BY SEMIR SEID | SHABAIT Life without water is unimaginable. It is sad that in today’s world 2.1 billion people live without safe drinking water at home. This affects their health, education, and livelihoods. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 commits the world to ensure that everyone has access to safe water by 2030, and includes […]
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BY ELIZABETH MWANIKI | UNDP ERITREA Eritrea is a country of varied landscapes. But driving from Asmara, the capital city, towards Keren town in the Anseba Region, you will notice a number of common features: Oases and water sources along the way are true hives of agricultural and economic activity.
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BY SIMON WELDEMICHAEL The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which has ruled Ethiopia since 1991, is a thinly veiled multi-ethnic coalition façade of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The minority government, subsidized by western powers, has employed two complementary tactics to extend its existence: suppressing internal protests and externalization of internal conflicts.
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A million Somali children have starved to death in the past 24 months and this crime goes unnoticed by the international media? BY THOMAS C MOUNTAIN According to just released information sourced from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the FSNAU between October 2015 and April 2016, a period of only six months, […]
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12.5 million people are now in need of food assistance. The Cholera outbreak which mainly affected Somali region is currently spreading to Northern Ethiopia. BY RELIEF WEB 12.5 million people are now in need of food assistance. The food insecurity and malnutrition situation in the drought affected areas continues to deteriorate, in particular in Somali […]
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BY NATNAEL YEBIO | SHABAIT Agriculture is the key sector in most developing countries. It has a key role to play in enabling them to accomplish developmental goals, including self-reliance, growth and equity. Food production is a fundamental problem is many developing countries, including Eritrea.
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BY NATNAEL YEBIO | SHABAIT In my first edition of the Gash effect, I took a look at the chief catalyst for the Gash-Barka’s recent transformation in agricultural development: the National Crops and Livestock Corporation. In this edition also, I’ll take a brief look at the region’s agricultural structure, in line with the interview I […]
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For Ethiopian officials, Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) is a euphemism for cholera. BY CGTN AFRICA Hundreds of people have been falling sick due to the outbreak of Acute Watery Diarrhea also known as AWD in Ethiopian Somali region. And the situation was getting closer to becoming a national health emergency but according to the Ethiopian […]
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