In reaction to Ethiopia’s latest food insecurity figures released today by the IPC, Oxfam’s global Emergency Food Security Advisor, Emily Farr, said: “The figures released today are extremely worrying – they show new and dangerous levels of hunger in Ethiopia. According to the latest IPC findings, right now there are over 350,000 people in a […]
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UN agencies scale-up response to address looming famine ‘catastrophe’ in Tigray
David Beasley, WFP Executive Director, said access is essential to avoid a catastrophe, with alarming new data confirming four million people there face severe hunger. Armed groups blocking access Although the UN agency has mounted an emergency food assistance operation in the region, increasing food distributions for some 1.4 million people, he said this is barely half […]
Sugarcane Research: 7 varieties can be productive in SNNPR
Sugarcane is important crop of sub-tropical and tropical countries and Ethiopia has begun its production way back in 1950s at Wonji; later it was extended to Shoa, Metahara, Fincha and Tendaho; its present production correspondingly meets 60% demand and per capita consumption is 5 to 6 kg whereas it’s 16.5 and 24 kg in Africa […]
Residents Dig Mass Graves to Bury Tigray War Victims
HAWZEN, TIGRAY REGION, ETHIOPIA – On the outskirts of Hawzen, Ethiopia, rocks and dirt cover the bodies of war victims in shallow graves. Some graves hold dozens of bodies, some only a few. About 200 people are believed to be buried in and around the town after more than seven months of war. Locals say there are about 20 graves in all, containing bodies that were found in the streets after multiple battles, […]
Some Addis Residents Reaffirm Commitment to Support GERD Till Completion
(ENA) Residents of Addis Ababa told the Ethiopian News Agency that they will continue supporting the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) until its completion. According to them, the downstream countries have been trying hard to disrupt and stop the construction of the dam since its commencement. Its construction has, however, been carried out through own […]
Desert locust upsurge: Progress report on the response in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen | January–April 2021
The fight against desert locust in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen has been raging for sixteen months – since January 2020. Governments, FAO and partners are responding to the worst upsurge in seventy years. An extraordinarily effective system has been put in place, from forecasting to responding, and from short-term coordinating to preparing […]