Administration finalizes road projects
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Harar, August 22 (WIC) –Two of the three ally asphalt road projects being built with over 27.7 million birr in Harar town have been finalized, according to Harari State Administration.
Administration Finance and Economy Development Bureau Head, Ahmed Abdosh, told WIC the construction of the projects have been launched last budget year. According to Ahmed, the two roads are open for traffic now and efforts are also underway to finalize the remaining road project. The state administration allocated budget for the construction of the roads, it was learnt.
Haremaya University under expansion drive
Harar, August 24 (WIC) – The Haremaya University said it is undertaking the construction and expansion of 14 projects with more than 41 million birr.
University Health Science Faculty Dean, Melak Damena, told WIC that the projects are being carried out in the premises of health science and medical college in Harar town.
The government earmarked the budget for the execution of the projects which include expansion of four students’ dormitories and three classroom buildings.
Seven service buildings consisting offices, a library, computer center, laboratory, and warehouses are also among the projects under construction.
Upon going fully operational next academic year, the projects would help enroll over 3, 240 students.
The university also carried out the construction of five multi-purpose buildings in the Harar campus with over 11.9 million birr last budget year.
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One of the winners of the Green Award organized here Tuesday by Forum for Environment was the Harari Regional State from the category of civil society organizations. The Harari were awarded a trophy from the hand of Girma-Woldegiorgis, president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, for their old tradition of planting indigenous trees and keeping the environment clean and efficiently managing water so that the scant supply of water reaches all homes by means of a fair distribution.
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Lake Haramaya (in Oromia), once more than 10 miles around and 30 feet deep in places, was not a huge lake. But for decades it provided water for Harar, one of Islam’s holy cities with a population today of about 100,000. Nearby Haramaya University was named for the lake and a still active university website says the campus overlooks “beautiful Lake Haramaya.” But the website is dated 2000. Back then, fishermen worked the lake and farmers relied on it to irrigate their fields.
Now Harar gets by on water drawn from what remains of an underground pool beneath Lake Haramaya’s bone-dry basin as it awaits completion of a new system that will pipe water from 30 miles away.
The new system will not provide water for the region’s farms. Some farmers have found water by drilling into Lake Haramaya’s dry basin. But they have had to buy pumps. Farmers without extra money have watched their crops suffer. Most of the fishermen have moved to another shrinking lake over the next range of rolling hills.
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Harar obtains 5 mln birr from tourism PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 20 July 2009
Harar, July 17, 2009 -ENA-(Harar) - Some six million Birr has been secured from tourists who visited the ancient Walled City of Harar during the just ended Ethiopian budget year, the Harari State Culture, Tourism and Information Bureau said.
Tourism Development and follow up Process coordinator, Abdunasir Indris told ENA that tourist attractions include historical and cultural sites, antiquities and colorful handicrafts and ornaments.
The city is also home to a one-time residence of the famous French poet Arthur Rembaud, who is remembered among the noted 18th century impressionist artists.
More than 29,000 local and foreign tourists, out of which over 5,000 are foreigners, visited the attractions in the reported period, he said.
The coordinator said the number of tourists exceeded last year's same period by over 1000.
He attributed the success to the promotional work, millennium celebrations and the recognition of the walled city of Harar as world heritage by UNESCO.
The 1000-year-old city of Harar won a number of international awards and honors.
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Harrar, July 10(WIC) - Investment Office of the Harari state disclosed that it has provided investment licenses to 71 investors
with over 306.4 million birr combined capital over the just ended budget year.
Investment, Mines and Energy Work Process Owner with the office, Abduselam Abdosh, told WIC that the investors who were licensed by the office are engaged in various sectors in the state.
Agriculture, manufacturing, real estate development, service provision, construction, tourism, education and health are among the sectors the investors were licensed to be engaged in. The investment projects
that have gone operational in the state have created job opportunities for 2000 people in the state, he added.
He also said that the investment capital registered in the state has shown a 99 per cent increase due to the implementation of the new work process at the office.
According to the office, 593 projects with an aggregate capital of over 1.6 billion birr were licensed over the past 15 years.
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The opening of the 14th Harari Festival began on June 29th with a colorful gathering of Hararis from around the Globe. The day's event highlighted with traditional food, music, sports and most of all the hugs and kisses amongs family and friends For Images click
Atlanta Hararis courageously initiated the 1st Harari Annual Sports and cultural Festival in 1995, responding to the overwhelming demand of the Harari communities all over the world. The success of 1st Annual gathering motivated other Hararies to continue the event.
Dire Dawa, June 18 (WIC) - Researchers at the Haromaya University said the award World Food Prize-2009 prize given to Ethiopian scientist Dr. Gebisa Ejeta would contribute in scaling up the research works Ethiopian scientists are conducting to ensure food security in Ethiopia.
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