Africa has always been an unstable region, especially since the modern era, but the continuing rising temperatures and change of weather patterns across the world is only helping to contribute to this instability, all while Africa itself develops and starts to produce fossil fuels of their own. In Ethiopia, the effects of consecutive droughts are taking their toll as less… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-46259349?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5bf2b043ffe3b7066cec6a86%26Ethiopia%20ranked%20worst%20country%20for%20lack%20of%20toilets%262018-11-19T15%3A01%3A58.120Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:c2238a95-c9b8-4fea-a1b9-7ccb2597e9d7&pinned_post_asset_id=5bf2b043ffe3b7066cec6a86&pinned_post_type=share For the second year in a row the charity Water Aid has highlighted Ethiopia’s poor record when it comes to access to toilets at home. On World Toilet Day, it has reported that 93%of Ethiopians lack basic sanitation where they live, making it the lowest ranked nation on the continent. For Chad, Madagascar and South Sudan the figure is… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/ethiopia-eritrea-border-leaders-abiy-ahmed-isaias-afwerki-reconciliation-peace-a8532516.html Celebrating their dramatic diplomatic thaw, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea on Tuesday officially opened the border where a bloody war and ensuing tensions had divided them for decades. Ethiopia’s reformist new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, and long-time Eritrean president, Isaias Afwerki, visited the Bure Front along with members of their militaries to mark the Ethiopian new year,… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/ethiopia-president-sahle-work-zewde-female-woman-gender-equality-feminism-a8602566.html A week after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia filled half his new Cabinet with women in a radical overhaul, the country’s parliament took another step towards gender parity Thursday by appointing the country’s first female president. Sahle-Work Zewde, 68, a seasoned diplomat who has held positions in the United Nations and worked in peacekeeping operations in Africa, accepted… Read more »
Abiy Ahmed, the progressive Prime Minister of Ethiopia, has made major changes to the African state in the last two months. In mid-October, Ahmed filled half of Parliment’s seats with women in an effort to combat Ethiopia’s long-standing patriarchy. More recently, Ahmed elected the nation’s first female president Sahle-Work Zewde, former Peacekeeper of the United Nations. Prime Minister Ahmed has… Read more »
Last week, the Rwandan and Ethiopian governments reported having abnormally more women participation within their respective parliaments. Both states have led the African continent in the quintessential ‘gender-inclusive’ model. Ethiopia has broken barriers by appointing Aisha Mohammad as Defense Minister, the first woman to hold this position in “the history of Ethiopia, and probably in Africa,” says Ethiopian Prime Minister… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/ethiopia-prime-minister-abiy-ahmed-cabinet-appointments-women-a8586876.html Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced a political reshuffle which means women ministers now make up a record 50 percent of the new cabinet. The sweeping changes saw 10 of the 20 positions going to women. It included the appointment of Aisha Mohammed as defence minister-the first woman to hold that position in the country. What is behind… Read more »