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Commercial  bank of Ethiopia has inaugurated  Daka and Tesso as the 9 th  and 10 th  branches in Hawassa  in this week. Worancha Information Network has learnt that  Ato Yonas Yosef, Mayer of Hawassa, Ato Bekalu Zeleke, president of the CBE, Officials of the Hawassa city administration, CBE management members, the Bank’s customers and other invited guests have attended the inaugural ceremony. Ato kidane Mengesha during his opening remarks noted the significant role the newly opened branches will play in making banking services accessible to the larger section of the society and mobilizing saving.  Ato kidane has taken the especial moment to thank the regional state and the city administration for the valuable support stretched towards the Bank. Source:  www.combanketh.et

Hawassa, October 29, 2014. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MOE) launched a national mother tongue reading curriculum to improve the reading skills of 15 million primary school students in Ethiopia. Minister of Education Shiferaw Shigute and USAID Mission Director Dennis Weller opened the event on the eve of the Ministry's annual review meeting in Hawassa, Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region. This year's introduction of the new curriculum and reading materials to grades 1-4, complemented by teacher training, resulted from a massive two-year effort involving federal and regional officials, educators, linguists, and illustrators, teacher training colleges and pilot schools. A similar effort is now underway for grades 5-8. To address the major challenge of poor reading comprehension in early grades, the Ministry of Education and USAID designed a national early grade reading p

Fish resources in Ethiopia come exclusively from inland sources. In 2008, fish catch was estimated at around 17,000 tons 74 per cent of which originating from the six main lakes: Tana, Zeway, Langano, Hawassa, Abaya and Chamo; and 26 per cent from the other water bodies. Fish potential of the country is estimated at 45,000–51,500 tons per year, according to studies Thus, with less than 38 per cent of the potential currently exploited, there is a considerable room for further exploitation of fish resources. Fish as a source of human food has a long history in Ethiopia. People consume large amount of fish in fasting days, in big cities, around production areas and towns, especially in Zeway, Arba Minch, Bahir Dar and Addis Ababa. Outside these areas, however, the domestic market for fish is small. According to Assefa Mitike, a researcher, the factors which account for this low level of local fish consumption are the following. First, fish has not been integrated into t

የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪሚየር ሊግ በአዲስ መልክ መካሄድ ከጀመረ የዘንድሮው 17ኛ ዓመቱ ነው። በእነዚህ 17 ዓመታት 11 ጊዜ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስን፣ ሁለት ጊዜ መብራት ኃይልንና ሀዋሳ ከነማን እንዲሁም ኢትዮጵያ ቡናን እና ደደቢትን አንድ አንድ ጊዜ ሻምፒዮን ማድረግ ችሏል። ዮርዳኖስ አባይ 24 ግቦችን በአንድ የውድድር ዓመት በማስቆጠር ኮከብ ግብ አግቢ ሆኖ ያጠናቀቀበት ሪከርድ በፕሪሚየር ሊጉ ታሪክ ያልተደፈረ ሪከርድ ነው። ያለፈውን የውድድር ዓመት ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ እግር ኳስ ክለብ የዋንጫ ባለቤት በመሆን ሲያጠናቅቅ ጀርመናዊው የክለቡ አሰልጣኝ   ኮከብ አሰልጣኝ፣ ሩዋንዳዊው ግብ ጠባቂው ሮበርት ኦዶንካራ ኮከብ ግብ ጠባቂ እንዲሁም አጥቂው ኡመድ ኡክሪ ኮከብ ተጫዋችና ኮከብ ግብ አግቢ ሆኖ በማጠናቀቃቸው ፈረሰኞቹ ያለፈውን የውድድር ዓመት የድርብርቦሽ ድል ባለቤት ሆነው ነበር። ዘንድሮስ? ፕሪሚየር ሊጉ ባለፈው ቅዳሜ አንድ ለእናቱ በሆነው የአዲስ አበባ ስታዲየም ሲጀመር የአዲስ አበባ ዋንጫን ያነሳው ኢትዮጵያ ንግድ ባንክ ኢትዮጵያ ቡናን  በጨዋታ ብልጫ  ሁለት ለባዶ በማሸነፍ ተጀምሯል። በዚያ ጨዋታ የአሰልጣኝ ፀጋዬ ኪዳነማሪያም ልጆች በጥላሁን መንገሻ አቻዎቻቸው ላይ  የበላይ ሆነው ያመሹ ሲሆን፤ በአንጻሩ የኢትዮጵያ ቡና አጥቂዎች የተጋጣሚዎቻቸውን የግብ መስመር ማግኘት ተስኗቸው ደጋፊዎቻቸውን ሲያሳዝኑ አምሽተዋል። በተለይ ከቶጎ የተገዛው አጥቂው ኤዶም ከአንድ ፕሮፌሽናል ተጫዋች የማይጠበቅ በእጅጉ የወረደ አቋም ያሳየ ተጫዋች ሆኗል። ትናንት በአዲስ አበባና በተለያዩ የክልል ከተሞች ስድስት ጨዋታዎች ተካሂደው ነበር። ክልል ላይ ከተካሄዱት ጨዋታዎች መካከል የፕሪሚየር ሊጉ ሻምፒዮን ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ወደ አዳማ ተጉዞ ከብሔራዊ ሊጉ ሻምፒዮን አዳማ ከነማ ጋር

