The Ethiopian Town that Welcomes Water Firms but Leaves Locals Thirsty

Business in the Sululta district of Ethiopia’s Oromia region is burgeoning. So why, despite abundant rainfall, does half the population have no access to fresh water? BY WILLIAM DAVIDSON | THE GUARDIAN Towards the end of the day at the Abyssinia Springs bottled water factory near Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, workers hose down the car […]

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Starvation Kills Over 100 in Somalia as Famine Looms

Drought kills 110 people in just 48 hours as Somalia slips into famine DEUTSCHE WELLE (DW), Somalia’s prime minister announced Saturday that 110 people have died of hunger in the past 48 hours as a severe drought threatens millions of people across the country. The death toll announcement comes just four days after Somalia’s government […]

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AfDB Supports Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihood Program in Eritrea

The objective is to enhance drought resilience and improve sustainable livelihoods of the communities in the severely drought prone regions with limited Government or donor interventions. By African Development Bank, The African Development Bank has approved a loan and a grant amounting to US $7.14 million to finance the fourth Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods […]

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Can Aid Reform End Ethiopia’s Repeated Hunger Emergencies?

By Katy Migiro | for Reuters, Over the years, Ethiopian mother-of-three Hana Mekonnen has received all sorts of aid designed to free her from the bitter trap of poverty and hunger: goats, cash transfers, resettlement and, of course, sacks of grain. None has worked. Hana’s one-year-old son was diagnosed with malnutrition in October, usually a time […]

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Hungry and Frightened: Famine in Ethiopia 2016

By Graham Peebles, Millions of the poorest, most vulnerable people in Ethiopia are once again at risk of starvation. Elderly men and women, weak and desperate, wait for food and water; malnourished children lie dying; livestock, bones protruding, perish. According to a statement issued by the World Food Programme (WFP) on 6th February, over 10 […]

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