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15-701: A road was constructed connecting the town with the railroad station at Chiro in the 1930s. By the 1930s, Mieso was the most important railway stations of the Franco-Ethiopian Railway between Dire Dawa and Awash . It is now a station stop on the new Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway . Mobile telephone service was introduced to Mieso May 2009. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 10,328 of whom 5,342 were males and 4,986 were females. The 1994 national census reported this town had

30-484: A dozen Shewan notables and driven back. During the Italian occupation , a mosque was built for the local Muslim community. The Addis Tribune reported 5 January 2001 that 13 people died and 19 sustained light injuries when a train heading to Addis Ababa derailed and overturned near Mieso a few days prior on New Year's Eve. The train reportedly separated into three parts. A number of persons were travelling illegally on

45-407: A proposition to stand in their scant shade as to live in them." His opinion of the inhabitants is equally unkind, detailing how at night the marketplace was transformed into a stage where drunken peasants perpetuated blood feuds generations old. "Peasants didn't go to police or courts for justice. Blood called for blood." During the 1950s, the coffee plantations around the town were small yet yielded

60-653: A relatively high production. In 1958, Chiro was one of 27 places in Ethiopia officially ranked as First Class Township. The Ethiopian News Agency reported in mid-July 1976 that negotiations held at Chiro by representatives of hostile groups of the Afars and Issas had led to a peace agreement. When Nega Mezlekia visited the town the following year, he learned that the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party and Oromo National Liberation Movement were more active around Chiro than in

75-527: A semi-autonomous agency under a board that is accountable to the House of Peoples' Representatives . Its autonomy is very limited, with the government having full control. It has about three dozen branches across Ethiopia. In October 2022, the Russian state news agency Sputnik and ENA announced a deal to exchange content. On behalf of ENA, Yohannes Wondirad stated that international news would be exchanged between

90-625: A total population of 5,769 of whom 2,897 were males and 2,872 were females. It is the administrative center and one of five towns in Mieso woreda . One of the earliest mentions of Mieso was in 1907, when the German delegation of Friedrich Rosen passed Mieso that year on their way to the coast. Near Mieso was where Lij Iyasu and his troops, returning to Addis Ababa to deal with the coup that cost him his throne, were defeated in October 1916 by an army led by half

105-490: A world tour and Agence Direction reopened so that Ethiopia could receive news of the tour. There was no further significant development in the next 10 years, except for a few attempts at expanding the service locally. Beginning in late 1963, Agence Direction began to make its presence felt among the public through newspapers and radio broadcasting. Its name was changed to Ethiopian News Source in 1964, then to its present name of Ethiopian News Agency in 1967. In 1995, it became

120-936: Is primarily inhabited by the Somalis , more specifically the Gugundhabe and Gaaljecel sub-clans of the Hawiye . There are also numerous Oromo clans there such as the Ittu. Asebe Teferi Chiro (also called Carcar ciroo in Oromo is a town and Aanaa in eastern Ethiopia . Located in the West Hararghe Zone in Oromia Regional State , Ethiopia Ahmar Mountains , it has a latitude and longitude of 9°05′N 40°52′E  /  9.083°N 40.867°E  / 9.083; 40.867 and an altitude of 1826 meters above sea level. It

135-557: Is the administrative center of the West Hararghe Zone in Oromia Regional State. Chiro was founded around 1924 by Fitawrari Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam on the site of a village named Chiro. It was the capital of the former "model" province of Chercher , created as part of Emperor Haile Selassie 's campaign of modernization in the 1930s. Nega Mezlekia described the town when he came to live there in 1977 as "a melancholic small town whose drab conditions are accentuated by

150-636: Is the official news agency of the government of Ethiopia . It is the oldest news organisation in Ethiopia. The ENA's inception dates back to 1942, when a news distribution service was opened as part of the Press Department, which was within the Press and Information Bureau. In 1943, the service was renamed Agence Direction, and assigned to the Ministry of Pen ( Tsehafi Tae'zaz in Amharic). It can be argued that it

165-423: The black roads, laid with crushed basaltic rocks" which "snakes along the edge of the main highway that links the city of Harar with the capital city". He describes the buildings in the town as unkept and rundown: "Generations of neglect were written into the faces of these derelict buildings. The walls had shed their meagre mud linings, and a few of the buildings tilted to one side or another, making it as dangerous

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180-458: The largest ethnic group in the town. The Ittuu subclan of the Oromo make up a significant portion of the town and region's inhabitants. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 18,678 of whom 9,218 were males and 9,460 were females. Ethiopian News Agency The Ethiopian News Agency ( Amharic : የኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት Ye-Ityopya Zéna Agelgelot ( IZA ) or ENA )

195-439: The rest of the province. "There was a strong peasant base around the town that provided a great deal of support for the party. The forest cover in the areas nearby furnished hideout." However, when he returned in 1978, he found the town far more peaceful. "It seemed that most of the threatening political opponents of the regime were dead, in exile or rotting in prison, and the going was good for those in power." The Oromo make up

210-560: The train's freight compartments when the accident occurred. Numerous conflicts between the local Oromos and Somalis in Mieso followed the October 2004 referendum to establish the disputed boundary between the Oromia and Somali Regions ; 2,500 people displaced from their homes in December 2004 had sought refuge at Mieso. NGOs working in the area reported conflicts as late as 14 July 2005. This town

225-502: Was the first national wire service in Africa, as no other African country had an indigenous service of the kind, due to colonialism , wherein social, political and economic institutions were established by, and made to serve, the interests of the colonial powers. Agence Direction closed in 1947 due to budget constraints in the Ministry of Pen. In 1954, Emperor Haile Selassie was embarking on

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