The first Korean-American Colorado GOP Vice Chair, Priscilla Rahn has urged foreign powers to be responsible on Ethiopia’s situation in the way they react to the current situation in the country. In an exclusive interview with ENA, Rahn said “we need to be very careful about how we intervene in world affairs. It’s really not our place […]
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Emergency aid needs set to rise by 17% to assist 274 million, UN humanitarians warn
A total of 274 million people worldwide will need emergency aid and protection in 2022, a 17 per cent increase compared with this year, UN humanitarians said on Thursday. The amount is equivalent to “the world’s fourth most populous country”, Martin Griffiths, UN Humanitarian Affairs chief said at the launch of the 2022 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) in Geneva. The document, published annually by […]
WHO donates 3,000 oxygen cylinders to the Ethiopian Public Health Institute to strengthen the capacity of COVID-19 treatment centres
On 30 November 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) delivered to the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) 500 of the 3,000 oxygen cylinders procured for the institute to improve access to oxygen for critical care and strengthen the oxygen capacity of health facilities providing COVID-19 treatment services. “As COVID-19 continues to be a major public […]
Activities of Secretary-General in United Kingdom, 10–13 November
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on the morning of Wednesday, 10 November. After his arrival, he had an internal meeting with the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Patricia Espinosa, and his climate team at the COP26 venue. This was followed by a bilateral meeting with […]
Desert Locust: Current upsurge (2019–2021), 29 November 2021
2018 ● Cyclones in May and October brought heavy rains that gave rise to favourable breeding conditions in the Empty Quarter of the southern Arabian Peninsula for at least nine months since June. ● As a result, three generations of breeding occurred that was undetected and not controlled. 2019 ● JANUARY: the first swarms left […]
Ethiopian Government Says It Recaptured UN World Heritage Site
Pro-government forces in Ethiopia have recaptured the northern town of Lalibela, a United Nations World Heritage Site, from Tigray forces, according to the office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front and forces aligned with the group had seized control of the historic town in northern Ethiopia’s Amhara region about four months […]