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Wolkite City F.C.
Wolkite City F.C. (Amharic: , ) is a professional football club based in Welkite, Wolkite, Ethiopia. They play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division of football in Ethiopia. History Wolkite Ketema was founded in 2010. The club last played in the second division, Ethiopian Higher League, during the 2018–2019 season. That season Wolkite earned a promotion to the Ethiopian Premier League by finishing top of their respective group. To strengthen their team for their first season in the top flight, they signed a Ghanaian international Kweku Andoh, who most recently played for Ethiopian champions Mekelle 70 Enderta F.C., Mekelle 70 Enderta. Wolkite officially signed a two-year kit deal with Singapore-based apparel maker Mafro Sports in September 2019. Support Wolkite City enjoys a strong fan base with supporters often traveling with the team during away matches. Stadium The club plays its home matches at Wolkite Stadium. The pitch at the stadium was renovated in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welkite
Welkite (also transliterated Wolkite) () is a town and separate woreda in south-western Ethiopia. The administrative center of the Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation between 1910 and 1935 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by cheha woreda. According to the Gurage Zone government, Welkite is one of 12 towns with electrical power, one of 11 with telephone service and one of nine that have postal service. The SNNPR's Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, adds that Welkite also had a bank branch and other financial institutions, as well as a hospital. An all-weather road was built in 1963 which connects Welkite to Addis Ababa by way of Endibir. At Welkite an extreme example of an attempt at eviction of tenants before the Ethiopian revolution is reported to have occurred. A retired colonel living in the area held title to 4,000 hectares, which some 500 tenants cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firew Solomon
Firew Solomon Ayele (; born 18 September 1992) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ethiopian Premier League club Sidama Coffee and the Ethiopia national team. Club career Solomon began his career with the Ethiopian club Defence Force, and helped them win the 2015 Ethiopian Cup. On 2 August 2016, he transferred to Hawassa City. In 2018, he returned to Defence Force. He had a maligned stint Wolkite City in the 2020–21 season, where he left after accusations of drinking and harassing teammates. 2021, he moved to Sidama Coffee. International career Solomon made his international debut with the Ethiopia national team in a 1–0 friendly loss to Zambia on 7 June 2015. He was part of the Ethiopia squad at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Personal life Solomon is known by the nickname Taquru ("the strong" ) in Ethiopia. He is a Christian. Honours Defense Force *Ethiopian Cup: 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhajir Meki
Muhajir or Mohajir ( ar, مهاجر, '; pl. , ') is an Arabic word meaning ''migrant'' (see immigration and emigration) which is also used in other languages spoken by Muslims, including English. In English, this term and its derivatives may refer in a general sense to individuals or groups, including the following incomplete list: Groups *Muhajirun, the early Muslims (Muhammad and his companions) who migrated from Mecca to Medina in modern-day Saudi Arabia * Muhacir (Turkish variant), Ottoman Muslims who emigrated to Anatolia from the late 18th century until the end of the 20th century * Muhaxhir (Albanians), Ottoman Albanian communities that left their homes as refugees or were transferred because of various wars * Muhajir (Pakistan), Indian Muslims and their descendants who migrated to Pakistan after the Partition of British India in August 1947 Organizations *Al-Muhajiroun, a banned Salafi Islamic jihadist terrorist network that was formerly based in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henok Ayele
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Mulugeta Woldegiorgis
Mulugeta (Amharic: ሙሉጌታ) is a male given name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: *Mulugeta Abate, Ethiopian songwriter and musician * Mulugeta Bekele (born 1947), Ethiopian physicist and academic * Mulugeta Buli (1917–1960), Ethiopian military general and politician * Mulugeta Gebrehiwot, Ethiopian former rebel prior to 1991 and founding director of the Institute for Peace and Security Studies in 2007 * Mulugeta Seraw (1960–1988), Ethiopian student murdered in the United States *Mulugeta Wami (born 1982), Ethiopian marathon runner * Mulugeta Wendimu (born 1985), Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner * Mulugeta Yeggazu (died 1936), Ethiopian military commander * Alpha Mulugeta, Ethiopian-American drag performer *Samson Mulugeta Samson Mulugeta ( am, ሳምሶን ሙሉጌታ; born 14 December 1983 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian footballer. Since the 2002–2003 season, he has played for Saint-George SA. Mulugeta is a defender and is part of the Ethiopia nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Desta
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habtamu Shewalem
Habtamu is an Ethiopian male given name. Its meaning in Amharic can be translated as "my wealth". Notable people with the name include: *Habtamu Fikadu (born 1988), Ethiopian long-distance runner * Habtamu Wondimu, Ethiopian academic See also: notable people with Habtamu as the name of the father include *Atsede Habtamu Atsede Habtamu Besuye (born 26 October 1987) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in road running and the marathon distance. She came to prominence at the IAAF World Road Running Championships in 2007 where, at the age of ninetee ... (born 1987), Ethiopian long-distance runner See also: variants of the name * Habte, variation of the name * Habtom, variation of the name References {{given name, type=both Ethiopian given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yared Tadesse
Saint Yared ( Ge'ez: ቅዱስ ያሬድ; 25 April 505 – 20 May 571) was an Aksumite composer in the 6th century. Often credited with the forerunner of traditional music of Ethiopia and Eritrea, he developed the music of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church, and the use in liturgical music, as well as the Ethiopian musical notation system. Additionally, he composed '' Zema,'' or the chant tradition of Ethiopia, particularly the chants of the Ethiopian-Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches, which are still performed today. St. Yared was from Axum; according to traditional legend, his earlier education was dwindled after his father death, and his mother subsequently sent him to parish priest Abba Gedeon. Upon embarking exile to his uncle's birthplace in Murade Qal, St. Yared remorsed from his failure in education after he saw exemplification of a caterpillar's effort to climb up a tree to its peak. Stimulated by the caterpillar's success, St. Yared ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagim Nigussie
''Dagim'' is a Filipino horror film directed by Joaquin Pedro Valdes, starring Marc Abaya, Martin del Rosario, Rita Iringan and Samuel Quintana. The film is one of seven finalists in the Cinema One Originals for 2010. Plot In the early nineties, Jun (Martin del Rosario) and Diego (Samuel Quintana) are brothers whose father, Elias, has disappeared. Jun's best friend, Teban (Chase Vega), tries to convince the brothers that his policeman father, Tolome ( Bembol Roco), has not given up trying to find Elias. With local authorities proving little help and faced with the very real possibility that their father may not be coming back, Jun and Diego take it upon themselves to find him. The boys' quest takes them to the foreboding mountain town of Hukayan where they meet the beautiful Lila ( Rita Iringan), whose fragile beauty convinces the boys to escort her home, lest she fall prey to the brutal military patrols that roam the area. Lila lives in a village deep in the forest of Panimdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adane Belayneh
Adane is a given name or surname. Notable people with the given name include: *Adane Girma (born 1985), Ethiopian footballer Notable people with the surname include: *Mentsenot Adane (born 1993), Ethiopian footballer See also *Adané Adané is a small town in the Ogooué et des Lacs Department, Moyen-Ogooué Province, in northwestern Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Centra ... {{surname Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |