Ethiopias ethnic federalism and the rights of regional minorities. Among the 20 positive individuals, 19 were farmers and nine of them reported no travel history outside their district. The massacre of benishangulgumuz people the ugly face. It appears that kalaazar is emerging in dangur and guba districts of benishangulgumuz regional state, probably in connection with human encroachment into one or several previously outofreach zoonotic foci.
This region is distinctive for lying entirely within the bend of the abbay river from its outflow from lake tana to the sudan. Bensangul gumuz, also known as benshangul gumuz, is one of the nine ethnic divisions kililoch of ethiopia. Constituttion of the regional state of benishangulgumuz. The region is located in the northwestern part of the country bordering amhara region in the north, oromia in the east, gambella in the south and sudan in the west. May 9, 2019 sweipdm strongly condemns the current escalating massacre against the marginalized indigenous gumuz people of benishangul gumuz region pafd news may 7, 2019 the massacre of benshangul gumuz people by the amharas special forces must be immediately stopped. The study is carried out as part of the federal and some regional case studies designed to examine effectiveness of public finances of subnational governments. May 17, 2005 the remarkable church growthfrom just seven in early 2004in impoverished benishangulgumuz province comes from the extraordinary collaboration of a government official, an association of. In the most recent elections held 23 may 2010, the bgpduf won 9 seats.
Click here to view tumet river, asosa region assosa region, benishangul gumuz region, ethiopia mineral andor locality is an outreach project of the hudson institute of mineralogy, a 501c3 notforprofit organization. The office has been offering comprehensive humanitarian services to the regional communities. This has prevented the gumuz people group from developing and modernizing. One of the survivors mentioned names of those perpetuators, whom he said are members of the regions security and an administrator, gemechu banga, bekele dagnew, admasu gitara and bekele chefe. Reviews asnake kefales account on federalism and ethnic conflict in ethiopia is valuable and highly recommendable for interested readers. By structuring conflicts into various categories and comparing two very distinct regions as the somali and benishangul gumuz, the author has reached his goal to increase the debate over the shape of federalism in ethiopia. Hrco 142nd special report english executive summary in anticipation of the translation of the 142nd special report from amharic to english, hrco releases the executive summary of the report. Benishangulgumuz region mopakigbahin sa usa ka utlanan sa amhara region, ug oromiya region. Open hrco releases the executive summary of the 142nd special report. About benishangul gumuz benishangulgumuz bsg is located in the north western part of the country created from the western most portion of gojjam province the part north of the abay river, and the northwestern portion of welega province the part south of the abay. Muslims in ethiopia predominantly adhere to sunni islam and generally inhabit eastern and northeastern areas.
The special report shows the findings of the investigations r. Local peace structures in benishangulgumuz, ethiopia. Two weeks ago ascom made a presentation to senior officials of the ministry of mines about the new discovery. Located in assosa, the capital city of the benishangul gumuz regional state. The benishangul gumuz region bgr of ethiopia is a federal state in the west of ethiopia, bordering blue nile state in sudan. A comparative regional study routledge studies in federalism and decentralization book 20 kindle edition by kefale, asnake. After 1898, the ethiopians hired this region from the british for 25 years in order to utilize the gold mines that were found there in abundance.
Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. For use in publications such as books, newspapers, blogs, websites. Benishangulgumuz region is sub divided in three zones and. Visceral leishmaniasis in benishangulgumuz regional state. The total number of kebeles of the city are 19, while the rural part of the state has 17 farmers associations. Participants were adolescent school girls, mothers, elderly women, experts from culture and tourism, and women, youth and childrens affairs offices and experts from nongovernmental organizations. Itang, kormuk, debre zeyit, benishangul gumuz, ketema, manbuk, meti, ethiopia, dibate, genete mariam, gurgura books online at. Benishangul gumuz has an estimated area of 51,000 square kilometers and is located in the northwestern part of ethiopia. Oromo and amhara ethnic groups living in a cluster of villages found in yaso, on the border with oromia region of haro limu district of east wollega zone were targeted by mobs of. Benishangul gumuz benishangul gumuz is one of the nine regional states in ethiopia, located in the most western section of the country bordering sudan.
It was of course tribal warfare that lead to this separation of these lands. Asosa woreda asosa is one of the 20 woredas in the benishangul gumuz region of ethiopia. Mar 21, 2020 in addition, according to the 2007 ethiopian national census the gurage can also be found in large numbers in addis ababa, oromia region, dire dawa, harari region, somali region, amhara region, gambela region, benishangul gumuz region, and tigray region. Jul 06, 2016 among the 20 positive individuals, 19 were farmers and nine of them reported no travel history outside their district. The right to political participation of nonindigenous regional minorities of benishangul gumuz regional state in ethiopia 9783639359879. Gojjam project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. They speak the gumuz language, which belongs to the nilosaharan family. Asosa destination guide benishangulgumuz region, ethiopia.
