ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Seasonal rains have failed to materialize in some parts of Ethiopia, causing deaths of many cattle and other animals, officials and residents said on Monday. While the government is not calling the situation in parts of northern, northeastern and eastern Ethiopia a drought, the impact is taking a toll. Adamu...
One of the poorest countries in the world is nevertheless setting big goals for itself and looking to richer countries for help. A 10-year, $70 billion plan aims to produce clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By Laurence Caramel A child rests near Ashegoda Wind farm, northern Ethiopia MEKELLE — Kindeya Redaie has no...
CAIRO — Studies analyzing the effects of the proposed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam were due six months ago, but the parties involved have yet to agree on how consultants should even approach the studies. Persisting differences among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan keep delaying the studies, which Egypt hopes will prove that the dam’s construction will cause extensive problems for Egypt and Sudan. The...
The last International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Somalia was sighted in November 1989, when it tackled a contraction in growth rate of -1.5%. This time round the report card has been quite encouraging, with 3.7% growth returned last year, with a slight dip to 2.7% projected for this year. It is a story of huge progress, and could be even better:...
By William Davidson The strategy for an eco-friendly, sustainable Ethiopian economy aims to bring the country to middle-income status by 2025 while pegging back emissions Light fantastic … clean energy is driving Ethiopia’s vision of prosperity via industrialisation, not least in Addis Ababa, the country’s capital city. Photograph: Andreas Pacek/Alamy The hulking waste-to-energy power plant...
By Zakaria Saeed For a quarter of a century our beloved nation has experienced all kinds of natural and manmade disasters. Droughts have taken the lives of tens of thousands of Somalis’. We have had nuclear waste dumped off our coasts which led to increased cancer rates in coastal population. This in turn resulted in...
A conference on how to finance the UN’s new, ambitious global development agenda is now underway in Addis Ababa. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for “flexibility and compromise.” The aim of the talks is to do some crucial groundwork for the creation of a fairer, less polluted world. This is the third summit...
The unexpected strength, scope and success of the 2015 al Shabaab “Ramadan Offensive” has caused the peacekeepers to withdraw from some recently captured towns. This is so peacekeepers can be made available to go find and destroy the al Shabaab groups that have made the recent attacks. To assist in this Ethiopia has sent in...
Karachi- Somalian scientists have requested their counterparts at Karachi University to assist them in the rehabilitation of barren and saline regions in their country. This was disclosed to the media by Professor Dr Bilquees Gull, the senior researcher associated with KU’s Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utilization (ISHU), on Monday. She had recently returned after attending...
File photo shows wind turbines at Ethiopia’s first wind farm in the country’s Adama region. ©AFP The Horn of African country of Ethiopia is building the continent’s biggest wind farms by taking advantage of the strong winds blowing over Adama rocky hills in the country’s highlands According to a new report, the government of Ethiopia...