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The largest annual gathering of wildlife professionals, the wildlife agencies of the government and NGOs working in Africa will be the Advisory Forum of African Wildlife. This annual event, sponsored by SCI Foundation, will be held in Hawassa, Ethiopia, from 02 to 07 November. More information: http://www.safariclubfoundation.org/conservation/africaawcf El pasado lunes la Fundación del SCI (SCIF) asistió a la Cumbre de Líderes de EEUU y África, que se ha desarrollado en los días 4 a 6 de agosto en Washington DC, para participar en un debate sobre las mejores maneras de combatir el tráfico de vida silvestre. La reunión acogió a cincuenta jefes de estado africanos, miembros del Congreso de Estados Unidos, funcionarios de agencias gubernamentales y departamentos del Gobierno de EEUU, representantes de ONG y becarios de la Young African Leaders Initiative. El secretario del Interior de EE.UU, Sally Jewell, dirigió la discusión sobre los esfuerzos contra la caza furtiva y la futura

The Ethiopian political sphere witnesses divergent views on the issue of governance and effective public service delivery. At one end of the aisle sit the ruling EPRDFites who take pride in the reform efforts they have undertaken to improve public service provision and streamline good governance in the various tiers of the state structure. Though they are bold enough to admit that there remains a lot to be done, they argue that due recognition ought to be given to what has been achieved over the last 23 years. A showcase to this line of the ruling Revolutionary Democrats is the recent explanation that Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn provided to questions raised on the issue. The premier reflected that the reform undertakings of the ruling party are not just paper tigers, but verifiable activities bringing change in a public sector that had, for a long time, been a breeding ground for patrimonialism. As if to extend the premier’s argument, Temesgen Tilahun, a state minister

 *ሰልጣኞቹ ፌስ ቡክ እንዳይጠቀሙ ማስጠንቀቂያ ተሰጥቷቸዋል ከነሀሴ 9 ጀምሮ በደብረማርቆስ ከተማ በደብረማርቆስ ዩኒቨርሲቲ፣ ተክለኃይማኖት ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት፣ ቤተ መንግስት፣ መምህራን ኮሎጅና የደብረ ማረቆስ መሰናዶ ትምህርት ቤት ተከፋፍለው በአራት የሥልጠና ቦታዎች እንዲሁም 45 የውይይት ቡድኖች ስልጠና እየወሰዱ የሚገኙት የዩኒቨርሲቲ ተማሪዎች ስልጠናው ከፋፋይና ለትውልዱ ጎጅ በመሆኑ ሊቆም እንደሚገባ ማሳሰባቸውን ሰልጣኞቹ ለነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ገለጹ፡፡ ተማሪዎቹ በተለይም ‹‹የኢትዮጵያ ህዝቦች ትግልና የአገራችን ህዳሴ›› በሚል ህዝብን ከህዝብ ያጋጫል ያሉትን ያሉት ሰነድ ላይ ከፍተኛ ተቃውሞ እንዳሰሙ ለማወቅ ተችሏል፡፡ ተማሪዎች ‹‹እስር በእስር ለማናከስ የተዘጋጀ ሰነድ ነው፡፡ በመሆኑም ሰነዱ ሊቃጠል ይገባዋል፡፡ በቀጣይ ወደ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ስንገባ የሚያጋጨን ስለሆነ ስልጠናው በአስቸኳይ ሊቆም ይገባል፡፡ የኦሮሚያ ተማሪዎችን አመጽ የቀሰቀሰው በዚህ የኢህአዴግ ከፋፍለህ ግዛ ሴራ ነው፡፡ ሰነዱ እንደሚለው ኢትዮጵያ ከታናሽንት ወደ ታላቅነት ሳይሆን ከታላቅነት ወደታናሽነት ነው የወረደችው፡፡ ለዚህ ከፋፋይ ሰነድ በርካታ ወጭ ወጥቶ እርስ በእርሳችን ለማናከስ ከሚጣር በገንዘቡ በየጎዳናው የወደቁ ኢትዮጵያውያንን ከርሃብ መታደግ ይችል ነበር፡፡›› በሚል ጠንካራ ተቃውሞ ማሰማታቸውን ገልጸውልናል፡፡ ተማሪዎቹ አክለውም ‹‹አጼ ምኒልክ በጊዜያቸው መልካም ስራ ሰርተዋል፡፡ ስህተት ሰሩ እንኳ ቢባል የዘመኑ ወጣቶች ያ ስህተት ላይ ተሳታፊዎች ባለመሆናችን የእኛም ስህተት ተደርጎ ከሌሎቹ ጋር ለማናከሻነት መዋል የለበትም፡፡ በዚህ ዘመን ህወሓት፣ ብአዴንና ሌሎቹ የኢህአዴግ አባላት እንጅ ህዝብ ነፍጠኛ ሊባል አይገባም፡፡ ብአዴን አማርኛ ተናጋሪውን አይወክልም፡፡››

