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Girma Seifu Maru, the sole opposition-party representative in Ethiopia’s 547-member Parliament, in a cafeteria near his private office in Addis Ababa. He says he won’t run for re-election in May.   PHOTO:  PETTERIK WIGGERS FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—The sole voice of opposition in Ethiopia’s 547-member national legislature will soon fall silent—the latest in a long line of people who have given up the fight as the government actively mutes dissent while pursuing populist economic expansion. Since 2010, Girma Seifu Maru has tried to raise his voice against political abuses while 546 fellow legislators consistently support the government. But in February, the government electoral board replaced the leadership of Mr. Girma’s Unity for Democracy and Justice party with its own people, effectively making him a man without a party and further weakening an enfeebled opposition. The board said the party violated its own internal bylaws for appointing leaders.

 A significant proportion of nurses faced violence while providing care at in public health facilities. Photo at  www.pathfind.org Background The rising rate of workplace violence in health care facilities has become a major problem for health care providers including nurses. However, evidences are lacking in Ethiopia particularly in the study area. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence and associated factors of workplace violence among nurses working at health care facilities in Hawassa City Administration, Southern Ethiopia. Methods An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 660 randomly selected nurses working at public health facilities in Hawassa City Administration in April 2014. A pre-tested and structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data were entered using EPI-Info and exported to SPSS for further analysis. Descriptive statistics were done. Logistic regression analyses were used to see the association between different variab

Hagere Selam  ( Amharic , "Land of peace") is a town in southern  Ethiopia . Located in the  Sidama Zone  of the  Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region  (or  kilil ), this town has a latitude and longitude of  6°29′N 38°31′E  and an elevation between 2759 and 2829 meters above sea level. This town has both telephone and postal service, and is supplied with electricity by the  Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation  from the national grid.   more from Wikipedia

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  –  Lidetu Ayalew , the founder and the longest- serving president of  Ethiopian Democratic Party  (EDP), rose to prominence in Ethiopia’s opposition politics during the highly contested 2005 general elections. The aftermath of that election, although it won Lidetu and his party seats in parliament, alienated him from a strong support base due to a split within the Coalition for Unity and Democracy  (CUD). The impact continued during the 2010 general elections as EDP failed to win a single sit in parliament. And in 2011, Lidetu stepped down from his party’s presidency and virtually vanished from active politics since then. He then traveled to UK to do his MA in Developmental Studies at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. As the country warms up to the fifth general elections, Lidetu, a member of EDP’s Central Committee, has resurfaced with a new book titled  Tiyatre Boletica  (Theatre of Politics).  Solomon Goshu of The Reporte

Khartoum, Sudan  - Ethiopia’s Walia U-23  side was eliminated from the  All-Africa Games 4-1 on aggregate score following a 2-0 defeat here today. The Sudanese won the first leg match 2-1 in Dire Dawa. Walia’s coach Mariano Barreto  told the media earlier that his side has been working hard for the past 2 weeks and he believes that they could reverse the score but it turn out to be another empty promise. It is about time that the  Ethiopian Football Federation  does something about coach Barreto, who is said to receive $18,000/month in salary, as Ethiopia surely deserve a better result than the 1 victory, 1 draw &  6 defeats that the teams register in 8 matches under his care. Ethiosport