Africa Ethiopia Catholic bishops in Ethiopia have warned that insecurity is causing churches to close and forcing more priests and nuns to flee their monasteries
Africa Ethiopia The United Arab Emirates, through the Famine Relief Fund, has made a $6 million contribution to UNICEF’s specific response for children in Ethiopia
Africa Ethiopia According to Unicef, the worst drought in 40 years in the Horn of Africa is reversing decades of civil progress made in combating early marriage and female genital mutilation across Ethiopia
Africa Ethiopia The Addis Ababa government recently launched the fourth phase of the Green Legacy initiative, launched in 2019, which aims to achieve the target of 20 billion trees planted in four years by the end of 2022
Africa Ethiopia Domestic wheat production is expected to increase by 70% this year following the campaign aimed at strengthening cultivation to curb supply chain problems related to the war in Ukraine and domestic drought - the Ministry of Agriculture announced
Africa Ethiopia The private social enterprise Teki Paper Bags, run by young deaf Ethiopian women, will use a USAID $550.000 grant to turn the fight against pollution and plastic bags into an employment opportunity for young people with disabilities
Africa Ethiopia Last week, more than 4.500 people were arrested in the state of Amhara, officially to protect citizens; opposition parties and media report that Addis Ababa also targeted activists and independent journalists
Africa Ethiopia The World Bank has approved a $300 million allocation for post-conflict reconstruction in Ethiopia, to rehabilitate communities, infrastructure and support community resilience
Africa Ethiopia To better respond to the challenges of domestic and foreign markets, the country should focus on diversifying imports in the opinion of Professor Berhanu Denu, teaching Economics at Addis Ababa University
Africa Ethiopia On the occasion of Eid al Fitr, the festival that ends the month of Ramadan today, the government has organised 'The Great Ethiopian Home Coming Initiative' to invite Ethiopians in the diaspora living abroad 'to return to the country'
Africa Ethiopia The Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray has set several preconditions for its withdrawal from Afar and Amhara, after the international community urged the Tigrayan organisation to withdraw, a request also echoed by the Addis Ababa government
Africa Ethiopia The new report "Outbreaks and other emergencies" published by the WHO, reports an alarming new spread of meningitis in the country, as in four regions the "epidemic threshold" has been crossed
Africa Ethiopia The Catholic Church in Ethiopia has launched a support project to provide humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation to over 217.000 people affected by insecurity and war in Tigray with a budget of about $2,6 million