Ethiopia News » Oromia News Ethiopia » Oromia » Economy: Ethiopia - A gender-transformative climate resilience project builds resilient communities
Across the drought-prone rangelands of the Afar and Oromia regions of Ethiopia, a fundamental transformation is taking place. In pastoralist communities long defined by climate vulnerability, women ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Economy: Addis Ababa and Oromia: What Does the Constitution’s ‘Special Interest’ Clause Actually Mean?
What Does the Constitution’s ‘Special Interest’ Clause Actually Mean? The drafting history of Article 49(5) suggests that its central purpose was to manage the unavoidable relationship between Addis ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Economy: Dragged to War, Priced for Freedom - Political Economy of Forced Conscription in Ethiopia
Recently, reports of forced conscription have resurfaced across several districts of Oromia, notably within the Sheger City zone that encircles the capital, Addis Abeba. Affected families have come ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Economy: Ethiopia embraces big projects but escalates regional tensions by seeking more access to the sea
Ethiopia’s leader loves big projects. With a contentious megadam completed on the Nile, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed now plans Africa’s largest airport and a nuclear power plant. But the landlocked ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Economy: Oromia Bank selects CR2’s BankWorld to Advance their Digital Banking Transformation Strategy in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oromia Bank (www.oromiabank.com) has selected CR2 (www.CR2.com), one of the world’s leading software vendors in the digital banking and payments market, to ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Economy: The Horn Of Africa States: The Teetering Ethiopian Economy – OpEd
Ethiopia stepped into a destructive path in 2020 when it started a war with itself. Inter-state wars are often reported to negatively affect economic growth as reduction of production and labor ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Economy: Ethiopia's conflict-hit Oromia region struggles for healthcare
In Ethiopia's conflict-affected Oromia region, residents of remote villages are slowly regaining access to healthcare after nearly two years of disruption. The Gunfi Primary Health Center in the West ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Economy: Africa’s tiger economy is shot
To catch a glimpse of Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, visitors could book a table at a swanky new restaurant in Addis Ababa, the capital. Marcus Addis, the eponymous joint by Marcus ...