀምሮ ባሉ ሁሉም የትምህርት እርከኖች በእውቀት፣ በአመለካከትና በስነ ምግባር ታንፀው እንዲወጡ የማድረግ ስራ ላይ ልዩ ትኩረት ሰጥተው እንደሚሰሩ ገልፀዋል፡፡ በትምህርት ተቋም ያገኙትን እውቀት በተግባር ላይ በማዋል የትምህርት ጥራት ለማስጠበቅ የተጀመሩ ስራዎች ከዳር ለማድረስ ጠንክረው እንደሚሰሩ ተናግረዋል፡፡ የሃዋሳ መምህራን ኮሌጅ ዲን አቶ አበራ አርጎ ኮሌጁ ለ16ኛ ጊዜ በመምህርነት ሙያ አስልጥኖ ያስመረቃቸው ከ1ሺህ 300 በላይ ተማሪዎች በመደበኛ፣ በማታና በክረምት ፕሮግራም ለሶስት ዓመታት በዲፕሎማና በትምህርት አስተዳደር የመጀመሪያ ዲግሪ መሆኑን አስረድተዋል፡፡ ኮሌጁ የዘንድሮን ተመራቂዎች ጨምሮ ባለፉት 16 ዓመታት በተለያዩ የዲፕሎማ መርሀ ግብር 30ሺህ 244 መምህራንን አሰልጥኖ በማውጣት  ለክልሉ የትምህርት ልማት አስተ