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Haderu Gebray’s pending marriage at 15 years was illegal and it drew widespread condemnation on social media. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw Abraham Gelaw   Kola Tembein, Tigray, September 19/2019 - Earlier this year, Haderu Gebray, 15, and her parents were arrested for planning

Addis Standard staffs Borana/Oromia, September 11/2019 - A livestock insurance product aimed at protecting pastoralists against calamity from drought made a payout to close to 3,000 Borana pastoralists following the extremely poor rains this year. Referred to as the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI), it is an

Cover Photo: "IFAD/WB supported Pastoral Community Development Program (PCDP III) – Human and Animal Health Post. *FAO Archives Addis Abeba, September 06/2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is providing immediate livestock protection assistance to drought-affected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities