In Addis Ababa where shortage of supplied water is a critical issue, the COVID-19 pandemic has further intensified the need for safe water in local communities. It is a challenge to encourage and promulgate safe hygiene practices even under the limited supply of water and to reduce a risk of COVID-19 cross-infection in the public […]
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Libya: Remarks by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell upon arrival at the Berlin Conference on Libya
Check against delivery! Good morning, Today it is an important day for Libya. I really thank Germany and Minister [for Foreign Affairs of Germany] Heiko Maas for conveying this Conference, and also the United Nations. Things are much better in Libya, but we have two important milestones ahead of us. We have to prepare the […]
Ethiopia: Joint statement by the High Representative Borrell and Commissioner Lenarčič on the airstrike in the Tigray region
The reports on the bombing of a market place in the village of Edaga Selus near Togoga in the Dogua Tembien District of the Tigray Region on 22 June are extremely worrying. This is yet another attack adding up to the horrific series of International Humanitarian Law and human rights violations, atrocities, ethnic violence, combined […]
Sudan asks UN Security Council to meet over Ethiopia’s Blue Nile dam
(NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan asked the United Nations Security Council to meet and discuss a dispute over a giant dam being built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile, a government statement said. Ethiopia is pinning its hopes of economic development and power generation on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), while the two downstream countries – […]
Vote count under way in Ethiopia after contentious election
(NNN-AGENCIES) — Ballot papers are still being counted following delayed parliamentary elections in Ethiopia, the first electoral test for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Africa’s second-most populous country went to the polls on Monday but an opposition boycott, a months-long war in the northern region of Tigray, ethnic violence elsewhere and logistical challenges overshadowed the vote […]
PM Launches Renovation of Old Houses of Needy Mothers to Encourage Campaign
(ENA) Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, accompanied with the Republican Guards, demolished today old houses of impoverished residents in Addis Ababa to encourage broader volunteer renovation campaigns ahead of the rainy season. Office of the Prime Minister and the Republican Guards which demolished 7 houses today are expected to renovate up to 15 houses for mothers […]