Ethiopians attend a parade to mark the 123rd anniversary of the battle of Adwa last year.
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Thanks to one historic victory, Ethiopia became the only African country never to be colonised.
A man runs through a desert locust swarm in Kitui County, Kenya.
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Changing weather modifies insect traits and can have an impact on their food, natural enemies and predators.
Most young, married girls in Ethiopia don’t have the family planning information they need.
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Over 60% of girls in Ethiopia are married by the age of 18. Many don’t have support in negotiating with their husbands and families to take control of their own fertility.
Ethiopia’s economic growth hovered between 8%-11% for over 10 years but its sovereign credit rating has not been upgraded
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The alarm being raised by multilateral financial institutions about rising government debt across Africa is exaggerated. The real problem is that African governments pay way over the odds for debt.
Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed must do more to keep the country stable.
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Abiy’s administration should stop talking about reform and liberalisation and focus instead on stopping the country from sliding into disarray
The Nile river in Cairo.
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Instead of allocating the Nile waters based on a fixed, perpetual water supply Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt must consider changes in weather patterns, among other factors.
Flying desert locust.
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Countries should promote alternatives to pesticides and more carefully examine how to prevent insect invasions in the first place
High resolution satellite image of the Nile River’s delta.
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Despite more rainfall, devastating hot and dry spells are projected to become more frequent in the Upper Nile basin in the future.
Prime minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa.
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Ethiopia’s new political outfit could bring minority groups into the centre of power.
Soil health maps can help smallholder farmers make better decisions on improving their yields.
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Ethiopian researchers put together maps which show where there are soil fertility issues and whether nutrients are missing.
The government must encourage demands for the creation of new states to be an outcome of negotiations.
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In a country where there are more than 80 ethnic groups, the territorial solution isn’t a feasible solution.
A picture of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, Norway.
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The prime minister may have won the Nobel Peace Prize but he has failed to quell the violence in his own backyard
Millions of people in the Horn of Africa lack safe, reliable and affordable water throughout the year.
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Drought-driven humanitarian emergencies can be prevented if groundwater is reliably made available at strategic locations.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
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Abiy Ahmed was awarded the prize for efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.
Residents of Sake in the Democratic Republic of Congo leave their homes to avoid clashes between rebels and government forces.
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More than two out of three displaced people are not refugees, but remain within their own country.
A female Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on a human host.
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While no deaths have been reported in Ethiopia so far, outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease spread rapidly and have severe impacts on public health.
Sunset over Omo River valley in southern Ethiopia.
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Prospective investors have the task of turning round an industry beset by technical challenges and incomplete planning
Efforts to stop gender-based violence must include men and women.
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There are a number of effective interventions to prevent gender-based violence among adult women and men at risk of HIV infection. But little is known about the effectiveness of these in young people.
A woman holds the flags of the African Union and Ethiopia during celebrations to mark the Ethiopian New Year
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Amid New Year celebrations in Ethiopia, questions still linger around the possibility for sustained peace and stability.
Ethiopia’s national carrier is a key link between China and Africa.
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The aviation ambitions of several African countries are linked to Chinese investment.