(Phys.org) —An invasive weed poses a serious and frightening threat to farming families in Ethiopia, but scientists from a Virginia Tech-led program have unleashed a new weapon in the fight against hunger: a tiny, speckled beetle. The weed, called parthenium, is so destructive that farmers in the east African nation have despairingly given it the nickname "faramsissa" in Amharic, which, translated, means "sign your land away." Farmers have doused the weed in pesticides and ripped it out with their hands, but it has only spread further. After a decade-long effort, scientists from the Integrated Pest Management Innovation Lab released a parthenium-eating beetle called Zygogramma bicolorata. "Extensive research has shown us that the beetle eats and breeds only on parthenium leaves," said Muni Muniappan, director of the Integrated Pest Management Innovation Lab, a program funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. "It's been

ሃዋሳ ነሐሴ 14/2006 በሀዋሳ ከተማ ዛሬ የተጀመረው ሁለተኛው ቱር መለስ የአረንጓዴ ልማት የብስክሌት ውድድር በደቡብና ኦሮሚያ ክልል በሚገኙ 11 ከተሞች ከቀጠለ በኋላ ነሀሴ 27 ፍጻሜውን በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ እንደሚያደርግ ተገለጸ፡፡ በሀዋሳ ከተማ በተካሄደው የ80 ኪሎ ሜትር ውድድር ከትግራይ ክልል የጉና፣ ትራንስ ኢትዮጵያና መሰቦ ክለብ ብስክሌተኞች አሸናፊ በመሆን የተዘጋጀላቸውን ሽልማት ከእለቱ የክብር እንግዶች ተቀብለዋል። በስፖርታዊ ውድድሮች ሀገሪቱ ውጤታማ መሆን እንድትችል የቀድሞው ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር መለስ ዜናዊ ከፍተኛ አስተዋጽኦ ማበርከታቸውን በቱር መለስ አረንጓዴ ልማት የብስክሌት ውድድር ላይ የተሳተፉ ተወዳዳሪዎች አስታውቀዋል፡፡ በሁለተኛው የቱር መለስ አረንጓዴ ልማት የብስክሌት ውድድር ላይ ከተሳተፉ ተወዳዳሪዎች መካከል የሜታ አቦ ፣የመቀሌ ብሩህ ተስፋና የድሬደዋ ከነማ ተወዳዳሪዎች ለኢዜአ እንደገለጹት የቀድሞው ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር መለስ ዜናዊ ኢትዮጵያ በልማቱ መስክ ያስመዘገበችው ድል በስፖርቱ መድገም እንድትችል ከፍተኛ አስተዋጽኦ አበርክተዋል፡፡ የሜታ አቦን ክለብ የወከለው ተወዳዳሪ በርይሁን መርሶ እንዳለው መለስ ስፖርትን የልማት አንዱ አካል በማድረግ ባበረከቱት አስተዋጽኦ ሀገራችን በየውድድሩ የምታመጣው ውጤት ከፍተኛ መሻሻል እየታየበት ነው፡፡ የመቀሌ ብሩህ ተስፋ ክለብ ተወዳዳሪ ቴዎድሮስ ሀብቱና የድሬደዋ ከነማ ተወዳዳሪ ብሩክ አለማየሁ እንዳሉት መለስ ሀገሪቱ በልማት መስክ ብቻ ሳይሆን በስፖርቱም የቀድሞ የበላይነቷ እንዲረጋገጥና እየተመዘገበ ላለው ውጤት መሰረት የጣሉ ጀግና መሪ ናቸው፡፡ በመለስ የተጀመሩ የልማት የመልካም አስተዳደርና ዲሞክራሲያዊ ስርዓት ግንባታ ተጠናክረው እንዲቀጥሉ የሚጠበቅባቸውን ግዴታ ለመወጣት ዝግ

