Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch. Afghanistan’s economy U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths appealed for flexible and sustained international funding before the end of this year to prevent the further collapse of Afghanistan’s economy. He told VOA […]
Month: December 2021
UN Establishes Body to Monitor Human Rights Violations in Ethiopia
The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a resolution to establish an International Commission of Human Rights Experts to investigate allegations of abuses committed by all warring parties in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict. The resolution passed 21 to 15, with 11 abstentions at the end of a daylong special session to address the grave […]
Ken Kragen, Who Helped Organize ‘We Are the World,’ Dies
NEW YORK — Ken Kragen, a top entertainment producer, manager and philanthropist who turned to such clients as Lionel Richie and Kenny Rogers in helping to organize the 1985 all-star charity single We Are the World, has died. He was 85. Kragen died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, according to a statement […]
# NoMore, As an Inspirational Global Social Media Campaign for Justice
Recently organized by the Horn of Africa Hub, the #No more campaign was created by a coalition of Ethiopian and Eritrean activists led by former Al Jazeera & CBS journalist Hermela Aregawi. This social media movement which has already gained global dimension and recognition has several objectives which among other things include opposing the ongoing western […]
France Donates Over One Million Doses of J&J COVID-19 Vaccines to Ethiopia
The French Government donated over one million doses of Johnson and Johnson covid-19 vaccines to Ethiopia that will be delivered today in Addis-Ababa, through COVAX mechanism, according to French Embassy in Addis Ababa. This donation comes in addition to the 843,600 AstraZeneca vaccine doses already donated by France in July and October via COVAX, in […]
UNHRC Call to Hold Special Session On Ethiopia Attempts to Discredit, Disqualify JIT Report
The UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) call to hold a special session on Ethiopia is an attempt to discredit and disqualify the joint investigation conducted by Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Expert said. It is to be recalled that the Ethiopian Human Rights […]