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Ethiopia to Make Minor Currency Devaluation

Redwan Hussein, Head of Government Communication Affairs Office (GCAO), disclosed the Ethiopian government will not make a significant devaluation to birr against the major currencies. He made the announcement during a press conference held last week at his office. The press conference was given on current affairs and he made various announcements. In addressing the question relating to devaluation of birr, he said; “The government will not accept all proposals, the government considers all the pros and the cons of the proposal and decided on the issues that will benefit the country more.” A report by the World Bank, which came out a few weeks ago, suggested Ethiopia devaluate its currency in order to support the export sector. The report noted 10 percent devaluation in Birr could lead to a five percent improvement in export earnings. Redwan furthered the Federal Government has devaluated Birr by 10 percent in 2010 and 20 percent in 2011 in line to the Growth and Transformati

ኢትዮጵያ የ2017ቱን የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ ለማስተናገድ ጥያቄ ልታቀርብ ነው

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ኢትዮጵያ የ2017ቱን የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ የማስተናገድ ፍላጎት አላት አሉ የኢትዮጵያ እግር ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን ፕሬዚዳንት አቶ ጁነዲን ባሻ። የሊቢያን ውድድሩን ከማስተናገድ መታገድ ተከትሎ ነው ኢትዮጵያ ይህን አህጉራዊ የእግር ኳስ ውድድር ለማዘጋጀት ፍላጎት ያሳየችው። ፕሬዚዳንቱ ለቢቢሲ እንደተናገሩት፥ ኢትዮጵያ  የ2017ቱን የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ  ለማስተናገድ ከፍተኛ የሆነ ፍላጎት አላት። ለዚህም ሁሉም ኢትዮጵያዊ ከጎናቸው እንዲቆም ነው አቶ ጁነዲን የጠየቁት። የአዲስ አበባ ስታዲየምን ጨምሮ ከ80 በመቶ በላይ የተጠናቀቀው የባህር ዳር ስታዲየም እና በመቀሌ እና በሀዋሳ በመገንባት ላይ ያሉት ሰታዲየሞች በመፋጠን ላይ መሆናቸውንም ተናግረዋል። ኬኒያም ከታንዛኒያ፣ ሩዋንዳ አልያም ኡጋንዳ ጋር በመጣመር ውድድሩን ለማስተናገድ ፍላጎት እንዳላት ገልጻለች። ከሱዳን እና ግብፅ ጋር በመሆን የአፍሪካ እግር ኳስ ዋንጫን የመሰረተችው ኢትዮጵያ እ.ኤ.አ በ1962፣ 1968 እና 1976 ውድድሩን አስተናግዳለች። የአፍሪካ እግር ኳስ ማህበርም የ2017ቱን የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ አስተናጋጅ ሀገር በፈረንጆቹ 2015 የሚያሳውቅ ይሆናል። ዜናው የ ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ. ነው

Wondo Genet:Recreational Capital of Sidamaland

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Wondo Genet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wondo Genet Shebele Hotel Wondo Genet Location within Ethiopia Coordinates:  7°1′N   38°35′E Coordinates :  7°1′N   38°35′E Country Ethiopia Region Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Zone Sidama Elevation 1,723 m (5,653 ft) Time zone EAT  ( UTC+3 ) Wondo Genet  (also transliterated  Wendo Genet ) is a  resort town  in  Ethiopia . Located southeast of  Shashemene  in the  Sidama Zone  of the  Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region , with a latitude and longitude of  7°1′N   38°35′E  and an elevation of 1723 meters. Wondo Genet is connected to Shashamene by way of Wendo Wosha, by newly improved paved road; the last three kilometers from Wendo Wosha is a gravel road but in fairly good condition. [1] Based on figures from the  Central Statistical Agency  of Ethiopia published in 2005, Wondo Genet has an estimated total population of 5,792 consisting of 2,857 men and 2,9

Burquito: A place to visit!

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Things to Do in Hawassa Hawassa is one of the more advanced and developed cities of Ethiopia located 275 km south of Addis Ababa. Hawassa is the regional capital of the Sothern Nation, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPRS); major nearby towns to Hawassa include Ziway and Shashemene. Taxies, bicycles, horse-drawn carts (Garii) and three-legged motor taxis (Bajjaj) are the means of transportation utilized by locals. St. Gabriel Church located in the city center is a hugely popular pilgrimage destination for Ethiopian Orthodox Christians who travel to Hawassa in the months of January and July to celebrate the annual commemoration. In contrast, the growing night life is also one feature of Hawassa city that draws people from Addis Ababa and other places. Lake Hawassa, the fish market, hot springs, parks and open air markets in and around Hawassa are the other main tourist sites. Lake Hawassa Lake Hawassa is one of the major lakes in the East African Rift Valley whi

Ethiopia's Ethnic Federalism And The Right To Self-Determination

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Ethiopia's Ethnic Federalism And The Right To Self-Determination The Experience Of Sidama People By Kinkino Kia The Ethiopian state that emerged as result of the 19th c. successive expansion and centralizing measures under monarchical and dictatorial Derg rules miserably failed to reflect and accommodate the existing diversity on the ground. After the military Derg regime was ousted by the joint military assault of the different ethno-national groups, the new TPLF/EPRDF elites who came to control a political power restructured the country according to their ideology and promised the right to self-determination including secession, devolving political, administrative and economic power to ethnically defined regional states, which however, required a real reckoning. This book provides a relatively comprehensive empirical account as to how this hallowed right to self-determination is played out in reality in a local context, with a special focus on the experience of Si