(ENA) The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) has approved 561.7 billion Birr budget for the Ethiopian Fiscal Year 2014. Responding to questions posed by members of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) about the budget today, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed emphasized the need for increasing productivity in key sectors and mobilizing domestic financial resources for […]
Month: July 2021
Terrorist TPLF Group Brutally Attacking Civilians in Raya Azebo
(ENA) Following the unilateral ceasefire declared by the federal government of Ethiopia, the terrorist TPLF is perpetrating attacks against civilians in Raya Azebo located in Southern part of Tigray, according to Raya Rayuma Democratic Party. Officials of the Party told ENA today that the terrorist group has been engaged in killing of civilians that it […]
Best practices in job creation: Lessons from Africa [EN/AR]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The inability to find a means of income to generate a satisfying livelihood remains a problem across the globe. However, Africa’s unique and tumultuous past has created a problem much more entrenched than those facing many other emerging and developing markets. The situation has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, which could push […]
IGAD launches Hazards Watch for East Africa
The system was developed by a team of Programmers, Climate Scientists, Earth Observation and Systems specialists, as well as Marketing, Design Thinking and sectoral experts to meet the growing need of Risk Information due to increasing climate extremes. The East Africa Hazards Watch supports tracking extreme events such as drought, cyclones, pests (desert locust), heavy […]
Desert Locust Bulletin 513 (July 5, 2021)
WESTERN REGION: CALM SITUATION. Breeding localized in central Algeria (351 ha treated) and isolated adults in northeast Morocco. FORECASTS. Small-scale breeding in the Sahel of Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Chad with increasing summer rains to the North. CENTRAL REGION: THREAT SITUATION. New hopper bands form and moult, giving rise to an increasing number of immature swarms, mainly in […]
Displaced nurses provide vital health care to others displaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray
As UNHCR and other aid agencies scale up the humanitarian response in conflict-torn Tigray, local communities and the displaced are pulling together to support one another. In a small, one-room stone cottage in Mekelle, the regional capital of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, Brukti* is measuring a young girl’s upper arm to screen her for malnutrition. […]