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EU donates €33 million (1.8 billion ETB) to UNICEF and WFP to restore essential education services and implement school feeding programmes in conflict-affected areas in Ethiopia

November 22, 2022November 23, 2022User2

EU donates €33 million (1.8 billion ETB) to UNICEF and WFP to restore essential education services and implement school feeding programmes in conflict-affected areas in Ethiopia Addis Ababa, 21 November 2022 – The European Union (EU), through its partnership with UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), has granted €33 million (1.8 billion […]

EU donates €31.5 million (1,7 Billion ETB) to UNICEF to restore essential health services in conflict-affected areas in Ethiopia

November 22, 2022November 23, 2022User2

Addis Ababa, 10 November 2022 – The European Union (EU), through its partnership with UNICEF, has granted €31.5 million (nearly 1.7 billion Ethiopian Birr) to restore and strengthen health services and systems to improve the lives of women and children living in conflict-impacted regions in Ethiopia. Source: EU in Ethiopia

Institute of Ethiopian Studies (IES) Receives Historic Artefacts

November 22, 2022November 23, 2022User2

Addis Ababa University (AAU) Institute of Ethiopian Studies received various historical assets gathered under the coordination of the Friends Association to the Institute at Ras Mekonnen Hall of the University on the 18th of November 2022. During the handover, Tegegn Teka (PhD), the president for the IES Friends Association, said that the historical artefacts were brought […]

“We fled hunger but hunger followed us here”: Children in Somalia face soaring levels of malnutrition

November 21, 2022November 22, 2022User2

BAIDOA, Somalia, A single graveyard in Somalia has been filled with the bodies of 230 children as malnutrition soars to levels not seen since famine was last declared in the country 11 years ago. Exhausted families, many of whom walked for days from drought-stricken villages to seek help in the southern town of Baidoa, […]

Ethiopia: Humanitarian Response Plan Mid Year Review (November 2022)

November 21, 2022November 22, 2022User2

Changes in context During the first half of 2022 Ethiopia has seen growing humanitarian needs driven by the lack of a peaceful solution to the conflict in northern Ethiopia; the continuation of violence in other parts of the country; and the expansion of the drought affecting the south and east of the country. […]

Early warnings for all of Africa

November 21, 2022November 22, 2022User2

Climate change has accelerated the onslaught of natural hazards, and Africa is particularly vulnerable. 2022 has already seen a torrent of extreme events across the continent, with numerous floods, severe storms, extreme heat and wildfires, drought and famine taking a devastating toll on its people. But early warning systems can help to protect people […]