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Ethiopians celebrate Easter despite drought

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ADDIS ABABA ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency ) Thousands of Ethiopian Christians are defying tough conditions caused by a dangerous drought to celebrate Easter. The predominantly Orthodox community celebrates Easter Sunday on May 1 this year – later than the Western Christian calendar – after a 55-day fast from meat, milk, butter and eggs. Lent in Ethiopia lasts longer than the 40-day period for which Jesus Christ fasted in the wilderness at the start of his ministry, according to Christian theology. Ethiopians see an extended 15 days during which the clergy and faithful pay homage to kings, heroes and saints, including the nine saints of ancient times who had come from Asia Minor and responsible for expanding the Orthodox across the country. The country is said to have embraced Christianity in the 4th century CE. However, this year latest data from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), suggests more than 10 million Ethio

School Logo Title Positive Deviance and Child Marriage by Abduction in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia

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School Logo Title Positive Deviance and Child Marriage by Abduction in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia Marriage by abduction occurs among the poorest 10% of the Sidama population and entails the kidnapping of girls between the ages of 10 and 14 for forced genital circumcision, rape and marriage. Photograph by Stephanie Sinclair Abstract This dissertation uses Positive Deviance (PD) to understand child marriage by abduction in a community in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia. Marriage by abduction occurs among the poorest 10% of the Sidama population and entails the kidnapping of girls between the ages of 10 and 14 for forced genital circumcision, rape and marriage. PD is a problem solving approach that mobilizes a community to uncover existing yet unrecognized solutions to solve the specific problem. This study, which entailed an examination of the evolution of marriage norms among the Sidama as well as an analysis of the underpinnings of marriage by abduction, discovered t

‹‹የሐዋሳ ሀብቷ ሆቴሎቿ ናቸው››

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ምንጭ፦ ሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ  አቶ ፍትሕ ወልደሰንበት፣ የሐዋሳ ሆቴሎች ማኅበር ፕሬዚዳንት   አቶ ፍትሕ ወልደሰንበት የሐዋሳ ሆቴሎች ማኅበር ፕሬዚዳንት ናቸው፡፡ የሐዋሳ ሴንትራል ሆቴሎች ሥራ አስኪያጅ ሲሆኑ በማኅበሩ ወቅታዊ እንቅስቃሴ እንዲሁም ቀጣይ ዕርምጃ  ታምራት ጌታቸው  አነጋግሯቸዋል፡፡ ሪፖርተር ፡- ማኅበሩ እንዴት ተቋቋመ ምን ያህል አባላትስ አሉት? አቶ ፍትሕ ፡-  የሐዋሳ ሆቴሎች ማኅበር ከተቋቋመ ገና አንድ ዓመቱ ነው፡፡ መጀመሪያ ፎርም በትነን ሞልተው የላኩና የተመዘገቡ 100 የሚሆኑ ናቸው፡፡ ማኅበሩ አዲስ እንደመሆኑ መጠን ከዚህም በላይ ብዙ አባላት እንደሚኖሩን እንጠብቃለን፡፡ ሪፖርተር ፡- አንድ ሆቴል ሲቋቋም ብዙ የሥራ ዕድል ይፈጥራል ተብሎ ይታሰባል፡፡ የማኅበሩ አባላት የሆኑ ሆቴሎች በምን ያህል ደረጃ የሥራ ዕድል ፈጥረዋል? አቶ ፍትሕ ፡-  ያሰራጨነው ፎርም ብዙ ነገሮችን የያዘ ነው፡፡ ምን ያህል ሠራተኞች አሉ? በምን ያህል ካፒታል ነው የተቋቋመው? ሆቴሉ ምን ያህል የመኝታ ክፍሎች አሉት? የሚሉና ሌሎችም በመጠይቁ ውስጥ የተካተቱ ሲሆን እነዚህን የተሰበሰቡ መረጃዎች ወደ ዳታ ቤዝ ገና እየቀየርናቸው ነው፡፡ ስለዚህ በአሁኑ ወቅት ምን ያህል ሠራተኛ እንደሚያስተዳድሩ መናገር አይቻልም፡፡ ነገር ግን መረጃውን የማጠናቀር ሥራ ሲጠናቀቅ ይታወቃል፡፡ ሪፖርተር ፡- የማኅበሩ ተቀዳሚ ዓላማ ምንድነው? አቶ ፍትሕ ፡-  አንድ ማኅበር ሁሌም የሚመሠረተው ከችግር በመነሳት ነው፡፡ ችግሩ ካለፈ በኋላ ብዙ የመቀጠል ነገር አይታይም፡፡ እኛ ግን ከዚህ ለየት ያለ ነገር እናስባለን፡፡ ማኅበሩን የመሠረትንበትና ትልቅ ዓላማ ብለን የያዝነው ሐዋሳ ከኢትዮጵያ ተመራጭ የመዝናኛ ቦታ እየሆነች በመሆኑ ከዚህ ገበያ በሰፊው መጠቀም አለብን ብለ

Welcome Aboard Flight ET-154 to Hawassa

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YOTEK completes runway project short of schedule Source: Addisfortune Jemal Adem, a farmer from nearby Wondo Genet, displayed 15 tickets to his family, including his seven children to experience what is to him a once in a life time opportunity. ‹ › It is rare to see private individuals intrude on an official function where dignitaries deliver a series of speeches, uninterrupted, at grand inauguration of public projects. But that was what Jemal Adem, 42, did on the morning of April 16, 2016, in the presence of officials from the Hawassa City Administration and federal officials of the civil aviation sector. A farmer in nearby village of Wondo Genet, 25Km north of Hawassa, Jemal interjected from the background of a tent with a thunderous voice unmistakably drawing attention to his message. He had waved a number of air tickets up in the air, and expressed his delight at being able to get, what to him, is a lifetime opportunity of boarding an airplane. “Praise be to

የሲዳማ ፖለቲካ እስረኞች ያለምንም ቅድሜ_ሁኔታ በኣስቸካይ እንድፈቱ ተጠየቀ

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በተለያዩ ፖለቲካዊ ምክንያቶች ያለኣግባብ በኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ታስረው በእስር ቤቶች መመማቀቅ ላይ ያሉት የሲዳማ ተወላጆች ያለምንም ቅድሜ ሁኔታ በኣስቸካይ እንዲፈቱ የሲዳማ ብሄራዊ ነጻነት ግንባር ጠየቀ። ዝርዝር ዜናውን ከታች ያንቡ፦ The following Sidama scholars and businessmen have been kidnapped by the security forces of the TPLF led government of Ethiopia and are currently languishing in the most notorious prison of the country known as ‘Maikelawi’ in the country’s capital Finfinnee (Addis Ababa):  1) Solomon Naayu (A Business Person)  2) Desalegn Meessa (A Professor at Wolayita Sodo Univeristy)  3) Girma Dishe (A Busienss Person)  4) Shura Kachara (A Business Person)  5 Debebe Daaka (A Business person) In stark violation of their human rights, some of them have been in detention since November 2015 while others have been incarcerated since early 2016 without any trial. They have been tortured repeatedly to extract confession on crimes they never committed. The reasons given by the Ethiopian security forces for their detention and torture are extreme