by Reuters Tuesday, 28 September 2021 19:56 GMT (Adds figures on trucks from U.N. in Ethiopia) By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Sept 28 (Reuters) - United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said...
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Ethiopia's PM seeks end to violence that displaced nearly a million
By Aaron Maasho Violence along the border of the Horn of Africa country's Somali and Oromiya provinces first erupted in September last year, with both regions blaming the other for the unrest ADDIS...
At least 61 dead after days of violence in Ethiopia's Oromiya region
Clashes are likely to fuel fears about security in Ethiopia, the region's biggest economy and a staunch Western ally By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Dec 18 (Reuters) - At least 61 people have been...
Ethiopia signs $1.3 bln loan and grant agreement with World Bank
Some 8.5 million people in Ethiopia are currently in need of emergency food aid owing to severe drought ADDIS ABABA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The World Bank on Friday on Friday signed a $1.3 billion loan...
Week of clashes in eastern Ethiopia kill 50, displace 50,000: officials
by Reuters Sunday, 17 September 2017 19:39 GMT By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Clashes along the border of Ethiopia's Oromiya and Somali regions have displaced around 50,000 people,...
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U.S.-funded Ethiopian abattoir hopes to help herders during drought
Climate changes are threatening the way of life of Nomadic herders, forcing them to move away from traditional grazing grounds and find alternative livelihoods By Lesley Wroughton JIJIGA, Ethiopia,...
Ethiopia, humanitarian groups say food aid for 7.8 mln to run out
"There is donor fatigue because there are a lot of crises" By Aaron Maasho WARDER, Ethiopia, June 10 (Reuters) - Ethiopia will run out of emergency food aid for 7.8 million people hit by severe...
Ethiopia unrest killed 669 in three regions - report
by Reuters Tuesday, 18 April 2017 17:18 GMT Ethiopia has faced criticism over its authoritarian approach to economic development By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, April 18 (Reuters) - A total of 669...
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Armyworms ravage crops in southern Ethiopia
Pest is a food security risk in a region already struggling with worsening drought ADDIS ABABA, April 13 (Reuters) - Crop-eating caterpillars known as fall armyworms have damaged crops across...
Ethiopia to buy more wheat to avert drought crisis
Source: Reuters - Wed, 18 Nov 2015 16:36 GMT Author: Reuters Ethiopia says has spent $280 mln to tackle crisis U.N. says 15 mln people may need food aid by early 2016 By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Nov...
In Ethiopia, crop insurance takes root but changes needed - experts
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Thu, 11 Jun 2015 13:30 GMT Author: Elias Gebreselassie ZIWAY, Ethiopia, June 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Gebre Sire, a farmer from the village of Abine...
In Ethiopia, NGOs promote family planning to cope with climate change
ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Yeshi Tadesse, a mother of six, seems an unlikely proponent of family planning as a solution to climate change. But the Ethiopian villager in her 30s speaks...
Rebel faction in Ethiopia says it wants peace talks
Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:15 GMT ONLF representative seeks talks in Addis Adaba Further sign of rebel weakening, splits Ogaden region has oil and gas potential By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Dec 23 (Reuters)...
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Africa can easily grow wheat to ease hunger, price shocks - study
Tue, 9 Oct 2012 00:01 GMT By Alister Doyle OSLO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Wheat production in sub-Saharan Africa is at only 10 to 25 percent of its potential and nations can easily grow more to limit...
Faced with changing weather, Ethiopia gets better forecasts
By Kirubel Tadesse SENDAFA, Ethiopia (AlertNet) – Farmers in Ethiopia struggling to cope with unpredictable weather related to climate change have gained access to a trove of meteorological data...
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Anti-poverty group ONE pushes for G8 food deal
By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's industrial powers should commit to boost agriculture investments in poor countries and end hunger and malnutrition among...
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Ethiopia attacks rebel targets in Eritrea-govt source
17 Mar 2012 14:08 Ethiopia announced previous attack on Thursday Eritrea says will not be "entrapped" by incursion (Adds background) ADDIS ABABA, March 17 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops carried out...
Ethiopian child mortality, malnutrition rates drop
Deaths of children under five stood at 20 pct in 1990 Figure reduced to 8.8 pct in 2011 Ethiopia faces yearly droughts, 4.5 mln affected this year By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Nov 11 (Reuters) -...
Millions at risk of cholera in Ethiopia, WHO warns
(Corrects figure in 12th para for number of refugees in Dadaab to 380,000 from 440,000, after an official correction by UNHCR) Outbreak not confined to refugees Horn of Africa at risk of disease due...
UN halts food handout in Ethiopia region after ambush
Government, ONLF rebels blame each other Somali Region ravaged by drought, facing food crisis By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, May 18 (Reuters) - The United Nations has suspended food distribution in...