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In the satirical animation 'There You Go!', development experts claim to bring 'sustainable development' to an imaginary tribe. Instead, they bring destruction. © Oren Ginzburg/Survival A new film launched today by Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, takes a satirical look at how tribes are often destroyed in the name of ‘development’. The 2-minute animation ‘There You Go!’  shows how ‘development’ can rob self-sufficient tribal people of their land, livelihood and pride, and turn them into beggars. In the short film, based on a comic book by author Oren Ginzburg, development experts claim they want to bring ‘sustainable development’ to an imaginary forest-dwelling tribe – who end up destitute, in a slum. ‘There You Go!’‘s central message is that forcing ’development’ on tribal people can destroy them, and that tribal people know best what is good for them. ‘What kind of development is it when people lead shorter

by Hundanol A. Kebede (OPride) – There is an ongoing coordinated attack on the right of nations and nationalities to self-determination in Ethiopia. This campaign is led exclusively by the Amhara elite with the aim of creating delusions among the general public. They deceptively attribute the failure and brutalities of EPRDF, Ethiopia’s ruling party, to its policy of ethnic federalism. Ethiopia adopted  federal government arrangement in early 1990s on an ethno-linguistic basis in an effort to decentralize the Amhara-dominated highly centralized structures of imperial Ethiopia. By attributing the failure of the ruling regime to ethnic federalism, the Amhara elites want to score two goals: to take back the Menelik palace and demolish self-determination of nations granted by the 1994 constitution, at least in theory. They curtly refer to this arrangement as tribal politics ( ye-gosa poletika)  and a linguistic based division ( be kuankua kefafelun) . Indeed, it is difficult fo

የሲዳማ ኣርነት ንቅናቄ ከመድረክ "Forum for Democratic Dialogue in Ethiopia" ጋር በጋራ ለመታገል መወሰኑ የምታወስ ሲሆን፤ ድርጅቱ ከመድረክ ጋር መቀላቀሉ በፖለቲካ ፕሮግራሞቹ ላይ ለውጥ እንደማያመጣ ተነግሯል። እንደሪፖርተራችን ጥቻ ወራና ዘጋባ፤ ሲኣን ከመድረክ ጋር በጋራ ለመስራት ሲወስን በፖለቲካ ፕሮግራሞቹ ላይ ለውጥ ባያደርግም፤ ከዚህ በፊት ይታወቅበት የነበረውን ወንድ ዶሮ የምርጫ መወዳደሪያ ምልክት መቀየሩ ኣይቀርም። ሲዳማውያን ለበርካታ ኣመታት ድርጅቱን የመረጡበት የኣውራ ዶሮ ምልክት በመድረክ የምርጫ መወዳደሪያ ምልክት ይተካል ተብሎ ይጠበቃል። የጥቻ ዘገባ እንደምከተለው ቀርቧል፦ SLM medireki ledo xaadooshshe assite kaino. Kuni xaadooshshi GIMBAARE kalaqate./ Gimbaare, uhidete,Kinijiti...Yinanni babbandanni.Gimbaaretenni xaade miila ikkato woyite ajandu soorro di heedhanohe. SLM ajandinna poletiku prograame noo gedeenni heedheenanni xaande mittima kalanqe miteenni sharramanni. Mitto ikkanno coyi heeriro, konni albaanni SLMu doorshu malaati afaminohu labaa Lukkichchoho. Hakkone doorshsu malaate soorine medireki ledo mitto assinanni. Woluri sooramannori dino. Konni albaanni insa prograame SLM harnsho ledo xaadannota buunxoonni.

የፌደራል የኀብረት ሥራ ኤጀንሲ መረጃ እንደሚጠቁመው በአገራችን እስካለፈው ዓመት መጨረሻ ድረስ  26 ሺ  672  የኀብረት ሥራ ማህበራት አሉ፡፡ እነዚህ ማህበራትም በድምሩ ከ 5  ነጥብ 89  ሚሊዮን በላይ አባላት እንዳሏቸው መረጃው ይጠቁማል፡፡ ይህም ማለት ከአጠቃላዩ የአገሪቱ ህዝብ  13  በመቶ ገደማ ያህሉ ቢያንስ የአንድ ማህበር አባል ሆኗል ማለት ሲሆን፣ በጾታ ተዋፅኦ ሲታይም  85  በመቶ ወንዶችና  15  በመቶ ሴቶች በእነዚህ ማህበራት ተሳታፊ ሆነዋል፡፡ በድምሩ  1  ቢሊዮን ብር የሚጠጋ ካፒታል ያላቸው የኀብረት ሥራ ማህበራቱ ከ 1  ነጥብ  1 ሚሊዮን በላይ ለሚሆኑ አባላትና ሌሎች ዜጐች የሥራ ዕድል መፍጠራቸውንም መረጃዎች ያመለክታሉ፡፡ የኀብረት ሥራ ማህበራቱ ተደራጅተው  177  ያህል ዩኒየኖችን መሥርተዋል፤ ዩኒየኖቹ በበኩላቸው የአባል ማህበሮቻቸውን ጥቅም ለማሳደግ የሚያስችሉ የተደራጁ ሥራዎችን እያከናወኑ ይገኛሉ፡፡ በተለይም በግብርና ግብይት ዘርፍ ዩኒየኖች እያደረጉት ያለው እንቅስቃሴ ከፍተኛ አገራዊ ጠቀሜታ እያስገኘ መሆኑን መገንዘብ ይቻላል፡፡ ከዛሬ አምስት ዓመት ወዲህ የግብርና ኀብረት ሥራ ዩኒየኖች ማዳበሪያ ከውጭ በማስመጣት ተግባር ላይ ተሠማርተው የአገሪቱን የማዳበሪያ ፍላጐት  70  በመቶ ያህል የሚሸፍን ግብይት ሲያካሂዱ ቆይተዋል፡፡ በአሁኑ ወቅትም ከሞላ ጐደል የአገሪቱ የማዳበሪያ ፍጆታ ሙሉ በሙሉ በማህበራትና ዩኒየኖች አማካይነት ከውጭ እየተገዛ በመቅረብ ላይ ነው፡፡ በቡና ምርትና ግብይት ዘርፍም እንዲሁ ጠንካራ የቡና ገበሬዎች የኀብረት ሥራ ማህበራትና ዩኒየኖች ተመሥርተው የአባሎቻቸውን ጥቅም የሚያሳድጉ ተግባራትን እያከናወኑ ይገኛሉ፡፡ በአገሪቱ የኢኮኖሚ እንቅስቃሴ ውስጥ ያላቸው ድርሻም ቀላል በማይባል ደረጃ ዕድገት እያ

Of late, The Ethiopian Herald had a brief while with President of Hawassa University, Dr. Yosef Mamo regarding a number of issues. Here under follows part of the discussion. Herald: Let us begin our discussion with the university's performance in relation to teaching-learning process, academic research as well as its community development engagements? Dr. Yosef: I shall start with the performance evaluation result that was piled up in 2005. The result has shown that Hawasa University stands second outranked by Jimma University, according to a preview criteria which consisted over two hundred elements. Among the criteria, teaching-learning process, academic research, community development service and good governance were the major ones. Coming to the teaching and learning process, as it is known the university has five campuses: The main campus, College of Wondo Genet Forrest and Natural Resource Conservation, College of Agriculture, College of Health Science Campus an