#Ethiopia
From the #1500m to the #marathon, this year has seen seconds and even minutes shaved off race times. But what accounts for the change: #supershoes, #feminism or something else? 🤔
“giving #women the #power they needed to show their best when they #run”
“Why are they starting younger? Because, simply, the rewards are greater”
“it is a golden age for east #African #women in the sport” https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/28/when-i-saw-her-time-i-pinched-myself-why-womens-running-records-are-being-smashed #running #athletics #trackandfield #worldrecord #kenya #ethiopia
“#Coffee is such a big part of the culture in #Ethiopia, and Haile is such a big name in international #running circles, so it felt natural to connect the two and present a quality product to #runners who love drinking #coffee” ☕️ 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/brighton-athletes-launch-coffee-products-for-runners-1039971997/
images of the Lideta Mercato Mall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, designed by Vilalta Studio, completed in 2016 #design #designers #designing #futurism #arts #artists #artist #inspiration #africa #african #architecture #architect #architects #artlover #artlovers #ethiopia #travel #travels #traveling #traveler #travelers #artnet #contemporary #contemporaryarts
Fresh fighting reported in #Ethiopia’s Amhara region between military and local militiamen
https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-amhara-fighting-fano-military-87c0f425ade9d5765984d797f36283f5
She's fastest 🇪🇹🏃♀️💨
Tigst #Assefa smashes women’s world #marathon record in #Berlin with 2:11:53
"Assefa employed her warp drive boosters to take the #marathon mark to the outer reaches of what the #athletics universe believes is possible” https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/tigst-assefa-smashes-womens-world-marathon-record-in-berlin-with-21153-1039971822/ #ethiopia
And he's still fast 🇰🇪🏃♂️💨
Eliud #Kipchoge Wins the 2023 #BerlinMarathon
The greatest marathoner of all time further cemented his status https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a45252388/eliud-kipchoge-wins-2023-berlin-marathon/ #kenya
Second round of negotiations on Ethiopia’s mega-dam wrap up
Tigst Assefa sets new world record, Eliud Kipchoge claims 5th Berlin Marathon title: Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge wins fifth Berlin Marathon title, while Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa breaks women's marathon world record. https://shut.net/2023/09/24/news-tigst-assefa-sets-new-world-record-eliud-kipchoge-claims-5th-berlin-marathon-title?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Paris #Berlin #Marathon #Kenya #Ethiopia
The ugly faces of war.
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Residents of the town of Jewaha reside in an IDP camp set up at the Wobas Compund in the town of Shewa Robit on June 26, 2021.
#Ethiopia @Jamal_Countess
🚨 "26 IDPs passed away after suspension of food aid in Tigrai",coordinator at Axum cluster
⚠️ These are the consequences of #WFP's criminal politicized choice to suspend food support in #Tigray, #Ethiopia‼️ #ResumeAid4Tigray #Justice4Tigray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1mUcLoYMNU
Ethiopian prince’s hair, artefacts returned 155 years after British plunder
@jon @wrzlbrnft That's quite strange. AFAIK Chinese railway companies use #ETCS themselves. E.g. for the new #railway they built in #Ethiopia.
There has to be more in the background that isn't in the open yet.
“the market for high-quality low-#caffeine #coffee is slowly but steadily growing”
A "#coffee variety which is naturally low in #caffeine is AC1. First discovered in #Ethiopia”
“Like other low-caf varieties, AC1 is naturally low in #caffeine. Comparatively, AC1 contains around 0.76mg of #caffeine per gram of #coffee, while #arabica contains an average 8 to 12 mg/“
"the value of the global #decaf #coffee market will reach US $28.86 billion by 2030” https://perfectdailygrind.com/2023/09/ac1-coffee-varieties/ #decaffeinated
UN investigators warn of risk of future atrocities in Ethiopia
#Ethiopia is looking to expand its port options beyond Djibouti, and may be warming up relations with neighbors like Eritrea, Kenya, and Somaliland in order to do so https://addisstandard.com/in-depth-ethiopias-quest-for-alternative-ports-negotiations-or-force-on-the-table/
Cimes against humanity continue in Ethiopia despite truce, say UN experts
‼️EU temporarily holds back food aid in #Somalia after UN finds widespread theft
3 months ago the #WFP & #USAID (6 months ago in #Tigray) suspended food aid to neighboring #Ethiopia in response to the widespread diversion of donations‼️
https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-temporarily-holds-back-food-aid-somalia-after-un-records-widespread-theft-2023-09-18/
Tigray atrocities continuing almost a year after ceasefire, UN experts warn | Global development | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/19/tigray-ethiopia-atrocities-continuing-after-ceasefire-un-rights-experts-warn
Not that anyone cares.
