Ethiopia Much earlier than expected: Stone Age "workshop" for hand axes discovered A hand ax made of obsidian © National Museum of Ethiopia At the earliest 500,000 years ago people are said to have started to specialize in specific activities instead of doing whatever came up within their group. A new discovery calls that into question. Originally, according to most scientists, early humans produced everything they needed to live in the same place for a long time. From school books,...
Dejen Mezgebe is standing in the office of the Tigray Independence Party, behind him a small partition with the party's logo, in the adjoining rooms there are deserted desks and empty bookshelves. It doesn't seem like many people have stopped by here in the past few months. "I was in the bush," says Dejen, referring to the civil war in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, which began in November 2020 and lasted almost two years. A fragile peace has...
Status: 01/13/2023 4:40 p.m War, poverty, hunger, drought, inflation: Ethiopia has to deal with many crises. And is looking for the help of the Federal Republic. Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock promised them - with a special message. Barbara Kostolnik, ARD Capital Studio Berlin, currently Addis Ababa Annalena Baerbock is standing in the Solino coffee roastery in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa - white hood, white coat, high temperatures, noisy machines. There will be beautiful pictures again. Too bad you can't...
Status: 01/13/2023 03:17 am Foreign Minister Baerbock is visiting Ethiopia for two days. Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine plays a major role in the visit to one of the poorest countries in the world - because the country is dependent on grain from the war zone. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of being responsible for the worsening food shortages worldwide in view of the hunger crisis in Ethiopia. "The Russian President uses grain, uses food...
Status: 01/12/2023 1:57 p.m Foreign Minister Baerbock and her French counterpart Colonna traveled to Ethiopia together. The aim is to advance the peace process in the East African country - and to fight hunger. Germany and France have offered Ethiopia increased cooperation after the peace agreement for the troubled region of Tigray. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who arrived in Ethiopia in the morning for a two-day visit, said it was important for Europe to "show its face quickly". The Green...
foreign policy Baerbock in Ethiopia: Putin exacerbates the food crisis Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her French counterpart Catherine Colonna (r) are shown through the grain storage facility of the UN World Food Program in Adama. photo © Michael Kappeler/dpa Foreign Minister Baerbock spent two days visiting Africa's second most populous country. Russia and China play a major role in the visit to one of the poorest countries in the world. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock accuses Russian President Vladimir...
Status: 01/12/2023 1:57 p.m Foreign Minister Baerbock and her French counterpart Colonna traveled to Ethiopia together. The aim is to advance the peace process in the East African country - and to fight hunger. Germany and France have offered Ethiopia increased cooperation after the peace agreement for the troubled region of Tigray. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who arrived in Ethiopia in the morning for a two-day visit, said it was important for Europe to "show its face quickly". The Green...
foreign policy Baerbock and Colonna offer Ethiopia close partnership Against the background of the food crisis, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made a two-day visit to Ethiopia. (icon image) photo © Carsten Koall/dpa Foreign Minister Baerbock spent two days visiting Africa's second most populous country. Russia and China play a major role in the visit to one of the poorest countries in the world. Germany and France have offered Ethiopia increased cooperation after the peace agreement for the troubled region...
foreign policy Baerbock in Ethiopia - grain, Russia and China subjects Against the background of the food crisis, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made a two-day visit to Ethiopia. (icon image) photo © Carsten Koall/dpa The Foreign Minister and her French counterpart's trip to the Horn of Africa is about the peace process in the country. The people there suffer from violence and food shortages. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) has begun a two-day visit to Ethiopia against the background...
foreign policy Goal of a closer partnership: Baerbock visits Ethiopia A girl from the Tigray region of Ethiopia displaced from her homeland in Sudan by the conflict. photo © Nariman El-Mofty/AP/dpa The Foreign Minister and her French counterpart's trip to the Horn of Africa is about the peace process in the country. The people there suffer from violence and food shortages. Germany and France want to strengthen cooperation with Ethiopia after the peace agreement for the troubled region of Tigray....
