El Nino and War Are Driving Aid Agencies to the Brink

By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Dec 31, 2015 Governments must act immediately to end conflicts and counter the impact of climate disruption to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe affecting millions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

On Green Energy, Ethiopia Leaves U.S. in the Dust

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 28, 2015 During President Obama's visit, the American press has focused on poverty, terrorism and other ills in the African country. But Ethiopia is getting something right that we are getting badly wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Slams Republican Candidates’ ‘Lack of Decorum’

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 28, 2015 Breaking with diplomatic protocol, the president lashed out at Republican presidential candidates including Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz during an official visit to Ethiopia. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ethiopians ‘Tortured, Oppressed and Silenced’ Into Surrendering Land to Foreign Investors

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 16, 2015 First-person testimony published Tuesday tallies the human cost of Ethiopia’s “villagization” program, in which tens of thousands of people have been forced from their ancestral homes to make way for large-scale commercial agriculture. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Here Are 5 Countries Where Solar Power Is Making a Revolution

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 20, 2014 Ironically, developing countries of the global south who don’t have enough electricity can leapfrog conventional power and go straight to solar and wind. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Big Green Energy Is Remaking Africa and Asia

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 11, 2014 A significant part of the population of Africa and Asia at present has no access to electricity, and in some countries those deprived amount to as much as 80 percent of the population. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change Adds to East Africa’s Food Plight

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Dec 20, 2013 Climate change poses a serious threat to farming in East Africa, a region that depends on agriculture and whose population is growing very fast. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ethiopia’s Becoming More Homophobic As We Speak

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2013 While conditions are improving in many places for the LGBT community, Ethiopia is treating gays like terrorists; a Christian education curriculum convinces children universal health care is ungodly; meanwhile, a Microsoft researcher tells parents to stop worrying about their kids' social media habits. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ethiopian Strongman Zenawi Dies

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 21, 2012 Meles Zenawi, iron-fisted prime minister of Ethiopia for 21 years and a key ally in the U.S. war on terror, died Monday of an undisclosed illness. He was 57. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Colleges Get In on African Land Grabs

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2011 American universities are reportedly using endowment funds to buy and lease vast tracts of African farmland, often for piddling prices, in deals that will reward foreign investors handsomely while separating tens of thousands from their homes and farms and providing little or none of the economic benefits promised them, California researchers say. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

International Help

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90 Feared Dead in Lebanon Plane Crash

Staff / Truthdig Jan 25, 2010 An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 passengers and crew crashed off the coast of Lebanon on Monday. The aircraft, which took off in a severe storm, was seen on fire before it went down. The cause of the crash is officially unknown, but Lebanese officials discounted the possibility of sabotage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )