Tigrayan rebels denied allegations that they killed scores of villagers in a neighbouring region of northern Ethiopia earlier this month, a spokesman said Wednesday. “We categorically reject claims of our forces’ involvement in the killing of civilians,” Getachew Reda, spokesman for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, said on Twitter. His comments came in response to […]
Continue ReadingRebel forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region denied reports Wednesday that they had killed dozens of civilians over a two-day period in the Amhara area. The Reuters news agency reported Wednesday that regional authorities said 120 civilians were killed between September 1 and 2. Local officials told Reuters that they had recovered bodies which appeared to […]
Continue ReadingTwo years ago, our beloved colleagues in Ethiopia – Khat Top Gatluack (1989-2019) and Alebachew Yemam Muhuye (1970-2019) – were ambushed and killed by unknown perpetrators dressed in paramilitary uniforms. Alebachew, a 40-year-old father of six children, was a driver for Action Against Hunger. Khat, 30, helped to lead our community mobilization efforts. These remarkable […]
Continue ReadingA deadly outbreak of meningitis has been declared in a northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the World Health Organization (WHO) have been supporting health authorities to deploy an initial emergency response team. More than 260 suspected cases and 129 deaths have been reported in Tshopo Province; a high case fatality ratio of 50 per cent, the UN health […]
Continue ReadingMental health and psychosocial support must be seen as integral to all humanitarian, peacebuilding and development programmes across the UN, the Secretary-General said on Wednesday. António Guterres was speaking at a high-level event on Mental Health Interventions for Peacebuilding in Conflict and Humanitarian settings. “Vulnerability and mental health problems are part of our collective human experience and should be treated as seriously as physical health […]
Continue ReadingEthiopia received the first shipment of 108,000 Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses from the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) mechanism. The vaccine doses were handed over on Monday to Ethiopia at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) together with other AVAT partners as […]
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