In Ethiopia, the German aid organisation GIZ successfully advocated this model in the early 2000s and provided technical support to pilot it. As a result, Ethiopia rolled out one of the largest ...

Ethiopia is funding the largest social housing project in Africa - so why do some families wish they could stay in the slums? ADDIS ABABA, Oct 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On weekday mornings ...

DOLLO ADO, Ethiopia, April 8 (UNHCR) - Life in a tent in this refugee camp used to spell sleepless nights and fraught days for 33-year-old Mako and her six children. "I could not sleep at night," the ...

The Ethiopia HoA-GW4R Project is helping rural communities gain better access to safe groundwater, starting with the Adami Tesso and Kumato water supply system, which now reaches over 24,000 people.

The extraordinary rate of urban growth in developing countries causes expansion of cities towards their outskirts resulting in work space insufficiency and unsuitableness to microenterprises. However, ...

The shortage of adequate housing in cities is an issue around the globe, particularly among developing countries that are rapidly urbanising. The United Nations estimates that more than one billion ...

ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On weekday mornings traffic on the road northeast from Jemo into the center of Addis Ababa grinds to a near standstill, as taxis, minibuses and tuk-tuks ...