#War crimes carry on despite #Ethiopia peace deal - UN
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-66691050?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6508411af34eee40bb928688%26War%20crimes%20carry%20on%20despite%20Ethiopia%20peace%20deal%20-%20UN%262023-09-18T13%3A48%3A36.679Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:3611bc9a-9ae8-4931-936a-adf9cdbeac19&pinned_post_asset_id=6508411af34eee40bb928688&pinned_post_type=share
East Africa News Week of 10 Sep. to 16 Sep. 2023 #EAC #FocusNewsAfrica #News #EastAfrica #Kenya #Uganda #Ethiopia #Kenya #Tanzania #Africa https://tinyurl.com/2p837exw
#ethiopia Quoted message and the whole thread show the importance of press and international observers or aid workers in case of uprisings and civil war. In there absence the government engaged in #extrajudicial killings, #executions
Go read this report from @zekuzelalem . #Facebook #Meta is enabling genocide *again*, this time in #Ethiopia .
Ugh 😑 hate being late but I’ve been feeling horrible 😞 #Ethiopia #LaceysHouse #LaceysHouseAfrica #News #HappyNewYear
#UN #HumanRightsCouncil | Climate tech and fighting racism: What’s on the agenda as UN rights body meets? Abuses in #Sudan and a clutch of other settings – from #Ethiopia to #Afghanistan, from #Burundi to #Russia – could come under the microscope. | By Irwin Loy
The New Humanitarian https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2023/09/11/climate-tech-and-fighting-racism-whats-agenda-un-rights-body-meets #HRC54
Liquid announces the construction of two new fiber optic routes to improve connectivity in Africa (en français) https://www.agenceecofin.com/infrastructures/1309-111704-liquid-annonce-la-construction-de-deux-nouvelles-routes-de-fibre-optique-pour-ameliorer-la-connectivite-en-afrique #AfTerFibre #Kenya #Ethiopia #Malawi
Projected population in 2100:
🇮🇳 #India → 1,533 Million
🇨🇳 #China → 771M
🇳🇬 #Nigeria → 546M
🇵🇰 #Pakistan → 487M
🇨🇩 #Congo → 431M
🇺🇸 #US → 394M
🇪🇹 #Ethiopia → 323M
🇮🇩 #Indonesia → 297M
🇹🇿 #Tanzania → 244M
🇪🇬 #Egypt → 205M
🇧🇷 #Brazil → 185M
🇵🇭 #Philippines → 180M
🇧🇩 #Bangladesh → 177M
🇳🇪 #Niger → 166M
🇸🇩 #Sudan → 142M
🇦🇴 #Angola → 133M
🇺🇬 #Uganda → 132M
🇲🇽 #Mexico → 116M
🇰🇪 #Kenya → 113M
🇷🇺 #Russia → 112M
🇮🇶 #Iraq → 111M
🇦🇫 #Afghanistan → 110M
🇲🇿 #Mozambique → 106M
🇻🇳 #Vietnam → 91M
- World of Statistics
@zekuzelalem I agree with everything you wrote, even though the current situation in Europe is peculiar: Until recently nobody could imagine having war again. - But let's not make this about Europe.
I want to point out, that nobody in Europe understands, what's going on in #Ethiopia and who is at fault. AFAIK there actually have been some sanctions, but the public can't tell whether they did good or harm.
Which European action do you think would have done the most good to Ethiopian civilians?
