Severe drought so far killed two million livestock in Ethiopia : FAO BY REUTERS Livestock are dying in parts of Ethiopia that are overwhelmingly reliant on their milk as deepening drought pushes up the number of districts in need of life-saving aid by 19 percent, according to a report released on Thursday. At least 8.5 […]
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BY ESAT NEWS The Trump administration announced more than $169 million in humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia and Kenya to support people affected by prolonged severe drought. Ethiopian regime officials have been saying that they would use available local resources and funds meant for development projects if the international community did not step in to help […]
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“We have not bought arms for the last of two-three years” – Government Spokesman BY AFP South Sudan’s government is spending its oil revenue on weapons as the country descends into a famine largely caused by Juba’s military operations, according to a confidential UN report. The report seen by AFP on Friday calls for an […]
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By Engidu Woldie, Ethiopia’s top diplomat, Tedros Adhanom, gave a lengthy interview to the Voice of America’s Tizita Belachew of the Amharic service in which he once again brought shame on himself and his TPLF comrades. We will revisit here some of the ridiculous remarks he made while he was answering, or rather, evading questions […]
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By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic | for The Irish Times, Ethiopia is facing its worst drought in decades, with more than eight million people already in need of food assistance as a result of weather conditions that are set to worsen, the aid agency Goal has warned. The failure of two consecutive rainy seasons, including the […]
Continue ReadingBy Addis Fortune, ETHIOPIA finds itself in critical need of food aid in order to feed 2.7 million people. This announcement comes not long after its leaders were upbeat, reporting a bumper harvest of 231 million quintals of grain for the current fiscal year. When donors and Ethiopian authorities met on January 24, 2014, to […]
Continue ReadingBy UN OCHA, Returning to New York after a two-day visit to Eritrea, OCHA Operations Director John Ging has welcomed improving cooperation between the United Nations and the Government amidst concerns over the impact of delayed rains on food insecurity. “UN agencies are working with the Government to help the Eritrean people to help themselves,” […]
Continue ReadingBy Madote.com, Eritrea is on pace to achieve six of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the target date of 2015, according to the London-based think tank, Africa Research Institute[1] and the United Nations Development Programme.[2] The six MDGs Eritrea is on track in achieving are from MDG 2-to-7 that are Universal Primary Education, Gender Equality and […]
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