Worancha ወራንቻ

ከ ሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ አምስተኛው ጠቅላላ ምርጫ ልክ የዛሬ ሁለት ወር በመላው አገሪቱ ይከናወናል፡፡ ከዚህ አንፃር የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ምርጫ ቦርድ ባወጣው የጊዜ ሰሌዳ መሠረት የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ ዕጩዎች ምዝገባ፣ የመራጮች ምዝገባና የመሳሰሉት ጉዳዮች ተፈጽመዋል፡፡ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች የምርጫ ውድድር እንቅስቃሴም በይፋ ተጀምሮ በመካሄድ ላይ የሚገኝ ሌላው የጊዜ ሰሌዳው አካል ነው፡፡  ከየካቲት 14 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም. አንስቶ በመካሄድ ላይ የሚገኘው የፓርቲዎችና የዕጩዎች የምርጫ ውድድር የተለያዩ ገጽታዎች ነው ያሉት፡፡ ከእነዚህም መካከል የኢትዮጵያ ብሮድካስቲንግ ባለሥልጣን ባወጣው የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች ነፃ የአየር ሰዓትና የጋዜጣ ዓምድ ድልድል መሠረት፣ የተለያዩ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች ያሉዋቸውን የፖሊሲና የስትራቴጂ አማራጮችን የተመለከቱ እንቅስቃሴዎቻቸውን እንዲያስተላልፉ የተሰጠው አሠራር አንዱ ነው፡፡  የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎቹ የተሰጣቸውን የአየር ሰዓትና የጋዜጣ ዓምድ ድልድል በአግባቡ እየተጠቀሙበት እንዳልሆነ የሚመለከታቸው አካላት በተደጋጋሚ ይገልጻሉ፡፡ በዚሁ ልክ ደግሞ የተወሰኑ ፓርቲዎች እንዲሁ ልናስተላልፍ ያቀረብነው የቅስቀሳ ጽሑፍ ወይም ፕሮግራም አላግባብ ሳንሱር እየተደረገ ውድቅ ሆኖብናል በማለት መልሰው ይከሳሉ፡፡ በሁለቱ ጽንፎች መካከል እየተካሄደ ባለው የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች የምረጡኝ ቅስቀሳ ወቅት፣ ፓርቲዎቹ ለሕዝብ የተለያዩ መልዕክቶችን በማስተላለፍ ላይ ይገኛሉ፡፡ ሞቅ ባለ ሁኔታ በየከተማው የተለያዩ ሥፍራዎች የሚከናወኑ የምረጡኝ ዘመቻዎችና እንቅስቃሴዎች ግን እምብዛም የሚስተዋሉ አልሆኑም፡፡ አስተያየት ሰጪዎች ይህን መሰሉ እንቅስቃሴ ከምርጫ 97 ጋር አብሮ መጥፋቱን ያወሳሉ፡፡   ከዚህም ባሻገር ፓርቲዎች ከምረጡኝ ቅስቀሳና ዘመቻ በተጨማሪ፣

ከ ሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ ‹‹አዲስ አበባ ገብተው እንደነበር አላውቅም››  አቶ ሽመልስ ከማል ከኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ጋር የተቋረጠውን ድርድር ለማስጀመር መጋቢት 9 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም.  አዲስ አበባ እንደገባ የሚገልጸው በቀድሞው የኦሮሞ ነፃነት ግንባር (ኦነግ) ሊቀመንበር የሚመራው፣ የአሁኑ የኦሮሞ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር (ኦዴግ) ልዑካን ቡድን ከመንግሥት ወገን የሚያነጋግረው በማጣቱ ወደ ካናዳ መመለሱን ገለጸ፡፡ የኦዴግ ሥራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ መጋቢት 15 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም. ባወጣው መግለጫ እንዳስታወቀው፣ ከመንግሥትና ከገዥው ፓርቲ ኃላፊዎች ጋር በስልክ ከመነጋገር ባለፈ በአካል መገናኘት ባለመቻሉ ማዘኑን ገልጿል፡፡ ነገር ግን ወደ ተነሳበት ሰላማዊ የፖለቲካ ትግል ከመጓዝ ተስፋ እንደማያስቆርጠው አስገንዝቧል፡፡  በተለያዩ የማኅበራዊ ድረ ገጾችና የተለያዩ ጦማሮች መንግሥት አቶ ሌንጮ ለታንና የልዑካን ቡድኑን አባላት ከቦሌ ዓለም አቀፍ ኤርፖርት እንደመለሳቸው ሲናፈስ ነበር፡፡ ይሁን እንጂ ግንባሩ ባወጣው መግለጫ ከፍተኛ የልዑካን ቡድኑ አዲስ አበባ ከገባ በኋላ፣ በአዲስ አበባ ቆይታው ከመንግሥት ኃላፊዎች ጋር በአካል መገናኘት ባለመቻሉ መጋቢት 15 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም. ወደ ካናዳ መመለሱን ገልጿል፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ከኦዴግ ጋር እንዲደራደር ለማሳመን ለሁለት ዓመት ግንባሩ ከውጭ በመሆን ጥረት ሲደረግ መቆየቱን፣ በስተመጨረሻም በግንባሩ ውሳኔ ፕሬዚዳንቱ አቶ ሌንጮ ለታ የሚመሩት የልዑካን ቡድን ወደ አዲስ አበባ እንዲጓዝ መደረጉን ይገልጻል፡፡ ኦዴግ ከተመሠረተበት ጊዜ አንስቶ ሰላማዊ የፖለቲካ ትግል በማድረግ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ መብትና ነፃነት የማስከበር፣ እንዲሁም ለመላው የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ዴሞክራሲና ብልፅግናን ለማቀዳጀት እንደሚሠራ አስታውቋል፡፡ 

