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‘The rulers in Showa [Borana pastoralists term for people in the capital Addis] love consuming meat but do not recognize where it comes from and how their actions [policies/regulations] impact pastoralists’ (A livestock trader in Dubluq livestock market in Borana). By Masresha Taye – Gayo @Masresha09 Addis Abeba, December 16/2020 – On the …

Getachew T. Alemu, (@NapsterE), For Addis Standard  Addis Abeba, March 18/2020 – The world is shocked with the spread of a new strain of Coronavirus, now called COVID-19, which is categorized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global pandemic. The virus is spreading so fast that countries are …

Asress Adimi Gikay (PhD), For Addis Standard  The Poor and Mark Zuckerberg Addis Abeba, November 07/2019 – Libra, which is Mark Zuckerberg’s foray into the burgeoning cryptocurrency market, seeks to empower the so-called ‘unbanked’, identifying over a billion of them around the world (14 Million only in the US). Libra …