• It will be the largest hydropower project in Africa. (cyprus-mail.com)
  • Omo Delta, Ethiopia, Africa. (stevebloom.com)
  • Ethiopia was the only region of northern Africa to survive the expansion of Islam as a Christian state. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ethiopia will soon be home to the largest wind farm in sub-Saharan Africa, thanks to its agreement with Vergnet, a French wind turbine manufacturer. (nuwireinvestor.com)
  • The largest global burden of meningococcal disease is in sub-Saharan Africa, where annual epidemics caused mainly by N. meningitidis serogroup A were previously common. (cdc.gov)
  • Gen Cloutier said, adding, "Ethiopia is an important partner to the United States in the mission of accomplishing a secure, stable & prosperous Africa which is an enduring American interest. (esyolmedia.com)
  • It is the third largest country in Africa covering 1 886 068 square kilometres (728 215 square miles). (who.int)
  • In the largest series of vaccination days conducted in Africa during a single year, approximately 74 million children -- approximately three fourths of all children aged less than 5 years in Africa -- were targeted to receive supplemental doses of OPV. (cdc.gov)
  • And really, what's happened here in the events reported in the journal is that the migrants that are now coming, as we all know in large numbers in Europe, many of them are coming from the horn of Africa. (cdc.gov)
  • Authorities in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region alleged Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 that Ethiopia's military launched a 'large-scale' offensive for the first time in a year, while Ethiopia's military spokesman did not immediately respond to questions. (hiiraan.com)
  • NAIROBI (AP) - Ethiopia's military has launched a "large-scale" offensive for the first time in a year in the country's northern Tigray region, Tigray authorities alleged yesterday, while the government countered that Tigray forces attacked first. (hiiraan.com)
  • Ethiopia is generally opposed to mediation by outside parties even though the African Union is welcome to help, Dina Mufti, spokesman for Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters. (click2houston.com)
  • How They Tricked Us: Living with the Gibe III Dam and Sugarcane Plantations in Southwest Ethiopia , reveals the dire situation faced by the Indigenous in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley and calls for urgent action by the government. (oaklandinstitute.org)
  • Oromia is Ethiopia's largest region, surrounding the capital, Addis Ababa. (bbc.com)
  • During December 2016-June 2017, the largest global epidemic of meningitis caused by NmC occurred in northern Nigeria, with 14,518 suspected cases and 1,166 deaths reported. (cdc.gov)
  • The developed classification methods have been applied to derive information products for three study regions in Ethiopia including the LSAI areas within the provinces of Amhara, Benishangul, and Gambella. (dlr.de)
  • According to highly placed sources briefing American officials, in a move to deal with "on-going tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan", Zenawi had turned over land to the Sudan "which has cost the Amhara region a large chunk of territory " and tried to "sweep the issue under the rug. (ethiopianreview.com)
  • Ethiopia has since late last year been suffering from anti-government protests predominantly in the Oromo and Amhara regions, these protests have been met with heavy security clampdown. (africanews.com)
  • These translations were vital to the spread of Christianity, no longer a religion for the small percentage of Ethiopians who could read Greek, throughout Ethiopia. (wikipedia.org)
  • It told the story of Ethiopia and Ethiopians as God's people, a chosen people. (africasacountry.com)
  • Christianity in Ethiopia is the country's largest religion with members making up 68% of the population. (wikipedia.org)
  • The thesis contributes to the previous literature by lending support to the large body of work arguing that the agricultural sector is important for initial economic growth in low-income countries, and by addressing the importance of both public spending and of a country's social capability for agricultural and aggregate growth. (lu.se)
  • The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a 6,450 MW hydropower project nearing completion on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, located about 30 km upstream of the border with Sudan. (cyprus-mail.com)
  • It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile, flowing west from Ethiopia. (who.int)
  • Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have been in talks for years, under the African Union, over the technical and legal issues related to the filling and operation of the GERD. (cyprus-mail.com)
  • Ethiopia, which started building the GERD in 2011, expects to produce more than 6,000 megawatts of electricity from the dam project, while Egypt and Sudan, downstream Nile Basin countries that rely on the river for its freshwater, are concerned that the dam might affect their share of the water resources. (cyprus-mail.com)
