Sudan to host Nile basin countries for talks on Ethiopian dam

December 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The water ministers in the eastern Nile Basin countries will hold a meeting in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum next Monday to discuss the implications of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam.

The Blue Nile

The summit which brings together Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia is a continuation of a previous one held to agree on forming a joint mechanism to implement the recommendations of the International Panel of Experts.

The ministers agreed at the November meeting to convene again to resolve disagreements over the establishment of the mechanism.

The government sponsored Sudanese Media Center (SMC) website quoted an unnamed source as emphasizing the importance of the three countries committing to cooperate for the sake of peoples of the eastern Nile Basin nations and utilizing the available resources.

The source said it is crucial that the three countries emerge from next week’s meeting with a clear vision on the formation of a mechanism to ensure the implementation of the recommendations of the International Panel of Experts despite the difficulty of the work and its complexity .

He underscored that the support of the states is required to implement and clarify the future course to follow the recommendations of the International Panel of Experts so as to build trust and promote cooperation among the three countries.

Egypt has long opposed the construction of the dam being built at Nile tributary saying that it will diminish the water supply to its soil.

Egypt argues that it does not have other alternative water sources unlike other Nile basin countries and insists the colonial-era agreement which gives Egypt the lion’s share of the waters shouldn’t be violated.

Addis Ababa however says its controversial dam project will not affect the water interest of the two downstream countries - Egypt and Sudan.

The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir formally announced yesterday his country’s support of the dam project during a visit by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.

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SODAATAAN GARBOOMAA DHA

Itana Guteta | 06.12.2013

Itana Guteta

Ilmii namaa kamiyyuu Adduunyaa kanarraa jiraachuuf carraan kan isa qaqqabee hundii jireenyasaa guyya gayyaa geggeeffachuuf, oolee buluuf,akkasumaas kanneen biroo ilma namaaf barbaachiisan hundaa yeroo geeggeffatu kessaatti dursa kan isa barbaachiisuu bilisummaa dha. Garbomaanii jiraachuun fedhi ofiin utuu hin ta’iin tooftaa fi mala garboonfatan fayyadamuun yoo dirqaame qofa. Sabni garbomee kamiyyuu  bilisummaa barbaachaf  yoo socho’ee yookan fiincilee, garboonfataa  fi  isa garboomee  gidduu garagarummaan jiruu guddaa waan ta’eef salphaatti bilisoomuun heedduu daadhabsiisaa akka ta’ee eenuyu jalaayyuu kan dhokaatu miti. hatayyuu malee garbuummaa filannoo isa dhumaa godhatee jiraachuuf  namni kamiyyuu sammuun isaa amansiisee itti boqoochuun  kessummeesse jiraachuu  kan fedhuu tokkollee  akka hin jirree beekamaa dha.

Garbuummaa ani keessuummattu caqasee ilaaluu barbaaduu kan ilmaan OROMOO irra ga’a jiruu yommuu ta’uu waggoota heedduu kana hundaa akka kessummeesinee jiraannu kan nu godhe maal laata? gara boodaati ergaa ani barreeffama kana kessaatti ibsuu yaaleen  hanga tokko deebii ni argaattu jedheen amana.

Sabni Oromoo Waaqnii  Uumaamaan kan baadhaasee qabeenya hedduu,dachee bal’oo,aadaa boonsaa fi,sirna ittin buluu kkf mara lakkofsaan uummata milii’oona (kitila) 40 ol dabalatee ni qaba. Garbummaan jiraachuuniis akka furmaata hin taanee hubaatee erga qabsoo eegalee waggoonni heedduun darbaaniiruu.

Sochiiwwaan godhamaa turaniif yeroo amma taasiifamaa jiran keessaatti dagatamuu kan hin qabnee injifannoowwan heedduun galma’aaniiruu. Karaa abbootiin keenya baasanii irra deemaan asiin ga’aan kun sochii keenyaa amma itti jirruufiis ta’ee kan itti fuufnuu kessaatti hamilee keenya kan jabeessu malee danqaaraa fi sabaabaa addaa addaa nutti ta’ee qabsoo keenya kan laaffisuu akka hin taanee xiinxaallee ilaaluun barbaachiisaa dha.

