Refugee camps in Ethiopia need to be made more liveable. Creating wetlands to provide greenery, absorb flash floods and ...

With more than one million registered refugees, Ethiopia is the third-largest refugee-hosting country on the African continent. The Government of Ethiopia continues to provide access to asylum seekers ...

PBS NewsHour special correspondent Willem Marx and videographer Edward Kiernan traveled across Ethiopia to understand the ...

In Taiwan, the Xinhai human-made wetland purifies water and prevents floods. Research has already found that in Ethiopia, capturing rainwater reduces the amount of stormwater that can cause floods.

In Ethiopia’s Konso Zone, ancient terraces are more than just a tradition. They slow down floodwaters, trap soil, and store rain — protecting farms and feeding communities in a changing climate.

Flood farming involves diverting seasonal floodwater ... In Tishimale village, Konso, Ethiopia, a hand-dug canal channels seasonal floodwaters to irrigate fields. Image by Solomon Yimer.

Before he was a rebel, Asres Mare Damte was a lawyer. Today he fights for the Fano, a loose collection of groups taking on Ethiopia’s military in one of its most populous and powerful regions.

During recent visits to Ethiopia's Afar region and Maiduguri in ... In Afar, where drought and floods are common, only seven of 30 UNICEF-supported mobile health units remain operational due ...

“In Afar, a region that is prone to recurrent drought and floods, I visited a mobile health ... for the nearly an estimated 74,500 children in Ethiopia who require treatment each month.

In Somalia, over two million people were displaced within the country, with severe drought followed by catastrophic flooding and heavy rains in 2023. This was similarly felt in neighbouring countries ...

In an Ethiopia emergency shelter cluster update ... parts of the country even as some parts are recovering from seasonal floods in October and November," the report said. During the course of ...