Ethiopia

other siblings were waiting for our arrival. I was born and raised in the Southern part of Ethiopia in a remote village. I came from a community of undereducated farmers where there was no opportunity for education. At the age of three, my parents with my three siblings immigrated to the United States. I was left behind with my grandmother in a small village in Ethiopia. My parents abandoned me in Ethiopia without telling me where they were going. At the time, I was too naive to understand their…

before Eritrea merely broke away from Ethiopia. Ethiopia annexed Eritrea in the late 1960s. Long story short, those nations started to fight over land and sea. They had ongoing border fights for about 30 years until a major war broke out in 1998 which lasted 2 years. In May, 1991, Eritrea had gained its independence from Ethiopia; however, the fight didn't stop there. In May of 2000, Eritrea was officially separated from Ethiopia. Since then, Eritrea and Ethiopia government haven't reunited…

at the intersection of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Djibouti is located in Northeastern Africa, also known as the Horn of Africa. The surrounding countries include Eritrea to the north, Somalia to the east, and Ethiopia to the west and south. Personally when I read that Ethiopia was a surrounding country the first thought that came into my mind about Djibouti was poverty. This may be wrong and false…

white children benefit from generational wealth. Also white Americans benefited from the free labor black slaves provided. My family line came from Ethiopia and is not affected much from American history, but my dad had to face troubles to come to America and face injustice when he came. My father was abandoned by his father when he was born in Ethiopia. His mother could not afford to take of him, so she sent him to live with his grandfather. My father’s grandfather died when he was 12 years…

A well-developed country such as United States of America has carbon emissions of twenty tons per average American person, which is way higher than a person living in Ethiopia. For instance, to support my lifestyle, it takes twenty-four global acres of the Earth’s productive area and twenty-four tons of carbon emissions. On the other hand, to support lifestyle of an average Ethiopian person it takes less than one ton of carbon emissions. The lifestyle of the Ethiopian citizens is mostly based…

Somalia Geography Somalia is located in eastern Africa. It has three countries that border it. Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. The capital is Mogadishu. The absolute location is 2.0333 N, 45.3500 E. The Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden are the two bodies of water that surround it. Somalia is a small country, they don’t have many major landmarks. But there is a place called Lag Badana National Park. It’s located in Badhaadhe, Somalia. It is located on the far southern coast. The tallest mountain…

CHAPTER THREE 3. Materials and methods 3.1 Description of the study area 3.1.1 Location Dire Dawa is one of the two chartered cities in Ethiopia (the other being the capital, Addis Ababa). The administrative council consists of the city of Dire Dawa and the surrounding rural areas. The council has no administrative zones but one woreda - Gurgura woreda. There are 4 Keftegnas, 24 urban kebeles and 28 rural peasants associations. It is found at a road distance of 515 km from Addis Ababa. Dire Dawa…

In a world full of hate and mass killings, one region in particular seems to excel at doing dastardly deeds. This region would be African and Arabic countries. Somalia and Rwanda are two countries that stand out in particular due to the recent turmoil. The Rwandan genocide is an example of one ethnic group slaughtering another. This is similar to another lesser known, but longer lasting genocide called the Somali Genocide. The Somali genocide started as clan warfare after the fall of Siyad Barre…

pertaining to its structure, civilizations, and religion influence of other great civilizations. The Nile River The Nile River is said to derive from two main sources. The Blue Nile starts from a spring 5,000 feet above sea level, near Lake Tana in Ethiopia highlands. The river flows through the lake, runs through rapids, then drops into a deep canyon, and then through the Sudan to seam with White Nile in Khartoum. Also unlike most rivers the Nile River flows from…

During Europe’s Scramble for Africa during 1884-1885, various European countries assembled at the Berlin Conference in Berlin to discuss the borders and territories of Africa each country would take. The Europeans usually gave the leaders of these territories contracts to sign and sum of money in order to gain consent, but the sums of money were usually not as reasonable as thought by the Europeans and the contracts This resulted in varied reactions from African leaders and people themselves.…