  • The tripartite talks between Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam should be concluded between the three countries themselves, not through mediators," he said. (click2houston.com)
  • Despite negotiations that have lasted years, Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have failed to reach a deal over how to share the Nile's water, a lifeline for all three countries. (click2houston.com)
  • Sudan is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest. (who.int)
  • Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan. (who.int)
  • We are re-publishing this piece from the Addis Standard which gives important history and context to current events in Ethiopia. (africasacountry.com)
  • But as photographer Kate Geraghty and I drive into Addis, it crosses my mind that you could draw a map of Ethiopia with nothing on it but the shadows of women walking towards the capital. (smh.com.au)
  • We're en route to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital , founded 33 years ago by Australian-born Hamlin and her late husband, Reg, a New Zealander and fellow obstetrician-gynaecologist, on the city's outskirts. (smh.com.au)
  • In Ethiopia, we are cooperating with the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) at Addis Ababa University to strengthen the capacity of the Centre to carry out its mission, including its three main functions of human rights education, research and outreach. (lu.se)
  • This observed double mortality burden is unlikely to be unique to Addis Ababa and provides new insight into the epidemiological transition in urban Ethiopia. (cdc.gov)
  • Famine is spreading throughout Ethiopia and the Horn according to the recent U.S. Senate testimony of one high level American official. (ethiopianreview.com)
  • For almost 50 years, through drought, famine and a murderous regime, an Australian obstetrician has dedicated herself to giving women in Ethiopia a second chance at life. (smh.com.au)
  • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A United Nations-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 metric tons of Ukrainian grain destined for Ethiopia set sail Sunday from a Black Sea port, the first shipment of its kind in a program to assist countries facing famine. (kxan.com)
  • Today's Ethiopia is not the same country that faced the horrible famine of the 1980's. (cdc.gov)
  • According to the annual corruption perceptions index of 2017 recently released by Transparency International, Ethiopia is still one of the countries at the bottom of the index with worsening illicit financial flows, bribery, money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance among others. (ethsat.com)
  • It's sad, and incredible, that more than three decades later women are still coming, exhausted and in despair, with the same appalling injuries, from countries across the Horn, as well as Ethiopia. (smh.com.au)
  • All northern Nigeria states lie within the sub-Saharan "Meningitis Belt," a region of 26 countries that experiences the largest burden of meningococcal disease, with annual epidemics reported during the December-June dry season. (cdc.gov)
  • Countries en route to measles elimination, such as Malawi, should improve outbreak preparedness. (cdc.gov)
  • The United States (US) recently renewed its travel alert for Ethiopia despite other countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium lifting their travel bans. (africanews.com)
  • Negotiators have said key questions remain about how much water Ethiopia will release downstream if a multi-year drought occurs and how the countries will resolve any future disputes. (click2houston.com)
  • Few developing countries, including Ethiopia, have fully embraced and implemented the FANC model. (frontiersin.org)
  • Ethiopia is one of five countries that the U.N. considers at risk of starvation. (kxan.com)
  • Can you name the largest city on a border in these countries? (sporcle.com)
  • Ethiopia is one of many countries around the world to invest in an FETP, a decision that is paying off now, as crisis looms. (cdc.gov)
  • During the same year, 16 countries, including four of the largest (Angola, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Zaire), reported that less than 50% of children had received three doses of OPV through routine vaccination services. (cdc.gov)
  • SNIDs in the larger countries with difficult circumstances (Ethiopia and Zaire) served a dual purpose of providing supplemental OPV doses to urban children at highest risk for polio and strengthening planning and logistics for the 1997 vaccination days. (cdc.gov)
  • HIV is one of the largest public health threats in many low-income countries. (lu.se)
  • In his doctoral thesis, Taye T Balcha developed and evaluated methods to improve tuberculosis diagnostics among the HIV-positive in Ethiopia and other low-income countries. (lu.se)
  • The Urengoyskoye is Russia's largest natural gas deposit with about 187.17 trillion cubic feet. (worldatlas.com)
  • Despite high reported coverage for routine and supplementary immunization, in 2010 in Malawi, a large measles outbreak occurred that comprised 134,000 cases and 304 deaths. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite Malawi's measles control successes during the past 2 decades, a large outbreak occurred in 2010, with as many cases as in the 1980s. (cdc.gov)