Raising the age of #marriage for females in #Ethiopia improves the #nutrition of their #children (more diverse #diets, esp. greater intake of fruit & #vegetables) by boosting #women's social status and decision-making power over sexual & marital relations: https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhad027
⚠️ Unfortunately words for good intentions are not enough & the combination with #AI becomes even more risky because it can unintentionally discredit the cause of #Justice4Tigray. Why doesn't he post real photos/videos of people (of which there is unfortunately no shortage)?
I don't know whether reality is more macabre & atrocious or seeing the horror of artificial intelligence generating organic artifacts converted into realistic images can produce further pain💔 #Ethiopia #Tigray #DigitalRights
@zekuzelalem Thank you for the informative #InfoThread on this controversial, hard-to-follow, ambitious & potentially transformative #infrastructure project.
#hydroelectric #dam #water #irrigation #Ethiopia #Sudan #Egypt #Africa
@zekuzelalem Thanks for this very interesting thread! I'd like to read more about #energy in #Ethiopia here.
Do you know what's the level of the reservoir at this time? The wording "final filling" has me and many other experts scratching out heads as this was not expected. Also every media uses outdated images, which makes it difficult to see, what's actually going on.
Also do you know how many turbines are operational? The number of turbines is much more important then the fill level.
#Ethiopia completes final filling of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
ቅኑዕ ነገር ክትገብር ብዙሕ ቃላት ኣየድልየካን እዩ። #RenewICHREE
ርሑስ ሓዱሽ ዓመት 2016 🌼
#Ethiopia 🇪🇹 #Tigray
"#Egypt has voiced anger after #Ethiopia announced it had filled the reservoir at a highly controversial #HydroelectricDam on the Blue Nile river.
Ethiopia has been in dispute with Egypt and #Sudan over the megaproject since its launch in 2011. Egypt relies on the #Nile for nearly all its water needs.
Ethiopia says the $4.2bn (£3.4bn) dam will not cut their share of Nile water."
Filling of Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile complete, Ethiopia says
Are you following @zekuzelalem who is reporting in-depth from #ethiopia and Eastern Africa?
No?
Well, what are you waiting for???
Guardian: #Ethiopia soldiers killed 70+ civilians and looted properties in a town in Amhara on Sept. 3. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/08/ethiopian-troops-accused-mass-killings-amhara-civilians-region-fano-militia?CMP=share_btn_tw
Eritrean troops ‘committed war crimes’ in Ethiopia, says Amnesty report
BRICS expansion: A warning to the US, but not a ‘new Cold War’
The most accurate depiction I have found of food aid theft in #Ethiopia
Will Ethiopia compromise on its Grand Renaissance Dam?
Will Ethiopia compromise on its Grand Renaissance Dam? | Inside Story
BRICS is expanding, but can it rebalance the world order? | Counting the Cost
What will a bigger BRICS mean? | Inside Story
‘A wall of BRICS’: The significance of adding six new members to the bloc
#BRICS has decided to invite six countries - #Argentina, #Egypt, #Iran, #Ethiopia, #SaudiArabia and the #UnitedArabEmirates - to become new members of the bloc, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said today.
Ethiopia to launch joint probe with Saudis over alleged migrant killings
Over the past year, Saudi border guards have slaughtered hundreds of migrants in cold blood, mostly women and children fleeing famine in Ethiopia.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/21/saudi-arabia-mass-killings-migrants-yemen-border
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #massacre #immigration #SaudiArabia #CrimeAgainstHumanity #ethiopia #women #children
Saudi guards kill, abuse refugees at border with Yemen: HRW
#BBCNews - #Ethiopia 's #Tigray crisis: Deaths from #starvation after aid halted - official
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66540039
#BBCNews - Why #Ethiopia 's #Amhara militiamen are battling the army
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66496137
#BBCNews - #Ethiopia #Amhara: Air strike kills at least 26 people in Finote Selam
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66502937
The Daily Art app this week featured this fascinating, beautiful illuminated manuscript. I felt like it was worth sharing.
The illumination is from northern Ethiopia, some time around the late 14th or early 15th century.
