WFP on Thursday reached 10,000 people displaced by conflict with emergency food assistance and gave nutritionally fortified food to 3,000 women and children, many suffering from malnutrition. The agency hopes to reach 30,000 people in Northwest Tigray by the weekend. “We have the teams on the ground, trucks loaded and ready to go to meet the catastrophic food […]
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400,000 in Tigray cross ‘threshold into famine’, with nearly 2 million on the brink, Security Council told
Painting a grim picture, Ramesh Rajasingham, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said that 400,000 people have “crossed the threshold into famine” – with another 1.8 million on the brink of following them. Some 1.7 million people have been displaced by fighting between Ethiopian troops and the Tigray Defence Force, with 60,000 refugees crossing the […]
DPM Demeke Confers With South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-Yong
(ENA) Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen, spoke over the phone with Foreign Affairs Minister of South Korea, CHUNG EUI-YONG today. During the meeting, Demeke appreciated the longstanding relationship between the two countries and called on to further strengthen it. He also spoke about the unilateral humanitarian ceasefire that the Government of Ethiopia […]
Int’l Community Showing Positive Gesture to Unilateral Ceasefire: Ministry
(ENA) Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the international community has been showing positive gesture for the Ethiopian government’s unilateral humanitarian ceasefire in Tigray. In his bi-weekly press briefing, Spokesperson of the Ministry, Dina Mufit said the reactions that have been coming from various countries and the international organization following the ceasefire are encouraging. According to […]
GERD Provides Positive Spillover Effect over Whole of Eastern Africa Region, Beyond
(ENA) The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has positive spillover effect over the whole Eastern Africa region and beyond, Managing Director of the SUDD Institute of South Sudan Abraham A. Awolich said. Ethiopian Ambassador to South Sudan, Nebil Mahdi and Managing Director of the SUDD Institute of South Sudan, Abraham A. Awolich had exchange views […]
Billion Seedlings Allotted to East Africa Countries Promote Collaboration, Dev’t: Commissioner
(ENA) The one billion tree seedlings planned to be distributed to East African countries will promote peace, collaboration, and development among the countries, according to Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commissioner. Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commissioner Prof. Fekadu Beyene told ENA that the green development collaboration has immense benefits. “Climate change necessitates collaboration. And […]