Social Affairs
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Analysis: Farmers brace for worse as fertilizer prices rise, planting season approaches
Photo: Amhara Media Corporation By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 & Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – The soaring price of fertilizers…
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News: Gunshots, teargas disrupt Eid prayers in Addis Abeba as worshipers scramble in confusion, families separated
Women and children were seen running from the scene in distress. Photo: Screenshot By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba –…
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News: Workers observe International Worker’s Day, demand national minimum wage, end to war and assurances for peace
Ethiopian workers raised the high cost of living, national minimum wage, good governance and lack of security at an event…
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News: US calls for urgent restoration of essential services in Tigray, encouraged by ‘series’ of actions to end conflict
A UNICEF team assesses the nutrition status of mothers and children and provide much needed therapeutic food in Tigray. (Photo…
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News: U.S. pledges continued drought-related humanitarian aid in Somali region
Photo: U.S. Embassy Addis Abeba By Firaol Bersisa @FiraolBer Addis Abeba – Ambassador Jacobson, Chargé d’Affaires, of the US embassy…
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View from Mekelle: Ethiopia’s Siege – Turning women’s bodies into a cell
The impact the destruction of health facilities has had on women’s capacity to access sexual and reproductive health care in…
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Analysis: Afar region says aid delivery by fed. government not enough as IDP crisis worsens
Photo: UN Ethiopia By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba – More than 300,000 IDPs are sheltered in 14 makeshift camps…
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News: Oromia region reports 1.3 million cattle deaths worth 26 billion ETB in eight drought-stricken zones
By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 Addis Abeba – The Oromia region disaster and risk management commission reported 1.3 million deaths in…
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News: Study reveals war undermined Tigray’s successful natural famine prevention strategy
Report: The war in Tigray is undermining its environmental recovery Addis Abeba – A new study has found that, by…
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#ASDailyScoop: Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands allocates 338 million ETB for drought-affected areas in Somali region
Photo: FBC Addis Abeba – The Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands announced that it has allocated 388 million ETB for…
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