This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The brief includes an overview of Ethiopia’s geography and landscape, observed historical climate changes, and projected changes to key climate stressors. The profile …
El Nino, a natural weather pattern linked to extreme droughts, storms and floods, could be one of the strongest on record this year. Parts of Africa are already facing hunger, disease and water shortages. El Nino, which is sparked by a rise in sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, …
A group of U.N. experts tasked with forecasting the next disasters likely to require billions of dollars in humanitarian aid has warned of deepening crises in global hotspots from Burundi to Afghanistan over the next six months. In an unusually frank assessment for a U.N. publication, the six-monthly "Alert, Early …
Donors are not responding fast enough to urgent calls for more aid to drought-stricken Ethiopia where record-breaking numbers of children are suffering malnutrition, the United Nations said on Monday. Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in decades, after low and erratic rainfall during the spring and summer, leaving more than …
Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in 30 years according to the United Nations, with levels of acute need across all humanitarian sectors having already exceeded levels seen in the Horn of Africa drought of 2011, and which are projected to become far more severe in 2016. A recent report …
Ethiopia may be portrayed as an emerging African powerhouse, but prolonged drought has left 8.2 million people facing a major food security crisis On a bright afternoon in east Ethiopia, Mohammed Jibril’s family is passing around corncobs roasted over a fire. Bulky cows lounge on the other side of a …
MIESO, Ethiopia — Every day, Yasin Mohammed Aliye stakes out a spot on his small farm to chew khat leaves, a stimulant, and guard against intruders. The khat, he explains, helps to dull the hunger. “We got just one day of rain each month during the rainy season,” Mr. Yasin …
Anthropogenic nutrient flows exceed the planetary boundaries. The boundaries and the current excesses vary spatially. Such variations have both an ecological and a social facet. We explored the spatial variation using a bottom-up approach. The local critical boundaries were determined through the current or accumulated flow of the preceding five …
Land use change can have negative or positive effects on soil quality. Our objective was to assess the effects of land uses changes on the dynamics of selected soil physical and chemical properties. Soil samples were collected from three adjacent land uses, namely forestland, grazing land and cultivated land at …
The issue of menstrual hygiene is inadequately acknowledged and has not received proper attention. Use of sanitary pads and washing the genital area are essential practices to keep the menstrual hygiene. Unhygienic menstrual practices can affect the health of the girls and there is an increased vulnerability to reproductive tract …
The Ethiopian government’s Communication Affairs Office says the level of support the nation is getting from the international community to assist victims of the El Nino weather conditions in the country is minimal. In a press briefing on Monday, the minister in the Government Communication Affairs Office, Redwan Hussien said …
The Addis Ababa City Administration Sanitation Administration Agency awarded 51 best performers in road sanitation drawn from ten Sub-cities. Handing out 32 inch TV sets to the best performers and certificates to stakeholders at the Ethiopian Convention Centre yesterday, City Mayor Diriba Kuma said: "As we all know our city …
Nairobi — 2015 SEED Awards Honour African and Women-Led Enterprises As the world gears up to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) later this month, 27 trailblazing eco-enterprises are recognized at the 2015 SEED Africa Symposium in Nairobi for employing business models that bring social and environmental benefits to local …
National plans for limiting greenhouse gas emissions fall short of tough action needed to slow climate change under a United Nations agreement due in Paris in December, European researchers said on Wednesday. The plans submitted so far to the UN by about 50 nations representing 70 percent of world emissions …
Having expanded water supply, attention has now turned to liquid waste management Addis Abeba Water & Sewerage Authority (AAWSSA) installed a 15Km liquid waste pipeline from Bethel to the Kaliti catchment area at a cost of 108 million Br. This is part of the expansion of the Kaliti catchment, which …
Extreme and unpredictable rainfall patterns, intense floods, and droughts add significantly to the cost of controlling and managing water resources in Eastern Africa. This paper describes the approaches being taken in selected countries and how each country has interpreted the IWRM principles to address water resource management challenges. IWRM, introduced …
The number of hungry Ethiopians needing food aid has risen sharply this year to 4.5 million due to poor rains and the El Nino weather phenomenon, the UN has said. With rains poorer than predicted, "food insecurity increased and malnutrition rose as a result," the UN Office for the Coordination …
The number of Ethiopians who will need food aid by the end of this year has surged by more than 1.5 million from earlier estimates, according to United Nations agencies. After failed rains, some 4.5m people are now projected to require assistance, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian …
ENTOTO, ETHIOPIA – High above the crowded streets of Addis Ababa, among fields where farmers lead oxen dragging wooden plows, sits Ethiopia’s space program. Perched atop the 3,200-meter-tall (10,500-foot) Mount Entoto, two metal domes house telescopes, each a meter in diameter. ADVERTISING Operational for only a few months, the specialized …
The Eighth meeting of the Tripartite Technical Committee on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) concluded on Friday August 21, 2015 in Addis Abeba, Hilton Hotel. The committee requested the two firms selected to conduct an impact assessment of the GERD, presenting additional explanation and directives to decide whether they …
The number of Ethiopians who will need food aid by the end of this year has surged by more than 1.5 million from earlier estimates due to failed rains, United Nations agencies said on Monday. Ethiopia needs an extra $230 million from donors to secure aid for a total of …
