Historically, throughout the African continent, wildlife populations have been rapidly declining due to logging, civil wars, hunting, pollution, poaching and other human interference. A 17-year long civil war along with severe drought, negatively impacted Ethiopia’s environmental conditions leading to even greater habitat degradation. Habitat destruction is a factor that leads to endangerment. When changes to [...]

From ReliefWeb.int: August 10, 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Made possible by the generous support of the American people, International Medical Corps has begun implementing Mother Care Groups as an innovative approach to combat malnutrition at the community level in drought-prone areas of Ethiopia. Previously, International Medical Corps trained government Health Extension Workers (HEWs) and [...]

From Knoxnews.com: ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Knoxville cardiologist Bret Rogers came to this country to help through a medical mission team but found that he was the one who needed the Ethiopians. As he treated beneficiaries of the AIDS Care and Treatment Project, he learned life lessons from them and the organization’s staff, he said. [...]

Health problems that afflict the world’s poor have received unprecedented attention in recent years. Governments and foundations alike are pouring billion of dollars into the fights against diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. But medical workers who focus on lesser known diseases say their efforts remain as difficult as ever. Reporter Odette Yousef of [...]

Axum or Aksum is a city in northern Ethiopia which was the original capital of the eponymous kingdom of Axum. Axum was a naval and trading power that ruled the region from ca. 400 BC into the 10th century. The kingdom was also arbitrarily identified as Abyssinia, Ethiopia, and India in medieval writings. Located in [...]

When he fled his native Ethiopia with images of dead bodies in the streets burned into his mind, Abraham Zegeye thought he’d never return. But nearly 30 years later, the Lehigh Valley businessman has rekindled his connection to his homeland. He built a well two years ago to bring fresh water to farmers and cattle [...]

EthiopiaKids.com note: If you’ve been to Addis, yet, you’ll find this interesting: It’s fair to say that the average American, including this reporter, has never seen a Lada before, at least not on US highways.  After all, the car was mass-produced in the 1970’s and 80’s by US Cold War adversary, the Soviet Union.   A [...]

Addis Ababa, August 21 (WIC) – Employees of the Ethiopia Postal Service Organization (EPS) today transplanted 1,000 indigenous tree seedlings around Legedady area. Speaking on the occasion EPS General Manager, Gidey G/Yohannes, said that the transplanted tree seedlings will accelerate the development effort of the country through protecting the deteriorating of the natural environment. > [...]

    1. Tell us a little bit about your family. Dave and I have been  married for 10 wonderful years. After battling infertilty for a number of years,we decided to adopt. We originally planned to adopt domestically but had our hearts broken in the summer of 2007. After a lot of soul searching and [...]

By Jason McLure Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) — Power outages, shortages of foreign exchange and limits on bank lending resulted in Ethiopia’s business climate deteriorating over the past four months, the chairman of the country’s largest business association said. The Horn of Africa nation’s manufacturing industry has probably contracted during the past year and profit at banks [...]