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Map| Obama budgets more for Kenya, Ethiopia – less for the Sudans

Last week, the Obama administration released its international affairs budget request for fiscal 2014. Amid fiscal constraints in Washington, the…

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 @ 8:11 pm

Following the 9/11 attacks and the launch of the Global War on Terror, many humanitarian policy wonks spoke of a…

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 @ 11:49 pm

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced it is to open another new camp in Ethiopia to…

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 @ 12:21 am

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

Friday, June 1, 2012 @ 11:47 pm

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

Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 7:53 pm

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

Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 7:39 pm

Ethiopia’s friend Sir Bob Geldof praised recent economic and social progress, yet advised more political inclusiveness last week. The Ethiopian…

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 @ 11:41 pm

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

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 @ 6:56 pm

The Canadian government to reduce its bilateral assistance to Ethiopia, Benin, Niger, Cambodia, China, Nepal, Rwanda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, according…

Saturday, May 12, 2012 @ 3:05 pm

Empowering African farmers will be central to success, according to participants of the Grow Africa Investment Forum. The meeting was…

Thursday, May 10, 2012 @ 11:38 pm