HIGHLIGHTS Inflation: Headline inflation which was recorded as the highest in a decade hitting 34.8 percent in September, slightly declined to 34.2 percent in October 2021. The food inflation that was standing at 42 percent in September, the highest in ten years, slightly reduced to 40.7 percent in October. The measure of change in price […]
Month: December 2021
IOM Northern Ethiopia response: 06 – 19 December 2021
OM’s multi-sectoral response in northern Ethiopia was initiated in November 2020, with quick actions taken to support conflict-affected populations in collective displacement sites and host communities. Since then, IOM has significantly scaled up its response in Tigray, Amhara, and Afar regions and provided over 1.1 million instances of multi-sectoral assistance to people in need in […]
Women’s Integrated Sexual Health: WISH2ACTION Consortium – Value for Money: Efficiency (Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, July 2021)
Executive Summary A Value for Money (VfM) analysis was conducted by IRC to assess the cost-efficiency of family planning services in Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda between 2019 and 2020 under the Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH2ACTION) project funded by FCDO. The analysis revealed that: The cost-efficiency of family planning services delivered through WISH2ACTION […]
East Africa Food Security Alert: December 29, 2021
Over 20 million people in need of urgent food aid in the Horn of Africa amid severe drought and conflict FEWS NET anticipates more than 20 million people in Ethiopia, Somalia , and Kenya will need urgent humanitarian food assistance in 2022 to prevent Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse outcomes. The sharp increase in […]
House Approves Proclamation for the Establishment of National Dialogue Commission
The House of Peoples’ Representatives (HOPR) has approved a proclamation establishing the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission with majority vote today. The main objective of the establishment of the commission is to facilitate consultations among various segments of the society on fundamental issues of the country by identifying the root causes of existing differences through dialogue. […]
Scholars Urge Gov’t to Exploit Untapped Economic Opportunities within Africa
Ethiopian scholars have urged the government to design a sound strategy with a view to properly exploit the wider African economic opportunities including East African countries. It is to be recalled that the US administration has recently suspended Ethiopia from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that provides tariff and quota free market in […]