ABC Rural By BRETT WORTHINGTON An ox and plough to prepare African crops PHOTO A small scale Ethiopian farmer cultivating his maize crop using traditional methods. SUPPLIED: JOHN FERRIER Preparing for sowing with just an ox and plough is unfathomable for Australian croppers. But that’s the reality grain grower John Ferrier, from Birchip in north
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BY IAFRICA IN SUDAN (KHARTOUM) – The director of the Water Commission in the state of Khartoum Gawdat-alla Osman disclosed that they plan to export fresh water to Arab Gulf states in the future depending on the available water from the Nile River to achieve a value-added situation. A Saudi Arabian study last December proposed
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BY IAFRICA IN SUDAN (KHARTOUM) – The director of the Water Commission in the state of Khartoum Gawdat-alla Osman disclosed that they plan to export fresh water to Arab Gulf states in the future depending on the available water from the Nile River to achieve a value-added situation. A Saudi Arabian study last December proposed
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Reuters Ethiopian Airlines will decide in June on whether to place an order for 30 narrow-body Airbus or Boeing jets as part of fleet its expansion plans, the company’s chief executive said on Sunday. “We will make a decision by the end of June,” Tewolde Gebremariam told Reuters on the sidelines of the annual meeting
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Rapid Tv Television transmissions from channels carried by Arabsat have suffered intentional signal interference from international jammers based in Ethiopia, according to the regional satellite operator. The Saudi-based organisation says it resents the “illegal act” and expressed surprise at this “vandalism”, given there are no Ethiopian or Eritrean channels among the direct-to-home (DTH) satellite bouquets
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Rapid Tv Television transmissions from channels carried by Arabsat have suffered intentional signal interference from international jammers based in Ethiopia, according to the regional satellite operator. The Saudi-based organisation says it resents the “illegal act” and expressed surprise at this “vandalism”, given there are no Ethiopian or Eritrean channels among the direct-to-home (DTH) satellite bouquets
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By STEPHEN SCOURFIELD The West Australian “Ethiopia has history, nature and culture,” says guide Firew Ayele. “The problem is that this was known as a country of drought and famine.” The very word “famine” still, decades later, provides too easy a couplet with the word “Ethiopia”. But, as Tony Evans points out, it was one
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By STEPHEN SCOURFIELD The West Australian “Ethiopia has history, nature and culture,” says guide Firew Ayele. “The problem is that this was known as a country of drought and famine.” The very word “famine” still, decades later, provides too easy a couplet with the word “Ethiopia”. But, as Tony Evans points out, it was one
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Screen Daily By Tiffany Pritchard Ethiopian delegation at Cannes 2014 was led by women. As the Ethiopian film industry grows, Ethiopian Film Initiative (EFI) founder (and Swedish filmmaker) Ragnhild Ek says there is also a rise in the number of female filmmakers in the African country. She refers in part to the carefully selected group
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By Alexis Akwagyiram BBC Africa Workers at Pittards, a UK leather goods factory outside of Addis Ababa (BBC) Several African countries have enjoyed economic growth in recent years – but there are fears that a failure to develop manufacturing could prove to be costly. “Made in China” is a stamp that is ubiquitous and can
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