Ethiopia’s dam projects pose a grave threat to Egypt’s water security, writes By Maghawry Shehata Ethiopia has 12 river basins with a combined flow of 130 billion cubic metres per year. The country also sits atop vast subterranean water reserves. This huge water wealth needs to be wisely managed and used to support development. Towards
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Kenyans near world’s largest desert lake predict conflict, hunger and cultural devastation when hydroelectric project is completed An armed Turkana man on the shore of Lake Turkana. Locals fear the completion of the Gibe III dam could exacerbate tension in the region between Kenyans and Ethiopians. Photograph: Siegfried Modola/Reuters By John Vidal, The Guardian People living near
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Kenyans near world’s largest desert lake predict conflict, hunger and cultural devastation when hydroelectric project is completed An armed Turkana man on the shore of Lake Turkana. Locals fear the completion of the Gibe III dam could exacerbate tension in the region between Kenyans and Ethiopians. Photograph: Siegfried Modola/Reuters By John Vidal, The Guardian People living near
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By BRONWYN BRUTON – Politico.com John Kerry’s hastily announced trip to Africa last May 2014 is something of an occasion: It’s the first time he has set foot in sub-Saharan Africa as secretary of state aside from a brief visit just to Addis Ababa in May 2013. But the abruptness of the trip—announced barely half
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By: Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN, Silicon Africa When tourists visit sub-Saharan Africa, they often wonder “Why there are no historical buildings or monuments?” The reason is simple. Europeans have destroyed most of them. We have only left drawings and descriptions by travelers who have visited the places before the destructions. In some places, ruins are still visible. Many
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By Yilma Bekele Andargachew Tsige was taken prisoner by the TPLF Woyane regime on June 24/’13 while on transit at Sana, Yemen International Airport. He was removed from the airplane and flown to Ethiopia. What was done was against all international conventions and is considered illegal. Ever since then he has been held in secret
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By Fatima Hansia , CorpWatch Blog Saudi Star Agricultural Development plans to pump $100 million into a rice export project in Gambella region of Ethiopia despite allegations of human rights violations surrounding the “villagization” program under which the land has been taken from indigenous Anuak pastoralists to lease to foreign investors. The company is
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Commercial farming, with its vast tracts of land, is running into problems in Ethiopia’s Gambella region – and local communities are reaping few benefits William Davison in Gambella The Guardian As dusk envelops the grasslands of Gambella in western Ethiopia, a weary Jakob Pouch sits on a jerry can, resting his chest against a wooden
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OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report Ethiopia is a source and, to a lesser extent, destination and transit country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Girls from Ethiopia’s rural areas are exploited in domestic servitude and, less frequently, prostitution within
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Serbia’s ally from the time of Tito – Ethiopia is threatening it will recognize the independence of Kosovo if Belgrade insist that the country repays the debt of about USD 100 million, unofficially learned Serbian Daily “Novosti”. Serbia has good relations with the state, but also two unsolved issues that could affect the change of
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