(ENA) The international community should condemn TPLF that has repeatedly shown its utter disregard and cruelty to the people in Tigray by blocking essential aid to the region, Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Djibouti noted. During his discussion with WFP Representative & Country Director Mary Njoroge, Ambassador Berhanu Tsegaye said the international community should spare no time to condemn […]
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Eritrean refugees in Tigray caught up in conflict
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is extremely worried about the fate of thousands of Eritrean refugees currently trapped in two refugee camps […]
Small climate changes can have devastating local consequences – it happened in the Little Ice Age
In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, inundated subway tunnels in China, swept through northwestern Africa and triggered deadly landslides in India and Japan. Heat and drought fanned wildfires in the North American West and Siberia, contributed to water shortages in Iran, and worsened famines in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. Extremes like these are increasingly caused or worsened by human activities heating […]
IGAD PSD ORGANISE CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON UNSCR 1325 AND NATIONAL ACTION PLANS FOR TECHNICAL LEVEL STAFF OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF ETHIOPIA
25 JULY 2021 ( Bishoftu, Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Peace and Security Division (PSD) this morning kick started three days National Consultative Workshop based on a policy brief on implementation of UNSCR 1325 for technical level Ethiopian Authorities with the objective to discuss the overall situation in Ethiopia regarding existing follow up mechanisms of the implementation of UNSCR1325 and to devise a concrete roadmap towards a National Action Plan (NAP) or an equivalent instrument for the […]
AAU Receives an Art Gallery, recently Constructed inside Entoto Park
Addis Ababa University (AAU) received an art gallery, recently constructed inside Entoto Park, from the FDRE government on the 25th of July 2021. Professor Tassew Weldehanna, President of AAU, said while receiving the Gallery that, the University has given special attention from the very beginning to do a sustainable and useful jobs for the country as […]
Flights Heading to Addis Ababa Being Diverted to Nearby Airports Due to Bad Weather
(ENA) Flights heading to Addis Ababa are diverting to nearby airports due to bad weather at and around Bole International Airport, Ethiopian Group confirmed. In a statement issued today, out of an abundance of caution flights heading to Addis Ababa are diverting to nearby airports due to bad weather at and around Bole International Airport. […]