A Boeing 737 taxies at Manchester Airport in the United Kingdom.
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The 737 Max is the best-selling airliner ever. But two have crashed in five months, killing 346, damaging Boeing’s future and raising questions about the increasing sophistication of cockpit technology.
Teff sorting in Ethiopia.
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Ethiopia’s teff plant is gluten-free and demand is growing. The country needs to upgrade its harvesting to reap the rewards.
Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, which is under construction, is a source of anger for Egypt.
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It’s important for the Nile nations to make Ethiopia’s planned dam work for all.
A statue of Ethiopia’s last emperor, Haile Selassie, at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa.
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Leaders go in and out of fashion, making statues built in their memory a tricky issue.
Moves are afoot to ensure 25% of Egyptian MPs are women.
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Opening up positions of political power to women will lead to effective and better implemented development policies.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s rise to power was not without challenges.
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Ethiopia has gone through a series of changes that’s put the country on firm democratic footing.
When the wheels of partnership turn smoothly, Africa can benefit enormously.
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It’s all too common for local scholars to be sidelined in what are supposed to be genuine research partnerships.
Education has a bearing on prospects for sustainable economic opportunities as it feeds the market.
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The gaps in African government are twofold: governance and education. It is important to focus on both areas to bring about overall improvements.
Ethiopia has harnessed the value of irrigation technologies.
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Countries like Ethiopia have propelled economic growth by prioritising agriculture and new technologies to boost the sector.
People had to run for cover during the exchange of fire between al-Shabaab and Kenyan security forces.
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Kenya has done a great deal to prevent and manage terror attacks but there are still many problems that need to be addressed.
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There are over 100 species of wild coffee, but only a few supply the world’s morning caffeine kick. Sadly, climate change and disease could be about to change that.
Ethiopia’s first female president, Sahle-Work Zewde (L), stands next to prime minister Abiy Ahmed (R).
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It’s no wonder that he is many people’s African prime minister of 2018. But will he make it through 2019?
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While the West fails to solve its border issues, countries in Asia and Africa have found a positive way forward.
President Xi Jinping at the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation 2018.
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Too many African countries believe Beijing when they are told in negotiations that they must take it or leave it.
Solar panels in Alexandra, Johannesburg.
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The value of green technologies and systems is that they are largely decentralised or semi-decentralised.
Members of the Ethiophian Oromo Liberation Front hold a protest in front of the Chancellery in Berlin.
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There have been positive changes in Ethiopia but major challenges, including ethnic tensions, remain.
The leading causes of child injury in Ethiopia are road traffic crashes, burns, and drownings.
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Ethiopia has a high number of injury-related deaths and disabilities among children.
Damning development.
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When the Aral Sea dried up, it was called the “world’s worst environmental disaster”. We’re witnessing its equivalent in Africa.
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Child undernourishment rates are worse in India than in Ethiopia.
Water quality is compromised by cultivation, pesticides, household waste and clothes washing.
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Declining water quantity and quality means people have to travel further to find good water sources.