JIGJIGA, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Mustafa Muhumed Omer began demanding justice after his uncle disappeared and continued despite threats to his mother and sister, and the torture and death of his brother. Now in charge of the sprawling Ethiopian Somali region, the former activist and aid worker has seven months before people vote on his reforms to a...
February 3, 2025
Tag: Ethiopia
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Urgent action needed to stop Locust invasion in eastern Africa
By Obi Anyadike, The New Humanitarian Senior editor, Africa NAIROBI- A donor conference in Rome on Monday will be asked to pledge $70 million to tackle a plague of desert locusts critically threatening rural livelihoods in a region where tens of millions of people already face extreme hunger. Swarms of the insects are sweeping across eastern Ethiopia,...
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Disaster Unfolding – The Silent Crisis Possible Reasons for Drying Up of Jigjiga Dam
By Ali Regah Introduction The horn of Africa is one of the water insecure regions in the world. The only available water sources are those found within ancient rocks and below the ground aquifers. Rainfall is higher in the highland of Ethiopia compared to the lowland and availability of perennial rivers are limited. Climate change-induced...
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Somaliland abuzz from Ethiopia’s khat convoys
Narcotic plant is a huge tax-revenue earner that bolsters the region’s economy, but also disrupts family life ByJames Jeffrey An assistant at a khat stall in Hargeisa displays bunches of the narcotic plant [James Jeffrey/Al Jazeera] Hargeisa, Somalia – Every day trucks loaded with the narcotic plant khat, grown in northeastern Ethiopia, hurtle along rough roads...
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Ethiopia: Pre-Revenue Testing of Addis Ababa Light Railway Launched
Addis Ababa – Pre-revenue testing of Addis Ababa light railway was launched today. Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn, Deputy Prime minister Demeke Mekonnen, Foreign affairs Minister Dr Tedros Adhanom, Addis Ababa Mayor, Dirba Kuma other higher officials and dignitaries and thousands of residents of Addis Ababa attended the inauguration ceremony. On the occasion FDRE, Prime Minister...