Sochiwwaan biyya keessaatti Qerroo Oromoon godhamaa jiranis galmee injifannoo qabnuu keessaa isaa guddaa dha. keessummattuu barattootaa Oromoo  University addaa addaa keessaatti fiinciila diiddaa garbummaa wagga waggaatti geeggeffamuniis ta’ee yeroo garaagaraa mormii mootummaa wayyane irratti barattonni kaasani ilmaan Oromoo maraa kan boonsuu dha. Gochaan diinaa hamilee isaanii cabsee, booddessaaii akka deebi’aan isaan hin goonee, Lubbuun barattoota Oromoo heedduu wareegameera, sabaaba tokko malee mooraa Unversity irraa hari’amaaniiru, qabxii gadii aanaa  kennufiin hamilee barattota keenya cabsaa jiru,haatayyuu malee, Garbummaan hamtuu akka taatee haalan waan hubaataniif waggaa waggaan utuu gargar hin kutiin ni fincilu,ni mormu.

Ilmaan Oromoo kanneen yeroo ammaa kana mana hidhaa kessaatti dararaamaa ,reebamaa,dhiitamaa,kolaafamaa,samuunsaan adoochifamaa jiraan badii addaa qabatanii utuu hin ta’iin garbummaa keessummeessanii jiraachuun waan ulfaataa itti ta’eef akka ta’ee ni beekna. Motummaan Wayyaanee seerrii fi Herrii inni baafaatee jiruu adduunyaa irraa iyyuu darbee Oromoo gowoomsaa jira. Seerrii fi heerii farra shororkeessummaa motummaan Wayyaanee baafatee jiruu kun irraa guddaa kan irraatti xiyyeeffatee jiruu; dararuuf, ajjeesuuf,kolaasuuf, Ilmaan Oromoo hudairraatti akka ta’ee odeesii gargaraa ba’uu irraa akka argataan abdiin qaba.

Kaneen ani armaan oliitti caqasuu yaalee hundii jiijjiramni addaa tokko yoo uumaamuu dha baatee Oromoon itti du’aa fi midhamaa kan nugarbonfaatee jiruu moo haala suukkanneessaa ta’ee nu acuucaa itti fufuun isaa waan walnugaafaachiisu miti . Roorroo nurra ga’ee kana,wareeraa, birraachaa,sodaadhaan olaa bulaa jiraachuun kan hafuu aarsaa barbaachiisaa ta’ee yoo baasane qofa malee bilisummaan waan siree ofi irraa ciisaan eegaatan akka hin taanee gaarii gootanii beektu.

Biliisummaa kan hin baarbaannee erga hin jirree; Bilisummaan immoo salphaatti kan argamuu miti erga jennee furmaatni nuut qabnuu hundumtuu dhuunfaa keenyatti ani akka  Oromoo tokkootti  maal godheera? maal gochan jiraas? jennee ofii keenya haa gaafannu.

Sochii qabsoo keenya ittin geeggesinuu karaa tokko yookiis lamaan qofa miti. Namni kamiyyuu waan danda’uun yoo hiriiree qabsoo keenya isa boodaatti nu jaalaa harkifatee jiruu salphaatti fiiniisuu akka dandeenyu shakki hin qabu. kessummatuu lammiwwaan Oromoo biyya hambaa keessa jiraachaa jirtan hundi daraarama fi gochaa wayyaneen isiinirran ga’uuf turee baraaramtanii yeroo amma kana jireenya ofii keessaanii geeggeeffachaa kan jiratan, qabsowwaan gurguddoo isiin gochuu dandeessaan kan akka: Odeessii addaa addaa dabarsuu,qabeenya keessaanirraa gumaachuu,aadaa Oromoo bakka jirtaaniit guddisuu, Seenaa oromoo warraa hin beekneetti beeksiisuu kkf yoo gootaan adeemsaa qabsoo keessaatti shoorri isiin xabaachaa jirtaan salphaa akka hin ta’iin beekuun baarbaachiisaa dha. Yoo kana gochaa hin jirru ta’e  garuu waan hin kenniin tokko akkamitti fudhaachuu dandeenya jeennee yoo of gaafaannee gaarii dha.