Ethiopia’s arabica coffee export earnings are forecast to climb 25% to about US$900 million (RM2.85 billion) in 2014-15 because of higher prices after a drought damaged plants in the biggest grower of the bean, Brazil, an industry group said. Arabica prices on the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange could average US$2 a pound if supplies of the crop in the world market are tight, Ethiopian Coffee Exporters’ Association general manager Alemseged Assefa said in the capital, Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is Africa’s biggest producer of the crop and the origin of the arabica plant. “Prices are favourable this year because of the Brazilian coffee drought,” Alemseged said in an interview on Monday. “We presume that price will continue because of the drought.” Arabica has surged 71% in New York since January after a drought hurt plantings in Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter of the beans, fuelling speculation that consumption may outstrip supply. The Brazilian woes come as plantings in Cen

Abstract Iodine deficiency remains a public health problem in Ethiopia and in the study area despite a proclamation in 2011 that all salt for human consumption should be iodized. A community-based cross-sectional study assessed prevalence of goiter and KAP of 193 randomly selected women. The mean (SD) age was 25.6 (8.1) years and the mean household size was 5.7 (2.1). Of the women 48.7% had no education, 17.6% knew some reading, 25.4% had attended or completed elementary school and 8.3% attended or completed high school. Goiter was assessed in 191 women by palpation; 23% had visible and an additional 33% had palpable goiter. Of the participants, 93.8% said they didn’t use iodized salt and 87.6% didn’t know the benefits of iodized salt. Of the 24 women who reported knowing the benefits of iodized salt, 23 said it prevents goiter but none mentioned cognitive effects. The women suggested causes of goiter to be drinking dirty water, drinking tap water, drinking rain water, but only t

Understanding how much revenue a government could collect compared to what it does, helps show how best to reform revenue policy and administration. How much revenue do countries collect? How much should they be collecting? These might seem like straightforward questions for governments, but in reality the answer is often elusive. In this article we use the example of Ethiopia to show how tax gap analysis is paving the way for extensive revenue reforms there. A country’s tax gap is defined as the difference between revenue potential (the theoretical amount of revenue that could be collected under the existing legal framework) and the amount of revenue that is actually collected. Tax gap analysis is a powerful tool that highlights where governments can improve their revenue systems, particularly by: Identifying any loopholes that exist in current legislation Offering policy choices to governments (by expanding the tax base, introducing new taxes, or altering the rate or cov

Arguably, Ethiopia's nation building course is far from over. Many agree it is in fact far from being on the right track. But inarguably Ethiopia is a state - a state that has its own constitution with a clearly marked distinction between the executive, the judiciary and the legislative; a state that is playing international and regional roles of its own creed and capacity; a state that is signatory to numerous international conventions ranging from protecting individual liberty to its environment. But if one goes by the country's recent crackdown against journalists, bloggers, opposition party members and Muslim protestors, it is compellingly easy (and tempting) to question whether the country's security apparatus is acting as if this is a failed state and getting along with it. Following the arrest last April of six bloggers and three journalists by the city police and members of the country's intelligence under questionable circumstances, the pre-tr

Abstract:       Malaria remains one of the major health problems in Ethiopia as in Sidama Zone, Southern People’s Nations and Nationalities Region. Though it fairly gets attention as a health problem, its cost on the economy stayed unnoticed. In the thesis, ‘Economic Cost of Malaria on Sidama Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia’, an attempted has made to investigate and estimate the economic cost of malaria morbidity and mortality on households and public Health institutions in Sidama Zone. To conduct the study, cross sectional household survey of randomly selected 100 households from rural setting of Sidama Zone has been done. Data collected by interview using the structured questionnaire and interviewing key informants from March 15 – April 01, 2011. Desk review done using checklist. The study area was chosen based on the agro-ecological feature and malaria prevalence of the Zone. The collected data analyzed using SPSS software; the findings were presented using tables and graphs. It was estim

