Ambassadors of six countries and the European Union have presented their credentials to President Sahle-Work Zewde today. The ambassadors are Michaele lan Upton of New Zealand, Kira Smith Sinberg of Denmark, Abdi Mohamoud Eybe of Djibouti, Julia Niblett of Australia, Roland Kobia of European Union, Mohammed Omar Gad of Egypt, and Sasirit Tangulart of Thailand. During […]
Ethiopia – Tigray Region Humanitarian Update Situation Report #19 – September 30, 2021
FAST FACTS In Ethiopia, International Medical Corps is operating 20 mobile health and nutrition teams (MHNTs), which have reached 678,130 internally displaced persons (IDPs) settled in more than 32 IDP sites in the Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions. In the past two weeks, International Medical Corps started providing emergency lifesaving health and nutrition services in […]
Northern Ethiopia Emergency Response Situation Report #03
Highlights Food insecurity in Tigray remains a concern and urgent action is needed to meet the immediate needs of 5.2 million food insecure people – including over 400,000 people facing catastrophic levels of hunger (IPC phase 5). Delivering supplies into the region remains the biggest challenge to WFP operations due to delays in clearances and […]
Report: Resilient Generation: supporting young people’s prospects for decent work in the drylands of east and west Africa
By Mairi Dupar Emma Lovell Vidya Diwakar Olivia Walmsley Camille Balcou Beza Tesfaye Vaidehi Krishnan This report reviews opportunities for young people in the drylands of Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, Sudan and Mali to pursue climate-resilient decent work, and provides key recommendations. The east and west regions of Africa have a young population — […]
Desert Locust Bulletin 516 (1 October 2021)
WESTERN REGION: CALM SITUATION. Scattered hoppers and adults from local breeding in Mali and Chad. FORECAST. No significant developments. CENTRAL REGION: THREAT SITUATION. Control operations continue in northern Somalia (9 972 ha treated) and started in eastern Ethiopia (3 657 ha) against a few remaining small spring-bred immature swarms; hopper bands and new immature swarms form in […]
Ethiopia: Decision to expel UN staff could put aid operations at risk
The decision to expel United Nations staff from Ethiopia could affect aid distribution in the war-torn north of the country, where needs and displacement are rising, UN humanitarians said on Friday. Engagement between the UN and the Government continues after the Ethiopian authorities on Thursday declared seven of the organization’s staff personae non grata and […]