Bakka hojii fi maatii isaaniirra fudhamanii mana hidhaatti kan darbatamanii,sabaaba bal’aa kanaaniis ijolleen isaanii iyyummaa, beelaa akkasumaas carraa barnoota dhabuun kan saxilamaan hunduu aarsaa isaan kafaala jiran kun badii addaa qabatanii miti. Itti midhaman malee waanuma tokkoyyuu argachuun akka hin danda’amnee waan beekaniif jechaa dararamaa,kolaafamaa,sammuun isaanii adoochiifamaa,reebaamaa jiruu.

“Hoolaa waa lama jallattuu gabaa hin baasiina” akkuma jedhamuu Bilisummaa hawwaa garuu callisinee akkasumaatti utuu itti hin midhaamiin kan eegnuu yoo taanee, kana jechuun” lafa loon hin ooliin diikee barbachaa” nutti ta’a. Uummanni egeeree gaarii qabuu yoomiyyuu hamilee hin dhabu waan ta’eef roorroo diina irraa nutti dhuftee kana ofiirra loluu fi falmacuun qoodiisaa keenya malee kan eenyuyyu miti.

Kan nuti sodaannuus kan nuuf hin oollees du’a waan ta’eef ,Kottaa!! yaa ilmaan Oromoo Jaabaannee waan dandeenyuun waaliin taanee haa qabsoofnuu!

Oromiyaan ni Bilisomtii!!!

Galatoomaa!!!

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Captain Guta Dinka: the man who saved Mandela

(OPride) — Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon and champion of human dignity, died Thursday after long illness.

In the days and weeks ahead, you will likely read moving obituaries and reflections -- from ordinary people and world leaders alike -- about a man that inspired the entire world.

“He achieved more than could be expected of any man,” President Barack Obama saidof his late hero shortly after Mandela's death was announced. “Like so many around the globe, I cannot fully imagine my own life without the example that Nelson Mandela set. And so long as I live, I will do what I can to learn from him.”

Telling an anxious nation -- but really the entire world -- about Mandela’s passing, South African president Jacob Zuma said, “what made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.” These words and soundbites will no doubt be replayed endlessly for years to come.

Mandela’s long walk to redress racial injustice in his native South Africa began in 1943 when he joined the African National Congress, long before his imprisonment. His struggle against the apartheid system, 27 years of imprisonment, and the ideals of reconciliation which Mandela embraced upon release are well known to his many admirers.

Over the years, Mandela’s initial military training and brief stay in Ethiopia received only a scant media coverage. It has been said that Mandela had come face-to-face with death at many junctures in his long life. But had the alleged 1962 assassination attempt in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, succeeded, the world would have been worse off.  

A man who single-handedly saved Mandela has recently come forward with his story. Captain Guta Dinka, 78, was one of the two guards assigned to protect the future icon of peace during his training. In a recent interview on EBS’s Seifu Fentahun show, captain Dinka recounted -- perhaps for the very first time -- a sobering tale about a plot to kill Mandela. “It was saturday afternoon,” Dinka told Fentahun. “A colleague in the army invited me for a friendly lunch at Taitu Hotel in Piazza [central Addis Ababa].”

In his own account, captain Dinka -- then only an average soldier -- was unfamiliar with the upscale and urbane dining that the hotel offered. As Dinka struggled to eat his lunch, the soldier whose name Dinka gave only as Abraham confided in him the real purpose of the meeting. “Guta, I invited you here today for a very important reason. It is something that can only be done by you. If successful, we could for once and all be relieved from this taxing military service,” Abraham told Dinka.

Abraham then invited over two other gentlemen seated next to their dining table: an African and a white man. The trio showed Dinka 2000 British pounds inside an envelope and a photo camera. “They told me take the money, enter the room through the window, murder Mandela with a rope, and take some photos as evidence,” Dinka recalled.

