Social Affairs
- May 23, 2023
#ASDailyScoop: More than 160 persons with disabilities submit complaint to Rights Commission on rights violation, demolition of commercial houses by Addis city
Photo: EHRC Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said today that it has received the complaints of…
Read More » - May 22, 2023
#ASDailyScoop: State owned utility suffers more than 23 m birr in loss due to theft, wanton destruction of electric infrastructure
Part of the stolen electric wire in the Kombolcha – Desse transmission line theft in February this year. Photo: EEU…
Read More » - May 19, 2023
Viewpoint: Women issues in Ethiopia in the digital age
Illustration of a woman on her mobile phone (Mathias Samuel/Addis Standard) By Dawie Tola Introduction The challenges women and girls…
Read More » - May 15, 2023
Analysis: Farmers endure market sabotage, inflation and price disorientation as government wheat export story takes news headlines by storm
A-farmer inspecting his wheat crop in Assasa-Ardaita area, Oromia ©Addis-Standard By Getahun Legesse @Birmaduu2 Bale, Robe (Oromia)– For outside onlookers,…
Read More » - May 11, 2023
News: More than 18, 000 displaced people arrive in Metema feeling violence in Sudan; first arrivals cross into Gambella
Civilians arriving in Ethiopia after fleeing violence in Sudan. Photo: UNOCHA Addis Abeba – The number of people fleeing from…
Read More » - May 11, 2023
Rejoinder: Opposition to gene-edited teff unfounded, misleading
Researchers [in Bishoftu] are working to develop new teff varieties with favorable characteristics. Here they compare the seeds of new…
Read More » - May 10, 2023
News: Orthodox Patriarch cautions challenges in Oromia, Tigray “going beyond Church”, becoming people’s
His Holiness Abuna Mathias. Photo: EOTC Broadcasting Service Agency Addis Abeba – His Holiness Abuna Mathias, Patriarch of the Ethiopian…
Read More » - May 10, 2023
News: Aid suspension persists despite reports of hunger, deaths by officials and residents in Tigray
Six people have reportedly died of hunger last week in one Kebele alone By Mihret G Kristos @MercyG_kirstos Addis Ababa…
Read More » - May 9, 2023
News: Ethiopia ends import of diesel-powered water pumps in favor of solar, other green energy options
Solar pump installation at Malima Bari peasant association of Bora district, East Shoa zone ( Photo Credit: ILRI\ Amenti Chali)…
Read More » - April 26, 2023
News: Foreign nationals from 23 countries who flee violence in Sudan arrive in West Gonder, Amhara region
West Gonder Zone administration said the arrivals include women, children and the vulnerable. Photo: West Gonder Zone Addis Abeba –…
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