Preparations are underway to celebrate the Irreecha festival, a symbol of unity and peace for the Oromo people, according to the Oromia Aba Geda’s Union. This year’s Irreecha will be celebrated on October 2 and 3, 2021 at Hora Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) and Bishoftu, Oromia Region, respectively. Chairman of the Union Aba Geda Gilo Mano […]
Month: September 2021
“White Envelop Flood to White House” Movement Gains Momentum
Youths engaged in the “White Envelop Flood to White House” Movement have vowed to do whatever is required of them to make the international community understand the terrorist TPLF group and condemn its sinister plot to destroy Ethiopia. Addis Ababa youths who joined the “White Envelop Flood to White House” Movement have expressed their determination […]
High Commissioner to Human Rights Council: Fighting Continues Unabated in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia but a Solution Can Only be Found through a Political Process and Dialogue
Fighting was continuing unabated in the Tigray region of Ethiopia and had expanded to neighbouring regions, risking spilling over to the whole Horn of Africa, Michele Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, this afternoon told the Human Rights Council, adding that a solution to the conflict could only be found through a […]
UNHCR Regional Update #21: Ethiopia Situation (Tigray Region), 6 September 2021
Key Developments ETHIOPIA As the Tigray conflict enters its 10th month, the overall security and access situation remains complex and fluid, hindering effective delivery of humanitarian assistance to the most affected populations in Central, SouthernEastern, Eastern, North-Western and Southern Zones. Fresh displacement from fighting in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Afar regions has been recorded as the […]
WFP Ethiopia Market Watch, August 2021
HIGHLIGHTS Inflation: the year-on-year headline inflation increased to 26.4 percent in July, up from 24.5 percent the previous month, the highest in nine years. The food-inflation increased to 32 percent in July 2021, from 28.7 percent in June. The surge in the food index is largely due to the skyrocketing of the indices of oils […]
UN mission responding to evolving needs in Sudan transition process
Despite setbacks and challenges, Sudan continues its transition towards democracy, the head of the UN special political mission in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday. Volker Perthes, head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), briefed on the authorities’ efforts to address violence in the volatile Darfur region and the […]