Oct 02, 2017 existing only from the nile, egypt fears disaster from a dam by maggie michael october 2, 2017 gmt file in this june 28, 20 file photo, the blue nile river flows near the site of the planned grand ethiopian renaissance dam near assosa in the benishangulgumuz region of ethiopia, near sudan, some 800 kilometers 500 miles from the capital. The region is divided into three administrative zones namely assosa, metekel and kamashi. Determinants of childhood diarrhea among underfive children. Experience the unique and diversified culture, the beautiful and stunning landscape and view very closely the major tributaries of the blue nile river with the pioneer tour operator in the route ethiopian quadrants plc. In all the guide books ive looked at, new editions or old, assosa is not even on the map.
The best benishangulgumuz region bed and breakfasts of. The massacre of benishangulgumuz people the ugly face and deed of amhara supremacists. Benishangulgumuz, also known as benshangulgumuz, is one of the nine ethnic divisions pl. Conflict of haro limu and yaso woredas of oromia and. This species is adapted to dry land, poor and shallow soil, and degraded landscape. The extent of language editing varies from book to book. Benishangul gumuz regional branch ethiopian redcross society. Benishangulgumuz region travel blogs, photos and forum. The adoption of ethnic federalism in ethiopia was closely related with the problem of creating a state structure that could be used as instrument of managing the complex ethnolinguistic diversity of the country. Following the adoption of the 1995 constitution, the region was created from the westernmost. The benishangul gumuz peoples democratic unity front bgpduf.
In the 16th or 17th century, they migrated from eastern sudan and settled in an area known as benishangul, a fertile region in northwest ethiopia. During the 16th to the 19th centuries, they suffered oppression under the turko egyptian empire, the mahadist state in sudan, and the emperor menelik in ethiopia. Benishangul gumuz regional state schools renovation programmeethiopia the education component of this integrated programme aims at improving access and quality of primary education. Tsega etefa from darfur to the rwandan genocide, journalists, policymakers, and scholars have blamed armed conflicts in africa on ancient hatreds or competition for resources. Practitioners of traditional religions mainly reside in the nations far southwestern and western rural borderlands, in the snnp, benishangul gumuz and gambela regions. This work is a product of the staff of the world bank with external contributions. The gumuz people were at one time considered slaves. Benishangulgumuzball born as a 8ball, adopted by dmtball, kingdom of aksumball, zagweball, ethiopian empireball, italian east africaball, abyssiniaball, dergball, pdr ethiopiaball and ethiopiaball. Focusing on three primary schools in the first phase, seventeen substandard blocks containing 33 classrooms, 2 libraries, 2 pedagogical centres and 11. This coman plus gumuz is what greenberg 1963 had subsumed under koman and what bender 1989 had called komuz, a broader family consisting of gumuz and the koman languages. Gojjamis believe that they are the original people mentioned in.
Although the region has been relatively stable in the past, instability and conflict have increased in recent years. But since there are no real statistics that i found where i can see the native lands of these ethnicities, therefore i cannot determine how to split it. The most common minerals on earth information for educators mindat articles the elements books. Region benishangulgumuz wikipedia bahasa indonesia. Stories were collected in the benishangulgumuz region in september 1999. However, bender 2000 separated gumuz as at least a distinct branch of nilosaharan, and suggested that it might even be a language isolate. Benishangulgumuz er ein av ni delstatar kililoch i etiopia, opphavleg kjend som region 6. New gold mines in shire, wollega, tulukapi, as illicit trade rises kaleyesus bekele the reporter three foreign and local mining firms are developing large scale. Statul benishangulgumuz este una dintre cele 9 unita. Benishangul was an integral pan of sudan till 1898.
Asosa woreda asosa is one of the 20 woredas in the benishangulgumuz region of ethiopia. Benishangulgumuz bsg is located in the north western part of the country created from the western most portion of gojjam province the part north of the abay river, and the northwestern portion of welega province the part south of the abay. The massacre of benshangul gumuz people by the amharas. Following the adoption of the 1995 constitution, the region was created from the westernmost portion of the gojjam province the part north of the abay river, and. The massacre of benishangul gumuz people the ugly face and deed of amhara supremacists.
Books in this series are published to communicate the results of bank research, analysis, and operational experience with the least possible delay. This is a list of the 20 woredas, or districts, in the benishangul gumuz region of ethiopia, based from materials on the central statistical agency website. It shares common borders with the state of amhara in the east, the sudan in the northeast, and the state of oromia in the south. Ethnic killing in restive benishangulgumuz region ethiopia. Part of the asosa zone, it is bordered by kormuk and komesha in the north, by menge in the northeast, by oda buldigilu in the east, by bambasi in the southeast, by maokomo special woreda in the south and by sudan in the west. The region is the least visited and very much vague both to the traveler and also ground handling agents of the country. The study was conducted in dibate district, benishangul gumuz region, using inductive qualitative ethnographic design. Ang yuta sa benishangulgumuz region kay patag sa amihangkasadpan, apan sa habagatangsidlakan nga kini mao ang kabungtoran. There the oppressive heat and the lethal authority of malaria make the land nigh on inhospitable.
