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ጥቂት ስለ ኣፍሪካ ዳይስፖራ

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African Diaspora The African diaspora, together with the Jewish diaspora—the etymological and epistemological source of the term  diaspora —enjoys pride of place in the increasingly crowded pantheon of diaspora studies. Studies of African diasporas can be divided into two broad categories. First, there are those that discuss the patterns of dispersal of African peoples around the world and the kinds of diasporic identities these populations developed in their new locations. Distinctions are increasingly drawn between the "historic" and "contemporary" or "new" African diasporas, referring respectively to diasporas formed before and during the twentieth century. Second, some studies are concerned with analyzing the various linkages that the diasporas have maintained with Africa. Here emphasis is on the demographic, cultural, economic, political, ideological, and iconographic flows. The term  African diaspora  gained currency from the 1950s and 1

The Ethiopian Diaspora and consciousness

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By Yilma Bekele The Bay Area that currently is home away from home for thousands of Ethiopians is nothing like any other place that I have known. I was born in a small village on the southern part of Ethiopia and have resided in Addis Abeba, Oregon and Seattle Washington before moving here. The Bay Area is unique. I thank the Gods and celebrate my luck whenever I have a chance. The place where I originated from is not known for such movement of people from one location to another. As much as I remember the majority of the people I know were born, grew up and die within a few miles of their home. A trip to the next town a few miles away was talked about days from departure. My journey to America was definitely a mind boggling experience and by any stretch of the imagination not an understandable act by most of my family and neighbors for the period I came to America. The same thing cannot be said today. As I drive to go to work every day the sight of elderly Ethiopian moth

Challenges and Prospects for Sustainable Forest Management in Wondo Genet Area, Southern Ethiopia

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Photo from http://www.abdn.ac.uk/bale/infopage.html Abstract Read more at http://people.su.se/~tgeme/Forest%20management.pdf

Zimbabwe: Zim 2017 Nations Cup Bid a Wasted Effort

ZIMBABWE is set to lose out in the bidding for the Africa Cup of Nations 2017 after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) stated that the contest was limited to countries that have previously hosted top football tournaments. Zifa chief executive officer Jonathan Mashingaidze returned to Harare on Tuesday after formally submitting Zimbabwe's bid that will compete with Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Egypt and Algeria. Zifa had courted Zambia for a joint bid but were shunned and Botswana, after getting the specifics of the bid details, also pulled out together with Ethiopia. The latest developments were revealed by Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) president Junedin Basha when asked by Supersport why his country had pulled out of hosting the finals, that initially set for war ravaged Libya. "We had wanted to put up a bid but after several discussions with Caf Executives we decided to shelve the plans and prepare for 2020 CHAN and 2025 since we are not yet ready with th

ሁለት የኢንተለጀንስ ሠራተኞች ጉቦ ሲቀበሉ እጅ ከፍንጅ ተያዙ

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በአዲስ አበባ ንፋስ ስልክ ላፍቶ ክፍለ ከተማ ሁለት የኢንተለጀንስ ሠራተኞች ጉቦ ሲቀበሉ እጅ ከፍንጅ መያዛቸውን የፌዴራል ሥነ ምግባርና ፀረ ሙስና ኮሚሽን አስታወቀ፡፡ የኮሚሽኑ የክትትል ሠራተኞች እጅ ከፍንጅ የያዙት የገቢዎችና ጉምሩክ ባለሥልጣን ፅህፈት ቤት   የኢንተለጀንስ ክፍል ኃላፊ እና አንድ    ሠራተኛ ሰሞኑን    ከነጋዴ ጉቦ ሲቀበሉ ነው፡፡ የኢንተለጀንስ ኃላፊ እና ሠራተኛ የነበሩት ሁለቱ ግለሰቦች ወንጀሉን የፈፀሙት በመጀመሪያ ያለምንም የመስሪያ ቤት ደብዳቤ አንድ ነጋዴ ዘንድ ቀርበው የተለያዩ የንግድ ሰነዶችን በመቀበል ነው፡፡ ግለሰቦቹ ከነጋዴው የተቀበሏቸውን ሰነዶች ወደ መስሪያ ቤታቸው ሳይወስዱት ከአንድ በሒሳብ ስራ ላይ የተሰማራ የግል ድርጅት ዘንድ በማስቀመጥ ነጋዴውን ሀሰተኛ ሰነዶችን ይዘሃል፣ ለእኛ ጉቦ ከሰጠኸን አትቀጣም በሚል በመደራደር መሆኑን ታውቋል፡፡ መረጃው የደረሰው ኮሚሽኑ ተገቢውን ክትትል በማድረግ የክፍለ ከተማው የየገቢዎችና ጉምሩክ ባለሥልጣን ጽህፈት ቤት የኢንተለጀንስ ኃላፊ እና ሠራተኛው ባለፈው ሰኞ ከነጋዴው ግለሰብ 20 ሺህ ብር ጉቦ ሲቀበሉ እጅ ከፍንጅ መያዛቸውን ለማወቅ ተችሏል፡፡ በአሁኑ ጊዜ ኮሚሽኑ በሁለቱ ተከሳሾች ላይ ተጨማሪ የምርመራ ማስረጃዎችን አሰባስቦ ፍርድ ቤት ለማቅረብ በሂደት ላይ እንደሚገኝ    ለኢዜአ በላከው መግለጫ ጠቁሟል፡ ፡ ምንጭ፦ የኢትዮጵያ ብሮድካስቲንግ ኮርፕሬሽን