An open letter by Dr. Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher

In an open letter, former Director-General of the Environmental Protection Authority of Ethiopia and the spokesperson of the Like-Minded Group (Group of 77 & China) at the Montreal and Cartagena biosafety talks, Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, urges the government to…

Following public outcry, the government clarifies its stance on GMOs. Experts say the intention is to distract public attention.  The Ethiopian government has denied approving the commercial cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) other than two Bt cotton varieties. An…
Prize-winning images

Here are images by an Ethiopian photojournalist Mulugeta Ayene that won a prize in the world’s most prestigious photojournalism awards. Mulugeta’s series of images of grieving families at the site of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302, near Addis…