Every September 11—as the rains retreat and the earth drinks its final drops—the golden petals of the Meskel flower are blooming across Ethiopia. They blanket the highlands in yellow brilliance, a ...

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Pictures of emaciated children dying in their mothers’ arms during Ethiopia’s famine in 1985 cemented the country’s image as a barren land where nothing grows. But just 30 ...

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International flower companies are fleeing Ethiopia because of a worsening conflict in the northwestern Amhara region, a key flower-growing hub, dealing a blow to one of the country’s major exports.

The flower exporters are then required to pay for cargo services at Ethiopian Airlines in accordance after buying dollars from the bank at the selling rate of 21.4055 on the same day. Flower exporters ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – A Dutch company says protesters in Ethiopia are torching flower farms as they target businesses with links to the government. Flowers are one of the country's top exports. The ...

In the past year, several European flower businesses have witnessed their farms being looted and burned amid little protection from the state, compelling many to suspend their operations in Ethiopia’s ...

A recent spell of inclement weather in some of the main horticultural areas proved devastating for Ethiopia’s Valentine’s Day flower exports. A recent spell of inclement weather in some of the main ...

Insufficient tax incentives and high cost of transportation is seeing Kenya's flower industry lose out to Ethiopia as the region's leading exporter of the commodity. While there have been very few ...

Pictures of emaciated children dying in their mothers' arms during Ethiopia's famine in 1985 cemented the country's image as a barren land where nothing grows. But just 30 minutes south of the capital ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Income from Ethiopia's flower exports will more than double to $150 million this year, but future expansion may be hit by the global financial crisis, the head of a private ...