U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Kenya Wednesday to discuss “the partnership” between the two countries and to address regional issues such as ending the violence in Ethiopia, combating terrorism in Somalia and reviving Sudan’s transition to a civilian government, the State Department said Tuesday. Kenya, a member of the United Nations Security Council, […]
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US Gov’t is War Entrepreneur of Current Conflict in Ethiopia: Zimbabwean Philosopher
The U.S government is the war entrepreneur of the current conflict in Ethiopia: Zimbabwean Philosopher, Maponga Joshua III said. The war triggered against Ethiopia is not only against the interest of Ethiopia rather it’s a war waged upon the entire continent. The Zimbabwean Philosopher said Ethiopia is a mother of African independence and it’s a […]
African Leaders to Discuss on Ways of Financing Post-COVID-19 Recovery, Development
African Heads of State, ministers, leaders of the private sector, development actors and academics will be gathering in Cabo Verde from 2 to 4 December for the African Economic Conference. Developing new ways of financing the post-COVID-19 recovery and accelerating development in Africa will be the focus of many conversations in this year’s flagship economic […]
UN Allocates $40 Million from Emergency Funds to Humanitarian Response in Ethiopia
(New York, 15 November 2021): UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths today allocated US$25 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support life-saving humanitarian assistance and protection of civilians in Ethiopia. A $15 million allocation from the country-based Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund (EHF) was also announced, increasing the total injection of new resources to Ethiopia […]
UNFPA Ethiopia Response to the Northern Ethiopia crisis – Situation report (1-15 October 2021)
Background After almost one year of conflict, the political dynamics across Northern Ethiopia changed dramatically on June 28 following the unilateral declaration of ceasefire by the Federal Government with the subsequent withdrawal of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and the control of most areas of Tigray region by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). […]
FAO–China South-South Cooperation Programme support to FAO’s global action on the control of the desert locust (OSRO/GLO/016/CPR)
Objective: To curb the spread of the desert locust by sharing and applying, through South-South Triangular Cooperation, new, effective and low-cost technologies, techniques and proved solutions. Key partners: Ethiopia: Ministry of Agriculture. Islamic Republic of Iran: Plant Protection Organization of the Ministry of Agriculture Jahad. Kenya: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives. Pakistan: Department of […]