The state of emergency will enable the Government of Ethiopia to ensure public security by curtailing movements of terrorist groups, according to some residents of Addis Ababa. Speaking to ENA, Sime Simeneh said the declaration of the state of emergency is timely and appropriate that would enable the government to ensure public security in the […]
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Ethiopia – Northern Ethiopia Humanitarian Update Situation Report, 11 Nov 2021
HIGHLIGHTS An estimated 2.7 million children in northern Ethiopia are affected by destroyed or damaged schools or by IDPs sheltering in schools. It is estimated that 80 per cent of essential medication is no longer available in Tigray while most health facilities are not functional due to damage and lack of supplies. The cancer treatment […]
East Africa Key Message Update: Severe to extreme food insecurity persists due to conflict, drought, and other shocks
Key Messages Severe to extreme acute food insecurity outcomes persist in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Yemen, driven primarily by conflict and exacerbated by concurrent weather or macroeconomic shocks. Northern Ethiopia remains the area of highest concern, where conflict has displaced millions of people, key supply routes are significantly disrupted, and many people have little […]
Extreme heat hurts human health. Its effects must be mitigated – urgently
The African continent is heating up more, and faster, than other regions in the world according to the recently released State of Climate in Africa Report. By 2030, the report says up to 118 million extremely poor people will be subject to the devastating impacts of drought and intense heat. Many of the temperatures presently being […]
How I reconstructed an unwritten ancient African language
Africa is humankind’s home continent. Homo sapiens, with the anatomical and cognitive capacity to have human language as we know it today, originated in Africa between 300,000 and 200,000 years ago. Then, as an abundant fossil and archaeological record makes clear, some of our human ancestors left Africa. They spread to neighbouring continents, taking their languages with […]
Violence, insecurity and climate change drive 84 million people from their homes
As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number forcibly displaced now exceeds 84 million globally, according to new data released on Thursday by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. UNHCR’s Mid-Year Trends report, covering the first six months of this year, revealed a surge from 82.4 million since December – largely due […]