ACPA Executive Director Ali Sheikh translates for Mission Director
 USAID Ethiopia Mission Director Dennis Weller delivers the keynote address
women from Fafan Village in the Somali Regional State offer fresh camel milk
 and village elders sample the fresh camel milk
New Project Will Support up to 50,000 Smallholder Livestock Keepers April 25, 2013, Jijiga, Somali Region – As part of the U.S. President’s Feed the Future Initiative in Ethiopia, the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the Camel Milk Value Chain Development project at a festive ceremony in Fafan Village, Somali Region...
A local youth theater group performs a song about TB infection prevention.
A local theater group performs a skit about a patient with TB symptoms
Minister of Health, WHO Ethiopia; and USAID representataives watch a youth group
Leading up to the commemoration of World TB Day on March 24, Minister of Health Dr. Kesetebirhan Admasu and Elise Jensen of the USAID Ethiopia health office, along with other partners, provided the opening remarks today for the 8th TB Research Annual Conference, “Evidence-Based Action: Strengthening Operational Research and Innovative Approaches for TB Control in Ethiopia...
USAID Ethiopia Deputy Mission Director Fraser addresses approximately 60 guests.
April 18, 2013, Addis Ababa – The U.S. Government launched the African Alliance for Improved Food Processing in Ethiopia today, a new project that is designed to increase the quality and competitiveness of the Ethiopian food processing sector and to expand the availability of affordable and nutritious foods. This project will offer customized technical assistance to 20...
Lephis Tourism Cooperative Members guide horses across bridges in Lephis Forest
Marabou storks on Lake Ziway
Lephis Waterfall
Officials at the Ziway launch ceremony.
Ziway, Oromia – Two new U.S. Government supported tourism destinations were inaugurated today in the Oromia Region.  Through the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Ethiopian Sustainable Tourism Alliance (ESTA) project with funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the new community-based tourism sites in Lephis and...
Assistant Administrator for Africa Earl Gast and AUC Deputy Chairperson Mwencha
Assistant Administrator Gast, AUC Deputy Chairperson Mwencha, and
ADDIS ABABA – On January 29, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for Africa Earl Gast and African Union Commission (AUC) Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha signed a letter clarifying joint implementation and future collaboration on the development of geothermal energy in East Africa.  The letter details the plan for geothermal...