The urban hyenas that attack rough sleepers in Addis Ababa

02/22/14 By Martin Fletcher Urban hyenas are becoming a dangerous problem in the Ethiopian capital, where they attack rough sleepers. It is late evening in Addis Ababa. Stephen Brend, a zoologist with the Born Free Foundation, is driving me to

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Pregnant Ethiopian woman gang-raped in Sudan now faces death penalty

02/20/14 The Daily Mail By SARA MALM A nine-months pregnant teenager who claims she was raped by seven men in Sudan is now facing the death penalty after being charged with adultery. The married Ethiopian woman was just 18 years old,

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Irish NGO recognised for improving maternity care in Ethiopia

02/15/14 Voluntary Service Overseas Ireland has helped reduce child and maternal rates by as much as 12 per cent in some hospitals. VSO Director Malcolm Quigley (right), Dr. Lemesgnieu, head of one of the NICUs, and Paediatric Nurse Patricia Doyle.

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Kenyans get condom delivery service

Some customers got their condoms delivered by limousine on Valentine’s Day A Kenyan businesswoman has launched a condom delivery service to help tackle Aids, saying many people are too embarrassed to buy them. Faith Ndiwa told the BBC she had

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Kenyans get condom delivery service

Some customers got their condoms delivered by limousine on Valentine’s Day A Kenyan businesswoman has launched a condom delivery service to help tackle Aids, saying many people are too embarrassed to buy them. Faith Ndiwa told the BBC she had

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US-Ethiopia partnership in urban health

Apa   February 13, 2014  The U.S Agency for International Development (USAID), on Wednesday launched a programme aimed at strengthening Ethiopia’s urban health service delivery and access to 1.6 million households in 49 cities across the country. The USAID programme is

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A Glimpse of the Creeping Famine in Ethiopia

February 10th, 2014 By Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam Behold the rider of the Black Horse (famine) eyeing Ethiopia once again Last week, NBC News aired an investigative report by Martin Geissler on the creeping famine in Ethiopia: [Ethiopia] is the

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Pregnant Gang Rape Victim Remains in Police Custody

8 FEBRUARY 2014 Sudan Tribune Khartoum — An 18-year-old pregnant Ethiopian woman who was the victim of a brutal gang-rape last August in Omdurman has been sleeping on the concrete floor of a police cell since her arrest on 17

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Is Dr. Catherine less human than Dr. Abebech Gobenna???

Amare Mekonnen “All humans are created equal”Is Dr. Catherine less human than Dr. Abebech Gobenna??? Here is objective comparison:- Dr. Catherine 1. Founded the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, THE WORLD’S ONLY MEDICAL CENTRE dedicated exclusively to providing free obstetric fistula

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Health Extension workers Dramatically Improve Healthcare in Ethiopia

The Atlantic ANKITA RAO FEB 4 2014 Hani Wondwesen is waiting with two children at a clinic in Addis Ababa where they will have pediatric appointments (Ankita Rao/Kaiser Health News) Hermon Girma is stirring bean stew over a wood-fed stove

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