The harari peoples national regional state the harari peoples national regional state harari is one of the most popular historical towns in the eastern part of. Yaso is one of the 20 woredas in the benishangulgumuz region of ethiopia. The gumuz also spelled gumaz and gumz are an ethnic group speaking a nilosaharan language inhabiting the benishangulgumuz region and the qwara woreda in western ethiopia, as well as the fazogli region in sudan. The gumuz people were at one time considered slaves. Visceral leishmaniasis in benishangulgumuz regional state. Benishangul gumuz region bahir dar, lake tana, monasteries of southern lake tana. These factions included the ethiopian unity patriots front, the ethiopian united democratic patriotic movement, the ethiopian united democratic forces front, and the benishangul peoples liberation movement. To explore the political and socioeconomic history of benishangul nation in benishangul gumuz region since imperial time 3. They speak the gumuz language, which belongs to the nilosaharan family. History on 24 october 2000, several rebel movements from the gambela region and benishangul gumuz region united under the eppf.
Regional and local development studies, addis ababa university, ethiopia. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Dires gebremeskel of the benishangul gumuz education and culture bureau facilitated the visit, organised the necessary travel and assembled the storytellers. 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. Sudanese refugees are persons originating from the country of sudan, but seeking refuge outside the borders of their native country. 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. Northwestern part of ethiopia, particularly in benishangulgumuz regional state.
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. Experiences from asossa woreda, benishangul gumuz regional state. Asosa woreda asosa is one of the 20 woredas in the benishangul gumuz region of ethiopia. Regional history before the integration into ethiopia ca. This book examines the impact of the federal restructuring of ethiopia on ethnic conflicts. Bullen town is such an urban area which has important historical. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus.
Reviews asnake kefales account on federalism and ethnic conflict in ethiopia is valuable and highly recommendable for interested readers. The development of bullen town in benishangulgumuz region. Fiscal decentralization in benishangul gumuz region. Ethiopia is a multinational country with about 85 ethnolinguistic groups and since the.
Mineral list mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sublocalities. This species is adapted to dry land, poor and shallow soil, and degraded landscape. Most ethiopian speakers live in kamashi zone and metekel zone of the benishangulgumuz region, although a group of 1,000 reportedly live outside the town of welkite. The sudanese speakers live in the area east of er roseires, around famaka and fazoglo on. Specific objectives retrospective analysis of the benishangul nation led the armed struggle for national selfrule endeavored to 1. Flayers guide to the public budget process at regional level. Gumuz is a dialect cluster spoken along the border of ethiopia and sudan. The bertha or berta people live along the border of sudan and ethiopia. Benishangulgumuz also known as benshangulgumuz, is one of the nine ethnic divisions. Constituttion of the regional state of benishangulgumuz.
Ethiopian travels helping you to discover ethiopia your way. Administratively, it contains the regions of gambela, with its eponymous capital and national park, sparsely populated and poor benishangul gumaz, with poor roads and infrastructure, and the western zones of oromia historically, this region encompassed the provinces of welega, illubabor and kaffa. The right to political participation of nonindigenous regional minorities of benishangul gumuz regional state in ethiopia 9783639359879. 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. Benishangul gumuz regional state bgrs is the region with the highest presence of bamboo in ethiopia, especially lowland bamboo, oxytenanthera abyssinica. Stories were collected in the benishangul gumuz region in september 1999. The name of the region comes from two local ethnic groups berta and gumuz. In recent history, sudan has been the stage for prolonged conflicts and civil wars, as well as environmental changes, namely desertification. Benishangulgumuz, also known as benshangulgumuz, is one of the nine ethnic divisions of ethiopia. The main contribution of this book lies in the fact that the issue of federalism is still very acute. A comparative regional study routledge studies in federalism and decentralization. Part of the kamashi zone, yaso is bordered by the abay river on the north which separates it from the metekel zone and the amhara region, by the oromia region in the southeast, by the hanger river on the south which separates it from belo jegonfoy. Explore the root causes of the ethnicnationalist and identity movement in benishangul.
Crosby, who mentions the presence of a market and an ethiopian military outpost. 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. Bradts ethiopia is also the longest serving englishlanguage guidebook dedicated to the country, with a history of 25 years of research and expertise. Ethiopia news demonstrators demand justice for attacks. The gumuz are indigenous peoples in northwest ethiopia having their own unique cultural values and traditions among which marriage practices and gender role socialization are just two of them and this study aimed to explore these practices. Debre zeyit also known as wenbera is a town in western ethiopia.
The benishangulgumuz regional state is divided into three provinces. Ethiopia is one of the oldest nations in the world, with history and culture preserved through time. A comparative regional study routledge studies in federalism and decentralization kefale, asnake on. Conflict of haro limu and yaso woredas of oromia and. 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. The above list contains all mineral locality references listed on.
If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. 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. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. Interethnic conflict transformation in the post 1991 ethiopia. Customary dispute resolution in benishangul gumuz with. This has prevented the gumuz people group from developing and modernizing.
The harari peoples national regional state the harari. Interethnic conflict transformation in the post 1991. These forces have resulted not only in violence and famine, but also the forced migration of large numbers of the sudanese. Hidden camera investigation on what really happens to your car cbc marketplace duration. Asnake kefales account on federalism and ethnic conflict in ethiopia is valuable and highly recommendable for interested readers.
Among the 20 positive individuals, 19 were farmers and nine of them reported no travel history outside their district. We analyzed the birth history information of live births from the 2000, 2005 and 2011 ethiopia demographic and health surveys dhs. This dictionary is a product of the benishangul gumuz language development project, which is a joint project between. Gojjam project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. 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. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. Profile of the region benishangul gumuz regional state is one of the four states. 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. It has been tentatively classified within the nilosaharan family.
The region has faced major challenges to economic development, due to. Federalism and ethnic conflict in ethiopia book depository. Book everything you need to make your trip to ethiopia a great one here. Ethiopias ethnic federalism and the rights of regional minorities. 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. The project worked with shinasha and berta storytellers in assossa, and with gumuz storytellers in chagni. Amhara, and benishangul gumuz stopped at 111, 1, 120, and 121 respectively. Experiences from asossa woreda, benishangul gumuz regional state kenaw aweke, amare on.
Benishangul became a part of ethiopia a couple years later and assosa was made into the provincial capital. The town was visited in 1900 by the american traveller oscar t. In the early 1880s, the mahdist rebellion in sudan weakened egyptian influence over benishangul gumuz and paved the way for conquest by emperor menelik ii in 1896. Western ethiopia is the leasttravelled part of the country. It appears that kalaazar is emerging in dangur and guba districts of benishangul gumuz regional state, probably in connection with human encroachment into one or several previously outofreach zoonotic foci. This book examines the impact of the federal restructuring of ethiopia on. We used simple linear regression analyses to examine trends in neonatal mortality rates and a multivariate cox proportional hazards regression model using a hierarchical approach to examine the associated factors. This locality information is for reference purposes only. Following the adoption of the 1995 constitution, the region was created from the westernmost portion of the gojjam province, and the northwestern portion of the welega province. 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.