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Ethiopia: New Housing Scheme for Diaspora and Diplomatic Mission Workers

A draft directive is prepared by the Ministry of Development, Housing and Construction (MUDHC) on housing registration for members of the Ethiopian Diaspora community. This housing scheme is going to be open only for the Ethiopian Diaspora. The directive stipulates different list of prices and different housing schemes from which they can own a house from 40/60 and 20/80 schemes, which currently are underway. According to the draft document, beneficiaries of the directive are the Diaspora and workers of the Ethiopian diplomatic missions. Members of these groups can register individually or can organize themselves and register under housing cooperative associations. Individuals who would like to be included under this scheme have different alternatives. They can register for houses from two to four bedroom houses. According to Fortune, the directive rules out the alternative of a one bedroom apartment. A two bedroom apartment is going to lie on 74 square meters and built on a

Connecting the dots throughout the world leading to economic empowerment

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by Harry C. Alford The idea hit me during the International Panel at our 22 nd  annual conference in Chicago July 10-12. Speaking on the panel were NBCC members from Colombia, Benin, Ghana, Suriname, Ethiopia and France. Ghana, France and Suriname have participated at previous conferences. It was Colombia’s first and they were given an NBCC board seat, taken by Juan Camilo Cabezas, for their effort in forming a strong and viable chapter headquartered in Cali, Colombia, a city of 2.5 million people – and 70 percent Black! As impressive as this map is, an argument can be made that there are more countries with over 100,000 people of African descent, such as Papua, New Guinea, Australia and, as Harry Alford points out, even China. – Map: CompareAfrique.com The Ethiopia participation comes by way of the Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This association of 35 African countries was recently formed and is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We look forward to a pr

የሲዳማ ፊቼ በኣል በማይዳሰሱ እና ኣስቸኳይ ጥበቃ በሚሹ ባህል ስር በዩኔስኮ በኣለም ቅርስነት መመዝገቡ ወይም ኣለመመዝገቡ የምታወቀው እንደፈረንጆች የዘመን ኣቆጣጠር በ2015_2016 ባለው ጊዜ ውስጥ መሆኑ ታወቀ።

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© 2013 by the Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ARCCH) EN: After the actual date for the Fichee celebration is reckoned and identified by ayyanto, clan leaders and competent elder (chimeesa) attend a meeting called songo summoned to make decision on the proclamation of the date to the people. የሲዳማ ኣዲስ ኣመት በኣል ፊቼን በኣለም የማይዳሰሱ እና ኣስቸኳይ ጥበቃ በሚሹ ባህል ተርታ መመዝገቡና ኣለመመዝገቡ የምታወቀው ከሶስት ኣመታት በኃላ ነው። ከዩኔስኮ ድረገጽ ላይ የተገኘው መረጃ እንደሚያመለክተው፤ የፌቼን በኣል በኣለም ቅርስነት ለማስመዝገብ መሟላት ያላባቸው ዶክመንቶች እየተሟሉ ያሉ ቢሆንም፤ ሌሎች ቅዲሚያ የምሰጣቸው መሰል ቅርሶች በመኖራቸው የተነሳ የፊቼን በኣል የመመዝገቡ ሂደት ለሚቀጥሉት ሶስት ኣመታት ልቆይ ይችላል። ለዚህም እንደምክንያት የምጠቀሰው፤ በኣለም ቅርስነት እንድመዘገቡላቸው ጥያቄ ከሚያቀርቡ ኣገራት መካከል እስከኣሁን ድረስ ምንም ኣይነት መሰል ቅርሶችን ያላስመዘጋቡ ወይም ጥቂት ቅርሶችን ያስመዘጋቡ ኣገራት እና ከ 25 ሺ የኣሜሪካ ዶላር በላይ ለቅርሶች እንክብካቤ ጥያቄ ኣቅርበው ወሳኔ የተሰጣቸው ቅርሶች ቅዲሚያ እንድያገኙ በሚል በዩኔስኮ ስምምነት ኣንቀጽ 34 ላይ በተቀመጠው መሰረት ለእነዚሁ ቅርሶች በቅድሚያ እውቅና የሚሰጥ በመሆኑ ነው። በ 2015 እና በ 2016 ውሳኔ ይሳጥባቸዋል ተብሎ በዩኔስኮ ፊይል ውስጥ የተካተቱት የማይዳሰሱ እና ኣስቸኳይ ጥበቃ በሚሹ ባህል እና ሌሎች በቁጥር 100 ሲሆኑ፤

