Ethiopia's Aid Reckoning Demands a Homegrown Rescue Plan
Federal legislators recently summoned Shiferaw Teklemariam (PhD), head of the Disaster Risk Management Commission (DRMC), to explain a new bill designed to streamline the country's response to emergencies. A defining part of the bill is the introduction of a national fund, financed through 17 distinct ways, that promises to boost the country's capacity to withstand disasters, including drought, floods and locust swarms.
Shiferaw, appearing before members of Parliament's Standing Committee for International Relations & Peace Affairs, defended the bill as a means of preserving "dignity, i...