Ethiopia Updates

Ethiopia at centre of global farmland rush

21 March 2011
Locals move out as international contractors seize opportunities offered by government to lease farmland at knockdown rates
[read more]

Ethiopia posts gains in access to drinking water

4 March 2011
From less than 20% of the population having access to clean water in 2000, the figure has risen to 68.5% today
[read more]

The Closest Thing to Hell on Earth

21 August 2009
Two years of severe drought and successive years of below-average rainfall have plunged Ethiopia into another food crisis.
[read more]

Ethiopia adopts controversial aid agency bill

7 January 2009
In January 2009, Ethiopia's parliament adopted a controversial bill imposing heavy restrictions on foreign-funded humanitarian groups operating in the war- and famine-ravaged country.
[read more]

Flooding in Ethiopia

17 November 2008
In November 2008, a river in Ethiopia's highlands has burst it's banks after monsoon like rains. 11 people were killed and hundreds more stranded by the floods.
[read more]

Ethiopia: The famine crisis

3 July 2008
Ethiopia is in the midst of another widespread famine due to the combined effects of drought, increased food prices and insufficient resources for preventative measures. Please help us to help those in need.
[read more]