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IOM, Germany’s Strengthened Partnership Supports Thousands in Ethiopia
Download logo Ethiopia faces one of the world’s most complex human mobility environments, with myriad social, economic, political and climatic factors driving the movement of people within and beyond its borders. According to the latest National...

Ethiopia inaugurates model water supply and waste management project in Oromia Region
Today marks another major milestone in the Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Ethiopia with the inauguration of a model water supply, sanitation and waste management system in Welenchiti Town, Oromia Region. Part of the ONEWASH...

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF): Health facilities targeted in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Download logo Health facilities across Ethiopia’s Tigray region have been looted, vandalised and destroyed in a deliberate and widespread attack on healthcare, according to teams from international medical organisation Médecins Sans...

Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania Seek Solutions to Irregular Migration on Southern Route
Irregular migration from the East and Horn of Africa to southern Africa, presents countries along this route with a new challenge: how to manage these flows while ensuring that the human rights of migrants are respected and protected. The...

Robert Shumake Donates 3k books in Ethiopia for HIV Orphans
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES, April 12, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Robert Shumake has always wanted to make the world a better place, not just for himself and his family but for as many people as possible. Over the years, this Detroit...

Ethiopia surpasses Dubai as major transit hub to Africa.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ethiopia, the base for Africa’s largest Aviation Group Ethiopian Airlines, has overtaken Dubai as the top transit hub for long-haul passengers to Africa, Reuters has reported citing...

Ethiopia Marks World AIDS Day with Optimism Following New Report on HIV Care and Treatment Progress
Download logo On World AIDS Day, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and ICAP at Columbia University (ICAP) released...

Siemens Gamesa seals its first wind farm project in Ethiopia, expanding its leadership in Africa
The company will deliver 29 SG 3.4-132 wind turbines to state-owned utility Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) for the Assela project; the 100 MW wind farm will help power over 400,000 Ethiopian households; the wind farm is set to be commissioned by...

Ethiopia: Remarkable Progress Over More Than a Decade
Ethiopian mother with child. The country has enjoyed important welfare gains including a dramatic fall in the number of maternal deaths (photo: Chris Bradley/Newscom) December 4, 2018 Ethiopia has built on its strong track record of development...

Improving Support Services for Persons with Disabilities in Africa Expert Meeting in Addis Ababa from 6 to 7 September 2016
Improving support services for persons with disabilities in Africa will be the focus of a two-day expert meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosted by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas-Aguilar....

Outcome of the 21st Military Operations Coordination Committee Meeting on the African Union Mission in Somalia Held at the AU Headquarters, on 11 November 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Chiefs of Defence Forces (CDFs) of all African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) namely Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya, the Commander of Land Forces of the Uganda Peoples Defence Force (UPDF),...

Fifty Governments Stand Firm on the Drive for Economic Resilience
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, April 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) today hosted an inaugural Ambassadors’ Forum galvanizing global support for accelerating adaptation at speed and at scale. The event, hosted at...

IMF Reaches a Staff-Level Agreement for the First and Second Reviews of the Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility for Ethiopia
February 23, 2021 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent...

TCEQ Celebrates 30 Years of the Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is celebrating its 30th anniversary of the Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program this year. The paid summer internship places undergraduate and graduate college students pursuing...

WHO works with the health and education sectors to ensure COVID-19 prevention measures are in place as schools reopen in Ethiopia
Schools in Ethiopia are reopening after nine months of closure following the confirmation of the first COVID-19 case in the country in March 2020. Since March, the disease has affected over 100 000 people, killed nearly two thousand, and disrupted...

How does air pollution affect outdoor sports? - Kunak Technologies
Article about the need to measure and control pollution at sports events and how it affects sports performance SPAIN, September 25, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Citius, altius, fortius. Faster, higher, and stronger. This is the slogan of the...

New USAID-Ethiopian Airlines Partnership to Source Food from Local Farmers for In-Flight Meals
Download logo Today, Ethiopian Airlines and the United States announced a new partnership agreement that will enable the nation’s flagship carrier to source locally grown produce and ingredients for preparing in-flight meals for global passengers....

Coronavirus: International Organization for Migration (IOM), European Union and the Government of Ethiopia strengthen Partnership to support migrants during COVID-19
Download logo With the European Union’s (EU) revitalized commitment to a single cohesive migration policy as set out in its new Pact on Migration and Asylum, a high-level delegation from the European Union visited Ethiopia for a dialogue with the...

Ethiopian to Resume Flights to Asmara
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES, July 10, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it has finalized preparations to resume...

Coronavirus - Ethiopia: COVID-19 Humanitarian impact - Situation Update No. 12, as of 2 September 2020
This report is prepared under the auspices of the National Emergency Coordination Center for COVID-19 response, led by the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC), supported by OCHA Ethiopia with the participation of Cluster...