Year: 2021
- Africa
News: Some 2.4 m people in need of aid in Somali Region: UN
Qoloji IDP camp in Somali region. Picture: Somali Region News Addis Abeba, August 17/2021 – The UN country team in Ethiopia said some 2.4 million people are in need of aid in Somali regional state. The report came amid reports of rising malnutrition and impending water shortage in the region. The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Ethiopia (RC/HC), Dr.…
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News: IOM Says USD 27 Million Urgently Needed for Shelter Help in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
A school-turned-IDP site in Shire in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region hosts thousands of internally displaced persons. Photo: IOM/Kaye Viray Addis Ababa, August 17, 2021 – The Ethiopia Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Item (ES/NFI) Cluster led by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today USD 27 million is urgently needed to continue providing emergency shelter and other assistance for those internally displaced in Tigray. An estimated 5 million…
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Travel: In a hidden tourism Gem just outside of capital, locals seek development
Photo: Outdoor Ethiopia By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, August 16/2021 – Named after the Oromo tribe that inhabit the area, Suba-Menagesha Forest serves as the perfect weekend getaway for hikers and visitors from the nearby capital of Addis Ababa. The forest, consisting of both natural and planted sections, covers an area of 9,248 hectares of the Oromia region Finfinnee…
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News Analysis: Amhara Region Says it is engaged militarily on multiple fronts against the TPLF
Gizachew Muluneh, Amhara Regional Communication Bureau Head. Photo: Amhara Communication Bureau By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba. August 16, 2021. The Amhara Regional Communication Bureau released a press briefing on current affairs mainly focusing on TPLF and the ongoing conflict in the Amhara region. Gizachew Muluneh the head of Amhara regional communication bureau briefed local reporters that the regional government…
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News: OCHA highlights challenges facing the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, says food aid delivered to 54,000 malnourished children
A child is screened for malnutrition at a health centre in Tigray, Ethiopia. Photo: UNICEF/Mulugeta Ayene By Addis Standard Staff Click here to download the full report Addis Abeba, August 14/2021 – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in an update to its weekly update on the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region, complaint about shortage…
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News Update: Despite widespread controversy on social media, Abduljebar Hussien’s brother says no visible injury on his body when he was found
The Late Abduljebar Hussien By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, August 13/2021– Conflicting reports surrounding the death of Abduljebir Hussien, a member of the Oromo Political Prisoners Defense Team and the lawyer of major political figures were circulating on social media platforms. In Addis Standard’s earlier report, A close friend of Abduljebir, Mohamed Jimma told Addis standard that Abdulijeber was…
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News Analysis: Fed. gov’t denounces alliance between OLA, TPLF, calls it ‘an unusual marriage’
Billene Seyoum, Press Secretary at the office Prime Minister. Photo: Screenshot By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, August 13/2021 – The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) announced that it has forged a military alliance with forces loyal to Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). In an interview with The Associated Press, the commander of the OLA, Kumsa Diriba, also known as Jaal…
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News Analysis: As the conflict expand in Amhara region, major cities in the region enforce curfews limiting vehicles, human movements
A street in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara regional state. Photo: ENA By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 13/2021 – The administrations of multiple major cities in the Amhara regional state issued corresponding statements on current affairs and enforcing curfews on vehicles as well as human movements. Authorities in Amhara regional state have imposed an indefinite night curfews…
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Analysis: As Covid-19 centers prepare for worst scenarios, MoH complains of shortage of equipment, warns public against ignoring prevention guidelines
Lia Tadesse, Minister of Health. Photo: Personal Social Media By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 13/2021 – Ministry of Health (MoH) previously said that studies and research were underway to investigate the emergence of the COVID Delta variant in Ethiopia. While briefing journalists on July 13, 2021 regarding the spread of the new COVID- 19 Delta variant, Health Minister…
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News: U.S. Special Envoy for Horn of Africa returns to Ethiopia
Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia and U.S. special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, in May this year. Picture WALTA Addis Abeba August 13/2021 – The U.S. State Department said in a statement that U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, will travel to Djibouti, Ethiopia, and the United Arab…
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