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Half a million Ethiopian migrants have been deported from Saudi Arabia in 5 years - what they go through

Tens of thousands of migrant Ethiopian workers have been forcibly repatriated from Saudi Arabia each year since the early 2010s. Although this is carried out as part of a crackdown on illegal migrant workers, legally documented workers have frequently been caught in the dragnet. Another 102,000 Ethiopian citizens will soon…

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Ukraine says ship with wheat for Ethiopia arrives, part of anti-famine push

A ship with Ukrainian wheat destined for Ethiopia arrived in port on Saturday, the first vessel to sail as part of a push to send food to countries most vulnerable to famine and drought, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

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UN anxious for unfettered aid access to Tigray

Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations still cannot get unfettered access to bring humanitarian aid into Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, one month after the ceasefire, the World Health Organization said Friday.

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WHO says still doesn't have full access to Ethiopia's Tigray

The World Health Organization said on Friday it still does not have the unfettered access to Ethiopia's northern Tigray region stipulated in a truce signed a month ago.

Reuters

Looting, forced removals plague Ethiopia's Tigray despite truce - witnesses

Ethiopia's allies are looting towns, arresting and killing civilians and relocating thousands of people from a disputed part of Tigray despite a truce between the government and local forces, witnesses and aid workers in the northern region say.

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Countering Russian narratives and documenting war crimes in Ukraine

As the international advocacy officer at Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, Oleksandra Drik works to rally global support for Ukraine and fight against Russian disinformation. On a recent trip to Kenya and Ethiopia, she found that many wrongly consider the invasion of Ukraine as a proxy war between Russia and…

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‘No timeline’ for restoring internet to Tigray: Ethiopia minister

In a ceasefire agreement signed earlier this month, Ethiopia committed to restoring basic services to the Tigray region.

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Freezing temperatures grip Kyiv as power shortages persist in Ukraine

Snow fell in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv Sunday, while the electricity supply was still disrupted due to recent air strikes carried out by Russia, guaranteeing a difficult winter for the city's inhabitants. Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of fresh strikes from Moscow. Read our live blog to review all…

France 24

Kidnappings, looting cited in Ethiopia's Tigray after truce

Eyewitnesses and aid workers say that allies of Ethiopia’s federal military are looting property and carrying out mass detentions in Tigray

The Independent UK

Food aid into Ethiopia’s Tigray ‘not matching needs’: UN

Access to some parts of Tigray remains constrained even as all four road corridors are now open, UN food agency says.

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Blinken stresses implementing Ethiopia ceasefire on call with PM

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on a call with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday stressed the importance of implementing a ceasefire in the country, where the government and Tigrayan forces have agreed to end fighting.

Reuters

UN Envoy Warns Against Return of War in Ethiopia

UNHCR Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mohammed Abdi Affey has warned the Ethiopian parties against a return to fighting between the government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), saying any such move could cause a humanitarian catastrophe. Affey announced there were 103 million displaced persons and refugees,…

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Civet musk, a precious perfume ingredient, is under threat. Steps to support Ethiopian producers and protect the animals

The African civet — an animal closely related to the mongoose and widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa — is among four mammals known to secrete scented compounds. Civets produce this “musk” to mark territory and communicate among themselves and other animals. It recently appeared in the news because when the…

The Conversation

Aid convoys arrive in Ethiopia's Tigray region following truce

In tonight's edition: The UN food agency says that 15 trucks carrying food aid have entered Ethiopia's Tigray region. It comes as humanitarian groups gain access to the area for the first time since a ceasefire deal was signed two weeks ago. We speak to David Miliband, president of the…

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How wearing shoes could eliminate one of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases

Podoconiosis is a painful, disfiguring condition, yet it’s astonishingly simple to prevent and treat – as a project in southern Ethiopia shows

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WFP says its first aid convoy since Ethiopia peace deal enters Tigray

Addis Ababa (AFP) - The World Food Programme (WFP) said its first aid convoy since the signing of a landmark peace deal between Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan rebels had arrived in the war-torn Tigray region on Wednesday.

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First U.N. aid convoy since ceasefire enters Ethiopia's Tigray

Fifteen trucks carrying food aid entered Ethiopia's Tigray region on Wednesday, the United Nations's food agency said, as humanitarian groups gain access for the first time since a ceasefire agreement was signed two weeks ago.

Daily Mirror

World population surges past eight billion as 'questions raised about our impact on the world'

The population growth comes as 37 million people face starvation in the Horn of Africa, including in Ethiopia, after persistent droughts which were all likely linked to climate change

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Red Cross says first aid convoy arrives in Tigray capital

Addis Ababa (AFP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said a medical aid convoy had arrived in the capital of Ethiopia's war-ravaged Tigray region Tuesday, its first since a peace deal between the federal government and Tigrayan rebels almost two weeks ago.

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First aid trucks arrive in Ethiopia's Tigray region since ceasefire, ICRC says

Two trucks carrying medical supplies arrived in the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region on Tuesday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, in what it called the first aid delivery to the region since fighting resumed in August.

The Independent UK

Ethiopia: Status of western Tigray to be settled 'by law'

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the future status of disputed territory in the western part of the country’s Tigray region will be settled according to the Ethiopian constitution, following the signing of a truce earlier this month

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Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed promises to turn Tigray peace deal into reality

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed on Tuesday to fulfil commitments made at peace talks with Tigrayan rebels. Abiy promised to make the agreement a reality, nearly two weeks after the deal was signed.

AFP

Ethiopia PM vows to execute 'promise' of peace deal

Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed on Tuesday to fulfil commitments made in a landmark peace deal with Tigrayan rebels and make "our promise a reality", nearly two weeks after the agreement was signed.

France 24

Gender Day at COP27: Women from rural communities worst hit by climate change

In tonight's show: as the COP27 climate summit holds its Gender Day, we ask why women in the Global South are disproportionately affected by climate change. We also speak to our regional correspondent about the millions of people waiting for international aid in Ethiopia's northern Tigray province. Finally, we take…

Reuters

Ethiopia's Abiy vows 'honest' implementation of Tigray truce

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed on Tuesday "to implement honestly" a ceasefire agreement between his government and forces in Tigray, which he said was necessary to ensure peace proved sustainable.

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