Social Affairs
- March 14, 2020
News: IOM appeals for US$77.6 m to help more than 1.2 m internally displaced Ethiopians
Living conditions for IDPs, returnees and many host communities are dire, IOM said. Addis Abeba, March 14/2020 – The International…
Read More » - February 27, 2020
Profile: The Silent Fighters: The Volunteers behind Ethiopia’s Democratic Reforms
What started as a band of 13 lawyers grew very quickly as these lawyers turned to their colleagues and contacts…
Read More » - February 10, 2020
News Alert: Gov’t, partners appeal for urgent response to contain “devastating impact” of desert locust
A typical swarm can be made up of 150 million locusts per square kilometer and is carried on the wind,…
Read More » - February 5, 2020
News: 4 500 drought-affected pastoral households in Somali region receive unconditional cash transfer
Cash transfer aimed at Enabling beneficiaries to meet their immediate needs and to kick-start productive activities Addis Abeba, February 05/2020…
Read More » - January 21, 2020
News Alert: At least 24 die in latest cholera outbreak in Oromia, Somali and SNNP regional states: UN
In 2019 and before these latest episodes, a total of 2074 cholera cases had been reported, with all regions and…
Read More » - January 9, 2020
News: Ethiopia secures US$305.7 m to help 13 m farmers get access to financial services
Access to finance is crucial for rural people – particularly those whose incomes are threatened by a changing climate The…
Read More » - December 23, 2019
Feature: IAEA helping Ethiopia increase cancer control with new equipment, training
Oncology resident Fahin Osman is using a CT simulator donated by the IAEA to analyze the scan of a patient…
Read More » - December 19, 2019
News: Ethiopian women participation in politics up but a lot needs to be done
Partial view of today’s national conference on Women’s Political Participation and Election in Ethiopia Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, December 19/2019–…
Read More » - December 17, 2019
News: In Sigmo, Ethiopia, livelihood support gives a chance to returnees
IOM staff support Ahmed Jemal, an Ethiopian returnee from Yemen and a beneficiary who runs a shop at Sigmo- Ethiopia. Addis…
Read More » - December 11, 2019
Analysis: The plastic pile weighing on Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s troubling rise in the use of plastic material is particularly visible when one considers the country’s non-existing garbage disposal…
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