Worancha ወራንቻ

Photo: Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn attends the Meeting of the Peace and Security Council at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 29 January 2014. EPA/DANIEL GETACHEW. Ahead of elections this year, the Ethiopian government is cracking down hard on any kind of free press – shutting down publications, jailing journalists and harassing their families. This is not just Ethiopia’s problem, however. As the home of the African Union, and as an oft-punted role model for African development, Ethiopia’s censorship problem is Africa’s too. By SIMON ALLISON. It’s not easy being a journalist in Ethiopia. In fact, it is nearly impossible, according to a new Human Rights Watch  report  that documents the scale of the state’s censorship apparatus. As journalists ourselves, it makes for highly disturbing reading (and once again highlights why the South African media fraternity’s fight against the proposed secrecy bill is so important – the distance

A research on p revalence of food aversions, cravings and pica during pregnancy and their association with nutritional status of pregnant women in Dalle Woreda has indicated that the nutritional status and meal pattern of pregnant women in Dale Woreda were not in line with normal range to support the pregnant women. Readmore: Side Document on Women health care.pdf

ፎቶ ከ soccerethiopia.net በአስደናቂ ጉዞ ላይ ያለው ሲዳማ ቡና በዚህ ሳምንት የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪሚየር ሊግ ውድድር ወደ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ተጉዞ የኢትዮጵያ ንግድ ባንክን ይገጥማል። ሁለቱ ክለቦች በምመጣው እሁድ ከቀኑ ኣስር ሰዓት ላይ በኣበበ ቢቂላ ስታዲዬም ውድድራቸውን እንደሚያደርጉ ታውቋል። የሲዳማ ቡና ባለፈው ሳምንት ይርጋለም ከተማ ላይ ኢትዮጵያ ቡናን ኣስተናገደው 1-0 አሸንፎ ያሸነፈ ሲሆን፤ የሲዳማ ቡናን የድል ግብ ያስቆጠረው ኬንያዊው አጥቂ ኤሪክ ሙራንዳ መሆኑ ይታወሳል፡፡

Photo ከ soccerethiopia.net በዘንድሮው የውድድር ኣመት ውጤት የከዳው ሃዋሳ ከነማ በዚህ ሳምንት የፕሪሚዬር ሊግ ውድድር ወደ ጎንደር ተጉዞ ዳሽን ቢራን ይገጥማል። ሀዋሳ ላይ አሰልጣኙ ታረቀኝ አሰፋን አሰናብቶ በጊዜያዊ አሰልጣኙ አዲሱ ካሳ እየተመራ ያለው ሀዋሳ ከነማ ባለፈው ሳምንት ውድድር ኤሌክትሪክን አስተናግዶ በአዲስ አለም ተስፋዬ አና ተመስገን ተክሌ ግቦች 2-1 ማሸነፉ ይታወሳል፡፡ የ2 ጊዜ የፕሪሚየር ሊግ ቻምፒዮኑ ሀዋሳ ከነማ በክረምቱ የተጫዋቾች የዝውውር መስኮት ከፍተኛ ገንዘብ ካፈሰሱ ክለቦች አንዱ ቢሆንም በአሰጣኝ ታረቀኝ አሰፋ ‹‹ ዳኜ ›› ስር ከ11 ሳምንት የሊጉ ጨዋታዎች በኋላ ማግኘት የቻለው 7 ነጥቦችን ብቻ ነው፡፡ የቀድሞው የሲዳማ ቡና አሰልጣኝ ታረቀኝ አሰፋ ባለፈው ክረምት ከጎንደሩ ክለብ ዳሽን ቢራ ጋር ከስምምነት ደርሰው የነበረ ቢሆንም ሀዋሳ ከነማ ሳይፈቅድ በመቅረቱ ዝውውሩ ሳይሳካ መቅረቱ ይታወሳል፡፡ አሰልጣኝ ታረቀኝ ባለፈው የውድድር ዘመን አጋማሽ የተረከቡት ቡድን ውጤቱ ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ ማሽቆልቆሉ ለስንብታቸው እንደምክንያት የተገለፅ ሲሆን አምና ቡድኑን ለ6 ወራት ይዘውት የነበሩት አሰልጣኝ በፍቃዱ ዘሪሁን ቡድኑን በጊዜያዊነት ሊረከቡ ይችላሉ ተብሏል፡፡ ሀዋሳ ከነማ ከ1995 በኋላ መጥፎውን የውድድር ዘመን እያሳለፈ ሲሆን በአሰልጣኝ ታረቀኝ ስር ካደረጋቸው 23 ጨዋታዎች ሙሉ 3 ነጥቦችን ማገኘት የቻለው በ5 ጨዋታዎች ብቻ ነው፡፡ የ2007 የውድድር ዘመን ከተጀመረ ወዲህ ወልድያ እና ደደቢት አሰልጣኞቻቸውን ያሰናበቱ ሰሲሆን ሀዋሳ ሶስተኛው ክለብ ሆኗል፡፡

This month we are featuring our natural processed coffee from the Sidama region of Ethiopia. This isn’t one of our newest offerings. It’s certainly not unique to Heine Brothers’.  It’s not even a “seasonal”; we are usually able to stock this coffee year round.  But these facts and the general ubiquity of the name Sidama (aka Sidamo) among specialty coffee roasters make this coffee no less remarkable. In fact, among Heine Brothers’ offerings, Ethiopia Sidama is always atop my list of favorites.  It speaks volumes to the expertise and ingenuity of the farmers (nearly 80,000 of them) organized under the Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (SCFCU) that they are so well known in the coffee world, and produce such a unique and interesting cup profile season after season. This natural, or dry processed, coffee is handled with the fruit on for the drying stage of processing.  The whole cherries dry in the sun for weeks until the desiccated skin resembles fruit leather.  Processing