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Hawassa Airport Construction Tender Open as Designers Sign Off

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3-D view of Bereket Tesfaye’s designs for the terminal of Hawassa airport which has facilities of VIP lounge, restaurant, roof terrace, kitchen, security check points and baggage make-up Over the next 30 days, the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) will be looking for potential bidders to build the Hawassa Airport, with the design now complete. The bid document, which will be available from tomorrow, is based on an airfield design by the state owned consulting firm Transport Construction Design Enterprise (TCDE) and a terminal design by private consulting firm, Bereket Tesfaye Consulting Architects and Engineering, according to Wondeme Teklu, the enterprise’s communications head. The airport in the tourist city – 275kms south of Addis Abeba and the capital of the southern regional state – will be the 19th airport to  Ethiopia. The TCDE’s design for the airfield was completed last week, while the Enterprise is already considering three designs for the terminal. The TCDE has

Ethiopia : a leadership in disarray

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

በሲዳማ ላይ የተጻፉ መጽሐፍት ያንቡ

    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 

The Sidama Drama: Sidamo or Sidama?

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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

Infant feeding practices among HIV exposed infants using summary index in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

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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