ሰሞኑን ሃዋሳ ላይ ልምምድ ሲያደርግ የሰነበተው የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ እግር ኳስ ብድን ወደ ኣንጎላ ያቀናል

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አዲስ አበባ ሐምሌ 21/2006 የወንዶች እግር ኳስ ብሔራዊ ቡድን የወዳጅነት ጨዋታ ለማድረግ በመጪው ረቡዕ ወደ አንጎላ እንደሚያቀና የኢትዮጵያ እግር ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን አስታወቀ። የፌዴሬሽኑ የህዝብ ግንኙነት ኃላፊ አቶ ወንድምኩን አላዩ እንደተናገሩት ብሔራዊ ቡድኑ የወዳጅነት ጨዋታውን ከአንጎላ አቻው ጋር የፊታችን እሁድ ያካሂዳል፡፡ ቡድኑ የአቋም መለኪያ የወዳጅነት ጨዋታውን የሚያደርገው በሚቀጥለው ዓመት ሞሮኮ በምታዘጋጀው የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ ላይ ለመካፈል እንደሆነ ጠቁመው በተጨማሪም ጨዋታው ኢትዮጵያ ከአልጄሪያ ጋር ለምታደርገው የማጣሪያ ውድድር ለቡድኑ ቅድመ ዝግጅት ይረዳዋል ብለዋል። በፖርቱጋላዊው አሰልጣኝ ማሪያኖ ባሬቶ በሃዋሳ ልምምድ ሲያደርግ የሰነበተው የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ቡድኑ በአሁኑ ወቅት በአዲስ አበባ ይገኛል። አስልጣኙ አገሪቱን በመወከል ከአንጎላ ብሔራዊ ቡድን ጋር የሚጫወቱ ተሰላፊዎችን ዛሬና ነገ ይፋ እንደሚያደርጉ ይጠበቃል። ብሄራዊ ቡድኑ ከአንጎላ ጨዋታ መልስ ወደ ብራዚል በመጓዝ ከአምስት የብራዚል ክለቦች ጋር የወዳጅነት ጨዋታዎችን ያደርጋል ያሉት ኃላፊው  ዋልያዎቹ በብራዚል ለ17 ቀናት እንደሚቆዩ ገልጸዋል። ከኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ቡድን ጋር የወዳጅነት ጨዋታ ለማድረግ ከግብፅ፣ ቤኒን እና ከሌሎችም ብሔራዊ ቡድኖች ጥያቄዎች መቅረባቸውን አቶ ወንድምኩን ተናግረዋል። ግብጽ በነሐሴ ወር ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር የወዳጅነት ጨዋታ ለማድረግ ያቀረበችው ጥያቄ ፌዴሬሽኑ እንደተቀበለውና በቀጣይ ለአገሪቱ እንደሚያሳውቅ ገልጸዋል። ከቤኒን እና ከሌሎች ብሔራዊ ቡድኖች በኩል ለቀረበው ጥያቄ ግን ፌደሬሽኑ እስካሁን ምላሽ አልሰጠም። ኢዜኣ

Ethiopia needs to do better

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That's the message for Ethiopia Copyright 2014: Houston Chronicle July 28, 2014  |  Updated: July 28, 2014 10:25pm As they ready for two days of wheeling and dealing with a high-ranking Ethiopian delegation at a local hotel, Houston business and elected leaders today need to look beyond a foreign market opportunity and first ask hard questions about Ethiopia's recent crackdown on nine journalists, as well as the country's unsuccessful move this spring to make homosexuality a "non-pardonable" crime. Ethiopia is the second largest jailer of journalists in Africa, behind its neighbor on the Horn, Eritrea. This month it upped the tally by formally indicting nine editors, freelancers and bloggers with trumped up charges of inciting violence and terrorism. The world's preeminent advocacy organization for journalists and press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists, called the government's action a move to "suppress political dissent an