Children health care – a success in disparity

An unprecedented study mapping child deaths over almost two decades finds that the likelihood of a child reaching age five varies more than three-fold among zones in Ethiopia. The study finds that... Read more »

Exemplary people-to-people ties

Abuzerham Defeallah is a mechanic from Sudan. He always comes to Kurmuk, a border town between Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz and Sudan’s Blue Nile states to buy goods and services such as vegetables,... Read more »

Incorporating more women in technology sector

Multiple studies show that the participation of women in technology is very less compared with their counterparts. According to UNESCO’s report women in the technology constitute only 28 percent of professionals in... Read more »

African children also need war free life

Several wars and conflicts carried out on African soil have been affecting hundreds and thousands of African children. Various sources indicated that hundreds of thousands of children are dying every year as... Read more »

Conserving wildlife with public participation

Ethiopia’s 27 national parks cover 8.87 percent of country’s total area. On the other hand, about 80 percent of the country’s population led its life in agriculture where it has a strong... Read more »

Youth trained to be job creators

Begosew Dagne, 21 was born in Amhara region, Awi zone. He grew up as an obedient child to his family. He said that, his parents frequently reminded him that education is the... Read more »

State tourism reviving and back to normal: Authority

World Tourism Organization report indicated that despite the fact that the world we are living had been through several political, economic, natural and health related challenges, world tourist destinations were busy of... Read more »

Gaaro-Woro: The unique New Year celebration of the Shinasha

Ethiopia is home to numerous ancient peoples of Horn Africa. The Shinasha ethnic group of the Benishangul-Gumuz state is one of the over 80 ethnic groups in the country. Shinasha has unique... Read more »

Ending Malaria

Ethiopia though has reduced the number of malaria cases by 50 –75 percent; malaria risk still remains a severe threat for many areas of the country. The country, in concerted efforts of... Read more »

Climate change investment heavily tilted towards mitigation, low on adaptation

Good news: the graph depicting climate investments has been steadily increasing. Climbing from the 2012 figure of $360 billion in climate investments across the world to close to $600 billion currently. But... Read more »