The news that African universities will soon be ranked has generated a great deal of hype. But the initiative seems likely to be doomed from the start.
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Authoritarian and landlocked it may be, but Addis Ababa will mark its last emperor’s death as a model of development.
Kenya and Ethiopia need to use the media spotlight of US President Barack Obama’s visit to showcase their various opportunities. The US and the African Union will also be looking to benefit from the visit.
The decline in child marriages in Ethiopia is due to its rapidly changing social and economic environment.
Foreign investors need to tread carefully when acquiring land in Africa. This is best illustrated in the ecologically sensitive Gambela region of Ethiopia, where firms have endangered livelihoods.
A more enlightened approach to child labour would listen to what children say about work, balance work and school, and enhance the flexibility and quality of schooling to cater for working children.
Post-independence Eritrea has descended into poverty and repression forcing huge numbers to flee to safety and a better life.
There are many African presidents whose age far outstrips that of their peers on other continents. David Cameron (47), Barack Obama (53), François Hollande (60), Merkel (60), Vladimir Putin (61) – these…
In September 2014, the Natural Environment Research Council will launch a major five-year programme to study the volcanoes of Ethiopia’s Great Rift Valley. The project team contains core investigators…
A study has found that an increase in calcium in diet can help widespread dental health problems caused by excessive fluoride…
Poverty is definitely not some bucolic ideal that we should romanticise. It is ugly, brutal and should be fought against. But there are lessons from the poor that we, in affluent (and frequently complacent…
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