Some 13 artefacts that were looted 153 years ago by the British army were returned to Ethiopia today. High ranking government officials, including Tourism Minister Nansi Challe, received the artefacts looted during the Battle of Maqdala at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. The artefacts were reportedly returned after extensive diplomatic efforts by […]
Continue ReadingUNHCR has responded to the needs of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Ethiopia since 2018. In 2021 so far, UNHCR together with its partners, has reached over 1 million IDPs in nine regions of Ethiopia with impactful interventions to improve their protection and support their durable solutions. In response to the staggering rise of internal […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the expansion of the conflict into Amhara region, UNHCR has started to scale up its response to the internal displacement situation in the region under the leadership of the Principal Emergency Coordinator. This scale up includes the increase of staffing and presence in the region, with the main coordination hub in Bahir Dar and […]
Continue ReadingFAST FACTS In Ethiopia, International Medical Corps is operating 21 mobile health and nutrition teams (MHNTs), which have reached 678,130 internally displaced persons (IDPs) settled in more than 32 IDP sites in the Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions. International Medical Corps’ MHNTs are providing integrated health, nutrition, gender-based violence (GBV), mental health and psychosocial support […]
Continue ReadingThe Eastern Migration Route is one of the main migration routes globally, running from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia. It is among the busiest maritime migration routes; reports on 2019 movements indicate an average of 11,500 people boarding every month (IOM 14/02/2020), with 63% of the migratory movement tracked in the Horn of […]
Continue ReadingAt our meeting today, I updated Member States on the European Union response to the latest developments in Afghanistan, in Ethiopia and Sudan. And we have discussed the implications that the political situation has on our development assistance. We also had a fruitful exchange with Administrator of USAID [the United States Agency for International Development], Ms Samantha Power, at the Development Foreign Affairs Council. This […]
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