Worancha ወራንቻ

የዘጠኙ ፓርቲዎች ትብብር በመጪው ግንቦት በሚካሄደው ጠቅላላ ምርጫ ሕዝቡ በነቂስ ወጥቶ በመሳተፍ ከጐኑ መቆም ያስችለው ዘንድ፣ የምርጫ ካርድ በመውሰድ ዝግጅቱን እንዲጀምር ጥሪ አስተላለፈ፡፡   ትብብሩ ይህን ያሳወቀው ጥር 12 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም. ‹‹በነፃነት ለፍትሐዊ ምርጫ የጀመርነው ነፃነታችንን የማስመለስ ትግል ይቀጥላል›› በሚል ርዕስ በሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ጽሕፈት ቤት በሰጠው መግለጫ ሲሆን፣ መግለጫውን የሰጡት ደግሞ የትብብሩ ሰብሳቢ ኢንጂነር ይልቃል ጌትነት፣ ምክትል ሰብሳቢው አቶ ኤርጫፎ ኤርዴሎና ዋና ጸሐፊው አቶ ግርማ በቀለ ናቸው፡፡  ‹‹የትግሉ ቀዳሚና ዋነኛ ባለቤት የሆንከው መራጩ ሕዝብ ነፃነትና ክብርህን ለማስመለስ በምናደርገው ትግል በንቃት እንድትሳተፍ ዛሬውኑ በመመዝገብ፣ የሥልጣን ባለቤትነትህን የምታረጋግጥበትንና ይህን አምባገነናዊ ሥርዓት የምትቀጣበትን ትጥቅ ‹‹የምርጫ ካርድህን›› በእጅህ እንድታስገባ ጥሪያችንን እናቀርባለን፤›› በማለት ሕዝቡ የምርጫ ካርዱን በጊዜ ወስዶ እንዲጠባበቅ ጥሪውን አስተላልፏል፡፡ በመጀመርያ ዙር በጋራ የትብብሩ እንቅስቃሴዎች የትግሉን አስፈላጊነት፣ ወቅታዊነት፣ የዓላማና የትግል ሥልት ትክክለኛነት በተግባር ማረጋገጡን ትብብሩ የገለጸ ሲሆን፣ በቀጣይም ትብብሩ ያስገኛቸውን ውጤቶች በመመዝገብ በሁለተኛ ዙር ላስቀመጠው ዕቅድ እንቅስቃሴ መጀመሩን አስታውቋል፡፡ ከዚህ ጋር በተያያዘ በመጀመሪያው ዙር የተመዘገቡት ውጤቶች ምን ምን እንደሆኑ ሪፖርተር ጥያቄ ያቀረበ ሲሆን፣ የትብብሩ ኃላፊዎችም ምላሽ ሰጥተውበታል፡፡  ባለፈው የመጀመሪያ ዙር እንቅስቃሴ ከፍተኛ ድል እንዳስመዘገቡ የገለጹት የትብብሩ ምክትል ሰብሳቢ አቶ ኤርጫፎ፣ ‹‹ሰላማዊ ሠልፍ ለማድረግ ተነስቶ በነበረው የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ላይ ገዥው ፓርቲ በወሰ

This article was reported by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a Washington DC-based global network of 185 reporters in 65 countries who collaborate on transnational investigations. Internal watchdog finds link between World Bank financing and Ethiopian government's mass resettlement of indigenous group The World Bank repeatedly violated its own rules while funding a development initiative in Ethiopia that has been dogged by complaints that it sponsored forced evictions of thousands of indigenous people, according to a  leaked report  by a watchdog panel at the bank. The report, which was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, examines a health and education initiative that was buoyed by nearly $2 billion in World Bank funding over the last decade. Members of the indigenous Anuak people in Ethiopia’s Gambella province charged that Ethiopian authorities used some of the bank’s money to support a massive forced relocati

Author Amy Borgman (right) leads a provider training. Photo:  www.groundsforhealth.org   By: Amy Borgman There is more to volunteering with Grounds for Health than the campaign on the ground, reaching “women at the end of the road.” Just getting there is half the fun and gives even more of a perspective of what is out there in our wide, wonderful world. My 6 AM flight left sleepy Burlington airport and dropped me off at LaGuardia where I transferred to the Emirates Airbus, holding 600 people on two levels; the economy passengers separated from the  other  passengers by a staircase and velvet rope. This is good training for the next part of the adventure. Ethiopia is a wonderful country. The capitol, Addis Ababa, is a large cosmopolitan city of several million people that spreads over many miles. But as you head south towards the Sidama zone where the  campaign  took place, you see a more rural vista. Roads become increasingly worn and traffic consists less of cars than of

“ There is Only Coffee” We hope you take a few minutes to watch this video shared with us by our coffee roaster: Peace Coffee.  It’s a beautiful video tribute to the coffee growers of the Sidama Farmers Cooperative Union in Ethiopia. These farmers produce the coffee that is in our very own Goodness Blend and they embody our motto: “For the Love of Coffee and Community”. Source: www.downtowngoodness.com

Street Photography - Southern Ethiopia - Old Sidama Man Photo by   Manfred Mueller ,  posted on   http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/forums/thread39668.htm     Pos