UNICEF has condemned the horrific killings of 240 people, including 107 children by the terrorist TPLF in an attack on displaced families sheltering at a health facility and a school in Afar region. It was to be recalled that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power during her visit to Ethiopia last […]
Day: August 9, 2021
Long-Standing Ethiopia-Israel Ties Conducive for Strong Trade, Investment Cooperation
The long-standing ties between Ethiopia and Israel is conducive to creating strong trade and investment cooperation. Ethiopian embassy in Israel organized a round table consultative meeting in collaboration with Israeli Export and International Cooperation Institution on ways to bolstering trade and investment cooperation between the two countries. During the discussion, companies that have already been operating in […]
Terrorist TPLF Massacres 240 Civilians Including 107 Children in Afar
Aljazeera reported on Sunday that the terrorist TPLF have massacred 240 civilians including 107 children in its attack conducted in Afar Region. Despite the unilateral humanitarian ceasefire declared by the government, the terrorist group has continued its provocative attacks in the neighboring Amhara and afar regions. It is to be recalled that the US Agency […]
Desperate for a Fresh Start: Ethiopia’s Displaced Yearn to Rebuild Their Lives
East Harerge, Ethiopia – “We ran for our lives, carrying nothing and seeking safety,” says Nuria Yusuf, a young Ethiopian mother of three, as she recounts the moment her life changed forever. Attacked in her home at night by men carrying weapons, Nuria only had time to grab her children and, miraculously, managed to escape. […]
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on reported killing of hundreds of civilians, including children, in Afar, northern Ethiopia
“UNICEF is extremely alarmed by the reported killing of over 200 people, including more than 100 children, in attacks on displaced families sheltering at a health facility and a school in Afar region on Thursday, 5 August. Crucial food supplies were also reportedly destroyed in an area that is already seeing emergency levels of malnutrition […]
WFP delivers food to another 1 million people in Tigray during June and July but is only reaching half of those it should be
ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) delivered food to over a million people in the north-west and parts of southern Tigray in June and July under the second round of distributions, despite numerous challenges. But severe shortages of food, cash, fuel and functioning telecommunications equipment mean WFP has only reached half of […]