The Human Rights Council this morning adopted three resolutions on human rights in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS, and on violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to all forms of violence a…
Continue Reading(ENA) Some 400,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine are being distributed in all regions of the country, according to Ministry of Health.Briefing journalists today, Health Minister Dr. Lia Tadesse said the ministry has been distributing the 400,000 doses o…
Continue ReadingAid community commits to act collectively to address humanitarian needs in Yemen P 02Second dose COVID-19 vaccination campaign launched P 03Boat carrying migrants capsizes off Yemen’s coast P 04YHF allocates US$50 million for life-saving response P 05U…
Continue ReadingWFP estimates that a record 270 million people worldwide are acutely food insecure or at high risk this year, a 40 per cent jump from 2020. “High food prices are hunger’s new best friend. We already have conflict, climate and COVID-19 working together to push more people into hunger and misery. Now food prices have joined the deadly […]
Continue ReadingCountries can still deliver on the pledge to achieve zero hunger by 2030 despite the seismic events of the past year and the outbreak or threat of famine across multiple countries – this is the main message emerging from the World Food Programme (WFP)’s Annual Review for 2020. “The challenges of COVID-19 have been immense, but WFP’s […]
Continue ReadingMedical charity Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday it is halting work in some parts of Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region after the “brutal murder” of three of its staff last month. “MSF announces the suspension of its activities in Abi Adi, Adigrat and Axum, in central and eastern Tigray. MSF teams in other areas of Tigray […]
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