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News Alert: African Development Fund approves $165 m grant for Ethiopia’s national COVID-19 emergency response
Addis Abeba, July 03/2020 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on 3 July approved a grant of $165.08 million to support Ethiopia’s response to the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including helping to ease fiscal pressures on the economy, ADF said in …
Viewpoint: The ‘Forgotten Tribe’: Persons with disabilities in Ethiopia and the state’s response to COVID-19
Dagnachew B. Wakene @DagWakene A person with visual impairment residing in Dire Dawa – Ethiopia’s second largest city in the Eastern part of the country – was recently reported to have set himself on fire in broad daylight and in public, apparently attempting to take his own life. His …
News: Ethiopia’s humanitarian support requirement revised to US$ 1.65 b targeting 16 m people, more than double the appeal in Jan.
US$ 1.65 billion required to address COVID-19 and other humanitarian needs of 16.5 million people, up from the US$1 billion appeal made in January 2020 targeting 7 million people. With just $288.3 million international contribution thus far, the revised requirement faces an urgent gap of $1.36 billion. Some critical, life-saving sectors …
