Addis Ababa University (AAU) was established in 1950 as the University College of Addis Ababa and is the oldest and the largest higher learning and research institution in Ethiopia. Since inception, the University has been the leading center in teaching-learning, research and community services.
AAU currently has 48,673 students, including 33,940 undergraduate, 13,000 graduate and 1733 PhD students, and 6043 staff, including 2,408 academics and 3,635 support staff. In its 14 campuses, the University runs 70 undergraduate and 293 graduate programs, including 72 PhD and 221 Masters, and various specializations in Health Sciences. Over 222,000 students have graduated from AAU since its establishment.
In recent years, the University has been undertaking various reform schemes in order to cope with and respond to the fast changing national and international educational dynamics. At present the University has 10 colleges, 4 institutes that run both teaching and research, and 6 research institutes that predominantly conduct research. Within these academic units, there are 55 departments, 12 centers, 12 schools, and 2 teaching hospitals.
Ethiopia’s protected areas conserve almost 10% of the country, but new research has found that people living near nature reserves may be more likely to go hungry.
An Ethiopian passport holder’s annual residence permit issued by Lebanon.
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Legal ways to make a decent life inside and outside Ethiopia should be increased.
The blind beetle species Anophthalmus hitleri, named for Adolf Hitler.
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The climate ‘flickered’ between wet and dry, before finally drying out for good.
Learners in a school for about 5,000 children in Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp in Ethiopia’s Gambela region in 2019.
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Governments coming to power riding a wave of youth protests can employ authoritarian tactics to silence dissent from the same movements.
Ethiopian migrants stranded in Saudi Arabia arrive at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2021.
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Ethiopian history shows that the demands of its young people can’t go unaddressed for long.
National Election Board of Ethiopia personnel patrol a warehouse stacked high with boxes of polling kits in Addis Ababa in October 2020.
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Los estudios sobre la alimentación en Etiopía revelan que impulsar la demanda de alimentos en condiciones por parte de los consumidores es fundamental para detener los millones de muertes y enfermedades causadas por patógenos transmitidos por la comida en todo el continente.
Most food systems in Africa are informal and unregulated
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Food safety studies in Ethiopia reveal that unlocking consumer demand for safe food is critical to stopping the millions of deaths and illnesses from foodborne pathogens across the continent.
Global evidence suggests that alcohol advertisements increase adolescents’ favourable attitudes towards drinking.
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There’s been significant advances in mental health genetics research, but Africa has largely been excluded.
Solar radiation management involves spraying tiny reflective particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect away some of the energy from the sun
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South Africa considers itself to be playing a key role in promoting the ‘African Agenda’ in continental and world affairs. But perceptions in the rest of Africa tell a different story.
L'intervention du mécène américain Bill Gates lors de la 21ᵉ conférence internationale sur le sida, organisée à Durban (Afrique du Sud) en juillet 2016.
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Cinq sommités de différentes universités en Afrique questionnent le milliardaire américain sur la lutte contre le sida sur ce continent. On apprend autant de leurs questions que de ses réponses.
Philanthropist Bill Gates addresses delegates at the 2016 Aids Conference in Durban.
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Bill Gates, who has been identified as the world’s most significant donor in the fight against AIDS, shares his thoughts on the pandemic with Africa’s most prominent HIV/AIDS academics.