By Tsegaye R. Ararssa When in mid April 2014 the government in Ethiopia announced its readiness to implement what it called the “Addis Abeba Integrated Regional Development Plan” (the “Master Plan” for short), which proposes to annex most of the city’s surrounding areas belonging to the National Regional State of Oromia, it provoked an immediate
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By Elias Meseret, Associated Press Ethiopian government forces have killed more than 80 people in the past four weeks in protests in the country’s Oromia region, an Ethiopian opposition party charged Wednesday. The killings should be investigated, said the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum, a coalition of four opposition parties, at a press conference. “Trigger-happy
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Business Standard, By Akshat Kawshal Baljinder Singh, a farmer dressed in a crisp white shirt and trousers, clutches the latest iPhone in his hand, drives a new Maruti Suzuki Swift and agrees to meet me not under the shade of a tree in his farm, but in the air-conditioned lobby of an Amritsar hotel. The
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Business Standard, By Akshat Kawshal Baljinder Singh, a farmer dressed in a crisp white shirt and trousers, clutches the latest iPhone in his hand, drives a new Maruti Suzuki Swift and agrees to meet me not under the shade of a tree in his farm, but in the air-conditioned lobby of an Amritsar hotel. The
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ADDIS ABABA- Reuters: Ethiopia’s ambition to become a manufacturing hub may hinge on Khalid Bomba’s ability to transform small-scale farming just as much as it relies on new railways, roads and other more obvious signs of change in a nation once brought to its knees by famine. The 46-year-old one-time investment banker is now chief
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BY AMY MAXMEN , NewsWeek A woman stands in front of a plantation of Enset, a plant that collects water and is essential during the dry season. IVA ZIMOVA/PANOS Dibaabish Jaboo kneads the pale, vegetative flesh of the enset plant, like her mother did, like her granddaughters do. When she’s finished, she bundles the plant’s thick, decomposing
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TRFN- Nomadic livestock herders in Ethiopia have received their first payout from an insurance scheme that tracks poor pasture conditions with satellite technology. Ethiopia has difficulty drawing full advantage from its livestock resources – the largest in Africa – because of the unreliability of pasture and water caused by persistent drought. The new insurance scheme,
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The Guardian Free advice line that aims to help smallholders boost livelihoods has received 1.5m calls since launching 12 weeks ago By William Davison in Addis Ababa MDG : Ethiopian farmer with mobile phone during Gada celebration in Karrayyu tribe , Ethiopia An Ethiopian farmer using a mobile phone. The country’s government relies on support
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Phys.org By Kelly Izlar Scientists have released these tiny beetles in Ethiopia to fight a toxic, invasive weed.(Phys.org) —An invasive weed poses a serious and frightening threat to farming families in Ethiopia, but scientists from a Virginia Tech-led program have unleashed a new weapon in the fight against hunger: a tiny, speckled beetle. The weed,
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Oxford University According to The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), published by Oxford University, Ethiopia ranks the second poorest country in the world just ahead of Niger. The study is based on analysis of acute poverty in 108 developing countries around the world. Despite making progress at reducing the percentage of destitute people, Ethiopia is still
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