Rome – Upcoming seasonal rains in hunger-stricken northern Ethiopia offer a tight window of opportunity for farmers to get a crop in the ground and reboot local food production – but without funding and better access by aid agencies, that opportunity …
Ethiopia, Russia Sign Various Agreements to Enhance Military Cooperation
(ENA) The 11th Ethiopia-Russia military technical cooperation joint meeting concluded today with signing various agreements, according to the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). Speaking at the closing ceremony of the session, Defense State Minister Martha Luiji said the current agreement will further strengthen the long-standing friendship between the two countries and enable them to work together much […]
Ethiopia Should Enhance Economic Ties with South Sudan to Trade Energy: Honorary Consul
(ENA) The Government of Ethiopia should strengthen economic ties with South Sudan to facilitate energy trade between the two countries, Ethiopia’s Public Diplomacy and Economy honorary Consul in South Sudan Aysheshim Teka urged. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit awarded Aysheshim the South Sudanese honorary citizenship in 2019 for supporting national cohesion, unity and development […]
Fill the Nutrient Gap Ethiopia – Summary (July 2021)
Executive Summary Over recent decades, Ethiopia has made considerable progress in reducing the prevalence of stunting, yet, 37 percent of children under five years of age remain affected. Stunting generates an economic loss of ETB 55.5 billion (USD 1.8 billion) every year, equivalent to approximately 16 percent of Ethiopia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (1). Persistent […]
Conflict, erratic weather, economic crises and COVID -19 driving extreme food insecurity and humanitarian need in East Africa, warns IRC
Nairobi, Kenya, July 12, 2021 — The International Rescue Committee is concerned about the rising number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in East Africa due to increasing conflict, erratic weather and secondary effects of COVID-19. The scale and severity of food insecurity in places such as Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen are amongst the […]
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning of Actions financed by the Asylum Migration Integration Fund (AMIF)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, on behalf of the donors funding RDPP, commissioned Samuel Hall to conduct an evaluation to assess the results and impact of the AMIF-funded activities in Ethiopia and Sudan. AMIF actions aimed at enabling the provision of better protection, assistance and durable solutions for refugees and asylum seekers […]