August 12, 2022
Ethiopia: 3rd Round Filling of Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Successful - Premier
The third round filling of Renaissance Dam has been successfully completed, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced. Speaking on the occasion, PM Abiy assured downstream countries of… Read more »
August 11, 2022
Ethiopia: Grand Renaissance Dam's Second Turbine Begins Producing Power
The inauguration ceremony of the power generation by the second turbine of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is underway. Read more »
July 30, 2022
Ethiopia: Addis Ababa, WeBuild Ink U.S.$11 Million Contract for Repair, Improvement Works On Dams
The Addis Abeba City Administration has signed an agreement with the Italian company WeBuild, formerly Salini Impregilo, for an amount of US$11 million loan secured from the World… Read more »
July 16, 2022
Ethiopia: US, Egypt Reiterate Support For Diplomatic Resolution of GERD Issue
Following a meeting today between President Joe Biden and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in Jeddah in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the two leaders issued a joint statement… Read more »
July 11, 2022
Somalia: Drought, Environmental Degradation, and Illusive Development
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July 06, 2022
Ethiopia: Harsh Rainy Season Compounds Misery of Evicted Residents in Addis Abeba
Around 80 households in Arada Sub City, Woreda 01 here in the capital Addis Abeba in the areas commonly known in Amharic as Eri Bekentu, are bracing for harsh rainy season after… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Ethiopia: Mayor of Addis Abeba Inaugurates Phase Two of Laga Dadi Groundwater Project
The Laga Dadi groundwater project which cost 4.2 billion ETB was inaugurated today. It has two reservoirs with a capacity of 2,000 cubic meters and 5,000 cubic meters, according to… Read more »
June 15, 2022
Ethiopia: Israeli-Based Agro-Tech Company to Deliver a Smart Irrigation Project in Ethiopia
Water Ways Technologies Inc., a global provider of Israeli-based agriculture technology, providing water irrigation solutions to agricultural producers, announces that it has… Read more »
June 10, 2022
Ethiopia: Drought in Ethiopia - Call It By What It Is - a National Disaster
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines drought as "a period of abnormally dry weather long enough to cause a serious hydrological imbalance." Persistent… Read more »
June 01, 2022
Ethiopia: Drought Hits Again but Climate Change Not Only Culprit
"People are in trouble down here, all the way from Darako up to Sawwena, they have left their homes to find better pasture and water sources," Aliyi Sheik Osman told Addis… Read more »
May 19, 2022
East Africa: New Report Reveals Drought Likely Killing One Person Every 48 Seconds in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia
A new report by Oxfam International and Save the Children warned one person was "likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia due mainly… Read more »
May 09, 2022
Ethiopia: Somali Region Says Allocation of Emergency Budget to Border Security Hampered Response to Drought
Muhedin Abdi Farah, deputy head of the Somali regional finance bureau, told a local news agency that the region's response to the drought was weakened because it was forced to… Read more »
May 16, 2022
Ethiopia: Women, Children Caught Up in Man-Made, Natural Drought Crisis
Eight out of 21 zones in the Oromia region are experiencing drought, according to the regional government. Addis Standard's consecutive reports have covered the rather… Read more »