From 20 to 22 April the city will host the 53rd World ...

Sun, 17 Apr 2016 11:42:00 +0200adhoc (en)

Dazu berichtet topix.com weiter: A group of around 100 Bernie Sanders supporters showered Hillary Clinton's motorcade in 1,000 single-dollar bills as the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate drove to a fundraiser with George and Amal Clooney on Saturday . Sanders crowd showers Clinton car with dollar bills.

Morning top 5: 140 killed in Ethiopia and powerful earthquake kills 41 in Ecuador

Sun, 17 Apr 2016 08:40:00 +0200newstalk (en)

On Air: 4.30-7pm Weekdays (Best Of 8-9am Sundays) The Right Hook With his trademark mix of news, comment and opinion, George Hook hosts Newstalk’s drivetime talk show every evening from 4.30pm to 7pm Morning top 5: 140 killed in Ethiopia and powerful earthquake kills 41 in Ecuador. The top stories this Sunday morning.

Morning top 5: 140 killed in Ethiopia and death toll rises in Japan earthquake

Sun, 17 Apr 2016 08:09:00 +0200newstalk (en)

At least 41 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck northwest Ecuador. Officials say the quake, which measured 7.8 in magnitude, has caused "considerable damage". A tsunami warning has also been issued in neighbouring Peru. The country's vice president Jorge Glas, declared a state of....

Ethiopia: Nation On the Brink As Drought Bites

Sat, 16 Apr 2016 10:07:00 +0200allafrica (en)

Ethiopia is currently dealing with the worst drought in the region in decades. Lives and livelihoods are at stake, as Sophie Cousins reports from Belaya district. Fighting back tears in her mud house in rural Ethiopia, a young woman's son grabs her breast in hope of finding some milk to drink. But there is none.

Minister identifies benefits of biotechnology in GGW initiatives

Fri, 15 Apr 2016 02:26:00 +0200nationalmirroronline (en)

Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed has revealed that biotechnology has a big role to play in the Great Green Wall, GGW initiative to boost the nation’s economy. The Minister, who disclosed this recently in an Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology, OFAB, held in Abuja disclosed that given the....

Ce diplomate qui veut croire au succès de la COP 21 en Afrique

Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:53:00 +0200mondafrique (fr)

Un des acteurs clé de l’accord de Paris signé cet automne, Stéphane Gompertz, décrypte sa mise en oeuvre pour Mondafrique. Entretien. Diplomate de carrière, ex directeur Afrique au quai d’Orsay, Stéphane Gompertz a une tendresse particulière pour l’Ethiopie où il a créé son propre musée.

L’Ethiopie confrontée à l’insécurité alimentaire

Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:30:00 +0200legriot (fr)

En Ethiopie, plusieurs millions de vie sont menacées par la grave insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle que subit le pays depuis 2015, à cause de la sécheresse. Cette crise alimentaire sans précédent, touche ce pays de la corne de l’Afrique peuplé d’environ 10,2 million d’habitants.

Clinging On Against Drought in Ethiopia

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 09:07:00 +0200allafrica (en)

James Jeffrey reports. Three goats are all that remain from Dahbo's herd that once numbered 10 camels, 200 goats and sheep, and 20 cows. Her family's pastoral way of life is all but extinguished for now. Whether they can return to it appears unlikely due to increasingly frequent droughts and three failed rainy seasons in a row since mid 2014.

Ethiopia: Clinging On Against Drought in Ethiopia

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:01:00 +0200allafrica (en)

A way of life is threatened in Ethiopia 's Somali region worst affected by drought. It has even gained a special name due to its unrelenting impact. James Jeffrey reports. Three goats are all that remain from Dahbo's herd that once numbered 10 camels, 200 goats and sheep, and 20 cows.

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin, 11 April 2016

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 09:44:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

Key Issues The number of priority 1 woredas increased from 186 (December 2015) to 219 (March 2016), indicative of a deteriorated humanitarian situation. The National Disaster Risk Management Commission reactivated the National Flood Taskforce on 7 April, following flooding in three regions.

Clinging on against drought in Ethiopia A way of life is threatened in Ethiopia’s Somali region worst affected by drought. It has even gained a special name due to its unrelenting impact. James Jeffrey reports.

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 04:48:00 +0200deutschewelle-en (en)

Three goats are all that remain from Dahbo's herd that once numbered 10 camels, 200 goats and sheep, and 20 cows. Her family's pastoral way of life is all but extinguished for now. Whether they can return to it appears unlikely due to increasingly frequent droughts and three failed rainy seasons in a row since mid 2014.

Ethiopie : un pays affecté par la sécheresse

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 17:12:00 +0200bbc-french-africa (fr)

Une sécheresse, empirée par le phénomène El Nino, qui affecte des dizaines de pays en Afrique de l’Est et du Centre. Les Nations unies déclarent que plus de 10 millions de personnes sont affectées à travers l’Ethiopie et ce nombre pourrait atteindre 15 millions au milieu de cette année.

Getting the research response to hunger right: is it our last shot?

Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:07:00 +0200huffingtonpost-us-en (en)

Amid the worst El Niño-induced drought on record, there are seeds of hope. Like the story of Phillip Tshuma, a 67 year old farmer from Zimbabwe that has grown a bumper crop of maize, sorghum, millet and peanuts in a season when many farmers in Zimbabwe have been forced to abandon their crops.

Is it our fault that we don't care about Lahore?

Wed, 06 Apr 2016 17:25:00 +0200aljazeera-en (en)

A bomb explodes in a western capital and a now familiar debate about the media follows hard on its heels. Why do journalists not cover deadly explosions outside the western world to the same extent and depth as those that occur closer by, whether geographically or culturally? The debate has....

15 morts dans des inondations au sud-est de l'Ethiopie

Wed, 06 Apr 2016 00:41:00 +0200apanews-fr (fr)

Les inondations dans la ville de Jijiga, la capitale de l’État régional Somali d’Éthiopie, a coûté la vie à au moins 15 personnes dont sept enfants, a appris APA mardi. Huit membres d'une même famille figurent parmi les personnes tuées dans les inondations.

Water: It's all or nothing

Tue, 05 Apr 2016 17:39:00 +0200oecdobserver (en)

Major floods and droughts have prevailed in many countries throughout 2015. South Africa saw the emergence of its worst drought in 30 years, Ethiopia is threatened with a major food crisis, and California suffered its fourth consecutive year of drought.

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin, 4 April 2016

Mon, 04 Apr 2016 17:31:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

Key Issues Humanitarian partners are taking measures to improve coordination, data collection, logistics and accountability for a more efficient and timely drought response. At least 708,000 moderately malnourished children and pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in hotspot priority 1 and 2 woredas....

World overlooks Ethiopia drought crisis that is leaving millions hungry (USA Today)

Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:50:00 +0200humanitarianresponse (en)

- FENTALE, Ethiopia — Sitting in the blistering sun as she cradles her 2-month-old baby, Genet Tamisat is one of hundreds of mothers waiting to have their children checked for malnutrition, as Ethiopia faces its worst drought in decades. “I have nothing to eat at home. I can’t even buy maize by myself,” said Tamisat, who also has a 4-year-old son.

Rivers turn to dust as drought bites Somalia AFP

Sun, 03 Apr 2016 09:59:00 +0200msn-uk (en)

© Provided by AFP Cattle carcasses pictured outside the Somalian town of Dhobley during a drought Somalia's bread basket has become a dust bowl as the life-giving waters of the mighty Shabelle river run dry amid intense drought in the war-torn country.

Climate change and drought

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:17:00 +0200trust (en)

Updated: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 Police open fire on farmers protesting crop losses to drought By Reuters | Fri, 1 Apr 2016; "Had I stayed behind in my village, my family would have been starving," says one migrant By Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio | Fri, 18 Mar 2016; "It is all kinds of fish that we....

Rivers turn to dust as drought bites Somalia

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:20:00 +0200channelnewsasia (en)

MOGADISHU: Somalia's bread basket has become a dust bowl as the life-giving waters of the mighty Shabelle river run dry amid intense drought in the war-torn country. River-fed farmlands have become parched playgrounds for children who kick footballs beneath a cloudless sky, as one sign among many of....

Somalia: Rivers turn to dust as drought bites Somalia

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:22:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Thursday 3/31/2016 - 03:28 GMT. Somalia's bread basket has become a dust bowl as the life-giving waters of the mighty Shabelle river run dry amid intense drought in the war-torn country. River-fed farmlands have become parched playgrounds for children who kick footballs....

Rivers Turn To Dust As Drought Bites Somalia

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:05:00 +0200modernghana (en)

Mogadishu (AFP) - Somalia's bread basket has become a dust bowl as the life-giving waters of the mighty Shabelle river run dry amid intense drought in the war-torn country. River-fed farmlands have become parched playgrounds for children who kick footballs beneath a cloudless sky, as one sign among....

Rivers turn to dust as drought bites Somalia

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:04:00 +0200digitaljournal (en)

River-fed farmlands have become parched playgrounds for children who kick footballs beneath a cloudless sky, as one sign among many of the failed rains that the United Nations warns has put more than a million people at risk. Elders in the Lower and Middle Shabelle regions, where most people rely on....

Rivers turn to dust as drought bites Somalia

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 07:59:00 +0200news-yahoo (en)

Mogadishu (AFP) - Somalia's bread basket has become a dust bowl as the life-giving waters of the mighty Shabelle river run dry amid intense drought in the war-torn country. River-fed farmlands have become parched playgrounds for children who kick footballs beneath a cloudless sky, as one sign among....

Rivers turn to dust as drought bites Somalia

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 07:34:00 +0200thenewage (en)

Somalia’s bread basket has become a dust bowl as the life-giving waters of the mighty Shabelle river run dry amid intense drought in the war-torn country. River-fed farmlands have become parched playgrounds for children who kick footballs beneath a cloudless sky, as one sign among many of the failed....

Rivers turn to dust as drought bites Somalia

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 07:07:00 +0200newvision (en)

Somalia's bread basket has become a dust bowl as the life-giving waters of the mighty Shabelle river run dry amid intense drought in the war-torn country. River-fed farmlands have become parched playgrounds for children who kick footballs beneath a cloudless sky, as one sign among many of the failed....