በቤተሰብና በትምህርት ተቋማት አካባቢ የሕፃናትን ጠባይ ለማረም የሚወስዱ የቅጣት ዕርምጃዎች በየወቅቱ አነጋጋሪ ናቸው፡፡ አንዳንዶች ሕፃናት ካልተቀጡ፣ ካልታረሙ፣ ካልተገሰጹ ጥሩ ሥነ ምግባር አይኖራቸውም፤ ባህላችንም፣ ሃይማኖታችንም ሕፃናት እንዲቀጡና መልካም ጠባይ ኖሮአቸው እንዲያድጉ ያስተምራሉ የሚል ክርክር ያቀርባሉ፡፡ ይህንን አቋም የማይቀበሉት ሌሎቹ ደግሞ ሕፃናትን በማስተማር፣ በመንገር፣ በትዕግስት ቀርቦ በማስረዳት ካልሆነ መቅጣት አያስተምራቸውም፣ አያርማቸውም፤ እንዲያውም የሥነ ልቦና ጫና በማሳደር እንዲፈሩ፣ እንዲጨነቁና ሐሳባቸውን በነፃነት እንዳይገልጹ ያደርጋል በሚል የተቃውሞ ክርክራቸውን ያሰማሉ፡፡ ከተወሰኑ ዘመናት በኋላ ደግሞ ሕፃናትን ጠባይ ለማረምም ቢሆን መቅጣት የሰብዓዊ መብት ጥያቄ ማስነሳቱ አልቀረም፡፡ ያም ሆኖ ሕፃናትን መቅጣት አሁንም በብዙ አገሮች ሕጋዊ የሆነ ተግባር ተደርጎ የተወሰደ ይመስላል፡፡  ከሕፃናት መብት አንፃር አገራችን በዚህ ዘመን ከትናንቱ የተሻለ ቢሆንም ሕፃናት መቀጣታቸው፣ መቆንጠጣቸው፣ በእጅ ወይም በዱላ መመታታቸው የቀረ አይመስልም፡፡ በቀደሙት ዘመናት በቤት ውስጥ ያጠፋ ሕፃንን መግረፍ፣ በበርበሬ ማጠን፣ ቀዝቃዛ ውኃ ውስጥ መንከር፤ በትምህርት ቤትም ለረጅም ሰዓታት እንዲንበረከክ ማድረግ፣ በክፍል አለቃና በመምህር በትር መገረፍ፣ አጎንብሶና ተገልብጦ ጆሮን መያዝ የተለመዱ እንደነበሩ ብዙኃኑ የኅብረተሰብ ክፍል የሚያስታውሰው ሃቅ ነበር፡፡ አሁን ለውጡ አገራችን ከሰብዓዊ መብቶች አያያዝ ጋር ባመጣችው የባህል ለውጥ ይሁን በዘመናዊነት ወይም በዘመነ ሉላዊነት (Globalization) ተፅዕኖ ሕፃናት እንደ ድሮው ዓይነት ለከፋ ቅጣቶች አይጋለጡም፡፡ አሁንም ቢሆን ግን መቀጣት፣ መገረፍና መቆንጠጥ አልቀረላቸውም፡

Ethiopia, Africa's largest coffee grower, is set to continue talks with global buyers in hopes of branding and trademarking its world-renowned coffee and boosting national revenue. World Bulletin / News Desk Ethiopia, Africa's largest coffee grower, is set to continue talks with global buyers in hopes of branding and trademarking its world-renowned coffee and boosting national revenue. "The objective of the negotiations is to prevent illegal coffee trade, unfair price fixing and profiteering involving Ethiopian coffee brands in the world market," Teshome Sileshi of Ethiopia's Intellectual Property Office told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday. He said 15 million Ethiopians directly or indirectly involved in coffee production receive less than 10 percent of the retail price from coffee sales while the rest goes to international middle men and distributors. "So far, 34 countries have recognized and registered brands and trademarks for globally popular an