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Volunteers in Colorado collected and shipped 20,500 books to Hawassa University

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At the May meeting of the CSU System Board of Governors, CSU President Tony Frank presented the Ram Pride Serivce Award to Nancy and Bob Sturtevant for coordinating a three-year book drive to stock the library at Hawassa University in Ethiopia. Photo by William A. Cotton, CSU Photography Ethiopia: Volunteers in Colorado collected and shipped 20,500 books to Hawassa University Source:  Colorado State University The herculean effort of collecting 20,500 up-to-date textbooks and shipping them halfway around the world into the hands of scholars in Ethiopia has earned a trio of Colorado State employees this year’s Ram Pride Service Award. Bob and Nancy Sturtevant and Paul Evangelista received the Ram Pride Service Award at the May 5 Colorado State University System Board of Governors meeting in Fort Collins. Presented by CSU President and System Chancellor Tony Frank, the Ram Pride Service Award recognizes “service above self” in upholding CSU’s land-grant mission and characte

Farmers Attribute Coffee Income Rise to New Agri Techniques, Experts

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No hustle and bustle like a town. The way to Yirgalem from Hawassa. The magnificent view along the main avenue is very astonishing. It rains all day. The running water in both sides of the ditches are peaceful. As urbaner the muddy scene and the rain is difficult to walk easily but it is not disturbing. Huts are sparse. All-in-all nature is at its best in Sidama Zone. Anyway, the reporters of the Ethiopian Press Agency march to get coffee growing farmers who are making coffee everything of their lives. Farmer Kebede Germamo is from Chuma Kebelle of Dale Woreda. He was nurturing his coffee while it was raining. He told the visiting the Ethiopian Press Agency journalists that he has been engaged in maize production for many years for household consumption using traditional method. But, since 1995 he was massively cultivating coffee on his 4.5 hectares of land. He said that applying the new agricultural techniques and expertise secured from the agricultural experts undertaking trans

Invitation to the Sidama Martyrs’ Commemoration and Inclusive Conference – 2016

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The Sidama National Liberation Front (SNLF), in collaboration with Peoples’ Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (PAFD), has organised the 14th Commemorative Anniversary of the Sidama Loqqee massacre. The event marks the genocide and assassinations committed by the TPLF/EPRDF barbaric regime against the civilian population of the Sidama. This year’s event will be commemorated in unison with other peoples of Ethiopia with a renewed sense of hope, aspiration, determination and purpose to stop the continuation of such heinous crimes against humanity perpetrated by incumbent regime for the last 25 years. The themes of the event will be remembering the fallen civilians and discussing the future direction of the country. Representatives of the communities from Oromo, Ogaden, Gambella and other peoples will give their own testimonial remarks about the massacres of their respective people. The ongoing massacres of people from Oromo, Ogaden, Benishangul, Gambella, Omo valley and the rest will

ኢትዮጵያዉያን ለምን ይሰደዳሉ?

ኢትዮጵያ ከቅርብ ዓመታት ወዲህ ፈጣን የኢኮኖሚ እድገት ከሚያስመዘግቡ የአፍሪቃ ሃገራት አንድዋ መሆንዋ እየተነገረ ነዉ። በሃገሪቱ ሰላምና መረጋጋት ከሰፈነ በርካታ ዓመታት ማስቆጠሩን የሃገሪቱ መንግሥትና ደጋፊዎቹ ይናገራሉ። ይሁንና የኤኮኖሚዉ እድገትም ሆነ ሰፈነ የተባለዉ ሰላም ለዜጎች በተለይም ለወጣቶች ትርጉም ያለዉ ለዉጥ ያመጣ አይመስልም። አውዲዮውን ያዳምጡ። 28:52 ዉይይት-አደገኛዉ የስደተኞች ጉዞ በብዙ ሺህ የሚቆጠሩ ኢትዮጵያዉያን ወጣቶች በገፍ ወደ ተለያዩ ሃገራት እየተሰደዱ ነዉ። የተመድ እና ሌሎች የስደተኞች ጉዳይን የሚከታተሉ ዓለም አቀፍ ማኅበራት እንደሚሉት ኢትዮጵያዉያን ወጣቶች ጦርነት እንዳፈረሳት ሶማልያ ወይም ከፍተኛ ጭቆና ይፈጸምባታል ተብላ እንደምትወቀሰዉ ኤርትራ ሁሉ ኢትዮጵያም በርካታ ዜጎችዋ እየተሰደዱ ነዉ። ወደ አዉሮጳ ደቡብ አፍሪቃና ሃረብ ሃገራት ለመግባት የሚሰደዱ ኢትዮጵያዉያን በየአካባቢዉ የሚደርስባቸዉ ግፍና በደል ዘግናኝ መሆኑን በህይወት የተረፉ ስደተኞች ይናገራሉ። ሌሎች ደግሞ በየበረሃዉና በየባህሩ ሞተዉ ይቀራሉ። ለኢትዮጵያዉያን ወጣቶች በገፍ መሰደድ ምክንያቱ ምን እንደሆነ ለማወቅ በየጊዜዉ የሚደረጉ ጥናቶች እና ዉይይቶች ቢኖሩም እስካሁን ድረስ ወጥ ስምምነት ላይ የሚያደርሱ ስምምነቶች የሉም። ወጣቶቹም መሰደዳቸዉን አላቋረጡም። በቅርቡ የሜዲተራንያን ባህር ለማቋረጥ ሲሞክሩ ሰምጠዉ ከሞቱት 500 ያህል ስደተኞች መካከል ከግማሽ የሚበልጡት ኢትዮጵያዉያን ናቸዉ ተብሎ ይታመናል። በዚሁ በያዝነዉ ሳምንት የዛንብያ ፖሊስ 34 ኢትዮጵያዉያን ስደተኞች ግዛቱን አቋርጠዉ ለማለፍ ሲሞክሩ ይዞ ማሰሩ ይታወቃል። ይህ በቅርቡ የሰማነዉና በምሳሌ የምንጠቅሰዉ ብቻ ነዉ። ኢትዮጵያዉያን ለምን ይሰደዳሉ? የዛ

በኣሜርካ ትልቁ የኣልባሳት ኣምራች የሆነው PVH በዚህ ክረምት ምርቶቹን ከሃዋሳ ማምረት ይጀምራል

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በኣሜርካ ትልቁ የኣልባሳት ኣምራች የሆነው እና Tommy Hilfiger እና Calvin Klein ምርቶች ባለቤት ፒ..ቪ.ኤች ከኣዲሱ የሃዋሳ ኢንዱስትሪ ዞን ምርት ልጀምር መሆኑ ተሰማ። ዝርዝር ወሬውን ከ just-style   ድረጋጽ ያንቡ