Word: ethiopia
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...East, with Kuwait coming in second for the region and Yemen - which has closed just 47% of its gender gap - coming in last at #130 overall. Only two African countries are in the top 20, Lesotho #16 and Mozambique #18; big drops in ranks were seen in Zambia, Angola, Ethiopia, Benin and Chad...
...lightweight program.In the academic arena, it’s more of the same. This time last year, she was not able to compete at the Head of the Charles. But it was not injury, fatigue, or a test that precluded her involvement. She was 4000 miles away, in Ethiopia, excavating at the site of the “Lucy” skeleton—the key discovery in the search for the “missing link.”After she returned from her semester abroad, she hit the water stroking. The senior has not missed a beat...
What can a college student in Africa do to help your cause? Zelalem Dawit ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA...
...course, dorm and House televisions across campus were tuned in. While this contest will be the first time that most undergraduates can vote in a presidential election, some students said that they have never witnessed a fair election period. Before the candidates took the podiums, a student from Ethiopia, Ammanuel G. Gebeyehu ’12, explained, “I actually want to know how these people handle pressure. I’ve never seen democracy before.” Even though he won’t be able to vote on Nov. 4, Gebeyehu is serving...
...Oxfam and the London-based think tank Overseas Development Institute are critical of traditional food aid programs because they depend so heavily on western agricultural producers, such as the U.S. and Europe, and fail to help farmers in poor countries. When a crisis hits, as it did in Ethiopia this summer, the WFP typically asks governments to donate millions in emergency funds to feed people. That help comes either in food supplies or in cash, which the organization then uses to buy huge quantities of rice, maize and other staples from large-scale distributors. Aside from disasters like famines...