Ethiopian official insists borders will not be closed despite influx piling increasing strain in one of the country's poorest regions "We left all our property – our home, our goats and chickens. I ran out and this is all that I have," Nyakuom Tongyik says, pointing to the floral dress and pink scarf she is wearing. The 22-year-old is one of more than 70,000 refugees who have crossed the border into...
US parents adopting abroad at lowest level since 1992 as adoptions from South Korea and Ethiopia also plunge ...
My friend, the social anthropologist PTW (Paul) Baxter, who has died aged 89, made a significant contribution to western understanding of the Oromo peoples of northern Kenya and Ethiopia and championed their culture, which was frequently denigrated by colonial and local elites. His work on the plight of the Ethiopian Oromo became a standard text in Oromo studies and a rallying point for the Oromo...
Jonathon Porritt: Why are we afraid to talk about the direct link between rising population and environmental disasters? Jonathon Porritt ...
s fisheries and affect livelihoods Africa's fourth-largest lake could drop by 20 metres, causing an ecological and human disaster to rival the shrinking of the Aral Sea in central Asia, if Ethiopia goes ahead with massive irrigation projects linked to a giant dam, according to a university paper. Lake Turkana, located almost entirely in Kenya but fed by the river Omo, which rises in Ethiopia, will...
Foxes, hyenas, elephants or rats? We want to hear all about your encounters with urban animals. Share your photos, videos and stories via GuardianWitness Marta Bausells Guardian readers ...
beasts', says a long-term resident of the Ethiopian capital Share your stories of encounters with urban wildlife The two hyenas moved into the middle of the backstreet that led to my house – between me and my front gate. I froze like the proverbial rabbit in the headlights: I was on foot, alone, and it was close to midnight on a rainy night in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's ramshackle capital where I'd recently...
City ‘selfies’, overcrowding misconceptions and how weather affects New Yorkers’ generosity feature among the best city content we’ve seen online this week Marta Bausells ...
s 'blue donkeys' are cheap, quick and adaptable – so will a new light railway aid or hinder the city? Monday 8am: it's peak hour as I approach the roadside. The new Chinese bitumen (asphalt) may have swallowed the potholes of Bole Road, but the traffic is as crazy as ever. Cars weave erratically across five lanes and jostle for space amid the clamour of police whistles, relentless honking, and noisy...
s unassuming office complex in Addis Ababa, a series of vaults houses tens of thousands of seed samples tightly sealed into small envelopes and neatly catalogued in cold storage – a treasure trove of genetic diversity painstakingly assembled and set aside for future generations. Founded in 1976, Ethiopia's national seed bank is the oldest and largest of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa. It is also part...
Ethiopia's national seed bank has embraced participatory planting since the 1980s, working with farmers and rural communities as a means of preserving diversity ...
s former vice-president Riek Machar attacked at around 7am local time and that SPLA government forces were engaged in battles in north, south and central Malakal. Rebel forces could not immediately be reached for comment, but President Salva Kiir's government and rebels who support Machar have both accused the other of violating the 23 January ceasefire deal brokered by neighbouring east African states....
s communications minister, Redwan Hussein, adding that Ethiopia will seek his extradition. Geneva police said he claimed he felt threatened at home. "His action represents a gross betrayal of trust that needlessly endangered the lives of the very passengers that a pilot is morally and professionally obliged to safeguard," Redwan said. One passenger, Francesco Cuomo, told the Italian news agency ANSA...
An Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacked his own plane on Monday and flew it to Geneva, where he requested asylum ...
Crew member seeks asylum after taking control of flight ET702 from Addis Ababa to Rome and diverting course to Switzerland ...
ll be spending here at over 2,700m altitude in preparation for the year ahead. This summer, with the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the European Championships in Zurich, my focus is clear: running faster than ever before has to be the main aim. Having raced 25 laps of the Olympic Stadium in 2012 to become the third-fastest British woman over 10,000m, deep down I know for certain that more is possible,...
t eclipse the urgent need to provide electricity to low-income and rural communities The 84 wind turbines erected just south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, tower above an arid landscape of grassland and unpaved roads, inhabited mostly by small-scale farmers, who – along with 77% of population – lack access to electricity . The Ashegoda wind farm, launched in November, will produce an estimated...
s poorest countries, well-known for its precarious food security situation. But it is also the native home of teff, a highly nutritious ancient grain increasingly finding its way into health-food shops and supermarkets in Europe and America. Teff ' s tiny seeds – the size of poppy seeds – are high in calcium, iron and protein, and boast an impressive set of amino acids. Naturally gluten-free, the grain...
super foods' such as the acai berry. Here are a couple of suggestions on how to use it • Quiz: how well do you know your ancient grains? Food that's sourced well usually tends to taste good too. Maybe that's why so many food lovers go out of their way to sample ingredients from developing countries, looking for authenticity and a worthy way of spending their grocery money. Teff, the highly nutritionous...
Can you tell your quinoa from your bulgur? Test your knowledge of the world's oldest grains Maeve Shearlaw Guardian readers ...