Ethiopia

Ahmed Ali, the day after his cataract surgery. He has just had the bandages removed from his eyes and can see again. Ali, 75, was blind for 5 years.

The Miracle Of Cataract Surgery: The Blind Can See Again

4:00pm February 22, 2018

by Jason Beaubien

Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness globally. But a quick surgery and a $4 plastic lens can restore sight. A group from Vermont is offering free surgery in Africa and Asia.

Ethiopian lawmakers voted to ban overseas adoptions, amid concerns about mistreatment of children.

World News

Ethiopian Lawmakers Vote To Ban Foreign Adoptions

6:33pm January 10, 2018

by Amy Held

The 2011 death of a girl adopted from Ethiopia by U.S. parents seems to have spurred the decision.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said the goal of the prisoner release and prison shutdown is to "foster national reconciliation."

World News

Ethiopia Says It Will Free All Of Its Political Prisoners

10:48pm January 03, 2018

It's a turnaround for a government that has cracked down on dissent — and had not even admitted that it held political prisoners. The prime minister said a notorious prison would be closed.

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The modest proposal: Keep your daughter in school for two years and don't marry her off and you'll get a goat or two chickens. The animals pictured above live in Ethiopia, where the strategy to stop child marriage was tested.

Health & Safety

How Chickens And Goats Are Helping To Stop Child Marriage

3:13pm December 03, 2017

by Maanvi Singh

A program in Ethiopia promises a farmyard incentive to families that don't marry off an underage daughter.

Coffee is thought to have originated in Ethiopia. Coffea arabica, or coffee Arabica, the species that produces most of the world's coffee is indigenous to the country.

Ethiopia's Coffee Farmers Are 'On The Front Lines Of Climate Change'

8:17pm June 19, 2017

by Courtney Columbus

A new study says that Ethiopia could lose more than 50 percent of its coffee growing regions to climate change. But, higher altitude areas could become more suitable for coffee in the coming decades.

A girl in a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

'Who Threatens You?' Researchers Asked Teen Girls Affected By Conflict

11:35am June 02, 2017

by Courtney Columbus

Concern usually focuses on soldiers and other armed personnel. But a survey of nearly 1,300 girls in sub-Saharan Africa revealed a different perspective.

Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, center, after his speech to delegates at the World Health Assembly on May 23 in Geneva.

World Health Organization Elects First Director-General From Africa

11:16pm May 23, 2017

by Jason Beaubien

The new leader, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia, will be expected to reform the bureaucratic agency and deal with the world's growing health problems.

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This is a vertebrae of the Selam skeleton.

3.3 Million-Year-Old Fossil Sheds Light On How The Spine Evolved

6:58pm May 23, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

It's hard evidence that the type of spinal segmentation and numbering found in modern humans emerged 3.3 million years ago, the scientists say. The remarkable fossil was discovered in Ethiopia.

Police officers secure the perimeter at the scene of a garbage landslide, as excavators aid rescue efforts on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital city, Addis Ababa, on Sunday.

World News

Dozens Dead Or Missing In Landslide At Ethiopian Garbage Dump

11:25am March 13, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

People at the Koshe Garbage Landfill at the time of the collapse included scavengers looking for items to sell and people who rented homes at the site. More than 60 people are said to have died.

Science

Ants of Ethiopia: Invasion from Within

1:02pm December 09, 2016

by Shawn Fitzmaurice

SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth C

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