In Numbers 3.14 million people assisted USD 1,995,742 in cash transfers USD 377 million (July – December 2021) net funding requirements 35,119 mt of food assistance distributed Operational Updates WFP assisted 3.14 million people, including drought and flood-affected people, internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees and malnourished children and women. WFP extended its emergency food assistance relief response in Tigray and […]
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AU-led Process on GERD Right Platform to Reach Amicable Solutions: Nile Riparian Countries
(ENA) Nile riparian countries said the African Union (AU)-led Process on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations is the right platform to reach amicable solutions, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In its statement the ministry said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen met in his office today with ambassadors and diplomats of […]
Ethio-Russian Military, Technical Cooperation Meeting Kicks Off in Addis Ababa
(ENA) The 11th Ethiopia-Russia military technical cooperation joint meeting has kicked off today in Addis Ababa. The meeting is expected to examine and ratify the 10th military and technical program agenda, according to the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). The current meeting aims at enhancing the military cooperation of the two countries by scaling up their […]
Clean and safe water, welcome relief for Tigray’s conflict-displaced families
Shire, Tigray – “I never thought I’d worry about water for my family until the conflict happened and displaced us,” says Amit, 38, a single mother of three. In the eight months since the conflict in Tigray, northern Ethiopia broke out, the number of displaced persons has ballooned to 1.99 million and now Amit has joined them, living […]
Flow Monitoring Dashboard – Ethiopia (May 2021)
OVERVIEW In May 2021, a total of 20,585 movements were observed across Ethiopia’s five flow monitoring points (FMPs). This represents a 9.7% increase in daily average movement in comparison with April 2021 when an average of 606 movements per day were observed. It should be noted that data collection at Humera Flow Monitoring Point in […]
Ethiopia resumes filling Nile mega-dam reservoir, angering downstream nations
(NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling the reservoir of its mega-dam on the upper Blue Nile, Egypt and Sudan said, raising tensions Tuesday ahead of an upcoming UN Security Council meeting on the divisive project. Both Cairo and Khartoum said they had been notified by Addis Ababa that the second phase […]