(ENA) Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission (EFCCC) stressed today the need for a huge work and coordination of stakeholders to reduce air pollution and its health effects in Ethiopia. At a consultative panel the commission organized with stakeholders on improving air pollution, EFCC Deputy Commissioner, Frenesh Mekuria said improving the pollution problem in Ethiopia, […]
Month: June 2021
Authority Bans Media Outlets from Broadcasting PM Abiy’s Interview
(ENA) The Ethiopian Media Authority has urged media outlets in Ethiopia to refrain from broadcasting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s interview conducted with Fana Broadcasting Corporation during this electoral silence or campaign silence designated by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE). According to schedules of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) June 16 was […]
Islamic Affairs Supreme Council Condemns Statement of Al-Azhar Sheikh on GERD
(ENA) The Ethiopian Federal Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs denounced the statement made by Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif of Egypt regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif of Egypt has urged Arab countries to stand by Egypt and Sudan in his statement. However, Head of […]
Life-saving health assistance for displaced people from Tigray
Mekelle, Tigray – “I’m pregnant, I’m displaced, but I’m still alive,” Lete laments as she strokes her belly. She awaits her antenatal check-up at an IOM mobile health clinic in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Lete is one of the more than 1.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by the crisis in northern […]
The absolute abandonment of the population in Tigray is causing a terrible humanitarian catastrophe
Our colleague, Esperanza Santos, is a nurse and Emergency Coordinator in Tigray, Ethiopia, where the armed conflict has devastated a developed and rich region in just six months, with hundreds of thousands of people having to flee. “It is not the bullets that kill the most in Tigray; it is the abandonment of the population to its […]
Drought, displacement and disabilities: The challenges facing IDPs with disabilities in Ethiopia and ways forward for more inclusive action
The worsening humanitarian crisis in Tigray and ongoing drought, floods and conflict across Ethiopia are driving displacement and exacerbating the needs of internally displaced people (IDPs). With more than 1.2 million new displacements recorded in the country so far this year, Humanity & Inclusion and IDMC have partnered to explore why people with disabilities face […]