Social Affairs
- 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…
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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 –…
Read More » - April 26, 2023
News: Human Rights Watch says companies “took no action” over gold mine pollution in Guji, urges gov’t to halt resumed mine operations
A 16-year-old boy collects water from a spring near Lega Dembi gold mine in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Addis…
Read More » - April 24, 2023
Feature: Father Rescues 12-Year-Old Son from Traffickers in Yemen
Kalifa and Rashid were among the hundreds of Ethiopian returnees who were assisted by IOM to safely return to their…
Read More » - April 22, 2023
News: Workers in the Hadiya zone protest against local administration for salary delay for three consecutive months
Addis Abeba – The government workers in 13 Weredas of the Hadiya zone and three city administrations have protested against…
Read More » - April 11, 2023
News: UNHCR relocates more than one thousand Somalia refugees newly arrived in Ethiopia
Brothers Noor Musae Noor (right) and Abdi Shukur (left) wait with their children near the border to be relocated to…
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