NNA – Middle East Airlines- Air Liban announces that all Passengers arriving from UK, Brazil ,United Arab Emirates, India, Malawi, Ethiopia, Zambia, Liberia, Kenya, Gambia and Sierra Leone ( not transiting through these countries) to Lebanon must have hotel booking at their own expenses, for 4 days / 3nights in one of the following hotels. Passengers […]
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African Development Bank, partners, renew commitment to end child stunting in Africa
Urging unity and action to accelerate nutrition targets amid the global Covid-19 pandemic, representatives of the African Development Bank, the Aliko Dangote Foundation and Big Win Philanthropy renewed their commitment to end child stunting and other forms of malnutrition through the Banking on Nutrition Partnership. The partners convened during a high-level panel discussion held on 8 […]
Migration Response Centres (MRCs) East and Horn of Africa (1 January – 30 June 2021)
REGIONAL OVERVIEW: JUNE 2021 A total of 885 migrants were registered at MRCs across the region in June, a 24% increase compared to May. This brings the total registrations in 2021 to 4,345 migrants. The largest number of migrants were registered in Obock (253), followed by Semera (213), Bossaso (152), Hargeisa (113), Moyale (59), Togochale […]
UNHCR Ethiopia: COVID-19 and Operational Update (14 July 2021)
COVID-19 Operational Context Since the first confirmed COVID-19 case was found in Ethiopia in March 2020, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 277,318 active corona virus (COVID-19) cases and 4,349 related deaths in the country. A total of 2,07,549 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, including 3,720 refugees. According to media reports, Ethiopia is one of the top five African countries that […]
‘Survival Struggle’: Ethnic Standoff Drives New Phase of Tigray War
Asfaw Abera fled his homeland in northwestern Ethiopia three decades ago, stealing away on foot into Sudan as soldiers and ethnic Tigrayan rebels exchanged fire nearby. During his long stretch in exile, Asfaw, an ethnic Amhara, scrubbed toilets in Khartoum office buildings while dreaming night and day of going back. Last month, he finally got […]
2021 Report to Congress Pursuant to Section 5 of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-441)
The Biden Administration is committed to promoting democratic values that underpin a stable international system critical to freedom, prosperity, and peace. This Administration will defend and protect human rights around the world, and recognizes the prevention of atrocities is a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility. This report highlights countries of concern and whole-of-government […]