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European Parliament Conference: Cartoon Democracy – Authoritarian Rule and Elections in Ethiopia

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The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), in cooperation with Julie Ward MEP (S&D), Soraya Post MEP (S&D), Ana Gomes MEP (S&D), Jordi Sebasti à MEP (G/EFA), Bodil Ceballos MEP (G/EFA)  and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), will be convening a high-level conference entitled ‘Cartoon Democracy – Authoritarian Rule and Elections in Ethiopia’ at the European Parliament in Brussels on 23 April 2015 from 09:00 to 12:30. Taking place ahead of the Ethiopian National Election on 24 May 2015, this timely conference will analyse the current political climate in Ethiopia and the deeper structural issues shaping it. Bringing together Ethiopian minority and opposition leaders as well as international experts and politicians, it aims to offer a platform for dialogue where existing challenges can be openly addressed and possible opportunities for democratic change explored. In May 2010, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) wo

Colorado State University partnership helps stock university library in Hawassa

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More than 20,500 up-to-date textbooks and recent scholarly journals – that’s over 33,000 pounds of materials packed into 641 boxes – are on their way to Hawassa University in Ethiopia, thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers and a generous commitment from Colorado State University. CSU and Hawassa signed a memorandum of understanding to develop collaborative relationships between the two universities’ colleges of agriculture and natural resources in 2012. When CSU President Tony Frank visited the natural resources college at Hawassa University three years ago, he said, “I came away from our visit to Ethiopia feeling very enthusiastic about the possibilities, large and small. So much of the credit for our strong ties in the country and with Hawassa University lies with (Natural Resource Ecology Lab research scientist) Paul Evangelista, whose personal passion and research interests have laid the groundwork for an enduring partnership around areas of real strength at CSU: wildli

Hawassa Textile Puzzle

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It was in 1939, during Ethiopia's brief occupation by Italy that the first garment factory was established. Since then, the sector has come a long way and 130 medium and large scale textile factories have opened, of which 37 are owned by foreign investors. Hawassa Textile S.C. is one of the oldest companies, which was established in 1989 under state ownership but as of 2011, the ownership was transferred to Dukem Textile Plc at a cost of 37 million Br. The company produces bed sheets and foam mattress covers, school uniforms, workers uniforms and thread. Of all its products, only thread has made it to the international market, said Eyasu Atnafu, general manager of Hawassa Textile S.C. According to Amanuel Girma, branch manager of Almeda Textile, just like Hawassa Textile S.C., his company also exports only 20pc of its total production, the rest being sold in the local market. Almeda Textile Plc, established in February 1996, by the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tig

East African Bottling S.C plans plant in Hawassa

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East African Bottling S.C (EABSC) started the construction of a 420-million Br plant two weeks ago in Bahir Dar, in the Amhara Regional State. The plant, constructed on a 30ha plot, is a part of a 500 million-dollar investment, which the company launched in April 2012. The plan includes three new plants, including one in Hawassa and another one in western Ethiopia and implementation will be completed by 2020. EABSC produces and bottles beverages including those from the Fanta group, Coca-Cola, Sprite, Schweppes, Coke Light and Dasani bottled water. Read more

አይ ኤስ በሊቢያ በሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያዊያን ላይ የፈፀመውን አሰቃቂ ግድያ በማውገዝ የአዲስ አበባ ነዋሪዎች ነገ ሰልፍ ያካሂዳሉ

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አዲስ አበባ፣ ሚያዝያ 13፣ 2007( ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ ) አይ ኤስ በሊቢያ በሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያዊያን ላይ የፈፀመውን አሰቃቂ ግድያ በማውገዝ የአዲስ አበባ ነዋሪዎች ነገ ሰልፍ ያካሂዳሉ። በደቡብ አፍሪካ በወገኖቻችንና ሌሎች አፍሪካ ሃገራት ስደተኞች ላይ የተፈፀመውን ግፍና በሊቢያ አይ ኤስ አይ ኤስ የተባለው አሸባሪ ቡድን በኢትዮጵያውያን ስደተኞች ላይ የፈፀመውን የጅምላ ግድያ የሚያወግዝ ታላቅ ሃገራዊ የተቋውሞ ሰልፍ ነው ብሏል ሰልፉን ያስተባበረዉ የአዲስ አበባ ወጣቶች ፌዴሬሽን። የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አስተደደርም ድርጊቱ በሰው ልጅ ላይ የተፈጸመ አስነዋሪና አረመኔያዊ ድርጊት በመሆኑ መላው የከተማችን ነዋሪ በተደራጀ መልኩ ነገ ከጠዋቱ 3 ሰአት በመስቀል አደባባይ በመገኘት ድርጊቱን አምርረን እናውግዝ በማለት ጥሪ አስተላልፏል። በሰልፉ ላይ መንግስትና የከተማው ነዋሪ በተደራጀ መልኩ አስቀድሞ የጀመረውን የፀረ ሽብር ትግል አጠናክሮ እንደሚቀጥልበት ለሁሉም አሸባሪዎች፣ አክራረዎች እና ከዚህ ከሽብር የጥፋት ተልዕኮ ፖለቲካዊ ትርፍ እናገኛለን ብለው ለሚያልሙ ሃይሎች ጭምር ግልፅ መልእክት ይተላለፋል ተብሎም ይጠበቃል። በሰልፉ ላይም እስከ ግማሽ ሚሊዮን የሚደርሱ የከተማዋ ነዋሪዎች እንደሚገኙ ይጠበቃል። አይ ኤስ በኢትዮጵያዊያኑ ላይ ያደረሰው ዘግናኝ ግድያ ከአለማቀፉ ማህበረሰብ መወገዙን የቀጠለ ሲሆን፥ በርካታ ሀገራት እና አለማቀፍ ተቋማትም በአሸባሪ ቡድኑ ለተሰው ቤተሰቦችና በአጠቃላይ ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ መፅናናትን እየተመኙ ነው። ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ሀይለማርያም ደሳለኝም ኢትዮጵያውያን ሽብርተኝነት የሀይማኖት ጭምብል ለብሶ መምጣቱ ሳያዘናጋቸው ሀይማኖት ሳይለዩ በአንድ ልብ እና ሃሳብ ቆመው ሊዋጉት እንደሚገባ ገልፀዋል። የሃይማኖት መሪዎችም ሆኑ ሰፊው ህዝብ