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Science · AdamaIn a news report released by Space Science and Geospatial Institute, the institution has signed an agreement with Adama Science and Technology University to provide consulting services for the second Earth observation satellite project, ETRSS-2. The ETRSS-2 satellite boasts high-quality imagery with a resolution of 0.5 and is designed to operate for five years. Furthermore, […]See the Story
SSGI Signs Agreement with Adama Science and Technology University
Oromia · OromiaAfrican Development Fund donated $46.02 million to Ethiopia to implement Phase 2 of the Borana Resilient Water Development for Improved Livelihoods Program in the country's south. As of March 2023, over 3.3 million livestock have died of water scarcity in the region, leaving over 67,000 households without livelihoods.See the Story
African Development Fund donates $46.02M to implement Borana Resilient Water Development
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Oromia · OromiaThe Oromo Liberation Front has sought autonomy for the region since 1973. It was briefly part of a transitional government led by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front coalition in 1991. Both attempts at brokering peace in 2018 and again in 2023 ended in failure and a return to violence. The main reasons for the failure of the 2018 peace agreement were no signed pact and the presence of competing factions.See the Story
Ethiopia’s peace pacts with the Oromo Liberation Front have failed: here’s what was missing
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Oromia · OromiaEthiopia's largest and most populous region, Oromia, has been in the news following reports of a rise in kidnappings for ransom. The region is no stranger to war and strife. Its people have long fought against political marginalisation. But the region is more than just the site of conflict.See the Story
Oromia makes up a third of Ethiopia’s landmass and is key to its fortunes: expert unpacks its significance
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Abiy Ahmed · OromiaEthiopia faces growing instability as the ruling party’s reckless gamble to consolidate power by drawing perceived rivals into a confrontation with each other has inflamed the ethnic fault lines, warned historian and former diplomat, Mohamed Hassan. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has lost control over large parts of the country, including over 18 of the 21 zones in the largest regional state of Oromia, where the national capital Addis A…See the Story
Abiy Ahmed faces a divided Ethiopia and growing pressure : Peoples Dispatch
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