Abstract Since 2009, the Transfer Project has generated rigorous evidence on the impacts of cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa and has supported their expansion. The Transfer Project is a collaborative network comprising UNICEF (Innocenti, Regional and Country Offices), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, national […]
Day: December 13, 2021
Universal Health Coverage day: “the hospital is like a mother to me”
On Universal Health Coverage Day, we honour healthcare workers around the world. They are battling on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. And push things to the limit to provide other essential health services for their communities. Omo Nada hospital in Jimma, Ethiopia, is one of the hospitals which Cordaid has been supporting through our […]
Farmers in JICA’s SHEP Project Heading to Market
JICAs Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion (SHEP) project has been training farmers in Amhara and Oromia region on techniques for sowing their seeds, spacing, seed bed and fertilizer preparation to aid in producing quality potatoes, cabbages, carrots, peppers and onions. In Amhara Region Dembecha Woreda, lead famer Mr. Enawgaw Belisty has been at the forefront […]
Foreign Affairs Council: Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell
That was the last Foreign Affairs Council of the year and it had a very dense agenda. Let me start with two concrete decisions we took to react to negative developments: Today, we adopted two sanctions decisions. First, a new sanctions regime allowing to target persons and entities obstructing the political transition in Mali. Second, we adopted sanctions against […]
AAU Hosts Lawrence Freeman’s Experience Sharing Seminar: Lifelong in Africa
The Associate Dean for Research and Technology Transfer of College of Social Sciences, the Center for African and Asian Studies of AAU conducted a Seminar focused on Mr. Lawrence Freeman’s experience sharing with a view of some prominent leaders’ visions at Ras-Mekonnen Hall on December 10, 2021. Mr. Freeman’s topic of speech was entitled, “Realize the Vision […]
Sudan Denies Ethiopian Accusations Of Supporting Rebel Forces
Sudan denied Ethiopian accusations of supporting the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which is fighting the Ethiopian army. “Sudan controls all of its internationally recognised territories and borders with neighbouring Ethiopia, and has never, and will never, allow its use for any aggressions,” said Sudan’s foreign ministry, in a statement yesterday. The ministry made the […]