A total of 274 million people worldwide will need emergency aid and protection in 2022, a 17 per cent increase compared with this year, UN humanitarians said on Thursday. The amount is equivalent to “the world’s fourth most populous country”, Martin Griffiths, UN Humanitarian Affairs chief said at the launch of the 2022 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) in Geneva. The document, published annually by […]
Desert Locust: Current upsurge (2019–2021), 29 November 2021
2018 ● Cyclones in May and October brought heavy rains that gave rise to favourable breeding conditions in the Empty Quarter of the southern Arabian Peninsula for at least nine months since June. ● As a result, three generations of breeding occurred that was undetected and not controlled. 2019 ● JANUARY: the first swarms left […]
Ethiopia and Kuwait discussed on bilateral economic cooperation
H.E Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah discussed today December 1,2021 on bilateral economic cooperation with H.E Ato Ahmed Shide Minister of Finance of Ethiopia. On the part of Ethiopia side, some higher officials were present at the meeting. Moreover, Minister of Oil and Higher Education Dr. Mohammad Al-Fares, Minister of Finance and State Minister for […]
World Bank Country Director Affirms Continued Support to Ethiopia
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonnen, met Ousmane Dione, Country Director of the World Bank for Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan and Sudan in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region, today. During the occasion, Demeke expressed his profound thanks to the Bank for its enormous contributions and support to address the country’s […]
NDRMC Purchasing Wheat for Food Reserves
The National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) is purchasing wheat and other produces from abroad to be used as food reserves. NDRMC Deputy Commissioner for Strategic Logistics Sector, Aydrus Hassen said many people have been displaced due to the war waged by the terrorist TPLF. He said the commission has continued its humanitarian assistance and […]
China to Invest 10 Billion USD in Africa in 3 Years, Support Continent in All Aspects
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China will encourage its businesses to invest no less than 10 billion US dollars in Africa in the next three years. The president made the announcement in a speech he delivered at the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing via video link on the […]