NAIROBI – The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the continent’s death toll from COVID-19 has jumped 17 percent in the past month. In a media briefing Thursday, the Africa CDC said the infection rate has also increased and warned some countries are testing less often for the virus than needed. In […]
Continue Reading(ENA) A COVID-19 response project, which directly benefits more than 300,000 people and 800,000 people indirectly by the year 2023, was launched today. The aim of the project is to increase resilience and self-reliance of institutions, communities, and vulnerable individuals to prepare for COVID-19 response in an inclusive and gender-responsive manner in the sectors of […]
Continue ReadingGENEVA – The World Health Organization warns that millions of people in conflict-ridden Tigray in northern Ethiopia lack access to basic health care and risk falling ill. The agency has been able to reach only a fraction of them. According to the WHO, about 3.8 million people in Tigray need health assistance. The agency wants […]
Continue Reading(ENA) The small aircraft transporting passengers from Jigjiga to Dire Dawa crash landed yesterday due to bad weather, according to Ethiopian Accident Investigation Bureau (EAIB). The aircraft carrying four people in total, two humanitarian staff and two crew members, collided with a hill side and crashed in Kombolcha Woreda of East Harerghe Zone in Oromia […]
Continue Reading(ENA) The rainfall in Ethiopian highlands is pouring and quantities reaching the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) are currently over 6,000 cubic meters per second, making downstream flooding possible, Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Sileshi Bekele said. The surcharge at GERD has already risen by 5m, he added. The minister further twitted that “GERD is […]
Continue ReadingShire, Tigray – “I’m feeling happy.” These are the three words that Teddy, 12, wrote when asked by an Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) counsellor from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to describe how he feels at the moment. Only a day before, he wrote “I’m feeling scared.” Teddy is among the 1.99 million people who […]
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