The style is somewhat reminiscent of Eastern / Orthodox / Byzantine style, but obviously quite different too.
The writing around the edge is apparently Ge'ez - old Ethiopian church language. But I believe the script (or a derivation thereof) is used in modern Amharic.
I'm unsure of Daily Art's subscription model now (I've an old lifetime subscription from before they changed it), but I think it still has some free tier. It's a great way to see art from around the world, in styles you might not otherwise encounter.
https://www.getdailyart.com/en/24503/unknown-artist/illuminated-gospel
@medievodons@a.gup.pe @histodons@a.gup.pe
#Ethiopia #Africa #Art #MedievalArt #Illumination #Manuscripts #IlluminatedManuscripts #Christianity
The Equality Impact Assessment, released today by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, or FCDO, acknowledges that a third year of reductions in bilateral funding will also strip out specialized services for rape victims in South #Sudan, for #women and girls in Taliban-controlled #Afghanistan, and for students and #teachers in #Ethiopia.
The cuts started when current UK PM Sunak was Chancellor
#Ethiopia civil war:
#Tigray fighters demobilised and sent home as 'heroes'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-66073084?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=64c14ec0e3a72e6ac424436b%26Tigray%20fighters%20demobilised%20and%20sent%20home%20as%20%27heroes%27%262023-07-26T16%3A54%3A21.305Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:680953f6-8c11-4727-bb9b-34f3017fe9cf&pinned_post_asset_id=64c14ec0e3a72e6ac424436b&pinned_post_type=share
‘Malaria resurgence’ feared in Ethiopia amid El Niño and climate change
Scientists are concerned that this year’s #ElNiño event, combined with warming from #ClimateChange, could cause a rise in #malaria cases in #Ethiopia.
New research finds that malaria outbreaks in Ethiopia often follow El Niño events – natural cycles of variability that periodically bring hot weather to the country.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/malaria-resurgence-feared-in-ethiopia-amid-el-nino-and-climate-change/
US halts food aid to #Ethiopia over 'coordinated campaign' to divert supplies from needy: USAID
The overthrow of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie in 1974 led to violent conflict that had a particularly heavy impact on musicians.
It's not just you: nobody can find that blueberry-tasting #SingleOrigin Yirgacheffe you had in 2008 anymore. This captivating article—book, practically—about #Ethiopia and its #coffee by Christopher Feran explains why.
https://christopherferan.com/2023/04/09/march-forward-dear-mother-ethiopia/
Two staff members of Catholic Relief Services shot and killed in the #Amhara region of #Ethiopia. https://www.crs.org/media-center/news-release/catholic-relief-services-mourns-loss-two-staff-killed-ethiopia
Remarkable Ethiopian #jazz pianist and nun Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou has died at the age of 99.
"She will remain in death as much as in life a figure of beautiful contradictions. Her legacy as a female instrumentalist, a religious composer of secular music and an ascetic who created work of astounding beauty requires of fans to listen for nuance."
She lived for decades in a convent in Jerusalem.
Here's an appreciation via @TheConversationAfrica:
https://theconversation.com/the-astonishing-life-and-music-of-emahoy-tsegue-maryam-guebrou-the-ethiopian-nun-whos-died-at-99-202853
#Ethiopia #Music
A total of 33.5 million people across #Ethiopia, #Kenya, and #Somalia don't have enough safe drinking water. The hungriest people here are also the thirstiest.
One in five people in East #Africa don't have safe water to drink.
#WorldWaterDay
East Africa hunger crisis: America | Oxfam
https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/emergencies/east-africa-hunger-crisis/
What represents a forest? Is it five trees? Five hundred trees? Could it be a degraded site, or does the forest have to be beautiful to justify conserving it? Watch “The Church Forests of Ethiopia,” by Jeremy Seifert.
https://emergencemagazine.org/film/the-church-forests-of-ethiopia/
#InternationalDayOfForests #Forests #Ethiopia
US determines all sides in #Ethiopia Tigray conflict committed war crimes, says Secretary of State Blinken.