  • The Russian Federation is the sixth largest gold producer in the world with an estimated 249 tons produced in 2017 alone. (worldatlas.com)
  • Il s'agissait d'une étude descriptive de 74 patients hospitalisés dans le Service en 2017. (bvsalud.org)
  • Large-scale gold mining in Kyrgyzstan began during the 1980's and the first area where gold was mined during this period was at Makmal. (worldatlas.com)
  • Before 2010, the last large epidemic in Malawi occurred in 1996 and 1997, when ≈10,000 cases were reported nationwide each year. (cdc.gov)
  • FILE - Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. (hiiraan.com)
  • The Government of Ethiopia strives to increase the agricultural production and its efficiency. (dlr.de)
  • The Justice Department says a contractor for the U.S. government who is originally from Ethiopia has been arrested on espionage charges, accused of providing a foreign country classified information that he downloaded and printed from his work computer system. (abc4.com)
  • Ethiopia is one country experiencing the global 'learning crisis', and since 2008 the Government of Ethiopia has embarked on an ambitious package of reforms - the General Education Quality Improvement Program (GEQIP) - in order to improve the quality of basic education in the country. (unesco.org)
  • The Working Group provides an opportunity for representatives of the U.S. government and the government of Ethiopia to discuss frankly the full range of governance and human rights issues. (africanews.com)
  • It has been close to ten years since the local government elections were held in Ethiopia. (dullahomarinstitute.org.za)
  • The Art Newspaper has published the first colour photographs of the Kwer'ata Re'esu, a revered national icon in Ethiopia, now held in a private collection in Portugal and subject to Portuguese government export restrictions. (theartnewspaper.com)
  • By 331 AD, Frumentius returned to Ethiopia, he was welcomed with open arms by the rulers who were at the time not Christian. (wikipedia.org)
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  • This study aimed to explore the SDH that influence the antenatal care (ANC) utilization in Ethiopia over time. (frontiersin.org)
  • For the first time, Ethiopia is developing the expertise to identify and respond to public health emergencies. (cdc.gov)
  • The province lies along a major transportation route in Ethiopia, and the prevalence of HIV is higher there than in other parts of the country, with around six per cent of the adult population estimated to carry the infection. (lu.se)
  • The current political conflict, now a civil war, in Ethiopia partly has its roots in disagreement among elites on how to narrativize Ethiopian history. (africasacountry.com)
  • While it was updated by the authors over the past month, the conflict in Ethiopia has now accelerated to a civil war. (africasacountry.com)
  • There are heart-rending stories of women in remote provinces of Ethiopia who have hidden themselves away for years. (smh.com.au)
  • The 1-4 years age group, with 445 cases, accounted for the largest proportion of reported cases. (who.int)
  • CNN) With a range of economic incentives like the freshly built industrial parks for garment manufacturing, Ethiopia has positioned itself to become one of the world's top exporters of textile and garments. (wanzarelocation.com)
  • Background Prior studies indicated increased antimicrobial resistance in Ethiopia, with related health, economic, and environmental costs. (who.int)
  • Over the past decade, Ethiopia has seen astonishing economic growth of around 10% per year. (cdc.gov)
  • The 21st century has seen a rise of optimism about the prospects for African economic development, and Ethiopia, with its rapid economic growth in the last two decades, is at the forefront of this current wave of optimism. (lu.se)
  • Third, that the state has a large role in igniting agricultural growth, especially via agricultural public spending (Paper 2), and in sustaining economic growth (Paper 4). (lu.se)
  • This makes Ethiopia one of the first regions in the world to officially adopt Christianity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most of the world has just a single way to farm it-in large, orderly fields of heavily-laden trees and often little shade. (atlasobscura.com)
  • We are having our own processing & washing plant in Ethiopia.Ethiopia produces some of the most unique and fascinating coffees in the world. (qudwabusinessplc.com)
  • BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 30: Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia celebrates after winning gold in the Women's 5000 metres final and setting a new Championship Record during day nine of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 30, 2015 in Beijing, China. (gettyimages.com)
  • The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world. (worldatlas.com)
  • Russia is among the largest producers of natural gas in the world. (worldatlas.com)
  • It plans to sail to Djibouti, where the grain will be unloaded and transferred to Ethiopia under the World Food Program initiative. (kxan.com)