A unique project is improving nutrition and incomes through better farming practices The Asemo family has seen improvements in their diet and income following the introduction of chickpeas.  Photo:  Laura Rance Source: manitobacooperator.ca A little yellow seed is sprouting big changes for farming families here in the Great Rift Valley, within reach of the Hawassa University extension services. Chickpeas grown as a double crop after maize are boosting families’ nutrition, providing extra income and helping improve the soils. Farmers here have traditionally grown one crop of maize, tef and sometimes haricot beans per year on their plots, which are often one hectare or less, with hopes of harvesting enough of these staples to keep the family fed. But researchers and extension agronomists have been working with families since 2010 to add a double crop of chickpeas to the mix. The chickpeas are sown in August right after the maize is harvested. Hawassa University soil s

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File photo: A general view shows construction activity on the Grand Renaissance dam in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz region March 16, 2014 (Photo: Reuters) Full text of 'Declaration of Principles' signed by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia  In an important step towards resolving a long-running dispute over the Grand Renaissance Dam, the leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have signed in Khartoum a declaration of principles as follows Ahram Online publishes a translated version of the "Declaration of Principles" signed by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia in a step to put an end to a four-year dispute over Nile water sharing arrangements among Nile Basin countries. Ten principles are outlined in the document signed by the three countries. Introduction Valuing the increasing need of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Republic of the Sudan for their over-border water sources, and realising the importance of the Nile Rive

Trachoma affects overwhelmingly more women than men because it is often carried by young children, who reinfect their mothers, sisters, aunts and grandmothers. Dr Wondu Alemayehu, a world-renowned Ethiopian eye surgeon, is working with international development NGO The Fred Hollows Foundation to eradicate blinding trachoma in Ethiopia. "It’s heartbreaking. Mothers, who are the pillars of their families in Ethiopia, are shouldering the burden of this crisis," Dr Wondu told Al Jazeera. "We must urgently provide more antibiotics, more mobile surgical teams, and better access to clean water and sanitation. I’ve spent 30 years fighting trachoma and I hate this disease so much." Brian Doolan, chief executive of The Fred Hollows Foundation, said trachoma is known as the "quiet disease" because it destroys eyesight very slowly. "This is not a typical emergency, it's not a war or a natural disaster, but it could still have a devastating impact

በሁለተኛው ዙር የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪሚየር ሊግ እግር ኳስ ጨዋታ ሃዋሳ ከነማ፣ሲዳማ ቡናና አርባ ምንጭ ከነማ ድል ሲቀናቸው ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ፣ ወላይታ ዲቻና መብራት ሀይል ተሸነፉ፡፡ በሃዋሳ ስታዲዮም ዛሬ በተካሄደ የፕሪሚየር ሊግ እግር ኳስ ግጥሚያ ሀዋሳ ከነማ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስን ሁለት ለ ለባዶ በሆነ ውጤት አሸነፏል። በመጀመሪያው ግማሽ ሁለቱም ክለቦች ካለምንም ግብ እረፍት ቢወጡም በሁለተኛው አጋማሽ ሃዋሳ ከነማ አጥቅቶ በመጫወት ታፈሰ ሰለሞን በ75ኛው እንዲሁም ደስታ ዮሀንስ በ86ኛው ደቂቃ ባስቆጠሩት ሁለት ጎሎች ሊያሸንፍ ችሏል፡፡ በይርጋለም ከተማ በተደረገው የሲዳማ ቡናና የኤሌክትሪክ ጨዋታ ሲዳማ ቡና ኤሌክትሪክን ሁለት ለአንድ፣ አርባምንጭ ላይ አርባ ምንጭ ከነማ ወላይታ ዲቻን አንድ ለባዶ አሸንፈዋል፡፡ የቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ መሸነፍን ተከትሎ መሪነቱን ሲዳማ ቡና በ31 ነጥብ ሲረከብ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ በ28 ነጥብ ሁለተኛ፣ወላይታ ዲቻ በ25 ነጥብ ሶስተኛ ናቸው ተብሏል፡፡ የቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ አሰልጣኝ ዶስ ሳንቶስ ተጨዋቾቻቸው ያገኙትን አጋጣሚ መጠቀም ባለመቻላቸው ለሽንፈት መዳረጋቸውን ገልፀው የነበረባቸውን ችግር በማስወገድ በቀጣይ የተሻለ ውጤት ለማስመዝገብ እንደሚሰሩ ተናግረዋል፡፡ የሃዋሳ ከነማ አሰልጣኝ ውበቱ አባተ ችግሮቻችን ፈትሸን በመግባታችን ከመጀመሪያው አጋማሽ በሁለተኛው የተሻለ በመንቀሳቀስ ማሸነፍ ችለናል በማለት ካለን የጨዋታ ብልጫ አኳያ ተጨማሪ ግቦችን ማስቆጠር እንችል ነበር ብለዋል፡፡ ምንም እንኳን  ከጨዋታ ብልጫ ጋር የዛሬውን ጨዋታ ብናሸንፍም በመጀመሪያው ዙር ከነበረው የውጤት ቀውስ ለመላቀቅ ትኩረታችን ቀጣይ በሚኖሩን ጨዋታዎች ላይ ነው ብለዋል፡፡ ምንጭ ኢዜኣ

