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Trips to Ireland to further his passion for running led to Bedilu Gebreselassie, a member of a political group opposed to Ethiopia’s government, seeking political asylum  Bedilu Gebreselassie shudders as he recalls the 15 days he spent in prison. “Oh my god, I can’t explain,” the 27-year-old from  Ethiopia  says, shaking his head as he attempts to describe the cramped conditions of prisoners piled on top of each other in an Addis Ababa jail. Inmates were given a piece of bread and a glass of water to make it through each day. Gebreselassie struggled to find room to sleep on the floor, leaning on his side to fit inside the confined sleeping quarters. “I was crying, I lost weight, there was no food. After they let me out I had no transportation to get home.” The sports enthusiast from the city of Hawassa in southern Ethiopia had travelled to the capital to participate in a race with his athletics club but ended up behind bars due to his affiliation with the Sidama Liberation Fron

Government requests $596m after crop failure caused by erratic rainfall leaves 48,000 under fives severely malnourished and 8.2 million people at risk The Ethiopian government is calling for international assistance to help feed 8.2 million people after erratic rains devastated crop yields. Climate shocks are common in  Ethiopia  and often cause poor or failed harvests that lead to acute food shortages. UN says 4.5 million Ethiopians now in need of food aid after poor rains   Read more The government has allocated $192m (£124m) for food and other aid and is appealing for $596m in assistance from the international community for the remainder of 2015, said Mitiku Kassa, secretary of the Ethiopian disaster prevention and preparedness committee. More than 300,000 children are in need of specialised nutritious food and a projected 48,000 more children under five are suffering from severe malnutrition, according to a government assessment conducted in September. T

The Central Statistics Agency (CSA) of Ethiopia disclosed that it is going to use mobile technology in the 2017 national population and housing censuses, according to Ethiopian News Agency. The Agency states mobile technology is needed to fasten the rate of information flow. The Agency’s plan was disclosed at a regional conference by Kifle Gebre, Information System Technology Director at the Agency. Head of Ethiopian Statistical Association Secretariat Zelalem Destaw said the new mobile technology will be of much help in avoiding delay of information exchange. The regional conference which is taking place from October 13 to 17, 2015, will convey useful recommendations and outputs to utilize mobile technologies in collecting statistical data in Africa. The pilot project is being performed in Ethiopia and other six African countries. Upon full implementation of the project, collection and dissemination of quality data will be enhanced in Ethiopia, it was learnt. Source: E

Saado Osman straps two bulging sacks of United Nations wheat to her donkey, one of the few animals the 70-year-old eastern Ethiopian herder has left since the rains stopped. Like millions of others in the Horn of Africa nation she depended on that precipitation to provide fodder and water for her livestock. Now drought has killed 20 of her cattle and goats, leaving her family of 10 with just four animals. A dead cow lies in Afar region.   Photographer: William Davison/Bloomberg “There is hunger here,” Saado said as she stood among a crowd receiving food relief in Afdem town in Ethiopia’s Somali region on Oct. 8. “For one year it has not rained.” Rain failure from February to May this year in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest growing economies, was compounded by a short and erratic primary wet season from June to September. That’s left 8.2 million people in need of emergency support, with the crisis set to worsen through September next year, according to the UN. The ef

የሀዋሳ ሲቲ ሴንትራል ካፕ በሀዋሳ ሲጀመር ሀዋሳ ከነማ ከምድብ ሁለት አርባ ምንጭን 3 ለ1 በማሸነፍ ጊዚያዊ የደረጃ ሰንጠረዡን መምራት ቻለ። በተመሳሳይ በምድብ አንድ 8 ሰዓት ላይ ጨዋታቸውን ያደረጉት ወላይታ ዲቻ ከሲዳማ ቡና ውድድራቸውን በ4 ግብ በአቻ ውጤት አጠናቀዋል። ሀዋሳ ከአርባ ምንጭ ጋር ያደረጉት ጨዋታ ፍጹም የሀዋሳ የበላይነት የታየበት ሲሆን በአንጻሩ አርባ ምንጮችም የተደራጀ ኳስ ለመጫወት ሙከራ ሲያደርጉ ተስተውለዋል። የወላይታ ዲቻና የሲዳማ ቡና ጨዋታ የውድድሩ ትልቅ ድምቀት ሆኖ ነበር፡፡  በፕሪሚየር ሊጉ ያልተለመዱ የኳስ ቅብብሎሽ፣ ጠርዝ ላይና መሀል ላይ እንዲሁም በመስመር የሚሻገሩ ረዣዥም ኳሶች አዲስ የጨዋታ ስልት የተከተሉ አስመስሏቸዋል ሁለቱን ተጋጣሚዎች። በሀዋሳ ሲቲ ሴንትራል ካፕ ሀዋሳ ከነማን ጨምሮ፣ አርባ ምንጭ፣ ሲዳማ ቡና፣ ሆሳዕና ከነማ እና ወላይታ ዲቻ እንዲሁም የውድድሩ ተጋባዥ ድሬዳዋ ከነማ ስድስት ክለቦች ለአስር ቀናት በሀዋሳ የዓለም አቀፉ የእግር ኳስ የበላይ ጠባቂ ፊፋ ባሰራው አዲሱ ስታዲየም ጨዋታቸውን ያደርጋሉ። ውድድሩ በሁለት ምድብ የተደለደለ ሲሆን በምድብ አንድ ሲዳማ ቡና፤ወላይታ ዲቻ እና ሆሳዕና ከነማ ተሰይመዋል፡፡ ሀዋሳ፣ አርባ ምንጭ እና ድሬዳዋ ከነማ ደግሞ በምድብ ሁለት ላይ ተደልድለዋል፡፡ የሃዋሳ ሲቲ ሴንትራል ካፕ ሰኞ ቀጥሎ ይካሄዳል። ከምድብ ሁለት አርባ ምንጭ ከነማ ከድሬዳዋ ከነማ ሲገናኙ ከምድብ አንድ ሆሳዕና ከነማ ከሲዳማ ቡና የሚያደርጉት ጨዋታ ይጠበቃል። ውድድሩን የሀዋሳ ስፖርት ጽፈት ቤት ሲመራው ተካፋይ ክለቦች በ2008 ዓ.ም የፕሪሚየር ሊግ ፉክክራቸው ዝግጅት ማጠናከሪያና ለአቋም መለኪያ እንደሚጠቅም ታምኖበት ተዘጋጅቷል። ሴንትራል ሀዋሳ ሆቴል የውድድሩ ብቸኛ ስፖንሰር ነው፡፡ በመሆኑም የውድድሩ