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The highest-ranking court, the Amhara Supreme Court, is Amhara's "court of last resort". A seven-justice panel composes the court, which, by its own discretion, hears appeals from the courts of appeals, and retains original jurisdiction over limited matters. The chief judge is called the President of Amhara Supreme Court (Yeneneh Simegn).
The largest region Oromia has over 20 zones, and the two smallest regions have none. There are some cities which are set up as "special zones", such as Bahir Dar Special Zone in the Amhara Region. The earlier equivalent to a zone was called an awrajja , and many zones today are named the same as their earlier awrajja, but the terms zone and ...
The Amhara Region (Amharic: አማራ ክልል, romanized: Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (Amharic: የአማራ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት), [2] is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara, Awi, Xamir, Argobba, and Qemant people.
Amharization is the process seeking to establish the dominance of Amhara traditions, culture and language above over ethnic groups in Ethiopia. During the Imperial rule, Amhara enjoyed greater influence, from imposing Amharic language and culture to dominating Ethiopian politics. Amhara elites also aspired to build Ethiopian nation.
Professor Asmerom Legesse in Abbaa Gadaa cloth. Customary laws, in line with official state laws, are based on age-old community customs and norms in Ethiopia.They are noticeable in regional states and become influential in the life of people more than the formal legal system. [1]
Ethiopia’s second most populous region has been gripped by instability since April, when federal authorities moved to disarm Amhara’s security forces following the end of the devasting two ...
Ethiopia’s federal government says it lost control of some districts and towns to militia fighters in the country’s Amhara region during the latest conflict emerging in Africa’s second most ...
The regions replaced the provinces in 1992 [1] [2] under the Transitional Government, the change which was formalised when the 1995 Constitution came into force. [1] The governors of the regions are officially styled as President of the Executive Committee or Chief Administrator of the Region.