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News: UNICEF says 100 children dead as result of conflict in Afar region; estimates 160,000 live in famine like conditions in Tigray
Women in waiting room at one of UNICEF offices in Ethiopia. Photo: UNICEF Addis Abeba, August 09/2021 – “UNICEF is extremely…
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News Analysis: USAID chief wraps up visit with calls to end hostilities; remembers start of Tigray conflict as “grim day”
Samantha Power, USAID Administrator. By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, August 05/2021 – USAID administrator Samantha Power finalized a day-long…
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News alert: Sec. Blinken, PM Hamdok discuss expansion of armed confrontation, Eritrean troops re-entering Ethiopia
Readout Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to discuss shared concerns over…
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News: Fed government suspends operations of three humanitarian organizations
MSF Holland Office in Addis Abeba By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 04/2021- In a statement published on Ethiopia…
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News: US calls for restoration of status quo ante, an end to military conflicts as top official arrives in Ethiopia
Before traveling to Ethiopia, USAID Administrator Samantha Power visited the Um Rakuba camp in Eastern Sudan which hosts thousands of…
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News: “The pressure to open a corridor through western Tigray is unacceptable.” says NDRMC commissioner
Mitiku Kassa, National Disaster Risk Management Commissioner. Photo: ENA By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba, August 03/2021 -“The pressure to open…
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News update: Fed. court passes sentence on the three defendants in Hachalu Hundessa assassination trial
Hachalu Hundessa By Mahlet Fasil @MaheltFasil Addis Abeba, August 03, 2021 – The Federal High court Lideta branch anti- terrorism…
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News: UN special advisor on genocide expresses alarm over the worsening situation in different parts of Ethiopia
Alice Wairimu Nderitu, UN Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide. Photo: UN Addis Abeba, July 31/2021 – The Special…
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News: Light for the world in collaboration with local, International partners launches a Covid-19 related humanitarian response project
Project Launching Event. Photo: Light for the World By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, July 30/2021 – Light for the…
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News: US calls for urgent ceasefire without preconditions ahead of top official’s visit; Fed gov’t, Tigrayan forces exchange blame over aid blockade Into Tigray
World Food Program (WFP) convoy of 50 trucks arrived in Mekelle on July 12. Photo: WFP/ Photogallery By Bileh Jelan…
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