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This story was produced with the funding support of the Pulitzer Center. WEST TURKANA, KENYA—By late morning along Kaito beach on the western banks of Lake Turkana, the heat beating down from the sun is already deadly hot. A cluster of villagers, mostly women, flock around boats docked from an overnight fishing voyage. They’re engrossed […]
A flagship dam and large-scale sugarcane plantations in southwestern Ethiopia are causing starvation and disease among several Indigenous groups driven off their land by the projects, according to a report by the Oakland Institute, a California-based think tank. Construction of the Gilgel Gibe III dam on the Omo River began in 2006. The intention was […]
2merkato provides business information for investors, suppliers, buyers, traders who are engaged or want to engage in business activities in Ethiopia.
2merkato provides business information for investors, suppliers, buyers, traders who are engaged or want to engage in business activities in Ethiopia.
Edward DeMarco’s new book examines the challenges for indigenous peoples faced with the introduction of large-scale food production methods in southern Ethiopia.