Once the mission is completed, Abraham promised to meet Dinka at a specified location and arrange his escape from Ethiopia to England. But he wanted to be sure that Dinka was fully onboard. “He told me to keep the matter secret and meet him at the local church so that I could swear,” said Dinka.

However, Dinka had a different plan. “I prayed for forgiveness [for lying to Abraham] and went straight to General Tadesse Birru’s house,” Dinka told the TV host Fantahun. “I asked to meet Tadesse in private and told him everything about the plan..he did not believe me at first.”

General Tadesse Birru, a celebrated Oromo freedom fighter in his own right, was Mandela’s trainer and host. Disturbed by the news about the plot to assassinate his guest of honor, Birru ordered officers to follow Abraham’s movements. That evening Dinka -- a devout Christian -- met Abraham at a local church where he swore to kill Mandela, took the money and camera from him. “I returned home that evening and went to the camp in the morning where I turned the money and camera over to my superior,” said Dinka.

Birru then got Abraham arrested and the murder plot was foiled. As we noted here, “like Mandela, Birru was first tried, condemned to life in prison, and subsequently reprieved by Haile Selassie’s autocratic regime. The Dergue later rearrested and executed him in March of 1975 for no apparent crime than struggling for the dignity and freedom of Oromo people in Ethiopia.”

According to Dinka, the aborted attempt to kill Mandela in Ethiopia will be featured in a forthcoming documentary about Madiba’s life. Dinka has recently been interviewed by Sahm Venter and a filmmaker from the Mandela foundation about the story.

“I showed him [Mandela] the photographs I took while I was in Addis, including the picture of yourself,” Venter wrote to Dinka in an undated letter after their meeting. “He was very happy to hear that there are still people there who met him in 1962 and who talk about his military training.”

Dinka doesn’t consider his actions heroic. “The bounty money was appealing at the time -- perhaps even now. But I did what I thought was the right thing to do,” Dinka said with a grin. “I want the new generation to learn from it and do what is right and just.”

During a recent meeting in Addis, Dinka asked the filmmakers for one favor: “I would love to visit Mandela and take a photo with him.”

They promised to arrange it for him.

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Seeraan Ala Hojjatamaa Jira

Jaallannee Gammadaa

05.12.2013

WASHINGTON, DC — Hawaasa musleemaa bakka bu’uun namoota mootummaa Itiyoophiyaa wajjin dubbataa turanii booda garuu hidhaatti galfaman Muddee 2, bara 2013 mana murtii olaanaatti akka dhiyaataniif bellamni qabamee ture. Garuu kun ituu hin ta’in hafuu isaa abukaatonni himatamtootaa Obbo Tamaam Abbaa Bulguu ibsanii jiru.

Akka ammaan dura baratame mana murtii duratti dhiyeeffamanii bellamni biraan kennameefii otoo hin taane seeraan ala dhaamsa darbaa dabarsaan bellamni biraan kennamuu dhageenye jedhan. Hidhamtoonni kun yeroo waggaa Tokkoo fi walakkaa ta’uuf dhimmi isaanii xumuura argachuun ituu irra jiru amma iyyuu lafa irra harkifamuun maal dhibdeen ilaalamaa ka jiru ta’uu ibsa jedhu.More at voaafaanoromo

Saudis expel 100,000 illegal Ethiopians

Ethiopia foreign ministry announces up to 50,000 more citizens to return after crackdown on illegal immigrants

Ethiopia has repatriated more than 100,000 citizens from Saudi Arabia following a violent crackdown on illegal immigrants, Addis Ababa's foreign ministry has said.

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said on Thursday that up to 50,000 more citizens were still expected to return.

"Last night arrivals from Saudi reached 100,620," Tedros said in a written statement.

"All citizens that were detained in Riyadh deportation camps are back".

Ethiopia started repatriating its citizens from Saudi Arabia last month after a seven-month amnesty period for undocumented immigrants expired, sparking violent protests between Ethiopian migrants and Saudi police.

Foreign ministry spokesman Dina Mufti said repatriation efforts had been "successful so far.

"The number is increasing over time," Mufti said.

The Ethiopian government said three of its citizens were killed in the clashes with Saudi police.