'Sweeping change' narrows gender ga Increased access for women to politics and the workforce has narrowed the global gender gap in the past 10 years, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said. The WEF's annual gender survey  confirmed "sweeping changes" in many countries, with 105 becoming more equal since 2005, said its author. Iceland tops the list for the sixth year running, with Yemen placed last. The WEF looked at economic factors, health, education and political participation in 142 countries. Just six nations - Sri Lanka, Mali, Croatia, Macedonia, Jordan and Tunisia - have seen their gender gap grow overall since 2005, the WEF said. Read more at BBC

Since 2012, MSF has been running a mother and child healthcare project in Sidama Zone of SNNPR (Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region) in Ethiopia. MSF will, end of October 2014, hand-over the project to the Ministry of Health and regional authorities. MSF has mainly been working in the two Woredas (divisions) of Chire and Mejo. In collaboration with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, MSF has been able to save the lives of many women and children and curb preventable morbidities. Since the intervention began, more than 12,000 women have benefited from Antenatal- and postnatal care, over 2,000 pregnant women have delivered in safe conditions and more than 1,500 children with complicated severe malnutrition have been treated in the stabilisation centres in Chire and Mejo. Gallery: Mother and child healthcare project in Sidama, Ethiopia | Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International

[MSF]Oval-shaped huts scattered all around a small area adorned with lush indigenous trees and expansive green meadows that give a feeling of homeliness is typical of villages in the Sidama zone, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a maternal health project in the Chire and Mejo divisions (known as woredas). - See more at: http://www.ethioscoop.com/news/17005-unobstructed-motherhood-women-delivering-safely-in-sidama.html#sthash.2wAPj6cC.dpuf

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Ethiopia ’s government illegally detained at least 5,000 members of the country’s most populous ethnic group, the Oromo, over the past four years as it seeks to crush political dissent,  Amnesty International  said. Victims include politicians, students, singers and civil servants, sometimes only for wearing Oromo traditional dress, or for holding influential positions within the community, the London-based advocacy group said in a report today. Most people were detained without charge, some for years, with many tortured and dozens killed, it said. “The Ethiopian government’s relentless crackdown on real or imagined dissent among the Oromo is sweeping in its scale and often shocking in its brutality,” Claire Beston, the group’s Ethiopia researcher, said in a statement. “This is apparently intended to warn, control or silence all signs of ‘political disobedience’ in the region.” The Oromo make up 34 percent of Ethiopia’s 96.6 million population, according to the  CIA World Factb

Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda are the main producers of coffee in Africa, with Ethiopia being the continent's leading coffee grower. World Bulletin/ News Desk Coffee-growing African countries – including Ethiopia – appear unable to add meaningful value to their coffee exports, a senior official at the Ethiopian Coffee Exporters' Association (ECEA) said. "The value-adding on coffee to any meaningful degree is not apparent on the [African] continent," ECEA General Manager Alemseged Assefa told Anadolu Agency. "For the foreseeable future, our country – and many of the [African] coffee-growing countries – will continue trading only in coffee beans," he lamented. "The work of roasting, packaging, retailing and other work in the coffee value chain has long been monopolized by big companies," he said. "It would be very difficult now to break that dominance." Meanwhile, he said, there were a few businesses en

