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Launch Of Djibouti- Ethiopia Cross-Border Collaboration; Governance Structures And Development Of Harmonized Surveillance And Vaccination Program

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021User2

7-8th December, 2021 ( Djibouti-Ville, Djibouti): Several OIE listed transboundary animal diseases (TADs) or diseases that can easily spread from one country to others and reach epizootic proportions and their control/management requires cooperation between several countries, continue to spread within the IGAD region threatening the economic, trade and/or food security of the member states. Hence, Ministers responsible […]

Launch Of Ethiopia-Somalia Cross-Border Collaboration; Governance Structures And Development Of Harmonized Surveillance And Vaccination Program

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021User2

To operationalize the MoU, IGAD/ICPALD organized a two days meeting to launch the governance structure and develop a harmonized disease surveillance and vaccination calendar for 2022 between the two countries which took place in Djibouti, in the Republic of Djibouti from 9-10th December, 2021. The meeting was attended by 34 technical officers from Ministries in […]

Ethiopia detains three journalists for interviewing terror group

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021User2

A freelance video journalist accredited to the Associated Press and two other local journalists have been detained in Ethiopia, according to police and the country’s media regulator. Federal police accused the journalists in a statement later of “promoting terrorism” by interviewing members of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which parliament has designated a terrorist group. […]

Ethiopia-Tigray conflict: TPLF rebels announce retreat to Tigray region, a step towards ceasefire

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021User2

Rebel Tigrayan forces fighting the central government are withdrawing from neighboring regions in northern Ethiopia, a spokesperson for the Tigrayan forces has said, a step towards a possible ceasefire after 13 months of the brutal war. “We trust that our bold act of withdrawal will be a decisive opening for peace,” wrote Debretsion Gebremichael, the […]

People who are bad with numbers often find it harder to make ends meet – even if they are not poor

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021User2

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea People who are bad with numbers are more likely to experience financial difficulties than people who are good with numbers. That’s according to our analyses of the Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll. In this World Risk Poll, people from 141 countries were asked if 10% […]

Frankincense and myrrh have been revered since ancient times – but now they’re under threat

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021User2

Right now, Christmas nativity scenes across the world feature three kings – also known as the “wise men” or Magi – bringing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the newborn baby Jesus in Bethlehem. In the Bible, Matthew’s gospel tells us that the wise men “saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down […]