Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a lack of funding, are leaving humanitarians with a stark choice over who to assist, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country warned on Friday. The conflict in the DRC is on “such a massive scale”, that the country has the highest number of internally displaced in Africa, a large refugee population of 500,000, and is experiencing […]
Addressing Ruinous Effects of COVID-19, Climate Change, Speakers Urge Speeding Up Development Goals Implementation, as Second Committee Continues Debate
Delegates also Take Up Poverty Eradication, Agricultural Development, Food Security Stressing that developed countries must ramp up global cooperation to close the world’s glaring economic gap, speakers focused on the need to tackle vaccine inequity, the ruinous effects of COVID‑19, climate change and implementation of development goals, as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) continued its […]
IGAD PSD ORGANIZED REGIONAL EXPERIENCE SHARING WORKSHOP ON POST CONFLICT PEACE BUILDING
(Adama, Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Peace and Security Division concluded three days regional experience sharing workshop on Post conflict Peace Building. The objective of the workshop was to share experiences among member states on post conflict peace building and update the IGAD Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) Policy Framework. Senior Officials and […]
Federal Housing Corporation Purchases 20 Million Birr Worth GERD Bond
Federal Housing Corporation has bought a 20-million-Birr worth Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) bond today. Federal Housing Corporation CEO Reshad Kemal handed over the bond to Office of the National Council for Coordination of Public Participation to the Construction of GERD Director-General Aregawi Berhe. On the occasion, Aregawi commended the corporation for extending the support calling on all Ethiopians and foreigners […]
Terrorist TPLF Destroys Awash-Kombolcha-Hara Gebeya Railway Project
The Awash-Kombolcha-Hara Gebeya railway project which was under construction has been severely damaged by the TPLF terrorist group, according to the project manager. The construction of the Awash-Kombolcha-Hara Gebeya Railway Project was launched some six years ago at a cost of 1.7 billion USD. Project Manager, Abdulkarim Mohammed told ENA that it was planned to complete the […]
European Union provides new funding to address severe acute malnutrition in East Africa
UNICEF has received a new grant from the European Union’s Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) to help in the fight against severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in East Africa. The three-year joint programme (16 million Euro for the first year, in 2021) aims at increasing coverage and sustainability for treating severe acute malnutrition in Ethiopia, Somalia and South […]