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Peter Bosshard: World Bank to Fund Destructive Dam Through the Backdoor?

2012-05-23T12:49:10Z

On June 21, the World Bank is expected to submit to its Board of Directors a credit of $684 million for a 1,000-kilometer-long transmission line from Ethiopia to Kenya. Strong evidence links this transmission line to the Gibe III Dam.

Read more: Rivers, Foreign Aid, Ethiopia, Kenya, World Bank, Green News, Clean Energy, World Bank Gib III Dam, World-Bank-Ethiopia, Gib III Dam, World Bank Kenya, Green News

Michelle Chen: Facing Common Struggles, Domestic Workers Mobilize Across Borders

2012-05-21T17:19:10Z

Creative protest through film and media are forming a common language for a dialogue on migrants' rights, breaking their silence with one collective voice.

Read more: Women, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Latin America, Migrant Workers, Globalization, Immigration, Labor Unions, Feminism, Human Trafficking, Labor, Human Rights, Slavery, Domestic Workers, Asia, Health Care, Video, World News

Ambassador Tony Hall: Congress Needs Bipartisan Friendships Now More Than Ever

2012-05-08T10:07:43Z

Bipartisan friendships don't erase our political divisions, but they do fundamentally change how political opponents view one another and engage with one another in the public arena.

Read more: Congress, Poverty, Famine, Faith, Humanitarian Aid, Post-Partisanship, Christianity, Bipartisanship, World Food Programme, Romania, Partisanship, Prayer, Ethiopia, Democrat, Republican, U.S. House of Representatives, World Hunger, Global Hunger, 112th Congress, Politics News

Brooke Hammerling: I Gave Up My Birthday for charity: water

2012-05-01T15:35:48Z

Almost 800 million people on earth live without clean water. We can change that. I gave up my birthday for charity: water with the high hopes of raising $38,000 for my 38th birthday, enough for 7+ wells in honor of my mom and dad.

Read more: Ethiopia, Charity, Water, Africa, Clean Water, Clean-Water, Slideexpand, Drinking Water, Charity: Water, Impact News

Samuel Getachew: A New Ethiopian Sound via Teddy Afro

2012-04-26T22:34:32Z

A noted blogger was once asked to describe music by a certain Ethiopian musician after hearing it for the first time. He explained his first reaction ...

Read more: World Music, Teddy Afro, Ethiopia, Entertainment News

Iginio Gagliardone: Are We Getting China-Africa Media Relations Wrong?

2012-04-23T15:22:23Z

While it is evident how China has been developing a distinctive domestic approach to the Internet and the role of media in society more generally, whether and how the ideas informing this approach are spreading is far less clear.

Read more: Ghana, Internet, Ethiopia, Censorship, Africa, Internet Censorship, China-Africa Relationship, Chinese Internet, Media Censorship, Chinese Censorship, World News

Laurence Watts: PHOTOS: 10 Breathtaking Sights You'll Miss If You Boycott Anti-Gay Countries

2012-04-18T09:33:00Z

Read more: Gay Travels in the Muslim World, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Pakistan, Namibia, Dominica, Jamaica, Gay Travel Tips, Libya, Egypt, Bangladesh, Gay Travel, Uganda, Boycotting Anti-Gay Countries, Slideexpand, Anti-Gay Countries, Travel Tips, Gay Travel Advice, Gay Voices News

Peter Bosshard: Kenyan Dam Fighter to Receive Goldman Prize

2012-04-16T08:20:16Z

Ikal Angelei receives the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize today. She is defending the interests of 500,000 poor indigenous people against a destructive hydropower dam, and has successfully taken on many of the world's biggest dam builders and financiers.

Read more: Rivers, Ethiopia, Kenya, Grassroots, World Bank, Green News, Environment, Hydropower, International Rivers, Goldman Environmental Prize, Goldman Prize, Green News

PHOTOS: Ethiopian Jews Celebrate First Passover In The Homeland

2012-04-04T13:33:49Z

By Sarah Bronson
Jewish Agency for Israel

Mivasseret Zion, Israel (April 2, 2012) -- The little girls stood on stage holding up a child’s painti...

Read more: Video, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Jews, Passover Seder, Jewish Agency for Israel, Judaism, Slidewide, Israel, Passover, Religion News

The Ethiopian Water Crisis By The Numbers (PHOTOS)

2012-03-29T14:00:00Z

Of the 1 billion people worldwide who lack access to clean water and safe sanitation, approximately 75 million live in Ethiopia.

With an average ...

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James Marshall Crotty: Africa to Kony 2012: Stop Treating Us Like Victims

2012-03-23T08:27:49Z

Africans want capital investment, access to global markets, and to be treated as self-sufficient players, not victims in need of continual rescue by their former colonizers. That is the respectful, tough-love attitude that will raise all boats on the African continent.

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Marcelo Giugale: Who Will Be Africa's Brazil?

2012-03-21T15:02:43Z

The Brazilian "model" is one of balance -- between economic discipline and social solidarity, efficiency and equity, markets and people. That's worth imitating in Africa.

