Amharic Language

Ethiopia: Unlike Cubans, Ethiopian Emigres Remain Too Fragmented, Scattered to Impact U.S. Politics

Edit All Africa 08 Nov 2016

One of her frequent customers, named Monica, leaned over the counter while ordering coffee and mumbled a word or two in Amharic, "Simish Manew." Monica was honing her Amharic accent with the help of Blen, who has been working for 10 years in the same joint, ever since she came over here in the United States from Semen Mazegaja, in Addis Abeba ... ....

Have immigrants arrived in US? Tuesday will tell

Edit The Times of India 06 Nov 2016

By Chidanand Rajghatta ... The US is an immigrant nation, built on conquest and enterprise that obliterated a Native American population ... More than 30 million (close to the entire population of Canada) arrived in the three two-term presidencies of Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Barack Obama ... My local library in Silver Spring, a Washington DC suburb, last month had a story reading for children in Amharic, the principal language of Ethiopia....

'Refugee Coffee' Serves Up Gourmet Drinks — And Community

Edit National Public Radio 03 Nov 2016

Enlarge this image ... Anjali Enjeti for NPR hide caption. toggle caption. Anjali Enjeti for NPR ... Anjali Enjeti for NPR ... Enlarge this image ... toggle caption ... A sign outside the Refugee Coffee food truck says "Welcome" in (top to bottom) Amharic, Somali, Swahili, Arabic, Sudanese, Vietnamese and Nepali ... A sign outside the Refugee Coffee food truck says "Welcome" in (top to bottom) Amharic, Somali, Swahili, Arabic, Sudanese, Vietnamese and Nepali....

Legal Analysis of Ethiopia’s State of Emergency (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 31 Oct 2016

(Source ... Summary ... b ... 1 [translated from Amharic] ... 2 [translated from Amharic] ... 28(5) [translated from Amharic] ... 16(2) [translated from Amharic] ... 2(1), 16(1) [translated from Amharic] ... [translated from Amharic] ... [translated from Amharic] ... [translated from Amharic] ... [translated from Amharic] ... [translated from Amharic] ... [translated from Amharic] ... [translated from Amharic] ... [translated from Amharic] ... [translated from Amharic] ... [translated from Amharic]....

Insurance guide 2017: Need enrollment help? It's available and free

Edit The Oregonian 30 Oct 2016

Find a certified insurance agent or enrollment center for help with the enrollment process. Help is free and can be done in person or over the phone. Oregon Health Plan. For questions about your application, contact the Oregon Health Plan Processing Center toll-free at 1-800-699-9075 ... Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace ... The service center operates 24 hours a day ... to 5 p.m ... Also speaks. Spanish, Tigrinya-Amharic and Farsi upon request....

Barrier Reduced for Utility Shut-off Late Payments; 2016 Seattle Public Safety Survey, The Ponderosa Pine, Next Week in the Budget, In-District Office Hours (City of Seattle, WA)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Oct 2016

(Source. City of Seattle, WA). Barrier Reduced for Utility Shut-off for Late Payments ... In June I learned that SPU and SCL were intending to make their delinquency policies consistent ... Shut-offs should be the City's last resort ... SPU SCL ... Total amount paid To SPU ... The survey is accessible at publicsafetysurvey.org from October 15 through November 30 and is available in Amharic, Chinese, English, Korean, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese ... feet....

Gilchrist Center Offers Two New Publications (Montgomery County, MD)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Oct 2016

(Source. Montgomery County, MD). For Immediate Release. Wednesday, October 26, 2016. The Charles W. Gilchrist Center, the County's immigrant resource center released a that explains how the center has been a vital contributor to Montgomery County becoming one of the nation's most welcoming communities ... The Quick Start Guide will be published soon in Amharic, Chinese, French, Korean, and Vietnamese ... citizenship ... Release ID. 16-439 ... (noodl....

Report from the Refugee Camp in Calais, France: “the Jungle”

Edit Dissident Voice 26 Oct 2016

“I was in jail with a Libyan man, his friends came and broke into the jail and let us go, too. There was fighting everywhere. You pray to be in jail with Libyans, because they do not recognize the current government, they will do what they want.” (spoken by a refugee in “the Jungle”) ... (Photo credit. Alexandra Vuillard) ... by truck ... The legal rights information was translated and printed into Arabic, English, Amharic, Farsi and Pashtu....

Ethiopia Using Emergency Law to Quash Protest Movement

Edit Voa News 21 Oct 2016

The number of arrests adds to earlier reports of 1,000 people arrested in Sebeta town according to its mayor, Ararsa Merdesa, who spoke to the Associated Press ... “It includes all the society,” Yilma said ... “They are taking people just because they suspect something and they check people's mobiles or they just arrest people,” the resident told VOA's Amharic Service ... going from one house to another,” a witness told VOA's Amharic service....

Voting Information Now Available in More Languages (The Pew Charitable Trusts)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Oct 2016

(Source. The Pew Charitable Trusts). The Voting Information Project (VIP) has updated its digital tool to provide official voting information in 17 languages. For the 2016 presidential election, the mobile-optimized tool supports Amharic, Chinese, English, Hmong, Hindi, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese ... Census bureau data-to accommodate the state's diverse population....

Ethiopians face five years in jail for posting on Facebook as 'state of emergency' rules ...

Edit The Independent 18 Oct 2016

... to organise protests, amid calls for greater political freedoms and recognition from the ethnic Oromo and Amharic groups....

Amharic Bible (Ethiopian)

Edit ZDNet 16 Oct 2016

Amharic Bible (Ethiopian) Android Apps. By READING the Holy Bible you are letting the Words of Life change you, inspire you, and strengthen... ....

In Ethiopia’s war against social media, the truth is the main casualty

Edit Albuquerque Journal 14 Oct 2016

9 ... Advertisement. Continue reading ... A tour through his Facebook and Twitter account reveals postings in three languages – Amharic, Oromo and English – describing protests, shootings and riots across the country, as well as incidents like soldiers shooting their commanders and the use of artillery against unarmed civilians that have not been described anywhere else, and which are a bit hard to swallow ... Advertisement ... ethiopia. ....

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