Ijebu Garri refers to processed cassava from the Ijebu region of western Nigeria.
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Africa needs to take advantage of a copyright law to protect and explore its unique local products.
Joe Biden has more top advisers who are women than any other U.S. president. They include Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
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Research shows that when one country – particularly a powerful one – puts more women in power, other nations tend to follow suit.
Hate speech is not the root cause of Ethiopia’s recurring conflict problem.
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In a country where judicial review is not constitutionally guaranteed, hate speech legislation could shackle freedom of expression and limit citizens’ rights to express themselves.
A copper mine in Phalaborwa, South Africa. The African continent is home to vast mineral resources.
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It seems the production of Earth science knowledge in Africa is simply not progressing, despite the world’s interest in (and exploitation of) the continent’s mineral wealth.
A teacher in Ethiopia wears a face mask and stands behind a blue thread-line denoting a boundary between him and the students.
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Private higher education institutions in Ethiopia draw all their income from student tuition. This exposed the vulnerability of the sector when the crisis hit and students stopped paying their fees.
Ethiopian refugees, who fled fighting in Tigray, receive snacks at a Sudanese border reception centre in November 2020.
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If a country refuses, or blocks, humanitarian aid this act violates international law.
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Evidence shows that farms that share landscapes with wild nature, such as remnant forests and trees, benefit from the ecosystem services provided.
Garment factory at the Hawassa Industrial Park in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia.
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The new conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region could be the tipping point for foreign investors in the garment industry.
This image was taken at the Hawzien market in Tigray, two years before the war which has put millions in need of emergency food assistance.
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The health and wellbeing effects will go beyond the direct impact of war-related fatalities, and are likely to last for years after peace is fully restored.
Demonstration in Montecitorio Square, Rome, Italy, on November 12, 2020 calling for the end of the government’s military actions in the northern region of Tigray.
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Providers of humanitarian aid haven’t been able to reach civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. There are also reports that hundreds of civilians have been killed.
An Ethiopan soldier mans a position near Zala Anbesa in the northern Tigray region of the country, about 1,6 kilometres from the Eritrean border.
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Conflict between Eritrea and Tigray has long represented a destabilising fault line for Ethiopia as well as for the wider region.
Ethiopian refugees fleeing fighting in Tigray province queue to receive supplies at the Um Rakuba camp in Sudan’s eastern Gedaref province.
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The standoff between Abiy Ahmed and the armed forces in Tigray has already caused thousands to flee their homes.
Thousands of Ethiopian refugees have fled the violence, crossing into neighbouring Sudan.
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As ever, civilians are caught in the middle of warring ethnic groups in this strife-torn region of Ethiopia.
Ethiopian soldiers in 2005 on a hilltop outpost overlooking the northern town of Badme, in the Tigray region.
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The Ethiopian premier is manipulating ethnic rivalries to shift the agenda from democratic reform to authoritarianism.
Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed (centre) pictured outside his office awaiting dignitaries in February 2020.
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The tensions that had been simmering between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and the Abiy administration eventually boiled over.
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As political and military actions escalate, there is an immediate need for de-escalation and dialogue to promote peaceful resolution.
Around 25,000 Ethiopians fleeing conflict in the Tigray region have crossed into neighbouring Sudan.
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Food security in Tigray was becoming critical even before the current armed conflict.
It has long been recognised that mental disorders can run in families. And often members of such families differ in their symptoms.
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Research on the genetic basis of mental illness has so far largely excluded anyone who is not of European heritage.
A man is chasing away a swarm of desert locusts early in the morning, on May 21, 2020 in Samburu County, Kenya.
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The best option to manage desert locusts is to manage them at their breeding sites with sustainable options, such as biopesticides.
A man enters a polling station for Tigray’s regional elections, which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed deemed illegal.
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Crisis grips Ethiopia as political divisions spill over into armed conflict and potential civil war looms.