The government said protesters did not have a permit to demonstrate and confirmed that arrests had been made, but did not say how many.

Human Rights Watch has urged Saudi authorities to launch a probe into the violence, and warned of a potential humanitarian disaster for workers held in custody.

Repatriation operation

Dina said the repatriation operation, which started on November 13, could take a couple more weeks to complete.

"Hopefully we will do it as soon as possible," he said.

"If the current pace continues, it may be it will be in a week or two,"

Large numbers of Ethiopians leave the country every year looking for work abroad, often in the Middle East.

With 91 million citizens, Ethiopia is Africa's second most populous nation and also one of the continent's poorest; the majority of people live on less than two dollars a day.

Though it is one of the fastest growing economies on the continent, about 27 percent of women and 13 percent of men are jobless, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Facing limited job prospects and harsh economic realities back home, large numbers of Ethiopian men and women head to the oil- and gas-rich Arabian peninsula every year seeking work.

The UN refugee agency says that over 51,000 Ethiopians risked their lives this year alone on the risky sea crossing across the Gulf of Aden, where reports are common of ships sinking or refugees drowning after being thrown out too far from the shore.

Migrants from other nations are also returning home from Saudi Arabia.

Last week, official media in Sudan said more than 11,000 workers had returned voluntarily after the amnesty ended.

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Dargaggoonni A/Kuyyuu Sirna Mootummaa Wayyaanee Balaaleffachuun Diddaa Dhageessisan.

Muddee 05,2013

Gabaasaa Qeerroo Shawwa Kaabaa magaalaa Kuyyuu irraa ibsuun Muddee 2/2013 barattootni sadarkaa 1ffaa fi 2ffa magaalaa Kuyyuu walitti dhufannii mootummaa wayyaanee sirnaa fi gocha isaa balaaleffachuu irratti dhaadannoo dhageessisaa turaniiru. Akka madda gabaasichaatti dhuma mana barumsaa isaanii galgala keessaa saa 4:30 irratti(10:30 local time) daandii irra osoo gara manaatti galanii barataan hunduu daandii tokko irratti hiriiruun sagalee balaa fi jabaadhaan akkana jechuun uummata dhageessisaa turaniiru.

Gumaa dhangalauu dhiiga ilmaan oromoo waltoomaan haa baasnu!!

Bilisummaaf wareegama haa gumaachinu!!

Nuti oromoodha habashaa miti!!!

We Are Oromo Fist!!….

Garboomuf hin dhalanne kan nu garboomsuuf dhamau nurraa haakau!!!

Umuriin abbaa hirree haa gabaabbatu!!

Jechuu fi sochii garagaraa kan qondaalota wayyaanee magaalaa sanii yaaddeessu daandii irratti agarsiisuudhaan kakaumsa guddaa uummata keessatti uumanii jiru. Kanaan wal qabatee barattoota hanga kana qoratanii akka kaayyoo isaaniitti yakkaan qabuun isaaniif hin dandaamne waan tahef Qeerroon Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo kutaa magaalaa kana keessa seenee jira ykn barsiisotuma isaan barsiisantu shakkama jedhanii dhoksaadhaan barsiisotas qorachuuf itti deemaa akka jiranii fi akka walii galaatti aanaa kana keessa nama fuula haaraa yeroodhaaf sakattaaa,qoradhaa wal hordofaa kan jedhu ajaja akka baasani jiran maddi gabaasichaa addeessee jira.

Injifannoon Uummata Oromoof!

Gadaan Gadaa Bilisummaati!

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The British Council in Ethiopia officially announced the Codification of Afaan Oromo

On December 1, 2013, the Oromo Studies Association has posted on its Facebook page about unfortunate experience of a certain Oromo scholar at the British Council, in Ethiopia, regarding the selection of the code of his mother tongue from a list of the African languages. The purpose of this compatriot was to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Filling a registration form before taking the TOEFL was a normal procedure. Much to his dismay, Afaan Oromo, was missing from a list of some eighty African languages (among which Amharic and Tigrinya were mentioned) on the form. In fact, when we put in the relative terms mentioning Amharic and Tigrinya and disregarding Afaan Oromo is tantamount with mentioning Scotish and Welsh and ignoring English from a list of languages in Great Britain.