  • In school, he was learning about how important forests were for the ecological health of different parts of the world, and he asked himself: Where are our forests, here in northern Ethiopia? (nationalgeographic.com)
  • With the exception of Australia, the Pacific Islands, and Antarctica, the parasites have been identified throughout large portions of the world. (medscape.com)
  • The White Nile flows through the country, emptying into Lake Nubia in the north, the largest manmade lake in the world. (who.int)
  • I have called Ethiopia home for the past five years - it is a country that is very close to my heart. (cdc.gov)
  • First, that Ethiopia has undergone a "Green Revolution", defined as a specific case of agricultural development where crop output and crop yields double at the national level in under 25 years (Paper 2). (lu.se)
  • It has a membership of 32 to 36 million, the majority of whom live in Ethiopia, and is thus the largest of all Oriental Orthodox churches. (wikipedia.org)
  • The largest Protestant group is the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, with about 5 million members. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ethiopia insists the dam is a crucial development that will help pull millions of its nearly 110 million citizens out of poverty and become a major power exporter. (click2houston.com)
  • There are over 3.6 million seats in all local councils in Ethiopia as compared to the 550 seats in the House of Peoples Representatives (HPR), the lower house of the national parliament. (dullahomarinstitute.org.za)
  • The churches of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church-the dominant religious group in Ethiopia, with nearly 50 million members-were almost always nestled in patches of vibrant, shady forest. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Global Financial Integrity says Ethiopia has lost US$11.7 Billion in illegal capital flight from 2000 through 2009. (ethsat.com)
  • The country sits among the top three largest global producers of petroleum alongside Saudi Arabia and the US. (worldatlas.com)
  • Karaturi Global, the largest Indian investor, is acquiring land at a low rate of $1 per hectare, and investors have acquired land at $6 to $8," she said. (oaklandinstitute.org)
  • Ethiopia has come a long way in the past decade, becoming more interconnected with the global health community. (cdc.gov)
  • Obang Metho, from the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia, and Nyikaw Ochalla, Coordinator, Anuak Survival Organisation, were also present in the discussion and spoke about the rampant human rights abuses against local, indigenous populations in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. (oaklandinstitute.org)
  • A larger study will soon be launched into how tuberculosis affects pregnancy. (lu.se)
  • I argued: "Zenawi's defiant refusal to be {www:transparent} and open in making public an 'Agreement' (treaty) that gives away a large chunk of Ethiopian territory to another country is a {www:monumental} breach of constitutional duty for which he should be held accountable. (ethiopianreview.com)
  • Evidence on the causes and patterns of death is required to understand the overall epidemiological profile of diseases in Ethiopia and to help planners and decision makers prioritize the public health agenda. (cdc.gov)
  • In Ethiopia, the SDH are not systematically addressed in the Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP), although it is stated that targeting the social determinants of reproductive health could improve access to quality of services for mothers and children ( 13 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • In her research on large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) for agricultural investment in Ethiopia, Dr Stefanos draws on 19 months of fieldwork to address these questions, and examines how LSLAs reconfigure the relations between the state, natural resources, and investors of different ethnicities and nationalities. (utoronto.ca)
  • The Zaporizhzhia facility is Europe's largest nuclear power plant. (kxan.com)
  • When I came to Ethiopia, my main goal as FETP Resident Advisor was to grow the program. (cdc.gov)
  • According to Per Björkman , clinical research findings from studies such as these can rapidly be converted into practice in Ethiopia. (lu.se)
  • Therefore, Ethiopia has been promoting large-scale agricultural investment (LSAI) to transform the agricultural sector. (dlr.de)
  • Priests, scientists, and local communities are partnering to save the less than five percent of forests that remain in northern Ethiopia. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Lund University is investing in its presence in Ethiopia. (lu.se)
  • Abraham Teklu Lemma, who is originally from Ethiopia, had a top secret security clearance and access to classified information through contracting positions with the departments of State and Justice. (abc4.com)
  • Description This is a vintage map of Ethiopia originally produced in 1919. (imagekind.com)
  • Ethiopia now has 180 first- and second-year trainees in the field. (cdc.gov)