Some 12.2 million hectares of land has been covered with various crops during the kiremet, the main rainy season in Ethiopia, according to Ministry of Agriculture. Agriculture Extension Director-General at the ministry Germame Girma told ENA that farming activities have been well underway across the nation, except in some parts of the country where securities […]
Day: September 17, 2021
UN Agencies, Int’l Organizations Acknowledge Lives at Stake Due to Expansion of Violence by TPLF
Representatives of the United Nations Agencies and other International Humanitarian organizations have acknowledged that many lives are now at stake due to the expansion of violence by the TPLF group. The humanitarian partners expressed their commitment to work extensively and reach people in need of aid relief underlining that humanitarian needs have no borders, according […]
GERD Crucial to Strengthening Brotherhood in Region: Senior Water Expert
The realization of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)is critical to strengthening brotherhood in the region by sharing power, a senior water expert and member of the GERD negotiating team said. In an exclusive interview with ENA, Yilma Sileshi noted that GERD will create opportunity to share energy, which is crucial to transform the economic […]
Education Minister Requests U.S. to Pressurize TPLF for Causing 3 Mil Children Out of School
Ministry of Education called on the U.S. to pressurize the terrorist TPLF to be held accountable for causing over 3 million children out of school following its destructions and provocations. Senior officials from the Ministry of Education including the Minister Dr. Getahun Mekuria have joined the “White Post Flood to White Palace” national youth movement […]
Seasonal precipitation predictions in Desert Locust summer/winter/spring breeding areas (October 2021 – March 2022)
A dry end is expected in the summer breeding areas of the northern Sahel from Mauritania to Eritrea during October compared to a wet end along the Indo-Pakistan border. While below-average rainfall is expected in northern Somalia and eastern Ethiopia during the last quarter of this year, October rains may be sufficient to allow one […]
IOM relocates over 17,000 people uprooted by conflict in northern Ethiopia to new shelter
Mekelle – After months in makeshift sites, with little food or water, thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by the conflict in Northern Ethiopia are being voluntarily relocated to new shelters by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The IDPs, many of whom have been forced to sleep in the open without hygiene facilities, […]