Archives for May 2020
Mohamed Adow, May/June 2020 Issue | Foreign Affairs Growing up in a pastoral community in northern Kenya gave me a certain clarity about the climate crisis, a clarity born not from abstract understandings but from visceral experience. In 2000, a drough …
“ኣዲኣ ሓዲጋ፡ ሓትነኣ ትናፍቕ” Published: May 31, 2020
Lily Semere |May 31, 2020 | Fanus Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6X79sDbFDs “ናጽነት ኤረትራ፡ ብዋጋ ስድራቤታት እያ መጺኣ፡ ስድራቤታት ግን እንታይ ረኺበን?” Haikel Negash | May 23, 2020 | Fanus Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRD7RG9qNVw ” ናጽነት ብዘይ ሓርነት፡ ትርጉም የብ …
Why drought programmes in Ethiopia should support communal access to groundwater Published: May 31, 2020
Donald John MacAllister. Alan MacDonald. Seifu Kebede Gurmessa | May 26, 2020 | The Conversation A communal hand pump in Ethiopia. Unicef Ethiopia/Flickr Like many countries in east Africa, Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to drought. Since 1965, Ethiopia …
Ethiopia begins preliminary steps to fill GERD reservoir Published: May 31, 2020
May 31, 2020 | Egypt Independent Ethiopia announced Saturday its preparations for clearing the land behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), to begin filling its reservoir with water in July. The Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) said that the Job …
China urges Ethiopia to talk anew to Egypt about filling dam on Nile Published: May 31, 2020
US, EU and UN also urge the two African countries to peacefully resolve their differences over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Samuel Gebre and David Wainer | 21 May 2020 | Business Day The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, now under constru …
Africa can build back better after COVID-19 — UN Deputy Secretary-General Published: May 31, 2020
Amina J. Mohammed | 25 May 2020 |Africa Renewal Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed These are challenging times for Africa and the rest of our global village. As of 24 May 2020, 54 countries in Africa had recorded more than 100,000 COVID-1 …
Kenya Is Building Dams to End Its Cycle of Floods and Drought Published: May 31, 2020
David Herbling, Samuel Gebre and Fred Ojambo | 31 May, 2020 | Bloomberg News Plagued by alternating floods and droughts partly brought on by changing weather patterns, Kenya’s government plans to build several new dams in a bid to improve water securit …
Inside Facebook’s big bet on Africa Published: May 29, 2020
Matthew Du Plessis | 25 May 2020 | Mail & Guardian Last week Facebook unveiled its 2Africa undersea cable project, which will circle the continent, connecting it to Europe and the Middle East. When it is operational in 2023 it will increase bandwid …
Government Buildings in Africa Are a Likely Vector for Chinese Spying Published: May 29, 2020
May 20, 2020 |May 20, 2020|Heritage Foundation China rejects claim it bugged headquarters it built for African Union The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) two-decade-long blitz of engagement in Africa has likely given it extensive surveillance access t …
Egypt accepts Ethiopia-Sudan proposal to renegotiate dam dispute Published: May 25, 2020
Agreement needs to allow for ‘Egypt’s water interests as well as those of Ethiopia and Sudan’ says foreign ministry. Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam is seen as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, …