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How Uganda is failing to help rural children learn languages
Medadi Ssentanda and Allen Asiimwe |June 2, 2020 | The Conversation The government of Uganda introduced the mother tongue education programme with hope of improving literacy levels 12 years ago. But the training of teachers at colleges was not modified to match the introduced programme. In a recently published study we conducted in 2018 in three rural schools in … [Read more...] about How Uganda is failing to help rural children learn languages
The Climate Debt: What the West Owes the Rest
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 drought killed much of my father’s cattle herd and destroyed our neighbors’ livelihoods. I helped distribute parcels of food to … [Read more...] about The Climate Debt: What the West Owes the Rest
“ኣዲኣ ሓዲጋ፡ ሓትነኣ ትናፍቕ”
Lily Semere |May 31, 2020 | Fanus Network "ናጽነት ኤረትራ፡ ብዋጋ ስድራቤታት እያ መጺኣ፡ ስድራቤታት ግን እንታይ ረኺበን?" Haikel Negash | May 23, 2020 | Fanus Network " ናጽነት ብዘይ ሓርነት፡ ትርጉም የብላን " Wejdan Osman | May 12, 2020 | Fanus Network … [Read more...] about “ኣዲኣ ሓዲጋ፡ ሓትነኣ ትናፍቕ”
Why drought programmes in Ethiopia should support communal access to groundwater
Donald John MacAllister. Alan MacDonald. Seifu Kebede Gurmessa | May 26, 2020 | The Conversation Like many countries in east Africa, Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to drought. Since 1965, Ethiopia has experienced 15 severe droughts affecting more than 65 million people and causing serious economic damage. Most recently, in 2015 and 2016, Ethiopia suffered a harsh drought … [Read more...] about Why drought programmes in Ethiopia should support communal access to groundwater
Ethiopia begins preliminary steps to fill GERD reservoir
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 Creation and Enterprise Development Agency in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region has announced that it is ready to … [Read more...] about Ethiopia begins preliminary steps to fill GERD reservoir