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Ethiopia: Oromo Community in Toronto Demonstrate Against Self-Invited Zenawi at the G20

Hiriirri Nagayaa Kan Magaalaa Toronto Kanada ti Diddaa Hirmaannaa walgahii G20 Abbaa Irrummaa Malas Zinawi irrati Geggeeffame Injifannoon Xumurame

Waxabajii 26, 2010 (Toronto, Canada) Hiriirri nagayaa kan dura dhaabbannaa hirmaatinsa PM Males Zinaawii guyyaa kalee as magaalaa Toronto keessati geggeefame injifannoon xumurame. Hiriira nagayaa kan sabaaf sablamoota addunyaa hirmaachise kanarrati Oromoonni magaalaalee baha Kanada hedduu keessaa dhufanii hirmaatanii jiru.

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Oromo: Gadaa System’s Last Stronghold Threatened by Climate Change

Oromo’s system of governance, the Gadaa System, is still in practice in the Borena Zone of Oromia (Ethiopia) and northern Kenya. However, climate change is forcing Borena and other areas to adopt to new lifestyles threatening indigenous systems of governance, among other things. The following documentary video (titled No Time to Recover) is from CareClimateChange.org.

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Oromia: Teenagers Transform Hand-Held Radios into Radio Station (VOA News)

By Jalene Gemeda
April 15, 2010

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Four young men who recently graduated from high school have become radio broadcasters in Haromaya district of eastern Hararghe.

Jamal Asee, Usmael Alisho, Zahir Usman and Zakir Abdul-Karim started experimenting in 2002 in an effort to create a mobile phone. They dismantled their radio sets, reassembled and reconnected the parts of the radios on a large hardboard to make a transmitter with enough power to relay broadcasts to a 36-kilometer range.

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Oromo: A 13-Year Old with Plan to Build a Time Machine

Gentill Abdulla is a young man with ideas for a time machine. You can read more about his project on CNN’s iReport. You can also e-mail him directly at g_mobster2@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter.

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Ethiopia: Medrek on Democracy, Economy, Federalism, Assab, Education, Health

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Ethiopia: Dr. Gebisa Ejeta – Journey from Welenkomi, Oromia, to Laurette of WFP (Video)

The 2009 World Food Prize was awarded to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia, whose sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the devastating Striga weed have dramatically increased the production and availability of one of the worlds five principal grains and enhanced the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Video: YouTube (Word Food Prize Channel)

Picture Gallery: View Photos of the Award Ceremony (DesmoinesRegister.com)

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