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Human Ancestor Lucy Still Has Secrets 50 Years After Discovery

She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. "The impact of the discovery was very big in the discipline and even the whole world," he told AFP. Lucy showed that members of the human family existed beyond three million years ago, and she also provided…

International Business Times

Lucy's last day: What the iconic fossil reveals about our ancient ancestor's last hours

Fifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how this iconic species lived and died.

LiveScience

Ancient human ancestor Lucy was not alone — she lived alongside at least 4 other proto-human species, emerging research suggests

Lucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only australopithecine species there.

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Paddy Coulter obituary

Oxfam head of communications who fought to change the way the media portrays aid work in developing countries

The Guardian - UK

Band Aid at 40: how the problematic Christmas hit changed the charity sector

In November 1984, BBC journalist Michael Buerk presented a series of dispatches from the small town of Korem in northern Ethiopia. He described the scenes he encountered as a famine of “biblical proportions” and that aid workers in the region had told him it was “the closest thing to hell…

The Conversation

Somaliland goes to the polls amid Ethiopia-Somalia port deal row

Small Somaliland is positioned in the middle of a regional spat that some experts fear could escalate further.

Al Jazeera

Breakaway Somaliland holds vote as quest for recognition gathers pace

Vote in Somaliland comes amid regional tensions and hopes for international recognition after 30 years of self-rule.

Al Jazeera

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Somaliland Votes Amid Horn Of Africa Tensions

Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia at the centre of a diplomatic storm, holds a presidential election on Wednesday at a tense moment in the Horn of Africa.

International Business Times

Somaliland To Vote Amid Horn Of Africa Tensions

Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia at the centre of a diplomatic storm, will hold a presidential election on Wednesday at a tense moment in the Horn of Africa.

International Business Times

Ethiopia's famed honeybees make slow recovery from war

In his stone house perched on a hill in northern Ethiopia, Amanuel Hiluf puts on his protective suit, carefully adjusting the hood and gloves.

Radio France Internationale

Rounded up, massacred and posted on social media: can Ethiopia bring justice for atrocities in Tigray?

The country is about to start investigating crimes reported in a brutal regional war. But trust is at an all-time low and survivors feel forgotten

The Guardian - UK

Ethiopia's Famed Honeybees Make Slow Recovery From War

In his stone house perched on a hill in northern Ethiopia, Amanuel Hiluf puts on his protective suit, carefully adjusting the hood and gloves.

International Business Times

Visions of development have shifted in Africa over the past two decades: study explores how Rwanda and Ethiopia tried to shape the future

Contemporary economic challenges in Africa appear to be shifting the continent into a new era of development. From COVID-19 to war-induced inflation, many countries in Africa are facing significant economic challenges. The crises of recent years come on top of longer-term increases in debt, especially after the 2014 commodity price…

The Conversation

It was the first country to ban petrol car imports. Is a switch to electric vehicles working?

Ethiopia this year became the first country in the world to ban the importation of non-electric private vehicles

The Independent UK

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Ethiopian culture is retold through blockchain technology

The Yatreda ያጥሬዳ collective's most recent project, ‘Abyssinian Queen', is at the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, until 10 November 2024

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Ethiopia’s Africa Hall, a lesser-known modernist gem, has been restored to its former glory

Africa Hall, a modernist monument in Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa, has been restored by Architectus Conrad Gargett and the UN

International Business Times

A Rare Rehab Centre Fixes Victims Of Ethiopia's War

Aregawi Mezgbe limped and grimaced as he finished his exercises at a rehabilitation centre in Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia's war-ravaged Tigray region.

The Conversation

Somaliland elections: what’s at stake for independence, stability and shifting power dynamics in the Horn of Africa

Somaliland is due to hold a presidential election on 13 November 2024.

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Cheptegei, Eyayu win Delhi half-marathon titles

Ugandan wins elite men's title while Ethiopian Eyayu claims women's crown

The Conversation

Egypt-Ethiopia hostilities are playing out in the Horn – the risk of new proxy wars is high

Egypt recently deepened its involvement in the war-weary Horn of Africa by arming Somalia and deploying its troops in the embattled country. To Ethiopia’s growing alarm, Egypt is also set to join the multinational force supporting the Somali army against the jihadist threat by al-Shabaab. Egypt’s potentially destabilising presence in…

The Conversation

Nuer people have a sacred connection to birds – it can guide conservation in Ethiopia and South Sudan

The Nuer are a large pastoralist community living in western Ethiopia and South Sudan in east Africa. They rely on livestock keeping and have special beliefs and customs about how to live with nature. These are passed down from parents to children through the telling of stories.

Al Jazeera

Families want justice, ‘blood money’ for AU peacekeeper killings in Somalia

As African Union forces fighting al-Shabab plan to withdraw this year, Somalis seek accountability for civilian deaths.

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Nile River Basin Agreement Comes Into Force Despite Opposition

Learn about the recent agreement on equitable Nile River water use among 10 countries, sparking tensions and controversies in the region.

The Independent UK

Ten countries agree Nile water-sharing deal despite Egypt opposition

The lack of ratification by Egypt and Sudan means the accord will prove controversial

The Independent UK

Somalia says it welcomes Egypt's offer to deploy peacekeepers there

Somalia says Egypt has offered to deploy peacekeeping troops to the Horn of Africa nation in a security partnership that is emerging as the mandate of a long-time group of African Union peacekeepers winds down

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