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- noun An
administrative division ofEthiopia , managed by alocal government .
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Examples
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The report said that "36,888 people were displaced and three killed in the worst-affected woreda (a small district), Kelafo, in Gode."
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"According to woreda (zonal) officials in Arero, limited availability of water for animal consumption is contributing to poor health of livestock and reported cases of diseases including: anthrax, black leg, bloody diarrhea and FMD," it said, adding that measles, malaria and low nutrition levels have also been reported.
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Villager in Abobo woreda district, May 2011 woreda did not want to go.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Human Rights Watch 2012
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The woreda reported to the region that farmers are refusing to accept.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Human Rights Watch 2012
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The governor asked the woreda chairman to investigate.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Human Rights Watch 2012
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The handover ceremony at a government warehouse in Nazareth, attended by representatives from the Government of Ethiopia, the European Union Delegation to Ethiopia as well as WFP, was to be followed by a visit to a food distribution site in Iteya, in Hetossa woreda, where food commodities from a previous EU contribution are being distributed.
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Nine circumcisers were recently arrested in Afar, with seven being sentenced to between three and five years in jail, Amibara woreda women's affairs office head, Fatuma Ali, told
Spero News 2010
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Rural communities have begun to adapt, restocking herds and flocks by using a novel "revolving fund" approach with the help of an NGO in the Ofla woreda, 605km north of the capital, Addis Ababa.
IRIN 2010
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Late last week, the ruling regime in a press conference accused Medrek of attempting to kill one of its party members in the Ilan Gelan woreda in the Western Showa Zone of Oromia region.
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The handover ceremony at a government warehouse in Nazareth, attended by representatives from the Government of Ethiopia, the European Union Delegation to Ethiopia as well as WFP, was to be followed by a visit to a food distribution site in Iteya, in Hetossa woreda, where food commodities from a previous EU contribution are being distributed.
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