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Doctors in Ethiopia are looking past their religious beliefs on abortions to save lives

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Credit:  Dalia Mortada 29-year-old Khadija Ali — a fake name she gave — had an abortion at Marie Stopes Clinic in Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, easier access to abortions has been one way the government has tried to save women’s lives. Since 2005, Ethiopia has made it much easier and cheaper for women to get legal abortions. It seems contrary to the population’s very conservative religious ideals, but doctors say they’re willing to look past their religion to save women’s lives.  In Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, many women come to the Marie Stopes Clinic to get birth control advice, to give birth and follow up on their pregnancies. Sometimes, they come to have abortions. That’s where 29-year-old Khadija Ali — a fake name she gave, because of the stigma associated with abortion — was undergoing an abortion. She says she’s not in too much pain. “I was working for a family in Bahrain where I was raped by my employer,” she explains, wringing her hands partly from anxiety, a

የሲዳማ ማክሮ ፋይናንስ ባለፉት 15 ኣመታት ተቀማጭ ካፒታሉን ከ200ሺ ብር ወደ ሁለት ሚሊዮን ዶላር ማሳደግ ብችልም፤ በዞኑ የማክሮ ፋይናንስ ገበያ ያለው ተወዳዳሪነት እየቀነሰ ነው

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እንደፈረንዶቹ ዘመን ኣቆጣጠር በ 1998 ኣመተምህረት ዝቅተኛ ገቢ ያላቸው ነገር ግን ሰርተው መለወጥ የምችሉ፤ በገጠር እና ከተማ ነዋሪ የሆነው እና ኣማራጭ የገንዘብ ተቋማት በኣቅራቢያቸው የሌሏቸው ዜጎች ለመረዳት ተብሎ በ 200 ሺ ብር ካፒታል የተቋቋመው የሲዳማ ማክሮ ፋይናንስ ባለፉት 15 ኣመታት ተቀማጭ ካፒታሉን ወደ ሁለት ሚሊዮን ዶላር ማሳደግ ብችልም፤ በዞኑ የማክሮ ፋይናንስ ገበያ ያለው ተወዳዳሪነት እየቀነሰ ነው። የማክሮ ፋይናሱ ኣሴት ( Assets) ባለፉት ኣስርተ ኣመታት ከ 2 ነጥብ 3 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ወደ 1 ነጥብ 9 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ወርዷል፤ የማክሮ ፋይናንሱ ኤኪቲይ ( Equity) ደግሞ ከ 1 ነጥብ 9 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ወደ 619 ሺ 085 ከ 06 ሳንቲም ወርዷል፤ ግሮስ ሎን ፖርትፎልዮ ( Gross Loan Portfolio) ደግሞ ከ 657 ሺ 678 ከ 99 ሳንቲም ወደ 2 ነጥብ 5 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ኣድጓል፤ ቀድሞ የሲዳማ ልማት ፕሮግራም በኃላ ላይ ደግሞ የሲዳማ ልማት ኮፕሬሽን እህት ኩባንያ ሆኖ በፍቃድ በቁጥር 40/1996 በኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ ቁጥጥር ስር ሆኖ የተመዘጋበው የሲዳማ ማክሮ ፋይናንስ በሲዳማ ዞን ውስጥ ባሉ የገጠር እና ከተማ ቀበሌያች የብድር ኣገልግሎት በመስጠት ላይ ሲሆን ወደ 50 ሺ የሚጠጉ የኣገልግሎቱ ተጠቃሚዎች እንዳሉት ታውቋል። ከኤም ኤፍ ኣይ የተገኘው መረጃ እንደሚያመለክተው ማክሮ ፋይናንሱ እኣኣ በ 2012 ኣም 2 ነጥብ 5 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ግሮስ ሎን ፖርትፎሊዮ ሲኖረው፤ በኣማካይ 51 ነጥብ 8 ዶላር ማለትም ወደ ኣንድ ሺ ብር ለየኣንዳንዱ ተበዳር ኣበድሯል። የማክሮ ፋይናንሱ ከ 1 ነጥብ 3 ሚሊዮን ዶላር በላይ ተቀማጭ ገንዘብ ኣለው። ለ

Anthropogenic pollution of Lake Hawassa, southern Ethiopia: Impact of point sources, environmental policy and legal frameworks

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Lake Hawassa is the smallest lake in the rift valley of Ethiopia. Its pollution from industrial discharges has become a serious concern. The objective of this work was to assess its pollution and policy on it. Effluents contained chemical parameters that surpassed the maximum permissible limits (MPL) of EPA. The concentrations Hg, Pb, Cd, Fe and Ni in Tikur Wuha River were above MPL in drinking water due to inflowing effluent. The concentrations of these metals in the lake water were far less and below MPL in drinking water, but the level of heavy metals in the only inflowing river is a warning to the lake. Fry mortality and algal biomass varied depending on effluent source and concentration level used in the study. High fry death and algal growth were observed in textile factory effluent treatment. Earlier studies indicated that fish from the lake contained Hg, Zn, Fe, Mn and Cu, but their concentrations in the muscles of the most fished species were below the recommended MPL in h

The Furra Legend in Sidama Traditions

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Ethiopian flowers are likely to become a hit in the international auction market bolstered by foreign investment such as KKR & Co., an American private equity fund, maiden venture into Africa through Ethiopia’s sweetheart rose producer Afriflora. But where does this leave the country in terms of food security? This question becomes poignant when considering that 40 percent of the nation’s 80 million people are undernourished, according to an estimate by the International Food Policy Research Institute. The horn of Africa Nation is the second-largest producer of cut flowers in Africa after Kenya, with 2012 exports reaching $168 million in value. Total exports from Ethiopia total about $3 billion annually, and coffee is its most prominent commodity. The country’s flower-growers could, by many measures, be considered an example of true commercial success with a major potential benefit of creating much needed jobs. For example Afriflora, a Fairtrade International certified comp