Ethiopian parents try to level out the life chances least-advantaged children affected by early life shocks such as famine and low rainfall levels by investing more in their education. Ethiopian ...

Growing up in Ethiopia, Meti Birabiro saw life in the quick and the raw. Her memoir, "Blue Daughter of the Red Sea," published in August, a year after she graduated from UC Berkeley, describes the ...

A month ago, Yonas, a student I have cherished since my time at Jimma University, asked me to write a recommendation letter ...