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By David Ochami Lawyer organisations in East Africa have warned that East African countries and  Ethiopia  are descending into  dictatorship s that seek to curtail basic constitutional freedoms including the right of the media and civil society to operate unhindered. They cited the recent passing of oppressive laws against the media and attempts to legislate against civil society in Kenya, raids on media in Uganda and shutdown of newspapers in Tanzania to illustrate alleged evidence of receding freedoms. “We seem to be depleting the democratic gains we have been making,” said Law Society of Kenya chairman Eric Mutua in a key note speech where he also accused East African regimes of targeting the media and embarking on a “conspiracy not to democratise these countries.” President Uhuru Kenyatta skipped the opening of the 18th annual conference of the East Africa Law Society (EALS) in Mombasa yesterday where he was to be the main speaker. Investment opportunities Delega

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/11/arrests-at-anti-saudi-protest-ethiopia-201311151464025832.html?fb_action_ids=10200687318457118&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210200687318457118%22%3A540557636034233%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210200687318457118%22%3A%22og.recommends%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D By  Associated Press ,  Updated: Friday, November 15,  10:18 AM ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian police used force Friday to disperse hundreds of people protesting against targeted attacks on Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia. Police units blocked roads to prevent the protest at the Saudi Arabia Embassy from growing. Some two dozen people were detained. The police also forced some journalists to delete photos. Many foreign workers in Saudi Arabia are fleeing or are under arrest amid a crackdown on the kingdom’s 9 million migrant laborers. Close to 500 Ethiopians have been repatriated. Last weekend, Saudi resid

Ethiopians World Wide are organizing protest rallies at Saudi Arabia embassies and consulates in North America and Europe. The purpose of these demonstrations is to demand the Saudi government to stop the violence, brutalization and killings of Ethiopian immigrants and have the  Saudi regime held accountable for the crimes it committed. Oppositions parties and many civil organizations have released  press statements condemning the Saudi Government  and urging the regime in Ethiopia to heed its responsibility and take immediate actions. BBC reported that about  23,000 Ethiopians have surrendered to Saudi authorities  since a clampdown on migrant workers. Join the rallies in your respective countries, share on Facebook and forward to other Ethiopians! Bern, Switzerland Date and time : Wednesday 20th of November 20  from 10:00 to 15:00 Place : KRAMBURGSTRASSE 12 (Saudi Arabia Embassy)  3006 BERN  Washington DC Date and time: Thursday, Nov. 14 starting at 9 AM Address: 60

Ethiopia's inflation rate jumped to 8.5 percent in October from 6.9 percent a month earlier, driven primarily by higher food prices, Reuters reported, citing data from the Ethiopia's Central Statistical Agency. Food prices rose 7.8 percent over the 12-month period compared with 4.3 percent year-on-year in September, the Central Statistics Agency said. The non-food inflation rate fall to 9.2 percent in October after a 10 percent rise in September. The International Monetary Fund projected Ethiopia's inflation rate will remain in single digits over the next two fiscal years while the economy will grow by 7.5 percent annually in the same period. Source: Reuters http://www.2merkato.com/news/alerts/2682-ethiopia-s-inflation-rate-rises-to-85

Photo:  Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images-Stanbic The Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia have arrived Calabar, the capital City of Cross River State for Saturday's 2014 World Cup second leg play-off clash against the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The Ethiopians touched down at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport on Thursday afternoon on board a chartered flight with some of their fans, who are expected to cheer them to victory against the Eagles before proceeding to their camp at the Channel View hotels. Ethiopia needs an outright 2-0 victory in Nigeria to seal a place in the Brazil 2014 World Cup after losing at home 2-1 in the first leg match played on October 13 in Addis Ababa, thanks to two superb strikes from Fenerbahce forward Emmanuel Emenike. Fans in Calabar will have to dig deep into their pockets if they hope to watch Nigeria's Super Eagles take on the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia at the U. J. Esuene Stadium. The tickets for the game which were made available for purch

BeanFruit’s Ethiopia Sidama Michicha “Ardi’ Natural I was first introduced to  BeanFruit Coffee Company  out of Flowood, MS by a friend of mine who is a barista at one of my favorite coffee shops here in Raleigh. This friend is originally from Mississippi and brought back a bag of their coffee after a recent trip home and was kind enough to share some with me one day while I was hanging at the shop. After my first taste I was very eager to get a bag of of mine own to experiment with and review for my blog. Today’s review is of BeanFruit’s  Ethiopia Sidama Michicha “Ardi’ Natural , a coffee that I have really come to admire. Origin Background I always enjoy reading about where my coffee comes from as it helps me develop a better appreciation and connection with the coffee I am about to enjoy.   Here is a quick overview of what I learned about the origin of BeanFruit’s Ethiopia Michicha “Ardi” Natural .  Based on my online research, I learned that the Sidama region of Ethiopia  i

by Sinke Wesho (OPride) – At least three Ethiopian citizens had been killed in Saudi Arabia and scores wounded following a visa-related crackdown that began last week. On November 8, when police started the field security sweep, in a matter of hours, police rounded up hundreds of migrants who did not have “legitimate” residency papers. The following day, at least two people, including a Saudi national, were killed in clashes between police, foreign workers, and vigilante Saudi citizens. Reports in the local media put the number of those arrested in thousands. Ethiopia had called on Saudi authorities to investigate the death of its citizens. And it had reportedly sent a delegation to facilitate the repatriation of more than 17,000 Ethiopians now facing deportation. The mistreatment of foreign workers in Gulf States, including Saudi Arabia, is not new. Alem Dechasa’s  assault  in 2012 in front of the Ethiopian consulate in Beirut infuriated many. A mobile  video  showing Dechasa

