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Xi sounds the bugle for a COVID-19 showdown

March 12, 2020March 14, 2020 Ethiopian Monitor

President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan, the epicenter of China’s COVID-19 outbreak, on Tuesday, urging everyone involved in the fight against

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Europe’s Green Future Starts in Ethiopia

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Ethiopian Monitor #Ethiopia, #Europe, #Green Energy, #Green Future, #Hydroelectricity, #Koysha

By Ricardo Hausmann* CAMBRIDGE – Devastating fires from the Amazon to Australia, powerful storms, and changing rain patterns have made

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Can African Leaders Silence the Guns in 2020 as Promised?

February 2, 2020February 3, 2020 Ethiopian Monitor #Addis Ababa, #Africa, #African Union, #Ethiopia, #Silencing the Guns

SEVEN UNAVOIDABLE PREREQUISITES

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Addressing Africa’s Skills Mismatch

January 14, 2020January 23, 2020 Ethiopian Monitor #Africa, #Education, #Job Opportunity, #Job Quality, #Population Growth, #Youth

By Hanan Morsy* ABIDJAN – While much of the world struggles with rapid population aging, Africa is experiencing the opposite

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A new nature-based food and land use economy

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 Ethiopian Monitor #Africa, #AGRA, #agriculture, #Economy, #Ethiopia, #Land, #nature-based food

By Agnes Kalibata* ADDIS ABABA – “All my kids can go to school now, whereas before I might only have

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Investment in Agriculture is Critical in the Fight against Poverty & Inequality in Africa

December 31, 2019January 9, 2020 Ethiopian Monitor #Africa, #agriculture, #Inequality, #Investment, #Poverty

By Mohamed Aw-Dahir* ADDIS ABEBA – There are a number of significant changes that are happening in Africa, the most

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Was Marx Right?

December 29, 2019December 30, 2019 Ethiopian Monitor

By Andrés Velasco* & Luis F. Céspedes* SANTIAGO – In Santiago, Chile, a massive graffito by the exit ramp of

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Scaling Up Rainwater Harvesting To Improve Agriculture In East Africa

December 26, 2019December 27, 2019 Ethiopian Monitor #agriculture, #East Africa, #FAO East Africa, #Rain Water

By Martin Ager* ADDIS ABEBA – One common observation in most countries of East Africa is that there are intense

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Ethiopian migrants walk on the side of a highway leading to the western Yemeni town of Haradh, on the border with Saudi Arabia. Photo: VOA

Social Cohesion: Recognizing Migration is a Benefit that Works for All

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Ethiopian Monitor #International Migrants Day, #IOM

By António Vitorino ADDIS ABEBA – Too often, when we speak of migrants, we find ourselves having to speak about

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Africa still has a Long Road to Travel to Win the Fight against HIV/Aids

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019 Ethiopian Monitor #Africa, #HIV/AIDs

By Moussa Faki Mahamat ADDIS ABEBA – Today, the African Union Commission joins the world to celebrate the World AIDS

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