BLANTYRE(MaraviPost)—Malawi national football team, is likely to miss the away game against Ethiopia on November 9 in the African Cup of Nations as the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has disclosed that they do not have enough in their coffers to fund the trip. According to The Nation Newspaper, FAM has resolved to further engage government on the prospects of securing more supplementary funding to enable the Flames travel to Ethiopia for their last Group B qualifiers. “Having negotiated for advance sponsorship from the Flames official sponsors Carlsberg Malawi, which enabled the team to fulfill the away fixture against Algeria, the executive committee was briefed that they \[Carlsberg] cannot give us the whole funding meant for next year on logistical and marketing grounds. “So the resolution was that we should further engage government and if it does not work, then we’ll have no choice but to pull out because we cannot manage to source funding for the Ethiopia game,” s

PRESS RELEASE Oval-shaped huts scattered all around a small area adorned with lush indigenous trees and expansive green meadows that give a feeling of homeliness is typical of villages in the Sidama zone, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a maternal health project in the Chire and Mejo divisions (known as woredas). Expectant mother Widinesh Legabo's village is 20 kilometres from the administrative town of Mejo. Widinesh, 32, has already gone through five challenging pregnancies, with long hours of labour, extensive bleeding and extreme shock during child birth. From the age of 16, when she had her first child, each delivery has always been a tormenting time for Widinesh. " Once I even went through a terrible six-day labour. I was suffering day and night. The cheerful voices of children playing out in the open and the sound of mowing cows outside that I always liked became unbearable. I wanted to lie still and forget that I was alive. The pain was unbearable ,&q

Office blocks under construction in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. But the reality is also many very poor neighbourhoods. Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters “Dawn. And as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside Korem it lights up a biblical  famine , now, in the 20th century. This place, say workers here, is the closest thing to hell on earth.” That  television news report  by the BBC’s Michael Buerk in 1984 framed Ethiopia  for a generation as a place of famine and in need of salvation. Almost 30 years later the country is hailed by pundits as an “African lion” after a decade of stellar  economic growth . Now further evidence of its turnaround has arrived with research showing that Ethiopia is creating millionaires at a faster rate than any other country on the continent. The number of dollar millionaires in the east African nation rose from 1,300 in 2007 to 2,700 by September this year, according to  New World Wealth , a consultancy based

International donors pledged $8 billion in development aid Monday for projects across eight countries in the Horn of Africa, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon announced at the start of a visit to the region. The aid, from organizations including the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), European Union and Islamic Development Bank (IDB), will support efforts to boost economies and stem conflict and hunger across the volatile region. Countries targeted are Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda. Infographic: Donors pledge funds for Horn of Africa (Design by Farwa Rizwan/ Al Arabiya News) "The countries of the Horn of Africa are making important yet unheralded progress in economic growth and political stability," Ban said in a statement. "Now is a crucial moment to support those efforts, end the cycles of conflict and poverty, and move from fragility to sustainability."  Ban, who begins his Horn of Africa trip in Et

World Bulletin/News Desk An Ethiopian official said Saturday that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and particularly cancer are alarmingly increasing in Ethiopia. "Earlier NCDs were considered as problems affecting developed countries," Dr. Mahlet Kifle of the Health Ministry told Anadolu Agency. Colorectal cancer is the leading cancer in males followed by leukemia and prostate cancer, according to the registry. "Currently, they are affecting developing countries like Ethiopia as the lifestyle in such countries is being changed," Kifle said. According to the Addis Ababa Cancer Registry, a total of over 5700 cancer cases were recorded in Addis Ababa in the period from September 2011 to August 2014. The registry indicates that females constitute 67 percent of cancer cases in Addis Ababa, while 33 per cent are said to be males. Breast cancer is the most common in females followed by cervix cancer. Colorectal cancer is the leading cancer in males fo

