Climate governance in Ethiopia
The CAT Climate Governance series seeks to produce a practical framework for assessing a government’s readiness - both from an institutional and governance point of view - to ratchet up climate policy
Ethiopia
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Urban burden
according to a study printed in the British medical journal, The Lancet, industrialisation has brought a host of diseases, from cancer and brain tumours to depression. It says that
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Ethiopia
The fear of famine has returned to haunt Ethiopia after poor harvests, with the northern region of Amhara and the south of the country especially under threat. Ethiopia had enjoyed a respite from
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Rising from rubble
An African nation refuses international aid and sets up a highly ambitious agenda to stand on its own feet
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ETHIOPIA
A 2.33 millioan-year-old human jaw was discovered late last year on a barren slope at Hadar in northern Ethiopia. An international team of American, Ethiopian and Israeli scientists which found
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Stolen treasures
ETHIOPIA, one of the oldest of farm civilisations, has been mercilessly ravaged by war and famine. Fortunately, Valiant & Khan's Treasures of Ethiopia spares the viewer the stereotypical images of
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Litany of disillusionment
Ravaged by ethnic strife, environmental disaster and crushing poverty, Ethiopians anticipate an uncertain future.
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NGOs launch new war against deforestation
Non governmental organisations in Ethiopia are working to create awareness among rural communities to protect the country's forest cover
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Farmers give silver lining to famine clouds
A country where millions have died of starvation can now hope to achieve self sufficiency in food, with the UN predicting record harvests of pulses and cereals.
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Biomass energy for cement production: opportunities in Ethiopia
Biomass and biomass residues, if sourced in an environmentally and socially sustainable fashion, represent a vast
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Light to Ethiopia
With the aid of small island PV systems, a German-based aid foundation is bringing light in the huts of Ethiopia's rural population. The solar energy is also awakening the energy of the people themselves.