Worancha ወራንቻ

Abstract The major goal of this study was to assess the role of indigenous institutions in handling/ settling conflicts in the Sidama Society. Sidama Communities are found in Sidama Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPRS). The research was conducted in Dalle woreda, Sidama Zone and it was purposively selected. Qualitative research methodology was employed in the study for its appropriateness to assess the role of indigenous institutions in handling/ settling conflicts in the study area and data was collected through the use of interview, key informant interview, focus group discussion, personal observation and document review. The results obtained from the study suggest that Conflicts in Sidama, as in anywhere else, may vary from trivial interpersonal disagreements to a serious dispute which might eventually lead to homicide. The most common conflict issues in Sidama are grazing land, water, farmland and borderland. There are many deeds and account

የራስን ዕድል በራስ የመወሰን ጥያቄን በመጀመሪያ ለክልል ማቅረብ እንደ ግዴታ ሊቀመጥ ነው የጠያቂውን ማኅበረሰብ አምስት በመቶ ፊርማ ማሰባሰብ ያስፈልጋል የራስን ዕድል በራስ የመወሰን ጥያቄ ለፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት ከመቅረቡ በፊት፣ የክልል መፍትሔን አሟጦ የመጨረስ ሕጋዊ ግዴታ ሊቀመጥ ነው፡፡ የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት ሥልጣንና ተግባርን ለመዘርዘር ተሻሽሎ የተረቀቀው አዋጅ እንደሚያስረዳው፣ የራስን ዕድል በራስ የመወሰን የመብት ጥያቄ በማንኛውም ማኅበረሰብ ሊቀርብ እንደሚችል፣ ነገር ግን ይህ ጥያቄ ለፌዴሬሽን ከመቅረቡ በፊት የክልል መፍትሔዎችን መጠቀም ግዴታ መሆኑን በረቂቁ አዋጅ አንቀጽ 27 ላይ ሠፍሯል፡፡ ‹‹የራስን ዕድል በራስ የመወሰን የመብት ጥያቄ ወደ ምክር ቤቱ የሚቀርበው በክልሉ በሚገኙት የተለያዩ የመስተዳደር እርከኖች ቀርቦ አጥጋቢ መፍትሔ ያልተሰጠው መሆኑ ሲረጋገጥ ብቻ ነው፤›› ይላል የረቂቁ ድንጋጌ፡፡ ክልሎችም የራስን ዕድል በራስ የመወሰን የተመለከቱ ጥያቄዎች ሲቀርቡላቸው በሁለት ዓመት ጊዜ ውስጥ መወሰን እንደሚኖርባቸውም የሚገልጽ የጊዜ ገደብ በረቂቁ ተቀምጧል፡፡ የራስን ዕድል በራስ የመወሰን የመብት ጥያቄዎች የሚባሉትም ማንኛውም ማኅበረሰብ ማንነቴ አልታወቀልኝም ብሎ የሚያነሳው ወይም ማንኛውም ብሔር፣ ብሔረሰብ ወይም ሕዝብ ቋንቋዬን፣ ባህሌንና ታሪኬን የማሳድግበት ሁኔታ አልተመቻቸልኝም፣ በክልልና በፌዴራል አስተዳደሮች ሚዛናዊ ውክልና የማግኘት መብቴ አልተከበረም፣ ወይም በማንኛውም ሌላ ምክንያት አድልኦ ተፈጽሞብኛል የሚል እምነት ካደረበት ክልላዊ አስተዳደሩን ጠብቆ ለፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤትም ሊቀርብ የሚችል መሆኑን ይገልጻል፡፡ ከዚህ ቀደም በነበረው አሠራር የራስን ዕድል በራስ የመወሰን ጥያቄ ለክልል አስተዳደር አ

The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, officially inaugurated the Graduation Hall of Hawassa University in Ethiopia as the “African Union Hall” on 12 May 2016. The ceremony took place right before she delivered an inspirational public lecture on the theme: “2063 African Continental Vision”. Dr. Dlamini Zuma also awarded prizes to the best female students, female lecturers and mid-level officials. The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma The Hawassa University President, Professor Yosef Mamo, at the occasion announced the offer of 10 scholarships to students from other African countries and expressed the University’s aspiration to be a truly Pan African University by ensuring an enrolment of a minimum of five per cent African students by 2025. “On behalf of Africa, I thank very much Hawassa University for offering the ten scholarships to African students. I think this is a very good sign for o

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

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