Afaan Oromo is the largest language spoken in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. For that matter, Afaan Oromo is the third most widely spoken African indigenous language and perhaps among the biggest stateless language in the world.

Afaan Oromo is among the least visible large languages in Africa because of historical misinformation campaigns perpetrated against the Oromo people by successive Abyssinian (Ethiopian) rulers. The Oromo people have been subjugated and marginalized by the Ethiopian rulers since the last quarter of the 19th century. The Oromo language was banned for use in education, the mass-media, and public life until 1991. Today, the ban has been lifted, and the language is used in the Oromiya State with some restrictions. It is irony that the so-called multicultural Ethiopia still imposes the minority Amharic language as a sole federal working language in the nation of some eighty languages.

Coming back to the British Council issue, it was Dr. Trueman who brought the matter of the British Council to the attention of the Oromo Studies Association (OSA) by emailing the President of the OSA, Dr. Ibrahim Elemo. The Oromo student in the center of this issue is Gizachew Ebisa Soboksa, a graduate student at Wageningen UR (The Netherlands) and double degree program with ISARA-Lyon (France). He addressed this issue by sending enquiries to the executive of the British Council and Dr. Trueman, an OSA member and relentless advocate of the Oromo people for decades.

The OSA shared this information to its audience, and the Oromo intellectuals back home and in the diaspora. Then, an Oromo nationalist, who felt that this should not be happening in the 21^st Century British Council’s history, brought the matter to the attention of the British Council in Ethiopia. After several communications, the British council contacted Mr. Soboksa personally and talked to him about his experience. According to the British Council, the Codification of the African languages was made by its UK central office, and not by the British Council in Ethiopia. Sources close to the British Council informed us that Amharic and Tigrinya are chosen as the official language of Ethiopia and Eritrea respectively. Regardless the OSA believes that the British council that strives to establish a multicultural world has to include one of the biggest indigenous languages in Africa (Afaan Oromo) in its list of the African languages. Afaan Oromo is the official working language of the State of Oromiya for more than 20 yearsand widely spoken in Kenya and Somalia. In this regard, the Oromo nationalists are campaigning to make Afaan Oromo one of the working languages of the Federal Government of Ethiopia.

Mr. Soboksa’s campaign has been a success story, and the OSA believes that it can be replicated elsewhere, and any Oromo person has a potential to contribute something for advancing the cause of the Oromo people. Of course, it is irony that the British Council make a change twenty years after Afaan Oromo becomes the official language of Oromiya. This shows the powerlessness of the Oromo nation even regarding the issues pertaining to its language despite the fact that the ruling Ethiopian regime (EPRDF) claims that the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO) is a crucial player in the federal and state matter. More than ever, the Oromo have to realize that we are the only ambassadors to promote the growth of the Oromo language until we reclaim our home country. In this connection, the OSA would like to mention and encourage the exemplary work of a young Oromo activist, Toltu Tufa, to revitalize Afaan Oromo.

We would like to express heartfelt appreciation for Gizachew Ebisa Soboksa, Dr. Trueman, and an Oromo activist scholar based in Finfinne who worked on this issue diligently.  We would also like to thank the British Council for the swift measure. We have a firm belief that other foreign organizations and academic institutions will correct their deficiencies regarding the Afaan Oromo classification and codification.

OSA’s Mid-Year Conference Theme for 2014 is “Communicating Oromo Issues Effectively: The Role of Media, Organizations and Elites.” In line with this theme, the OSA is trying to communicate the Oromo issues to its members and the general public in a timely fashion. On the forthcoming Mid-Year Conference, to be held in Chicago, on March 29^th and 30^th 2013, the OSA is arranging a panel on the Afaan Oromo issue.

Date: December 4, 2013

To contact OSA’s President on this issue, please use: ielemo@weisshospital.com

Ibrahim Amae Elemo, M.D., M.P.H

President, Oromo Studies Association/Waldaa Qorannoo Oromoo

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