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ADDIS ABABA— Ethiopia's ambition to become a manufacturing hub may hinge on Khalid Bomba's ability to transform small-scale farming just as much as it relies on new railways, roads and other more obvious signs of change in a nation once brought to its knees by famine. The 46-year-old one-time investment banker is now chief executive of Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA). His task is to boost output from a sector that employs 85 percent of the workforce, most of them tilling plots of less than two hectares. “The cheap labor for industrial manufacturing is going to come from the rural areas,” he told Reuters in an interview at the Addis Ababa headquarters. “You are not going to have people coming off the farm if productivity levels don't increase.” Ethiopia boasts some of the highest economic growth in Africa, at 8 percent or more a year, much of it fueled by a huge state infrastructure program that includes a new railway to Djibouti's port,

The UDJ could be considered a strong party as it published two newspapers a week using its own printing press. It had also asked for a plot of land for the construction of a headquarters, according to one of the officials in the group that has lost as a result of the decision of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia. However, the party, that had strong differences within it regarding financial management, would face an irreconcilable difference over the election of Belay Fekadu as president, which eventually led to a decision by the Electoral Board throwing his group, including Girma Seifu, out of the party. At the time of Belay's election last December, 2013, based on a new bylaw at the party, Tigestu Awol had no problem, because he assumed that the electoral board had approved the bylaw. Trouble erupted when he discovered that the board had not approved it. It may also be an irony that information which the NEBE decided was unacceptable two years ago, when it rejected the ele

The first round of the 2014/15  Ethiopian Premier League  concluded here today with  Sidama Bunna  seating on top with 27 points, followed by defending champions  St. George  (25 pts),  Wolayta Dicha  (22 pts) and  Ethiopian Coffee  (21 pts). Of the 3 games played today, most soccer fans had their eyes on the Wolayta Dicha vs St. George encounter as a victory by the latter could have taken them to the top. Unfortunately the two teams drew scoreless. Dedebit  travelled south and defeated  Hawassa Kenema  2-0 to jump 5 spots to finish in 5 th  place while  Ethiopian Coffee dropped to fourth place after they lost 1-0 to  EEPCo.   The victory propolled the electric men to move 4 spots to 7 th  place. Welayata Dicha had a good chance to move to second place but failed to take home field advantage as they drew scoreless with St. George. On the other hand, the latter could have retaken the lead from Sidama had they won today’s match. Hawassa Kenema (10 pts) and Woldiya Kenema (6 pts

የ2007 ዓ.ም የኢትዮጵያ ዋንጫ (ጥሎ ማለፍ) ትላንት በተደረጉ የመጀመርያ ዙር ጨዋታዎች ተጀምሯል፡፡ በ8፡00 አርባምንጭ ከነማ ከ ሙገር ባደረጉት ጨዋታ አርባምንጭ ከነማ በመለያ ምቶች በማሸነፍ ወደ ቀጣዩ ዙር አልፏል፡፡ ሙገር ሲሚንቶ ኤፍሬም ቀሬ በ17ኛው ደቂቃ ባስቆጠረው ግብ 1-0 ሲመራ ቢቆይም ታገል አበበ በ65ኛው ደቂቃ ግብ አስቆጥሮ አርባምንጭ ከነማን አቻ አድርጓል፡፡ የጨዋታው መደበኛ ክፍለ ጊዜም 1-1 በሆነ አቻ ውጤት ተለያይቷል፡፡ አሸናፊውን ለመለየት በተሰጡት የመለያ ምቶች አርባምንጭ ከነማ 4-3 በማሸነፍ ወደ ቀጣዩ ዙር ማለፉን አረጋግጧል፡፡ በ10፡00 ሲዳማ ቡና ወልድያን በቀላሉ 3-0 አሸንፎ ወደ ቀጣዩ ዙር አልፏል፡፡ አንዱአለም ንጉሴ ደምቆ በዋለበት ጨዋታ በ36ኛው ፣ በ73ኛው እና 81ኛው ደቂቃ ላይ 3 ግቦችን አስቆጥሮ ሐት-ትሪክ ሰርቶ ወጥቷል፡፡ አንዱአለም ንጉሴ በዙህ የውድድር ዘመን ወልድያ ላይ ሐት-ትሪክ የሰራ ተጫዋች ሆኗል፡፡ ከአንድ ሳምንት በፊት በሊጉ ቢንያም አሰፋ ወልድያ ላይ 3 ግቦች ማስቆጠሩ ይታወሳል፡፡ ምንጭ፦ ሶኬር ኢትዮጵያ

AMU Hospital construction: University hands over land to contractor Arba Minch University has formally handed over 3.6 hectares of land to the Hawassa-based Yirgalem Construction Plc on January 20, 2015, for the construction of 300-bedded teaching-cum-referral hospital. The stated land is situated opposite Madhanalem Church at Secha, Arba Minch. The construction process is likely to commence after three weeks. Academic Affairs Vice President, Dr Agena Anjulo, heading the AMU team for handing over the construction site to the above contractor, said, ‘‘Today, we are handing over the land to the contractor with some existing structures which would be dismantled; and soon they would start hospital construction.’’ Hospital Project Consultant, Mr Teklemariam Rad, said, ‘‘Today, we are handing over 3.6 hectares of land which presently has a garage, store, some houses, utility, sanitary, electric, telephone, water supply lines, surface water, and some additional constructions as a refer