[Article] Three decades ago, the world looked in horror at images of dying famine victims in Ethiopia, as musicians led the giant global fundraising concert, Live Aid. Today, Ethiopia's northeastern Tigray region has changed, with ambitious irrigation projects turning arid land into valuable farmland.
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The city market in Mekelle, capital of Tigray in northern Ethiopia, is bustling. Wooden stalls are stocked with goods, fruits, and vegetables, and livestock wander the narrow pathways.Grain seller Tekie Hagos does good business here now, but he remembers walking through these same streets as a young...
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