Prevalence of trypanosomosis in small ruminants of Guto Gidda district, East Wellega zone, western Ethiopia

A cross sectional study was conducted in Anger river valley and its tributaries from November to April 2008 to determine the prevalence of trypanosomosis in small ruminants. Blood samples were collected from 379 randomly selected local sheep (145) and goats (234) of different sex, age and body condition in five peasant associations. The collected samples were examined by haematological and parasitological techniques. Of the total small ruminants examined during the study period, 8 animals (2.11%) were infected with trypanosomes, of which 4 (2.76%) were sheep and 4 (1.70%) goats. Most of the infections were due to T. congolense (1.37%, 0.42%) and T. vivax (1.37%, 1.28%) in sheep and goats respectively. There was no statistical significance difference (P>0.05) between species, sex, age and body conditions. The difference in mean PCV of parasitaemic (24.13%) and aparasitaemic (25.1%) animals was not significant (P>0.05). Tsetse flies of riverine species or palpalis group (Glossina tachinoides) and mechanical vectors of the disease such as tabanus, stomoxys and haematopota were captured during entomological study. The overall apparent densities of tsetse and biting flies were 10.5 and 14.31 flies/trap/day respectively. The difference in overall fly count among peasant associations was significant (

Failed Modernization of the Ethiopian State: Oromo Perspectives on Ethiopian Political Culture

This article presents part of the qualitative data generated by the research "Ethnic relations in major towns around Addis Ababa: A comparative Study of the Dynamics of Social Solidarity", based in Addis Ababa University, College of Sociology and Social Administration, funded by the the Ethio-Italian University Co-operation Programme

Translocations of Affirmation

This article concerns the media cultures of anticolonial stateless groups. The discussion is based upon the case of the Oromo, an ethno-national group within Ethiopia. The translocal dimensions of media and cultural flows among the Oromo are investigated, with a focus upon the important interlocutory roles of artists, media and cultural workers in diaspora contexts. The article indicates how Oromo people performatively conjoin with and chaotically produce their own mediascapes – at the various sites called the loci of affirmation – in the process of imagining themselves to be members of a global diaspora. An important theme is efforts by consecutive Ethiopian regimes to curb the influence of diaspora mediascapes within their borders