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Next        Grade 8 Students Contest in Gambella 07 December, 2007 The Gambella Regional Education Bureau on behalf of the Ethiopian New Millenum Festival Celebration Regional Council Secretariat organized a grade 8 students contest in the pastoralist region of Gambella. 87 students from 44 schools participated in the contest. [more...]       Pastoralist Gathering in Hudet, Somali Region 28 November, 2007 Hudet, Somali Region (28 November): Pastoralists representing all the ethnic groups of Ethiopia's Somali National Regional State have decided to give priority to peace in the region in discussions that started today at a unique event in the region's Liban zone. After opening prayers, the meeting of 500 people was officially opened by eight traditional leaders and the Liban zonal administrator. [more...]       Pastoralist Gathering in South Omo 30 October, 2007 South Omo - Pastoralists in Ethiopia's Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region are preparing for five days of debate and celebration in one of Ethiopia's most distant and dramatic locations - Nyangatom woreda, South Omo zone. [more...]       Legal Training conducted by the Oromia Justice Bureau for the Oromia Pastoralist Association 13 August, 2007 "Looking at the laws, I prefer to be in Ethiopia, but looking at what pastoralists are doing, looking at what their rights actually are, I prefer to be in Kenya" [more...]       The Future of Pastoralism in Ethiopia: Theory vs. Practice 15 August, 2007 Pastoralists Rights are enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. However the articulation of these fundamental rights lacks legal instruments and mechanisms for their realization.[more...]

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