What To Read NextParis - A cradle of mankind, modern-day Ethiopia is riven by ethnic tensions, gripped by anti-government rebellions and now under a state of emergency. With a population of around 102 million people in 2016, according to the World Bank, Ethiopia counts more than 80 ethnicities. Ethiopia is a federal state with considerable autonomy granted to regions and most power held by the prime minister. In the past two decades, Ethiopia has quadrupled its primary education rate, halved infant mortality and doubled accessibility to drinking water. But Ethiopia is on its way to registering its fourth consecutive year of drought, which hits its nomadic farmers in particular.

Source: Ethiopian News March 07, 2018 10:18 UTC