The 1987 African Footballer of the Year believes the Walia Antelopes of Ethiopia pose no threat to Super Eagles’ World Cup dream Algeria football legend   Rabah Madjer holds a strong view that the Super Eagles have already qualified for the Brazil 2014 Fifa World Cup. The 54 year old who made 87 appearances for the Desert Foxes and played a key role in FC Porto’s European Cup triumph in 1987 is of the opinion that it will be a wild goose chase for the East Africans to upset the reigning African champions in Calabar. “In view of its success in Ethiopia, the second leg will be a mere formality for Nigeria, also one of the greatest football nations on the continent,” he told  cafonline. “This is a team that has always been a danger to opponents. Ethiopia has made tremendous progress in recent years, but in my opinion it is not enough. “Nigerian players are superior and Stephen Keshi has done a great job to bring his team to the top." When asked to pick his choice of f

የወንጀል ስጋቶችን በመቀነስ የሀገሪቱን የሀገሪቱ ሰላምና ደህንነት እንዲጠበቅ የተጣለባቸውን ሀላፊነት እንደሚወጡ የፍትህ ሚኒስቴርና ተጠሪ ተቋማት ሰራተኞች አስታወቁ፡፡ ሚኒስቴር መ/ቤቱና ተጠሪ ተቋማት የፍትህ ስርዓቱ ማሻሻያ ማዕቀፍ  የሀገሪቱን የዕድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን በፍትህ ዘርፉ የደረሰበትን ደረጃ ገምግሟል፡፡ የፍትህ ሚንስትሩ አቶ ጌታቸው አምባዬ  እንደተናገሩት የዜጎች ቻርተር ሰነድ የለውጥ መሳሪያና የተልዕኮ ማሳለጫ እንዲሆን የህዝቡን ተሳትፎ የለውጡ ሂደት አካል አድረጎ መንቀሳቀስ እንደሚገባ አሳስበዋል፡፡ የዘርፉ ሰራተኛም መልካም አስተዳደርን በማስፈን የህዝቡን ጥቅም በማስቀደም ተገቢውን አገልግሎት ሊሱጡ ይገባልም ብለዋል፡፡ ሚንስትር ዴኤታው አቶ ብርሀኑ  ፀጋዬ  በበኩላቸው ለፍትህ ስርዓት ማሻሻያ እና ለሌሎች የፍትሀብሄር ጉዳዮች ሚኒስቴሩ ትኩረት ሰጥቶ እየሰራ ነው ብለዋል፡፡በተለይም የተቀናጀ የመረጃ ስርዓት ፕሮጀክት፣ነባር ህጎችን ማሰባሰብና ማጠቃለል፣የፍትህ አካላትአገልግሎት አሰጣጥ ውጤታማ፣ቀልጣፋና ተደራሽ እንዲሆን ድጋፍና ክትትል በማድረግ ጭምር እየተሰራ እንደሆነ ተናግረዋል፡፡ የግምገማው ተሳታፊ ሰራተኞች በበኩላቸው በፍትፍ ስርዓቱ የተቀመጠውን የአምስት አመት እቅድ እውን ለማድረግ እንደሚረባሩ አስታውቀዋል፡፡በተለይም በሀገሪቱ የወንጅል ስጋቶችንበመቀነስ የተጀመረውን ልማትና ሰላም ለማጠናከር የበኩላቸውን እንደሚወጡም ተናግረዋል፡፡

Tropical Cyclone 03A made landfall in Somalia and moved inland where it is dissipating over eastern Ethiopia today, Nov. 12. NASA's Aqua, Terra and TRMM satellites passed over the cyclone an captured images of 03A before and after it made landfall. Somalia is located in the Horn of Africa and its coastline lies on the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, and Djibouti to the northwest. On Nov. 8, NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone 03A and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument captured a visible image of the storm at 10:05 UTC/5:05 a.m. EDT. The MODIS image showed a concentrated area of thunderstorms around the center of circulation. On Nov. 8 at 10:05 UTC/5:05 a.m. EDT NASA's Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Tropical Cyclone 3A in the Arabian Sea approaching Somalia. (Photo Credit: Image : NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team) On Nov. 10 at 1500 UTC/10 a.m.

