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Sidama Savannah - Sidama visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Sidama Savannah' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Sidama. The savannah plains of Sidama lie north west of Lake Abaya in Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley. Home to around 3 million people, this region is one of the most populous and poorest of the Ethiopian nations. Around 90% of people live outside the urban areas and work in agriculture, tending livestock or employed by the extensive coffee plantations in this area. This panorama was taken near the main highway between the towns of Wendo and Yirga Alem. Aleta Wendo, to the south, lies in the usually lush and fertile forested parkland which surrounds Lake Abaya. The southern and eastern banks of the lake are included in the Nech Sar National Park. To the west, the peaks of the Guge Mountain range crest the skyline. Such is the beauty of this area that a panoramic viewpoint on a ridge near south-western tow

Funeral Ceremony of Sidama People (South Ethiopia) Senior Essay, Hana Gabriel, 2011, Hawassa University,  Department of Anthropology CHTPTER THREE 3.1 Background of the Area Sidama people found in southern nations, nationalities and people of Ethiopia. It covers the area of 69818.8 meter square of land. Sidama zone share a border with oromiya in south-west and northwest, Gedio and Oromiya again in south and Wolaita in west side (SNNPR profile 2001) Sidama zone has three kinds of ecological zone “dega, woynadega and kola”. According to the 1999 census the population number of Sidama zone Is 2,966,652. Hawassa is the central city of Sidama zone its about 270km south of the federal capital city Addis Ababa. (SNNPR profile 2001). Sidama zone have many natural and manmade heritages like Logita and Bonora waterfalls, megalithic in local language “sodiya” natural caves and natural bridges also found. For the ritual and recreational purpose there are hot streams like “gedabo, bur

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Tuesday, 12 June 2012 17:42 Ethiopia and the World Bank signed on Tuesday three loan agreements amounting to $400 million to finance various ongoing projects. The first agreement amounting to $150 million will be used to finance the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project launched in 2007 to provide improved access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities to urban areas. It will increase access to improved clean drinking water and sanitation facilities for urban residents in Addis Ababa, Gondar, Hawassa, Jimma, Mekelle and Dire Dawa by promoting household latrines, hygiene and sanitation practices and constructing communal sanitation facilities. The second financing agreement amounting to $200 million will be used to finance the Electricity Network Reinforcement and Expansion Project. The Project is aimed to reinforce the country's electricity network by upgrading and extending the national grid in order to improve the overall service delivery of the net

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New A crowd of people chanted slogans against visiting Ethiopian regional governor Shiferaw Shigute Tuesday. He has been cited for numerous acts of corruption by his country's own auditor. Shigute was at the University of Saskatchewan to discuss an agricultural partnership with the university. The University of Saskatchewan should not be hosting an Ethiopian politician implicated in corruption scandals and the forcible removal of tens of thousands of peasant farmers from their homes, human rights groups say. A group of 30 protesters from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta stood outside the U of S Administration building Tuesday at noon with placards and flags demanding the removal of Shiferaw Shigute. “Saskatchewan university, send him back!” chanted the group. “Saskatchewan university, shame on you!” Tom Wishart, the U of S special adviser on international initiatives, said he was not familiar with the allegations against Shigute, as the delegation arrived just a few d

New United Sidama Parties for Freedom and Justice (USPFJ)  J)   Press Release, June 10, 2012    The Systematic and Continued Violations of Human Rights by the Ethiopian  Regime     The current Ethiopian regime continues to grossly violate the rights of its citizens disregarding its own constitution that guarantees these rights. Human misery and suffering continues amid abject poverty, high diseases burden and lack of respect to fundamental human rights such as freedom of expression, assembly, and continued intolerance to diverging ideas and opinions.    The complete absence of the aforementioned essential elements in a modern democratic principle makes the current Ethiopian regime the only place on the planet where the disciples of darkness lead the country towards an unpredictable end. The regime does conduct such hideous actions enjoying the support of Western powers politicians whose vested  interests outweigh the sufferings of over 85 million Ethiopians althou