New Policy to Tackle Disaster Risk in Ethiopia

A new government strategy aims to establish new systems to tackle perennial hazards including drought, floods and disease outbreaks.

Huku Balambal checks an irrigation ditch he built in southern Ethiopia.

  • Ethiopia:   New Policy to Handle Disaster Risk

    UNIRIN, 27 September 2010

    Huge bonfires mark the Orthodox Christian feast day of Meskel on 27 September, which coincides with the end of the rainy season in the highlands of Ethiopia. This year rains were… Read more »

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