The most obscure of ethiopias regions, practically never visited by tourists, is benishangulgumuz, which runs for about 2,000km along the sudanese border to the east of amhara, but is on average no more than 200km. The gumuz also spelled gumaz and gumz are an ethnic group speaking a nilosaharan language inhabiting the benishangul gumuz region and the qwara woreda in western ethiopia, as well as the fazogli region in sudan. The brutal massacre of hundreds of gumuz people by amhara supremacists is a dark episode in the annals of ethiopian history, and as such must be condemned by all ethiopian peoples and by the federal and regional governments. Timeline world history documentaries recommended for you. It always seems to be convenient place to put a caption or something else. Furthermore, the benishangulgumuz region remains politically fragile due to the lack of a welldeveloped interethnic relationship among the five constituent ethnic groups of the region.
Located in the metekel zone of the benishangulgumuz region, debre zeit has a latitude and longitude of. Located in the metekel zone of the benishangul gumuz region, debre zeit has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2097 meters above sea. Harari is one of the most popular historical towns in the eastern part of ethiopia. Benishangul gumuz regional state schools renovation programme. The reaction of the gumuz people against largescale land acquisitions in benishangulgumuz region, ethiopia tsegaye moreda1 abstract in ethiopia, largescale land acquisitions have been looming ever larger over the last few years, mainly in the lowland parts of the country.
The name benishangul is derived from two words bela and shangul. The discovery is made in the benishangul gumuz regional state, in south west ethiopia. Ascom has been prospecting for gold and base metals in the benishangul region since 2010. The witnesses also allege the benishangul gumuz regions security personnel and local administrators were involved in carrying out the attacks. Existing only from the nile, egypt fears disaster from a dam.
Oromo and amhara ethnic groups living in a cluster of villages found in yaso, on the border with oromia region of haro limu district of east wollega zone were targeted by. Benishangul gumuz regional state bgrs is the region with the highest presence of bamboo in ethiopia, especially lowland bamboo, oxytenanthera abyssinica. The benishangul gumuz region in the far west of ethiopia has faced major challenges to development including a lack of transportation and communications infrastructure. By structuring conflicts into various categories and comparing two very distinct regions as the somali and benishangulgumuz, the author has reached his goal to increase the debate over the shape of federalism in ethiopia. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Dires gebremeskel of the benishangulgumuz education and culture bureau facilitated the visit, organised the necessary travel and assembled the storytellers. Organized groups armed with guns and knives killed several civilians based on their ethnicity in yaso district of benishangulgumuz region on thursday night, november 23, voice of americas mukitar jemal reported.
Maps, guides and more binshangul gumuz in ethiopia. Chrommagnetite from tumet river, asosa region assosa region. Bela, is a local nilotic word of the berta tribes to mean. Nov 24, 2018 organized groups armed with guns and knives killed several civilians based on their ethnicity in yaso district of benishangulgumuz region on thursday night, november 23, voice of americas mukitar jemal reported.
May 25, 2011 i know there is not much of a ethnic diversity in the snnp, gambella and benishangul gumuz region. The project worked with shinasha and berta storytellers in assossa, and with gumuz storytellers in chagni. Debre zeyit also known as wenbera is a town in western ethiopia. African journal of history and culture marriage practices. With the adoption of a new constitution in 1995, gojjam was divided, with the westernmost part forming the majority of the metekel zone of the benishangul gumuz region, and the rest becoming the agew awi, the mirab west gojjam and the misraq east gojjam zones of the amhara region. The border between benishangulgumuz and amhara couldnt be more geographically complete. List of districts in the benishangulgumuz region wikipedia. Abstract the objective of this study is to explore in depth public finance issues and their impact on decentralized service delivery at the regional and woreda levels in benishangul gumuz bg region. The bertha or berta people live along the border of sudan and ethiopia. Assosa is the capital of benishangul gumuz in the western part of ethiopia.
Apr 14, 2014 the benishangul gumuz regional state has the highest underfive mortality rate which is almost twice the countrys average of diarrheal morbidity. A large and steep green mountain oversees the underlying gumuz low lands. Profile of the region benishangul gumuz regional state is one of the four states in ethiopia referred to as emerging states. Customary dispute resolution in benishangul gumuz with. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Idiots tree felling fails with chainsaw machine tree falls on head and house duration. This book examines the impact of the federal restructuring of ethiopia on ethnic conflicts.
Region benishangulgumaz merupakan sebuah region di ethiopia yang memiliki luas wilayah 49. Therefore, this study will seek to identify the determinants of diarrhoea among underfive children in the region for proper planning of intervention and prevention programs. The despicable and barbaric action of targeting, evicting and deporting ethnic amaharas from the benishangulgumuz ethnic state in western ethiopia is a horrific crime and a crime against humanity by any measure and the outrage of ethiopians across the world is justified. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content.
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