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United Nations Communications Vital More than Ever in Face of Multiple Crises, Fourth Committee Hears, as Speakers Debate Information

October 20, 2022October 21, 2022User2

Delegates also Renew Call for Increased Multilingualism in Organization’s Work The work of the Department of Global Communications is as critical as ever as the international community grapples with the manifold challenges of a global pandemic, the negative impacts of climate change and a resurgence of conflict, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard […]

Third Committee Deplores Upswing in Missing Persons Worldwide, Ongoing Reprisals against Human Right Defenders in Its Continuing Human Rights Discussion

October 20, 2022October 21, 2022User2

Measures to address reprisals against civil society actors and human rights defenders, the frightening increase in missing persons and the impact of unilateral coercive measures on already lagging economies were among topics addressed today by the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural), as it held a debate on the promotion and protection of human rights. […]

TIGRAY PEACE TALKS IN SOUTH AFRICA ON OCTOBER 24: ETHIOPIA GOVT

October 20, 2022October 21, 2022User2

Ethiopia’s government said Thursday that peace talks had been announced by the African Union for 24 October in South Africa to try to resolve the nearly two-year war in Tigray. “AUC (African Union Commission) has informed us that the Peace Talks is set for 24 Oct, 2022 to be held in South Africa. We have […]

Ethiopia and The French Republic Signed Financing Agreement

October 20, 2022October 21, 2022User2

ADDIS ABABA– A financing agreement amounting to 5 million euros (Approximately 260 million ETB) was signed today, between the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the French Republic at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Finance, for the implementation of ” Lalibela Protection, Restoration and Development Project”. Following the meeting in October 2018 between […]

Malawi Police Exhume 25 Bodies of Ethiopians in Mass Grave

October 20, 2022October 21, 2022User2

BLANTYRE, MALAWI — Police in northern Malawi are investigating the deaths of 25 male foreigners, believed to be Ethiopians, found buried in a mass grave in a forest in the Mzimba district. Police say villagers discovered the month-old mass grave in the forest while hunting wild insects in the Mtangatanga Forest Reserve. The preliminary investigation on […]

Ethiopia: Tigray Peace Talks to Take Place in South Africa

October 20, 2022October 21, 2022User2

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — The African Union has set October 24 in South Africa as the date and place for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, according to an Ethiopian official. The announcement from Redwan Hussein, the national security adviser for Ethiopia’s prime minister, came days after the federal government reported […]