The biased stance and blatant intervention of the West, intended to subdue Ethiopia, cannot grant it a role in facilitating a constructive mediation, according to Groups of Ethiopian Diaspora Scholars. A statement issued by Groups of Ethiopian Diaspora Scholars around the world said the cabal fabricated lies have blinded the world since the fall […]
Continue ReadingExtreme weather dries up crops but not hope for smallholder farmers assisted by World Food Programme microinsurance schemes 2 November 2021, Alice Rahmoun, Jenny Wilson, Peyvand Khorsandi When the beans fail, it’s a warning sign – beans are the most resilient among the crops Odile grows. They can make it through the scorching […]
Continue ReadingSITUATION OVERVIEW Since the beginning of the year, flooding has affected 1.3 million people in West and Central Africa, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Niger, Chad, Nigeria, Togo, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Guinea, Benin, Senegal, and Ghana. Heavy rainfalls, floods, and windstorms killed 248 people, injured 2,787, […]
Continue ReadingIn response to human rights violations, the United States announced this week that it plans to suspend Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from duty-free access to American markets as of January 1. U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement to Congress, released Tuesday, that these nations were no longer in compliance with the eligibility […]
Continue ReadingAt least 91 people were killed in the capital of Sierra Leone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local authorities said. The government has not yet confirmed the death toll, but the manager of the central state morgue in Freetown said it had received 91 bodies […]
Continue ReadingPARIS — The coup in Sudan puts into doubt the process that would have seen France cancel some $5 billion debt it was owed by the African country, France’s foreign ministry said on Friday, the latest power to pressure military leaders who seized power. France, Sudan’s second-largest creditor, has been a main actor in […]
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