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Ethiopia: Medrek Proposes Alternative Working Language

The Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Medrek) published its election manifesto that consists of alternatives and other ideological points that the party wants to achieve in the upcoming election in order to become a formidable competitor. The manifesto was launched on Friday at the party's headquarters in a press conference, which was attended by both local and international media representatives. Medrek officials discussed issues concerning the challenges that the party is facing while striving to become competitive in the upcoming national election. RELATED TOPICS Ethiopia Ethiopia: Youth & Politics in Post-Revolu... Ethiopia: On the Biggest Challenge Facing... Ethiopia: Governing the Streets of Addis -... Ethiopia: Meskel Square, Addis Ababa - Worshi... The details of the manifesto was presented by Merera Gudina (PhD), head of external affairs, Tilahun Endeshaw, head of public relations and Gebru Gebremariam, secretary of the party. The party launched its 13-page man

Hawassa Kenema vs Kidus Giorgis

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Hawassa Kenema vs Kidus Giorgis Ethiopian Premier League 2007 E.C. vs March 19, 2015 Score: 2 - 0 Venue Information Hawassa Stadium Home 5. Tafesse Solomon Goal 20. Temesgen Tekle Goal Subs Away

Rising Hawassa set to attract more investors

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   Hawassa has grown explosively in recent years. After 30 years of its establishment, Hawassa is serving as the capital of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples State (SNNPS) since 1991. The 57 years old town consists of eight sub-cities and 32 kebelles. The total population of the town is estimated to be 350,000. The Ethiopian Herald recently conducted an exclusive interview with Mayor of Hawassa Town Administration, Yonas Yosef on the development progress of the town. Hawassa has been undertaking various projects aimed at reducing poverty. The administration has given prime attention to the development of infrastructure, construction, trade, and social services among others. Yonas noted that Hawassa town has got its name from the name of “Lake Hawassa.” 'Hawassa' means 'big' in Sidama language. Hawassa was chosen as urban centre due to its natural beauty and attractiveness of the area around. Before 1960, the place was not inhabited by many people,

በሐዋሳ ከተማ የተከራካሪያቸውን ጠበቃ ገድለዋል የተባሉት ባለሀብት በሞት እንዲቀጡ ተወሰነ

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- በጥይት ተመትተው የተረፉት ሌላው ጠበቃ አካላቸው አይንቀሳቀስም  በደቡብ ክልል በሐዋሳ ከተማ መስከረም 27 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም. የተከራካሪያቸውን ጠበቃ በሽጉጥ ገድለዋል ተብለው ክስ ተመሥርቶባቸው የነበሩት የ‹‹ብሉ ናይልና ኢቪኒንግ ስታር›› ሆቴሎች ባለቤት አቶ ታምራት ሙሉ፣ መጋቢት 4 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም. በሞት እንዲቀጡ ሐዋሳ የሚገኘው የደቡብ ክልል ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት የቅጣት ውሳኔ ሰጠ፡፡ ፍርደኛው አቶ ታምራት የተከራካሪያቸውን ጠበቃ አቶ ዳንኤል ዋለልኝ በጥይት መትተው ከገደሏቸው በኋላ፣ ረዳት ጠበቃ የነበሩትን አቶ ዳግማዊ አሰፋን አንገታቸው አካባቢ በጥይት መትተው በማምለጥ ለ15 ቀናት ያህል ተሰውረው መክረማቸውን የዓቃቤ ሕግ ክስ ያመለክታል፡፡ የደቡብ ክልል ፍትሕ፣ ፀጥታና ፖሊስ ኮሚሽን የመርማሪ ቡድን በፍጥነት በማቋቋም ከፌዴራል ፖሊስ፣ ከብሔራዊ መረጃና ደኅንነትና ከአዲስ አበባ ፖሊስ ኮሚሽን ጋር በመተባበር ባደረገው ክትትል፣ አቶ ታምራት ወደ አዲስ አበባ እየሄዱ ሳለ በኦሮሚያ ክልል ገላን ከተማ በቁጥጥር ሥር መዋላቸውንም ክሱ ያስረዳል፡፡ ፍርደኛው በቁጥጥር ሥር ከዋሉ በኋላ ለፖሊስም ሆነ ፍርድ ቤት ቀርበው በሰጡት የዕምነት ቃል ድርጊቱን መፈጸማቸውን አረጋግጠዋል፡፡ አቶ ታምራት ሟች ጠበቃ ዳንኤልን ሊገድሉዋቸው የቻሉት፣ ቀደም ብሎ በሟች ደንበኛ ተከሰው የተወሰነ ጊዜ ከተከራከሩ በኋላ በሟች አማካይነት ጉዳዩን በስምምነት ይጨርሳሉ፡፡ ከጠበቃ ዳንኤል ጋርም በዚያ ምክንያት ይተዋወቁና ይግባባሉ፡፡ ነገር ግን አቶ ታምራት በሌላኛው የጠበቃ ዳንኤል ደንበኛ ሌላ ክስ ሲመሠረትባቸው፣ ጠበቃ ዳንኤል ጥብቅና እንዳይቆሙላቸው ፍርደኛው ይነግሩዋቸዋል፡፡ ጠበቃ ዳንኤል ግን ይቃወማሉ፡፡ የደንበኛቸውን ጉዳይ የሚይዙት እሳቸው መሆናቸውን፣ ከአቶ

An exhibit of photos and film documenting a community's fight to restore clean water in Sidama

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Coffee Meets Water: Restoring Clean Water Through Crowdfunding - SIDAMA By Nellie Kim and Sarah Ford Can you imagine not having access to clean water?  The truth is, not having access to clean water is truly incomprehensible for most of us; we take it for granted. The closest many of us have ever come to not having access to water is when a damaging storm has hit or the community water system has been contaminated and everyone runs to the nearest store to stock up on water bottles.  Even in those cases though, we know it will only be a temporary nuisance because there’s a system in place and professionals dedicated to restoring our access.  But for nearly 750 million people around the world this isn’t the case.  Accessing Water At Any Cost 1 in 9 people do not have access to clean water, and half of those people reside in Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the  World Health Organization , Sub-Saharan Africa loses an estimated 4.3% of its GDP each year due to lack of adequate