Social Affairs
- March 1, 2022
News: Orbit Innovation Hub, Mastercard Foundation’s First cohort of 15 Tech-Driven Start-Ups creates 89 jobs
Three of the start-ups discuss on how they developed their ideas and share their journey so far during the the…
Read More » - February 28, 2022
News: Afar People’s Party calls for urgent humanitarian supply, withdrawal of Tigrayan forces; declines to take part in national dialogue
Afar People’s Party Logo. Addis Abeba – The opposition Afar People’s Party (APP) called on the “International Community to address…
Read More » - February 25, 2022
#EthiopiaDrought: PM Abiy says drought-induced hunger costing lives of children, elderly; asks Ethiopians to help affected communities
Hana, a 49-year-old grandmother in Somali region, looks over at the cattle who haven’t survived the 2021/2022 drought. She lost…
Read More » - February 25, 2022
#EthiopiaDrought: WFP responds as the worst drought in a lifetime intensifies hunger
With each season drier than the last, families inch closer and closer to losing all 25 February 2022, Adrienne Bolen…
Read More » - February 24, 2022
News: GERD progressing well, won’t hurt downstream countries: MoFA
By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Ambassador Dina Mufti. Picture: MoFA Addis Abeba, – The construction of the Great Renaissance Ethiopian Dam…
Read More » - February 24, 2022
Analysis: How Tigrayan food experts introduce common plants as food to prevent death by starvation
By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Tsega Gebrekidan teaches how the plants can be prepared to be used as a food (Picture: Screengrab)…
Read More » - February 24, 2022
News: EzEMA expresses fear in Dialogue Commission shortcomings; says lasting peace, sovereignty, and unity not easy if future chapters not improved
On 23 February, two days after their appointment by Parliament, Speaker Tagesse Chafo met with the eleven commissioners of of…
Read More » - February 22, 2022
News: Works underway to accommodate Amhara IDPs to temporary locations: Addis Abeba Peace and Security bureau
Amhara IDPs in Addis Abeba. From top left: Women, elderly and children IDPs of members of Amhara community in Addis…
Read More » - February 22, 2022
News: National Dialogue Commission ‘failed before formation’ – Balderas Party
Chief Justice Meaza Ashenafi presiding over the swearing in ceremony of the eleven Commissioners appointed by Parliament to lead the…
Read More » - February 21, 2022
In-depth analysis: Displaced by months-long violence, hundreds of Amhara community members from western Oromia seek refuge in Addis Abeba and Arsi zone
From top left: Women, elderly and children IDPs of members of Amhara community in Addis Abeba; Tamitu Degefa Sew comforting…
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