Africa Ethiopia The US humanitarian agency told AP last week it is horrified by conditions in Ethiopia, where hundreds of hunger deaths have been reported recently after the U.S. and the UN paused food aid for one-sixth of the country’s population over massive aid theft
Africa Ethiopia Children born to Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are denied birth certificates: according to BBC, the Ethiopian refugee authorities stopped the service about 18 months ago, during the war in Tigray
Africa Ethiopia An increase in newborn mortality rates has been recorded in the Seharti Samre district, located 40 km from Macallè, the capital of Tigray
Africa Ethiopia Ancient religious manuscripts are in danger of disappearing with time, but at the Hamere Berhan Institute in Addis Ababa, priests and lay faithful have been working tirelessly for months replicating precious secular books by hand on parchment
Africa Ethiopia The conservation and enhancement of the archaeological site of Axum, in the Tigray regional state, will be supported with a contribution of €2 million by the Italian government
Africa Ethiopia Over 7 billion saplings are ready to be planted in the coming rainy season, as part of the Green Legacy Programme that has resulted in the planting of 25 billion saplings over the past four years
Africa Ethiopia Abuna Mathias, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Tewahedo, said that "the current challenges his Church is facing in the regional states of Oromia and Tigray are going further"
Africa Ethiopia Pam informed its humanitarian partners that it has temporarily suspended food deliveries to Tigray due to reports of misappropriation of aid
Africa Ethiopia As of Monday, the judicial office of the provisional administration in the Ethiopian region of Tigray began releasing prisoners arrested during the civil war over the past two years
Africa Ethiopia The United Nations Population Fund has stated that Ethiopia continues to face enormous humanitarian challenges attributed to natural and man-made crises: conflict and displacement, and prolonged drought, floods and epidemics
Africa Ethiopia Locust swarms are threatening the livelihoods of Tigrayan farmers who have yet to recover from the impact of the war, according to a report by the Tigray Agriculture Bureau
Africa Ethiopia Tension is rising between Ethiopia and Egypt over the Great Millennium Dam, a mega dam that Addis Ababa is building on the Blue Nile, with Addis Ababa's Ministry of Foreign Affairs responding harshly to Egyptian threats of use of force
Africa Ethiopia Three- and four-wheel rickshaws, commonly known as bajaj, have been banned by Addis Ababa Municipality's Transport Bureau has banned in an attempt to supervise and regulate transport services