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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on reported killing of hundreds of civilians, including children, in Afar, northern Ethiopia

“UNICEF is extremely alarmed by the reported killing of over 200 people, including more than 100 children, in attacks on displaced families sheltering at a health facility and a school in Afar region on Thursday, 5 August. Crucial food supplies were also reportedly destroyed in an area that is already seeing emergency levels of malnutrition […]

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WFP delivers food to another 1 million people in Tigray during June and July but is only reaching half of those it should be

ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) delivered food to over a million people in the north-west and parts of southern Tigray in June and July under the second round of distributions, despite numerous challenges. But severe shortages of food, cash, fuel and functioning telecommunications equipment mean WFP has only reached half of […]

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The role of mandatory standards and technical regulations is crucial to the security of the community and the national economy.

Strong national mandatory standards and technical regulations are needed to ensure the security of the society and the national economy in accordance with Ethiopia’s policies and strategies. Compulsory Standards The role of the executive is to ensure that it does not become a barrier to implementation and that there is no overlap of responsibilities that […]