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U.S. sends elite disaster experts to respond to Ethiopia drought
2016-03-03 20:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The United States is sending an elite team of disaster experts to respond to Ethiopia's worst drought in 50 years, it said on Thursday. Around a dozen members of the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) have arrived in Ethiopia to coordinate the U.S. response to the drought. They will be joined by DART logistics, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene experts in the next few days. USAID responds to around 65 disasters a year,...
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Looming Ethiopia famine highlights vulnerability climate change
2016-02-25 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Food aid will run out for over 10 million Ethiopians by May, according to aid agencies, which fear a repeat of the horrendous famines of the 1970s and 80s. Chronic drought has sapped vast tracts of the north, central and eastern highlands, hitting crops and livestock as rain patterns have shifted. More than eight in ten people depend on rain-fed agriculture, according to Oxfam. Intensified by El Nino, the dry spell brings into sharp relief the vulnerability of the continent to a changing climate....
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Ethiopia Agreement Will Help Transform Africa's Solar Market
2016-02-10 05:16:00| Transmission & Distribution World
International Development Minister Nick Hurd met with leaders last month from across Africa to discuss the UK's Energy Africa campaign. read more
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Ethiopia project aims to improve industrial relations
2016-02-08 15:26:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
With support from Swedish fashion giant H&M, a new industrial relations project has launched in Ethiopia with the aim of improving the development of a socially sustainable textile and garment industry.
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Ethiopia Minister to give Prime Source keynote
2016-02-03 15:16:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Minister Arkebe Oqubay, special advisor to Ethiopia's Prime Minster, will provide a keynote address at this year's Prime Source Forum in Hong Kong, which aims to address dealing with disruptions to the fashion supply chain.
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