Agriculture

Gibe III: Ethiopian dam spurs debate (By: Jenny Vaughan)

The mud-coloured Omo River which snakes through green gorges, feeding lush vegetation and providing vital water to one of Ethiopia's…

Land Grab: The Ethiopian land giveaway (By Graham Peebles)

Graham Peebles, director of a UK based charity, wrote an article claiming that injustices and hardships are caused to ordinary…

Extension service: The driver of Ethiopia’s agricultural revolution (Abraham Dereje)

Transforming Ethiopian agriculture from its current subsistence state to market oriented production system forms the basis of agricultural development strategy…

Ethiopia: S.Sudan detained 15 for killings in Saudi-Star farm, Gambella

The Gambella Regional State authorities have announced that fifteen people have been detained in Jonglei Region of South Sudan on…

Below average rain in Somalia, but famine unlikely

The UN’s Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) in Somalia has said that Somalia’s most recent main rainy season…

Ethiopia: Poor rains prompt calls for more food assistance

Aid agencies are calling for more food assistance for areas in southern and northeastern Ethiopia where erratic rains have adversely…

May 2012| Food Security update for Kenya, Somalia,

The US-funded FEWS Net (Famine Early Warning Systems Network) released Food Security updates for Kenya and Somalia. Here are the…

The ‘African Century’ can Be Real | Wall Street Journal

Camp David has been the home to many historic moments, from triumphs in Middle East diplomacy to steely Cold War…

Briefing: Africa Human Development Report

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched its first Africa Human Development Report today, stressing food security as a means to…

UN: Ethiopia’s success a model for the Horn, the Sahel regions

A UN official said on Monday that: ‘multi-year investments in safety nets and significant advances in health and nutrition have…

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