Sub-Saharan Informer - Entertainment

Accident victim win claim against Anbessa City bus enterprise - Court awards him 150,000 birr in compensation
By Tibebeselassie Tigabu
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia- An individual has won a law suit against the Anbessa City bus enterprise, a public bus service amounting to 150,000 birr [~16,000 USD; 1 USd= ~ 9.48 birr] for injuries he sustained after being hit by one of the buses operated by the enterprise.
The individual Mr. Fetene Nigussie was hit by an Anbessa bus on February, 2003 which resulted in him having to loose a leg and an arm. At the time Anbessa city bus enterprise’s insurance carrier, the Ethiopian insurance Corporation paid an amount of 30,000 birr [~3,000 USd] in damages to the plaintiff. The amount was paid to Fetene as per the agreement reached between the insurer and the City Bus Administration which was the maximum payment the insurer would pay in case of accidents. see full Article...

Let’s help them see the sun rise
By Tibebeselassie Tigabu
It is not easy for a child to grow up on his own with no food, clothes or home. In our day to day life we see kids on the street – barefooted, clothes torn, drug-addicted. We don’t have to go far to see such tragedy.
Addis’ streets are full of kids who struggle to see a better life for tomorrow - even some of them support their families. In principle, children have the right to proper food, shelter, and education. For kids and grown ups alike there is what we call the right to food, yet so many governments can’t meet those rights, so instead children are abandoned to suffer and forced to work in spite of their rights. They are abused, humiliated even raped, to make it worse.
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Gateway to spoken English

By Tibebeselassie Tigabu

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The first English book to be printed with an audio CD, called “Gateway to spoken English,” is soon to be launched. The author of the book is Ashenaffi Nigussie.
“I used to teach English language in different institutions, and I saw students in need of audio lessons to listen to at their home, so I used to bring them VHS cassettes from the British Council. It was not enough considering the number of students, and they also had to be members to get those materials.

“As you know, many students take English courses from the primary level, but they are not able to speak English properly - even the basic greetings. So I always wondered what goes wrong. I found that most English teaching - especially in public schools - is based on grammar and reference books. Even if there were some spoken English books, they were copied from one another.

“So what makes my book different is that I try to introduce some words that were not part of Ethiopian English books - like slang, contractions and confusing words. I had an English background, so it was not difficult to prepare it and to make it accessible to the people. We made the audio CD in a studio. The book is prepared for all people, especially college students and teachers as a reference. There is an exercise in each section.
“In the audio CD, all are native speakers so that people can understand the accents of native speakers. For anybody who wants to learn English on his own, this book should be his first choice.”


		The Pan-African Newspaper

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