9th Nov 2014: Uganda Vs Ethiopia  11th Nov 2014: Uganda Vs Sudan Ahead of the next AFCON 2015 Qualifiers crucial deciders between Uganda and Ghana (at home) and Guinea (away), the Cranes have landed two international build up games early November. “The Cranes need these build up games to help the technical team gauge players ahead of the matches” FUFA President, Moses Magogo revealed as he addressed the delegates at the 90th FUFA general assembly held at Lira Hotel. The international build up against Ethiopia on the 9th November 2014 has been organized by the Ministry of Health to raise awareness about the deadly HIV/AIDS scourge. Three days later, Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has organized another friendly match on the 11th November 2014 against Sudan. Both matches will be hosted at the Nelson Mandela Stadium, Namboole. Uganda, who currently lie  3rd in group E with 4 points  hosts Ghana on the 15th November in the second last AFCON 2015 qualifier at

የመንግሥት ስልጠና የምርጫ ቅስቀሳ አካል ነው ብሏል  የምርጫ ጊዜ ሰሌዳ ለምን ወጣ መባሉ ተገቢ አይደለም - ምርጫ ቦርድ ምርጫ ቦርድ ከኢህአዴግ ተፅዕኖ ሙሉ ለሙሉ ነፃ መሆኑ ሳይረጋገጥና የምርጫ አፈፃፀም ችግሮች ሳይወገዱ የምርጫ የጊዜ ሰሌዳ ለማወጅ መዘጋጀቱ ተገቢ አይደለም ሲል ፕ/ር በየነ ጴጥሮስ የሚመሩት ኢማዴ-ደህአፓ ተቃወመ፡፡ መንግስት፤ የዩኒቨርሲቲ መምህራንና ተማሪዎችን ጨምሮ ለተለያዩ የህብረተሰብ ክፍሎች እየሰጠ ያለው ስልጠና የምርጫ ቅስቀሳ አካል ነው ሲልም ፓርቲው ኮንኗል፡፡  የኢትዮጵያ ማህበረ ዴሞክራሲ ደቡብ ህዝቦች አንድነት ፓርቲ ሰሞኑን ለብሄራዊ ምርጫ ቦርድ ባስገባው ግልፅ ደብዳቤ፤ ያለፉት አገር አቀፍና የአካባቢ ምርጫዎች ከመካሄዳቸው በፊት በምርጫ ችግሮችና መፍትሄዎቻቸው ዙሪያ ኢህአዴግ ከተቃዋሚዎች ጋር የሚወያይበት መድረክ እንዲዘጋጅ በተደጋጋሚ ብንጠይቅም እስካሁን ከቦርዱ የተሰጠ ተግባራዊ ምላሽ የለም ብሏል፡፡  ሃገሪቱ “በአንድ አውራ ፓርቲ” ብቸኛ ቁጥጥር ስር መውደቋ አደገኛና አሳሳቢ ነው ያለው ፓርቲው፤ የመድብለ ፓርቲ ስርአት የመገንባት ተስፋችን ጨርሶ እንዳይከስም ቦርዱ ሃላፊነቱን መወጣት እንዳለበት አሳስቧል፡፡ ነፃና ፍትሃዊ ምርጫ የሚካሄድበትን ሁኔታ ለመፍጠር ገዥው ፓርቲና ሃቀኛ ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች የሚወያዩበት መድረክ እንዲያመቻች በህግ ስልጣን የተሰጠው ምርጫ ቦርድ የገባውን ቃል በማጠፍ መድረኩን ሳያመቻች የምርጫ ጊዜ ሰሌዳ ማዘጋጀቱ ፋይዳ የለውም ብሏል - ፓርቲው፡፡  ገዥው ፓርቲ ኢህአዴግ በተሻሻለው የምርጫ ህግ፣ ለቦርዱ የተሰጠውን የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች የጋራ መድረክ የማስተባበር ስልጣን ለመቀማት ታማኝ ፓርቲዎችን በተቃዋሚ ስም አሰባስቦ “የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች የጋራ መድረክ” በመፍጠር የምርጫ ውድድር አሯሯጭ አሰልፏል ሲል ፓርቲው