Photo from Social media በሃዋሳ ስታዲየም  ዛሬ  በተካሄደው የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪሚየር ሊግ ጨዋታ ሃዋሳ ከነማ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስን 2-0 በሆነ ውጤት አሸነፈ። በጨዋታው በመጀመሪያው ግማሽ ሁለቱም ክለቦች ካለምንም ግብ እረፍት ቢወጡም በሁለተኛው አጋማሽ ሃዋሳ ከነማ አጥቅቶ በመጫወት ታፈሰ ሰለሞን በ75ኛው እንዲሁም ደስታ ዮሀንስ በ86ኛው ደቂቃ ባስቆጠሩት ሁለት ጎሎች ሊያሸንፍ ችሏል፡፡ በሌሎች ጨዋታዎች ሲዳማ ቡናና አርባ ምንጭ ከነማ ድል ሲቀናቸው፥ ወላይታ ዲቻና መብራት ሀይል ተሸንፈዋል፡፡   የፕሪሚየር ሊጉን መሪነት ሲዳማ ቡና በ31 ነጥብ ሲረከብ ከቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ በ28 ነጥብ 2ኛ፣ ወላይታ ዲቻ በ25 ነጥብ ሶስተኛ ደረጃ ላይ ይገኛል። FBC

The newly constructed  lab provides external quality assurance services for the entire region’s hospitals and health center laboratories   SNNPR, Hawassa- March 19, 2015:  The third state-of-the-art regional referral public health laboratory in Ethiopia, constructed by the U.S Government with technical assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), was formally inaugurated and handed over to the Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State. Dr. Kesetebirhan Admasu, Minister for Health, Dr. Jeffery Hanson, Country Director, CDC Ethiopia, and Kifle Gebremariam, Vice President and Regional Health Bureau Head of the State of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples, attended the inauguration ceremony. The regional public health laboratory was constructed at a cost of USD $ 3.1 million (60 million Eth birr) and will serve a population of approximately 18 million in SNN

More than a year after researchers revealed an electronic eavesdropping campaign aimed at DC-area journalists, the hackers are at it again. Internet watchdog group Citizen Lab says hackers who attacked a US employee of Ethiopian Satellite Television in 2013 have recently launched a new round of attacks using upgraded espionage software. Citizen Lab, which is based at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs, says the hackers used three booby-trapped emails sent out in November and December. The broadcaster's executive director, Neamin Zeleke - one of those targeted by the malicious messages - says it didn't take a genius to figure out the same actors were at work. "They didn't even bother to change the email address," he said. Zeleke believes Ethiopia's authoritarian government - one of Africa's top jailers of journalists - is behind the hackers. He said it was part of a broader campaign of "threats, inti

The Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Medrek) published its election manifesto that consists of alternatives and other ideological points that the party wants to achieve in the upcoming election in order to become a formidable competitor. The manifesto was launched on Friday at the party's headquarters in a press conference, which was attended by both local and international media representatives. Medrek officials discussed issues concerning the challenges that the party is facing while striving to become competitive in the upcoming national election. RELATED TOPICS Ethiopia Ethiopia: Youth & Politics in Post-Revolu... Ethiopia: On the Biggest Challenge Facing... Ethiopia: Governing the Streets of Addis -... Ethiopia: Meskel Square, Addis Ababa - Worshi... The details of the manifesto was presented by Merera Gudina (PhD), head of external affairs, Tilahun Endeshaw, head of public relations and Gebru Gebremariam, secretary of the party. The party launched its 13-page man