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Trapped and Forgotten: Ethiopian migrants share plight from Saudi detention centers, yearning for swift response
Although the Al-Shumaisi Detention Center has a maximum capacity to accommodate 32,000 people, it is estimated that approximately 50,000 migrants…
Read More » - February 16, 2024
Analysis: Health workers’ demotivation amid persistent unemployment strains Ethiopia’s healthcare system
Ethiopia’s health workforce density is estimated to be 1.0 per 1,000 population according to the Ministry of Health (Photo: Social…
Read More » - February 14, 2024
Feature: Desperate Times: Students in Tigray region desert schools amid drought-induced hunger
In addition to forsaking their education due to the ongoing drought-induced hunger, students in Tigray are compelled to learn while…
Read More » - February 13, 2024
News: Ethiopian Orthodox Church denounces ‘Western influence on homosexuality’, calls for government resistance
Members of the permanent synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Photo: EOTC TV/Facebook) Addis Abeba – The Permanent Synod of the…
Read More » - February 12, 2024
News: Scramble to save up to 30 artisanal miners trapped in Amhara state opal mining cave for 4th day
Traditional artisanal miners in the remote South Wollo zone. Photo: Screenshot/AddisStandard Addis Abeba- Local authorities in the opal mineral rich…
Read More » - February 12, 2024
News: Urgent humanitarian crisis unfolds at Jara IDP center in North Wollo Zone, leaving thousands without food aid for over two months
Last week, thousands of individuals residing at the Jara IDP center expressed their distress through a peaceful demonstration highlighted the…
Read More » - February 5, 2024
News: UK announces £100 m to Ethiopia amid deepening humanitarian crisis
A medical officer examining a malnourished child in the Tigray region. Photo: Screenshot/Chanel 4 News More than three million Ethiopians,…
Read More » - February 3, 2024
News: Killing of four more humanitarian workers in 2024 brings toll in Ethiopia to 46 since 2019: UN
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), four Ethiopian aid workers have perished since…
Read More » - January 31, 2024
In-depth: Famine haunts Tigray, again; weak response, conflicts and drought threaten millions elsewhere in Ethiopia
Of the 6.6 million individuals in need of emergency food assistance, four million are located in the northern regions of…
Read More » - January 30, 2024
News: Thousands fleeing Western Tigray seek refuge in Endabaguna town as hunger, persecution rise
In the last month alone, nearly 7,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) from Western and North Western Tigray sought refuge in…
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