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አንድ ሚሊየን የኢቦላ መከላከያ ክትባት በፈረንጆቹ 2015 ለማሰራጨት መዘጋጀቱን የአለም የጤና ድርጅት አስታወቀ። በቀጣይ አመት አጋማሽ ብቻ በብዙ መቶ ሺህ የሚቆጠሩ ክትባቶች በቫይረሱ ክፉኛ በተጠቁት ጊኒ፣ ላይቤሪያ እና ሴራሊዮን በተያዘው ዓመት ነሃሴ ወር ላይ እንደሚሰራጩም ነው የገለፀው። ይሁንና ክትባቱ የኢቦላን ስርጭትን ለመግታት ከሚደረገው ህሉን አቀፍ ጥረት በላይ ተዓምር መፍጠር የሚችል መሳሪያ ተደርጎ እንዳይወሰድም አሳስቧል። የኢቦላ ቫይረስ እስካሁን የ4 ሺህ 500 ሰዎችን ህይወት ቀጥፏል። በኢቦላ ቫይረስ ተይዞ ካገገመ በሽተኛ የተወሰደን ደም በመጠቀም የኢቦላ ቫይረስን ለመከላከል የሚያስችል ክትባት ለመስራት መዘጋጀቱንና በፈረንጆቹ 2015 ተግባራዊ እንደሚደረግ የአለም የጤና ድርጅት ምክትል ዳይሬክተር ዶክተር ፓውል ኬኒ ቀደም ብለው መናገራቸው ይታወሳል። ምንጭ፦  ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ

Two most notable international personalities are due to visit Ethiopia next week, sources disclosed to  Fortune . Ban Ki Moon, secretary general of the United Nations, and Jim Yong Kim (PhD), president of the World Bank, are scheduled to arrive here in Addis Abeba on October 27, 2014, to visit projects financed by the two organizations. This will not be Moon’s first visit to Ethiopia, although it will be for Kim, the duo will stay here for two days, these sources disclosed.

የኢትዮጵያ ብሄራዊ ቡድን የኡጋንዳ አቻውን በወዳጅነት ጨዋታ ሊገጥም ነው። የኡጋንዳ ብሄራዊ ቡድን በ2015ቱ የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ ማጣሪያ ለማለፍ ከጋና ጋር ለሚያደርገው ጨዋታ እንዲጠቅመው ነው ከዋሊያዎቹ ጋር የአቋም መፈተሻ ጨዋታ የሚያደርገው። “ዘ ክሬንስ” የፊታችን ጥቅምት 30 በማንዴላ ብሄራዊ ስታዲየም ዋሊያዎቹን ያስተናግዳሉ። የሀገሪቱ እግር ኳስ ፌደሬሽን የበላይ ጠባቂ ኢድጋር ዋትሰን እንደተናገሩት፥ የወዳጅነት ግጥሚያው ከሀገሪቱ የጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስቴር ጋር በመተባበር ነው የተሰናዳው። ከጨዋታው ጎን ለጎን ነፃ የኤች አይ ቪ/ኤድስ ምርመራ እና የግንዛቤ ማስጨበጫ መርሃ ግብር እንደሚኖር ተነግሯል። በኢሜኑኤል አዲባየር ሀገር ቶጎ በደርሶ መልስ የተረቱት ኡጋንዳዎች ከምድብ አምስት አራት ነጥብ እና አንድ የግብ እዳ ይዘው በሶስተኛ ደረጃ ላይ ተቀምጠዋል፤ ምድቡን ጋና በስምንት ነጥብ ስትመራ ቶጎ በስድስት ነጥብ ትከተላለች።  ጊኒ በአራት ነጥብ እና በሶስት የግብ እዳ የመጨረሻውን ደረጃ ይዛለች። ስለሆነም ኡጋንዳ ወደ ቀጣይ ዙር የማለፍ እድሏን ለማስፋት ከጋና ጋር የምታደርገውን ጨዋታ ማሸነፍ ይጠበቅባታል። በማሊ በሜዳው 2 ለ 0 ተሸንፎ ባማኮ ላይ 3 ለ 2 ማሸነፍ የቻለውን የኢትዮጵያ ብሄራዊ ቡድን መግጠም ከጋና ጋር ለሚያደርጉት ጨዋታ አቋማቸውን ለመፈተሽ እጅግ እንደሚጠቅማቸው ነው የኡጋንዳ ብሄራዊ ቡድን አሰልጣኝ ሚሉቲን ሰርዲዮቪች ሚቾ የተናገሩት። ምንጭ፦ www.fanabc.com