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Gender

Pushing forward: Countering anti-feminist backlash in Ethiopia

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) accompanied by President Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia

Peace and Security

‘Peace is indispensable’ says UN deputy chief in Ethiopia, hearing stories of conflict and hope

UN News

Husband and wife prepare enset at their home in Doyogena District, Ethiopia

Empowerment

Unlocking the true potential of ‘false banana'

Selamawit Araya Kidane (from Ethiopia) talks about her research on the nutritional benefits of the Enset plant.

By Economic Commission for Africa

Weapons destruction in the Central African Republic during the September Africa Amnesty Month.

Silencing the guns

#SilencingTheGuns: 7 African countries ramp up efforts to collect illegal firearms

Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Kenya participated in the AU's Africa Amnesty Month in September.

By UN Office for Disarmament Affairs

A young girl cooks in a rural village in Ethiopia, where the land has been affected by recurrent droughts.

Peace and Security

Water cooperation between States ‘key’ to Blue Nile dam project

UN News

In the Somali region of Ethiopia, recurring droughts and locust invasions were already threatening food security. With COVID-19, the socio-economic impacts being felt across Ethiopia are wide-ranging and serious, with the potential to become severe, the r

coronavirus

UNDP: In Ethiopia, pandemic struck amid slowing growth, locust invasion, and disease outbreaks

UNDP

By UNDP

Meles Alem, Ethiopian Ambassador to Kenya handing over food donation to one of the beneficiaries.

coronavirus

Hundreds of Ethiopian COVID-19 impacted migrant families receive food and assistance in Kenya

By IOM

IOM medical staff training personnel at the Quarantine Centre in Addis Ababa.

coronavirus

IOM Ethiopia assists hundreds of returning COVID-19 affected migrants

By IOM

Handover of consumable medical equipment to St. Paul's Hospital

coronavirus

Free medical care for migrants in new IOM Ethiopia partnership

By IOM

The lack of access to clean water, or money to buy it, is among the major risk factors for migrants transiting through Djibouti.

coronavirus

New study on Ethiopian migrants to the gulf finds many unaware of dangers

By IOM

Dr. Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, UN Resident Coordinator, Dr. Catherine Sozi, joined IOM Chief of Mission and Representative to AU, UNECA and IGAD, Maureen Achieng, on a visit to Addis Ababa University’s Sidist Kilo campus quara

coronavirus

IOM Ethiopia assists hundreds of returning migrants in COVID-19 quarantine sites

By IOM

Social mobilisation team broadcasting messages from a van and giving out materials on COVID-19 prevention in Hararghe Ethiopia.

coronavirus

Local leaders mobilised to fight against COVID-19 in Ethiopia

By IOM

“I will not succumb to short-lived challenges and give up,” says Dawit Mequanint, a midwife in Ethiopia.

coronavirus

Ethiopia's midwives grapple with the COVID-19 while ensuring safe delivery

By United Nations Population Fund

IOM Ethiopia Staff register returnees from Saudi Arabia at the Civil Service College quarantine centre in Addis Ababa.

coronavirus

Surge of returnees to Ethiopia, UN calls for a pause amidst increased in Covid-19 enforcement

By IOM

Ethiopian migrants from Tanzania receive onward transportation allowance at IOM’s Transit Centre.

Migration

First Group of Over 1,400 Stranded Ethiopian Migrants Arrive from Tanzania

By IOM

ABF 2020

Economic Development

Business Forum ends with hopes for Africa to power its development with clean energy

AfCFTA implementation

Free Trade Area

AfCFTA Implementation: Conditions for Success

Locusts can devastate crops and pastures.

Climate Change

East Africa locusts threaten food security across subregion, alerts UN agriculture agency

UN News

African regional consultations on UN global compact on migration begin in Ethiopia

UN News

The UN Secretary-General has appointed former Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy as his special envoy to help resolve the border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea

Departments

Africa Watch

Africa Renewal

By Africa Renewal

A severe drought in Ethiopia has meant that Sofia, 12, has to walk 35 kilometres from her family's home to the nearest water point, then all the way back carrying heavy containers.

News

Floods deal ‘staggering’ blow to pastoralists recovering from Ethiopia’s long drought – UN

UN News

Photo:WFP/Melese Awoke

News

Drought In Ethiopia: 10 Million People In Need

By WFP

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre), accompanied by World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Ertharin Cousin (right), visited drought-affected Ziway Dugda Woreda, Oromia Region in Ethiopia. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News

Visiting drought-hit region of Ethiopia, Ban urges support to Government-led humanitarian efforts

UN News

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the 26th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2016 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News

In Addis Ababa, Ban urges leaders to build on progress in human rights and women's empowerment

UN News

Failed sorghum crop, as the current El Niño pattern, being the strongest ever recorded, has caused severe drought in Ethiopia. Photo: UNOCHA Ethiopia/Lemma Tamiru

News

As food emergency intensifies in drought-hit Ethiopia, UN appeals for more resources

UN News

West Hararghe region, Ethiopia, December 2015. Some 10.2 million people are food insecure amidst one of the worst droughts to hit Ethiopia in decades.

News

FAO presents $50 million emergency plan as Ethiopia faces worst drought in 30 years

10.2 million food insecure after major crop failure, livestock losses due to El Niño

By FAO

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and GEF CEO Naoko Ishii visit Africa’s largest gene bank. Photo credit: UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa (Addis Ababa)

News

Powered by environmental finance, Africa’s largest gene bank helps to bolster biodiversity, food security

UNDP

By UNDP

Des travailleurs du parc industriel de Sonapi, à Port-au-Prince, en Haïti. Photo : ONU / Eskinder Debebe

News

ADDIS: UN agency stresses role of partnerships to finance inclusive, sustainable industrial development

UN News

A partial view of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam under construction. Reuters/T. Negeri

Financing For Development

Can Africa fund its own growth?

Mobilizing domestic resources is a key source of finance

By Tonderayi Mukeredzi

Haddis Tadesse, middle, with Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tedros Adhanom, left, and Bill Gates.

Also

Ethiopia’s development is mostly people-driven

Masimba Tafirenyika

By Masimba Tafirenyika

A view of streets and high rise apartment buildings in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Panos/Sven Torfinn

Also

The changing face of Ethiopia

An assertive nation flexes its economic muscle

Masimba Tafirenyika

By Masimba Tafirenyika

Departments

Africa Watch

Ethiopia plans Africa’s biggest dam

Pavithra Rao

By Pavithra Rao

Africa's Youth

Youth unemployment: lessons from Ethiopia

By Andualem Sisay

Recipients of loans from Buusaa Gonofaa, a non-governmental organization

Web Feature

In Ethiopia, battling poverty with tiny bits of cash

By Andualem Sisay

Also

To save the lives of mothers, infants

Commitment, money and innovation can reduce high mortality rates

By Stephanie Urdang

Also

Climate deal: hard work lies ahead

Africans press strong case at Copenhagen talks

By Ernest Harsch

Also

Africa sharpens its voice on climate

Leaders forging a common position for climate change talks

By Ernest Harsch

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