Read more: South Africa, Poverty, Ethiopia, International Development, Brazil, Agriculture, Africa, Nigeria, Development, Congo, Angola, Africa Economy, World News

Body Art Reinterpreted For A Modern Context

2012-03-13T12:50:06Z

The Omo Valley in southwestern Ethiopia is a region known for its diversity. There are vast savannahs, mountains bordering the valley and a semi-arid ...

Read more: Video, Ethiopia, Body Art, Slidepollajax, African Art, Omo Valley, West Harlem Art Fund, Sacred Body Art of the Omo Valley, Tattooing, Scherezade Garcia, Arts News

Otaviano Canuto: International Women's Day: A Time for Concern, Not Complacency

2012-03-08T10:02:54Z

There are another 364 days of the year where mem and women have to take action. This is not the time to be complacent; this is a time for us all to be concerned.

Read more: Gender Equality, International Woman's Day, World Bank, Gender, Gender-Disparities, Eurozone, Gender Discrimination, Ethiopia, Women News

Milkshake: Laughing Man... Still Smiling

2012-02-21T11:54:59Z

When he's not busy bringing us great movies, Hugh Jackman is bringing all that's good to every morning. Laughing Man, the lovechild of an international bromance is home to coffee, tea, chocolates and gifts from determined communities globally.

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Cat Cora: A Recipe For Fighting Child Malnutrition

2012-02-17T22:57:36Z

Every year, more than 2.5 million children globally die due to hunger and malnutrition. The exciting news is that this crisis is solvable. I saw that firsthand last week on a trip to Ethiopia.

Read more: Child Malnutrition, Malnutrition, Global Food Crisis, Global Hunger, Save the Children, Ethiopia, Child Hunger, Famine, Global Motherhood, Food News

Robert Engelman: What Women Really Want for Valentine's Day

2012-02-13T09:30:00Z

Access to family planning and other reproductive health services safeguard the lives of women and their children and promote families that are emotionally and economically healthy.

Read more: Population, Robert Engelman, Empowerment, Sex, Reproductive Health, Education, Health, Girl UP, Ethiopia, Guttmacher Institute, Girls, United Nations Population Fund, Unfpa, Obama Youth Vote, Women, Worldwatch Institute, More, Global Motherhood, Impact News

Howard Steven Friedman: 10 Countries With the Largest Projected Population Growth: American Exceptionalism

2012-01-31T18:46:59Z

The US population is wealthier, older, less fertile and more influenced by immigration than the other countries projected to experience major population growth, so why is the U.S. population is expected to grow much more than other wealthy countries?

Read more: Abortion, Population, Population Growth, Family Planning, Emigration, 7 Billion People, Overpopulation, Fertility, Immigration, Life Expectancy, Demographics, Oecd, Thomas Malthus, India, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Nigeria, United States, Philippines, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, China, World Population, World News

Al Shabaab Militants Detonate Truck Bomb At Ethiopian Base

2012-01-24T09:12:15Z

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A truck bomb targeted an Ethiopian military base inside Somalia on Tuesday, and Islamist militants claimed responsibility for th...

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Anav Silverman: Ethiopian Israelis Protest for Freedom

2012-01-23T14:46:22Z

By coming to Israel, the Ethiopian Jewish community was able to realize their ancient religious traditions which centered around the land of Israel and their return to the holy land.

Read more: Israel, Demonstrations, Ethiopia, Protest, Sudan, Ethiopian Jews, Judaism, Jewish Ethiopians, Ethiopian Israelis, Israeli Ethiopians, World News

Timkat Festival 2012: An Ethiopian Orthodox Celebration Of The Epiphany (PHOTOS)

2012-01-19T14:17:26Z

Click through the slideshow to see photos from the festival of Timkat in Ethiopia:

The Feast of Timkat is the most important Christian holiday in...

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Human Rights Watch: Ethiopia: Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship

2012-01-18T17:32:13Z

As a result of their potential responsibilities and liabilities, donors have undertaken assessments of the villagization program and determined that the relocations were voluntary. Human Rights Watch's field-based research and interviews with residents, however, indicates that the moves have been coerced.

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Candy Chand: How One Man Left His Life To Save "Accursed" Children

2012-01-18T14:36:08Z

Many of us dream of making a positive difference in the world. But few are willing, especially if that willingness constitutes leaving our homes, friends, relatives, our nation.

Read more: Mingi, Infanticide, South Omo, Bring Love In, Ethiopia, Levi Benkert, Children Accused of Witchcraft, Witchcraft, Bale, Religion News

Olusegun Obasanjo: African Leaders Must End Hunger Crises Now

2012-01-18T13:42:06Z

In Nigeria, the world's fifth-largest oil exporter, children and families continue to go hungry in many areas of the country.

Read more: Nigeria, Drought, Ethiopia, Save the Children, Safety Net, World Hunger, Cote D'Ivoire, World News

European Tourists Shot Dead In Ethiopia

2012-01-18T07:36:43Z

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Gunmen in Ethiopia's arid north attacked a group of European tourists traveling in one of the world's lowest and hottest...

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