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More child marriage in drought-hit Ethiopia with risk of "full-blown disaster"
2015-12-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Child marriage is on the rise in Ethiopia due to the worst drought in decades, the government and agencies said on Friday, as Oxfam warned of a "full-blown disaster" unless more than $1 billion in food aid is found for 10 million people. Agencies predict the El Nio weather phenomenon will cause record levels of malnutrition in Africa's second most populous nation, famed for war- and drought-induced famine in 1984. More than one in ten of Ethiopia's 92 million people, most of whom depend on rain-fed...
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Ethiopia Seeks Help to Survive Drought
2015-11-22 19:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: Drought has ruined this year's harvest for many Ethiopian farmers. In a country where 85 percent of the people are farmers, millions are in need of aid. The government has purchased nearly 1 million metric tons of wheat at a cost of about $280 million to get through the next three to four months. Government spokesman Getachew Redda said the government is in control of the crisis, but is also focused on measures that will reduce the impact of future droughts. From a strategic point of view," Redda...
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Yap Merkezi Railway Project Celebrated in Ethiopia Ceremony
2015-11-09 16:00:00| Railway Technology
On 25 February in Kombolcha, Ethiopia, a ceremony took place for the Awash-Kombolcha-Hara Gebaya Railway Project.
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Siemens to build HVDC link for efficient power transmission between Ethiopia and Kenya
2015-10-29 04:07:51| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
In a consortium with the construction company Isolux Corsan, Siemens is constructing a high-voltage direct current transmission link between Ethiopia and Kenya. The roughly 1,000 kilometers-long direct current transmission line, known as the Ethiopia-Kenya Power Systems Interconnection Project, will transmit environmentally friendly hydroelectricity from Ethiopia to Kenya.
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Ethiopia textile and apparel investments accelerate
2015-10-28 15:44:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
From fast-growing textile hub Mekele to expansion plans by several international groups to expand their production capabilities in Ethiopia, the scale of current and planned investments in the country appears to be accelerating. Jozef De Coster reports from last week's 'Origin Africa' event in Addis Ababa.
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