Ethiopia Water Crisis Archives

The Ethiopian Town that Welcomes Water Firms but Leaves Locals Thirsty

March 9, 2017TesfaNews19 Comments

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 […]

Can Aid Reform End Ethiopia’s Repeated Hunger Emergencies?

May 5, 2016May 5, 2016TesfaNews14 Comments

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 […]