From Ethiopia to Australia, the promises and pitfalls of tourism for good
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation The opening of Ethiopia’s once-secretive imperial palace complex has been hailed as symbolising a new era of openness for the east African nation, but it also has another aim – job creation. The Menelik palace and its 40-acre Unity Park compound overlooking Addis Ababa opened to the public this month […]
LAND RIGHTS: “BETTER TO KILL US” – ETHIOPIAN RESIDENTS FEAR EVICTIONS FROM SATELLITE TOWNS
TOM GARDNER reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation on an Ethiopian community’s fight against eviction…
Growing pains in Ethiopia: film spotlights hidden cost of urban growth
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Living in a tool shed on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, 10-year-old Asalif Tewold straddles a unique space between modernity and tradition. In his short life, he has lived on a rural farm and in the shadows of a towering condominium complex – learning how to dodge dangerous hyenas and land developers […]
World Council of Churches mourns loss of Lutheran pastor in Ethiopian plane crash
A Lutheran pastor described as being “instrumental in helping local churches invest their resources to make a better planet” was among the 157 people who died when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed soon after take-off from Addis Ababa on 10th March. Austrian Rev Norman Tendis, a World Council of Churches consultant, was on his way […]
Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes, killing 157
Reuters An Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board and raising questions about the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, a new model that also crashed in Indonesia in October. Sunday’s flight left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8:38am local time, […]