General Assembly Seventy-fifth session Agenda item 66 (b) New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support: causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa Security Council Seventy-sixth year Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 74/302 of 3 September 2020, in which the Assembly […]
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Clean and safe water, welcome relief for Tigray’s conflict-displaced families
Shire, Tigray – “I never thought I’d worry about water for my family until the conflict happened and displaced us,” says Amit, 38, a single mother of three. In the eight months since the conflict in Tigray, northern Ethiopia broke out, the number of displaced persons has ballooned to 1.99 million and now Amit has joined them, living […]
Flow Monitoring Dashboard – Ethiopia (May 2021)
OVERVIEW In May 2021, a total of 20,585 movements were observed across Ethiopia’s five flow monitoring points (FMPs). This represents a 9.7% increase in daily average movement in comparison with April 2021 when an average of 606 movements per day were observed. It should be noted that data collection at Humera Flow Monitoring Point in […]
Ethiopia: MSF urges investigation into staff killings and calls for aid teams to be allowed to work in safety
Following the brutal murder of three of its staff in the Ethiopian region of Tigray on 24 June, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for an immediate investigation into the killings and insists that aid workers are allowed to do their jobs in safety. In response to the killings, MSF announces the suspension of […]
Ethiopia resumes filling Nile mega-dam reservoir, angering downstream nations
(NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling the reservoir of its mega-dam on the upper Blue Nile, Egypt and Sudan said, raising tensions Tuesday ahead of an upcoming UN Security Council meeting on the divisive project. Both Cairo and Khartoum said they had been notified by Addis Ababa that the second phase […]
COVID-19 turned back clock on hunger gains but taught lessons that can revive zero-hunger goal, says WFP report
Countries can still deliver on the pledge to achieve zero hunger by 2030 despite the seismic events of the past year and the outbreak or threat of famine across multiple countries – this is the main message emerging from the World Food Programme (WFP)’s Annual Review for 2020. “The challenges of COVID-19 have been immense, but WFP’s […]