Overall Green Flood alert in Ethiopia from 04 Apr 2016 00:00 UTC to 13 Apr 2016 23:59 UTC

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Overall Green alert Flood

in Ethiopia

Event summary

Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	FL 4343
Death:	28
Displaced:	2400
Countries:	Ethiopia
From - To	04 Apr - 13 Apr

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Morning top 5: 140 killed in Ethiopia and powerful earthquake kills 41.. 4/17/2016 8:40:00 AM.

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

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Ethiopia: Nation On the Brink As Drought Bites 4/16/2016 10:07:00 AM.

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 g

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Minister identifies benefits of biotechnology in GGW initiatives 4/15/2016 2:26:00 AM.

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

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