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Sidama is among the targeted regions for sweet potatoes production under SeFaMaCo

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The four-year initiative dubbed ‘SeFaMaCo,’ short for ‘Seed-Farmer-Markets Consumer,’ funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will be implemented by the Farm Concern International (FCI) which also works in three countries. A PROGRAMME aiming to assist banana and sweet potato growers in Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia in securing reliable markets was launched here, targeting to benefit nearly 100,000 families in Tanzania alone. Speaking at the official launch of the project, the SeFaMaCo programme manager, Mr Winston Mwombeki, said that the project is geared to boost production of the two crops in the targeted areas, adding that the programme will benefit a total of 94,000 households or about 500,000 people between them. According to Mwombeki, the targeted regions for sweet potatoes under SeFaMaCo include Kagera, Mwanza, Morogoro and Zanzibar, while in Uganda the project will be implemented in Kamuli, Soroti, Gulu and Lira. In Ethiopia SeFaMaCo will make scene in Wolaita, S

USAID Suspends New Contracts to Nonprofit for ‘Serious Misconduct’

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A government contractor that has received more than $2.5 billion for humanitarian and infrastructure work in Iraq and Afghanistan has been suspended from receiving federal funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) due to “serious misconduct.” The USAID announced the suspension on Monday, less than a week after awarding a $10.5 million contract to International Relief and Development (IRD), a nonprofit based in Arlington, Virginia, for infrastructure and sanitation projects in Afghanistan. “Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) suspended the contractor International Relief and Development (IRD) from receiving U.S. Government awards,” the  statement  read. “The Agency’s review revealed serious misconduct in IRD’s performance, management, internal controls and present responsibility.” “USAID has a zero tolerance policy for mismanagement of American taxpayer funds and will take every measure at our disposal to recover these fund

Pellicani sul Lago Hawassa

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Foto da    Giuseppe D'amico

"Sidamo means kiss in the native language of our children, who were born in the Ethiopian region of Sidama"

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WEDNESDAY, 28 JANUARY 2015 Sport quote us.   Not a basketball court or a football field or in a pool. The meeting point to start this route is  the "Olympic stadium bowls"  as defined ironically the host of DIY  you already do, Catalonia Television and neighbor Guinardó. When Rafael Vives (Cala Bona, Son Servera, Mallorca, 1966) came to the neighborhood where he has lived for almost fifteen years, next Guinardó Recovering But as municipal facilities and equipped with two bars with terrace, which is the Petanque also  "had a basketball court,"  he recalls.   But when the urban renewal of the area's ancestral house of Horta-Guinardó,  "I guess they had retired to devote his time to claim a space for practice petanque, and that is why it has filled all this land for petanquers esplanade "exposes  the neighbor who comes to your appointment accompanied by a  dog." It's a rabbit dog Andalusian we found abandoned Vila Round (Alt Camp), th

በመጪው እሁድ ሃዋሳ ከነማ ደደቢትን ይገጥማል

የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪሚየር ሊግ የ2007 ግማሽ የውድድር ዓመት እሑድ ጥር 24 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም. ሐዋሳ ላይ ሐዋሳ ከነማ ከደደቢት፣ በድረ ላይ ወላይታ ድቻ ከቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስና በአዲስ አበባ አበበ ቢቂላ ስታዲየም ኢትዮጵያ ቡና ከመብራት ኃይል ጋር የሚቀሩት ተስካካይ ጨዋታዎች ተደርገው ይጠናቀቃል፡፡ የፕሪሚየር ሊጉ ሁለተኛው ዙር ጨዋታ በመጋቢት ወር መጀመርያ በአዲስ አበባ ስታዲየም እንደሚቀጥልም የፌዴሬሽኑ ሕዝብ ግንኙነት ኃላፊ አቶ ወንድምኩን አላዩ ገልጸዋል፡፡  እስካሁን ባለው ፕሪሚየር ሊጉ የደረጃ ሰንጠረዥ ሲዳማ ቡና በ27 ነጥብ ሲመራ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ አንድ ተስተካካይ ጨዋታ እየቀየረው በ24 ነጥብ ይከተላል፡፡ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ እሑድ ወላይታ ድቻን የሚያሸንፍ ከሆነ ግን ሲዳማ ቡና በጎል ክፍያ ስለሚበለጥ መሪነቱን ያስረክባል፡፡  በተመሳሳይ አንድ ተስተካካይ ጨዋታ የሚቀረው ኢትዮጵያ ቡና ወላይታ ድቻን በጎል ክፍያ በልጦ ሦስተኛና አራተኛ ሲሆኑ፣ አዳማ ከነማ በ19 አምስተኛ፣ አርባ ምንጭ ከነማ በ19 ነጥብ በጎል ክፍያ ተበልጦ ስድስተኛ፣ ኢትዮጵያ ንግድ ባነክ በ16 ነጥብ ሰባተኛ፣ ዳሸን ቢራና መከላከያ በተመሳሳይ 16 ነጥብ በጎል ክፍያ ተበልጠው ስምንተኛና ዘጠነኛ ደረጃ ላይ ተቀምጠዋል፡፡ ደደቢት በ15 ነጥብ 10ኛ፣ መብራት ኃይል በ14፣ ሙገር ሲሚንቶ በ13፣ ሐዋሳ ከነማ በ10 እና በመጣበት አኳኋን ለመመለስ እያኮበኮበ የሚገኘው ወልዲያ ከነማ በ5 ነጥብ ከ11ኛ እስከ 14ኛ ያለውን ደረጃ ይዘው እንደሚገኙ አቶ ወንድምኩን አስረድተዋል፡፡