By Derrick Bryson Taylor New York Post In December, I journeyed to southwest Ethiopia to photograph the rarely seen Surma tribe. For eight days, thanks to Oryx Worldwide Photographic Expeditions, I was granted unprecedented access to this group of people untouched by technology and attempted to capture their beauty and grace. On the border with South Sudan near […]
Borgen Project By Liesl Hostetter Winding through some of the driest regions in the world, the Nile River is a lifeline for more than 300 million people. This vital source of freshwater irrigates crops and deposits silt for fertilizer. In addition, hydroelectric dams generate renewable energy. The rivers, lakes and reservoirs of the Nile basin […]
World Atlas Today, we know the countries of the Horn of Africa as Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia. However, humans have inhabited the Horn of Africa for thousands of years – some evidence dates back as far as 125,000 years ago. People is an overview of the unique features of this region. History Ethiopia Pre-history […]
AU Great Green Wall Initiative Coordinator, Elvis Paul Tangem said; Ethiopia has been taking “very strong engagement” on land restoration, “I think Ethiopia has done a lot,” he said, adding that some 15 million hectares of land have been under restoration. According to Tangem, the Great Green Wall Initiative has taken people from many countries […]
Sudan‘s main alliance of opposition groups and protesters says it accepts Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as a mediator in their political deadlock with the Transitional Military Council (TMC) under certain conditions. Among opposition demands are that the TMC take responsibility for the deadly dispersal of a protest sit-in on Monday, an international investigation into […]
Middle East Eye Negotiators for Sudan’s transitional government and one of the country’s largest rebel groups claimed a breakthrough on Friday after reaching an agreement on the timetable and agenda for peace talks in Juba, South Sudan. The agreement between the government and the South Kordofan-based Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) commits both sides to […]
Fodors If you’re searching for your next adrenaline rush, look no further than Jinja, Uganda. Situated at the source of the Nile River, Jinja not only offers the opportunity to tick one of the seven natural wonders of the world off your bucket list, but it’s bursting with action-packed activities. We’ve compiled seven reasons why Jinja happens […]
A red carpet was placed to welcome Eritreans to Ethiopia as two land border crossings between the countries were reopened in September, in Zalambessa, Ethiopia. AFP/Getty Images Almost everywhere you go in Zalambessa, a town on Ethiopia’s border with Eritrea, there are reminders of war: buildings in rubble, walls riddled with bullet holes and a […]
Eye radio, By Daniel Danny The Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD, has convened a consultation meeting in Addis up for the peace parties in South Sudan to discuss the security arrangement and the number of states. These are tasks that were meant to be completed within the pre-transitional period. IGAD summoned representatives of the parties […]
ByWILLIAM LUBUULWA | PML Daily Business Editor If Ethiopia’s impending ratification of Africa Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA) comes to pass, the pact will be requiring only three other ratifications to enter into force. According to the African Union (AU), Ethiopia’s ratification will become the nineteenth out of the minimum number of […]
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