School of Graduate Studies Thesis Abstracts продвижение сайтов Women Empowerment Through Wondo Genet Omo Micro  Finance Institution, Sidama Zone, SNNP Region  Ethiopia: A Case Study Tadelech Tesfamichael School of Cooperative Leadership and Management Women constitute half of the population in Ethiopia but women have been suffering from discrimination and unequal treatment for centuries in all dimensions. The discrimination and marginalization of women make them poor in many ways that is from economical, political and socio-cultural and psychological deprivation. To reduce such problem  Federal and Regional governments have been taking different proactive measures through different interventions. One of such intervention is establishment of Micro Finance Institutions. This study attempted to investigate the relationship between micro-finance and empowerment in Wondo Genet Woreda, Ethiopia by collecting data from 120 women respondents from four Kabeles took loan from W

ከህዳር 7 ጀምሮ ለአንድ ሳምንት በባህርዳር ከተማ በሚካሄደው የከተሞች ሳምንት ላይ ዞኑን በመወከል የሚሳተፉት የይርጋለምና አለታ ወንዶ ከተማ አስተዳደሮች ለኩ ዳዬ ያዬ አለታ ጩኮ ወንዶ ኬላና መጪሾ ከተሞች ሲሆኑ የሲዳማ ዞን መንግስት በከተሞቹ   የሚታዩትን የመልካም አስተዳደር ችግሮችን በመፍታትና የመሰረተ ልማት ተቋማትን በማሟላት ለኑሮ ምቹና ተስማሚ እንዲሆኑ ለማድረግ በሚከናወኑ ተግበራት ህብረተሰቡ ተሳታፊ በመሆን የሚጠበቅበትን አስተዋጽኦ ማበርከት ኣለበት ማለቱ ተሰምቷል። ዝርዝር ዜናው የኢዜኣ ነው። ሐዋሳ ህዳር 4/2006 በከተሞች የሚታዩ የመልካም አስተዳደር ችግሮችን በመፍታትና የመሰረተ ልማት ተቋማትን በማሟላት ለኑሮ ምቹና ተስማሚ እንዲሆኑ ለማድረግ በሚከናወኑ ተግበራት ህብረተሰቡ ተሳታፊ በመሆን የሚጠበቅበትን አስተዋጽኦ ማበርከት እንዳለበት የሲዳማ ዞን ከተማ ልማት መምሪያ አስታወቀ። አምስተኛውራ የኢትዮጵያ ከተሞች ሳምንት በማስመልከት መምሪያው ከፋና ብሮድካስቲንግ ኮርፖሬት ሻሸመኔ 103 ነጥብ 4 ጋር በመተባበር በይርጋለም ከተማ ባዘጋጀው የውይይት መድረክ ላይ እንደተገለጸው ባለፉት ዓመታት በከተሞች የመሰረተ ልማት ተቋማትን በማስፋፋት ለኑሮ ተስማሚ እንዲሆኑ ለማድረግ የተለያዩ ተግባራት ተከናውነዋል። የሲዳማ ዞን ከተማ ልማት መምሪያ ኃላፊ አቶ ለገሰ ማሬሮ እንዳሉት ከ1989 ዓ.ም በፊት በዞኑ የነበሩት 14 ከተሞች ምንም ዓይነት የመሰረተ ልማት ተቋማት ያልተሟላላቸውና ለኑሮ ምቹ ያልነበሩ ከመሆናቸው በተጨማሪ በተፈጥሮ ያላቸውን ሀብት አልምተው ለመጠቀም በርካታ ችግሮች እንደነበሩባቸው ተናግረዋል። በአሁኑ ወቅት በዞኑ በፕላን የሚመሩና የመብራት፣ የስልክ፣ የመንገድና ሌሎች አስፈላጊ የመሰረተ ልማት ተቋማት የተገነቡላቸው 52 ከተሞች እንደሚገ

Abstract This study has aimed at examining the small holder farmers’ coping strategies to sustained household food insecurity and hunger in Southern Ethiopia (Sidama Zone). In order to collect the required input data, a comprehensive interview schedule was developed. The data were collected from 614 households who were selected through two-stage probability sampling technique. The association of each predicting variable and the dependent variable (coping strategies), controlling for all confounding factors, was examined using the multivariate analysis. The result revealed that about 54% of the households were facing mild to severe food insecurity, and of which, about 19% fall in household hunger category (as measured by Household Hunger Scale) for more than six months of the year. The study further showed that households in the study area employ a range of coping strategies to respond to the high and sustained food insecurity and hunger, ranging from minimizing the number of meals a

“Government announces temporary ban on traveling abroad for work” In an effort to curb the rising tide of abuse and exploitation of Ethiopian migrants, [there will be] a temporary freeze on citizens traveling abroad for employment. The temporary ban has been issued to prevent abuse and even killings of many Ethiopians who have travelled abroad for work. The ban is intended to remain in force until legal, administrative and institutional gaps in foreign employment have been addressed. These measures had become necessary because previous efforts by the Government to ensure the rights of Ethiopian workers abroad had failed to achieve their aim. Ensuring safe working remains one of the priority areas of the government. The temporary freeze on foreign employment travel and suspension of foreign employment agencies is expected to speed up improvement of working conditions for Ethiopians working overseas. Is the “temporary freeze on foreign employment travel” constitutio