Year: 2022
- Africa
News: Amid spread of outbreaks UN agencies, Ethiopia kick off countrywide measles vaccination targeting more than 15 m children
Two-year-old Nunu gets vaccinated for measles in Haik town, Amhara region. Picture & info: UNICEF Ethiopia Addis Abeba – UN agencies, the Ethiopian authorities and other partners kicked off on Friday, a nationwide integrated measles vaccination campaign targeting more than 15 million children. Recent reports in Ethiopia show measles outbreaks spreading especially in IDP sites and areas affected by the ongoing…
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News: Ethiopia loses second attempt to defund resources for UN rights experts
Millions are displaced in the Tigray region over the course of the two year war. Photo: MSF Addis Abeba – Ethiopia’s draft resolution requesting the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly to not approve any resources for the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) was defeated on Friday by a vote of 71 against 32 in…
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News: Kenyan General leads joint Ethiopia peace monitoring mission as U.S. hails positive step
Addis Abeba – Maj. Gen. Stephen Radina from Kenya will be leading the long-awaited African Union Monitoring, Verification and Compliance Mechanism (AU-MVCM) that was officially launched in Mekelle, the capital city of Tigray regional state on Thursday 29 December. The US State department hailed the decision as “another important step toward securing lasting peace for the people of northern Ethiopia”…
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News: Ministry says January will bring an end to chronic shortage in sugar supply
Officials of the Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration said the shortage of sugar will be over from January 2023. Picture: Ministry Addis Abeba – The federal Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration said January 2023 will bring an end to chronic sugar supply-demand shortage that affected millions, including in the capital Addis Abeba. The Ministry said the supply will…
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News: Members of Ethiopian Federal Police deployed in Mekelle to guard federal institutions, installations
Picture: Federal Police Addis Abeba – Ethiopian Federal Police said its members were deployed in Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray regional state and commenced its constitutional mandate of girding federal institutions and installations. In a statement on Thursday evening, the federal police force said the deployment is based on the CoHA agreement signed between Ethiopian government and the Tigrayan…
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Feature: Lommi Projects-Ethiopia’s first medical crowdfunding aspires to perform 20,000 life changing surgeries in five years
“50 lemons are a burden for one person, a jewel for fifty people” By Natnael Fite @NatieFit Addis Ababa – Millions around the world continue to suffer, up to death, without access to health services for multiple reasons. This situation is worse in low-income countries, such as Ethiopia. Patients, especially those living in rural areas, are not getting the treatment…
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News: Ethiopia Rights Commission condemns arrest of underage students by police following recent violence in Addis Abeba schools
Picture posted by city police showing school property destruction due to clashes last week. Photo: Addis Abeba Police Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has condemned the arrest of underage students in connection to the violence that rocked primary and secondary schools in Addis Abeba City administration over the past weeks. Since early December, several schools in…
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Analysis: Emotions burst as Tigrayan families disconnected by blockade meet loved ones in Mekelle
Scenes from family reunions in Mekelle. Pictures: Screenshot collective/Tigray TV Addis Abeba – Scenes of ululations, tight hugs and kisses, prayers, tears and gasps. These were emotions visibly displayed when civilian passengers on board Ethiopian Airlines’ first commercial flight in over two years landed in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray regional state, on Wednesday 28 December. The flight landed at…
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News: Oromia police detain 11 suspects after grenade attack kills one, injures seven in Adama
Adama City. Picture: Personal blog/Social Media By Getahun Legesse @Birmaduu2 Addis Ababa – Adama City police department says one person was killed and seven more people were injured in a grenade attack in a bar in Adama City, in East Shewa Zone of Oromia regional stat on evening of 27 December. A police officer from the city’s police department told…
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News: Ethiopia army chief leads delegation to Türkiye, meet counterpart, tours defense tech industries
Addis Abeba – A delegation led by Field Marshal Berhanu Jula, Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), is visiting Türkiye where he met and discussed with his counterpart, Yaşar Güler, Chief of the General Staff of the Türkish Armed Forces, at the latter’s office, according to the ENDF. The delegation is in Türkiye on an…
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