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'Declaration of Principles' signed by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia

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File photo: A general view shows construction activity on the Grand Renaissance dam in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz region March 16, 2014 (Photo: Reuters) Full text of 'Declaration of Principles' signed by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia  In an important step towards resolving a long-running dispute over the Grand Renaissance Dam, the leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have signed in Khartoum a declaration of principles as follows Ahram Online publishes a translated version of the "Declaration of Principles" signed by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia in a step to put an end to a four-year dispute over Nile water sharing arrangements among Nile Basin countries. Ten principles are outlined in the document signed by the three countries. Introduction Valuing the increasing need of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Republic of the Sudan for their over-border water sources, and realising the importance of the Nile Rive

Faces of women with trachoma

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Trachoma affects overwhelmingly more women than men because it is often carried by young children, who reinfect their mothers, sisters, aunts and grandmothers. Dr Wondu Alemayehu, a world-renowned Ethiopian eye surgeon, is working with international development NGO The Fred Hollows Foundation to eradicate blinding trachoma in Ethiopia. "It’s heartbreaking. Mothers, who are the pillars of their families in Ethiopia, are shouldering the burden of this crisis," Dr Wondu told Al Jazeera. "We must urgently provide more antibiotics, more mobile surgical teams, and better access to clean water and sanitation. I’ve spent 30 years fighting trachoma and I hate this disease so much." Brian Doolan, chief executive of The Fred Hollows Foundation, said trachoma is known as the "quiet disease" because it destroys eyesight very slowly. "This is not a typical emergency, it's not a war or a natural disaster, but it could still have a devastating impact

በይርጋለም ከተማ በተደረገው የሲዳማ ቡናና የኤሌክትሪክ ጨዋታ ሲዳማ ቡና ኤሌክትሪክን ሁለት ለአንድ ኣሽነፈ

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በሁለተኛው ዙር የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪሚየር ሊግ እግር ኳስ ጨዋታ ሃዋሳ ከነማ፣ሲዳማ ቡናና አርባ ምንጭ ከነማ ድል ሲቀናቸው ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ፣ ወላይታ ዲቻና መብራት ሀይል ተሸነፉ፡፡ በሃዋሳ ስታዲዮም ዛሬ በተካሄደ የፕሪሚየር ሊግ እግር ኳስ ግጥሚያ ሀዋሳ ከነማ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስን ሁለት ለ ለባዶ በሆነ ውጤት አሸነፏል። በመጀመሪያው ግማሽ ሁለቱም ክለቦች ካለምንም ግብ እረፍት ቢወጡም በሁለተኛው አጋማሽ ሃዋሳ ከነማ አጥቅቶ በመጫወት ታፈሰ ሰለሞን በ75ኛው እንዲሁም ደስታ ዮሀንስ በ86ኛው ደቂቃ ባስቆጠሩት ሁለት ጎሎች ሊያሸንፍ ችሏል፡፡ በይርጋለም ከተማ በተደረገው የሲዳማ ቡናና የኤሌክትሪክ ጨዋታ ሲዳማ ቡና ኤሌክትሪክን ሁለት ለአንድ፣ አርባምንጭ ላይ አርባ ምንጭ ከነማ ወላይታ ዲቻን አንድ ለባዶ አሸንፈዋል፡፡ የቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ መሸነፍን ተከትሎ መሪነቱን ሲዳማ ቡና በ31 ነጥብ ሲረከብ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ በ28 ነጥብ ሁለተኛ፣ወላይታ ዲቻ በ25 ነጥብ ሶስተኛ ናቸው ተብሏል፡፡ የቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ አሰልጣኝ ዶስ ሳንቶስ ተጨዋቾቻቸው ያገኙትን አጋጣሚ መጠቀም ባለመቻላቸው ለሽንፈት መዳረጋቸውን ገልፀው የነበረባቸውን ችግር በማስወገድ በቀጣይ የተሻለ ውጤት ለማስመዝገብ እንደሚሰሩ ተናግረዋል፡፡ የሃዋሳ ከነማ አሰልጣኝ ውበቱ አባተ ችግሮቻችን ፈትሸን በመግባታችን ከመጀመሪያው አጋማሽ በሁለተኛው የተሻለ በመንቀሳቀስ ማሸነፍ ችለናል በማለት ካለን የጨዋታ ብልጫ አኳያ ተጨማሪ ግቦችን ማስቆጠር እንችል ነበር ብለዋል፡፡ ምንም እንኳን  ከጨዋታ ብልጫ ጋር የዛሬውን ጨዋታ ብናሸንፍም በመጀመሪያው ዙር ከነበረው የውጤት ቀውስ ለመላቀቅ ትኩረታችን ቀጣይ በሚኖሩን ጨዋታዎች ላይ ነው ብለዋል፡፡ ምንጭ ኢዜኣ

ሃዋሳ ከነማ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስን 2-0 አሸነፈ

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Photo from Social media በሃዋሳ ስታዲየም  ዛሬ  በተካሄደው የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪሚየር ሊግ ጨዋታ ሃዋሳ ከነማ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስን 2-0 በሆነ ውጤት አሸነፈ። በጨዋታው በመጀመሪያው ግማሽ ሁለቱም ክለቦች ካለምንም ግብ እረፍት ቢወጡም በሁለተኛው አጋማሽ ሃዋሳ ከነማ አጥቅቶ በመጫወት ታፈሰ ሰለሞን በ75ኛው እንዲሁም ደስታ ዮሀንስ በ86ኛው ደቂቃ ባስቆጠሩት ሁለት ጎሎች ሊያሸንፍ ችሏል፡፡ በሌሎች ጨዋታዎች ሲዳማ ቡናና አርባ ምንጭ ከነማ ድል ሲቀናቸው፥ ወላይታ ዲቻና መብራት ሀይል ተሸንፈዋል፡፡   የፕሪሚየር ሊጉን መሪነት ሲዳማ ቡና በ31 ነጥብ ሲረከብ ከቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ በ28 ነጥብ 2ኛ፣ ወላይታ ዲቻ በ25 ነጥብ ሶስተኛ ደረጃ ላይ ይገኛል። FBC

U.S. Government Inaugurates New Regional Public Health Laboratory in Hawassa

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The newly constructed  lab provides external quality assurance services for the entire region’s hospitals and health center laboratories   SNNPR, Hawassa- March 19, 2015:  The third state-of-the-art regional referral public health laboratory in Ethiopia, constructed by the U.S Government with technical assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), was formally inaugurated and handed over to the Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State. Dr. Kesetebirhan Admasu, Minister for Health, Dr. Jeffery Hanson, Country Director, CDC Ethiopia, and Kifle Gebremariam, Vice President and Regional Health Bureau Head of the State of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples, attended the inauguration ceremony. The regional public health laboratory was constructed at a cost of USD $ 3.1 million (60 million Eth birr) and will serve a population of approximately 18 million in SNN